Journalist and media activist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was summoned to appear before the Sri Lanka Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Colombo on June 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions (FMETU), urge the CID to withdraw its investigation against the journalist immediately.
LKA 002 / 0622 / OBS 057 Judicial harassment Sri Lanka June 28, 2022 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the…