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Move to replace Prevention of Terrorism Act
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/12/2020)
This entry included: English, Sinhala and Tamil versions of divide and 8 scanned newspaper items. .
Moves to remove law on submiting family background of female migrant workers
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 1/28/2020)
The manner in which Sinhala and Tamil press reported on the moves by the government to remove laws where women who seek jobs abroad have to provide details of family background.
පරස්පර විරෝධී පුවත්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-15)
On July 15, 2020 various newspapers carried conflicting reports on an individual who died while fleeing when brought to a hospital for COVID-19 testing. Divaina and The island reported that the individual "jumped" to his ...
COVID-19 and Prejudiced Points
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)
On 01 April 2020, Aruna ran an article quoting a vague source which claimed that hiding correct information is a trait of an individual's religion (which was also the religion of a COVID-19 patient)
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-27)
Several articles published in June 2020 violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide.
දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම - වැනසීම වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය" හෝ බාල වයස්කරුවෙක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නම් "ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" වැනි යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-27)
Various articles published in June in Mawbima and Aruna use the term "keleseema" (pollution) in coverage on sexual abuse/a sex crime. One article names the underage victim.
අශිෂ්ට සම්පන්න යෙදුම් භාවිතය: නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research', 2020-09-01)
Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Mawbima used uncivilized vocabulary with regard to drug addicts in their papers during the last week of August 2020, which did not comply with the media ethics guidelines.
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-16)
Articles published on July 16,2020 in Mawbima and Divaina violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide
"දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම - වැනසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය" හෝ බාල වයස්කරුවෙක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නම් "ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" වැනි යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ.
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-30)
Several articles published in June 2020 used terms connoting "pollution" to refer to survivors of sexual assault
වින්දිතයා වැරදිකරුවෙකු ලෙසින් හැඟවෙන වාර්තාකරණයක් සහ මධ්යස්ථ වාර්තාකරණයක්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-29)
2 Dinamina articles on the arrest of a suspect who allegedly murdered a girl 2 years ago, adopted very different approaches.
Article on the 27 July, 2020:
-Sensationalist
-Appeared to indirectly cast blame on the ...