J.S. Tissainayagam, a Sri Lankan journalist sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison, has been named the first winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.
"We are happy to reward J.S. Tissainayagam in 2009, a terrible year for Sri Lanka," Jean-Francois Julliard, secretary-general of the Paris-based press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said.
"This country needs journalists who are determined and concerned with finding the truth," Julliard said in a statement issued after Tissainayagam was jailed for 20 years on charges of supporting terrorism. More...
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