Sri Lanka - Armed attack on Tamil newspaper's distribution office in Kilinochchi

Reporters without borders

Reacting to April 3 armed attack on the Tamil newspaper Uthayan in the northern city of Kilinochchi, Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), call on the authorities to do whatever is necessary to prevent journalists from being harassed and physically attacked. Two employees were seriously injured when six masked men armed with cricket stumps staged a pre-dawn attack on Uthayan's distribution office, damaging equipment and (...)

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