Sri Lanka - Ceylon Today editor in chief forced to quit, reasons still unclear

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the reasons that led the management of the newspaper Ceylon Today to force its editor in chief Lalith Allahakkoon to resign on 13 June. The journalist, who received no letter of dismissal, arrived at his office on 16 June to find that access to his computer had been blocked. “The dismissal of Lalith Allahakkoon by Ceylon Today is worrying,” the press freedom organization said. “If it is merely an internal restructuring issue, as experienced by (...)

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