Endorsement of media repression in Sri Lanka, alarming- CPJ (TamilNet)
Yahoo January 29th, 2008Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York based media rights group, in a press release issued Monday, expressed alarm at “Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s brazen public call yesterday to censor the media and reintroduce criminal defamation laws.” Condemning Gotabhaya’s statement to Sri Lanka media, CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said, “This is an open intimidation …
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