Year: 2022

Sri Lanka: Journalist investigated over YouTube channel

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Journalist and media activist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was summoned to appear before the Sri Lanka Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Colombo on June 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions (FMETU), urge the CID to withdraw its investigation against the journalist immediately. The CID began investigating Tharindu based on a complaint by the Intelligence Division of the Air Force about content on his YouTube channel, ‘Satahana’. According to FMM,…

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Pakistan: Two Pakistani journalists assassinated in two days

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Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/pakistan-two-pakistani-journalists-assassinated-in-two-days.html Two Pakistani journalists were murdered by unidentified assailants on July 1 and 2, including prominent journalist Iftikhar Ahmed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and local reporter Ishtiaq Sodharo in the Sindh province. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), condemn the journalists’ killings and urge the Pakistani government to arrest the perpetrators as soon as possible and implement stronger security measures to ensure the safety of journalists in Pakistan. According to eyewitnesses, Iftikhar Ahmed, a reporter for the…

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Open Letter In Solidarity With Workers At New Frame

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On the first of July 2022, the South African news site Times Live reported that New Frame, a not-for-profit, social justice media publication in Johannesburg, would cease operations with retrenchments looming for its 31-person staff. Since its inception in 2018, New Frame has been a source of cutting-edge journalism and informed reporting commentary on the dire state of South Africa and the world from a broadly left perspective. New Frames’ reporting and analysis have energised the South African media landscape, one otherwise dominated by elite outlets committed to the post-apartheid…

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SRI LANKA: 22nd Amendment Bill – Fundamentals are wrong

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July 04, 2022 An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: 22nd Amendment Bill – Fundamentals are wrong By Basil Fernando The amendment of a constitution is a serious task. However, some may argue that it is not such an important task as far as Sri Lanka is concerned. That is because of the most trivialized manner in which Constitutional Amendments have been brought about in Sri Lanka in the recent years. However, if the amendments to a constitution are treated in such a fashion, then that will…

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Philippines: Broadcaster shot dead in front of his home

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Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/philippines-broadcaster-shot-dead-in-front-of-his-home.html Radio broadcaster Federico ‘Ding’ Gempesaw was shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao on June 29. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), condemn the murder and urge the local authorities immediately bring the perpetrators to justice. Gempesaw was a political commentator and host of the daily block-time program ‘Bitayan Sa Kahanginan’, which aired on the local community radio network, Radyo Natin. According to the police report,…

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Cambodia: Government needs to pass Access to Information Law

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Originally From: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/cambodia-government-needs-to-pass-access-to-information-law.html The legislation process to pass the Cambodian Law on Access to Information has been continually delayed since the initial plan was introduced in 2021. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA), in calling on the Cambodian government to accelerate the finalisation of the draft and deliver it to the National Assembly for approval. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen pledged that the new information law would be passed in 2021, with a draft finalised in August 2021. However, this draft has…

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නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපවල කම්කරුවන්ට උයාගෙන කන්න ක්‍රමයක් නැහැ.

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From: Chandra Devanarayana නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපවල කම්කරුවන්ට උයාගෙන කන්න ක්‍රමයක් නැහැ. ගෑස් නැහැ භූමිතෙල් නැහැ. වැඩි වැටුප් නැහැ. කෑම පැකට්ටුවක් රුපියල් හාර සියයකටත් එහා. මෑන්පවර් සේවකයන්ට වැඩ නැහැ ආයෝජකයෝ ඔවුන්ට සේවාවන්ට අවශ්‍ය පහසුකම් නොමැති යැයි කියමින් රට හැර යන්න සූදානම් වෙනවා. සේවකයෝ දැනටත් වැඩ නැතිව දවස් ගනන් බෝඩිං වල ලතවෙනවා කෑමක් බීමක් නැතුව. සමහර ආයතන හිමිකරුවෝ ආයතන වහන්න සැරසෙනවා. සේවකයින්ට ලැබෙන වැටුප ජීවන වියදමට සාපේක්ෂ නැහැ. එකෙන් පුළුවන් ලෙවකන්න විතරයි. තනි මව්වරුන් වැන්දඹුවන් දරුවන් එක්ක හාමතේ පුංචි බෝඩිං කාමර වල ගත කරනවා. දරුවන්ගේ පන්තියේ නවත්වලා. දරුවන්ගේ ඉගෙනීම ඇණහිටලා. දරුවන්ගේ මන්දපෝෂණය…

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Marxism fighting for Diversity

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By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The LGBTIQ+ community across the world hold many celebrations throughout June celebrating Pride month. In recent years the discussion and the struggle against gender oppression and sexual orientation-based discrimination have developed into mass movements in many countries.  Even though the presence of the community is significant, its members face many socio-economic and political issues. People all over the world face violence and inequality sometimes including torture and murder based on whom they love, what they look like, or who they are. Sexual orientation and gender identity…

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