by SAMSN Admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, News, Politics, Release, Sri Lanka
See the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association statement here.
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Online Harassment, Politics, Release, Sri Lanka
All media reports recently published by various media stating that the Free Media Movement is supporting multiple presidential candidates are baseless and incorrect. All such published reports are false and misleading. First, there was a news item stating that...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Sri Lanka
Freedom Media Movement vehemently condemns the threat to journalist K. Prasanna by Palani Digambaram, Minister of Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development, in connection to an article titled ‘Does the Indian Housing Scheme...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 8, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Attack, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Sri Lanka
Two Sri Lankan army spies were charged with serious assault on a journalist and his wife as they drove to work in January 2009. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) welcome the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Harassment, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
A journalist was obstructed from reporting on a Sri Lankan Air Force Commander’s visit to a Buddhist monastery in Kandy on Sunday, July 21. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Regulations, News, Politics, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement has released a letter written to Hon Minister of Justice & Prison Reform on revision of laws relating to false news distribution and hate speech Read the letter here
