{"id":123937,"date":"2014-05-01T19:32:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=123937"},"modified":"2014-05-01T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T14:22:09","slug":"sri-lanka-slips-down-global-press-freedom-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-slips-down-global-press-freedom-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Slips Down Global Press Freedom Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka has slipped down the global rankings for freedom of the press as a result of increased harassment of both local and foreign journalists trying to cover protests and sensitive news stories, as well as attacks on printing and distribution channels for private media and blocks on web content, led to a more constricted space for independent news.<\/p>\n<p>According to the annual index of media freedom, published on Wednesday by the US-based\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Freedom+House&amp;x=8&amp;y=5\">Freedom House<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, Sri Lanka\u2019s score slipped by another 2 points, from 74 to 76, marking a dramatic decline of 20 points over the last decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-123938\" alt=\"Freedom House\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-.jpg\" width=\"592\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House--300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-123941\" alt=\"Freedom House\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-1.jpg\" width=\"613\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-1.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Freedom-House-1-800x490.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Sri Lanka Ranked Fourth In Newly Updated Impunity Index\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-ranked-fourth-in-newly-updated-impunity-index\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sri Lanka Ranked Fourth In Newly Updated Impunity Index<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":123938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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