Posts Tagged ‘war-affected areas’
Sri Lanka quarantines conflict zone
[Toronto Star] Sri Lanka – After a civil war that has lasted more than a quarter-century, the Sri Lankan government can sense victory against its long-time nemesis, the Tamil Tigers. But Sri Lanka doesn’t want the world to know how it routed its enemy in the northern part of this island. The government has practically…
Read MoreIPI Joins International Mission to Sri Lanka, Finds Deterioration of Press Freedom Situation
[ IPI ] Media in the North and East of the country have continued to bear the brunt of the worst forms of insecurity. Media access to war-affected areas is heavily restricted with journalists forced to reproduce information disseminated by the conflicting parties. Media are constantly threatened by all parties to the conflict in an…
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