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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12963429" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Karu_Jayasuriya.jpg/100px-Karu_Jayasuriya.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />UNP Parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya said that Sri Lanka will be cornered  by right thinking members of the international community and eventually  this country will be blacklisted as a place where there is no media  freedom or right to information.Issuing a statement on the arrest of nine employees of the ‘Sri Lanka  Mirror’ and ‘Lanka X News’ websites and the Police raid on the building  where the two web sites were operated Mr. Jayasuriya stated: “This  behavior of the government will substantiate the idea that the  government will only allow the publication of ‘sunshine stories’ – the  stories which only serve the propaganda mechanism of the government and  its allies. “If the government truly has an intention to thwart mud-slinging  campaigns against particular individuals, that should start from state  media institutions which have already become a safe heaven for those who  conduct slanderous campaigns particularly against the opposition.” “All in all, no right thinking person or political movement can justify  this blatant crackdown on two news website and the arrest of nine  journalists. Therefore, we urge the government to stop this shameless  repression and restore media freedom,” Mr Jayasuriya added. DM</blockquote>

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