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Photograph Tamil Guardian
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Journalists protested today in Jaffna, against the ongoing media repression of press in the island's North.
Carrying placards calling for an end on the war against the media, Tamil journalists together with locals and Tamil politicians, staged a protest by the main bus stand in Jaffna at 12pm local time.
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Photograph Tamil Guardian
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The protest was organised by the Jaffna Press Club (JPC), and endorsed by journalists from the South.
"Even after the armed conflict in the North has ceased, as the intimidation of journalists has increased, many journalists are fleeing the country having received death threats. Meanwhile, those journalists who continue to work on the ground, continue to have death threats sent to them. In these circumstances, the media community is gripped with fear over the dangers that journalism is going to face in coming days," said the JPC said in a statement published shortly after the protest.