Lanka 3rd deadliest place for journalists

World Association of Newspapers issues stinging report on hazards facing media
Sri Lanka has been ranked as the third deadliest place for journalists in 2007 by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), a Paris based global organisation which defends and promotes media freedom world-wide.
The association said six journalists were killed in Sri Lanka last year while [...]

‘Third dangerous country’ for media

Sri Lanka is the third dangerous country for media workers, an international media watchdog has said.
World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said more media workers were killed only in Iraq and Somalia than in Sri Lanka during the last year.
A statement issued on Thursday by WAN said 95 journalists and media workers were killed word-wide as [...]