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Statement of the Platform for Freedom on post election repression
The manner in which the common candidate of the opposition General Sarath Fonseka was arrested and the events leading to his arrest clearly shows that the country is fast moving towards a totalitarian state, where not only human rights but even human decencies are not respected.
Colombo’s paranoid secrecy – Prof. Kumar David Column
Full text of Prof. David’s article follows: What Ranil, Mangala and Mano Ganesan said on 3 September at a Platform for Freedom Press Conference on the IDP issue was fairly … Continue reading
Platform for Freedom lawyers emphasized the importance of rule of law
Colombo, August 5th, http://platformforfreedom.org/wp-admin/post-new.php Platform for Freedom (PfF) of Sri Lanka emphasized the importance of re implementation of the 17th amendment to the Constitution at a Press Conference organized yesterday … Continue reading
PLATFORM FOR FREEDOM
Opposition stalwarts demanding the right to express themselves freely on issues facing the country yesterday (15) held a press conference at the Opposition leaders office where they demanded that their … Continue reading
State media falsifies the statement made by FMM Secretary to discredit him
An article attacking Sunil Jayasekera, the Secretary of the Free Media Movement was published in the state run Dinamina on the 25th of March 09 (Page 3). Jayasekera was attacked … Continue reading
This is the most oppressive period for journalists
Platform for Freedom Media Release (19-03-2009) Even though there have been times in the past when the freedom of expression and the peoples right to information have been threatened, there … Continue reading
