COLOMBO (Reuters) -- A Sri Lankan court sentenced a journalist who wrote articles critical of a military offensive against the Tamil Tigers to 20 years' hard labour under anti-terrorism laws critics say are used to stifle dissent.
Colombo High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundera found J.S. Tissanayagam guilty on three charges of conspiracy and violating the Prevention of Terrorism Act and powerful wartime emergency regulations that give the government wide powers of arrest.
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