Torn down but not forgotten

To mark the World Press Freedom Day (May 3rd) media personnel lead by Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) yesterday gathered outside the Presidential Secretariat to reinstall the posters of dozens of killed or assaulted journalists during the previous Rajapaksa regime, which were torn down by the premises security personnel last week. The protesting journalists marched from the International Media Centre in ‘GotaGoGama’ to Presidential Secretariat. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi