Sri Lanka: Outspoken female journalist under threat

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Index Number: ASA 37/021/2009
Date Published: 7 October 2009
Categories: Sri Lanka

Journalist and media rights activist, Dileesha Abeysundera is in danger after a gang of unidentified people threatened her and tried to forcefully gain access to her property in Sri Lanka. Dileesha Abeysundera believes that the gang threatened her because of her work campaigning for media rights.