by SAMSN Admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Access to Information, Right to Information, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Parliament debated the Right to Information (RTI) bill for two days (23 – 24 June 2016) before adopting it into law. No member opposed it, although some amendments were done during the debate. If that sounds like an easy passage, it was preceded by over...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Labour rights, Nepal, Release
श्रमजीवी पत्रकारको न्युनतम पारिश्रमिक तोक्ने विषयमा नेपाल सरकारको राजपत्रमा २०७३ असार २८ गते प्रकाशित सूचना तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालयको सूचनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। सूचना तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालयका सचिव दिनेश कुमार थपलियाका नाममा प्रकाशित सूचनाको दफा (ग)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Labour rights, Nepal, Release
नेपाल सरकारले श्रमजीवी पत्रकारको न्यूनतम पारिश्रमिकमा पुनरावलोकन गरी आगामी साउन १ गतेदेखि लागु हुने गरी आज असार २८ गतेको नेपाल राजपत्रमा प्रकाशित गरेकोमा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघले हार्दिक स्वागत गरेको छ । महासंघका अध्यक्ष डा. महेन्द्र विष्टले महासंघको पहलमा विगत दुइ...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement (FMM) strongly condemns the assault on veteran environment journalist and a Features editor of the ‘Sathhanda’ newspaper Daya Neththasinghe at a temple in Neluwa in Galle, yesterday. He had been attending a local discussion concerned over the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in welcoming the Right to Information (RTI) bill in Sri Lanka, which was approved unanimously by the...
