Namathu Eelanadu Explained

Namathu Eelanadu
Type:Daily
Foundation:1 October 2002
Language:Tamil
Headquarters:Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Website:https://www.namathueelanadu.com/

Namathu Eelanadu is a Tamil language newspaper. It was founded in 2002.[1] It was known for promoting a Tamil nationalist prospective. The paper's office in Jaffna was raided by the Sri Lanka Army on 15 December 2005 and its staff interrogated.[2] Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah was the managing director of the newspaper. He was shot dead on 20 August 2006 at his temporary home in Tellippalai, which was located 300 meters inside the Valikamam North High security zone.[3] [4] [5] [6] S. Raveendran who was working as a printing machine operator in the newspaper was killed on 12 February 2007 in his house.[7]

External links

Official Website

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Tamil daily launched in Jaffna . Tamilnet . 1 October 2002 . 29 June 2021.
  2. News: SLA soldiers search Jaffna press, threaten workers. TamilNet. 15 December 2005.
  3. Book: Frances Harrison. Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Hidden War. 29 June 2021. 6 September 2012. Granta Publications. 978-1-84627-471-8. 50–.
  4. Web site: Tamil newspaper managing director gunned down outside Jaffna . Reporters without Borders . 21 August 2006 . 29 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Jaffna Tamil daily staffer disappears . Tamilnet . 10 December 2006 . 29 June 2021.
  6. Book: Charu Lata Hogg. Return to War: Human Rights Under Siege. 29 June 2021. 2007. Human Rights Watch. 86–. GGKEY:L6SDHE7NXGA.
  7. Web site: Media workers killed in 2008 . Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka . 24 April 2023.

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