Intimidating media in the pretext of the ‘Aragalaya’, wrong precedent – FMM
The Free Media movement has completely rejected ‘the hostile coercive action and the extreme views’ shared by a group identifying themselves to be a part of the ‘Aragalaya’ entered the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on July 14 and forcibly ordered the rescheduling of programmes.
A statement issued by the FMM in this regard is as follows :
Media release : Intimidating Media institutions in the pretext of the ‘Aragalaya’ is a wrong precedent – Free Media Movement
The Free Media Movement has paid close attention to the recent incident involving a group of people who introduced themselves as part of the ‘Aragalaya’ and entered the premise of the National Rupavahini Corporation on the 14th of July and forcibly ordered the rescheduling of programmes and the views expressed while participating in a live programme. The Free Media movement vehemently condemns this action outright and completely rejects the hostile coercive action and the extreme views shared. Determining the media content is the right of the Editorial Board of the respective individual media institutions and intimidating them is a blatant violation of media freedom according to the recognized principles of media freedom.
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