. . . . . "J. S. Tissainayagam"@en . "Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam (known as J. S. Tissainayagam, Tamil: \u0B9C\u0BC6\u0BAF\u0BAA\u0BCD\u0BAA\u0BBF\u0BB0\u0B95\u0BBE\u0BB7\u0BCD \u0B9A\u0BBF\u0BB1\u0BCD\u0BB1\u0BAE\u0BCD\u0BAA\u0BB2\u0BAE\u0BCD \u0BA4\u0BBF\u0B9A\u0BC8\u0BA8\u0BBE\u0BAF\u0B95\u0BAE\u0BCD) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was detained by the of the Sri Lanka Police on 7 March 2008. He was held without charge for almost 6 months. He was indicted on politically motivated charges under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act for intending to incite communal hatred through writing, and furthering terrorist acts through the collection of money for his publication. On 31 August 2009, he was convicted of the charges by the and sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. After an international outcry where US President Barack Obama called him one of the \"emblematic examples\" of journalist being harassed around the world Tissainayagam was pardoned by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 3 May 2010, World Press Freedom Day."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Journalist"@en . . "Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam (known as J. S. Tissainayagam, Tamil: \u0B9C\u0BC6\u0BAF\u0BAA\u0BCD\u0BAA\u0BBF\u0BB0\u0B95\u0BBE\u0BB7\u0BCD \u0B9A\u0BBF\u0BB1\u0BCD\u0BB1\u0BAE\u0BCD\u0BAA\u0BB2\u0BAE\u0BCD \u0BA4\u0BBF\u0B9A\u0BC8\u0BA8\u0BBE\u0BAF\u0B95\u0BAE\u0BCD) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was detained by the of the Sri Lanka Police on 7 March 2008. He was held without charge for almost 6 months. He was indicted on politically motivated charges under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act for intending to incite communal hatred through writing, and furthering terrorist acts through the collection of money for his publication. On 31 August 2009, he was convicted of the charges by the and sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment."@en . "J. S. Tissainayagam"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "19825629"^^ . . . . . "J. S. Tissainayagam"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1118205454"^^ . . . . "14413"^^ . . . . .