What Happened
On 29-30 January 2006, ten TRO (Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation) employees were abducted by the government-backed TMVP paramilitary at Welikande while traveling from Batticaloa to Kilinochchi. Three women were released. Seven employees were tortured and executed. Premini Thanuskodi, the 25-year-old chief accountant, was gang-raped before being murdered. No one has been prosecuted despite Amnesty International and international pressure.
Perpetrators
TMVP (Karuna faction) / Sri Lankan Security Forces
Sources & References
- NESOHR - Lest We Forget Volume II
- NESOHR report April 2006
- Amnesty International Urgent Action 10 March 2006