A Bangladeshi editor whose paper publishes articles about Israel and criticises Islamist extremism has been sentenced by a court to seven years in jail.
The hearing, in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, said that Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, who runs The Weekly Blitz, had damaged the national interest with his writing and by planning to visit Israel more than a decade ago.
Police first arrested him when he was about to board a flight at Dhaka airport in November, 2003.
Mr Choudhury had been on his way to Tel Aviv where he was due to address a seminar on co-existence. Bangladeshi citizens are forbidden from visiting Israel and he was accused of sedition. He remained on bail until this week.