Tuesday, 5 August 2014 00:00
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The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka has honoured former Parliament Secretary General and former Parliamentary Ombudsman Sam Wijesinha with the Sepala Gunasena 2013 Award for defending press freedom in Sri Lanka. 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 made 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.
This presentation was made at Wijesinha’s residence, ‘Lakmahal’ in Colpetty. Here the Editors Guild of Sri Lanka President Siri Ranasinghe presenting the Sepala Gunasena Award for 2013 to Sam Wijesinha. Others in the picture are (from left): The Sunday Island Editor Manik de Silva, Press Complaint Commission of Sri Lanka CEO Sukumar Rockwood and Sri Lanka Press Institute Chairman Kumar Nadesan
