A Tamil journalist for the Jaffna daily Uthayan described the ongoing intimidation faced by the newspaper, in a video profile by Al Jazeera.
Documenting the challenges faced by journalist Thadsa in writing about the abduction of Vadivel Nimalarajah in 2007, in Sri Lanka - one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. The profile by Kannan Arunasalam is part of the Viewfinder Asia program for Al Jazeera.
See a report from the time of the abduction from Reporters Without Borders here.
Apart from the chief editor, Uthayan does not have a single news journalist over the age of 40, reports Al Jazeera.
Uthayan received the Press Freedom Prize from Reporters Without Borders in 2013 and was visited by British Prime Minister David Cameron later that year.
Also see:
Journalists protest against media repression in North (31 July 2014)
'Media repression and Tamils' – Tamils Against Genocide (12 October 2013)
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