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Wasp Attacks: Threatening the Lives of Estate Workers!

Admin December 7, 2020

Written By – Keerthika Mahalingam “One woman was killed and eight others were injured after a wasp attack in the Hatton Dick Oya area.” “Ten women plucking tea were hospitalized after being attacked by wasps.” “Dozens of people have been hospitalized in Hatton and Maskeliya due to two

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

More Women in Politics or More Feminists in Politics?

Admin December 6, 2020

Harini Fernando During the past few weeks there have been many discussions in Sri Lanka with regard to the taxes on sanitary napkins. During the debate over the reduction of the mentioned tax, one of the female members of parliament (MP) who is a former actress, mentioned that all citizens in this country, including women, […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

POFMA – What is it and how does it apply to Sri Lanka?

Admin December 5, 2020

Harindrini Corea At the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media on the 21st of November 2020, announcements and comments were made on the possible introduction of mechanisms to regulate websites in the next few weeks. These mechanisms are to be formulated upon a study of new laws passed in Singapore to regulate the media industry. […]

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December 3rd for People with Disabilities in the COVID Era

Admin December 2, 2020

Lasantha de Silva December 3 of each year has been declared the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by the United Nations. This day is celebrated with an emphasis on ensuring that other global citizens and persons with disabilities have equal opportunities in areas such as human rights, sustainable development, peace and security. Ahead of […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

The Fading Regional Voices of Radiotelegraph: Challenges Faced by Community Radio

Admin November 28, 2020

Sachini D. Perera Apart from commercial radio and public service broadcasting (PSB) radio, community radio is the third most widely used form of radio service. These radio services are primarily aimed at a community living within a single territorial boundary or for a community interested in starting and maintaining a community radio service. The content […]

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2019-2020: The Balance Sheet on Freedom of Expression

Admin November 28, 2020

DHANUKSHA SILVA Freedom House researchers have released an important report on Sri Lanka’s freedom of expression and its new trends for 2019 and 2020. Each year, a report is issued on each of the world’s democratic states, where researchers at Freedom House conduct preliminary inquiries into the actual nature of democracy being practiced in each […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

‘Hide & Seek’ Journalism: Invading People’s Privacy

Admin November 23, 2020

Sachini D. Perera There are many underlying and on-going social incidents that are not visible to the human eye and consciousness. The role of the media is to raise awareness about the impact of these activities and incidents in order to prevent negative social consequences. The media tends to codify the reality of such events […]

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The 20th Amendment and Freedom of Press and Media

Admin November 17, 2020

Dhanushka Silva The 20th constitution amendment has won two thirds of majority vote and now it has become the law in the country. The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of certain provisions in the amendment towards the freedom of press and media and how these impacts were controlled with the final […]

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Several Publication Rules that are Applicable to Social Media

Admin November 15, 2020

Udeni Perera When considering the services that new media can render to the society, the services of social media cannot be under estimated.  It has the ability of socializing news faster than the new media. Anybody who owns a reference account can socialize any information to their desire. There can be seen many instances where […]

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Unethical media practices that justify restrictions on media freedom

Admin November 5, 2020

Ajith Parakum Jayasinghe The new Brandix COVID-19 cluster comprising employees and its associates of the company’s Minuwangoda factory resulted in the government deciding to impose police curfew in some parts of the country. Fake News however spread across social media informing people that it was an island-wide lockdown instead of a zonal curfew. Released on […]