JVP condemns harassment of Tamil media
The JVP yesterday condemned what it termed as harassment unleashed against the Tamil media based in the Jaffna town.
Issuing a media statement, JVP propaganda secretary MP Vijitha Herath said that the editors of Jaffna editions of three papers namely Sudaroli, Valampuriya and Thinakkural had received threatening letters. Mr. Herath said that the offices of these three papers had been visited by some goons with their heads covered with black clothes.
They have been threatened not to publish anything that is provocative or against the government.
The JVP said that the democratic mechanism had been strengthened at this hour in the post conflict period while ensuring the media freedom. The party said that the government had instead unleashed violence against the dissenting voices while attacking media institutions.
Mr. Herath said that the threatening of the media institutions in Jaffna on November 25, was part of this sinister plan to scuttle the media freedom, and requested the government to arrest this dangerous trend and bring the perpetrators to book.
DAILYMIRROR.LK
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