Sri Lanka Mirror
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Type of site | Online Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Kelum Shivantha |
| Editor | Kelum Shivantha |
| URL | http://srilankamirror.com |
| Current status | Active |
Sri Lanka Mirror is a Sri Lankan news website. It is known for its independent reporting and critical reporting and has been targeted for this. It has been banned by the Sri Lankan Government. Eight of its journalists were arrested for allegedly maligning for maligning top government officials including the then President Mahinda Rajapakse. Editor Kalum Shivantha told Reuters that “Our stories were credible and reported with responsibility. But the government may not have liked the stories we published,” Committee to Protect Journalists Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator said "Friday's raid shows that President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government remains determined to silence opposition voices,"[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Police raid Sri Lanka Mirror and Sri Lanka X News". BBC. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka blocks two news websites". AlJazeera. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Nine arrested from Sri Lanka Mirror". Daily Mirror. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Press freedom fears as Sri Lanka considers new media code". Roy Greenslade. The Guardian. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Website blocking 'a brutal crackdown'". BBC Sinhala. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka blocks two more websites critical of government: rights group". Reuters. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka blocks five new sites over 'insults'". Stuff. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lankan government blocks websites". Committee to Protect Journalists. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lankan police raid offices of two news websites". Committee to Protect Journalists. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.