(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – ARTICLE 19 wishes to clarify that it was the Sri Lanka Court of Appeal which dismissed the appeal of editor Sinha Ratnatunga against criminal defamation charges. It was incorrectly noted in ARTICLE 19’s Friday 8 December 2000 press release that the decision was taken by the Sri Lanka Supreme Court. ARTICLE 19 […]
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – ARTICLE 19 wishes to clarify that it was the Sri Lanka Court of Appeal which dismissed the appeal of editor Sinha Ratnatunga against criminal defamation charges. It was incorrectly noted in ARTICLE 19’s Friday 8 December 2000 press release that the decision was taken by the Sri Lanka Supreme Court.
ARTICLE 19 regrets the error.
