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Sri Lanka's Genocidal War - '95 to '01
See also One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century - G.G. (Kumar) Ponnambalam Jr.
The
Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL, which is a
component of the International Commission of Jurists) wrote on 13
January 2000 to the Government of Sri Lanka expressing deep concern
about the assassination of lawyer Kumar Ponnambalam in Colombo
on 5 January 2000. A post-mortem report apparently revealed that Mr.
Ponnambalam was shot five times
The CIJL recalled that Mr Ponnambalam was a prominent defence
lawyer. He represented clients in many human rights cases. The CIJL
is concerned that he was assassinated because of his effective
defence of his clients.
Mr. Ponnambalam also spoke out his mind on various issues. The views
he expressed did not always please the government. In fact, the CIJL
intervened in December 1998 on behalf of Mr. Ponnambalam when arrest
threats were made against him following a television interview he
gave on l 7 November 1998.
The CIJL urged the Attorney-General of Sri Lanka to institute a thorough
inquiry into the murder of Mr. Ponnambalam and to take
effective and appropriate measures to bring the perpetrators
to justice.
Please join the CIJL in its intervention and write to:
The Hon. Attorney-General,Chambers of the Attorney General, Hultsdorf, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka - fax no: +(941) 43-64-21
and copy your appeal to
Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, P.O.Box 216, 81A, Avenue de Chatelaine, CH-1219, Chatelaine/Geneva, Switzerland - fax no: +(4122) 979 38 01
