A Tamil language daily newspaper's office was attacked by armed men early this morning in the northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna.Police said the Jaffna office of the 'Uthayan' newspaper had come under attack around 5 am (local time) today when two unidentified armed men stormed the office and chased away the security staff.Uthayan's distribution office in Kilinochchi in the north was also attacked...
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unidentified men attacked the office of a Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka's former war zone on Wednesday, injuring several staffers and damaging equipment at the publication known for its government criticism.The attack is the latest in a series of assaults and threats on the staff of the Uthayan newspaper in recent years. The newspaper is published in the Tamil language spoken by the ethnic minority...
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Three armed men set fire to the printing machine of a Tamil-language newspaper that is critical of the Sri Lankan government, forcing the paper to halt printing, the editor said on Saturday.The attack on the Uthayan newspaper office is the fifth attack on the media since January in Sri Lanka's former war zone in the north, and the second after the United Nations passed a resolution on March 21 calling...
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Masked men in northern Sri Lanka have attacked the offices of a Tamil newspaper and beaten its staff.The owner of the pro-opposition Uthayan paper said six masked men entered the building in Kilinochchi before dawn.It is the fourth time this year that Tamil-language newspapers or their distributors have been attacked in Sri Lanka, which is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.The...
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May 1 : Highlighting the attacks on a Tamil-language newspaper in Sri Lanka, the United States has said it would continue to "very directly" press its concerns for press freedom bilaterally as also through the international community.Uthayan, a Tamil-language newspaper in Sri Lanka, "has seen its personnel beaten, its newspaper shipments burned, its equipment destroyed, and its offices set ablaze in...
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United Liberation Front (TULF) has condemned what it said was an attempt to murder Tamil journalist G. Kuganathan.The news editor of the Tamil daily Uthayan survived the attempt in Jaffna Friday night, the party said.TULF said that on an earlier occasion too, an armed group broke into Kuganathan's office and demanded to know his whereabouts. When they failed to elicit the information, they killed two...
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COLOMBO (AFP) - Gunmen opened fire and torched the office of the main Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the owner said, the latest in a wave of attacks against privately-owned media in the country.Three armed men carried out the pre-dawn arson attack on the Uthayan office and printing press in Jaffna, the city and former war zone 400km north of Colombo, owner Eswarapatham Saravanapavan...
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office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked and staff beaten by masked men in northern Sri Lanka.The owner of the pro-opposition Uthayan paper said six masked men entered the building in Kilinochchi before dawn and attacked.He said that two members of staff were badly injured and property damaged, the BBC reports.It is the fourth time this year Tamil-language newspapers or their distributors have been...
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3 : An office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked in the northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, police said.Police said that the Uthayan newspaper distribution office in Kilinochchi town, an area which was once under rebel control, was attacked by an unidentified group, reported Xinhua.At least three people were injured during the attack while the building and a vehicle parked outside were also damaged.Staff...
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