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Sunday, April 29, 2018
North-East journalists protest in Batticaloa demanding media freedom
28Apr 2018
Journalists from across the North-East gathered in Batticaloa on
Saturday to participate in a demonstration calling for media freedom and
demanding justice for the killings of numerous Tamil journalists.
The demonstration was held on the thirteenth anniversary of the
abduction and murder of the Tamil journalist and editor of TamilNet,
Dharmeratnam Sivaram.
Despite the current government's pledges to end media repression and
ensure justice for past atrocities, Tamil journalists continue to face
harassment by the security services.
Journalists from the Jaffna Press Club and the Eastern Province's
Journalists Association also held a rememberance event that afternoon in
Batticaloa town, where they were joined by local residents and
community leaders in commemorating Sivaram's life and work.
Sivaram was abducted in front of Bambalipitiya police station in Colombo
on April 28 and was found dead several hours later in a high security
zone in Sri Lanka's capital, which at the time had a heavy police and
military presence due to the ongoing conflict. His killers, highly
suspected to be linked to the government of then president Chandrika
Kumaratunga, remain at large.
2005 not only saw the murder of Sivaram, but also of two other Tamil
media workers, Mr S Suhirtharajan, Trincomalee correspondent for Sudar
Oli, a Tamil daily and Ms Relanki Selvarajah, Tamil broadcaster.
Journalists from across the North-East gathered in Batticaloa on
Saturday to participate in a demonstration calling for media freedom and
demanding justice for the killings of numerous Tamil journalists.
The demonstration was held on the thirteenth anniversary of the
abduction and murder of the Tamil journalist and editor of TamilNet,
Dharmeratnam Sivaram.
Despite the current government's pledges to end media repression and
ensure justice for past atrocities, Tamil journalists continue to face
harassment by the security services.
Journalists from the Jaffna Press Club and the Eastern Province's
Journalists Association also held a rememberance event that afternoon in
Batticaloa town, where they were joined by local residents and
community leaders in commemorating Sivaram's life and work.
Sivaram was abducted in front of Bambalipitiya police station in Colombo
on April 28 and was found dead several hours later in a high security
zone in Sri Lanka's capital, which at the time had a heavy police and
military presence due to the ongoing conflict. His killers, highly
suspected to be linked to the government of then president Chandrika
Kumaratunga, remain at large.
2005 not only saw the murder of Sivaram, but also of two other Tamil
media workers, Mr S Suhirtharajan, Trincomalee correspondent for Sudar
Oli, a Tamil daily and Ms Relanki Selvarajah, Tamil broadcaster.
