Theeban’s murder: An epitaph in Sinhala

15 Mar, 2007 Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Vavuniya

In my recent contribution in Sinhala to Mawbima, I explore the murder of Thillainayagam Theeban as first reported by Nalaka Gunawardene in this forum. An interesting footnote is that not a single one of the 3 Police Stations or 7 Policemen I spoke to in order to find out more information about Theeban was aware of any developments in the hunt for his killers.

Sadly, he is just another number for them – and the numbers just keep piling up in Sri Lanka.

I also translate into Sinhala a particularly important excerpt from the recent UTHR(J) Information Bulletin No. 44, “The Race for Infamy in Sri Lanka’s North-East“.

Read the full article here.

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