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Journalists in Jaffna marked the 12 year anniversary of the assassination of journalist Ayuthurai Nadesan who was killed in Batticaloa in 2004.
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Members of the Jaffna Press Club laid flowers before a memorial statue for murdered journalists in honour of their murdered colleague.
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Mr Nadesan, commonly known as ‘Nellai Nadesan,’ was shot dead by a paramilitary group when he was on his way to his office in 2004. As a profile journalist and a columnist, he worked for local Tamil dailies and international news agencies.
The event in Jaffna took place alongside a memorial event in the Batticaloa and a protest, demanding the Sri Lankan government reopen the case and find those responsible for the killing.
See our earlier posts:
Batticaloa Tamil Journalists Association protest for justice (01 Jun 2016)
Murdered Tamil journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan remembered in Batticaloa (30 May 2016)