The attacks on Mullaitivu journalists are disgusting
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 condemned…
Thirty sections of the 20th amendment to the constitution are against democracy and freedom of expression – Ermiza Tegal, Attorney-at-law
Rights activist Ms. Ermiza Tegal, Attorney-at-law, pointed out that 30 sections of the 20th amendment to the constitution are contrary to democracy while three of them directly contradict the freedom of expression. The 5th article of the 20th amendment, which is related to immunity of…
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 Indunil Wijenayake has…
Invitation: Democracy, Freedom of Expression and 20th Amendment – Open Forum with Journalist
Panellist K.W.Janaranjana (Attorney at Law) Editor Anidda News paper Ermiza Tegal (Attorney at Law) Jagath Liyanaarachchi (Attorney at Law) 2020 October 6th 3.00 PM SLPI Auditorium ( No 96, Bernard Soysa Mawatha, Colombo 05) Organized By Free Media Movement
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 appeals to the Information Commission during 2017-2019…
An open forum on ‘Right to Information Act – Achievements and Challenges’
An open forum organized by the Free Media Movement will be held on Monday 28th September 2020 at 3.00 pm at the Sri Lanka Press Institute Auditorium on the occasion of the International Day of Universal Access to Information falling on 28th September. The discussion…
The proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution poses a severe threat of violating the freedom of expression and the media freedom
The Free Media Movement is deeply concerned about the impending danger and the severe challenges posed to the freedom of expression and the media freedom by the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which was presented to the Cabinet on 2nd September and ratified with…
The harassment of the journalist in Matara is yet another classic example of the police misconduct – Free Media Movement
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 fatal accident of…
We strongly condemn Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa’s conduct in the court premises
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 has stated that Inspector Neomal Rangajiva the former OIC…
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 speculation over the spread of covid…