Sri Lanka opposition leader tries to force an agenda

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticised comments from Sri Lanka opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe which argued that Sri Lankan editors should be summoned before Parliament and questioned under the Parliamentary Privileges Act...

“These sorts of comments are indicative of the deeper underlying media issues in Sri Lanka,” said the president of the IFJ, the organisation representing more than 500,000 journalists in over 115 countries.

“People in positions of power in Sri Lanka seem to think they are able to control the news agenda, and, regardless of the reality, these comments are having a detrimental affect on press freedom nationwide,” Warren said.

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