Ravi Nessman, AP bureau chief in Sri Lanka, was expelled from the country after reporting civilian death tolls in the government’s recent final push against Tamil Tiger rebels, the International Press Institute reported on July 24.
COLOMBO: Ravi Nessman, AP bureau chief in Sri Lanka, was expelled from the country after reporting civilian death tolls in the government’s recent final push against Tamil Tiger rebels, the International Press Institute reported on July 24.
Nessman also wrote that a government document set down a plan to keep thousands of refugees in camps up to three years. A government spokesman denied that Nessman was being forced out, saying it was standard for foreign correspondents to spend two years in Colombo. But Nessman’s predecessor worked in Colombo for 10 years from 1997 to 2007.