Articles by Free Media Movement
Abducted journalist Nadaraja Guruparan released
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 30 August 2006 FMM press release: Abducted journalist Nadaraja Guruparan released Sooriyan FM news director, Nadaraja Guruparan, was released by his abductors around midnight on 29 August 2006. He was abducted on his way to work from his home, south of Colombo, in the early morning hours of 29 […]
News director of Tamil-language radio station goes missing
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: Director news, Sooriyan FM Missing /Abducted FMM received a report this morning that Nadarajah Guruparan, news director for Sooriyan FM radio station, has gone missing. Sooriyan FM is a popular Tamil-language channel of ABC radio network, based in Colombo. Guruparan left in his vehicle for work […]
Newspaper’s warehouses burned down, newsprint and electronic equipment destroyed
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 20 August 2006 FMM press release: News print stores of Udayan newspaper set on fire Two warehouses belonging to the Jaffna-based “Udayan” newspaper were burned down by unidentified persons on the night of 18 August 2006. According to the “Udayan” group of newspapers’ general manager, Mr. Saravanabhavan, four people […]
Newspaper delivery agent killed; another newspaper’s office searched by state security personnel
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 15 August 2006 FMM press release: Free Media Movement is disturbed by the authorities’ continuing harassment of members of the Udayan group of newspapers The Colombo-based newspaper “Sudaroli” was searched by armed state security personnel at 4:00 p.m. today. No advance warning about this search was provided to the […]
Paramilitaries tell delivery agents of two Tamil newspapers to cease distribution or face death
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 26 July 2006 FMM press release: Distributors of Tamil dailies threatened FMM vehemently condemns the violent attempts to stop the distribution of two Tamil language dailies, “Sudaroli” and “Thinakkural”, in parts of eastern Sri Lanka. Relevant authorities have informed FMM that these threats are coming from anti-Liberation Tigers of […]
New levy on foreign films and television dramas is “tantamount to indirect censorship,” warns FMM
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: The Free Media Movement (FMM) is severely disappointed that the government, without any dialogue or consultation with the media community, decided to impose a new levy on foreign films and dramas that make it almost impossible for them to be broadcast on television in Sri Lanka. […]
Journalist abducted and murdered
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 2 July 2006 FMM press release: Journalist shot dead in Colombo The Free Media Movement (FMM) expresses its shock and sorrow at the abduction and murder of freelance journalist Sampath Lakmal de Silva by an unknown group on 2 July 2006. He was abducted at 5:00 a.m. (local time) […]
Media freedom and freedom of expression crisis looming, warns FMM
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM capsule report: Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression: Heading for a crisis in Sri Lanka June 2006 Note Prepared for the Inaugural Session of the UN Human Rights Council by The Free Media Movement, Sri Lanka with the support of INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre Background: Throughout the […]