Attack on Tamil-language newspaper
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April 14, 2013, Sunday
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THREE armed men set fire to printing machinery at a Tamil-language newspaper critical of the Sri Lankan government, forcing the paper to halt printing, the editor said yesterday.
The attack on the Uthayan newspaper office is the fifth attack on the media since January in Sri Lanka's former war zone in the north, and the second after the UN passed a resolution on March 21 calling on the government to address human rights violations.
"Three men wearing helmets threatened my staff at the printing section and set fire to the main printing machine," said Thevanayagam Premananth, editor of the Uthayan.
Uthayan is the leading newspaper in the island nation's northern peninsula of Jaffna. It has been critical of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government and the military.
Last week, a group attacked another Uthayan office, injuring five workers.
E Saravanapavan, a lawmaker with the Tamil National Alliance party, which was linked to the former ethnic Tamil separatist rebels, said the government's failure to take action after previous attacks has encouraged violence against newspapers in the north.
Police said an investigation is underway.
No arrests have been made in connection with the previous four attacks.
The attack on the Uthayan newspaper office is the fifth attack on the media since January in Sri Lanka's former war zone in the north, and the second after the UN passed a resolution on March 21 calling on the government to address human rights violations.
"Three men wearing helmets threatened my staff at the printing section and set fire to the main printing machine," said Thevanayagam Premananth, editor of the Uthayan.
Uthayan is the leading newspaper in the island nation's northern peninsula of Jaffna. It has been critical of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government and the military.
Last week, a group attacked another Uthayan office, injuring five workers.
E Saravanapavan, a lawmaker with the Tamil National Alliance party, which was linked to the former ethnic Tamil separatist rebels, said the government's failure to take action after previous attacks has encouraged violence against newspapers in the north.
Police said an investigation is underway.
No arrests have been made in connection with the previous four attacks.
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