Scroll Top

Sri Lanka blocks social media after deadly terror attack (Demo)

0
By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 27, 2019

Social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp were blocked following the deadly attacks on 21 April.
Source: MEDIA FEED

HRNJ-Uganda / About Author
More posts by HRNJ-Uganda

Related Posts

– Index rejects UK committee's recommendation to outsource censorship (Demo)

Index on Censorship rejects many of the suggestions made in a report into intimidation of UK public officials by a…

0
19 Dec 2017
– Protests grow tense in DRC as citizens mourn death of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi (Demo)

Hundreds of Congolese gathered in Kinshasa after news broke night that DRC opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi passed away. Protesters threw…

0
03 Feb 2017
– Hong Kong Free Press threatened for 'spreading hatred' against China (Demo)

The editor and a commentator for the Hong Kong Free Press have received threatening letters for "spreading hatred and dividing…

0
05 Oct 2017
Journalist asked to reveal his source during temporary detention (Demo)

This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.net on 4 June 2020. On June 2, 2020, operatives of the Department of…

0
09 Jun 2020
International support for petition to declare Cuba’s Decree-Law 370 unconstitutional (Demo)

The undersigned organizations and media outlets support the petition presented on June 8 in Cuba before the National Assembly, the…

0
15 Jun 2020
Hong Kong: Freedom House condemns China’s imposition of National Security Law (Demo)

This statement was originally published on freedomhouse.org on 30 June 2020. In response to the Chinese central government’s imposition of…

0
01 Jul 2020
Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent passes 1,500 days behind bars in Turkey (Demo)

This statement was originally published on pen-international.org on 15 June 2020. Today, the International Press Institute (IPI), PEN International, Media…

0
16 Jun 2020
The irony of Burundi’s media awards (Demo)

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 7 May 2020. Just when many thought press freedom had hit rock…

0
13 May 2020
– Religious freedom declines in Southeast Asia (Demo)

Five countries in Southeast Asia have been named "worst offenders of religious freedom". Source: MEDIA FEED

0
28 Aug 2018
Wave of shutdowns sweep through the continent and Tanzania dips further down rabbit hole of repression (Demo)

The passing of “passionate, principled and persistent” South African journalist Raymond Louw will be acutely felt by family, friends and…

0
04 Jul 2019
– Leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria detained without trial for a year (Demo)

In December 2015, the Nigeria army used disproportionate force against the Islamic Movement of Nigeria's street procession in northwestern Nigeria…

0
14 Dec 2016
– Mapping cybercrime laws and digital rights violations in the Gulf and nearby region (Demo)

This report presents a snapshot of the most problematic aspects of national cybercrime laws across the Gulf countries, Jordan, Syria,…

0
01 Jul 2018
Russia: Charges against journalist Ivan Golunov dropped after protests (Demo)

This statement was originally published on europeanjournalists.org on 12 June 2019. Journalist Ivan Golunov was arrested in Russia on 6th…

0
12 Jun 2019
– DRC: Radio station director Jadot Mangwengwe kidnapped (Demo)

Radio station director Jadot Mangwengwe and around ten other people were kidnapped by unidentified armed men in Nord-Kivu province on…

0
20 Jan 2018
Adversarial interoperability: Reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today’s monopolies (Demo)

This statement was originally published on eff.org on 7 June 2019. By Cory Doctorow Today, Apple is one of the…

0
11 Jun 2019