DHAKA: A media rights group on Monday expressed fears for the safety of journalists in Sri Lanka after Colombo grilled two Australian activists and seized computer data before kicking them out.

The Free Media Movement (FMM) said it expected a crackdown by the authorities following last week’s questioning of the two International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) staffers in Colombo.

‘We have very serious doubts about our own safety and that of independent journalists after the detention of IFJ officials last week,’ FMM leader Sunil Jayasekera told reporters in Colombo, according to The Straits Times.

He said the two activists, Jacqui Park and Jean Worthington, were questioned by the police Criminal Investigations Department and immigration authorities about their local contacts.

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