Quotes of the Day
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009
He lost his job in the '80s when talking about labor-union rights. Now he lost his freedom when talking about Tamil rights.
- ANIL SILVA,
- lawyer for Tamil journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who was sentenced to 20 years of hard labor by a Sri Lankan court on Monday under the country's antiterrorism laws for using racially divisive language
Photo: AP | Source: New York Times