Thursday, August 29, 2013


The following letter to the Chairman,National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka by the Free Media Movement
| by Sunil Jayasekara
Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema speaks with colleagues hours after police opened fire and killed an intruder at her home in Colombo on August 24, 2013. Picture: AFP
(August 28, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)We would like to thank you for inviting the Free Media Movement (FMM) and other media organizations for a discussion on the violations of the rights to freedom of expression, in the aftermath of the killing of three persons by the Army in Rathupaswela, and restrictions and attacks on media personnel who were covering the incident.