The Free Media Movement expresses it serious concerned that residence of two well known journalists has been ransacked by unknown gang on 16th March 2008. The two journalists are Sunethra Athugalpura of Lakbima newspaper and her husband Sirasa TV News Producer Sashi Kumara. Both journalists told FMM that they cannot think of any personal reasons [...]
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By IPS Correspondents
COLOMBO, Mar 17 (IPS) – While Sri Lanka’s armed forces battle Tamil Tiger rebels in the north, sections of the country’s media are embroiled in a war of a different kind — a fight to pursue their mission as journalists.
Three unrelated events involving men and women working for television, print and an on-line [...]
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