Videos from protest march in Colombo on the abduction of Keith Noyhar


Attempted abduction of leading journalist raises fears for safety of media personnel in Sri Lanka

The attempted abduction of a senior journalist in Sri Lanka, the Provincial Editor of the Sinhala newspaper Silumina and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association’s Secretary Poddala Jayantha, made the headlines of the Daily Mirror today.
As noted in the story,
An unidentified gang is alleged to have attempted to abduct the Silumina newspaper’s provincial editor and [...]

Media Talk: Sri Lanka - the Forgotten War?

With Prof Sumantra Bose (LSE), Sunanda Deshapriya (Free Media Movement in Sri Lanka), Nadaraja Kuruparan (ABC Radio Network, Sri Lanka) and Juliana Ruhfus (Al Jazeera International).
Moderated by George Arney (BBC).
 
 
Watch the video of the conversation here
 
 

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