CPJ, partners urge Sri Lanka to end harassment of journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ, partners urge Sri Lanka to end harassment of journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined seven other civil society organizations in calling on Sri Lankan authorities to immediately end the harassment of Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan and withdraw the counterterrorism police summons for questioning on August 17. The Counter Terrorism Investigation Department did not state the reason for the summons, although the journalist, who documents violations against Tamil civilians by …

Joint Statement: Counter-terror police must cease harassment of Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan • Sri Lanka Brief

Sri Lankan authorities must immediately end the harassment of Tamil journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan and withdraw the summons issued by the Counter Terrorism Investigation Department (CTID) of Sri Lanka Police, eight international human rights and media rights groups said today. Based in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, Kumanan is a photojournalist, president of the Mullaitivu Press Club, and human rights defender, who documents violations again…