11/17/2010
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Reporters Without Borders
This is the first interview that Tamil journalist J.S. Tissainayagam of the local Sunday Times newspaper has given since his release in May 2010. It is about the state of the media in Sri Lanka. Tissainayagam received the Peter Mackler Award for journalistic courage and integrity in October 2009.
07/29/2010
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The Island
The late LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s successor, T. S. Pathmanathan aka KP says Sri Lanka should strive to deal with domestic issues on its own without involving external elements. Former head of LTTE procurement section, the soft-spoken, KP points out that all previous attempts by foreign governments to address Sri Lanka’s problems failed.
01/24/2010
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Sunday Times
President Mahinda Rajapaska met with several journalists from the English and Tamil Sunday newspapers at the –President’s House in Kandy last Wednesday in one of his last interviews with the media before Tuesday’s presidential election. He answered questions on a range of subjects.
01/24/2010
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The Sunday Times
The campaigning schedule of the opposition's "common candidate", retired General Sarath Fonseka has been a punishing one.
Since nominations last month, between mounting stages to address rallies in various parts of the country and chairing conferences, he has found little time. Lunch has often been a packet of sandwiches eaten whilst being driven from one rally to another. For the group of commandos protecting him, it is a nightmare. As they go from rally to rally, his men keep changing routes and vehicles to counter any possible threats to Gen. (retd.) Fonseka's life. They also carry his mobile phones and hand them in so he could be in touch with opposition leaders and aides helping in the campaign.
Last Friday, at his polls office at Rajakeeya Mawatha, he gave the Sunday Times an interview. Here is the Q &A.