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Slide 1:Security Situation of the Sri Lankan Mass Media and Media Personnel Sanjana Hattotuwa
Slide 2: Media freedom? 14 journalists/media workers have been killed since 2005 7 have been abducted More than 25 have been forced to leave Sri Lanka 15 journalists and media workers were arrested Iqbal Athas has stopped writing altogether because of sustained hate speech campaigns openly conducted by the Ministry of Defence
Slide 3: Media freedom? 15 journalists have been arrested by police The Government has shut down entire media establishments for spurious reasons Government Ministers repeatedly and openly verbally and physically attack journalists J.S. Tissanayagam, Jaseharan and his partner Valarmathi has been in detention Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) since 7th March without being charged



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