Over a hundred journalists and media workers based in Colombo staged a demonstration on Friday, calling for justice for murdered Tamil journalist Dharmeratnam Sivaram.
Members of the Working Journalists Association, Tamil Media Alliance, Free Media Movement, Muslim Media Forum and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Union took part in the protest alongside other trade unions.
Speaking to AP Media rights activist Lasantha Ruhunage said the Sri Lankan government must do more to punish those responsible for attacks on journalists.
“More than compensation, the attacks on journalists, media workers and media institutions should be properly investigated and those responsible for the attacks should be punished, in order to ensure justice to the media community," he said.
The protest took place as a memorial was held in Jaffna to mark the 11th anniversary of Sivaram’s murder.
See our earlier posts:
Murdered journalist Sivaram remembered in Jaffna (29 Apr 2016)
Remembering Sivaram 'Where else should I die but here?' (28 Apr 2016)