The Rupavahini, TV channel in Sri Lanka, on 23rd June 2016, telecast a one hour interview with Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission, and Mr Manoj Jinadasa, Senior Lecturer, Mass Media, University of Kelaniya in its early morning programme ‘Ayubowan Suba Dawasak”- the morning talk show.
The Rupavahini morning show host, Chaminda Gamage, interviewed Mr. Basil Fernando and Mr. Manoj Jinadasa, on the importance of right to information, its legal and social implications, responsibilities of both the citizens and the government towards the protection of those rights and on the features of the current draft Right to Information Bill, which was tabled in Parliament last Friday.
You may watch the full interview here.
