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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, May 3, 2017
TISL WARNS OF TWO RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION INTENDED TO OBSTRUCT THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN SRI LANKA
Image: One of the legislation is pushed ahead by Ranga Kalansooriya,
DG government information department and former Asia head of
International Media Support.
Issuing a statement on the world press freedom day Transparency
International Sri Lanka says that ” as we celebrate World Press Freedom
Day here in Sri Lanka, processes have been initiated to adopt two pieces
of legislation, which if enacted without proper consultations with
stakeholders, in this case the media, could be seen as restrictive
legislation intended to obstruct the freedom of the press.”
One of these laws, that is a Media Council Bill is pushed ahead without
any proper consultation by the Government Information Department now
being headed by politically appointed Director General Ranga
Kalansooriya with the collaboration of Denmark based International Media
Support institute.
Full statement of the TISL follows:
Across the globe, journalists on the front-line of the fight against
corruption are facing persecution. Although Sri Lanka has seen a
marginal improvement in our overall global score on the World Press
Freedom Index, compiled by Paris based Reporters Without Borders (RSF),
the country is still ranked 141st out of the 180 countries surveyed.
This survey is based on an evaluation of factors including pluralism,
independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety
of journalists in each country.
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day here in Sri Lanka, processes
have been initiated to adopt two pieces of legislation, which if enacted
without proper consultations with stakeholders, in this case the media,
could be seen as restrictive legislation intended to obstruct the
freedom of the press.
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) calls on policymakers to
institute a consultation process with journalists, media institutions
and other stakeholders, in the process of drafting the proposed Counter
Terrorism and Media Council Bills.