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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...

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Contradictory 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...

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The 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”...

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Disregard 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...

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Sampur 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...

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Communal 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...

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Hell 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...

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Gotabhaya 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...

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Sri 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...

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India, 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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