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Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam (known as J. S. Tissainayagam, Tamil: ''ஜெயப்பிரகாஷ் சிற்றம்பலம் திசைநாயகம்'') is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Division 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 Colombo High Court 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. ==Career== J. S. Tissainayagam has been a journalist for over 20 years. He worked for The Sunday Leader and the Sunday Times as well as many other newspapers before founding the ''North Eastern Herald''. He was also a columnist for the ''Sunday Times''.
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