01/31/2011
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BBC
Unidentified attackers in Sri Lanka set fire to the offices of a website critical of the government.
11/13/2010
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Adaderana
President Mahinda Rajapakse has instructed that visas be approved to the Al-Jazeera television staff members of who had wanted cover the swearing-in of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a second term on November 19.
11/12/2010
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Sift
Colombo, Nov 12 (DPA) Sri Lanka has denied visas to at least three staffers of Al-Jazeera television, after the station broadcast images of bodies and execution-style killings, said to have occurred during the final weeks of the civil war against Tamil rebels last year.
11/12/2010
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Groundviews
Battered and bleeding, journalist Poddala Jayantha lay on his hospital bed when we visited him on June 2, 2009. He was lucky to be alive after being brutally assaulted by a group of unidentified assailants just the previous day.
...Today, November 12 is a significant day for him. The prestigious Integrity Award 2010 was conferred upon him today by Transparency International at a glittering ceremony in Bangkok.
08/10/2010
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Associated Press, The Canadian Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Journalists protested and demanded Sri Lanka's government disclose information Tuesday on the disappearance of a journalist who supported the challenger in this year's presidential election.
08/02/2010
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UCA News
Journalists in northern Sri Lanka have told their southern counterparts they are unable to do their jobs effectively because of ongoing post-war reporting restrictions.