Senior Tamil Journalist talks to German HR Group

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 June 2004, 17:46 GMT]
Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a Senior Tamil Journalist and an editor of TamilNet, spoke to International Human Rights Association in Germany during his recent trip to Europe. One segment of the interview was recorded after his colleague Mr. Aiyathurai Nadesan was assassinated in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Human Rights Interview:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

Mr.Sivaram was earlier a member of Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and left to become a journalist when PLOTE became defunct in early 90s. Mr.Sivaram also writes to Daily Mirror, an english language daily, and to Tamil press.

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