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அவுஸ்திரெலியா ABC வானொலியில் வந்த திசநாயகம் கைது தொடர்பான செய்தி

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அவுஸ்திரெலியா ABC வானொலியில் வந்த திசநாயகம் கைது தொடர்பான செய்தி

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http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2673157.htm

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Sri Lanka jails Tamil journalist for 20 years

ELEANOR HALL: The Australian Tamil community is calling on the Australian Government to place sanctions on Sri Lanka to protest against the treatment of a Tamil journalist who has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for writing two editorials which were critical of the Sri Lankan Government.

The High Court in Sri Lanka convicted the man of terrorism-related charges.

Human rights groups say for a supposed democratic nation the sentence is outrageous and oppressive.

As Bronwyn Herbert reports.

BRONWYN HERBERT: JS Tissainayagam is an ethnic Tamil, who is a newspaper editor and columnist in Sri Lanka.

In 2006 he wrote two editorials that criticised the Sri Lankan Government. He's been in custody since his arrest in March 2008, but yesterday he was found guilty in the High Court on three terrorism-related charges.

James Ross is the legal and policy director at Human Rights Watch in New York.

JAMES ROSS: Not only is it a ridiculous conviction of this prominent journalist for really writing editorials about the armed conflict that was going on in Sri Lanka, but it's another manifestation of the Gvoernment's real attack on free expression and the media in Sri Lanka.

BRONWYN HERBERT: In court the defence argued that the 45-year-old journalist received funding directly and indirectly from the Tamil Tigers.

Dr Sam Pari is a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress. Dr Pari says it's a question of what defines "supporting terrorism".

SAM PARI: Writing against the Sri Lankan Government's war on the Tamil people in the Sri Lankan Government's eyes, is supporting terrorism. The defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who is also the brother of the current president, said that if you are not with the Sri Lankan Government, then you are with the terrorists.

So In Sri Lanka's eyes, anyone who is against the Sri Lankan Government is automatically in support of terrorism.

BRONWYN HERBERT: Tissainayagm was the winner of an international journalism award that rewards courageous and ethical reporting. In May the US President Barack Obama mentioned Tissainayagam in his world press freedom day statement.

He described him as an "emblematic example" of a journalist who was being persecuted for doing his work.

Dr Pari from the Australian Tamil Congress says in protest, the Australian Government should now place sanctions on Sri Lanka.

SAM PARI: This is another reason, another example why the Australian Government should start placing sanctions on a country like Sri Lanka. We should be treating Sri Lanka the same way we treated Zimbabwe, the same way we treated the South African apartheid regime.

BRONWYN HERBERT: James Ross from Human Rights Watch says governments around the world should take action.

JAMES ROSS: The US Government in particular had raised this case before, had expressed concerns about it and I saw that today they had raised serious concerns. Certainly one would like to see the Australian Government do the same.

BRONWYN HERBERT: The Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith was not available to speak with the World Today.

Don Mahindapala is a former president of the Sri Lankan working journalists association. He says the sentence is too severe, but this case needs to be taken in context that terrorism is still a significant threat in Sri Lanka.

DON MAHINDAPALA: The threat of terrorism still haunts Sri Lanka. In relation to the case of Mr Tissainayagm, this case was initiated at the height of the terrorist activity of the Tamil Tigers. So it was in that context that he was charged and the anti-terror laws were brought in to deal with those who are linked to the Tamil Tigers.

And rightly or wrongly, the high court had decided that he should be sentenced.

BRONWYN HERBERT: Tissainayagum's lawyers say they will appeal the conviction.

ELEANOR HALL: Bronwyn Herbert reporting.

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