Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an updated list of persons disappeared in Sri Lanka from the Civil Monitoring Commission (CMC), a local human rights organization in Sri Lanka. The AHRC has previously published the list of name of 81 disappeared persons documented by the CMC (See further: UA-113-2007). The updated list contains name of another 22 persons disappeared between July 2006 and 4 April 2007. We set out below names and dates and places of the disappearance of these persons. To know more about the details of each case, please contact the CMC at civilmonitorlanka@gmail.com
UPDATED LIST OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS DOCUMENTED:
1. Entry # CMC/ABD/82 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Visuvanathar Selliah Tharmaraja – NIC 610502180 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 11 January 2007, Negombo while traveling to Colombo
2. Entry # CMC/ABD/83 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Madasamy Devalingam – NIC 842461693 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 28 March 2007 – Kimbula-Ela, Madampitiya Road, Colombo 15
3. Entry # CMC/ABD/84 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Tharmaratnam Sivasooriyakumar – NIC 782140498 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 17 November 2006 – Place of disappearance: Travel Clearance Civil office at Hospital Road, Jaffna
4. Entry # CMC/ABD/85 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Janap Saheed Muhammathu Saheel – NIC 813091895 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 09 August 2006 – Anaipillai Uthu, Thilyadi, Puttalam
5. Entry # CMC/ABD/86 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Ramaiah Jeyakanthan – NIC 830784608 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 19 March 2007 – Krillawela, Kadawatha
6. Entry # CMC/ABD/87 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Sabaratnam Satheesh – NIC 802944179 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 13 February 2007 – Navalar Road, Nallur, Jaffna
7. Entry # CMC/ABD/88 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Dharmaraja Udayakumar – NIC 802641303 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 13 February 2007 – Navalar Road, Nallur, Jaffna
8. Entry # CMC/ABD/89 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Kailayapillai Raveenthiran –
Date & Place of disappearance: 30 January 2006 – Near the Welikantha Army Camp
9. Entry # CMC/ABD/90 – Full name & Identity: Mr. A. Anthony Christy Rajan – NIC 803123675 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 16 September 2006 – Mathena Nagar, Maharambaikulam, Vavuniya
10. Entry # CMC/ABD/91 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Kanagarathnam Thawatheeban – NIC 803562113 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 08 August 2006 – Wallarakuruchi, Walikandy
11. Entry # CMC/ABD/92 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Selvasundaram Vinoth – NIC 850870098 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 16 October 2006 – Eachchankulam, Sasthirikoolankulam, Vavuniya
12. Entry # CMC/ABD/93 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Nadarasa Perinbarasa – NIC 730174071 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 09 January 2007 – Salamban Kalmadu, Iranai Illupaikulam
13. Entry # CMC/ABD/94 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Kunachelvam Mahinthan
Date & Place of disappearance: 22 August 2006 – Grandpass Raod, Colombo 14
14. Entry # CMC/ABD/95 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Kanagalingam Jeyathasan – NIC 813280388 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 07 December 2006 – Kalviyan Kadu, Jaffna
15. Entry # CMC/ABD/96 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Markandu Vadivanathan – NIC 762674386 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 22 August 2006 – S.N.J Transport, Wolfendhal Street, Colombo 13
16. Entry # CMC/ABD/97 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Thangarasa Thavaputhran NIC 861580334 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 05 February 2007 – Settikulam, Vavuniya
17. Entry # CMC/ABD/98 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Mahendran Madanakasan – NIC 820233263 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 26 February 2007 – Settikulam, Vavuniya
18. Entry # CMC/ABD/99 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Thamotharam Pillai Thirubalasingam – NIC 712820616 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 08 October 2006 – Settikulam Street Rasendrakulam
19. Entry # CMC/ABD/100 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Gobinath Nallathiru Nadanasaba – NIC 758543056 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 14 July 2006 – Shoe Road, Colombo-13
20. Entry # CMC/ABD/101 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Soosai Appu Victor Croos
Date & Place of disappearance: 14 July 2006 – Artigala Hanwella
21. Entry # CMC/ABD/102 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Mathuraveeran Udayakumar NIC 811085502 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 13 January 2007 – Vavuniya Town – Missing with the Three Wheeler QD 2022
22. Entry # CMC/ABD/103 – Full name & Identity: Mr. Pathmanathan Pratheepan – NIC 842360986 V
Date & Place of disappearance: 04 April 2007 – Parackrama Mawatha, Peliyagoda
SUGGESTED ACTION:
Please write to the relevant Sri Lankan authorities listed below and demand speedy and proper investigations into these cases.
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SAMPLE LETTER
Dear ________,
SRI LANKA: List of another 22 disappeared persons
I have received from the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Hong Kong another list of 22 persons who have disappeared from July 2006 and 4 April 2007. I have previously received from the AHRC a list of 81 persons disappeared from August 2006 to 20 March 2007.
The list is as follows:
1. Full name & Identity: Mr. Visuvanathar Selliah Tharmaraja – NIC 610502180 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 11 January 2007, Negombo while traveling to Colombo
2. Full name & Identity: Mr. Madasamy Devalingam – NIC 842461693 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 28 March 2007 – Kimbula-Ela, Madampitiya Road, Colombo 15
3. Full name & Identity: Mr. Tharmaratnam Sivasooriyakumar – NIC 782140498 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 17 November 2006 – Travel Clearance Civil office at Hospital Road, Jaffna
4. Full name & Identity: Mr. Janap Saheed Muhammathu Saheel – NIC 813091895 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 09 August 2006 – Anaipillai Uthu, Thilyadi, Puttalam
5. Full name & Identity: Mr. Ramaiah Jeyakanthan – NIC 830784608 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 19 March 2007 – Krillawela, Kadawatha
6. Full name & Identity: Mr. Sabaratnam Satheesh – NIC 802944179 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 13 February 2007 – Navalar Road, Nallur, Jaffna
7. Full name & Identity: Mr. Dharmaraja Udayakumar – NIC 802641303 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 13 February 2007 – Navalar Road, Nallur, Jaffna
8. Full name: Mr. Kailayapillai Raveenthiran ; Date & Place of disappearance: 30 January 2006 – Near the Welikantha Army Camp
9. Full name & Identity: Mr. A. Anthony Christy Rajan – NIC 803123675 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 16 September 2006 – Mathena Nagar, Maharambaikulam, Vavuniya
10. Full name & Identity: Mr. Kanagarathnam Thawatheeban – NIC 803562113 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 08 August 2006 – Wallarakuruchi, Walikandy
11. Full name & Identity: Mr. Selvasundaram Vinoth – NIC 850870098 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 16 October 2006 – Eachchankulam, Sasthirikoolankulam, Vavuniya
12. Full name & Identity: Mr. Nadarasa Perinbarasa – NIC 730174071 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 09 January 2007 – Salamban Kalmadu, Iranai Illupaikulam
13. Full name: Mr. Kunachelvam Mahinthan ; Date & Place of disappearance: 22 August 2006 – Grandpass Raod, Colombo 14
14. Full name & Identity: Mr. Kanagalingam Jeyathasan – NIC 813280388 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 07 December 2006 – Kalviyan Kadu, Jaffna
15. Full name & Identity: Mr. Markandu Vadivanathan – NIC 762674386 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 22 August 2006 – S.N.J Transport, Wolfendhal Street, Colombo 13
16. Full name & Identity: Mr. Thangarasa Thavaputhran NIC 861580334 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 05 February 2007 – Settikulam, Vavuniya
17. Full name & Identity: Mr. Mahendran Madanakasan – NIC 820233263 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 26 February 2007 – Settikulam, Vavuniya
18. Full name & Identity: Mr. Thamotharam Pillai Thirubalasingam – NIC 712820616 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 08 October 2006 – Settikulam Street Rasendrakulam
19. Full name & Identity: Mr. Gobinath Nallathiru Nadanasaba – NIC 758543056 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 14 July 2006 – Shoe Road, Colombo-13
20. Full name: Mr. Soosai Appu Victor Croos; Date & Place of disappearance: 14 July 2006 – Artigala Hanwella
21. Full name & Identity: Mr. Mathuraveeran Udayakumar NIC 811085502 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 13 January 2007 – Vavuniya Town – Missing with the Three Wheeler QD 2022
22. Full name & Identity: Mr. Pathmanathan Pratheepan – NIC 842360986 V; Date & Place of disappearance: 04 April 2007 – Parackrama Mawatha, Peliyagoda
I am disappointed by the fact that very little action has been taken by the Sri Lankan government to solve these gross human rights violations, although the number of the disappeared is sharply increased in recent months in your country. I believe that the actual number of the disappeared in the country will be much higher considering the deteriorating human rights situation in Sri Lanka.
I therefore strongly urge you to order thorough and independent inquiries into the 22 cases and bring the alleged perpetrators before court without further delay. The Government of Sri Lanka should take genuine action to stop the ongoing disappearances allegedly committed by the Sri Lankan security forces as well as LTTE.
Yours truly,
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PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO:
1. Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse
President
Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka
C/- Office of the President
Temple Trees
150, Galle Road
Colombo 3
SRI LANKA
Fax: +94 11 2472100 / +94 11 2446657
Email: secretary@presidentsoffice.lk
2. Secretary
Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order
15/5, Baladaksha Mawatha,
Colombo 03,
SRI LANKA
Tel: 94-11 2 430860-9, 430878-9 or 435879 (for the secretary)
Fax: 94 11 2 446300 or 421529
E-mail: secdef@sltnet.lk
3. Mr. Victor Perera
Inspector General of Police
New Secretariat
Colombo 1
SRI LANKA
Fax: +94 11 2 440440/327877
E-mail: igp@police.lk
4. Secretary
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
No. 36, Kynsey Road
Colombo 8
SRI LANKA
Tel: +94 11 2 694 925 / 673 806
Fax: +94 11 2 694 924 / 696 470
E-mail: sechrc@sltnet.lk
Thank you.
Urgent Appeals Programme
Asian Human Rights Commission (ahrchk@ahrchk.org)
