07/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration published on Friday 4 September by the Swedish Presidency, the European Union has expressed its concern at the severe sentence of 20 years' hard labour, to be served in prison, handed down on 30 August to the Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam by the Colombo High Court. "The verdict and disproportionate sentence against Mr Tissainayagam give rise to concern with respect to freedom of expression and freedom of the press in Sri Lanka. The EU...