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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Journalist beaten in Sri Lanka

Namal Perera, the deputy head of the advocacy section of Sri Lanka press institute, and Mahendra Ratnaweera, a political officer with the British High Commission in Colombo, were badly beaten by people who ambushed them and tried to kidnap them on their way home from work. Assaults on journalists are becoming commonplace in Sri Lanka. (Via IFEX/FMM)

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