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Editor forced to resign as Sri Lankan media campaign for Right to Information
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in expressing deep concerns about the circumstances under which a media rights activist and editor SamanWagarachchiwas forced to resign on May 8.
Sri Lankan Editor Questioned by Police over Satirical Photo Caption
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins it affiliate Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in expressing concerns about the questioning of a newspaper editor by the Criminal Investigation Department of Police on Sunday, April 9. Saman...
Sri Lankan Free Speech Activists Muzzled
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Sri Lankan affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) in deploring the Magistrate order issued on human rights activists Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen Mahesan, restricting their right to speak and calls for...
Sri Lankan Human Rights Defenders Freed Without Charge
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is relieved to report that the respected human rights activists Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen were released by Sri Lankan authorities at approximately 1.30am Sri Lankan time today. Ruki Fernando, one of Sri Lanka’s...
IFJ calls for global protest against arrest of two Sri Lankan human rights defenders
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for a strong international protest in response to the outrageous arrest of two highly-respected human rights advocates in Sri Lanka late last night. Ruki Fernando, one of Sri Lanka’s most prominent human...
Four years on, the IFJ remembers PrageethEkneligoda and calls for overdue action
Today marks the four-year anniversary of the disappearance of Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist PrageethEkneligoda. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is calling on the Sri Lankan Government (GSL) to properly investigate Ekneligoda’s case and prosecute all those guilty of attacking journalists and news gatherers since the Rajapaksa regime came to power.