Sri Lanka: Journalist ordered to 90-day detention for alleged intelligence breach
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...
Sri Lanka: Journalist detained for giving information to Indian Embassy
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...
Free expression at stake in critical Sri Lankan intimidation case
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...
Blocking media access and rights in Northern 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...
Sri Lanka: Unlawful arrest of protesters is a violation of freedom of speech and expression – Free Media Movement.
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...
Sri Lanka: Intimidating journalist Sajeeva Wijeweera to disclose sources, a violation of the Right to Information Act and a threat to media freedom – Free Media Movement
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...
Sri Lanka: Media release
Intimidating journalist Sajeeva Wijeweera to disclose sources, a violation of the Right to Information Act and a threat to media freedom - Free Media Movement The Director of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital has complained with the Galle Police Headquarters seeking...
Sri Lanka: Reopen the investigation into the murder of journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan
The Attorney General has informed the Jaffna Magistrate's Court that no further action will be taken against the suspects arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan and the suspects have been acquitted. Sri Lanka Working Journalists’...
Sri Lanka: Journalist arrested and put under remand
Freelance Journalist Malika Abeykoon, who was assaulted and arrested by Sri Lankan police on April 7, has been placed on remand until April 12. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Federation of Media Employees Trade...
Release freelance journalist Malika Abeykoon immediately and conduct a formal inquiry into his assault – Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the arrest and assault of Malika Abeykoon, a freelance journalist and photographer, considering it as a heinous act of the police. Malika Abeykoon has been arrested by the Maradana Police during a health workers protest rally...
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Sri Lanka: Journalist ordered to 90-day detention for alleged intelligence breach
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...
Sri Lanka: Journalist detained for giving information to Indian Embassy
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...
Free expression at stake in critical Sri Lankan intimidation case
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...
Blocking media access and rights in Northern 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...
Sri Lanka: Unlawful arrest of protesters is a violation of freedom of speech and expression – Free Media Movement.
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...
Sri Lanka: Intimidating journalist Sajeeva Wijeweera to disclose sources, a violation of the Right to Information Act and a threat to media freedom – Free Media Movement
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...
Sri Lanka: Media release
Intimidating journalist Sajeeva Wijeweera to disclose sources, a violation of the Right to Information Act and a threat to media freedom - Free Media Movement The Director of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital has complained with the Galle Police Headquarters seeking...