Unidentified gunmen shot into serious injury, a sri lankan investigative reporter, colleagues and officials said Saturday, the United Nations human rights to the top of the officials have accused.
Three unidentified gunmen entered a hostel, method Shaukatally abruzzi, who work on Sunday, the person in charge of the place, broke into his room and opened fire, police said.
Reporter is discussed on the phone a story that appears in this week's version, when he was shot, responsible for the editing Sakunthala pereira said on Sunday. The article says the attack happened in Friday in the online.
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights affairs navier skin lai said, she was deeply troubled reporter criticism of government a paper "attempted assassination". Britain also says serious concern, shooting in the reporter, who have a common British citizenship.
Political violence has eased, because sri lankan army shattered the thirty years of Tamil separatist insurgency in May 2009, international human rights group says, the rule of law problems still exist, including in the media and government critics of kidnapping and attack.
In Colombo national hospital doctor said, Shaukatally, 52, hospital before the operation, further testing.
"The government's failure to Sue those who had been responsible for the attack of the media in the past paved the way for the events of this nature continued," sunil Jayasekera, secretary of free media movement, a Sri Lanka Sri Lanka rights group, told Reuters.
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In January 2009 were killed Sunday editor team leader and other staff reporter also came under attack, but has no arrest anyone.
Skin lai called for Sri Lanka authorities to allow international experts to help solve the problem of war crimes charges, said she would report her method the execution, kidnapping and suppress freedom of speech and the concern of the human rights council.
"This particular film, I feel upset, because this is a reporter, his newspaper called is criticism of government, especially in the accountability system and unfair problems," she told the British channel 4 news.
She called for a thorough investigation and protection of Shaukatally. "She said," so he needed immediate protection, this is a assassination attempt on behavior.
Britain also said the shooting was shocked.
"Sri Lanka authorities have to as soon as possible find out who made the SINS, and bring them to justice, foreign minister of state alistair burt said."
"We have been in Sri Lanka journalists, civil society organizations and other organizations in recent years a series of attacks. Up to now, there are too many events have little survey, and no problem."
Sri Lanka's human rights record has been criticized the final phase of the army defeated the Tamil tiger separatists during May 2009 suspected excessive. Human rights groups said troops killed thousands of minority Tamil civilians in the last few weeks of the conflict.
The courtroom investigation submitted last Friday, a report said the army doesn't have a shell in the operation over the death of civilians and blamed the Tamil tigers.
The President MaXin da rajapakse government has refused to mass murder charges.
 



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