… the world in which it is mentioned.
Read some of the news highlights from Friday 23rd of March to Friday 30th of March.
1. IFJ condemns detention of Tamil journalist by SriLanka's military. Tamil Guardian
2. IFJ condemns harassment of a provincial journalist by SriLankan military. ColomboPage
3. India: Two journalists killed in 24 hours. IFEX
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…A provincial journalist was detained for hours and threatened by the SriLankan military for taking photos and filming video of a public protest at A'lampil in Mullaitivu district, northern province of SriLanka on March 18.
…The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) SriLanka in expressing concern over the blocking of social media in the ongoing state of emergency. The IFJ urges the Government of SriLanka to ensure free flow of credible information during this period of crisis.
…The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the SriLanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in expressing concern over the blocking of a news website in SriLanka on November 8. The IFJ demands immediate withdrawal of the directives ordering the block to ensure smooth access to the website.
… on Protection and Promotion of Media Rights, Freedom, Ethics and Professional Standards which seeks to regulate and control the media.
· SriLanka passed the Right to Information Act in 2016, the last country in South Asia the introduce RTI legislation.
· Statistics from India…
… during a meeting in Kathmandu on September 8-10.
Journalist leaders and representatives of unions from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and SriLanka convened for a meeting ‘Credibility, Safety and Equity: An Agenda for Change in South Asia’s Media’ supported by the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES).
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), SriLanka, in condemning the attempt by Minister Palani Digambaram to block access to news of a journalist who was reporting a government event. The IFJ demands that journalists be treated with respect and allowed to carry out their professional duties with dignity.
Palani…
… Islamophobia — sound familiar? In this case, it's in India (LA Times)
15. Journalists Increasingly Unsafe in the Indian Subcontinent (Telesur)
16. Free press in SriLanka under threat from regulation (Ceylon Today)
17. Afghanistan enacts law to control cyberspace (The Nation)
18. Why Bangladesh's Journalists Live in Fear (The…
… of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and SriLanka have ratified. It is also noted that the 2016 Human Rights Council resolution (A/HRC/RES/32/13) condemns measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement, SriLanka (FMM) in condemning the behavior of a minister towards journalists on June 8 in Kandana, Colombo. The IFJ demands an immediate apology from the minister.
John Amaratunga, Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs, threatened journalists when he was asked…
… said: “Internet shutdowns are attacks on freedom of expression and press freedom therefore are not desirable in democracy.”
C Dodawatta, the convenor of Free Media Movement (FMM) SriLanka, said: “In this era in which the horizons of expression have been broadened, restrictions for freedom of expression in the Asian region and cutting down the rights should be…
… bad, South Asia is also making progress and has recorded some positive steps. Bangladesh had a win against impunity, convicting the killer of photojournalist Aftab Ahmed, and SriLanka continues on its reform path with the enactment of Right to Information Act.
The IFJ added: “Around South Asia, as well as contending with democracies in transition and the…
… on bail after 17 months in jail
3. Alarming closures and layoffs in Indian media
4. Army personnel arrested for abducting journalist in SriLanka
5. SriLankan President urged to expedite probes and end impunity
6. Maldives journalists receive death threats
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) SriLanka, in expressing its dismay over the statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena discouraging investigations into crimes against journalists by the security forces. The IFJ urges the SriLankan government to ensure that crimes against journalists are…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), SriLanka, in lauding the SriLanka Police for arresting an army officer and two soldiers over the 2008 abduction of and assault on a prominent journalist.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) interrogated Major Prabath Bulathwatte, Sergeants Duminda Weeraratne and…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), SriLanka, in lauding the SriLanka Police for arresting an army officer and two soldiers over the 2008 abduction of and assault on a prominent journalist.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) interrogated Major Prabath Bulathwatte, Sergeants Duminda Weeraratne and…
… on the toughest issues: illegal mining and forestry, corruption, black market activities, political and criminal mafia operations.”
Hard-fought wins have been achieved in SriLanka, the Philippines and Pakistan in the past 12 months which give hope about the continued work across the globe. The reopening of investigations into the murder of Lasantha…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) SriLanka in condemning the seizing of a drone camera used by the Hiru TV to report on a demonstration in Mirijjawila, Hambantota on January 7.
Hiru TV used the drone camera to film the demonstration against the inauguration of the SriLanka–China industrial zone…
… China, Trump could be most influential president since Nixon
7. IFJ condemns attacks, restrictions on media in occupied Kashmir
8. IFJ demands action against Lanka Navy chief
9. Lebanon: Solidarity pledged in Face of Massive Lay-Offs and Unpaid Wages
10. Liban: Solidarité face aux licenciements massifs et aux salaires…
… India: Improve safety and security of media workers
4. Life sentences for nine for murder of Bangladeshi journalist
5. SriLankan Navy Commander assaults journalist
6. Journalist attacked by hospital staff in Nepal
7. Journalist arrested under controversial…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement, SriLanka (FMM) in condemning the attack by the SriLankan Navy commander on a journalist at the Magampura Port in Hambantota, Southern Province on December 10. The IFJ demands immediate action against the commander.
Navy Commander Vice Admiral Ravi Wijayagunaratne assaulted Roshan…
… Journalist attacked by hospital staff in Nepal
7. Journalist arrested under controversial Nepalese Electronic Transaction Act
8. Arbitrary action on Derana TV by SriLankan government
9. Pakistan: Broadcasting authority PEMRA suspends license of two TV channels
10. Zunar targeted again by Malaysian government and its supporters
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… South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) with representatives from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, SriLanka, the Philippines and Vanuatu.
Representatives from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Twitter shared knowledge and skills to effectively use social media in…
… wider media environment”, said women journalists and activists from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, SriLanka, the Philippines and Vanuatu at the IFJ-FES Gender Equity Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES),…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), SriLanka in expressing serious concerns over actions by the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media on the Ada Derana News TV channel. The IFJ demands that the SriLankan authorities refrain from any arbitrary action restricting freedom of the press.
The Secretary of…
…de journalistes demandent la libération d'Olivier Bertrand arrêté en Turquie
6. Women should be encouraged to join the media
7. IFJ condemns attack on Journalist in eastern SriLanka
8. Our View: Turkey's attack on the media wrong
9. Gambie: « Personne ne doit être forcé à voter pour moi », assure Yahya Jammeh
10. La FIJ condamne…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM), SriLanka in condemning the attack and threats made to a journalist for his reporting in Trincomalee, Eastern Province of SriLanka on November 15. The IFJ demands immediate investigation and arrest of those responsible.
On Tuesday, journalist Mohammed Geeth was…
… executive held captive for a day in Pakistan
10. Pakistani journalist harassed at work; allegedly forced to resign
11. Journalist threatened inside police station in SriLanka
12. ‘Ensure transparency in re-investigation of Wickrematunge case’
13. Journalists, media harassed in Nepal
14. SAMSN Blogs
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5. Le droit français de la presse menacé par le projet de loi relatif à l'égalité et à la citoyenneté
6. IFJ condemns threatening a journalist inside police station in SriLanka, demands investigation
7. Ensure transparency in Wickrematunge case: International Federation of Journalists
8. Macedonian Journalist Božinovski Continues Hunger…
… of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) in condemning the inaction of the police while a TV journalist was threatened inside a police station in SriLanka on September 27. The IFJ demands that the authorities immediately investigate the incident.
Ranjith Karunaweera, a journalist with Hiru TV in Mahiyanganaya of Badulla…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement SriLanka (FMM) in welcoming the reopening of the investigation of the murder of editor and journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. The IFJ demands transparency in this investigation.
On September 27, the body of Sunday Leader editor Wickrematunge was exhumed for a…
… Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (Maldives), Zeenat Shahzadi (Pakistan), Joey Estriber (Philippines), and Prageeth Eknaligoda, Subramaniam Ramachandran and Vadivel Nimalarajah (all of SriLanka).
Read the IFJ's full statement here
… Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (Maldives), Zeenat Shahzadi (Pakistan), Joey Estriber (Philippines), and Prageeth Eknaligoda, Subramaniam Ramachandran and Vadivel Nimalarajah (all of SriLanka).
The IFJ said: “Enforced disappearances are aimed to spread terror and fear. These 11 cases are indicative of the endemic impunity problem for attacks against journalists…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) in condemning the assault of a senior journalist in Galle, southern SriLanka on July 12. The IFJ demand an immediate investigation into the incident.
Daya Neththasinghe, an environmental journalist and features editor for Sathhanda newspaper, was assaulted by…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the SriLanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in welcoming the Right to Information (RTI) bill in SriLanka, which was approved unanimously by the Parliament on June 24. The IFJ applauds the continued work of the SriLankan government to guarantee press…
… Youth Survey report on the state of unions
6. Pakistan journalist missing since August 2015
7. Philippines President-elect makes controversial comments about media
8. SriLankan editor attacked following threats]
9. Malaysian government tightens controls on online freedom
10. Nepal: three journalists arrested in three weeks
11. WPFD event…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Free Media Movement, SriLanka in condemning the attack on an editor on June 2 in Negambo, in eastern SriLanka. The IFJ calls for an immediate investigation into the attack and for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Freddy Gamage, the editor of Meepura, a regional web portal,…
… and the High Commissioner for Human Rights office in Moscow had a round table discussion at the Moscow Journalist House to celebrate the World Press Freedom Day.
SriLanka
FMM will mark WPFD under the theme of An independent media regulatory commission: towards a free and socially responsible media. The event will be held on May 4.
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In the battle against impunity, there were several victories. Pakistan had a win against impunity, convicting the killer of journalist Ayub Khattak, while in SriLanka convictions were made and a trial began into the forced disappearance of political cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda.
The report, supported by UNESCO, UNDEF and the Norwegian…
… the annual South Asia Press Freedom Report, The Road the Resilience in New Delhi, India with support from UNESCO.
· FMM in SriLanka is holding a panel discussion An independent media regulatory commission: towards a free and socially responsible media on May…
… 1971 and is a vocal critic on war crimes and victims of Nepal’s civil war. In 2005, Dixit was barred from leaving Nepal in his capacity as a journalist to attend a conference in SriLanka. Then in 2006, on April 8, Dixit was arrested for defying the curfews imposed by the government. He is a well-respected journalist in national and international communities.…
… to increase the journalist unions’ digital-platform based participation in regional and global campaigns on freedom of expression and journalist rights.
Workshops were held in SriLanka, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, as well as a regional SAMSN workshop also in SriLanka. Through the workshop, the participating unions developed and carried out…
… creation of the International Safety Fund to provide assistance to journalists in need and the setting up of the solidarity centres in Algeria, Colombia, the Philippines and SriLanka to monitor crisis situations and distribute assistance. There were also practical tools to provide advice to journalists on dangerous assignments such as the adoption of the…
… creation of the International Safety Fund to provide assistance to journalists in need and the setting up of the solidarity centres in Algeria, Colombia, the Philippines and SriLanka to monitor crisis situations and distribute assistance. There were also practical tools to provide advice to journalists on dangerous assignments such as the adoption of the…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement, SriLanka (FMM) in condemning the actions by a Buddhist monk in disrupting the court hearing regarding the abduction of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda in Homagama, outside Colombo on January 25. The IFJ demands a fair hearing of the case; and for the courts and authorities…
… be confirmed in 2015. Bhutan scores one place higher than Nepal as 104th while Maldives is ranked 112nd, Afghanistan 122nd, India 136th, Bangladesh 146th, Pakistan 159th and SriLanka 165th. More here.
15. Moving Stories: International Review of How Media Cover Migration
An international report on media and the global migration and refugee crisis, issued…
… hosts workshops in Afghanistan and Bangladesh
10. SAMSN Blogs
a. End Violence Against Women
b. Disappearances of Journalists in SriLanka: Lessons Learned
11. India media petition for release of two journalists
12. Women in the news (The Dawn, Pakistan)
13. The Sorry Tale of the PECB,…
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Under the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) South Asia Media for Democracy project, IFJ affiliates and SAMSN members have launched digital campaigns. In SriLanka, the Free Media Movement (FMM) has launched a campaign on Free Expression for All which aims to raise awareness about impunity in SriLanka, put pressure on the government to introduce the Right to…
… Prakash Singh Thakuri, Chitra Narayan Shrestha, Milan Nepali, Madan Paudel (all of Nepal), and Prageeth Eknaligoda, Subramaniam Ramachandran and Vadivel Nimalarajah (all of SriLanka).
The Without a Trace resource has been launched as part of the IFJ Asia-Pacific’s 2015 End Impunity campaign and provides a profile of the missing journalists,…
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SriLanka has seen decades of abductions and disappearances by state security agencies. Campaigning against such repressive acts too has become part of our political culture.
Enforced and involuntary disappearance of persons has been a permanent feature in SriLankan political culture over the last three decades. The second highest number of unsolved…
… Prakash Singh Thakuri, Chitra Narayan Shrestha, Milan Nepali, Madan Paudel (all of Nepal), and Prageeth Eknaligoda, Subramaniam Ramachandran and Vadivel Nimalarajah (all of SriLanka).
The Without A Trace resource has been launched as part of the IFJ Asia-Pacific’s 2015 End Impunity campaign which runs from November 2 to 23 and provides a profile…
… Asia region has been the worst region in the world in terms of impunity for crimes against journalists. Despite all eight countries in the region – Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, SriLanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan – being under democratic regimes for at least five years, the persistence of impunity in these countries has remained a big challenge…
… supporter of the IFJ’s campaign in the Asia-Pacific region and are conducting your own activities to demand an end to impunity, let us know by emailing us at [email protected].
SriLanka
The SriLanka Young Working Journalist Association will hold a candle-light vigil on November 28 at Viharamahadivi Park in Colombo. The vigil will mark the International Day…
… the press freedom organisations which made a successful case for such measures by the European Union leading to the suspension of an economic partnership with SriLanka in 2009. It therefore believes that targeted financial sanctions can contribute to the fight against impunity for journalists’ killers.
"In addition to judicial…
… IFJ rolled out its Digital Campaign workshop training as part of the UNDEF South Asia Media Freedom for Democracy project.
The workshops, which so far, have taken place in SriLanka, India, Nepal as well as regional training, have provided digital campaign skills trainings for over 100 journalists. A fifth training will be held in Pakistan before the end…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is saddened by death of a SriLankan journalist on duty on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 in the North Central Province.
According to reports by the police, provincial journalist Priyantha Ratnayake, 43, was killed by a wild elephant attacked him in Minneriya, near a national park. He had gone to the village to…
… (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned.
1. Gender impact
2. Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied! SriLanka
3. New National Security Law in China suppresses media freedom
4. Phuket Defamation Case an Assault on Thailand Press Freedom
5. French news agency staff on…
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the SriLankan Working Journalist Association (SLWJA) and the Free Media Movement (FMM), along with the SriLanka Press Institute (SLPI), in strongly objecting and condemning the SriLankan President’s decision to reactivate the controversial Press Council.
On July 2, 2015 SriLanka’s President,…
… femmes journalistes en Asie et dans le Pacifique.
Le rapport décrit les défis et les aspirations des femmes journalistes au Cambodge, en Inde, en Malaisie, au Népal, au Pakistan, au SriLanka et au Vanuatu, les sept pays sur lesquels a porté la recherche. La recherche s’est déclinée en une enquête en ligne, des entrevues et des études de meilleures pratiques…
… Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. The report documents the challenges and aspirations for women journalists in Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan SriLanka and Vanuatu, the seven countries in which the research took place. The research included an online survey, interviews and best practices case studies highlighting the…
… of women and gender issues more generally. The report details the experience of Journalists across seven countries in the Asia Pacific, including Pakistan, India, Nepal, SriLanka, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vanuatu.
The research highlighted that across the region, women remain underrepresented in decision-making roles in media organisations and in unions…
… impact the lives and work of journalists in the region, with case studies drawn from the personal accounts of media professionals in Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, SriLanka and Vanuatu.
The launch event will bring together the report’s authors as well as media professionals to assess the situation women journalists in Asia and the Pacific face…
… in Pakistan which is dealing with numerous frontlines and conflict zones. Meanwhile impunity for journalists killings carried out during national conflicts in Nepal and SriLanka remains a blight on the region.
On May 7, the IFJ and SAMSN released the annual South Asia Press Freedom Report, The Freedom Frontier: Press Freedom in South Asia 2014-15,…
