(FMM/IFEX) – On 20 August 2005, an unidentified man opened the door and threw a grenade into “Sudaroli” newspaper’s office in Wellawatta, Colombo. A special police team later removed the unexploded grenade. “Sudaroli” is a Tamil-language newspaper published in Colombo by the Udayan group, which has been publishing a Tamil-language daily in Jaffna for nearly […]
(FMM/IFEX) – On 20 August 2005, an unidentified man opened the door and threw a grenade into “Sudaroli” newspaper’s office in Wellawatta, Colombo. A special police team later removed the unexploded grenade.
“Sudaroli” is a Tamil-language newspaper published in Colombo by the Udayan group, which has been publishing a Tamil-language daily in Jaffna for nearly two decades. “Sudaroli” plays an important role in Colombo’s media landscape by providing a Tamil nationalist perspective on unfolding events related to Sri Lanka’s peace process.
FMM has condemned this dastardly act and expressed fears that it could be part of the retaliatory violence unleashed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and anti-LTTE armed groups supported by various forces.
FMM urges all sides not to target the media and journalists with violence and to enter the democratic process to pursue their political aims.
