Jaffna Press Club

Journalists in #SriLanka still cannot report on wartime atrocities #o4abXv3m3afAfdMM.99" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">asiancorrespondent.com/2018/05/sri-la… #PressFreedom via @ascorrespondent

5. Gamini Navartne’s fearless journalistic contribution will never be forgotten by the Tamils.

4. When the newspaper re-emerged in February 1984, Gamini (at the age of 52) travelled to Jaffna to takeover the editorship of Saturday Review, at the request of his erstwhile friend Sivanayagam who was in exile by then.

3. Following the forced closure of the newspaper, at least two petitions were filed before the supreme court by S Nadesan challenging the ban imposed on Saturday Review , and Gamini Navaratne was one of the petitioners.

2. On 1st of July 1983, JR Jayawardena banned Saturday Review forcing Sivanayagam to flee the island and seek refuge in India.

1. Jaffna Press Club organised and commemorated the 20th death anniversary of a senior Sinhala journalist, Gamini Navartne, today in Jaffna. #PressFreedom #SriLanka

@RW_UNP @MangalaLK A commemoration event marking burning of #Jaffna #Library has been organized by @TnpfOrg in front of Library premises/June1/6.00m #Justice

@RW_UNP Then Min @MangalaLK urged ful renovation/rejecting public request to keep part of destroyed building for remembrance m.youtube.com/watch?v=8kY0_Q…

In 2016, PM @RW_UNP mentioned a non-apology/sorry not sorry-over #Jaffna Library burning in Parliament during argument with opposition group

Masterminds behind this worst cultural crime committed against Tamil people were then senior UNP politicos & never held accountable #justice

We are now very worried that order may be used by police to harass/intimidate the #Tamil community at large, particularly HRDs (4)

After we repeatedly emphasized Fr Elil's harass. magis. directed police not to summons him, but said they could summons anyone else(3)

Police in court went as far as arguing that any memorial in #lka can only be done if names are run by police first (2)

We are deeply concerned by Mullaitivu Magistrate's extens. of order for police invest. of names in memorial by Fr Elil w/ no legal basis (1)

Murdered #Tamil #journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan 13th death anniversary remembered in #Jaffna #nojustice

On the night of 1/6/ 1981, the #Jaffna public library, housing 97,000 rare books& manuscripts, was burned to the ground. #BurningMemories

The 36th Remembrance Day of the burning of Jaffna Public Library was observed by staff at the Library Hall today. #Burningmemories #lka

Police have put notices up at #kilinochchi #familiesofdisappeared protest that protest can go ahead but should not inconvenience public #lka

Adayaalam stands in solidarity with #familiesofdisappeared protest Day 100 in #Kilinochchi + calls on govt to immediately address issue #lka

Our thoughts and prayers are with #SLFlood victims. #solidarity #humanity