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US expresses concern over curb on media freedom in Sri Lanka
July 28, 2014
The US today asked Sri Lanka to take immediate steps to curb harassment of journalists and protect their rights as organisers of a US-funded media workshop for Tamils received death threats and had to cancel the programme for a third time since May.
The US embassy here said it had flagged the issue with the Lankan authorities after pro-government protesters stormed the session for ethnic minority Tamil journalists on Saturday, the latest incident of media intimidation.