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The Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka calls upon the Government to take sterner steps to guarantee the safety of media personnel in a press release condemning the killing of a journalist in Trincomalee recently.

The press release: The continuing violence targeted at journalist is causing alarm and anxiety in the media industry.

The murder of a young Tamil journalist last Monday ostensibly for capturing photographic images of the students who were shot dead recently in Trincomalee is the latest of such incidents. The Newspaper industry has written on previous occasions pointing out that the duty of the media is to protect democracy.

And yet the harassment, threats and murder of journalists at alarming regularity only serves to prevent dedicated media personnel from performing their professional duties.

The President has given his assurance on several occasions that he stands by the Constitution to ensure that Justice and Equality will be the hallmarks of his Presidency.

Incidents such as this can only damage his image. It is necessary that what he says is what is seen to be done.

The Newspaper Society calls upon the Government to take sterner steps through all departments that deal with law enforcement to protect and guarantee the safety of all media personnel and to punish the perpetrators of these dastardly crimes with the full force of the law.

Otherwise it is the Freedom of Speech and Expression and the Rule of Law that will be destroyed.

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