Continuing attacks against journalists who stood up to the thuggery of Government MP

28th February 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: In yet another serious blow to media freedom, the Free Media Movement (FMM) is appalled to learn that a four-member gang allegedly attempted to harm a journalist attached to the State owned TV broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC). 
The journalist, Assistant Director News Camera Priyal Ranjith Perera, was involved [...]

Confiscation of PC belonging to NGO head raises questions on the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka

25th February 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) is both surprised and disturbed to learn that the CID has taken into custody a computer used by Dr. Rama Mani, the former Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), to check for “controversial” correspondence, as reported by The Sunday Times [...]

Sri Lankan police assault TV journalist covering bomb blast in Colombo

24th February 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) is appalled to learn of treatment meted out by a Senior Inspector of the Sri Lankan Police to a journalist who was on the scene of a bomb blast in Colombo. On 23rd February, Sugath Dharmapriya, a news producer of the Derana TV channel [...]

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ජනමාධ්‍යවේදී සම්පත් ලක්මාල් ඝාතනය – පොලීසියෙන් අලුත් විග්‍රහයක්

පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය – 2008 පෙබරවාරි 20 
 
2006 ජූලි 02දා ඝාතනය කරන ලද ජනමාධ්‍යවේදී සම්පත් ලක්මාල් යුද හමුදාවෙන් වැටුප් ලද ඔත්තුකරුවකු යැයි පසුගිය 17 දින සති අන්ත ඉංග්‍රිසි පුවත්පතකට රහස් පොලිස් ප්‍රධානී නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති එච්. ඩබ්. ප්‍රතාපසිංහ  විසින් කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශය නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරයේ විමතියට හේතු වී තිබේ. මෙම සොයා ගැනීම සඳහා රහස් පොලීසයට මාස 18ක් ගත [...]

Restrictions Tighten on Media

Amantha Perera
COLOMBO, Feb 20 (IPS) – Gemunu Amerasinghe, a photographer with the international news wire Associated Press, was shooting earlier this month in downtown Colombo for an innocuous assignment — or so he thought.He had just finished taking pictures of students near the Isiphatana Vidayalaya and was about to leave after thanking soldiers stationed [...]

Sri Lankan Police conjure up an incredible revelation in the murder investigations of a journalist

19th February 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) is very surprised to learn that the head of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Sri Lankan Police claims that journalist Sampath Lakmal, who was murdered in 2006, was a paid military informant. DIG H. W. Prathapasinghe made this statement to an English [...]

Public Performance Board chair removed

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  Renowned author, critic and novelist Prof. Somaratne Balasuriya has been removed as Chairman of the Public Performance Board.
A decision taken by Balasuriya regarding ‘Aksharaya’, a film by Asoka Handagama, prompted the move, Secretary to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs G.L.W. Amarasinghe said.
Attorney Ashoka Serasinghe, former Chairman of the State Film Corporation will be [...]

Media freedom benefits all – editorial Daily Mirror

   
As correctly articulated by journalists at the ‘Movement Against Media Suppression’ protest march held on Thursday, media freedom is important not only for media personnel and institutions, but for all sections of our society since free expression is correctly described as the mother of all freedoms. It is, therefore, right and proper that other organized [...]

Suspicious Watch On TV News Director In Sri Lanka – IFJ

 
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed at reports that Susil Kedelpitiya, the news director of a popular television channel, is at risk after a series of suspicious incidents indicating he is under surveillance.
Kindelpitiya, of Sirasa Television, told the Free Media Movement (FMM), an IFJ affiliate, that he noticed a group of unknown people [...]