The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has extended it congratulations to Seetha Ranjanee, senior journalist and press freedom activist, who has been honoured with the Sepala Gunasena Award for Press Freedom.

For many years Seetha Ranjanee has been associated with IFJ's affiliate in Sri Lanka, the Free Media Movement (FMM). She has served several terms in the key positions of Convenor and Secretary of the FMM. At the moment she is a member of the executive committee of the FMM, as well as the Sri Lanka Journalists' Association, another affiliate of the IFJ.

Ranjanee was honoured as part of the annual Journalism Awards for Excellence, organised jointly by the Editors' Guild and the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI). These awards, which were instituted in 1999, are now regarded as Sri Lanka's most prestigious annual event recognising journalistic excellence.

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