Daily Archives: January 21, 2009
Global Media Rights Groups Condemn “Culture of Impunity and Indifference” in Sri Lanka
International Press Freedom Mission Media Release 21 January 2009 SRI LANKA The International Press Freedom Mission today condemned a “culture of impunity and indifference” over killings and attacks on journalists … Continue reading
Stop journalists “migrating”: RSF
(Daily Mirror 21st January 2009) With more journalists fleeing the country the Paris based Reporters Without Borders or Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) yesterday called on the government to get back … Continue reading
Letter from the grave – NYT
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 21:06 GMT] Noting that the last editorial late Lasantha Wickrematunge wrote was a “powerful indictment of the increasingly brutal Sri Lankan government, which runs one … Continue reading
Broad coalition against the suppression of freedom
(Morning Leader 21st january 2009) The murder of The Sunday Leader Editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge has galvanised several facets of civil society and human rights groups, who held a meeting yesterday … Continue reading
