Atputharajah Nadarajah

Hon.
Atputharajah Nadarajah
Member of Parliament
for Jaffna District
In office
1994–1999
Personal details
Born(1963-09-16)16 September 1963
Died2 November 1999(1999-11-02) (aged 36)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyEelam People's Democratic Party
ProfessionJournalist
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil
Assassinations of Journalists
during the Sri Lankan Civil War
See also Human rights in Sri Lanka

Atputharajah Nadarajah (16 September 1963 - 2 November 1999), commonly known as Ramesh was a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and politician.[1] He was Chief Editor of Thinamurasu a Tamil weekly. He was a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Jaffna District as a member of the paramilitary Eelam People's Democratic Party. He criticised his own party EDDP in his newspaper Thinamurasu and supported Tamil nationalism and the LTTE and leading to dispute with his party and leader Douglas Devananda. He was shot dead along with his driver in Colombo on 2 November 1999.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Hon. Nadarajah, Atputharajah, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Thinamurasu chief editor killed". Tamilnet. 2 November 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ Gordon Kerr (2011). Rats and Squealers: Dishing the dirt to save their skins. Canary Press eBooks. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-1-907795-64-0.
  4. ^ "Atputharajah Nadarajah Killed". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Journalists killed, media censored in Sri Lanka". CIFE. 24 November 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Pirapaharan: Vol.2, Chap.12 Conflicting Objectives". Sangam. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2021.