Court directs AG to advise state media to act impartially
The Supreme Court has directed the attorney general to advice the state-run media to act impartially during the period of the upcoming parliamentary polls.
Exiled journalists asked to return
Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Mohan Peiris has said he was prepared to offer protection to any of the nation’s journalists who return to the country from exile, the US based media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said
Sri Lanka: End Witch Hunt Against the Media and NGOs
The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint statement today.
Sri Lankan Government Heightens Intimidation Campaign Against Voices of Dissent
With less than a month to go before parliamentary elections, Freedom House condemns the Sri Lankan government’s latest attempts to intimidate human rights defenders and journalists, including Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) director Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu and the executive director of Transparency International Sri Lanka, J.C. Weliamuna.
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