Sri Lankan journalists have taken to Twitter in a campaign reminiscent of the #MeToo movement that began in the United States in 2017 when sex offender Harvey Weinstein's crimes emerged.Photo: Unsplash/Jen Theodore
Sri Lanka's government ordered an investigation this week nto sexual harassment in the media after a string of #MeToo allegations from female newsroom staff.
The flood of claims began after journalist Sarah Kellapatha tweeted last week that a male colleague had threatened to rape her while working at an unnamed newspaper from 2010-17.
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