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dated June 26, 1958: Freedom of the Press

In a statement on June 24 the Commonwealth Press Union said that it had sent a cable to the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, protesting against the recently imposed censorship of incoming and outgoing news by the Government on account of the communal disturbances. The cable urged the withdrawal of “the emergency regulations controlling the Press, ” and said, “Such Draconian measures against the Press are almost without precedent in a Commonwealth country in time of peace.”

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