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Over 20 journalists in exile
June 22, 2013
Over
20 Sri Lankan journalists have gone into exile between June 2008 to May
2013 and 3 of them have returned to the country, the Committee to
Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a new report.According to CPJ, 26 journalists fled Sri Lanka during that period including three between June last year and May this year.
CPJ says journalism work-related murders have declined since 2009 in Sri Lanka, but the slayings of nine journalists have gone
unsolved over the last decade, one of the worst records of impunity in the world.CPJ recalled that last year the government moved aggressively to obstruct the flow of information.
In July of last year, the Ministry of Media and Information blocked efforts to introduce a freedom of information legislation before parliament, saying national security would be threatened if citizens were given access to public documents.
The government had barred previous right-to-information efforts, including one in 2011.
In June of last year, police raided the offices of two opposition news websites, arresting staff members and confiscating equipment and in March last year, the authorities told all news organizations they must obtain prior official approval before issuing any text or SMS news alerts that carried information about the military or police. (Colombo Gazette)
Somalis, Syrians flee violence; Iran crackdown deepens
June 19, 2013
Fifty-five
journalists fled their homes in the past year with help from the
Committee to Protect Journalists. The most common reason to go into
exile was the threat of violence, such as in Somalia and Syria, two of
the most deadly countries in the world for the profession. Others fled
the threat of prison, especially in Iran, where the government deepened
its crackdown ahead of elections. A CPJ special report by Nicole SchilitSyrians take shelter at a refugee camp near the border with Turkey. (Reuters/Muhammad Najdet Qadour/Shaam News Network)
Published June 19, 2013
