Protesters stressed to cancel the new law on news websites, urge to stop threats, abductions of journalist and also stressed the officials to stop collecting information’s about journalist through the CID officials in the country.
UNP general secretary Tissa Attanayake, JVP media spokesman Vijith Herath, leader of the Democratic National Alliance Mano Ganesan, UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera, Wickranabahu Karunaratne, editor of the Sunday Leader news paper Fedric Janze, Sandhya Eknaligoda and several others were also present at this protest.
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Political parties, trade unions together with media personalities stage protest against the repression on the media organizations in SriLanka at Lipton circle yesterday.
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Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. [
Man who has married mother and daughter of same family arrested. [
The Ministry of Health re-appoints Mrs.Bawani Pasubathi raja has director of the Jaffna Teaching hospital. [
“Mann expressed concern that government forces had given excessive freedom to the LTTE-breakaway “Karuna group,” which was using this freedom destructively. [
The customary UN Medal Parade, the prestigious military ceremony that recognizes the exemplary contribution, made by any specific contingent to maintain law and order in Lebanon, saw Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) troops, currently serving there, honoured awarding UN medals as their period of service in Lebanon is nearing completion. [
SriLankan security personals have found the house of LTTE leader at Aanandhapuram area in Mullaitivu today. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [