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Soumis par: yajitha
Posté le Jul 1, 2008
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We reproduce in full a statement by the Free Media Movement on the attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka. Namal Perera, the most recent victim of an abduction attempt, was a former colleague who significantly facilitated a number of progressive media initiatives in Sri Lanka including the...... [view]
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Soumis par: yajitha
Posté le Jul 2, 2008
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What does the failed abduction attempt against Namal Perera of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), which turned into a brutal assault on him and his friend Mahinda Ratnaweera , Political Officer at the British High Commission, tell us about the Rule of Law, human rights protection, the culture...... [view]
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Soumis par: yajitha
Posté le Jun 13, 2008
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When President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with some editors and senior journalists recently, he was asked about the attack on the Associate Editor of the Nation. His reply was,” You know me, I didn’t care about what is written against me but other people are not like that.” One can conclude...... [view]
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Soumis par: yajitha
Posté le Jun 6, 2008
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Journalists in Sri Lanka are trying to recollect whether they had a worse time under the regime of President Ranasinghe Premadasa when during the height of a crackdown on a JVP insurrection many media personnel were killed or simply disappeared, or if the regime of President Mahinda Rajapaksa is...... [view]
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Soumis par: yajitha
Posté le Jun 2, 2008
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The Media at a time of war
During the Second World War the German people tuned into the BBC for war news rather than their own radio managed by Goebbels who broadcast war propaganda as news. People under Communist rule listened to Radio Free Europe.
Last week the Secretary of Defense...... [view]
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Soumis par: yajitha
Posté le Jun 1, 2008
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By Satheesan Kumaaran
While the freedom of the press is a precious ingredient of a vibrant democracy, in most autocracies claiming to be democracies, journalists are casualties of the various conflicts they report on. Sri Lanka is among the worst in this regard showing utter hostility,...... [view]
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