Meera Sirirnivasan intimidated for reporting a statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena at the cabinet meeting stating that RAW (Research and Analyses Wing) is plotting to assassinate him – SLPI Freedom tracker

Meera Sirirnivasan intimidated for reporting a statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena at the cabinet meeting stating that RAW (Research and Analyses Wing) is plotting to assassinate him

Meera Sirirnivasan intimidated for reporting a statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena at the cabinet meeting stating that RAW (Research and Analyses Wing) is plotting to assassinate him

Incident Date: October 25, 2018

Last modified on : March 20th, 2023

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Threat Type: intimidation

Attached Newsroom:The Hindu

Incident reference no: 2018/10/03/ID

Mode of threat: In Person

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Current Status: Not Applicable

Source : https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/asia-pacific/article/sri-lanka-foreign-journalist-intimidated-over-report.html

Meera Sirirnivasan intimidated for reporting a statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena at the cabinet meeting stating that RAW (Research and Analyses Wing) is plotting to assassinate him.

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