Sri Lanka Journalists Protest
(BBC photo.)
So reports BBC, noting that at least 12 journalists have been killed since 2005. Many others have been beaten, kidnapped, or otherwise intiimidated."Hundreds of journalists have protested outside the residence of Sri Lanka's president, demanding an end to a wave of attacks on the media."
Despite the attacks, journalists dare to demand justice. It's good to see that years of repression and warmongering by the Rajapakse administration has not broken the spirit of the Sri Lankan people. Perhaps there is yet hope.
(Lest I be flamed by Sinhala extremists, let me add once more that I have little nice to say about the LTTE either. The two leaderships, now equally terrorist, have held the civilian population of Sri Lanka at gunpoint for decades. I hope for the day when democracy and human rights return to a country with so much promise.)
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