The appointment of Mervyn Silva, a politician with an established record of hostility towards journalists, as Deputy Minister of Information within the Sri Lankan government in April this year was met with calls for his removal by press freedom organisations.

What can be done to protect journalists working in Sri Lanka who face threats, imprisonment and violence as a result of doing their work?

Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be discussing press freedom in Sri Lanka and the impact that government has on its reporting of human rights abuses within the country. Is the Sri Lankan media in a position to hold the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to account?

Could the West and its media do more?

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