- 13 February 2015
Sri Lanka among 20 worst countries for press freedom
A leading international media watchdog has accused democracies of 'often taking liberties with their values in the name of national security'. Ranking the performance of 180 countries in their world press freedom index for 2015 Reporters.....
- 30 October 2014
RSF puts ten faces to its #Fightimpunity Campaign
Reporters Without Borders is highlighting ten emblematic cases of impunity as part of its #FightImpunity campaign for the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The aim is to involve the general public.....
- 05 May 2014
Deadly attackers of Jaffna Uthayan enjoy indefinite state impunity
Eight painful years have whistle passed since heavily armed military and paramilitary operatives carried out a well-planned murderous attack on Jaffna Uthayan Newspapers, killing two media workers and wounding two more....
- 02 February 2014
Top female journalist murdered in Colombo
A top female journalist, Mel Gunasekara (40), has been murdered in her family home in Colombo this morning, leaving a shocking wave in the media circle in Sri Lanka, which is already a dangerous place for media workers....
- 18 May 2014
'Uthayan' under military siege as Tamils mark Mullivaikkal Day
Office of the Jaffna-based Uthayan Newspaper has come under military siege from the early hours of Sunday, May 18 creasing a panic situation in the area, as the Tamil people in the war-ravaged North and the East silently......
- 15 April 2014
Another Tamil journalist attacked in tightly-guarded Jaffna
A 29-year old freelance Tamil journalist has been attacked by unknown men wearing helmets in the tightly guarded Northern Jaffna peninsula last evening (April 14). According to media sources.....
- 29 November 2013
Jaffna daily 'Uthayan' wins prestigious press freedom award
Well-known for its courageous journalism, Jaffna-based Tamil tabloid daily, Uthayan, has won the prestigious international Press Freedom Award for 2013 from the France-based Reporters Without......
