Sri Lankan Journalists, Activists Stage Demonstration To Condemn Gov’t Suppression Of Media In Colombo

Journalists, rights activists and opposition lawmakers shout slogans and display placards during a demonstration alleging the government of suppression of media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013. Sri Lankan journalists staged a “Black January” protest Tuesday, remembering a series of attacks against journalists and media workers in this month over the past several years and condemning authorities’ failure to punish the culprits. Placard, bottom left, reads: “Lasantha’s killers still at large.”

Journalists, rights activists and opposition lawmakers shout slogans and display placards during a demonstration alleging the government of suppression of media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013. <AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe>