The Sunday Leader
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The Sunday Leader is an English-language Sri Lankan Sunday newspaper privately owned and published by Leader Publications, which is known for its outspoken news coverage.[citation needed][1]
[edit] Controversy and retaliation
The Sunday Leader and the Morning Leader, also published by Leader Publications, have frequently criticized the Sri Lankan government and espoused opposing political views. The newspaper, as well as the editors of both newspapers, have been repeatedly harassed and threatened. In 2005 the office of the Sunday Leader was attacked.[citation needed]
On November 21, 2008, twelve masked men forcibly entered the press room of the Sunday Leader, Morning Leader, and Irudina Sinhala weekly and set fire to it, damaging printing machines and copies of newspapers printed ready for distribution. In December 2008, the government censored the Sunday Leader along with the BBC; the newspaper was ordered not to publish reports relating to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, younger brother of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[2]
In the first week of January its Founder and Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickramatunga was assassinated on the way to work.[3]
The Sunday Leader is set to take prominence with a hearing held where Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is suing the Leader Publications for Rs 2 Billion
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Sri Lanka Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers" (Web). PressReference.com. Advameg Inc.. 2007. http://www.pressreference.com/Sa-Sw/Sri-Lanka.html. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ "BBC World Service and Sunday Leader Newspaper Censored" (Web). Reporters Without Borders. Reporters Without Borders. 2008-12-12. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29654. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ "Lasantha Shot Dead" (Web). BBC News (BBC Sinhala.com) (BBC Online (BBC.co.uk/Sinhala)). 2009-01-08. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/01/090108_lasantha.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
[edit] External links
- The Sunday Leader – Official Website
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