{"id":134423,"date":"2014-12-07T04:20:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T22:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=134423"},"modified":"2014-12-14T19:39:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T14:09:46","slug":"no-press-freedom-in-sri-lanka-colombo-telegraph-blockade-is-one-of-the-three-key-developments-freedom-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/no-press-freedom-in-sri-lanka-colombo-telegraph-blockade-is-one-of-the-three-key-developments-freedom-house\/","title":{"rendered":"No Press Freedom In Sri Lanka; Colombo Telegraph Blockade Is One Of The Three Key Developments: Freedom House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom on the Net 2014\u00a0\u2013 the fifth annual comprehensive study of internet freedom around the globe, covering developments in 65 countries that occurred between May 2013 and May 2014 \u2013found three key issues regarding Sri Lanka&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">internet freedom and named Sri Lanka&#8217;s &#8220;<\/span>Press Freedom 2014 status&#8221;\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">as &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Not Free&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MR08102012E_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-120198\" alt=\"MR08102012E_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MR08102012E_1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MR08102012E_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MR08102012E_1-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>According <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Sri%20Lanka.pdf\">the report<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, published on Thursday by the US-based\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Freedom+House&amp;x=8&amp;y=5\">Freedom House<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">the key developments in Sri Lanka between May 2013 \u2013 May 2014 are;<\/span><\/p>\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<ul>\n<li>In March 2014, the information ministry formed a committee to regulate social media, shortly after President Rajapaksa dubbed them a \u201cdisease;\u201d the scope of its activities remains unclear.<\/li>\n<li>The Colombo Telegraph website was repeatedly inaccessible, continuing a trend of pressure on online news outlets.<\/li>\n<li>Incidents of violence and harassment against internet users declined, though traditional journalists met with increased intimidation .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div title=\"Page 4\">\n<p>Targeted, politicized censorship continued throughout 2013 and 2014 with the website of the Colombo Telegraph periodically blocked, apparently because of its dissenting content and coverage of controversial political affairs in the country, the report noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Read the full report <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/report\/freedom-net\/2014\/sri-lanka\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/president-rajapaksa-phoned-trc-palpita-to-ask-colombo-telegraph-blockade\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">President Rajapaksa Phoned TRC Palpita To Ask Colombo Telegraph Blockade<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a 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Periodically Blocked Colombo Telegraph In 2013: US Human Rights Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-govt-periodically-blocked-colombo-telegraph-in-2013-us-human-rights-report\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sri Lankan Govt. Periodically Blocked Colombo Telegraph In 2013: US Human Rights Report<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>History of Colombo Telegraph blocking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First -December 26, 2011 &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"We are blocked but we will not be stopped\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/we-are-blocked-but-we-will-not-be-stopped\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">We are blocked but we will not be stopped<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Second &#8211;\u00a0May 8, 2012 &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombo-telegraph-blocked-again\/\">Colombo Telegraph Blocked Again<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Third &#8211;\u00a0March 29, 2013 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Sri Lanka Blocks Colombo Telegraph\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-blocks-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sri Lanka Blocks Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Selected Tweets: Colombo Telegraph Unblocked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/selected-tweets-colombo-telegraph-unblocked\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Selected Tweets: Colombo Telegraph Unblocked<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fourth &#8211;\u00a0August 23, 2013 &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombo-telegraph-blocked-how-to-reach-us-now-sri-lanka-telecom-and-mobitel-joins-the-dpi-club\/\"><strong>Colombo Telegraph Blocked, How To Reach Us Now: Sri Lanka Telecom And Mobitel Joins The DPI Club!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other attempts\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Colombo Telegraph Was Hacked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombo-telegraph-was-hacked\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">October 26, 2012 &#8211;\u00a0Colombo Telegraph Was Hacked<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"ColomboTelegraph Password Cracking Attempt Blocked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombotelegraph-password-cracking-attempt-blocked\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">August 9, 2012\u00a0ColomboTelegraph Password Cracking Attempt Blocked<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Freedom House Report: Freedom On The Net 2012, Sri Lanka Is A Country At Risk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/freedom-house-report-freedom-on-the-net-2012-sri-lanka-is-a-country-at-risk\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Freedom House Report: Freedom On The Net 2012, Sri Lanka Is A Country At Risk<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":120198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No Press Freedom In Sri Lanka; 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