http://thizndat.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-am-kathleen-freedom-of-speech.html

We may be worse.

Amongst other things, in Iran I doubt you have morons disguised as Government MPs who storm into State broadcasting facilities, Police who try to abduct journalists or hold journalists in custody without any charge, a regime that shuts down media houses and stifles critical voices, openly says it wants to hack websites, blocks others, a Defense Secretary who calls up and threatens senior Editors (and issues bogus VISAs, but I guess being at the front lines of diplomacy, you wouldn’t know too much about what happens back home) and openly says that if he were President, he would be in favour of stronger censorship or senior Government Ministers and Public Servants who shoot their mouth off on media freedom and openly threaten media personnel.

And this isn’t even taking into account that which the LTTE and TMVP are responsible for in the North and East of Sri Lanka over the years, which for some odd reason, are facts more publicised by the Government.

But then again, you did find Russia under Putin to be spiffy, so I guess things in Sri Lanka’s problems with media pale into insignificance. Here’s an idea – maybe the “mission with a Mission” can do a piece on this. Shaggedelic baby, yeah!

Sanjana

way to go folks.