COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- J.S. Tissainayagam, a Sri Lankan journalist praised by U.S. President Barack Obama, has drawn a 20-year prison sentence on terrorism charges, officials say.
Sri Lanka's High Court Monday found Tissainayagam, 45, who wrote for the Sunday Times newspaper in Colombo and operated a Web site that covered Sri Lanka's minority Tamil population, guilty under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, The Times of London reported.