Sri Lanka blocks social media as communal violence escalates
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) Sri Lanka in expressing concern over the blocking of social media in the ongoing state of emergency. The IFJ urges the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure free flow of...
Control ethnic violence without hindering democracy: Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement believes that in the wake of the communal violence that occurred in the areas of Ampara and Kandy districts, media institutions performed their civic duties to the best of their abilities and their actions should be given due praise. The...
වාර්ගික ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයන් පාලනය කළයුත්තේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයද රැකගනිමිනි- නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය(FMM)
අම්පාර සහ දිගන ප්‍රදේශවල පැන නැගුණු වාර්ගික ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය හමුවේ මෙරට ප්‍රධාන ධාරාවේ බොහෝ ජන මාධ්‍ය ආයතන සමාජ වගකිම නිසි ලෙස වටහා ගනිමින් ක්‍රියා කළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳ නිසි ගෞරවය ඔවුන්ට හිමිවිය යුතු බව විශ්වාස කරන නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය, සිවිල් සමාජය සහ රජය...
ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට එරෙහි අපරාධ සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය විධිමත් හා කඩිනම් පියවරක් ගත යුතුයි – නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය
ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට එරෙහි අපරාධ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිදු කරන ලද පරික්‍ෂණ කටයුතු තර්කානුකූල අවසානයක් කරා ගෙන යාමට මෙතෙක් රජය මෙතෙක් අපොහොසත්විීම පිළිබඳව, දැඩි කනස්සල්ල පළකරන නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය එම අපරාධවලට වගකිවයුත්තන්ට එරෙහිව නීිතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරිම තවදුරටත් පමා නොකොට...
Sri Lankan minister’s aide threatens two journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka in condemning the intimidation of two journalists, forcing them to stop covering a political rally in Badulla, Uva Province in central Sri Lanka on January 28. The IFJ...
Still a Black January
Let us light a lamp for suffering journalists in Sri Lanka to mark three years of the Yaha Palana government, says the Free Media Movement Sri Lankan journalists have suffered in many ways while performing their professional duties and have been demanding that justice...
Ekneligoda, Sugirtharajan and 24th January
For several years, the Free Media Movement (FMM) of Sri Lanka and free expression advocates have dubbed January as “Black January”. This was in the context of a large number of journalists killed, disappeared, assaulted, as well as attacks on media institutions – all...
‘Where is Prageeth?’
The cartoonist disappeared 8 years ago this day. His wife’s struggle to find him shines a light on Sri Lanka’s dismal record on enforced disappearances, Laxmi Murthy reports. It began like any other day for the Eknaligoda family in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Political...
Sri Lanka blocks news website over critical report
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in expressing concern over the blocking of a news website in Sri Lanka on November 8. The IFJ demands...
Enews වෙබ් අඩවියට එරෙහි අවහිර ඉවත් කළ යුතුයි. – නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය
ලංකා ඊ නිව්ස් වෙබ් අඩවියට ප‍්‍රවේශ වීමේ හැකියාව තාක්ෂණිකව අවහිර කිරීම මඟින් එම වෙබ් අඩවියට එරෙහිව නිල නොවන වාරණයක් මේ වන විට ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ ක‍්‍රියාත්මකව ඇති බව නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරයේ නිරීක්ෂණය කරයි. මෙම ක‍්‍රියාවෙහි වගකීම් පැවරෙන ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා විදුලි සංදේශ නියාමන...
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Solve the labour dispute at Swarnavahini immediately
Employees of the Swarnavahini media institute have formally established a trade union. After formal prior notice to the administration, they held a union meeting at the vehicle yard in the institutional premises during the lunch hour break on March 18, 2019. A group...
Media Workers Fired from Swarnavahini
SLWJA Statement
Sri Lanka: Union busting tactics, media workers fired for forming house union
Sri Lanka broadcaster Swarnavahini TV fired 15 employees for union activity on March 18. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM), the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) and the Federation of...
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the decision to suspend some of the media employees of Swarnavahini TV.
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the decision by the administering body of Swarnavahini, EAP Broadcasting Company, to suspend the service of media workers for their involvement in the establishing a media industry trade union. This is a violation of the right...
Journalist attacked by police in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan journalist Nadarajah Kugarajah was attacked by police in Jaffna on February 20, 2019. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) is strongly criticizing the attack and calling for an immediate...
Free Media Movement Condemns Police Attack on Journalist Nadarajah Kugarajah
The Free Media Movement, while strongly condemning the police attack on journalist Nadarajah Kugarajah, urges all relevant authorities to immediately investigate the incident and to mete out justice. Nadarajah Kugarajah, a journalist from Tamil television channel 'Dan...
Human Rights Commission ready to inquire into Assault, Killings and Disappearances of Media Personnel
The Human Rights Commission is ready to accept any basic information that could be provided in order to commence further inquiries into Assault, Killings and Disappearances of Journalists, Chairperson, Human Rights Commission, Dr. Deepika Udugama says. She stated this...