Sri Lanka: BBC correspondant blocked from attending Jaffna Festival
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defense has refused permission to BBC Colombo correspondant Charles Haviland from attending cultural festival in Jaffna, sources in Colombo said. The "Jaffna Music Festival organized to celebrate the diverse traditional folk arts for three days from 25th 27th March 2011, is being organized by the Norwegian Embassy, USAID and implemented by Sevalanka Foundation, according ...