Tamil journalist killed in air raid
Reporter Punniyamurthy Sathyamurthy was killed during an air raid carried out by the Sri Lankan Army on the north of the country on 12 February.
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Sri Lanka:editor wounded in stabbing
The editor of the privately-owned weekly Rivira, Upali Tennakoon and his wife were attacked by four men on motorcycles near Colombo on 23 Jan as they drove to work.
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Lasantha Wickrematunga
‘No other profession calls on its practitioners to lay down their lives for their art save the armed forces — and, in Sri Lanka, journalism.’
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Coverage of Sri Lankan reporter’s murder censored
Reports on the murder of editor Lasantha Wickramatunga have been censored by the Sri Lankan authorities to remove criticism of the government.
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