Security had to be ramped up outside Sri Lanka’s oldest major press house on Thursday, after United National Party (UNP) supporters began demonstrating outside the building.
Daily Mirror and Colombo Gazette report that the UNP supporters had demanded that posters of Mahinda Rajapaksa be removed from the walls of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon also known as Lake House.
Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force and riot police reportedly had to be deployed in order to quell the crowd.
Following the unexpected swearing in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister in October, several media institutions, including Lake House, reportedly came under the control of Rajapaksa supporters.
We need your support
Sri Lanka is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Tamil journalists are particularly at threat, with at least 41 media workers known to have been killed by the Sri Lankan state or its paramilitaries during and after the armed conflict.
Despite the risks, our team on the ground remain committed to providing detailed and accurate reporting of developments in the Tamil homeland, across the island and around the world, as well as providing expert analysis and insight from the Tamil point of view
We need your support in keeping our journalism going. Support our work today.
For more ways to donate visit https://donate.tamilguardian.com.
