Disappearance of Subramaniam Ramachandran
Sri Lankan journalist
Subramaniam Ramachandran is a minority Sri Lankan Tamil journalist for the Tamil newspaper Yarl Thinakural and Valampuri. He also ran a private school. He has been missing since he was arrested in Vadamarachchi north of Jaffna. He was 37 years old. Eyewitness claimed that he was held in a Sri Lankan Army camp. Furthermore, Reporters Without Borders claimed that they are beyond any doubt that the Sri Lankan Army was involved in his disappearances. International Federation of Journalists lists his case in its campaign "Without a Trace" amongst the top 10 cases of enforced disappearances of media workers which still remains untraced in Asia Pacific.
Background
This incident is part of acts of violence and intimidation against journalists and human rights activists taking place in areas controlled by the Sri Lankan government. Free Media Movement an International Federation of Journalists associate reported that newspapers like Sudor Oli and Thinakkural have received threats from government aligned para-military groups demanding that their distribution be stopped and there were attempts to unofficially censure Tamil media organizations His disappearance is part of a series of disappearances of Tamils in Jaffna which is under Army control. Ramachandran had written an article about illegal sand trafficking which included the license numbers of the vehicles involved and the businessman's connections with certain officers.
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