TV reporter hacked to death in Jaffna
Statement by Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the murder of Paranirupasingam Devakumar, a television reporter of Tamil origin, who was hacked to death yesterday...
View ArticleContradictory Positions on Media Freedon Encourage Impunity
Statement by National Peace Council of Sri Lanka: The silencing of journalists by killing and intimidating them has become a major problem in Sri Lanka. The National Peace Council condemns the killing...
View ArticleThe Killing of T.M.V.P Leader Shanthan in Kaathaankudi
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The morning of Thursday May 22nd saw a comic scene being enacted in Colombo. Devouring humble “kanji” (porridge) before his excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse was the “honourable”...
View ArticleDisregard pressure from chauvinists
by Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne It was a new experience for me, to watch the Human Rights Commission sittings, chaired by Nissanka Udulagama. I know Nissanka as a soft but fast spoken person with a...
View ArticleSampur Thermal Power Plant: Cleansing for power
Ethnic cleansing? No thanks, just cleansing for power By Namini Wijedasa Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) sources said last week that the proposed thermal power plant in Sampur will proceed on schedule...
View ArticleCommunal violence disrupts relief efforts in the east
COLOMBO, 3 June 2008 (IRIN)-Communal clashes and ethnic tension between Tamils and Muslims have been disrupting humanitarian work in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka since 22 May, UN and...
View ArticleHell on earth
Bombs and battering of journos. Bare-faced lying and stealing. Law of the jungle; immunity for the chosen few. All of Sri Lanka is left wondering, ‘can it get any worse?’ By Dharisha Bastians The...
View ArticleGotabhaya the traitor : Ranil
Related Update: Protesters call Ranil ‘The Traitor’ [Sandeshaya] The leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka has described the powerful Defence Secretary as a traitor for leaving the country as war...
View ArticleSri Lanka attacks “bad” war reporting
by Alan Johnston [BBC, South Asia Desk] The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has launched a bitter attack on what it says is irresponsible media analysis of military affairs and the progress of the war in...
View ArticleIndia, China compete in Indian Ocean
From The International Herald Tribune This battered harbor town on Sri Lanka’s southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international...
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