Journalist sentenced to 20 years for aiding terrorism in Sri Lanka

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 17:31

The High Court on Monday sentenceda journalist to 20 years at hard labor for aiding terrorism.

JS Tissanayagam was arrested by the police's Terrorism Investigation Division in March 2008 for alleged aiding and abetting terrorism through a magazine he edited.

In December last year Tissanayagam was nominated for a media freedom award by the Paris based media watch dog Reporters Without Borders.