He was convicted on August 31, 2008 under Sri Lanka ’ s Prevention of Terrorism Act on charges of inciting violence and receiving money from rebel groups and sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor. International rights groups and Sri Lankan journalists have condemned the act of putting a journalist in jail for his reporting. US president Barack Obama called him one of the "emblematic examples" of reporters jailed for their work.
He was convicted on August 31, 2008 under Sri Lanka ' s Prevention of Terrorism Act on charges of inciting violence and receiving money from rebel groups and sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor. International rights groups and Sri Lankan journalists have condemned the act of putting a journalist in jail for his reporting. United States president Barack Obama called him one of the "emblematic examples" of reporters jailed for their work.
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