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Comment on DBS quits “Nation” in dismay by Index on Censorship » Blog Archive » Remembering Lasantha Wickrematunga?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:02:29 +0000

[...] Under President Rajapaksa’s regime there have been several changes of ownership of newspaper publishing houses. The Rivira Media Company owned the Nation, Bottom Line and Rivira. Prasanna Wickramasuriya, head of the Civil Aviation Airport Services Authority and a relative of Rajapaksa, bought 51 per cent of its shares. The balance was bought by Nilanka Rajapaksa. The ownership of the newspaper was completely changed. Reputable journalists have since resigned. [...]

Comment on SLPI refutes allegations made by by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:53 +0000

[...] incorrect and grossly misleading, the Dinamina published no retraction even after the SLPI issued a clear statement condemning the deliberately false reportage. SLPI’s statement did nothing to prevent intrusion of military personnel into its premises in [...]

Comment on Defence Ministry sets out Guidelines for Media (Self)-Censorship by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:49 +0000

[...] the Free Media Movement (FMM) noted in response, The guidelines are grounded in a worldview that rejects the democratic way of life and fundamental [...]

Comment on Reprimand of senior journalists unacceptable by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:39 +0000

[...] To make matters worse, the hawkish Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse summoned and reprimanded Sanath Balasooriya and Poddala Jayantha, the President and General Secretary of Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) respectively over a protest campaign against abduction of Keith Noyahr. As recorded in a public statement issues over the incident, the journalists had been told that, [...]

Comment on Tissainayagam Moved to magazine Prison in Sri Lanka by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:32 +0000

[...] November, the International Federation of Journalism (IFJ) wrote to the Government demanding an immediate exp… for the sudden relocation of journalist J.S. Tissainayagam to a notoriously violent army prison in [...]

Comment on Statement from the Defence Ministry by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:24 +0000

[...] the website was subject to hacking attempts that disrupted its news and reporting services. He went on to note that , The Defence Ministry recently set up an electronic media observation unit at a building adjacent [...]

Comment on Journalist hacked to death in Jaffna by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:14 +0000

[...] Killings, Abductions and Attacks In April, the Jaffna correspondent of Shakthi TV, Paranirupasingam Thevakumar, 34, was abducted while he was returning to his residence in Vaddukkoaddai and hacked to death. The Free Media Movement in a statement noted that Thevakumar was the 9th journalist/media worker killed in Jaffna since 2006 and that three more journalists/media workers had been abducted in Jaffna since the same year. [...]

Comment on Political parties singed joint statement defending media freedom in Sri Lanka by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:09 +0000

[...] The joint statement pointed to a number of outrageous and undeniable attacks on media personnel, institutions, NGOs and journalists aided and abetted by the State and armed groups. The signatories asked the government to urgently and meaningfully investigate and curtail these abuses. [...]

Comment on EPDP ADVISORY TO FREE MEDIA MOVEMENT by 2008: Celebrating the growth of media freedom and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:01 +0000

[...] in November wrote to the FMM asking that it retracts allegations made by the Uthayan newspaper that armed cadre of the group was intimidating and harassing its journalists. The JVP threatened journalists on many occasions over the course of the year, while at the same [...]

Comment on Sri Lanka tightens use of mobile phones to fight terrorism by Dedrisproject.com - Blog » Blog Archive » Sri Lanka, porto d’armi per il cellulare

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:01:14 +0000

[...] i reali possessori del dispositivo” ha dichiarato il capo del TRC Priyantha Kariyapperuma. Le cronache locali additano i cellulari come mezzo eletto per compiere azioni illegali. Al telefonino sarebbero tanto [...]