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Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Right to Information, Right to Information

RTI Reveals Lanka E News Blocked On Order from President’s Office

In December 2017, received a list of 13 websites that had been blocked from 2015 onwards by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), via a Right to Information request. The documentation uncovered the…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 04/11/201807/28/2020
Human Rights, Issues, Media and Communications, Right to Information, Science and Technology

Blocked: RTI requests reveal process behind blocking of websites in Sri Lanka

On November 8, 2017 news began to spread that website Lankaenews had been blocked across all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. The website itself has continually been mired in controversy…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 12/08/201708/01/2020

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