by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Release, Sri Lanka
Keerthi Ratnayake, a journalist affiliated with Lanka e News, was arrested on August 14 by Sri Lanka’s government and accused of providing intelligence information to the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka. He was charged under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
A web journalist has been detained for allegedly giving information to the Indian Embassy in Colombo. A media organisations collective said that Lanka e-News journalist Keerthi Ratnayake had been arrested and had been detained for 90 days. “The editorial board of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 18, 2021 | SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
A senior police officer threatening a highly respected journalist is likely to have a chilling effect on journalism if it goes unchecked, writes Ruki Fernando. Tharindu Jayawardhana is one of Sri Lanka’s most outstanding and promising young journalists. His writings...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 18, 2021 | SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
The people of the remote island of Iranaitheevu in Northern Sri Lanka have an important story to tell the world. But journalists are being denied access, writes Ruki Fernando. Article 14 (1) (a) of the Sri Lankan constitution guarantees freedom of speech and...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the unlawful means undertaken by the police to arrest leaders of organizations and trade unions who have been campaigning for public issues affecting the people and for their trade union concerns. This unlawful act only serves...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Reaching Out, Release, Sri Lanka
The Director of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital has complained to the Galle Police Headquarters, seeking the disclosure of sources related to an article published on rata.lk by its editor Sajeeva Wijeweera. An investigation by the Free Media Movement revealed that...
