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Sri Lanka Guardian

Sri Lanka Guardian
Type of site
Online Newspaper
Available inEnglish, Sinhala
Founder(s)Nilantha Ilangamuwa, Victor Karunairajan
EditorEric Bailey, Windya Gamlath
URLwww.slguardian.org
LaunchedAugust 2007
Current statusActive

Sri Lanka Guardian is Sri Lankan news website known for its independent news coverage. It has been banned in Sri Lanka along with other websites for this criticism of the Sri Lankan government and officials and its investigative journalism.[1][2][3][4][5] It released a video showing Sri Lankan army female recruits being abused and tortured; the Sri Lankan army accepted the authenticity of the video and ordered an inquiry.[6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka news websites 'blocked'". BBC Sinhala. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Website blocking 'a brutal crackdown'". BBC Sinhala. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka blocks five new sites over 'insults'". Stuff. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Sri Lankan government blocks websites". Committee to Protect Journalists. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Websites blocked just hours before poll results due to be announced". Reporters Without Borders. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka army admits torture of women". AlJazeera. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka army admits torture of women recruits". NDTV. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Video exposes violence against female soldiers in Sri Lanka". observers.france24. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Sri Lanka army admits torture of recruits". SBS. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

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