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Impunity Still a Black January31 Jan, 2018 Let us light a lamp for suffering journalists in Sri Lanka to mark three years of the Yaha Palana government, says the Free Media Movement Sri Lankan journalists have suffered in many ways while performing their professional duties and have been demanding that justice be done to protect their professional and personal freedoms. Black January is another protest demanding their rights and this year the theme was “Yaha Palana completes a three year period but January is still black” and was held at the Vihara Maha Devi Park in Colombo on the evening of January 30, 2018. The Free Media Movement commemorated this day to demand media freedom and freedom of expression, and justice of journalist victims of abductions, assaults, disappearances and killings. A large number of journalists from media organizations, civil society groups, and social activists participated in the commemoration program and solidarity joined the vigil. The protesters demand truth, justice and reparation for the victims of violence against journalists, and stressed the importance of creating a safe and secure working environment for journalists who are committed to the media profession. This protest – January is still Black – has been organized annually from 2011 and this year it was against the present government. Yaha Palana Government which came into power in January 2015 promised that they would give a high priority to media freedom and put forward a series of statements promising welfare of journalists including ending impunity. Journalists who believed in freedom of the press gave their full support to the Yaha Palana Government when it come to power. The new government promised on many occasions that they would enact laws to end impunity and reiterated their responsibility to ensure security of journalists according to international conventions. But there has been no visible progress during the past three years regarding journalists’ freedom. Although the Right to Information Act has been enacted, the government is silent on impunity which leads to personal and professional insecurity of journalists while reporting. Attempts to control journalists have also been fiercely resisted by the Free Media Movement. Written By Free Media Movement c/o SLPI, No 96, Kirula Road Colombo 05, Sri Lanka Telephone: +94 777 394 959 Fax: +94 11 257 3279 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, June 2022 06/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, May 2022 05/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, April 2022 04/16/2022 Download
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Press Statement तस्विर खिचेकै भरमा पत्रकार पक्रेर सार्वजनिक अपराधको मुद्दा लगाइनु प्रेस तथा अभिब्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको गम्भीर उल्लंघन25 May, 2016 समयबोध पत्रिकामा आवद्ध पत्रकार शेषनारायण झालाई प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । झालाई सिंहदरबार गेटको तस्विर खिचेको भन्दै प्रहरिले जेठ १० गते प्रक्राउ गरेको जानकारी महासंघमा प्राप्त भएको छ । तस्विर खिचेकै भरमा पत्रकारलाई पक्राउ गर्नु र सार्वजनिक अपराधको मुद्दा लगाइनु प्रेस तथा अभिब्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको गम्भीर उल्लंघन हो । महासंघ यस घटनाको घोर निन्दा गर्दै पत्रकार झालाई तत्काल रिहा गर्न 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