ලිංගික අපරාධයන් වාර්තා කිරීමේදී, සැහැල්ලු කොට දැක්වීම, හැගීම් කළඹවන සුළු ආකාරයෙන් වාර්තා කිරීම, වක්‍රාකාරව හෝ අනන්‍යතාවය හෙළි කිරීම, සහ 'දූෂණය' යන යෙදුම භාවිතා කිරීම

Abstract

During the months of January and February in 2023, the newspapers, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima and Divaina published several articles on sex crimes which contained various ethical violations.

To be more detailed, the following violations were spotted in relation to trivialization of sex crimes: Lankdeepa on the 28th of January referred to a sexual abuse of a minor as 'sellam baduwak kireema'; Lankadeepa on the 7th of February referred to a sexual abuse as 'lokuma apalaya' while Aruna called the same incident 'amuthu thoviliyak'; Dinamina on the 8tb of February called a sexual abuse an 'amuthu banak'; Dinamina on the 22nd of February referred to a sexual abuse of a minor as a 'ambu kamata deemak'; Aruna on the 22nd of February reported of a sex crime against a police officer with a cartoon and headline which were both sensational and trivializing of the incident; and Dinamina on the 24th of February reported of a sexual abuse as 'pannagena gihin' and Divaina reported the same incident as 'rawatu', with both articles also using the word 'dooshanaya'.

Additionally, Aruna on the 15th of February reported of a sexual abuse of a minor saying 'mal kakulaka pethi sindala', which is sensational and harmful for the victim.

Moreover, on 17th of February Mawbima and Dinamina reported of a sexual abuse while indirectly revealing the identity of the victim while Ada reported the same incident without revealing any identities.