N. Vithyatharan

N. Vithyatharan
Born1959
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Occupation(s)Editor of Uthayan and Sudar Oli

Nadesapillai Vithyatharan (born 1959) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He is the editor of Uthayan and Sudar Oli. He has been arrested, threatened, abducted by Sri Lankan Government and backed paramilitary for his newspapers independent reporting.[1][2][3][4][5] Uthayan has run despite severe difficulties. [6][7]

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka: Editor Arrested and Beaten". Human Rights Watch. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Prominent Tamil Editor abducted in Colombo, later claimed 'arrested'". Tamilnet. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Uthayan Under Fresh Attack". The Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Tamil newspaper editor arrested in Colombo". Reporters Without Borders. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Colombo wanted to hide forced displacement of Tamils - Vithiyatharan". Tamilnet. 25 April 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Jaffna paper beats the odds". BBC. 12 April 2001. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Sri Lankan journalists turn to self-censorship under Rajapaksas as hope for justice fades". Aliya Iftikhar. CPJ. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.