Tamil journalist abducted and threatened in Sri Lanka...

A Sri Lankan journalist says she was kidnapped from outside her home in the capital Colombo and held for a day by people claiming to be the police.

Krishni Ifam, a Tamil reporter who works for media development NGO Internews, said the men had warned her to give up journalism altogether. 

She said she was then released in the central city of Kandy late on Wednesday with a tiny amount of cash. More...

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