Articles by Free Media Movement
FMM target of state media slander campaign
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 26 February 2001 FMM press release: STATE MEDIA PUBLISHES DISTORTED INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI) ANNUAL ASSEMBLY The Free Media movement wishes to express its regret regarding the mud-slinging campaign being carried out by the state media against the FMM. It is especially worrying that this campaign attempts […]
FMM condemns minister’s linking of murdered journalist Milevanagam Nimalarajan to LTTE armed wing
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: The Free Media Movement (FMM) condemns attempts by Mr. Dougles Devananda, the leader of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party and a minister in the Sri Lankan government, to paint the murdered journalist Milevanagam Nimalarajan as an LTTE activist, in a bid to justify his murder. Mr. […]
Veteran Tamil journalist murdered
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: The Free Media Movement expresses its deep sorrow and condemnation of the murder of veteran Tamil journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan in Jaffna yesterday. Mr. Nimalarajan worked as the Jaffna correspondent for a number of electronic and print media institutions in the south of the island, as well […]
Campaign launched against commissioner of elections
(FMM/IFEX) – The Ruling People’s Alliance Party in Sri Lanka has launched a vicious campaign against the commissioner of elections and are said to be taking steps to remove him from office. At the center of the controversy is a decision by the commissioner of elections to print a secret security sticker for polling cards […]
Film banned
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: Award wining film banned under censorship laws The Free Media Movement is extremely disturbed by the news that the exhibition of Prasanna Vithanage’s award-winning film “Purasanda Kaluwara” (Death on a Full Moon Day) has been deferred due to the prevailing security situation. This film, which won […]
Journalists threatened
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM statement: The Free Media Movement is gravely concerned by the concentrated attack of government-owned media on a group of journalists who attended a media workshop in the eastern batticaloe district, accusing them of being linked to the Tamil separatist movement, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The […]
Call for repeal of emergency regulations and censorship laws
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 6 June 2000 joint statement signed by political parties, trade unions and a number of other civil society organisations, following a joint protest campaign co-ordinated by Free Media Movement: Repeal Oppressive Laws Defend Democratic Rights The negative impact of the government’s decision to place the country on a ‘war […]
Two newspapers shutdown
**Updates IFEX alert of 4 May 2000** (FMM/IFEX) – The following is a 22 May 2000 FMM press release: TWO NEWSPAPERS SHUTDOWN The Free Media Movement wishes to express its condemnation of the closure of two newspapers, namely ‘Uthayan’ and âThe Sunaday Leader’. ‘Uthayan’ is the only newspaper published in Jaffna. Since the fresh outbreak […]