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Death threats sent to paper of slain editor in Sri Lanka Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR628.htm Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalists Date Written:  30/10/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by ongoing threats to Sri Lanka’s journalists and media organizations. Abstract:  New York, October 28, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by ongoing threats to Sri Lanka’s journalists and media organizations. Anonymous letters with death threats recently sent to Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief Frederica Jansz and News Editor Munza Mushtaq echo those that ended in the death of the paper’s founder, Lasantha Wickramatunga, in January. “Our concern is that these most recent threats, like so many others, and the deaths of 11 journalists since Preside... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR628.htm Topics Death Squads Freedom of the Press Political Repression Press Freedom Sri Lanka Threats

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