From the BBC:

Human Rights Watch has called on Sri Lanka's government to free prominent Tamil journalist, JS Tissainayagam.

Mr Tissainayagam was arrested in March and charged with inciting violence in articles in his magazine, the North Eastern Monthly, which has been shut.

He has also been accused of aiding terrorist organisations through raising money for the magazine.

The international rights group said Sri Lanka was shamefully using anti-terror laws to silence peaceful critics.