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Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center What does media freedom mean in a place like Sri Lanka that is determined to stamp out a long-standing insurrection?

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Keith Noyahr's eyes are questioning but barely visible behind the swelling. His cheeks are purple and bruised. A brace supports his neck. The ordeal he has been through is plain to see. He has been beaten. It was a beating that was not delivered by a gang on the street, but by the people that are meant to protect him. The government. A journalist on Sri Lanka's Nation newspaper Keith Noyahr had done the unthinkable. In a country that some have argued is rapidly become the most dangerous in the world for journalists, Mr Noyahr criticized the army. Abducted and beaten the army's message was ...

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