Sri Lankan journalists who was stranded in Nepal arrives
Thursday, 30 April 2015
The external affairs ministry reported the three journalists who went to Nepal seeking political asylum due to the intimidation of the Rajapaksa regime has returned to the island.
Lanka News Web last week reported that these journalists who able to protect their life from the recent earthquake in Nepal is requesting assistance to come back. The foreign minister too told in Parliament that these journalists should be brought back to the island soon. Although there were plans to bring back the journalists from the aircrafts which dispatched medical relief it did not materialize. However Jayampathi Bulathsinhala, Kumuduni Wihewardana and Shantha Wijesuriya who were seeking political protection arrived to the island yesterday night.
Thursday, 30 April 2015
The external affairs ministry reported the three journalists who went to Nepal seeking political asylum due to the intimidation of the Rajapaksa regime has returned to the island.
Lanka News Web last week reported that these journalists who able to protect their life from the recent earthquake in Nepal is requesting assistance to come back. The foreign minister too told in Parliament that these journalists should be brought back to the island soon. Although there were plans to bring back the journalists from the aircrafts which dispatched medical relief it did not materialize. However Jayampathi Bulathsinhala, Kumuduni Wihewardana and Shantha Wijesuriya who were seeking political protection arrived to the island yesterday night.
