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On February 17th, 2023, a Media Law Forum discussion forum took place in Kandy with the aim of identifying challenges faced by journalists in exercising their right to freedom of expression, and exploring ways in which lawyers can help protect this fundamental right. The event

A discussion forum of the Media Law Forum was held at Chilaw on 18th of December 2022. The discussion forum reported in this document was part of a media and law consultation program organized by the Media Law Forum to protect the people’s freedom of

On 18 October 2022, The Media Law Forum launched its dedicated hotline (+94 74 3070 888) to safeguard freedom of expression of the journalists and human rights defenders in Sri Lanka. There were more than 60 senior journalists, social activists, diplomats, social media influencers, and

The consultation session on media law and policy For a better media environment, self regulation could be the best possible method, said Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, addressing a recently held gathering of legal and media professionals. “The Government is definitely in support of establishing professionalism

The Media Law Forum, jointly with the International Media Support (IMS) recently held a two day training for online journalists on digital security and digital hygiene. The training was held online on November 20th and 27th, 2021. Online journalists working in all three languages participated the

Media Law Forum jointly with Canada based Centre for Law and Democracy recently organised a Webinar on Media Law to build knowledge capacity of the lawyers in Sri Lanka.  Lawyers from different parts of the country joined the webinar with great enthusiasm. The response from

Online journalists, You Tubers and bloggers, working in different categories, joined the discussion held on October 18th, 2021 on regulations and laws and the current position of online media. In this discussion, organised by the Media Law Forum, online practitioners focused on different platforms, such

The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation invited Media Law Forum Director Operations Attorney-at-Law Jagath Liyana Arachchi to share his expertise on Media ethics and its practice in Sri Lanka. The progamme was aired on August 13th, 2021 @ 9.30 p.m. via Swadeshiya Service of Sri Lanka

The Media Law Forum participated in the webinar organized by Canada based institute, Centre for Law and Democracy. The webinar was held on August 11th and 12th, 2021 with the participation of lawyers and journalists from several countries such as, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Indonesia, Myanmar,