Lasantha Wickrematunge - Wikipedia
网页Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge (Sinhala: ලසන්ත වික්රමතුංග, Tamil: லசந்த விக்கிரமதுங்க; 5 April 1958 – 8 January 2009) was a high-profile Sri Lankan journalist, politician, broadcaster and human rights …
Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge - Wikipedia
网页Lasantha Wickrematunge, a Sri Lankan journalist, politician and human rights activist, was fatally shot and assassinated in Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 8, 2009. [1] . It is believed that he was killed due to his journalistic work critical of Sri Lankan politicians. His murder was widely condemned across the world.
Who Was Behind the Killing of Sri Lankan Journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge?
网页2022年7月6日 · The story of the murder is as follows: On January 8, 2009, while Wickrematunge, editor of The Sunday Leader, was driving to his office, motorcycle riders stopped his car and bludgeoned him to death in broad …
Family of murdered Sri Lanka editor seek justice from new president
网页2024年9月23日 · The family of murdered Sri Lanka journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge appealed on Monday to the island's new president to reopen an investigation into the internationally-condemned assassination ...
“And Then They Came For Me”: last words of Lasantha Wickrematunge
网页2019年1月23日 · The 2009 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is being awarded to the late Sri Lankan journalist and editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was assassinated on 8 January this year. The article reproduced here expresses Mr Wickrematunge’s commitment and fierce independence.
Sri Lanka to Exhume the Body of Its Most Critical Journalist
网页2016年9月27日 · For much of the 25-year fight between the government and Tamil Tiger separatists, Wickrematunge criticized the government for killing its own citizens, and he founded the country’s most anti ...
Lasantha Wickrematunge: Murdered editor's body exhumed in …
网页2016年9月27日 · Lasantha Wickrematunge edited the Sunday Leader, which was critical of then President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He said before his 2009 murder that the government would kill him. The Rajapaksa...
Sri Lankan Government Found Guilty of Lasantha’s Murder
网页2022年9月20日 · Giving his evidence on May 13, former detective of the Criminal Investigations Department, Nishantha Silva, linked Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. Mr. Mr. Silva believed that Mr. Rajapaksa – then Secretary of Defense – had the means, the opportunity and a …
Sri Lanka Journalists Still on Edge After Editor’s Death
网页2010年1月7日 · Wickrematunge was a staunch critic of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, and his murder came in the middle of the government’s final offensive to crush the separatist Liberation Tigers of...
New details raise questions about whether Sri Lankan president …
网页2022年6月27日 · Friends and colleagues of slain Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, seen in the portrait, place candles and flowers on his grave as they commemorate the anniversary of his death on January 8, 2020.