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Editors’ Guild slams two recent incidents as grave danger to media freedom
View(s):The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) has expressed grave concern regarding two recent incidents that have an adverse effect on the freedom of expression and media freedom in the country.
The first instance was the summoning of the Editor of ‘Aruna’ newspaper by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to record a statement, on its own premise, that a news item published on 19.11.2025 in the newspaper was ‘false’.
The second incident was a statement made by the Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Sunil Watagala before a group of police officers, instructing them to take action on those who ‘defame’ the President, considering them as ‘accused’ under the Emergency Regulations. The said statement made in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Media contradicts an earlier statement made by the President himself that Emergency Regulations will not be used for any other purpose other than the management of the disaster situation and therefore anyone is free to criticise. This indicates that different politicians are interpreting the Emergency Regulations promulgated by the President according to their whims and fancies.
The Editors’ Guild is of the view that the Deputy Minister’s statement gives a dangerously misleading signal to the police to abuse the Emergency Regulations by taking criminal measures against media institutions and journalists.
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