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Media in Sri Lanka

Article written by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Senior Researcher, CPA published in The Sunday Leader, 28 June 2009.Media in Sri Lanka

The anxious society

Article written by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Senior Researcher, CPA published in The Sunday Leader, 21 June 2009. The anxious society

A militant diplomacy

Article written by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Senior Researcher, CPA published in The Sunday Leader, 14 June 2009. A militant diplomacy

Best practices and potential for improved information flows in media and civil society

This report, commissioned by HIVOS in November 2008, looks at the conditions favourable to and severely vitiating the potential of information flows in support of peace, human rights and democratic governance within and between civil society and mainstream media in Sri Lanka. The report ends with three key annexes that critically analyse the media landscape […]

Sri Lankan Draft Media Policy Critiqued – 13 September 2007

13 September 2007: ARTICLE 19 and the Centre for Policy Alternatives today made a Joint Submission to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Mass Media and Information on its Proposed National Media Policy (draft Policy), released on 22 August 2007. From the perspective of international best practice and standards, the two organisations critiqued the draft Policy, […]

Need for a Substantial Revision of the Victim and Witness Protection Bill – 17th June 2008

Need for a Substantial Revision of the Victim and Witness Protection Bill. Need for a Substantial Revision of the Victim and Witness Protection Bill – 17th June 2008

CPA Alarmed by increased Threats and Attacks against Media – 23rd January 2008

23rd January 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) vehemently condemns the violent attack against the Editor of Rivira, Mr. Upali Tennakoon this morning. Mr. Tennakoon was on his way to work when attackers who came on motorbikes stabbed and beat him. His wife who had stepped in to intervene also suffered […]