Journalist cut with sharp knife - Joint Press Release

Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA)
Federation of Media Employees Trade Union (FMETU)
Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum (SLMMF)
Sri Lanka Tamil Journalists Alliance (SLTJA)
Free Media Movement (FMM)
Journalist cut with sharp knife

26th January 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: We, the five media major media organisations in Sri Lanka are shocked and appalled by the knife attack on journalist Lal [...]

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A TV journalist who opposed Minister Mervyn Silva’s intrusion and abuse of a colleague at Rupavahini, the national television network, escaped murder on Friday night when he was attacked by two unidentified thugs on his way home after work. Lal Hemantha Athula Mawalage is lying in [...]