In an open letter published yesterday to the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who is currently visiting Sri Lanka, Reporters Without Borders and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) said,
“The apparent unwillingness of the Sri Lankan authorities to address threats to media freedom has to be seen as an extension of the same repressive policy adopted during the war. The high handed manner that the Sri Lankan government handled rights activists and organisations during the war is still being continued to restrict the public from having access to independent information and opinion. We urge the High Commissioner to evaluate media freedom in the environment of the government’s overall human rights record challenged by many entities including the UN."
See here for full letter.
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