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Press Statement Sri Lanka: The arrest of Lankanewsweb.org editor Chathuranga Silva: Let’s be vigilant08 Sep, 2020 It has been reported that the editor of Lanka News Web (www.lankanewsweb.org) Desmond Chathuranga de Silva is in remand custody after he had been subjected to questioning by the Computer Crime Unit of the Police Department. It is also reported that the reason for the arrest pertained to a news story published on his web site about Hijaz Hizbullah, an attorney-at-law who is currently under custody for his alleged links with Easter Sunday terror attacks. In addition, the police have taken under their custody Desmond Chaturanga’s media equipment including his computer, mobile phone and other devices. Desmond Chaturanga has been accused of publishing, on his website, news items which would influence the process of judiciary in contravention of the provisions of the Article 111- C of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka. He is also charged with of being the Admin of the aforementioned web which published news items that resulted in danger or imminent danger to national security, the national economy or public order violating the provisions of the Section No 6 of the Computer Crimes Act No 24 of 2007. It is clear that his questionable reporting has overlooked media ethics and he is liable to give reasons and to prove the truth and accuracy of what transpired to the public domain by the news items published under his watch. The Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Unions (FMETU) is concerned of the process followed by the law enforcing authorities in the manner of making the arrest, questioning the journalist and finally incarcerating him in the remand prison. It is obvious to any discerning eye that the process alone instills fear and terror among journalists and we believe that process is an intimidation against media freedom in the country. We of the FMETU, a member organization of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), state that we would not hesitate to take action against any move against media freedom and the rights of journalists to analyze the decisions of the judiciary and to report corruption and fraud taking place in that branch of governance. Written By Federation of Media Employees' Trade Union 17 Barack Lane, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka Telephone: +94 1 472 407 Fax: +94 11 232 4053 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 पत्रकारलाई दिइएको धम्की आपत्तिजनक23 Dec, 2015 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ सर्लाही शाखाका उपाध्यक्ष विश्वनाथ ठाकुर र सभासद ओमप्रकाश ठाकुरलाई आन्दोलनको समाचार संकलनको क्रममा सुरक्षाकर्मीबाट दिइएको धम्की र दुर्व्यवहारको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ सर्लाही शाखाका अनुसार सदरमुकाम मलंगवाहमा पुस ६ गते भएको आन्दोलनको समाचार संकलन गरिरहेको पत्रकारद्वयलाई फोटो खिच्ने क्रममा सुरक्षाकर्मीले धम्क्याएका थिए । विभिन्न चुनौतीको सामना गर्दै पेशागत धर्म निर्वाह गरिरहेका पत्रकारलाई सुरक्षाकर्मीले सुरक्षाको प्रत्याभूति दिनुपर्नेमा उल्टो धम्की दिनु आपत्तिजनक छ । महासंघ सुरक्षाकर्मीबाट भएको यस्तो व्यवहारको भत्र्सना गर्दछ । साथै, पत्रकारलाई निर्वाध र सुरक्षित पत्रकारिताको वातावरण निर्माण गर्न स्थानीय प्रशासनसँग माग गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, September, 2022 09/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2022 08/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, July 2022 07/15/2022 Download