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Press Statement Sri Lanka: Journalist clubbed in home attack17 Dec, 2019 A correspondent for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa was attacked by club-wielding assailants in his home on December 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Unions (FMETU) condemn the attack. On December 6, around 10 to 15 men armed with clubs are alleged to have attacked Thusitha Kumara de Silva and his wife in their home in Luthgama in the Kulatara District. Both victims sustained injuries to their head in the attack. Thusitha, who is known for his investigative reporting on illegal artificial toddy manufacturing in Kalutara district, had reported in the Mirror on Sri Lanka’s Police Special Task Force’s (STF) seizure of 40,000 liters of chemical toddy in Aluthgama, a town in the Kalutara District. Toddy is an alcoholic beverage often made from a coconut’s flower in Sri Lanka. According to the Daily Mirror, the men said: “You were the one who wrote about the artificial toddy industry in newspapers and exposed us”. The couple were treated at Aluthgama Base Hospital and later transferred to Kalutara General Hospital, Nagoda, for further treatment. At least five suspects were arrested for the attack and will remain in remand until December 20. The remaining suspects are still at large. The attack on Thusitha is part of a worrying trend of escalating violence directed at journalists in Sri Lanka since the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the President of Sri Lanka on November 18. There have been at least seven reported attacks on the media since Gotabaya’s election. FMM urged that the suspects be brought to justice and called for a prompt, full and fair investigation into the attack. FMETU wrote to Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, urging intervention on the case to ensure those responsible are held to account. The IFJ said: “The attack on Thusitha for reporting and exposing illegal acts is evidence is of great concern, not only for the journalist but for the potential for instilling fear of retaliation among media professionals in Sri Lanka. We urge the new government of Sri Lanka to ensure journalist safety is a high priority through the prompt investigation of such cases to bring perpetrators to account.” 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 सद्भावना पार्टीद्वारा पत्रकार महासंघ भवन कब्जा04 Aug, 2016 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ सप्तरी शाखाको कार्यालय भवनमा राजेन्द्र महतो नेतृत्वको सद्भावना पार्टीले अनाधिकृत रूपमा कब्जा गरी पार्टी कार्यालय स्थापना गरेर सञ्चालन गरेको महासंघ सप्तरी शाखाबाट जानकारी पाउँदा महासंघ केन्द्रीय समिति आश्चर्यचकित भएको छ । वैधानिक प्रक्रियाबाट सञ्चालन भएको एउटा राजनीतिक दलको यस्तो हर्कत अशोभनीय मात्र नभई पत्रकार महासंघ तथा स्वतन्त्र प्रेसजगतमाथिको हस्तक्षेपको चरम नमुना भएकोमा सन्देह छैन । नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ सद्भावना पार्टी र यसको नेतृत्वलाई उक्त कार्यालय तत्काल त्यहाँबाट हटाउन र घटनाको छानबिन गरी दोषीमाथि कारबाही गर्न ध्यानाकर्षण गराउँदछ । साथै, यस्तो गैरकानुनी हर्कत तत्काल बन्दगरी कानुनबमोजिम आफ्नो दायित्व पूरा गर्न स्थानीय प्रशासन र सम्वद्ध सरकारी निकायसाग 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