US expresses concern over curb on media freedom in Sri Lanka
July 28, 2014 21:32
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.