newspaper editor – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Tamil newspaper editor arrested in Colombo

By pearlaction | February 26, 2009 |

[Reporters Without Borders] Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked by today’s arrest of N. Vithyatharan, the editor of Sudar Oli, a Colombo-based Tamil daily that is part of the Uthayan press group. He was forcibly arrested while attending the funeral in Colombo of a relative of the group’s chairman. The media minister told the organisation…

Lasantha Wickrematunga’s Wife On A Mission to Bring Justice To Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | February 9, 2009 |

[Huffington Post] There had been previous incidents, threats and warnings scrawled in red paint. And on that very morning, when they had driven before work to the chemist’s shop, two sinister-looking men on a large black motorbike raced past their car. Lasantha Wickrematunga, a newspaper editor, and his wife, Sonali Samarasinghe, were convinced they were…