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Press Statement Sri Lanka: State-run broadcast moved to purview of Defence Ministry12 Sep, 2019 The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Sri Lanka’s state-run broadcaster has been moved from the purview of the Media Ministry to the Defence Ministry under presidential powers. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM), the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) and the Federations of Media Employee Trade Union (FMETU) in strongly condemning the move by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, threatening the independence of the media outlet. On September 9, an Extraordinary Gazette was issued bringing the SLRC under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. The Extraordinary Gazette was issued on presidential powers and see the state-run broadcaster moved from the Media Ministry to Defence. The move by the President has been widely questioned in Sri Lanka, with elections due to be called before the end of the year, and many seeing the move as a a result of ongoing dispute between President Sirisena and government headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. FMM said: “The Free Media Movement recognizes that any election will become a free and fair election, in particular with regard to the National Executive and the Legislature, when information is available through an unbiased, impartial media system to voters to make an independent decision. This decision taken by the President is a violation of that right. Therefore, the Free Media Movement calls upon the President and the government to immediately revoke the Gazette notification placing the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation under the Ministry of Defense and to guarantee a free and fair elections.” SLWJA said: “SLWJA believes that media freedom of journalists who engage in independent journalism will be influenced by this decision and this could be affected to the professional rights of journalists… Taking into consideration the up-coming elections including presidential election, SLWJA believes that this suspicious decision could be corrected by appointing a Cabinet Minister for Mass Media.” FMETU said: “The act committed at a time when elections would be announced soon amounts to misappropriation of state property for political purposes. Our Federation demands that the Chairman of the Elections Commission as a part of its responsibility to hold free and fair elections should express its standpoint over the matter. We as federation fighting for media freedom have always been maintaining the standpoint that media organizations funded by public funds should be changed to public service media institutions as without doing so there would be no ensuring of those institutes being abused by those in power for their advantage.” The IFJ said: “The decision by President Sirisena to use presidential powers regarding the purview of the SLRC raises serious concerns about the independence of the state-run broadcaster, particularly with elections due in Sri Lanka in the coming months. We stand with our affiliates in calling for the decision to be reversed immediately.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement नेपाल ः महासंघका पूर्वकोषाध्यक्ष साहलाई धम्की दिनेलाई कारबाहीको माग14 May, 2020 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका पूर्वकोषाध्यक्ष एवं जनकपुरस्थितरेडियो जनकपुर ९७ मेघाहर्जका सञ्चालक शीतल साहलाई प्रसारित समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर प्रादेशिकअस्पताल जनकपुरका कर्मचारीले भौतिक कारबाहीको धम्की दिइएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकारमहासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ धनुषा शाखाका अनुसार प्रदेश २ अन्तर्गत सामाजिकविकास मन्त्रालय मातहतमा रहेको प्रादेशिक प्रयोगशालामा भएको लापरवाही र अनियमिततासम्बन्धीरेडियो जनकपुरमा कार्यक्रम प्रसारण भएपछि सोही विषयलाई लिएर वैशाख ३१ गते अस्पतालकाकर्मचारी जुगल यादवसहितका ३ जनाको समुहले रेडियोको कार्यालयमै पुगेर सञ्चालक साहलाईभौतिक कारबाहीको धम्की दिएका थिए । प्रसारित समाचार सामग्रीप्रति चित नबुझे त्यसको कानुनीउपचार खोज्न सकिने विकल्पलाई छाडेर पत्रकारलाई यस किसिमले धम्क्याउनु प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताविरोधीकार्य हो । महासंघ पत्रकार साहलाई दिइएको धम्कीको कडा भर्त्सना गर्दै घटनामा संलग्नव्यक्तिहरुलाई कानुनी दायरामा ल्याउन र पत्रकारको सुरक्षामा गम्भीर भई सुरक्षाको प्रत्याभूतिदिलाउन सम्बन्धित निकायसँग माग गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download