Journalists and media workers massacred by Sri Lankan state forces were remembered today at an event organised by the Uthayan newspaper.
The event, which also marks the anniversary of the attack on the Uthayan's office in Jaffna on May 2nd, 2006, took place at Jaffna Public Library.
Residents, journalist and politicians laid flowers in memory of those who have been killed.
Sri Lanka is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Tamil journalists are particularly at threat, with at least 41 media workers known to have been killed by the Sri Lankan state or its paramilitaries during and after the armed conflict.
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