International Federation of Journalists

Stories from International Federation of Journalists

LW Wedding Portrait
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the widow of Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge in calling on Sri Lanka’s power-holders to take immediate action to conduct a full, fair and independent investigation into the murder of the senior newsman.

Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge, also a journalist, has publicly released a letter she wrote to Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapakse, on April 24 voicing her grave concerns at the Government’s failure to investigate the January 8 murder of her husband.

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Sathasivam Baskaram, a distributor for the Tamil newspaper Uthayan was shot dead on August 15 in Jaffna while returning from making deliveries. According to an IFJ affiliate, the Free Media Movement (FMM), Baskaram was delivering the paper outside of the curfew hours that have been operating in the area since August 11.