A federal appeals court in San Francisco has opened the door to a future lawsuit against the former defense secretary of Sri Lanka — now the nation’s president — for allegedly ordering the murder of a prominent journalist. Lasantha Wickretamunge, founder and editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, was stabbed and beaten to death by […]
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Journalists demand apology from newspaper over manipulated photograph of Lasantha’s daughter
Several journalists have demanded an apology from a private newspaper over a manipulated photograph featuring the daughter of slain journalist Lasantha Wickremetunga. In a media release, the journalists, condemned in the strongest possible terms, the coordinated decision by two newspapers to use a manipulated photograph of a victim of crime in their reporting of a […]
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Daughter of Lasantha Wickramatunge to appeal decision in U.S extrajudicial killing case against Gotabaya Rajapaksa
San Francisco, October 21, 2019: The United States District Court for the Central District of California granted former Sri Lankan Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s motion to dismiss Ahimsa Wickrematunge’s lawsuit against him for the assassination of her father, prominent Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. The Court held that it lacks the jurisdiction to consider […]
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Sri Lanka slaying anniversary highlights hunt for justice
Ten years after top newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was killed by a suspected government death squad the failure to secure a prosecution has come to highlight Sri Lanka’s struggle with a dark past. Just days before he was due to give evidence against the brother of the country’s then strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse, two assailants […]
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Lasantha’s daughter delivers damning indictment of President on OIC Nishantha Silva’s removal
Image: The Sunday Leader Founding Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge’s daughter Ahimsa Wickrematunge weeping over her father’s body in January 2009. Ahimsa was the only one of Lasantha’s three children residing in Sri Lanka with her father at the time of his murder. Following is a letter by slain The Sunday Leader Founding Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge’s daughter Ahimsa […]
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Lasantha murder: Ex-DIG involved in concealing evidence
Camelia Nathaniel. Former Senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara who is currently in custody, had been involved in concealing evidence and displacement of the diary of journalist Lasantha Wickramatunge and for the removal of pages of the police report, the CID told court yesterday. This was revealed when the case relating to Lasantha Wickramatunge’s killing was taken […]
