Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (SLWJA)

31 Oct 2024

Sri Lanka: Journalist arrested for reporting protest

By Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (SLWJA) Comments

Batticaloa-based Tamil journalist Selvakumar Nilanthan was arrested on October 21 for his reporting on protests against alleged corrupt activity involving a local Sri Lankan government official in 2020, spending a night in an Eravur police cell. The ...

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Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (SLWJA)

By Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (SLWJA) Comments

Batticaloa-based Tamil journalist Selvakumar Nilanthan was arrested on October 21 for his reporting on protests against alleged corrupt activity involving a local Sri Lankan government official in 2020, spending a night in an Eravur police cell. The ...

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