Sinhalese journalist on why some SLankans need asylum

Wednesday, 05 September 2012 

The controversy over the Australian Opposition's plan to send all Sri Lankan asylum seekers home, without processing their claims has erupted at a time when a group of Sri Lankan journalists have arrived in Australia to promote a new documentary.

Called Silenced Voices - Tales of Sri Lankan Journalists in Exile, the film paints a picture of the dangers faced by journalists, including death threats, abductions and indefinite detention.

Bashana Abeywardane is a reporter from the Sinhalese majority and the coordinator for Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka.

He fled to Europe in 2006 during the Sri Lankan civil war.

-ABC Radio-