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Sri Lanka: Right to Shoot

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 @ 19:02 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: Sri Lanka
Topics:: Human Rights

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groundviews talks of the right to 'shoot' - in the context of a leading Sri Lankan photojournalist being detained by the police for taking photographs near a well-known Colombo school.

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