Sri Lanka’s new Right to Information (RTI) Law, adopted through a rare Parliamentary consensus in June 2016, became fully operational on 3 February 2017. From that day on, the island nation’s 21 million citizens could exercise their legal right to public information...
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Maldives journalists receive death threats
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) strongly condemn the death threat to some journalists and express concern over ‘protective custody’ of journalists on the island of Nilandhoo, Faafu Atoll. The IFJ urges...
Journalists attacked during political protests in Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in condemning the incidents of attack on journalists during the political protest on February 22 in southern Nepal. The IFJ urges the Nepali government to arrest and...
Indian journalist released on bail after 17 months in jail
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in welcoming the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to journalist Santosh Yadav after 17 months in prison on seemingly fabricated charges. The IFJ urges the government to...
Army personnel arrested for abducting journalist in Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka, in lauding the Sri Lanka Police for arresting an army officer and two soldiers over the 2008 abduction of and assault on a prominent journalist. The Crime Investigation...
තරාතිරම නොතකා අපරාධකරුවන් නීතිය ඉදිරියට ගෙනැවිත් දඬුවම් කළ යුතුයි.-නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය
මාධ්ය නිවේදනය (2017. 02. 19) බොහෝ කල් ගත වී නමුත් ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්යවේදී කීත් නොයාර් පැහැර ගෙන ගොස් දැඩි සේ පහර දී අත්හැර දමා යෑම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සැක පිට හමුදා බුද්ධි අංශ මේජර් බුලත්වත්ත සහ සැරයන්වරයන් දෙදෙනෙකු අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීම ගැන ප්රසාදය පළ කරන නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය,...
Police inaction in suspicious ‘hit-and-run’ in Bangladesh
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) express concern over Bangladesh Police’s refusal to register a case in a suspicious hit-and-run incident involving a journalist in Dhaka. The IFJ demands immediate...
Alarming closures and layoffs in Indian media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists (India) express serious concern over the trend of the closure of several print editions by major newspapers and retrenching journalists and media staff in an arbitrary manner in...
Afghan Cameraman receives death threats
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the death threat to a television cameraperson by a hospital manager in the Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan. The IFJ urges the...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: February, 2017
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on March 15, 2017, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from...