Joseph Pararajasingham Politician

Joseph Pararajasingham (November 27, 1934 – December 25, 2005) was a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and a poet who was known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views and advocacy of human rights. Pararajasingham was a founding member of the North East Human Rights Secretariat NESHOR.Pararajasingham became a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1990 and joined the Tamil National Alliance, a pro-rebel party. UTHR and Inter-Parliamentary Union have both claimed that he was assassinated by TMVP.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 26, 1934
Date of deathDecember 25, 2005
Place of death
Sri Lanka , Batticaloa

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Member of parliament

other party
Tamil National Alliance
region
Batticaloa Electoral District
successor
Tamil National Alliance

Politician

party
Tamil United Liberation Front

Joseph Pararajasingham on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4558560.stm
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2006/05/060519_eu_ltte.shtml
  3. http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2005/9/3423.html
  4. http://www.nesohr.org:
  5. http://www.tamilinfoservice.com/exclusive/art/2005/dec5.htm: