Thursday, August 20, 2009

Top Sri Lanka academic gets death threats...

One of Sri Lanka's most eminent academics has received an anonymous death threat, officials say.

The threat in a letter was sent to the home of Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, executive director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA). 

He is the latest in a long line of prominent people, mostly journalists, who have received death threats. 

They have in recent months been threatened, beaten up and in some cases murdered. More...

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