Comment Is Free: Brother of murdered Sri Lankan newspaper editor speaks out
February 10th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
“The tremendous wave of worldwide emotion that has been created by his death has embarrassed this nation. Whether his death will bring the liberty enjoyed elsewhere to this island, or whether it will slip further into repression, is yet to be seen,” writes Lal Wickrematunge, brother of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was murdered last month.
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April 28th, 2009 at 11:39 am
[...] Sunday Leader received the journalism award. Its editor Lasanthe Wickrematunge was murdered earlier this year, shortly after publishing an opinion piece in which he predicted his [...]