07/21/2011
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Sri Lanka’s reputation as an Indian Ocean paradise may hold true for determined holidaymakers, but for the sober-minded this image has been shattered in recent months.
07/20/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Two journalists for Radio Netherlands Worldwide have gone public with their story of Sri Lankan government harassment, which ultimately drove them out of the country last week. The episode had been reported on a few Tamil websites, but I had been unable to confirm the story independently.
05/12/2011
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BBC
A magistrate's court in Sri Lanka rules that measures to block access to the pro-opposition LankaeNews website be lifted.
05/03/2011
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The Guardian (UK)
Journalist arrested for contempt of court for writing inaccurate story
04/28/2011
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BBC
A magistrate's court in Sri Lanka suspends the operation of the pro-opposition LankaeNews.com website.
09/23/2010
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BBC
A business leader in Sri Lanka has called on the government to apologise for itself and on behalf of previous regimes for suffering during the war.
09/17/2010
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BBC
The BBC has been blocked from covering public hearings about Sri Lanka's civil war in former rebel-held territory.
09/16/2010
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ColomboPage
Sept 16, Colombo: The Director of the Government Information Department Prof. Ariyaratne Ethugala said that the government had permitted Sri Lanka Customs to release The Economist magazine that was reportedly held in the Customs blocking entry to the market of Sri Lanka.
09/15/2010
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BBC
Sri Lankan officials have released impounded editions of The Economist magazine, its distributor says.
09/14/2010
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BBC
A Sri Lankan panel investigating the end of the country's civil war has been told the authorities had been wrong to exclude media from the conflict zone.