The law should be enforced immediately against the assault of journalist – Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the unruly mob attack on journalist Prasad Purnimal Jayamanne during his visit to report on an environmental disaster. According to the reports received by the Free Media Movement, the attack had taken place when he had visited to report…
වෘත්තීය මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට අවමන් සහගත ලෙස සැලකීම හෙළා දකිමු- නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය
ලංකාදීප පුවත්පතේ අධිකරණ වාර්තාකාරණිය ලෙස කටයුතු කරන වෘත්තීය මාධ්‍යවේදීනි නිමන්ති රණසිංහට මුල්ලේරියාව පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපති විසින් කරන ලදැයි කියන අවමන් සහගත සැලකීම නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය තරයේ හෙළා දකියි. අප වෙත වාර්තා වන අන්දමට නිමන්ති රණසිංහ සිය වෘත්තීය කටයුත්තක් පාදක කොට ගෙන එල්ල වි ඇති තර්ජනයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන්…
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, Nimanthi Ranasinghe had visited the Mulleriyawa police…
Free Media Movement condemns the obstruction of journalists’ from carrying out their professional activities
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the attack on journalist Prasad Purnamal Jayamanne and the obstruction in carrying out his professional media activities. According to the reports received, Prasad Purnamal Jayamanne who was photographing a protest by villagers against a tipper transporting sand in the…
Free Media Movement condemns the attack on media photographers and the obstruction of court correspondents
The attention of the Free Media Movement is closely drawn towards the incident involving the obstruction and attack carried out by the police and opposition politicians’ activists against journalists involved in reporting on the arrest of Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka and strongly request the relevant…
Immediate investigations should be carried out on violence against journalists. – FMM
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the continuous threats, harassment and violence the journalists have been subjected over the past few days due to their profession. The latest addition to this sequence of events is the assault targeting the Aluthgama provincial journalist Thusitha Kumara de…
Digital Journalists need to be Mobilized as Professionals – FMM
A workshop on “Mobilizing of Digital Journalists” organized by the Free Media Movement was conducted on December 3 and 4 at the Ocean View Hotel in Colombo. The workshop was attended by several journalists actively involved in the digital media industry engaged in various social…
ඩිජිටල් මාධ්‍යවේදීන් වෘත්තිකයින් වශයෙන් සංවිධානගතවීම අවශ්‍යයයි- නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය
නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාරය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද ‘ ඩිජිටල් මාධ්‍යවේදීන් සංවිධානගත කිරීමේ’ වැඩ මුළුවක් දෙසැම්බර් 3 හා 4 යන දිනවල දි කොළඔ ‘ ද ඕෂන්’ හෝටලයේදී පැවැත්වින. ඩිජිටල් මාධ්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ වෙබ්, බ්ලෝග්, යුටියුබ්, ෆේස් බුක් වැනි විවිධ අන්තර්ජාල මාධ්‍යයන්හි ක්‍රියාකාරි මාධ්‍යවේදීන් රැසක් මෙම වැඩමුළුවට සහභාගි…
Sri Lanka Police and Security Forces Must Maintain Openness on Public Peace
Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka expresses its concerns on calling two journalists to the Criminal Investigation Department, for questioning the information regarding the investigations to the journalists and their organizations and the closure of Police Media Unit which provided easy access to the information….