[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 14:29 GMT]
Jaffna correspondent of Sakthi TV station, Paranirupasingam Thevakumar, 34, was abducted while he was returning to his residence in Vaddukkoaddai and hacked to death in Kaakkaitheevu, a barren land, Wednesday around 4:00 p.m., initial reports from Jaffna said. A friend of him was seriously injured and succumbed to the [...]
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28th May 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) reports with deep sadness that yet another journalist was murdered today in Jaffna, in the embattled Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The FMM vehemently condemns this dastardly act and extend our condolences to his wife and family.
Sirasa, Shakthi and MTV Television Network Jaffna district [...]
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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)
Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksha
Secretary of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
28 May 2008
Dear Sir,
Reprimand of senior journalists unacceptable
We are extremely disappointed and very concerned to discover that you summoned and reprimanded Sanath Balasooriya [...]
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