Keith Noyahr is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was the associate editor of The Nation. He often wrote critical analyses of Sri Lanka’s security situation in his column "Military Matters". He was abducted by a white van and was severely beaten for hours before being released in May 2008.[1][2][3][4] Later he fled to Australia.[5][6]

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  1. ↑ "Sri Lankan columnist badly beaten during abduction". Committee to Protect Journalists. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "For Sri Lankan reporters, the ghosts of violence and intimidation loom again". Dharisha Bastians. The Guardian. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "That Fateful Night With DIG Anura Senanayake". Rasika Jayakody. Colombo Telegraph. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Keith Noyahr recounts the harrowing ordeal of being abducted by a white van". Newfirst. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "CID team in Australia to record Keith Noyahr's statement". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "CID questions former President over assault on Keith Noyahr". Colombo Gazette. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.


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