Sri Lanka’s RTI Law: Will the Government ‘Walk the Talk’?
Sri Lanka’s new Right to Information (RTI) Law, adopted through a rare Parliamentary consensus in June 2016, became fully operational on 3 February 2017. From that day on, the island nation’s 21 million citizens could exercise their legal right to public information...
Army personnel arrested for abducting journalist in Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka, in lauding the Sri Lanka Police for arresting an army officer and two soldiers over the 2008 abduction of and assault on a prominent journalist. The Crime Investigation...
තරාතිරම නොතකා අපරාධකරුවන් නීතිය ඉදිරියට ගෙනැවිත් දඬුවම් කළ යුතුයි.-නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය
මාධ්ය නිවේදනය (2017. 02. 19) බොහෝ කල් ගත වී නමුත් ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්යවේදී කීත් නොයාර් පැහැර ගෙන ගොස් දැඩි සේ පහර දී අත්හැර දමා යෑම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සැක පිට හමුදා බුද්ධි අංශ මේජර් බුලත්වත්ත සහ සැරයන්වරයන් දෙදෙනෙකු අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීම ගැන ප්රසාදය පළ කරන නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය,...
Sri Lankan PM Security Division seizes TV’s drone camera
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) Sri Lanka in condemning the seizing of a drone camera used by the Hiru TV to report on a demonstration in Mirijjawila, Hambantota on January 7. Hiru TV used the drone...
Seizing cameras of Hiru TV is grave violation of rights of journalists
While vehemently condemning the seizing of drone camera of the Hiru TV while reporting the protest against Sri Lanka-China joint venture in Mirijjawila, Hambantota, the Free Media Movement states that it is a grave violation of professional rights of journalists. The...
Remembering Lasantha
Eight years after the murder of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, his colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti remembers all that he stood for: truth, courage, and justice. Way back in 2007, when I was assigned one of the biggest investigative stories I was ever...
Sri Lankan Navy Commander assaults journalist
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement, Sri Lanka (FMM) in condemning the attack by the Sri Lankan Navy commander on a journalist at the Magampura Port in Hambantota, Southern Province on December 10. The IFJ demands immediate...
Legal action should be taken after a special investigation against the Navy Commander who attacked journalists: FMM
The Free Media Movement, condemning the attack on journalists by the Navy,including the Navy Commander on the International Human Rights Day (10th December), urges the President to commence a special investigation and take legal actions. The Navy had launched a...
Arbitrary action on Derana TV by Sri Lankan government
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka in expressing serious concerns over actions by the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media on the Ada Derana News TV channel. The IFJ demands that the Sri Lankan...
Legal action should be fair against Lanka E News: FMM
The Free Media Movement's (FMM’s) attention has been drawn to the situation arisen in relation to the issuance of an Interpol order on 25th of November by Gampaha Magistrate Mrs. Kavindra Nanayakkara to arrest Mr. Sandaruwan Senadheera, Editor of Lanka E News, for the...
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Press release on immediate transfer of Mr. Nishantha Silva, Inspector of Police, CID, Sri Lanka
Do not hinder the investigations of crimes against the journalists!
The Free Media Movement believes that at a time when the investigation into the crimes against journalists is already in the downturn, the transfer of Inspector of Police (IP) Nishantha Silva of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will further disrupt the...
Do not hinder the investigations of crimes against the journalists!
Control the undue influence exerted on the state media: Free Media Movement
In the wake of the conflict that has been created between the two major parties in the country, in respect of the Prime Minister’s post, the Free Media Movement insists that relevant authorities should take immediate action to control the undue influence exerted on...
Concerns for media safety in Sri Lanka amid political crisis
Newsrooms of the state-owned media in Sri Lanka were targeted and editorial staff harassed following the controversial appointment of former president Mahinda Rajapaksha as the new Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena on October 26, 2018. The International...