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Tamil Nadu: Senior editor Pramod Madhav reports 7 killed in Cuddalore as bus tire burst triggers collision

In a tragic breaking news development from Tamil Nadu, seven people have been killed in a horrific road accident near ...
IFEX

Editor of Tamil daily “Sudar Oli” arrested without warrant in Colombo

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked by the 26 February 2009 arrest of N. Vithyatharan, the editor of “Sudar Oli”, a Colombo-based Tamil daily that is part of the Uthayan press ...
World Socialist Web Site

Sri Lanka: Arrested Tamil editor speaks to the WSWS

N. Vithyatharan, chief editor of the Tamil newspaper Sudar Oli, was released from detention on April 28, four days after police admitted in court that there were no grounds to charge him. His ...
IFEX

Defense Ministry allegation that detained editor Nadesapillai Vithyatharan was connected to an LTTE attack on Colombo points to more government repression of critical reporting ...

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 February 2009 CPJ press release: SRI LANKA: Tamil editor arrested in continued media crackdown New York, February 26, 2009 – The Committee to Protect Journalists ...
HeraldNet

Sri Lanka editor held, accused aiding rebel strike

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan police arrested the editor of a Tamil-language newspaper in the middle of a funeral today, accusing him of aiding a rebel air attack on the capital last week. The ...