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Press Statement Sri Lanka : Media associations are paying attention with regard to the arrest of web editor Chathuranga de Silva08 Sep, 2020 Desmond Chathuranga de Silva, the editor of the lankanewsweb.org website, who was arrested on August 31, based on a complaint received by the Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department, was produced in court on 01st September and remanded until 14th September. He has been charged with publishing news articles on his website that negatively impact the judiciary and the judicial hierarchy under Article 111 C of the Constitution, for admitting that he is the administrator of this website and for destabilising the public order of the country under Section 6 of the Computer Crimes Act. He was arrested with a warrant signed by Justice Lanka Jayaratne and his computers, mobile phones and other devices were taken into custody by the Criminal Investigation Department. The article in question that caused the issue, “Fraudulent path created for Easter attack suspect attorney at law Hijaz, to obtain bail. Judges also receive money, when the door of the Court of Appeal opens for five million. Cat’s paw behind granting bail”, is clearly a careless case of reporting on one hand, and he is responsible for verifying the authenticity of the information on the news article. This website also does not seem to respect media ethics in general. Although the arrests were made legally, media organizations have noted that the process of a large group going to arrest the web editor was an act that intimidates journalists. The member organizations of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Free Media Movement, the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions, believe that this incident will not develop into a process where the positive analysis of court decisions, exploring the work of the courts and the freedom to report its irregularities, will be deprived. Seetha Ranjanee – Convener – Free Media Movement Duminda Sampath – President – Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association Dharmasiri Lankapeli – General Secretary – Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions 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 - 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 पत्रकारमाथि भएकाे हातपातकाे घटनाप्रति महासंघकाे ध्यानाकर्षण20 Jun, 2018 महासंघ रौतहट शाखाका अनुसार आज विहान ८ः०० बजे गौरस्थित कर्मचारी मिलन केन्द्रमा आयोजित आमसञ्चार विषयक तालिम स्थलमा सहनीको नेतृत्वमा आएका १०–१५ जनाको समुहले सचिव क्षेत्रीमाथि हातपात गरेको, सदस्य यादवलाई कालोमोसो दलेको र पत्रकार दासको साथमा रहेको १ थान मोवाइल र नगद १५ हजार लुट्नुका साथै उहाँमाथि पेट्रोल छर्केर आगो लगाउने प्रयास गरेका थिए । कुनै पनि बहानामा पत्रकारमाथि यस किसिमको घटना हुनु प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताविरोधी काम हो । महासंघ प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता विरोधी यस्ता घटनाको कडा भर्त्सना गर्दछ । र, घटनाको छानबिन गरी दोषीलाई कारबाहीको दायरामा ल्याई पत्रकारलाई पेशागत सुरक्षाको प्रत्याभूति दिलाउन 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