Media activists in Sri Lanka are organising a boycott of the upcom-ing South Asian summit in Colombo in protest at escalating attacks against journalists, a report said Sunday.

The Lakbima News weekly said several media outlets had agreed in principle not to cover the August 1 summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), without naming the groups involved.

"A number of local and international media organisations have agreed on the proposal to boycott the coverage of the summit as the Sri Lankan government has not ensured that journalists could perform their duties without hindrance," it said.