Pro-government activists have disrupted media training for Tamil journalists for the second time in two months, this time a two-day…
Sri Lankan intellectuals assaulted at Colombo May Day rally, journalists targeted
Activists of the Sri Lankan Marxist political party Peoples’ Liberation Front march during a rally to mark International Labor Day…
CONCERN OVER POLICE HARASSMENT OF TAMIL JOURNALISTS
Four Tamil journalists based in the northern cities of Mannar and Vavuniya were summoned for questioning by the police…
Statements of Intent
Bob Last Senior Human Rights Advisor, UK Mission human rights team 17th March 2015 Geneva, Switzerland Statements of Intent As nice…
‘Embattled Media’ -Democracy, Governance and Reform in Sri Lanka- New book on media law and policy released
(Lanka-e-News- 11.Feb.2015, 7.00PM) Sage, India has released the first comprehensive study that analyses the evolution of the media in…
Sri Lanka: Road to justice: Breaking cycle of impunity
Despite increased international attention to the murders of journalists, governments fail to take action to reduce the high rates…
In South Korea, deportation and defamation cases mark slide in press freedom
By Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Research Associate Korean-America writer and talk show host Shin Eun-mi is deported from South Korea…
Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo: Listen to extraordinary moment terrorists speak to TV journalist during terrifying hostage siege This is the extraordinary moment…
Yemeni reporter killed – the first journalistic fatality of 2015
TV correspondent Khalid Mohammed al Washali dies with three others in roadside bomb attack Khalid Mohammed al Washali was killed…
Evaporated
Syria is the most dangerous place in the world for journalists. More than 60 have been killed there since the…