CASE No - Inter-Parliamentary Union

- 2 - CL/183/SR.1
ANNEX XXXII
- regarding Mr. Mano Ganesan: the back-up vehicle provided to Mr. Ganesan following the
Committee’s mission had technical defects but, according to the authorities, has been
repaired in the meantime; moreover, a State-sponsored campaign of slander has
reportedly been launched against Mr. Ganesan to discredit him and his work on enforced
disappearances in Sri Lanka and, on 2 September 2008, he was summoned for questioning
by the Director of the Terrorist Investigation Division, who questioned him for nearly seven
hours in connection with peace visits to Killinochi he carried out during the period of the
Cease Fire Agreement from 2002 to 2005 and questioned him about an alleged special
relationship with the LTTE; that since then, stories in relation to the questioning which was
conducted in private in the absence of even Mr. Ganesan’s lawyer, are reportedly being
planted in the media very systematically, and that the Sinhala media were carrying news
items on him which were of a criminal nature, increasing the risk to his security, and that
he feels singled out as a human rights defender, an ethnic Tamil parliamentarian and a
democratic political party leader belonging to the opposition alliance;
- regarding Mr. Chandranehru: according to Mr. Chandranehru, the person who attacked
him during a visit to his constituency in June 2007 was Mr. Iniyabarathy, alias
Kumarasuwamy Pushpakumar; he reported that that person was appointed coordinator for
President Rajapakse in Ampara District and received his credentials from the President on
25 May 2008; Mr. Iniyabarathy and his group reportedly continue to threaten
Mr. Chandranehru’s supporters and constituents in an attempt to have them break off
contact with him; according to the source, Mr. Chandranehru can indeed no longer travel
to his constituency for fear of his safety; Mr. Chandranehru has raised the matter as a
privilege issue and complained to the Inspector General of Police, the Attorney General
and the Speaker, reportedly to no avail; according to the police progress report,
Mr. Chandranehru has been provided with additional security; the police investigation
points to one “Parathy” as the likely culprit; an identification parade took place before the
Akkaraipattu Magistrate Court on 16 September 2008 when a suspect was indeed
identified; however, the court ordered him to appear upon notice;
- regarding the cases of Mr. Raviraj and Mr. Maheswaran, killed on 10 November 2006 and
1 January 2008, respectively: according to the police progress report, the case of
Mr. Raviraj was to be called on 16 September 2008, and in the case of Mr. Maheswaran,
the Attorney General filed an indictment and the case was to be called on 19 August 2008
for the service of indictment and listing for hearing; no information regarding the outcome
of the hearings in either case has been provided;
- regarding the case of Mr. Dassanayake, killed on 8 January 2008: according to the police
progress report, police inquiries have led to the arrest on 10 June 2008 of a suspect with
links to the LTTE who divulged vital incriminating material relevant to Mr. Dassanayake’s
assassination; the case is registered before the Magistrate Court of Kanuwana and will be
called again on 5 November 2008;
- regarding the case of Mr. D.M.S.B. Dissanayake: on 22 July 2008, the Human Rights
Committee set up by virtue of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
expressed the view 26 that the State of Sri Lanka had violated Mr. Dissanayake’s rights
under Article 9 (1), Article 19, and Article 25 (b) of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and was therefore under an obligation to provide him with an adequate
remedy, including compensation and the restoration of his right to vote and stand for
election and to make such changes to the law and practice as necessary to avoid similar
violations in the future,
26 CCPR/C/93/D/1373/2005.