Various accusations aimed at The Hindu’s Colombo correspondent are threatening media freedom
Internationally acclaimed film removed from Jaffna Film Festival
Screening of internationally acclaimed film by director Jude Ratnam ‘Demons in Paradise’ was canceled by the organizers of the Jaffna International Film Festival in Sri Lanka citing pressure from local groups. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins...
Religious extremists, politicians meddle with artistic freedom in Sri Lanka
A novel, a radio drama and a stage play all come under attack in Sri Lanka for allegedly containing anti-Buddhist or offensive language. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) Sri Lanka in expressing...
Medical association leader threatens Sri Lankan media with “traitor list”
The President of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of Sri Lanka has issued a direct threat to a journalist and publicly warned the association was compiling a ‘traitors’ list of journalists’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its...
Response shown by the GMOA to the media is anti-democratic – Free Media Movement
The FMM condemns the threatening response shown by the President of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) , to the Sunday Observer Journalist who contacted him to get the views of the Association, to write a feature article about their token strike, held...
Sri Lankan minister threaten editor over online report
Sri Lanka’s Minister for Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Sarath Fonseka asked an editor to withdraw a news item posted online accusing an unnamed minister of having links with criminals. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
#WPFD2018: Media Reforms – the Present and Beyond
Delivering the keynote address at the World Press Freedom Day event on May 2, 2018, organized by the Free Media Movement at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, MJR David provides a succinct analysis of media reforms in Sri Lanka. There have been many efforts to develop...
Expedite law enforcement action against the “Sirasa” attackers
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the unruly behaviour and acts of intimidation carried out by an organised group opposite the Sirasa Media Network. We urge that the government conducts an impartial inquiry into this incident and take strict legal action...
ස්වේච්ඡා සමාජ සේවා පණත සංශෝධනය ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදයට අනතුරක්
1980 අංක 31 දරණ ස්වේච්ඡා සමාජ සේවා පනත සංශෝධනය කිරිම සඳහා රජය මේ වන විට ගනිමින් තිබෙන උත්සාහය ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදයේ පැවැත්මට එරෙහි ප‍්‍රබල අභියෝගයක් බව නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරයේ පිළිගැනිමයි. මෙම නව සංශෝධන යටතේ පුරවැසියන් සතු සංවිධානය විමේ අයිතිය, රැුස්විමේ නිදහස ඇතුළු...
අලම්පිල් මාධ්‍යවේදීයාට එල්ලවු බලපෑම ගැන විධිමත් පරික්ෂණයක් අවශ්‍යයි – නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය
වසර අටකට අධික කාලයක් තිස්සේ යුද හමුදා පාලනය යටතේ පවතින අලම්පිල් ප‍්‍රදේශයේ භූමියක් සම්බන්ධ ගැටලූවකට අදාළව පළවන මහජන විරෝධය ඡායාරූප ගතකළ හිරු මාධ්‍ය ජාලයේ ප‍්‍රාදේශීය මාධ්‍යවේදී ෂන්මුගම් තවසීලන් යුද හමුදා භාරයට ගෙන තර්ජනාත්මකව කටයුතු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය...
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Sri Lanka blocks social media after deadly terror attack
Following the deadly terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on April 21, the Sri Lanka government blocked several social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly criticised the decision by the...
Do not create obstacles amidst current challenges; Allow the media to perform their genuine responsibility
We at the Free Media Movement, first and foremost, wish to convey our deepest condolences to all the victims of the horrendous terror attack on religious places and hotels happened on April 21st, 2019 – the Easter Sunday. All communities are still encountering the...
FMETU urges all Sri Lankans to unite against the barbaric forces of terrorism
The Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Unions, FMETU, joins the civilized world to condemn the barbaric bomb attacks carried out on Easter Sunday, that killed more than 300 unarmed innocent civilians and injured more than 500 others, putting the country’s social,...
SLWJA condemn Easter Sunday attack in Sri Lanka
Download English statement here Downloand Sinhala statement here
SLWJA writes to Sri Lanka police commission over writers’ arrest
See letter from SLWJA here
Facebook post sees writer arrested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan artist and writer, Shaktika Sathkumara was arrested on April 3, after posting a short story on Facebook. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) have strongly criticized the arrest of Sathkumara and...
Police should be prevented from controlling works of art
Following the publication of a short story written by Shaktika Sathkumara, an artist and writer in the Face Book, writer Satkumar has been arrested on the pretext that the said story disrespects the Buddhist philosophy and kept under detention until April 9. The Free...