Tamil Nadu political parties and media associations have appealed to the Indian government to secure the release of a Tamil Nadu journalist that was arrested in Kilinochchi on Wednesday.
MDMK leader Vaiko, rallying along with PMK and VCK wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying:
"Prabhakaran was a journalist and had every right to visit any country on a tourist visa and the freedom to meet people,"
The Chennai Press Club and Chennai Union of Journalists wrote to the external affairs ministry explaining that Prabhakaran had written a series of articles about the treatment of Tamils in Sri Lanka, which were then published as a book.
See report on Times of India.
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