1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgMagnus Aghttps://cpj.org/author/mag/Sri Lanka's deadly track record for journalists post independence - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zlkZelHHPB"><a href="https://cpj.org/2011/02/sri-lankas-deadly-track-record-for-journalists-pos/">Sri Lanka’s deadly track record for journalists post independence</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2011/02/sri-lankas-deadly-track-record-for-journalists-pos/embed/#?secret=zlkZelHHPB" width="600" height="338" title="“Sri Lanka’s deadly track record for journalists post independence” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="zlkZelHHPB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Sunday20Leader20Sri20Lanka202.jpg10044How free are we? That was the question raised in an article in the Sri Lankan Sunday newspaper The Sunday Leader on February 6. Based on CPJ's killed database and other sources, the paper published a list of Sri Lankan journalists killed since the country gained its independence on February 4, 1948. Click here for…