Sri Lanka military compelled to acknowledge harassing Tamil journalist

The Sri Lankan military was made to admit that a senior officer harassed a Tamil journalist while covering a news story in the country’s militarised northeast. Commanding officer the Alampil camp in Mulaitivu.............

Sri Lanka military harass Tamil journalist for filming in occupied cemetery

Military officers have harassed a Tamil journalist who courageously protected recorded evidence of government moves to indefinitely occupy a burial ground in northeastern Sri Lanka.The journalist working for Colombo based........

Sri Lanka army chief "responsible for missing files on disappeared journalist"

Commander of the Sri Lanka military is under pressure to probe his spy network to locate missing military records on a journalist abducted and disappeared eight years ago..........................

Tamil journalists in fear after police visit office in Colombo

Police in Sri Lanka has visited a Tamil media office in Colombo twice within four days in a threatening manner which indicates renewed efforts by state intelligence to suppress journalists who expose ongoing violations.............

“Army and police collaboration” in assassination of top Sri Lanka journalist

Sri Lanka police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing the assassination of a senior journalist nine years ago, has unearthed details implicating military spies and police top brass. A special military intelligence unit planned and...........

Sri Lanka: Two UN visits and three incidents of Tamil media harassment

Two Tamil journalists and a media outlet in Sri Lanka came under military and police harassment during two visits by UN officials. A Tamil journalist in the north was summoned by the police to be questioned on..............

Trevor Grant: A tireless fighter for justice bids adieu

Author of "Sri Lanka's Secrets: How the Rajapaksa Regime Gets Away with Murder", a rare account of war crimes committed against the Tamils by the Sri Lanka government and its foreign allies, Trevor Grant is no more. JDS sorely feels the.......

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