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In Sri Lanka, an unsolved murder
R. K. Radhakrishnan Lasantha Wickrematunge’s killing has become part of a long list of attacks on the media that the state is yet to investigate seriously It was exactly four … Continue reading
Sri Lanka: Four years since Lasantha’s assassination, the culture of impunity reigns.
It is exactly four years since Lasantha Wickrematunga, the former editor of The Sunday Leader, was murdered. The proverbial ‘unidentified gunman’ who killed him and dozens of our colleagues still … Continue reading
2012: Exceptionally deadly, with a 33 per cent rise in the number of journalists killed
Source: Reporters Without Borders English Français Español (RSF/IFEX) – 19.12.2012 – This year has been exceptionally deadly, with a 33 per cent rise in the number of journalists killed in … Continue reading
What to do when a leader of government delegation says his statement to a official UN body was based on “hearsay”?
5th June – think the highlight was that Mohan Peiris, former Attorney General, admitting in Courts that his statements about Prageeth Ekneligoda to the UN CAT as the head of … Continue reading
Army’s name used to repress media – Fonseka
Former Army chief Sarath Fonseka alleges that during the war period, president Mahinda Rajapaksa had implicated the Army for media attacks to give the impression that it had been responsible … Continue reading
Prageeth Eknaligoda case: Appeal Court ruling on former AG
Sri Lanka’s Appeal Court has ruled that former Attorney General Mr. Mohan Pieris could be called in as a witness to inquire into the disappearance of journalist, Prageeth Eknaligoda. State … Continue reading
Lasantha murder: International probe urged
On the third death anniversary of a slain newspaper editor his widow has called on the international community to exert pressure on Sri Lanka government to hold an independent investigation … Continue reading
No move to punish killers of Lasantha – FMM
The Free Media Movement says yesterday (Jan. 08) marked the third death anniversary of Lasantha Wickramatunge, a journalist who fought for the freedom of the press and relentlessly pursued what … Continue reading
Sri Lanka’s democratic institutions have metastasized into something dangerous
Today (January 8) marks the third death anniversary of Lasantha Wickrematunge a human rights journalist from Sri Lanka who fought fearlessly for the freedom of the press and relentlessly pursued … Continue reading
Sivaram murder case postponed
The trial of the murder of journalist Dharmaratnam Sivaram (Taraki) scheduled to begin on Thursday, six years after the assassination has been postponed until April. Colombo High Court judge P. … Continue reading
Eknaligoda case: Focus on ex-AG
Chris Kamalendran The Human Right Commission of Sri Lanka said yesterday it had not yet taken a decision on whether to summon former Attorney General Mohan Peiris to come before … Continue reading
Sinhala-speaking jury for Sivaram murder suspect
(Srilankamirror) – The suspect in the murder of Tamilnet editor Dharmaratnam Sivaram has sought a Sinhala-speaking jury for his hearing. Arumugam Skandaraja alias Peter, the armed wing leader of PLOTE, … Continue reading
The disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda: GOSL should prove former AG’s statement to the Committee against Torture – FMM
Press release/ 14.11.2011 The Free Media Movement (FMM) expresses its serious concern on the statement made by the former Attorney- General Mr. Mohan Pieris that the Government of Sri Lanka … Continue reading
Mystery Death Of Sole Suspect In Lasantha’s Murder -A Sudden Death in custody or another extra judicial killing?
Nirmala Kannangara in Nuwara Eliya Pictures by Asoka Fernando The sudden demise of 40 year old Pitchai Jesudasan, the main suspect in The Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge murder case … Continue reading
Death of the primary suspect in the case of the murder of a newspaper editor should be investigated
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Pichchei Jesudasan, the primary suspect in the murder of veteran journalist editor of the Sunday Leader News Paper, Lasantha Wickramatunga, … Continue reading
Lasantha murder suspect dead .
One of the suspects in the murder of former Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickramatunga died of a heart attack at the Colombo General Hospital today. The suspect named Jesudsan had … Continue reading
Appeal Court orders Homagama Magistrate: Give priority to Ekneligoda disappearance complaint
Chitra Weerarathne The Court of Appeal yesterday directed the Homagama Magistrate to give priority and inquire into the complaint regarding the alleged disappearance of ‘Lanka-e-News’ journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, as speedily … Continue reading
6th Death Anniversary Of D. Sivaram
By Abdul H. Azeez As the sixth death anniversary of slain journalist Darmaretnam Sivaram approached on April 28 there were fresh calls to bring his killers to justice. He was … Continue reading
Govt ‘responsble’ to probe Lasantha murder
The responsibility of investigating the assassination of Sunday Leader editor lies with the Sri Lanka government, says an international media watchdog. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says attacks on Namal … Continue reading
Habeas corps pettion on Prageeth Eknaligoda to be taken up on May 2011
March 04, 2011: The Court of Appeal decided yesterday to consider the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of missing LankaeNews jounalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, by his wife and children, on … Continue reading
