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Second armed attack on Tamil newspaper in 10 days

Published on 15 April 2013Read

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UAE rules out deportation back to Sri Lanka

Published on 9 April 2013Read

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Newspaper editor’s murderers still at large two years later

Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunga, a courageous, talented and iconoclastic journalist, was shot dead in Colombo by a death squad two (...)

Published on 7 January 2011 Read

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Less anti-media violence in 2010 but more obstruction and self-censorship

Reporters Without Borders condemns the new forms of censorship and obstruction being used by government to prevent diverse and freely-reported (...)

Published on 30 December 2010 Read

Sri Lanka

J.S. Tissainayagam interview

This is the first interview that Tamil journalist J.S. Tissainayagam of the local Sunday Times newspaper has given since his release in May 2010. (...)

Published on 17 November 2010 Read

Sri Lanka

Ten years of impunity for Jaffna-based journalist’s murderers

On the 10th anniversary of Tamil journalist Mayilvaganam Nimalarajan’s murder in the northern city of Jaffna, Reporters Without Borders reiterates (...)

Published on 18 October 2010 Read

Sri Lanka

Where is Prageeth?

Two hundred days have passed since Sri Lankan journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda disappeared. Prageeth, who regularly contributed to LankaeNews web (...)

Published on 10 August 2010 Read

Sri Lanka

Who ordered armed attack on Voice of Asia media group in Colombo?

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by an attack by about 12 armed men on the premises of media that are part of the Voice of Asia group – (...)

Published on 3 August 2010 Read

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Independent news website blocked for past year

Reporters Without Borders calls on the Sri Lankan authorities to stop blocking the Lanka News Web site at once. Sri Lanka Telecom, the country’s (...)

Published on 9 July 2010 Read