Disappearance of Subramaniam Ramachandran

Subramaniam Ramachandran
DisappearedJaffna ,Sri Lanka
StatusMissing for 17 years, 8 months and 27 days
OccupationJournalist
Employer(s)Yarl Thinakural and Valampuri

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Army said to be holding tamil journalist who went missing five weeks ago". RSF. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ Bay, Web (29 August 2016). "Enforced journalist disappearances: IFJ counts the missing days / IFJ". IFJ. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ Rajasegar, Selvaraja (16 February 2022). "The Brother Who Never Came Back: 15 Years Since the Disappearance of Subramaniam Ramachandran". Groundviews. Retrieved 24 April 2023.