… a prominent journalist and leader is killed,” said IFJ President Christopher Warren today.
“This horrific murder underlines that work must continue on the peace process in SriLanka, and that media should never have to pay the ultimate price for ongoing internal conflict,” said Warren.
Nadesan was known for his fearless and credible journalism and…
… Hindustan, New Delhi, India.
Jagadish Pokhrel, Associate Editor (Features), The Rising Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sunil Wijesirwardena, Media critic and Lecturer at the Sri Palee Campus, Colombo University Colombo, SriLanka.
The finalists are (in alphabetical order):
Print/Online- English
· Massoud Ansari (Pakistan), “Valley of…
… of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation of journalists representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, is deeply concerned over the reports of a raid on the home of a SriLankan Tamil journalist, Sivaram Dharmeratnam (Taraki), by the SriLankan Police on Monday, 3 May 2004 – World Press Freedom Day.
According to our information, on 3 May, scores…
… by the International Federation of Journalists, the global voice for journalists. The report, covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Maldives, Nepal and SriLanka records and spotlights a worrying trend of increasing violence against journalists, including the deaths of at least 12 journalists and other media workers in the 12 months…
… of Journalists has protested to Jathika Hela Urumaya over the attack by its members on a Young Asian Media television crew covering a political rally of the JHU in Kandy, SriLanka.
The IFJ has protested to the leader of the JHU and the President and Prime Minister of SriLanka in the following letter:
15 March 2004
Mr Tilak…
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The International Federation of Journalists has protested to the Government of SriLanka over the security investigation into political columnist and journalist Upal Joseph Fernando, after an anti-Christian extremist group filed a formal complaint against Fernando for allegedly writing a defamatory leaflet against Buddhists.
The IFJ asks the Government of Sri…
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The IFJ organised a meeting on The Challenge of Public Broadcasting in Asia on 1-3 December in Colombo, SriLanka. The meeting was organised with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation and affiliates in SriLanka. The meeting launched the IFJ's Public Service Broadcasting for All campaign for Asia. The aim of the meeting was to focus attention on the state of…
… region. Initially, the representative at this meeting will be the contact person.Colombo, December 3rd 2003
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PARTICIPANTS FROM:
SriLanka
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Indonesia
Thailand
Cambodia
Timor Loro’sae
Australia
The Philippines
Hong Kong
Korea
Taiwan
… 1-3rd 2003 under the auspices of the International Federation of Journalists global campaign Public Broadcasting for All, having considered the situation facing media in SriLanka,
Declare
That the creation of tolerant, peaceful and just society depends upon the freedom of citizens to have access to quality media that respect the principles of…
… representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today launched the 2003 IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize at a meeting of Asia public service broadcasters in Colombo, SriLanka.
The IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize aims to combat racism and discrimination, through recognising the work of journalists from all media who contribute to a better…
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13 November 2003
Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
President
Democratic Socialist Republic of SriLanka
Presidential Secretariat
Colombo-1, SriLanka
Fax: +94 1 333 703
Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghae
Prime Minister
Democratic Socialist Republic of SriLanka
58 Sri Ernest de SilvaMwatha,
Colombo –7
SriLanka
Fax: +94 1 422073…
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The International Federation of Journalists has appealed to the President and Prime Minister of SriLanka to maintain freedom of the press and respect for the independence of journalists, particularly in the state-owned media, during the current political uncertainty that has swept the nation. The IFJ has stressed the importance of a free media in times of…
… Journalist’s Organizations
and the IFJ on critical situation facing journalists in Nepal
Representatives of journalists’ trade unions and organizations from India, Nepal and SriLanka, meeting in Kathmandu under the umbrella of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), are extremely concerned about the critical situation facing journalists in…
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The International Federation of Journalists, the global organisation of journalists representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has called on the Chairman of SriLanka's largest and government owned newspaper group to apologise publicly for intimidation of two journalists involved in union activities.
The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon (ANCL) Chairman, Mr.…
… journalist and former Vice-President of the International Press Association (API) (Spain)
Mr Sunanda Deshapriya, senior journalist and convenor of the Free Media Movement (SriLanka)
Mr Nawab Khan, Bureau Chief of the Islamic Republic's News Agency in Brussels (India)
Mr Max Römer, Director of the School of Journalism at the Universidad Andréas Bello…
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The International Federation of Journalists has protested to the Prime Minister of SriLanka, the Minister for Communication, and the Chairman of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon over the death threats received by journalist Poddala Jayantha from the Silumina newspaper.
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… of cultural, religious and ethnic differences. The Prize carries a cash award of Euro 1500 (Rs 75,000).
The winner of the Prize for South Asia is: Muzamil Jaleel (India) Srinagar Bureau Chief of The Indian Express, for his entry “Setting out in Search of Kashmiriyat” which appeared in Indian Express, March 24 2002.
Comments of the jury: “In…
… submitted to the Prize in South Asia and were judged by a well respected Jury from around the region. The South Asia Jury members are:
Rosanne Therese Koelmeyer Anderson (SriLanka): Associate Editor, the Sunday Observer.
Ajit Bhattacharjea (India): Director, Press Institute of India, New Delhi.
N. Ram (India): Editor, Frontline.
Rama Krishna…
… broadcasting may serve to strengthen morale in some quarters, but for us it raises the prospect of further attacks and deaths in other regional conflicts such as those in SriLanka, Kashmir, Colombia, Central Africa, the Philippines, and a handful of other places, where declared and undeclared conflicts cause great suffering.
We fear this cycle of…
