07/29/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ
New York, July 29, 2011-- Authorities in Sri Lanka should immediately investigate a reported brutal assault on Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan, news editor of the Tamil-language daily Uthayan, said the Committee to Protect Journalists.
05/28/2011
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Sunday Times
A Jaffna-based journalist attached with the local newspaper Udayan was assaulted by a group of thugs while on his way to work earlier this morning, his newspaper said.
04/07/2011
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BBC
LankaeNews News Editor Bennet Rupasinghe was released on bail by courts despite opposition by the Police.
04/07/2011
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BBC
A court in Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka grants bail to the editor of a news website critical of the government who was arrested last month.
03/31/2011
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AFP
Sri Lankan police remanded in custody on Thursday an employee of an anti-government website over allegations that he made threats to the brother of an arson suspect.
03/21/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Sandhya Eknelygoda has recently managed to get the attention of the United Nations about the case of the disappearance of her husband, Prageeth, on January 24, 2010. Still, there has been no progress made in learning of his whereabouts.
03/10/2011
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AFP, Agence France-Presse
Media rights organisations on Wednesday asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene in Sri Lanka over a cartoonist who disappeared 14 months ago amid threats against independent journalists.
03/09/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Tuesday's letter from CPJ and four other groups to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apparently had some impact. The Canadian Press reported today that Ban has asked the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNESCO, which oversees press freedom, to look into the case of Prageeth Eknelygoda, a Sri Lankan columnist and cartoonist missing for more than a year.
02/15/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Lal Wickramatunga's family and publishing house, Leader Publications, have paid dearly in Sri Lanka's highly charged political climate. While Leader's newspapers, including the weekly Sunday Leader, are widely known for tough, independent reporting, they have been caught up in a partisan media environment, one filled with violence and censorship. Wickramatunga's brother has been murdered, his company has been sued, and his journalists face intimidation.