20th May 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence in response to our Press Release of 17th May 2008 on the alleged hacking of the Lanka Dissent website in Sri Lanka “categorically states that it does not have any unit engaged in the work of experimenting with or carrying out any studies [...]
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(published under right to reply policy of FMM. FMM response will be posted later)
The attention of the Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order, has been drawn to a statement issued by the Free Media Movement (FMM) dated 17 May 2008, and published in the media on May 19, 2008, which makes a serious allegation [...]
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20th May 2008
It has been reported to the Free Media Movement that one journalist was beaten and an editor was assaulted and robbed of his valuables in eastern town of Kathankudi in seemingly election related incidents. Kathankidi has been a scene of number of election related violence as well as widespread election mal practices in [...]
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