State Department Daily Press Briefing US denounce the attack against 'Udayan'. Urge for probe Lalit. QUESTION: On Sri Lanka? MR. VENTRELL: Yeah. QUESTION: Over the weekend, there was an attack on a major Sri Lankan newspaper, Tamil newspaper in northern parts. Do you have anything to say on that? Do you see these attacks – constant attacks on the media over there in the country? MR. VENTRELL: Yeah. Lalit, we condemn the reported attack against the Uthayan newspaper in Sri Lanka. This incident is the latest in a series of attacks against this outlet and media organizations in general. And as we have said many times, we remain extremely concerned about threats to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. We urge the Sri Lankan authorities to protect freedom of expression, to conduct a credible investigation, and to hold perpetrators accountable. Support for media freedom was one of the many recommendations of the LLRC report and a component of the recent UNHCR resolution in Geneva. QUESTION: And has the U.S. raised this issue with the Sri Lankans directly in their communication or -- MR. VENTRELL: My understanding is we have raised it from post with our Embassy in Sri Lanka. Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2013/04/20130415145819.html?CP.rss=true#ixzz2Qdivh5SC Conduct a credible probe-US Stating that it remain extremely concerned about threats to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka, the United States on Monday called on the Sri Lankan government to conduct a credible investigation into the attacks on ‘Uthayan’ newspaper. “We condemn the reported attack against the Uthayan newspaper in Sri Lanka. This incident is the latest in a series of attacks against this outlet and media organizations in general. And as we have said many times, we remain extremely concerned about threats to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka,” Acting Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department Patrick Ventrell said. “We urge the Sri Lankan authorities to protect freedom of expression, to conduct a credible investigation, and to hold perpetrators accountable. Support for media freedom was one of the many recommendations of the LLRC report and a component of the recent UNHCR resolution in Geneva,” he also said during the daily press briefing. He also said that the US embassy in Colombo has raised the with the Sri Lankan government. US denounce the attack against 'Udayan'. Urge for probe Sunday , 14 April 2013 United America has urged Sri Lanka to conduct a credible investigation concerning the "Udayan" office attack.   The attack against the  main office of "Udayan" press located at Jaffna, Kasthuriyar Road was denounced by United America, and it has insisted to conduct a credible investigation  concerning to this attack incident.   US embassy located in Colombo, its Chief Public Affairs Officer Christopher Reels has expressed his statement condemning over twitter.   He mentioned US is worried about the continuous attacks against the "Udayan" press.   He requested the Sri Lanka officials to protect media freedom, and insisted to hold credible investigation concerning these attacks.    US have expressed condemnation at a situation, some unidentified armed gang intruded the “Udayan” office yesterday, threatened the staff and security officers and scorched the printing machines.