Golden Pen for the violently silenced

(wan-ifra.org)

The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been dedicated in 2015 to all journalists killed in the line of duty.

The award took place during the opening ceremony of the 67th World News Media Congress, 22nd World Editors Forum and 25th World Advertising Forum from May 31 - June 3, in Washington DC.

The following Sri Lankan journalists were awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom Award. All of them were working in Sri Lanka at the time of their death.

Lasantha Wickramatunga, Shoba O’liveechchu, Puniyamoorthy
Sathiyamoorthy, Rashmi Mohamed, Paranirupasingham Devakumar,
Suresh Linbiyo, T. Tharmalingam, Isaivizhi Chempiyan,
Selvarajah Rajeewarnam, Subash Chandraboas, Nilam
Subramaniyam, Sugitharajah Relangi, Selvarajah Dharmeratnam
Sivaram, Lanka Jayasundara, Bala Nadarajah Iyer, Aiyathurai Nadesan,
Mylvaganam Nimalarajan, Anura Priyantha, Indika
Pathinivasan, Sahadevan Nilakshan, Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah,
Sampath Lakmal, Vasthian Anthony Mariyadas,
Atputharajah Nadarajah and Rohana Kumara