J. S. Tissainayagam was released on bail on Monday and things may be looking up for the media in Sri Lanka. Tissainayagam's release from a sentence of 20 years' "rigorous imprisonment," came amid calls on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to extend him a full pardon, as it is within his presidential powers to do.
For now, at least, Tissa, as he is known, is out of his prison cell though not free to leave the country--the appeal court that set him free demanded that he hand over his passport as part of the bail agreement. But there are many other cases still hanging in the air in Sri Lanka that will not go away, even though they are making their way through the courts.
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