by SAMSN Admin | Jan 8, 2017 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Eight years after the murder of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, his colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti remembers all that he stood for: truth, courage, and justice. Way back in 2007, when I was assigned one of the biggest investigative stories I was ever...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2017 | India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in strongly condemning the killing of a journalist in Samastipur district of Bihar, India on January 3. The IFJ demands the immediate arrest and prosecution...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) is shocked over the growing attacks on journalists in Bihar. The latest brutal attack on a journalist, Brajesh Kumar, by about five-six unidentified men at Salkhani village of Bibhutipur distirct is highly condemnable. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
A senior journalist, Hari Prakash, was found dead in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. The family members of the journalist claimed that he has been murdered. He was missing for the last two days. The police recovered a bottle of poison from the journalist, and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, SAMSN Blog
In Bangladesh, speaking the truth to power attracts jail sentences, not Pulitzer prizes, says Sam Jahan. Most people I meet in Bangladesh try their best to absorb the fact of my working as a full-time journalist in the country. “But why?” they ask. I have...
