1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UQEcmuMx7s"><a href="https://cpj.org/2000/06/cpj-welcomes-court-decision-to-strike-down-censors/">CPJ Welcomes Court Decision to Strike Down Censorship in Sri Lanka Chief Censor’s Appointment Illegal, Supreme Court Rules</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2000/06/cpj-welcomes-court-decision-to-strike-down-censors/embed/#?secret=UQEcmuMx7s" width="600" height="338" title="“CPJ Welcomes Court Decision to Strike Down Censorship in Sri Lanka Chief Censor’s Appointment Illegal, Supreme Court Rules” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="UQEcmuMx7s" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> New York, June 30, 2000--The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) applauds Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruling today that the government's system of news censorship is illegal, and that the decisions of the chief censor therefore have no force in law. A unanimous three-judge panel delivered the verdict in response to a petition brought by the…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260