1/9/2005
Journalists from across Sri Lanka will come together for the first time in a three day meeting from September 9-11 at Tholangamuwa, Abeypussa to discuss and debate public service values in journalism, media freedom and social responsibility, and professional dignity and rights of journalists.    more >>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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International Press Releases and Reports
  Free Journalists Unfairly Held Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
5/12/2008
The Sri Lankan government is shamefully using antiterrorism laws to silence peaceful critics in the media. This is no way for a government that claims to be a rights-respecting democracy to act.
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  Censorship at Sri Lankan Public Broadcaster Raises Concerns
1/12/2008
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned at reports that broadcasts of the BBC Sinhala and Tamil programs in Sri Lanka were censored by the government-controlled host network.
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  Journalist Released from Detention in Sri Lanka
24/11/2008
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is relieved to report the release from detention of A.R. Vaama Loshan by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on November 22.
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