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Remembering Raviraj 17 years on

Tamil Guardian 10 Nov 2023
Today marks 17 years since Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP and human rights lawyer, Nadarajah Raviraj was assassinated in Colombo. Raviraj was shot in Colombo at close range by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike at around 8.30am on November 10 2006, as he got into his car after giving an interview.
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Sri Lankan military intimidated Tamils to try and stop hartal – TNA MP

Tamil Guardian 23 Oct 2023
He has been informed that small business owners are particularly being targeted due to their economic vulnerability ... Read more ... Saravanajah. Lawyers in Mullaitivu continue strike in support of resigned Judge ... Related Articles.  ... 'There have been judges who have fled the country before' - Tamil and Sinhala lawyers rally in Colombo ... .
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Mullaitivu shuts down in protest of threats to Tamil judge

Tamil Guardian 20 Oct 2023
The hartal was initiated due to the resignation of Mullaitivu Judge, T. Saravanarajah ... Read more about the resignation of Judge T ... Legal services were also disrupted as lawyers joined the strike, refusing to engage in legal activities ... 'There have been judges who have fled the country before' - Tamil and Sinhala lawyers rally in Colombo ... .
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Tamil lawyers continue protest despite ending strike

Tamil Guardian 13 Oct 2023
Following the protest in front of the Supreme Court in Colombo by lawyers from the North-East and South, and protests across the North-East condemning the threats that forced Mullaitivu District Judge T ... fled the country before' - Tamil and Sinhala lawyers rally in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka’s CID claims no threat to Tamil judge in final report

Tamil Guardian 13 Oct 2023
Mullaitivu District Judge T ... In the aftermath of Saravanarajah’s resignation a series of protests have been held across the North-East as well as rally in Colombo, denouncing the lack of independence in Sri Lanka’s judiciary ... 'There have been judges who have fled the country before' - Tamil and Sinhala lawyers rally in Colombo ... Saravanajah ... .
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Tamil political parties call for hartal across the North-East in support of resigned judge

Tamil Guardian 11 Oct 2023
The parties have called for the total shutdown of the North-East and to demand an investigation into the threats made against Judge Saravanarajah ... Related Articles.  ... 'There have been judges who have fled the country before' - Tamil and Sinhala lawyers rally in Colombo ... Saravanajah ... .
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'There have been judges who have fled the country before' - Tamil and Sinhala lawyers ...

Tamil Guardian 09 Oct 2023
Tamil lawyers and other legal professionals from across the North-East were joined by their Sinhala counterparts in Colombo today, as they rallied in support of Mullaitivu judge T Saravanarajah, who was forced to flee the island in the face of death threats last month ... Lawyers in Mullaitivu continue strike in support of resigned Judge.
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Disappearance Of An Activist

MENA FN 05 Jun 2023
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) The forced disappearance of the human rights activist and lawyer on Thursday, when he was taken away from outside his home in Karachi by men in a telltale white Vigo, was ... .
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14 years today - A massacre in Mullivaikkal

Tamil Guardian 18 May 2023
“When the Chef de Cabinet arrived back in Colombo on 16 May he indicated to the Government that he was willing to travel to the Wanni and be present at the surrender ... Colombo uses chemical weapons ... Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
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14 years today - 3,000 dead and 25,000 critically injured

Tamil Guardian 17 May 2023
“When the Chef de Cabinet arrived back in Colombo on 16 May he indicated to the Government that he was willing to travel to the Wanni and be present at the surrender ... Colombo uses chemical weapons ... Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
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14 years today - Soldiers throw grenades into bunkers with surrendering families

Tamil Guardian 16 May 2023
“When the Chef de Cabinet arrived back in Colombo on 16 May he indicated to the Government that he was willing to travel to the Wanni and be present at the surrender ... Colombo uses chemical weapons ... Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
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14 years today - No Fire Zone up in smoke

Tamil Guardian 15 May 2023
Colombo uses chemical weapons ... Embassy Colombo also reported that heavy shelling occurred in the NFZ, killing at least 300 civilians.” ... Tamil human rights activist abducted in Colombo. Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
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14 years today - Last hospital stops functioning

Tamil Guardian 14 May 2023
Colombo uses chemical weapons ... Embassy Colombo also reported that heavy shelling occurred in the NFZ, killing at least 300 civilians.” ... Tamil human rights activist abducted in Colombo. Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
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14 years today - Sri Lankan artillery targets makeshift hospital again

Tamil Guardian 13 May 2023
Colombo uses chemical weapons ... Embassy Colombo also reported that heavy shelling occurred in the NFZ, killing at least 300 civilians.” ... Tamil human rights activist abducted in Colombo. Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
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14 years today - Thousands killed in one day

Tamil Guardian 10 May 2023
Embassy Colombo also reported that heavy shelling occurred in the NFZ, killing at least 300 civilians.” ... Tamil human rights activist abducted in Colombo. Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer’s car in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.

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