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Continuing the Struggle

Her husband, editor of a newspaper in Sri Lanka, was fatally attacked. Now in exile in New York City, Sonali Samarasinghe presses forward with their fight for press freedom and justice in their native country. Posted: Friday, May 20 2011
On January 8, 2009, Lasantha Wickrematunge, editor-in-chief of the Sri Lankan paper the Sunday Leader, was murdered in […]

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By Gena Chung | Published on October 13, 2011 at 4:22 am


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Sonali Samarasinghe on commencement day at Harvard University where she spent a year as a Nieman Fellow

Continuing the Struggle

Her husband, editor of a newspaper in Sri Lanka, was fatally attacked. Now in exile in New York City, Sonali Samarasinghe presses forward with their ...