Agenda Plus: Press Freedom in Sri Lanka
Tuesday September 17, 2013
This Saturday, September 21, Sri Lankans Without Borders and the South Asian Journalists Association are hosting the Lasantha Wickrematunge Memorial Lecture at Ryerson University in Toronto. At the lecture, Sri Lankan and Canadian journalists will discuss the troubled state of press freedom in Sri Lanka, four years after government forces defeated the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Those interested in registering to attend the event can find out more on the lecture's web page.
To get a better sense of the situation in Sri Lanka today, I spoke with someone who will be taking part in Saturday's lecture. Sanjana Hattotuwa is the founding editor of Groundviews, a citizen journalism website based in Sri Lanka. He spoke to me from just outside Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital. You can watch our conversation above.
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