ජනමාධ්‍ය සංගමයක ප්‍රධානීන්ට තරවටු කිරීම

ශ්‍රී ලංකා වෘත්තීය පත්‍රකලාවේදීන්ගේ සංගමය (SLWJA)
මාධ්‍යසේවක වෘත්තීය සමිති සම්මේලනය (FMETU)
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය (SLMMF)
ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ගේ සන්ධානය (SLTJA)
නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය (FMM)  
 
2008/05/28. 
ආරක්ෂ ලේකම්,
ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා,
ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය,
කොළඹ.
 
ගරු ලේකම්තුමනි, 
 
ජනමාධ්‍යවේදී කීත් නොයාර් මහතා පැහැරගෙන ගොස් අමානුෂික ලෙස පහර දීමට එරෙහිව අප සංවිධාන පහ විසින් පසුගිය 22වැනි දින කොල්ලුපිටිය මංසන්ධියේ දී පවත්වන ලද සාමකාමි විරෝධතාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා වෘත්තීය [...]

Journalist slain in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 14:29 GMT]
Jaffna correspondent of Sakthi TV station, Paranirupasingam Thevakumar, 34, was abducted while he was returning to his residence in Vaddukkoaddai and hacked to death in Kaakkaitheevu, a barren land, Wednesday around 4:00 p.m., initial reports from Jaffna said. A friend of him was seriously injured and succumbed to the [...]

Journalist hacked to death in Jaffna

 
28th May 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) reports with deep sadness that yet another journalist was murdered today in Jaffna, in the embattled Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The FMM vehemently condemns this dastardly act and extend our condolences to his wife and family.
 
Sirasa, Shakthi and MTV Television Network Jaffna district [...]

Reprimand of senior journalists unacceptable

Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA)
Federation of Media Employees Trade Union (FMETU)
Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum (SLMMF)
Sri Lanka Tamil Journalists Alliance (SLTJA)
Free Media Movement (FMM)
 
Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksha
Secretary of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
 
28 May 2008
 
Dear Sir,
Reprimand of senior journalists unacceptable
We are extremely disappointed and very concerned to discover that you summoned and reprimanded Sanath Balasooriya [...]

Press Reales-abduction and assault of journalist Keith Noyahr

http://freemediasrilanka.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/the-nation-23-05-081.pdf

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Keith Noyahr and Sri Lanka’s rejection at the UNHRC

 
Daily Mirror Opinion ,Monday, May 26, 2008
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=15752
Keith Noyahr like all journalists in the country carries no weapons. 
He like all in his fraternity believes his only duty to be to address the wrongs taking place in the country. They criticize regimes that deny people their rights and abuse powers over and above they are granted. How do [...]

US raps Lanka for allowing assaults on media persons

 
PK Balachandran
COLOMBO: The United States on Saturday rapped the Sri Lankan government for allowing goons to assault media persons with impunity.
Coming close on the heels of the brutal assault on and the abduction of Keith Noyahr, Associate Editor and Defence Correspondent of ‘The Nation weekly by an unidentified gang, the US statement said some of [...]

Were Noyahr’s abductors trying to get a lead on his `sources’?

 
by Shamindra Ferdinando -The Island
As Thursday’s abduction and torture of Keith Noyahr, Associate Editor of The Nation, drew widespread condemnation, Sunday Island inquiries revealed his tormentors had been taken him to Dompe and then brought him back to his Dehiwela residence after Rivira Media Corporation triggered a frantic search for him.
Well informed sources said the [...]

Sirasa TV crew attacked and their equipment destroyed

Sirasa TV crew attacked and their equipment destroyed
24th May 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) was shocked and dismayed to see visuals of a SIRASA TV media vehicle and a TV camera smashed by thugs with party political affiliations on 19th May 2008, the day of a significant Buddhist holiday in Sri [...]