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Editors’ Guild honours Sam Wijesinha for defending press freedom
View(s):The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka this week honoured former Parliament Secretary General and former Parliamentary Ombudsman, Sam Wijesinha with the Sepala Gunasena 2013 Award for defending press freedom in Sri Lanka.
Mr. Wijesinha who retired a few months ago as Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Council of the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka was given the prestigious award in memory of the late publisher of Independent Newspapers Ltd., for his steadfast promotion of self-regulation within the print media since 2003 and his consistent support for media freedom.
The presentation was made at Mr. Wijesinha’s residence, ‘Lakmahal’ in Kollupitiya.
Picture shows (from left) Siri Ranasinghe, President of The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka handing over the award to Mr. Wijesinha. The others (from left) are Manik de Silva, Editor of The Sunday Island, Sukumar Rockwood, CEO of the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka and Kumar Nadesan, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Press Institute.
