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Nadarajah Wimaleswaran

by Mike on Thu 29 Mar 2007 08:04 PM EDT | Permanent Link | Cosmos

On March 22, 2007, Sri Lankan SEP member Nadarajah Wimaleswaran and his friend, Sivanathan Mathivathanan disappeared under very suspicious circumstances while visiting the village of Madathuveli in the war-ravaged north of Punguduthivu Island.

from WSWS.org

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Eyewitnesses saw Wimaleswaran on the back of his friend's motorbike entering the causeway connecting Kayts to Punguduthivu. His relatives and neighbours in Madathuveli also saw the pair at the house and leaving to return to Kayts. Nothing has been seen of either man or the motorbike since then.

The SEP immediately registered complaints with the commanding officers at the Punguduthivu and Velanai (Kayts) navy camps. On Saturday, the SEP faxed a complaint to the secretary of the defence ministry. All of the northern islands off the Jaffna peninsula are under the tight security of the navy, which works closely with the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) paramilitary.

Hundreds of people have been abducted, killed or "disappeared" over the past year as the government and military have escalated the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Military-sponsored death squads are widely believed to be responsible. (full article)

The repressive political conditions in Sri Lanka and the preliminary circumstantial evidence indicate that the disappearance of these two individuals is likely another case of repression perpetrated by the Sri Lankan government. The government's virtual indifference regarding the case of Wimaleswaran and Mathivathanan shows clearly that the Sri Lankan government prefers to hold on to power by spreading terror and fear amongst its people. History has shown that the people of Sri Lanka are resilient, but they need the support of people from around the world to continue in their struggle to resist oppression.

WSWS.org has posted contact information for Sri Lanka's Secretary of Ministry of Defence and the Director of Complaints and Inquiries for Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission. Concerned individuals and organizations are encouraged to write above-noted individuals to demand an official inquiry into the disappearances of Nadarajah Wimaleswaran and Sivanathan Mathivathanan.

Thanks to our friend Sameera for helping with this article.

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