“Every citizen has a role to play in successfully implementing the Right to information (RTI) Act, and the success of it is everyone’s responsibility,” said Ms. Corinna Zarek delivering a lecture on “Right to Information; A responsibility for all” earlier this week in Colombo.Ms. Zarek, who is the Senior Advisor for Open Government to the […]
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The constituent partners of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) vehemently condemn the Executive actions of the President Maithripala Sirisena to re-activate the Sri Lanka Press Council on July 2, 2015 through the provisions of the anti-democratic Press Council Law No. 5 of 1973. The re-establishment of the government appointed Press Council, re-introduces dormant legislation
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) has partnered with the Ministry of Mass Media, the National Child Protection Authority, the State Ministry of Child Affairs, the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka, the College of Journalism and UNICEF on a campaign to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse and violence against children. In this
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The Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting on 31 May in Washington D.C. during the 67th World News Media Congress, 22nd World Editors Forum and 25th World Advertising Forum, calls for greater protection for journalists, and for journalists’ safety to be given higher priority by governments, international institutions, and
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), together with International Media Support (IMS) in Denmark and the Open Society Foundation, organised an International Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka by leading media development and advocacy organizations, which took place from the 8th to 14th of May 2015.The Mission comprising of senior level representatives from Article 19, Centre for Law
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The International Media Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka visited Sri Lanka from 8 to 14 May 2015 to assess the media freedom situation in the country, including Jaffna. The International Mission was represented by ARTICLE 19, Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), International Media Support (IMS), Open Society Foundations (OSF)
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As we all know the World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. This has provided opportunity for us to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; assess the state of press freedom throughout the world; defend the media from attacks on
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Overview of Threats against Journalists in Sri Lanka (1990-2021) In a study by Sri Lanka Press Institute, it was revealed that physical attacks and intimidation vary from journalists being injured during the course of their duty, to being harassed by authority figures and the general public, to deliberate targeting. The full report of the study
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