The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) this week forwarded to the Minister of Justice, Hon. Ali Sabry MP, PC a set of proposals by The Editors Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) setting out the rationale for the codification and enactment of a Contempt of Court Act in Sri Lanka in line with many other countries. In […]
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වෙනත් බොහෝ රටවල පවතින ආකාරයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබද නීතිය කුමක්දැයි නිසි ලෙස අර්ථ නිරූපනය කළ නීතියක් නොමැති බැවින් අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබද නීතිය පැහැදිලිව සදහන් කළ පනතක් සම්පාදනය කර බලාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවලියක් අධිකරණ අමාත්ය, ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ අලි සබ්රි මහතා වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ශ්රී ලංකා කර්තෘ සංසදය සමඟ එක්ව ශ්රී ලංකා
A delegation from constituent partners and affiliates of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) met the Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella this week to request him to consult stakeholders when drafting media law reforms as had been proposed by the Minister recently. The Minister agreed to do so in the New Year. The delegation
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 17th Annual General Meeting on the 21st of October 2020 virtually using the Zoom web-conference platform, attended by representatives of its constituent partners – the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka, the Free Media Movement, the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association and
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Sri Lanka Press Institute hosted webinars for journalists moderated in both Sinhala and Tamil languages on “Tackling Fake news during the Election Period” The webinars were hosted on the Zoom platform on 15th and 20th July 2020. The resource persons for the two webinars were Mr. Arun Arokiyanathan, Editor, Globe Tamil, Mr. Mohamed Fairooz, Editor,
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SLPI conducted a Two day (13th and 14th March 2020) workshop on “Sail on your own strategies: For Sustainable work on Reconciliation stories”. SLPI hosted this event in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the British Council Sri Lanka, in partnership with the Ministry of National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress,
The Sri Lanka Press Insitute organized a residential workshop for journalists of print and electronic media on 17th and 18th December at The Villas Wadduwa, Wadduwa. The workshop was on Reparations where SLPI in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sri Lanka spread awareness of the Office for Reparations Act, No.34 of 2018.
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The panelists Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director of National Peace Council Sri Lanka, Att. Jeevani Kariyawasam, Social Activist and Politician, Ms. Sanjeewani Roopasinghe, Senior Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya and moderator Mr. Kamal Liyanarachchi, Press Complaint Officer, Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL) led the discussion engaging the audience in a stimulating dialogue
தமிழ் கட்டுரை සිංහල ලිපිය The panelist at the panel discussion organized by the Sri Lanka Press Institute and the Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day 2019. Seated from left to right at the Panel : Mr. Ajith Parakum Jayasinghe, Blogger and Social Activist,
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SLPI conducted workshops for more than 40 journalists from diverse ethnic religious and linguistic backgrounds on reporting in pluralistic environment(s). The workshops gave working journalists an opportunity and understanding of pluralism and how media ethics and professionalism factors into pluralism. Workshops were conducted in four locations in the country; Kalutara, Batticaloa, Kandy and Colombo with
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