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<p>(New York, December 3, 2008) - The Sri Lankan government should immediately drop charges and free J.S. Tissainayagam, a prominent Tamil journalist on trial for his writings, Human Rights Watch said today. A Tamil publisher, N. Jasiharan, and his wife, V. Valamathy, who were also arbitrarily arrested, should be freed immediately.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/12/02/sri-lanka-free-journalists-unfairly-held">read more</a></p>
Supporters of hard line nationalist political party Jathika Hela Urumaya, also known as National Heritage, hold Sri Lanka's national flags as they march during a procession honouring military forces fighting against ...
