On Sri Lanka Bannning NGOs Communicating with Press, Ban Passes Buck
By Matthew Russell Lee
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, July 8 -- After Sri Lanka's Minister of "Defense and Urban Development" issued an order banning all non-governmental organizations from press conferences, workshops, training for journalists, and dissemination of press releases which is beyond their mandate," Inner City Press on July 7 asked UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq about it.Video here, on Inner City Press' YouTube channel.
