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Interview with editor who was threatened by defence secretary

Published on 12 July 2012Read

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Harassment continues

Eight online journalists and an office assistant freed but investigation continues

Published on 4 July 2012Read

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Ceylon Today editor in chief forced to quit, reasons still unclear

Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the reasons that led the management of the newspaper Ceylon Today to force its editor in chief (...)

Published on 22 June 2012 Read

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Government-orchestrated threats against exile journalists

Reporters Without Borders deplores a government-orchestrated campaign of threats and smears against journalists and human rights activists that (...)

Published on 23 March 2012 Read

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With media gagged or threatened, no progress for freedom of information

Reporters Without Borders calls on all members of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, which began its 19th session yesterday, (...)

Published on 28 February 2012 Read

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Government blocks critical news websites, says they have to register

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that access to four leading news websites –SriLankaMirror, SriLankaGuardian, Paparacigossip9, and (...)

Published on 8 November 2011 Read

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Death threats against newspaper editor

Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa urging him to take whatever measures are necessary to protect (...)

Published on 2 November 2011 Read

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Censored website’s editor talks about media control

Reporters Without Borders deplores the action of two Sri Lankan Internet Service Providers in blocking access to the independent news website (...)

Published on 26 October 2011 Read

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President personally phones newspaper’s chairman to threaten him

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the threats that President Mahinda Rajapaksa made in a phone call to the chairman of The Sunday Leader, (...)

Published on 2 August 2011 Read