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Judge orders Police to arrest Sri Lanka's rogue Minister for attack on media

Monday, August 18, 2008, 11:26 GMT, ColomboPage
news Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 18, Colombo: Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Thilakaratne has ordered the Inspector General of Police to arrest Minister Mervyn ...
IFJ demands Sri Lankan President to end Minister's anti-media campaign

Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 17:27 GMT, ColomboPage
news Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 13, Colombo: The International Federation of Journalists demanded immediate intervention by Sri Lanka's President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, ...
Sri Lanka: "End Minister's Anti-Media Campaign," IFJ demands Rajapaksa

"Any encouragement of violence against the media is irresponsible and potentially life-threatening for journalists in a country that has long been considered one of the most dangerous for the media profession," ...
Sri Lanka's controversial government minister organizes an anti-media ...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 16:37 GMT, ColomboPage
news Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 12, Colombo: The Free Media Movement says that the rogue government Minister Mervyn Silva organized a protest against the MBC network's ...
Journalists protest in Sri Lanka

Friday, August 8, 2008, 18:41 GMT, ColomboPage
news Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association staged a march today in Colombo to protest the recent attack by Labor Minister ...
Sri Lanka: Military and the Mess Up in Media Relations

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sirasa TV crew who went to cover the opening of the second flyover in Kelaniya met with hostility from the bodyguards of Minister Mervyn Silva.
Impunity

The culture of impunity and the continued attacks against Sri Lanka's media was condemned by the watchdog Free Media Movement, after a TV cameraman was assaulted by thugs while covering a state event.
Follow-up urged on Sri Lanka's commitment to investigate on threats to media

"T he IFJ demands that the Government of Sri Lanka make good on its promise and investigate promptly and transparently all attacks and intimidation directed against journalists and media institutions in Sri ...
Sri Lanka: Defense Ministry culpable of exposing journalists to reprisals- RSF

The ministry's website is carrying virulent attacks on journalists critical of the government, accusing them of being in cahoots with the "terrorist enemy," the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Journalist hacked to death in northern Sri Lanka

A journalist working for a private radio and television station in strife-torn northern Sri Lanka was hacked to death along with one of his friends on Wednesday evening, the radio station reported.