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CID Summons BBC Journalist
01:00 May 9 2018 Colombo, Colombo District, Western Province, 01100, Sri Lanka
Journalist/ media worker Male Government Security Personnel Questioning by Police, TID, CID Media Freedom and Freedom of expression
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In Colombo BBC Journalist Azzam Ameen was summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department on 9th of May to appear before the CID to record a statement. Ameen has been summoned to be questioned on his retweet of a tweet from the presidents media division twitter account. The presidential media had removed the tweet and issued a clarification.News Source Link
http://colombogazette.com/2018/05/09/cid-summons-bbc-journalist-azzam-ameen-over-tweet/Additional Data
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