01/08/2011
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A media rights group has accused the Sri Lankan government of blocking an investigation into the killing of a newspaper editor two years ago, saying its indifference in solving the crime had made it an accomplice.
03/12/2010
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BBC Sinhala
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has issued notice to the editor of a pro-opposition English weekly to explain the reasons for publishing an article regarded as contempt of court.
02/03/2010
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Lanka Journal
A senior officer in the Sri Lankan army has been arrested in connection with the murder of a top campaigning journalist.
01/07/2010
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Time magazine
A year after the murder of the prominent Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, the island's independent media is still under siege. An investigation into Wickrematunge's death has gone nowhere, and at least half a dozen other journalists, including his widow, have left the country in fear since his death.