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India – Start of 2012 marked by violations of freedom of information in world’s biggest democracy
Written on 13 Jan, 2012 at 6:25 in English, France, Uncategorized, Undecided, World Organizations | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Reporters Without Borders is concerned about a series of breaches of press freedom and attacks on journalists since the start of the year.
“We call on the central government to respond as quickly as possible to abuses by local authorities and officials towards the press. It is also essential that the authorities scrap their policy of monitoring the Internet, which is disproportionate and jeopardises press freedom,” the organization said.
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INDIA: Cyclone Thane kills 16+ in south-east India
Written on 30 Dec, 2011 at 8:27 in English, France, Full Article News, Uncategorized, Undecided | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
At least 16 people have been killed by winds of up to 140 kilometres per hour in south-east India. Cyclone Thane lashed the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu state and the former French colony of Pondicherry early on Friday.
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Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka jailed for three years
Written on 18 Nov, 2011 at 6:09 in English, France, Full Article News, Uncategorized, Undecided | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
A Sri Lankan court on Friday jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka for three years for alleging that the president's brother had ordered the execution of surrendering Tamil rebels.
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Sri Lanka – Death threats against newspaper editor
Written on 2 Nov, 2011 at 10:21 in English, France, Uncategorized, Undecided, World Organizations | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa urging him to take whatever measures are necessary to protect Frederica Jansz, the editor of The Sunday Leader, and to ensure that those responsible for last week's death threats against her are arrested.
The threatening letter Jansz received on 27 October was prompted by her 2009 interview with Gen. Sarath Fonseka, a former army commander and presidential candidate in 2010,...
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Sri Lanka – Opposition newspaper editor badly beaten in Jaffna, left for dead
Written on 30 Jul, 2011 at 8:59 in English, France, Uncategorized, Undecided, World Organizations | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn of yesterday evening's savage attack on Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan, 59, the editor of the Tamil-language daily Uthayan, who was beaten by unidentified men with iron bars in the northern city of Jaffna. He was rushed to hospital, where he was in a critical condition with serious head injuries and still unconscious.
“We demand a rapid and thorough investigation into this appalling crime,” Reporters Without Borders said....
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Sri Lanka intercepts boat carrying LTTE propaganda
Written on 17 May, 2011 at 6:53 in English, France, Full Article News, Uncategorized, Undecided | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
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SR LANKA – PARIS AMBASSADOR INTERVIEW: Sri Lanka reconstruction could be better, new Paris ambassador says
Written on 10 Mar, 2011 at 6:21 in English, France, Full Article News, Uncategorized | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
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Sri Lanka – Galle literary festival appeal
Written on 19 Jan, 2011 at 9:35 in English, France, Uncategorized, Undecided, World Organizations | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Reporters Without Borders and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), a network of exiled Sri Lankan journalists, announce the launch of an international appeal already signed by Noam Chomsky, Arundathi Roy, Ken Loach, Antony Loewenstein and Tariq Ali, asking writers and intellectuals to endorse a campaign for more freedom of expression in Sri Lanka.
Reporters Without Borders and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), a network of exiled Sri...
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Sri Lanka – Less anti-media violence in 2010 but more obstruction and self-censorship
Written on 30 Dec, 2010 at 12:50 in English, France, Sri Lanka, Undecided, World Organizations | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
Reporters Without Borders condemns the new forms of censorship and obstruction being used by government to prevent diverse and freely-reported media coverage of the situation in Sri Lanka. The fall in the number of physical attacks, threats and cases of imprisonment is to be welcomed, but it is worrying that the authorities are blocking the return of real editorial freedom.
At the same time, the flight of at least 55 Sri...
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Sri Lankans protest at Rajapakse Oxford Union cancellation
Written on 3 Dec, 2010 at 9:14 in English, France, Full Article News, Sri Lanka, Undecided | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far
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