After 365 days it’s now a crawl for survival- LankaDissent

 
Monday, 07 July 2008 14:59 administrator   
One year ago this day (July 07th) was when we got this web site out in the net from this troubled little island, expecting the world would have an alternate view of our country than what’s usually captured in the conventional media. It was certainly an adventurous journey, WE set [...]

Political parties reach a consensus to campaign against

 
The representatives of the major political parties in the country met on June 17, 2008 on the invitation of the five media organizations affiliated to the Media Centre – Sri Lanka to discuss on the dreadful situation facing the Sri Lankan media.
The representatives of the media organizations briefed on the threat faced by them for [...]

Videos from protest march in Colombo on the abduction of Keith Noyhar

United in Fear: Travails of Detainee families

(Published in TheSunday Times on last sunday written by wife of Tissainayagam, the journalist in TID custody)
 March 30th, 2008
 By Ronnate Tissainayagam
 It was very early on a Saturday morning, we were all gathering in  front of the Fort Railway Station. No we were not planning to go on a  trip, We were the wives/sisters of the [...]

Sri Lanka Needs Independent Free Media Policy - IFJ

Sri Lanka Needs Independent Free Media Policy
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) rejects the Sri Lankan Government’s proposed national media policy in favour of a self-generated, self-regulated and independent framework that encompasses journalists from all sides of the nation’s conflict.
According to the Free Media Movement (FMM), an IFJ affiliate, Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana [...]

Women Get Short Shrift in Sri Lanka’s Media - IFJ

March 7, 2008 Sri Lanka’s media does not pay sufficient attention to issues of special concern to women, according to civil society representatives surveyed as part of a media and human rights project conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
The survey of 40 non-government organisations found that [...]

Journalists in Sri Lanka Take to the Streets in Act of Solidarity

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly supports the thousand strong protest march for press freedom in Colombo on February 14 and urges the Government of Sri Lanka to hear their demands.
Organised by the Movement Against Media Suppression, hundreds of journalists were joined on the march by a broad cross section of Sri Lankan society [...]

Lanka 3rd deadliest place for journalists

World Association of Newspapers issues stinging report on hazards facing media
Sri Lanka has been ranked as the third deadliest place for journalists in 2007 by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), a Paris based global organisation which defends and promotes media freedom world-wide.
The association said six journalists were killed in Sri Lanka last year while [...]

‘Third dangerous country’ for media

Sri Lanka is the third dangerous country for media workers, an international media watchdog has said.
World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said more media workers were killed only in Iraq and Somalia than in Sri Lanka during the last year.
A statement issued on Thursday by WAN said 95 journalists and media workers were killed word-wide as [...]

FMM joins civil society in defense of humanitarian organisations

In recent months, there has been a concerted effort by sections of the polity and media to discredit international humanitarian organisations and UN agencies by accusing some of them of being supporters of the LTTE. As members of civil society we are very concerned about these allegations and the manner in which these agencies have [...]