New York, August 1, 2007— The managing editor of a Tunisian online magazine is due to appear in court in Tunis on August 2 on charges of defamation that could lead to his imprisonment for up to three-and-a-half years, according to one of his lawyers. The charges against Tunisian rights activist Omar Mestiri stem from…
AUGUST 1, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Sahadevan Nilakshan, Chaalaram, August 1, 2007, Jaffna KILLED Nilakshan, a 22-year-old journalism student and editor of the student-run Chaalaram magazine, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen at his home on the outskirts of Jaffna, at around 4 a.m. The shooting occurred during curfew hours in an area heavily guarded…