North Eastern Monthly editor JS Tissainayagam has been freed on bail by a Colombo court pending appeal. Tissainayagam was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment last year after he was accused of supporting terrorism.
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Sri Lanka: Tissainayagam freed on bail
North Eastern Monthly editor JS Tissainayagam has been freed on bail by a Colombo court pending appeal. Tissainayagam was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment last year after he was accused of supporting terrorism. Read more here.
11 Jan 10
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