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Govt. `failed` to protect journalists
Wednesday, 30 August 2006 - 4:33 AM SL Time
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International media watchdogs have accused Sri Lanka government to protect journalists after a senior Tamil journalist has gone missing in Colombo.
Paris based Reporters Without borders (RSF) called on the authorities to take steps for the immediate release of Sooryan FM Nadarajah Gurupara.
?Guruparan`s last report prior to his kidnapping, broadcast on 26 August, was about human rights violations and kidnappings in the capital. His radio station had reportedly received several threats from paramilitary organisations,? RSF statement said.
RSF has accused the government authorities as well as the Tamil Tigers of denying the right to information of their rivals.
?We call for Guruparan`s immediate release as well as a real commitment from the authorities to protect journalists,? the statement said.
The Free Media Movement (FMM) in Sri Lanka said there have been newspaper reports that the government authorities had ?expressed their unhappiness? over coverage by ABC media network.
Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim journalists staged a protest in the capital, Colombo, after the veteran Tamil journalist working for Sooryan FM radio station has gone missing.
Full Article At:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2006/08/060829_guruparan.shtml
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