The INdependent, Sun Jan 31 21:49:42 EST 2010
The newly re-elected government of Mahinda Rajapaksa has been accused of orchestrating a fresh crackdown on the media after a series of websites were blocked and at least one reporter detained after raising questions about the conduct of the election. One journalist is missing, one has been assaulted and others have received death threats.
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The Academic
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R.Gnanaratnam
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I think the journalists should follow government orders and stay away
from printing insensitive information. Why should they loose their own lives and ruin their family life.Is their some org. that can advise them. _________________ Every man has a train of thought on which he rides. His happiness depends on the direction in which that train is going,the baggage it carries,and the scenery through which it travels. |
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