Journalists face death threats for resisting Government MP’s thuggery
Posted on January 6, 2008 by FMM
6th January 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: A number of journalists in Sri Lanka have received credible information that underworld gangs have been ordered to threaten, harass and even kill them for their involvement in protests held in response to the outrageous behaviour of Government MP Mervyn de Silva recently.
Mervyn de Silva, the Minister of Labour, [...]
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