Free Media Movement: The harassment of the journalist in Matara is yet another classic example of the police misconduct
The Free Media movement strongly condemns the obstruction by police officers outside the court premises, to the attempt made by Chamal Fernando, a journalist of the Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation who went there on 15.07.2020 to report the driver responsible for the...
Sri Lanka: Police and key murder suspect obstruct photojournalist outside court
Police and inspector Neomal Rangajeewa threatened and obstructed Akila Jayawardene, a photojournalist from the Mavubima Newspaper outside Colombo High Court on July 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates Free Media Movement (FMM) and...
Sri lanka: We strongly condemn Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa’s conduct in the court premises : Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the forceful obstruction, intimidation and threats made by Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa, disrupting the work of professional photojournalist Akila Jayawardena at the Colombo High Court premises, Court no 1. Akila Jayawardene...
Sri Lanka: On the front line of media rights
Political upheavals in Sri Lanka have given rise to new challenges. To protect media freedom, journalists and media workers must focus on collective action, writes Viranjana Herath. Sri Lanka, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean but unfortunately a large dot on the...
Sri Lanka: Regional TV correspondent assaulted by thugs
Bimal Shyaman, a journalist with Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini television channels, was harassed and assaulted while reporting the Eid celebrations in the Atulugama area of Kalutara on May 24, 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lanka...
Sri lanka : Obstructing and Intimidating the work of regional journalist Bimal Shyaman is a violation of media freedom – Free Media Movement
Media reported an incident where Bimal Shyaman, the regional journalist of Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini Television channels, was intimated and harassed on May 24, 2020 while reporting the Ramazan celebrations of the Atulugama area, which was open to widespread...
Intervention to develop a shared social consciousness to collectively confront the global pandemic needed : FMM
The Free Media Movement emphasizes that racial and religious extremism which surfaces in different facets is a severe challenge and a threat to the collective resolve at a time when a strong, cohesive social determination is mandatory in responding to the COVID-19...
Free Media Movement condemns the obstruction of the work of journalist
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the obstruction and intimidation of journalist W.G. Roshan Kumara who was prevented from carrying out his work responsibilities when he arrived to report on a bus accident that took place at the 87th bend in Kanthale at around...
Sri Lanka: Tamil journalists receive death threats
Leaflets threatening to kill seven Tamil journalists were left at the Batticaloa Press Club and a nearby bus stop in Batticaloa, a city in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its affiliates Sri Lankan affiliates, the...
Sri Lanka: Police refuse to file death threat complaint by journalist
Mulleriyawa Police in the Central Province of Sri Lanka refused on January 10 to record the death threat complaint of a court correspondent. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) strongly urge Sri Lanka’s...
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Free Media Movement: Media Release to commemorate the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ observed on November 02
Sri Lanka is a country with a history of non-implementation of Justice to crimes against journalists! While it is the responsibility of any government to ensure Justice regarding crimes committed against journalists, the Free Media Movement expresses its apprehension...
Sri Lanka: Journalists exposing timber smuggling attacked
Journalists Shanmugam Thavaseelan and Kanapathipillai Kumanan, correspondents for the Tamil Guardian, were attacked by timber smugglers on October 12 when the journalists duo were working on a story on illegal deforestation and timber smuggling in the Murippu forest...
Sri lanka : The attacks on Mullaitivu journalists are disgusting – Free Media Movement.
It has been reported that two journalists who went in search of information on an alleged timber trafficking operation in the Murippu jungle area in the Mullaitivu district have been severely beaten by a group including the timber smuggler and the Free Media Movement...
Sri Lanka: Sand mafia attack journalist
Derana TV journalist Indunil Wijenayake was attacked by sand-miners in the Kumbukkan Oya area of Monaragala district on October 3 while reporting on illegal sand mining in the area. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lanka affiliate the Free...
Sri Lanka : The law should be enforced against those who attacked the journalist in Monaragala, regardless of their status – Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the attack carried out on the Derana TV journalist Indunil Wijenayake in Monaragala, while he was there to cover an incident of unauthorized sand mining in the Kumbukkan Oya. According to reports we have received, journalist...
Sri Lanka : The commission has released information for 87% of the appeals received – Attorney-at-Law Ashwini Natesan Weerabahu
Attorney-at-Law Ashwini Natesan Weerabahu presenting an analysis of the results of a study conducted regarding the difficulties and problems faced by various applicants in obtaining information under the Right to Information Act stated that the highest number of...
Sri Lanka: Free Media Movement raises voice against proposed constitutional amendment
The proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution poses a serious threat of violating the freedom of expression and the media freedom - Free Media Movement poses a serious threat of violating the freedom of expression and the media freedom - Free Media Movement The Free...