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| {{Sortname|Vasthian Anthony|Mariyadas|nolink=1}} || ''[[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|1999-12-31|format=dmy}} || [[Vavuniya]] || [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Sri Lankan Security Forces|Security Forces]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Vasthian Anthony Mariyadas|url=http://cpj.org/killed/1999/vasthian-anthony-mariyadas.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Vasthian Anthony|Mariyadas|nolink=1}} || ''[[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|1999-12-31|format=dmy}} || [[Vavuniya]] || [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Sri Lankan Security Forces|Security Forces]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Vasthian Anthony Mariyadas|url=http://cpj.org/killed/1999/vasthian-anthony-mariyadas.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Kumar|Ponnambalam}} || Leader of the [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] || align=center|{{Dts|2000-01-05|format=dmy}} || [[Colombo]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || Shot || [[Government of Sri Lanka|Government]] || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Abeywardena|first1=Kesara|title=Baddegane Sanjeewa was top security officer cum famous criminal during PA regime – Rajitha|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2002/08/21/bbaddegane-sanjeewa-was-top-security-officer-cum-famous-criminal-during-pa-regime-%E2%80%94-|work=[[Asian Tribune]]/[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=21 August 2002}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Kumar|Ponnambalam}} || Leader of the [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] || align=center|{{Dts|2000-01-05|format=dmy}} || [[Colombo]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || Shot || [[Government of Sri Lanka|Government]] || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Abeywardena |first1=Kesara |title=Baddegane Sanjeewa was top security officer cum famous criminal during PA regime – Rajitha |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2002/08/21/bbaddegane-sanjeewa-was-top-security-officer-cum-famous-criminal-during-pa-regime-%E2%80%94- |work=[[Asian Tribune]]/[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]] |date=21 August 2002 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523213141/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2002/08/21/bbaddegane-sanjeewa-was-top-security-officer-cum-famous-criminal-during-pa-regime-%E2%80%94- |archivedate=23 May 2012 |df= }}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Mylvaganam|Nimalarajan}} || ''[[BBC]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|2000-10-19|format=dmy}} || [[Jaffna]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka - 2003 Annual report|url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6486|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=2 May 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Open letter to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister|url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4084|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=18 October 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mylvaganam Nimalrajan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/23/guardianobituaries2|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jaffna journalist killed for his reporting|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5513|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=20 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sri Lankan government ally suspected in murder of BBC's Jaffna correspondent|url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/sri-o28.shtml|work=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|date=28 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Attacks on the Press 2000: Sri Lanka|url=http://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-sri-lanka.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ten years of impunity for Jaffna-based journalist’s murderers|url=http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-nimalarajan-bbc-jaffna-killed-epdp-18-10-2010,38579.html|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=18 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nimalarajan murder case struck off from roll call|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20040822/news-6.htm#Nimalarajan|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=22 August 2004}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Mylvaganam|Nimalarajan}} || ''[[BBC]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|2000-10-19|format=dmy}} || [[Jaffna]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka - 2003 Annual report |url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6486 |publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |date=2 May 2003 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143101/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6486 |archivedate=6 August 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Open letter to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister |url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4084 |publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |date=18 October 2002 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143112/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4084 |archivedate=6 August 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mylvaganam Nimalrajan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/23/guardianobituaries2|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jaffna journalist killed for his reporting|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5513|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=20 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sri Lankan government ally suspected in murder of BBC's Jaffna correspondent|url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/sri-o28.shtml|work=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|date=28 October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Attacks on the Press 2000: Sri Lanka|url=http://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-sri-lanka.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ten years of impunity for Jaffna-based journalist’s murderers|url=http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-nimalarajan-bbc-jaffna-killed-epdp-18-10-2010,38579.html|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=18 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nimalarajan murder case struck off from roll call|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20040822/news-6.htm#Nimalarajan|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=22 August 2004}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Gangai|Amaran|nolink=1}} || Deputy leader of the [[Sea Tigers]] || align=center|{{Dts|2001|format=dmy}} || Akkaraayankulam || [[Kilinochchi District|Kilinochchi]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Claymore mine]] || [[Sri Lanka Army|Army]] ([[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]]) || <ref name=DM300403>{{cite news|last1=Liyanaarachchi|first1=Champika|title=Protecting informants: The Government's bounden duty|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2003/04/30/opinion/1.html|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 April 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.|authorlink1=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|title=Predators as prey|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=13 October 2001|volume=18|issue=21|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1821/18210560.htm}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Gangai|Amaran|nolink=1}} || Deputy leader of the [[Sea Tigers]] || align=center|{{Dts|2001|format=dmy}} || Akkaraayankulam || [[Kilinochchi District|Kilinochchi]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Claymore mine]] || [[Sri Lanka Army|Army]] ([[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]]) || <ref name=DM300403>{{cite news|last1=Liyanaarachchi|first1=Champika|title=Protecting informants: The Government's bounden duty|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2003/04/30/opinion/1.html|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 April 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.|authorlink1=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|title=Predators as prey|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=13 October 2001|volume=18|issue=21|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1821/18210560.htm}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Joseph|Pararajasingham}} || [[Tamil National Alliance]] Member of Parliament || align=center|{{Dts|2005-12-25|format=dmy}} || [[Batticaloa]] || [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]]/[[Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal|TMVP]] || <ref name=TN160308/><ref>{{cite web|title=CASE No. SRI/49 – JOSEPH PARARAJASINGHAM|url=http://www.ipu.org/hr-e/179/Sri49.htm|publisher=[[Inter-Parliamentary Union]]|date=18 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Supplement to Special Report No. 23 – Before Time Obscures the Moul'dring Heap I|url=http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport23suppl.htm|publisher=[[University Teachers for Human Rights]]|date=13 December 2006}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Joseph|Pararajasingham}} || [[Tamil National Alliance]] Member of Parliament || align=center|{{Dts|2005-12-25|format=dmy}} || [[Batticaloa]] || [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]]/[[Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal|TMVP]] || <ref name=TN160308/><ref>{{cite web|title=CASE No. SRI/49 – JOSEPH PARARAJASINGHAM|url=http://www.ipu.org/hr-e/179/Sri49.htm|publisher=[[Inter-Parliamentary Union]]|date=18 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Supplement to Special Report No. 23 – Before Time Obscures the Moul'dring Heap I|url=http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport23suppl.htm|publisher=[[University Teachers for Human Rights]]|date=13 December 2006}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Father Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim|Brown|Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim Brown|Brown, Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim}} || Catholic priest || align=center|{{Dts|2006|format=dmy}} || [[Allaipiddy]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || || [[Sri Lanka Navy|Navy]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Special Report No. 25 – From Welikade to Mutur and Pottuvil: A Generation of Moral Denudation and the Rise of Heroes with Feet of Clay|url=http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport25.htm|publisher=[[University Teachers for Human Rights]]|date=31 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SRI LANKA: One Catholic priest and a man disappear|url=http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/UA-280-2006|publisher=[[Asian Human Rights Commission]]|date=30 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ASA 37/023/2006 Sri Lanka: Fear for safety/Possible "disappearance"|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA37/023/2006/en/db347400-d3fc-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/asa370232006en.html|publisher=[[Amnesty International]]|date=29 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ASA 37/025/2006 Sri Lanka: Further information on fear for safety/possible "disappearance"|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA37/025/2006/en/19510b03-d3f6-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/asa370252006en.html|publisher=[[Amnesty International]]|date=12 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Akkara|first=Anto|title=Sri Lankan priest, companion disappear amid fighting|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0604802.htm|work=[[Catholic News Service]]|date=23 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka: Letter to Pope Benedict XVI on the Situation In Sri Lanka|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/04/15/sri-lanka-letter-pope-benedict-xvi-situation-sri-lanka|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]|date=16 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Haviland|first=Charles|title=Sri Lanka bishop accuses forces over missing priests|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11686861|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 November 2010}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Father Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim|Brown|Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim Brown|Brown, Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim}} || Catholic priest || align=center|{{Dts|2006|format=dmy}} || [[Allaipiddy]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || || [[Sri Lanka Navy|Navy]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Special Report No. 25 – From Welikade to Mutur and Pottuvil: A Generation of Moral Denudation and the Rise of Heroes with Feet of Clay|url=http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport25.htm|publisher=[[University Teachers for Human Rights]]|date=31 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SRI LANKA: One Catholic priest and a man disappear|url=http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/UA-280-2006|publisher=[[Asian Human Rights Commission]]|date=30 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ASA 37/023/2006 Sri Lanka: Fear for safety/Possible "disappearance"|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA37/023/2006/en/db347400-d3fc-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/asa370232006en.html|publisher=[[Amnesty International]]|date=29 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ASA 37/025/2006 Sri Lanka: Further information on fear for safety/possible "disappearance"|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA37/025/2006/en/19510b03-d3f6-11dd-8743-d305bea2b2c7/asa370252006en.html|publisher=[[Amnesty International]]|date=12 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Akkara |first=Anto |title=Sri Lankan priest, companion disappear amid fighting |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0604802.htm |work=[[Catholic News Service]] |date=23 August 2006 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka: Letter to Pope Benedict XVI on the Situation In Sri Lanka|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/04/15/sri-lanka-letter-pope-benedict-xvi-situation-sri-lanka|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]|date=16 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Haviland|first=Charles|title=Sri Lanka bishop accuses forces over missing priests|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11686861|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Subramaniyam|Sugirdharajan}} || ''[[Sudar Oli]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|2006-01-24|format=dmy}} || [[Trincomalee]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=Tamil journalist shot dead in Trincomalee|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16989|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=24 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Black January And Counter Moves By The Government|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/01/29/black-january-and-counter-moves-by-the-government/|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=29 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Subramaniyam Sugitharajah|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2006/subramaniyam-sugitharajah.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Perera|first=Jehan|title=No problem solving without first accepting problems do exist|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44272|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil journalist gunned down in Trincomalee after covering paramilitary abuses|url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16252|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=24 January 2006}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Subramaniyam|Sugirdharajan}} || ''[[Sudar Oli]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|2006-01-24|format=dmy}} || [[Trincomalee]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=Tamil journalist shot dead in Trincomalee|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16989|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=24 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Black January And Counter Moves By The Government|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/01/29/black-january-and-counter-moves-by-the-government/|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=29 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Subramaniyam Sugitharajah|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2006/subramaniyam-sugitharajah.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Perera|first=Jehan|title=No problem solving without first accepting problems do exist|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44272|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil journalist gunned down in Trincomalee after covering paramilitary abuses|url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16252|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=24 January 2006}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Chandrabose|Suthaharan}} || ''Nilam'' editor || align=center|{{Dts|2007-04-16|format=dmy}} || Thirunavatkulam || [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Sri Lankan Security Forces|Security Forces]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=‘Nilam’ editor shot dead|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/04/23/news6.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=23 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil journalist murdered in government-controlled zone|url=http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-tamil-journalist-murdered-in-20-04-2007,21864.html|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=20 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Subash Chandraboas|url=http://www.cpj.org/killed/2007/subash-chandraboas.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Chandrabose|Suthaharan}} || ''Nilam'' editor || align=center|{{Dts|2007-04-16|format=dmy}} || Thirunavatkulam || [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Sri Lankan Security Forces|Security Forces]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=‘Nilam’ editor shot dead|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/04/23/news6.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=23 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil journalist murdered in government-controlled zone|url=http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-tamil-journalist-murdered-in-20-04-2007,21864.html|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=20 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Subash Chandraboas|url=http://www.cpj.org/killed/2007/subash-chandraboas.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Selvarajah|Rajivarnam}} || ''[[Uthayan]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|2007-04-29|format=dmy}} || [[Jaffna]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Young reporter with Tamil newspaper murdered in Jaffna|url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21932|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=30 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Airlines cancel Sri Lanka flights|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6609041.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=30 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Young journalist shot dead in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=22022|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=29 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Selvarajah Rajeewarnam|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2007/selvarajah-rajeewarnam.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Selvarajah|Rajivarnam}} || ''[[Uthayan]]'' journalist || align=center|{{Dts|2007-04-29|format=dmy}} || [[Jaffna]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Young reporter with Tamil newspaper murdered in Jaffna |url=http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21932 |publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |date=30 April 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143309/http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21932 |archivedate=6 August 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Airlines cancel Sri Lanka flights|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6609041.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=30 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Young journalist shot dead in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=22022|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=29 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Selvarajah Rajeewarnam|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2007/selvarajah-rajeewarnam.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
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| {{Sortname|Sahadevan|Nilakshan|nolink=1}} || ''Chaalaram'' editor || align=center|{{Dts|2007-08-01|format=dmy}} || [[Kokkuvil]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Sri Lankan Security Forces|Security Forces]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=Media student shot dead in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=22887|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=1 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sahadevan Nilakshan|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2007/sahadevan-nilakshan.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
| {{Sortname|Sahadevan|Nilakshan|nolink=1}} || ''Chaalaram'' editor || align=center|{{Dts|2007-08-01|format=dmy}} || [[Kokkuvil]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || Shot || [[Sri Lankan Security Forces|Security Forces]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=Media student shot dead in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=22887|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=1 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sahadevan Nilakshan|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2007/sahadevan-nilakshan.php|publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]]}}</ref> |
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The following is a list of notable killings attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government – Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and paramilitary groups (Home Guards/Civil Defence Force, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal etc.).
Killings in chronological order
Notes
- ^ Other sources blame Kumaranatunga's assassination on the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.[7]
- ^ a b c Other sources blame Jayamaha, Kobbekaduwa and Wimalaratne's assassinations on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[20]
- ^ Other sources blame Athulathmudali's assassination on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[22]
References
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- ^ "Price of a dream". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 1 April 2007.
- ^ a b "Report No. 1" (PDF). University Teachers for Human Rights. January 1989.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 31: Indira Gandhi – a casualty of terror". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ "Mannar human rights activist Fr Mary Bastian remembered". TamilNet. 6 January 2004.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 32: Limbo between war and peace". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ Pathirana, Saroj (19 February 2008). "Devolution only solution – CBK". BBC Sinhala.
- ^ "Vijaya Kumaratunga assassination was a UNP conspiracy". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 21 March 2004.
- ^ Seneviratne, Tassie (12 February 2012). "Vijaya assassination: Politics kills police professionalism". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 59: Queries over Premadasa's slaying". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ "Six men came in a black Pajero driven by Punchi Nilame". The Island (Sri Lanka). 16 May 2001.
- ^ Sivasamy, Prem (November 2002). "Armed EPDP is a Threat to Peace". Tamil Canadian. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
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