Colombo Telegraph Explained

Colombo Telegraph
Type:Online newspaper
Editor:Uvindu Kurukulasuriya [1]
Launch Date:2011
Language:English, Sinhala
Current Status:Active

The Colombo Telegraph is a Sri Lankan website run by exiled journalists. It was founded in 2011.[2] It has been blocked in Sri Lanka repeatedly. Uvindu Kurukulasuriya is the editor. He went into exile to UK in 2009 after the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge and after he was threatened publicly via national radio by the president's media advisor.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uvindu Kurukulasuriya: 'Going Into Exile is a Big Decision' . Qurium . Clara Zid . August 2019 . 1 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Colombo Telegraph Mission . Colombo Telegraph . 1 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Sectarian violence in south declared off-limits for media . . 20 January 2016 . 1 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Colombo Telegraph Blocked, How To Reach Us Now: Sri Lanka Telecom And Mobitel Joins The DPI Club! . Colombo Telegraph . 28 August 2013 . 1 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Sri Lanka’s new President has a plan for everything, except media reform . Little Atoms . Rohan Jayasekera . 1 July 2021.
  6. Web site: IPI calls for Sri Lanka to allow access to news websites . IPI . Carolin Dürkop . 25 March 2014 . 1 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Sri Lanka: Illegal blocking of public interest news site must be investigated . Article 19 . 24 July 2015 . 1 July 2021.

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