Dr.Pakiasothy detained for 20 minutes at airport
Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives Dr. Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu was detained and questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department
‘Presidential pardon ruled out for Tissa’
Source: The Island The Foreign Ministry yesterday dismissed reports that a presidential pardon at the executive level on the Tissainayagam
United States criticizes Sri Lanka
Source: Local Media The United States criticized Sri Lanka Monday for sentencing to 20 years in prison a Tamil reporter
J.S. Tissainayagam, journalist lauded by Obama, is jailed
Source: Times Online A Sri Lankan journalist described by President Obama as an “emblematic example” of an unjustly persecuted news