In an open letter to the Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed concern regarding the media accreditation process for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka this November.
Highlighting press reports that "the Sri Lankan government intends to enforce stringent background checks on any foreign journalists covering the meeting, with the apparent intention of denying them permission to enter the country", the Executive Director of CPJ, Joel Simon, called on Sharma "to ensure that the Sri Lankan government, which is widely known for its aggressive anti-press stance, does not prohibit access to foreign and local journalists".
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Highlighting press reports that "the Sri Lankan government intends to enforce stringent background checks on any foreign journalists covering the meeting, with the apparent intention of denying them permission to enter the country", the Executive Director of CPJ, Joel Simon, called on Sharma "to ensure that the Sri Lankan government, which is widely known for its aggressive anti-press stance, does not prohibit access to foreign and local journalists".
See here.