Daily Archives: July 1, 2012
Jaffna Magistrate compels Editor to apologise in courts over article in Tamil Newspaper
What began with a stay order preventing protests from taking place in Jaffna on June 18, has ended with the editor of a Tamil newspaper being called to court and … Continue reading
CID cites ‘giving news to banned sites’ re Lanka mirror arrests
The arrest of nine persons attached to websites, Sri Lanka Mirror and LankaXnews last Friday by the CID under Article 120 of the Penal Code has once again raiseda hornet’s … Continue reading
Sri Lanka urged to stop ‘harassing’ media
An international rights group on Saturday called on Sri Lanka to stop “harassing” media organisations, a day after police shut down opposition news websites and arrested nine workers. The New … Continue reading
Sri Lanka seals office of pro-opposition websites – The Hindu
Sri Lanka on Friday sealed an office from which two pro-opposition news websites operated, arrested nine workers and seized computers and documents. A court order enabled the sealing. “The websites … Continue reading
