Up-country journalist intimidated – Free Media Movement condemns
Freedom Media Movement vehemently condemns the threat to journalist K. Prasanna by Palani Digambaram, Minister of Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development, in connection to an article titled 'Does the Indian Housing Scheme...
Sri Lanka: Ten years on: Two army personnel charged with assault
Two Sri Lankan army spies were charged with serious assault on a journalist and his wife as they drove to work in January 2009. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) welcome the...
Sri Lanka: Media obstructed by security forces
A journalist was obstructed from reporting on a Sri Lankan Air Force Commander’s visit to a Buddhist monastery in Kandy on Sunday, July 21. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working...
FMM Letter to Hon Minister of Justices
The Free Media Movement has released a letter written to Hon Minister of Justice & Prison Reform on revision of laws relating to false news distribution and hate speech Read the letter here
SLWJA condemns attempts to suppress journalists under ICCPR Act
Read English statement here Read Sinhala statement here
Sri Lankan journalist faces charge over article
On June 16, Sri Lankan journalist Kusal Perera was faced with charges for commenting on the development of religious rivalries after the April 21 Easter Sunday attack. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM)...
We condemn the attempts to suppress journalists and media using the ICCPR Act – Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the attempts to pursue legal action under the provisions of the INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) ACT No 56. of 2007 and urges all responsible stakeholders to draw their attention to avoid using the...
Sri Lanka: Media blocked from meeting probing Easter Sunday attacks
The Sri Lanka media were blocked from live proceedings of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) on May 29, which was probing the Easter Sunday attacks. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) have strongly...
Suspension of the live proceedings of the parliamentary select committee denies people the right to information. – Free media movement
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the abrupt suspension of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) live proceedings, which was probing the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks since it is a violation of people’s right to information. There is great apprehension and...
Sri Lankan journalist released, following week-long detention
Mohammed Rizvi Maharoof was released following a week-long detention, after his arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in late May. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) is strongly condemning the...
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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...
The Free Media Movement condemns the degrading treatment meted out for professional journalists
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the demeaning way the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Mulleriyawa Police has allegedly treated professional journalist Nimanthi Ranasinghe, who works as a court correspondent for Lankadeepa. According to reports reaching us,...
Sri Lanka: Journalist clubbed in home attack
A correspondent for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa was attacked by club-wielding assailants in his home on December 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees’...