2019 January 29 – Protest campaign for Black January
2019 April 05 – Media awareness conference on Forced Labour Migration jointly conducted by ILO/IFJ/FMM

2018 January 30 – Black January protest
2018 May 02 – International Press Freedom Day
[Way forward for media reforms – conference – key note speech by Mr. M.J.R. David]
2018 September 22 – Round table discussion on the International day to access to information

2017 May 02 – International Press Freedom day
2017 August – Series of training programmes on Investigative journalism
2017 September – 25th Anniversary AGM and Conference
(Launch of the Blue Print for Media Reforms)

2016 August 04 – Right to Information Act passed in the Parliament
[This is a long term demand by the Free Media Movement]

2015 – Awareness on Gender

2014 September – Launch of the book by Jagath Liyanarachchi themed laws affecting journalists
2014 – Launch of Digital campaign to end impunity
2014 – Received Sepala Gunasena award

2012 January 29 – Started the ‘Black January’ protest
This is a campaign started demanding justice for crimes against journalists and media institutes

2011 March 03 – Celebrating World Press Freedom day, Mahaweli Centre
[Launch of the book ‘Adahas ghathanaye goduru’ by Seetha Ranjanee. (A book containing details of murdered persons for expressing their ideas.) ]

2008 – Award ceremony
[Public service values and human rights reporting]
2008 – Received Sepala Gunasena award

2007 – Series of Seminars
[Themes – Promoting the value of media as a public service media / Conflict sensitive reporting / Gender based discrimination]

2006 March 13 – 14 – Signing the Gender and Media policy

2005 September 11 – Signing the Tholangamuwa Declaration
[Signing the Declaration for Mass media and its Pluralistic, democratic media culture and social and professional rights]

2001 – Abolishing Criminal Defamatory law
[Free Media Movement was involved in the long term struggle to abolish this law]

1998 February 16 – Submitted proposed amendments to media law to the Parliamentary Select Committee
[Jointly with the Centre for Policy Alternatives]
1998 April 27,28,29 – Colombo Declaration
[At the BMICH Free Media Movement is one of the key partners in establishing the Colombo Declaration on Media Freedom and Social Responsibility]
1998 – A pioneer member in establishing the Sri Lanka Press Institute / Sri Lanka Press Complaints Commission and the Sri Lanka College of Journalism
Ï998 September 03 – Filing a petition at the Supreme Court against postponing Provincial Council elections [Judgment delivered in 1999]

1997 April – Protest against the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Authority
1997 – Seminar at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on the proposal for an Independent Alternative Authority
1997 – Amendments to the Parliamentary Privileges Act
1997 – Partner in establishing Centre for Monitoring Election Violence

1996 – Filing a Fundamental rights case against the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation for terminating the New Education service
1996 – Seminar at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on the case Vimal Fernando vs SLBC

1994 August – Issuing a statement with 14 proposals promoting media freedom
1994 August – Meeting with the Media minister Dharmasiri Senanayake for a discussion on these 14 proposals
Minister appoints four (04) committees
1994.11.11 – End of the series of seminars on war and media

1993.01. 14- 21 – A week of protest under the theme ‘keep away from journalists’ and launch of related series of activities
1993.03.3 – Holding a series of 19 meetings covering most parts of the country
1993.11.11 – Launch of the series of seminars on War and Media

1992.06.03 – Holding the first public rally. An island wide poster campaign was launched.
1992.06.09 – Public rally at the New Town Hall
1992.11.7 & 8 – First Annual General Meeting