Sri Lanka - Training session for Tamil journalists disrupted

Reporters without borders

Pro-government activists have disrupted media training for Tamil journalists for the second time in two months, this time a two-day workshop on technology safety in Colombo. Such repeated interference, often accompanied by death threats, is a regular occurrence for Tamil journalists. The Sri Lankan authorities are trying to muzzle news organizations by denying them the right to training. The workshop, scheduled for 26 and 27 July and attended by some 15 Tamil journalists, was organized by (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - vendredi 1^er août 2014