1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/SRI LANKA: CPJ urges president to halt attacks on correspondent - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xULQL8HERF"><a href="https://cpj.org/2007/10/sri-lanka-cpj-urges-president-to-halt-attacks-on-c/">SRI LANKA: CPJ urges president to halt attacks on correspondent</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2007/10/sri-lanka-cpj-urges-president-to-halt-attacks-on-c/embed/#?secret=xULQL8HERF" width="600" height="338" title="“SRI LANKA: CPJ urges president to halt attacks on correspondent” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="xULQL8HERF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Dear President Rajapaksa: The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by your government's unwarranted attacks in various media on Iqbal Athas, associate editor and defense correspondent for The Sunday Times. Officials representing your government have effectively equated Athas' critical journalism with terrorism, a wholly inappropriate position.https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/simon_sig.jpg