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British documentary team forced to leave Jaffna
Monday, 8 October 2007 - 11:37 AM SL Time
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The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna has forced three female journalists, including two journalists from UK based Quicksilver Media and a Sri Lankan journalist accompanying them, to return to Colombo Friday, canceling their documentary mission in Jaffna for the British Channel 4 Television. On Thursday, an hour after arriving at a hotel in Jaffna city, with military escort, they were taken back to Palaali base where they had to stay overnight before returning to Colombo next day. The SLA officers in Palaali, upon the arrival of the documentary team, had offered accommodation in a military camp, but the journalists had declined to accept the offer, informed media sources in Colombo said.
Reporter Sandra Jordan, Director Siobhan Sinnerton of Quicksilver Media and a Sri Lankan journalist, upon their arrival to Jaffna at Palaali airport, were briefed by a SLA Brigade Commander on the security situation in Jaffna before they were allowed to proceed to Jaffna city.
However, an hour after they arrived at Thinakkural Rest, the hotel where they were preparing for a documentary work, they were instructed by the SLA soldiers to return to Palaali military base with immediate effect, citing security reasons.
The journalists, despite their explanation that they had obtained clearance from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence (MoD), were taken back to the military complex.
The documentary team was scheduled to stay in Jaffna till October 7 and to visit various places including the islets.
Friday morning, the SLA took the journalists on a guided two-hour trip to Jaffna city, where they were taken to Jaffna hospital and to the Human Rights Commission, before they were returned to Palaali airport canceling their documentary work. Although they were allowed to video record, they were unable to freely interview people without the presence of military personnel.
Quicksliver Media has produced powerful documentaries for Channel 4`s award-winning foreign affairs strand `Unreported World` featuring conflicts of Afganistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, South Africa, Nigeria, Guatamala, West Papua and Mexico. It has won the prestigious Royal Television Society Award for International Current Affairs for the documentary `The Death Squads,` a hard hitting investigation into Iraq`s death squads.
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TruthHurts
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GB - 8 Oct 2007 17:16:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kick the ass of bloody Britishers.
ya.....and lick their ... when we need money.! |
TruthHurts
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GB - 8 Oct 2007 17:35:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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Any one come to other country you have to follow the rules of that country, this is thing we allowed to do this basted what thy want,and breed this LTTE maggots,kick there ass very hard.
Get a bigger picture kottechutta .: EU/EC countries are one of the major financial players/contributors to our country. This money do not come from the European politician's pockets. It comes from the tax payers of those countries. So unlike our country those people have something called 'rights' to watch and decide where their money is going to. So these Peter, Patricia, Sarah, Tony and John don't visit Africa, Somalia and Sri Lanka to see how their Tax money is being spent and what deeds it is going to do. Instead they watch the documentaries on these countries produced by news medias at the comfort of their homes.
So our country basically chassed these news media(your language 'basted') out of North to cover their own sins. Now we all are proud of our so called brave leader's move. But what we don't see is few months down the line EC/EU cutting/reducing their loan facilities and development grants to Sri Lanka. And we will be feeling that in different ways !. As far as you are concern you still may not understand this but will be paying Rs 150 for a loaf of bread and still wagging your tail and going to the polling booth to vote for one of the same morons!,
God bless Sri Lanka.
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SatanKaBacha
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US - 8 Oct 2007 19:05:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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Well said TruthHurts..! It would, in all probability, have hurt the ignorant soul..! :):)
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Thambi
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CA - 8 Oct 2007 19:45:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Well , As long as MR and his brothers find financially good and safe , who care for the country ? |
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NA - 8 Oct 2007 22:41:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Kick the ass of bloody Britishers.
Tsk tsk should be more grateful, after all they are the ones who created this fake 'unitary' Sinhala Buddhist country for you eh.
Don't bite the hand that feeds... |
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LK - 9 Oct 2007 01:37:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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ya...and like their... when we need money
It seems to be still some lickers are there.
Edited By - wick - 9 Oct 2007 01:38:22 GMT |
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LK - 9 Oct 2007 01:52:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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...ones created this fake 'unitary' Singhala Buddhist country for you eh?
These British idiots took over island as one piece from us and returned nine pieces, call 9 provinces. If they have returned the country the way they took it, there won't be a claim for Dream Homeland. Also Tamils would have been in the same status as they were in 125 BC.
Edited By - wick - 9 Oct 2007 01:53:59 GMT |
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LK - 9 Oct 2007 02:05:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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TruthHurts also lack of commonsense too hurts.
It is true that you, TruthHurts, help people with your own money. But don't you think that you are a bloody fool to visit them with a camera when the got embroiled in a fight.
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