Iqbal Athas

Iqbal Athas
Bornc. 1944
NationalitySri Lankan
Occupationjournalist
Organization(s)Sunday Times
Jane's Defence Weekly
CNN
Known forreporting on armed forces
AwardsInternational Press Freedom Award (1994)

Iqbal Athas (Sinhala: ඉක්බාල් අතාස්; born c. 1944[1]) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He is a defence columnist for the Sunday Times, and he also contributes to Jane's Defence Weekly, CNN, and the Times of London.[2] He was threatened for his investigative reporting which uncovered scandals in the purchase of the arms by Sri Lankan Defence personnel, particularly the Sri Lankan Airforce.[3][4] He has won several international journalism awards for his work, and in 2000, the New York Times described him as "the country's leading military correspondent."[1]

  1. ^ a b Celia W. Dugger (11 May 2000). "Joining Sri Lanka's Sword: Might of Censor's Pen". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CPJ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka journalist threatened". BBC News. 18 February 1998.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Iqbal Athas threatened to be killed at Wijaya Newspapers". Lanka enews. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.