Articles by Free Media Movement
European Union calls for transformation of state-controlled media into public-service media
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 21 June 2004 FMM press release: European Union makes its media recommendations public and urges transformation of state-controlled media into public-service media On 17 June 2004, the European Union (EU) released its monitoring report on the April 2004 general election. While commending the conduct of the elections as free […]
FMM criticises minister’s statement on state media’s role
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 15 June 2004 FMM press release: The State Media is not an inheritance of the Minister of Media The statement by Mangala Samaraweera, the new minister of media, at a public function attended by the heads of state media institutions, to the effect that the state media’s main task […]
FMM denounces state-owned newspaper’s attack on several private media outlets
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 25 May 2004 FMM press release: Exposing private lives in Media Our attention has been drawn to the editorial of the Daily News of May 24, 2004, titled “Canard nailed”, in which several privately-owned media institutions have been taken to task over their conduct in the recent exposures relating […]
Grenade attack on home of ABC radio network’s managing director; police raid printing press
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: FMM condemns the grenade attack on the house of ABC Radio Managing Director Mr. Raynor Silva on the night of 28 March 2004 as a cowardly act meant to intimidate the ABC radio network. The ABC network operates five FM stations, namely Hiru FM, Sun FM, […]
Editor suspended, journalist dismissed, management changed at community radio station
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: Editor Suspended, Journalist Dismissed, Management Changed at Community Radio Station The Free Media Movement is disturbed at the alarming levels of political interference taking place in the state-controlled media in Sri Lanka, just two weeks prior to the 2 April 2004 general elections. On 18 March […]
Newspaper editors threatened; thousands of copies of Tamil-language newspapers confiscated and burned
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: Editor threatened by political party leader Free Media Movement condemns the threatening phone call made by the propaganda secretary of the Peoples Liberation Front (JVP), Mr. Wimal Weerawansa, to the chief editor of Lankadeepa newspaper, Mr. Siri Ranasingha, late in the evening on 10 March. The […]
FMM welcomes election commissioner’s guidelines on election reporting
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 10 March 2004 FMM press release: FMM commends Election Commissioner’s guidelines on election reporting FMM, a freedom of expression organization that believes in the media’s social responsibility, welcomes the Elections Commissioner’s (EC) guidelines to be observed by the electronic media when covering the general election to be held in […]
Journalists attacked by party’s followers
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: FMM expresses its deepest regret over an attack on a television news crew during an election meeting of Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), which has become the political party of Buddhist monks. FMM extends an urgent request to the JHU’s leading monks to put an end to […]