A media rights group criticized Sri Lankan on Tuesday for appointing a politician to a government media post who allegedly organized attacks against journalists and press offices and called for his ouster.
"The Sri Lankan government has again distinguished itself by assigning key posts to very controversial figures implicated in attacks on press freedom," Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said in a statement days after President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed Mervyn Silva to the post of deputy media minister.
In his new post, Silva will be in charge of media policies and issuing television and radio licenses and journalist accreditations. He was …
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