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CPJ award goes to jailed Sri Lankan journalist Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR540.htm Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalists Date Written:  03/09/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter The Committee to Protect Journalists announced today that it will honor imprisoned Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam with a 2009 International Press Freedom Award. Abstract:  New York, August 31, 2009 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists announced today that it will honor imprisoned Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam with a 2009 International Press Freedom Award. Tissainayagam sentenced today to 20 years in prison on specious charges of violating anti-terror laws, is one of five journalists who will be honored by CPJ at a ceremony in November. The full slate of awardees, selected by CPJ's Board of Directors this summer, will be formally announced in Septembe... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR540.htm Topics Journalism Journalism Awards Press Freedom Sri Lanka

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