Release Nawarasam author Ahnaf : Or file fair charges – 13...
Thirteen international and local organizations have issued a joint statement calling for immediate release of Ahnaf Jazeem, the author of the poetry Navarasam, who...
Two Journalists attacked during illegal logging racket exposé in Mullaitivu
Two journalists covering an illegal teak felling racket in Muruppu in Mullaitivu have been assaulted by the timber smugglers.
The incident took place at around...
An attempt to block the right to freedom of expression and...
Officials responsible for informing the public through factual information are intimidated and that they are directly involved in restricting the expression of opinions, the...
RTI to the village : 2500 applications in a single day
The 14th session of the program series ‘RTI to the village’ organized by the Ministry of Mass Media in collaboration with AFRIEL Youth Network...
Public officials told to stay mum: former SLASA President explains how
The government is trying to intimidate independent public officials and that this is a serious threat, Former Ministerial Secretary and former President of the...
COPE sessions plugged off from media
Government whip and Minister Johnston Fernando said in Parliament today (23) that it has been decided not to open the meetings of the Committee...
Need to end the crackdown on freedom of expression
Arresting Chamila Jayasinghe, a Public Administration Officer, by the CID and the issuance of a letter restricting the Secretary to the Ministry of Health...
Challenging impunity for crimes against media in Sri Lanka
By Ruki Fernando
Dozens of journalists have been killed, abducted or have disappeared in the past two decades in Sri Lanka, with 2005-2010 being the...
Crack down on ‘fake news’- a worrying trend
People who spread ‘fake news’ will be arrested, Police Media Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana asserted in a statement on Tuesday (8). This echoed what...
SLPA chairman defends move to transfer union leaders
(Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe)
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is taking action against trade union leaders who are protesting against the attempt to sell the...
Uma Oya project: A silent disaster raging under the radar
(Akitha Wijayasinghe)
Bandarawela is famed for its climate and the spectacular scenery. It's quite hard to find someone who wouldn't love to be there. But...
The sour story of sugarcane farmers
(By Akitha Wijayasinghe)
Everybody knows that sugarcane is the major sucrose extracting crop used in the sugar industry in Sri Lanka. Four sugarcane plantations have...
Makadure Madush ; killed at the place that made him a monster
(By Tharindu Jayawardhana | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe)
Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush, who was being questioned by the CID on a detention...
Gvt dragged its feet to adopt the ILO Convention 190 for better work environment
Violence against women and men in workplace is an abuse of power that affects the most marginalised workers. Women are disproportionately affected where unequal...
Right of the viewers and listeners paramount- Supreme Court decides
The verdict on two fundamental rights petitions against the abrupt censorship of live discussion programme, 'Ira Anduru Pata' aired on Rupavahini Channel on 4th...
Increasingly fenced in Rambaken Oya Milk Farmers hope for indigenous land
(Nethmi Rajawasam and MediaLK Team)
Increasingly fenced in Rambaken Oya Milk Farmers hope for indigenous land
The milk farmer settlers of Galwala Yaya in Rambaken Oya,...
Petrol prices: LP 92 43.9% increase from Jan 2019 price
(Nethmi Rajawasam)
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased the price of petrol (LP 92 Octane) by Rs. 20, from Rs. 157 to Rs. 177...
Questioning of Father Cyril Gamini by the CID continues over 5 long hours
(Nethmi Rajawasam)
Reverend Cyril Gamini Fernando who has been accused of defaming the Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major-General Suresh Salley, arrived at...
Prison Protest Ends : Demands Remain Unanswered
(Nethmi Rajawasam)
The protesting inmates serving long-term prison sentences in the Welikada prison on 28th ended their month-long rooftop protest demanding the due reductions and...
Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act to Meet International Commitments – Human Rights Watch
The Sri Lankan government’s pardon of 16 prisoners convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), however welcome, does not address the urgent need...