Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Sri Lanka - Army surrounds Tamil daily's headquarters in Jaffna

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Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, Journalist for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), condemn the action of several hundred soldiers in surrounding the headquarters of the Tamil-language daily Uthayan in the northern city of Jaffna yesterday. Uthayan was the winner of last year's Reporters Without Borders press freedom prize. Members of the intelligence services were seen among the soldiers who continued to block the Kannarthiddin Road and Navalar Road access to the (...)

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