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Sri Lanka

Please find below links to media freedom news items for Sri Lanka. These have been organised by publication date.

17.09.22	RSF urges Sri Lankan government to stop hounding Tamil journalists	IFEX
04.08.22	Sri Lanka: Heightened crackdown on dissent	IFEX
27.07.22	Sri Lankan security forces detain, assault journalists covering political unrest	CPJ
20.07.22	Sri Lanka: Protesters force state-run broadcaster off-air	IFJ
12.07.22	Successful resolution of Sri Lankan crisis requires unrestricted coverage of protests	RSF
11.07.22	Police attack News First journalists covering Sri Lanka protests	CPJ
27.06.22	New details raise questions about whether Sri Lankan president was complicit in the killing of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge	CPJ
09.05.22	“Emergency regulations are a threat to freedom of speech and expression”	IFEX

16/09/2021 - Sri Lanka: Tamil journalist targeted with repeated interrogations - IFJ

26/08/2021 - Sri Lanka: Journalist ordered to 90-day detention for alleged intelligence breach - IFJ

3/12/2020 - Sri Lanka: Tamil journalist arrested for social media posts- IFJ

6/20/2020- Sri Lanka: Sand mafia attack journalist - IFJ

13/7/2020 - Sri Lanka: Police and key murder suspect obstruct photojournalist outside court - IFJ

24/6/2020 - Sri Lanka: End Persecution of Journalist- HRW

18/6/2020 - Sri Lankan authorities seize reporter Dharisha Bastians’ laptop in home raid -CPJ

30/4/2020 - Sri Lanka Human Rights commission: police violate constitution by arresting social media critics- News First

06/01/2020 - Media under fire - Tamil Guardian

16/12/2019 - Journalists beaten by unidentified groups, interrogated by police in Sri Lanka - CPJ

09/12/2019 - Sri Lanka: Journalists fear a new media crackdown - Aljaxeera

03/12/2019 - Sri Lanka: Harassment of journalists surges in first days of Rajapaksa presidency - Reporters Without Boarders

14/11/2019 - HRCSL writes to EC on spread of misinformation - Colombo Gazette

11/11/2019 - Sri Lankans fear violence over Facebook fake news ahead of election - The Guardian

26/07/2019 - Sri Lanka: Media obstructed by security forces - IFJ

08/07/2019 - Is Sri Lanka using the Easter attacks to limit digital freedom? - Al Jazeera

01/07/2019 - Sri Lanka mis-using UN-backed ICCPR law to suppress media, journalists: rights group - EconomyNext

17/06/2019 - Sri Lanka: Reporter targeted for Islamophobia coverage - AA.com

06/16/2019 - Sri Lanka to amend laws to tackle fake news, hate speech on social media: 5-year jail, fine up to Rs 10 lakh - Medianama

28/05/2019 - Sexism, slander, hatred: Sri Lanka’s culture of online abuse - The Guardian

30/04/2019 - Sri Lanka restores Facebook and YouTube access after nine-day blackout - The Verge

13/05/2019 - Sri Lanka blocks social media again after attacks on Muslims - Al Jazeera

29/04/2019 - Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Was the social media ban necessary? - Al Jazeera

23/04/2019 - Sri Lanka attacks: The ban on social media - BBC

22/04/2019 - Sri Lanka attacks: government’s social media ban may hide the truth about what is happening - The Conversation

21/04/2019 - Social media shut down in Sri Lanka in bid to stem misinformation - The Guardian

23/04/2019 - Sri Lanka terrorist attacks - Public Media Alliance

18/03/2019 - Sri Lanka Media Rights Activists Decry New Anti-terror Laws - VoA

10/02/2019 - Media freedom in Sri Lanka - Lankaweb

17/02/2019 - Transforming State Media into Public Media - Sunday Observer

06/11/2018 - Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Crisis and the Right to Press Freedom - The Diplomat

23/10/2018 - Concerns for media safety in Sri Lanka amid political crisis -International Federation of Journalists

28/09/2018 - Norway says Sri Lanka has taken noteworthy measures in media freedom - Colombo Gazette

24/08/2018 - Rethink ban on ONUR radio dramas: Mangala - Daily Mirror

09/08/2018 - Sri Lanka: Mass grave out of bounds for Journalists - JDS

18/07/2018 - Social Media – the New Testing Ground for Sri Lanka’s Freedom - Interpress

05/07/2018 - Sri Lankan lawmakers intimidating journalists over NYT article - International Federation of Journalists

18/01/2018 - One Step Forward, Two Back - Human Rights Watch

02/05/2017 - EU support for freedom of expression in Sri Lanka - ColomboPage

13/12/2016 - Sri Lankan Navy Commander assaults journalist, IFJ

18/11/2016 - Journalist attacked and threatened for reporting in Sri Lanka, IFJ

20/10/2015 - Report on the Seminar on Governance and Media Reform in Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth