A united front by the media organizations
Friday, 07 February 2014
The media organizations in Sri Lanka have joined forces and formed the Action Committee for Media Freedom (ACMF) to win rights for media personnel in the country.
The Committee will commence a campaign to demand legislation on right to information and proper investigations into the attacks, abductions and murder of media personnel in the past few years.
Holding its inaugural news conference, the ACMF has said that a seminar to create awareness will be held at the Public Library Auditorium on the 13th of this month. A second seminar is scheduled to be held in Kandy.
A petition to gather one million signatures demanding right to information legislation will be launched following the seminar.
A leaflet distribution campaign will also be carried out in public places and outside media institutions.
The Committee said that the right to information and publication is a right of media personnel as well as citizens and is key to post-war reconciliation and development.
The ACMF has also demanded the government to declare the results of investigations carried out on murders, abductions and harassment of journalists over the last few years.
