Lasantha Wickrematunge
✓ Source-basedstableSri Lankan journalist (1958-2009)
JournalistsLived 1958 to 2009 · aged 50
Fame47.1
Momentum3.7
Languages11
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Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge was a high-profile Sri Lankan journalist, politician, broadcaster, and human rights activist who was assassinated in January 2009.
Also inDeutsch
Awards 5
Connected to Lasantha 6
Niloofar HamediAlso won John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award
Thuli MadonselaAlso won Integrity Award
Jesús BlancornelasAlso won International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes
Fergal KeaneAlso won James Cameron Memorial Trust Award
Win TinAlso won UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Antonio FontánAlso won International Press Institute World Press Freedom HeroesAbout this person
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1958 to 2009 · aged 50
Written about in
11 languages
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