Sri Lankan police arrest 2 journalists
Sri Lankan police have arrested two journalists and a graphic designer for helping ethnic Tamil rebels in their campaign for an independent homeland, the government said Wednesday. The journalists, Lalith Seneviratne and Sisira Priyantha, and graphic designer Nihal Senasinghe were arrested Monday, government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said. They worked at Akuna, a bimonthly newspaper, and belong to the country’s majority Sinhalese ethnic group. Full Story