Award winning Tamil poet and actor VIS Jeyapalan has been stopped by the Sri Lankan government from attending a launch of his latest book in Jaffna, reports Journalists for Democracy Sri Lanka.
Mr Jeyapalan was denied a visiting visa by Sri Lanka's authorities.
Mr Jeyapalan, who is based in Oslo, was arrested and deported in November 2013 when he visited his hometown in Jaffna after decades in exile.
Norwegian Tamil poet arrested by SL intelligence in Maankulam (27 Nov 2013)
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