{"id":56630,"date":"2012-10-15T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56630"},"modified":"2012-10-15T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T00:01:31","slug":"wikileaks-us-was-following-lt-col-keppetiwalana-case-involving-the-disappearance-of-25-villagers-from-jaffna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-us-was-following-lt-col-keppetiwalana-case-involving-the-disappearance-of-25-villagers-from-jaffna\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: US Was Following Lt. Col. Keppetiwalana Case Involving The Disappearance Of 25 Villagers From Jaffna"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There are, however, similar cases from the mid-1990s now working their way through the courts involving officials who have since been promoted and are now in key positions in MoD. We are following a case dating from 1996 involving the disappearance of 25 villagers from the Jaffna peninsula in which Lt. Col. Duminda Keppetiwalana, now the executive assistant of Army Commander Fonseka, is implicated. (Keppetiwalana has been denied U.S.-funded training under the Leahy Amendment because of pending charges against him, ref o.) The magistrate who was handling the case has since been transferred from Jaffna to Colombo and demoted to juvenile court. If the 1996 case is quashed, it will be an indication that Sri Lanka is making little headway on accountability. ” US Embassy\u00a0Colombo\u00a0informed Washington. The cable is\u00a0\u00a0classified as “Confidential” and written by the\u00a0Ambassador Robert O. Blake on September 6, 2007.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Judge Srinithy Nandasekaran<\/p><\/div>\n

In another cable dated October 19, 2007\u00a0Robert O. Blake wrote “Ms. Nandasekaran served in Jaffna as an Additional Magistrate from late 2003 until September 2006. While in that position, Ms. Nandasekaran allowed a case against several officers, including Lt. Col. Duminda Chanaka Keppetiwalana, to proceed. Keppetiwalana was then commanding officer of Nawathkuly Army Camp and is the current executive assistant to the Sri Lankan army commander. Keppetiwalana was accused of overseeing the abduction and assassination of more than 30 persons in 1996-97. Because of the high profile nature of the defendant, Ms. Nandasekaran was strongly advised by colleagues on the bench to dismiss the charges and received threats from government and military leaders when she refused. She did not bow to the pressure.\u00a0Ms. Nandasekaran also played a key role in the controversial case involving the abduction and murder of Jaffna human right activist Father Jim Brown, a Catholic priest who disappeared near a military checkpoint in mid-2006. Ms. Nandasekaran had ordered the police to begin investigating the Sri Lankan Navy’s alleged involvement in Father Brown’s disappearance. Because of her involvement in the Keppetiwalana and Father Brown cases, she was removed from her assignments and restricted to hearing only civil cases. No progress has been made in the Keppetiwalana or Brown investigations since her removal from the cases. Ms. Nandasekaran was transferred from Jaffna in January 2007, shortly after sharing information with Ambassador Blake about human rights abuses in Jaffna”<\/p>\n

“When she was transferred from Jaffna to Colombo in January 2007, Ms. Nandasekaran was demoted to the Juvenile Court.”\u00a0he further wrote.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a>\u00a0database. Read the\u00a0relevant parts of the cables below;<\/p>\n

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 08 COLOMBO 001225 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INS \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 09\/05\/2017\r\nTAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE\r\nSUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT\r\nMORE REMAINS TO BE DONE \r\n\r\nREF: A) COLOMBO 977 B) COLOMBO 1036 C) COLOMBO 1078\r\n     D) COLOMBO 728 E) COLOMBO 722 F) COLOMBO\r\n     709 G) COLOMBO 413 H) COLOMBO 463 I)\r\n     COLOMBO 809 J) COLOMBO 1187 K) COLOMBO 920\r\n     L) COLOMBO 746 M) COLOMBO 899 N) COLOMBO\r\n     959 O) COLOMBO 409 P) COLOMBO 1218 \r\n\r\nClassified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr. Reasons: 1.4(b, d).<\/pre>\n
\u00b6<\/a>27.  (C) There are, however, similar cases from the mid-1990s\r\nnow working their way through the courts involving officials\r\nwho have since been promoted and are now in key positions in\r\nMoD.  We are following a case dating from 1996 involving the\r\ndisappearance of 25 villagers from the Jaffna peninsula in\r\nwhich Lt. Col. Duminda Keppetiwalana, now the executive\r\nassistant of Army Commander Fonseka, is implicated.\r\n(Keppetiwalana has been denied U.S.-funded training under the\r\nLeahy Amendment because of pending charges against him, ref\r\no.)  The magistrate who was handling the case has since been\r\ntransferred from Jaffna to Colombo and demoted to juvenile\r\ncourt.  If the 1996 case is quashed, it will be an indication\r\nthat Sri Lanka is making little headway on accountability.<\/pre>\n
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UNCLAS COLOMBO 001441 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INS AND G\/IWI \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: N\/A\r\nTAGS: PREL<\/a> PHUM<\/a> KWMN<\/a> KPAO<\/a> CE<\/a>\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S\r\nINTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD \r\n\r\nREF: STATE 126072 \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>1.  Embassy Colombo wishes to nominate Ms. Srinithy\r\nNandasekaran of Sri Lanka for the Secretary's International\r\nWoman of Courage  Award.  As one of Sri Lanka's few female\r\nattorneys from the ethnic minority Tamil population, Ms.\r\nNandasekaran has worked tirelessly as a lawyer, judge, and\r\nhuman rights activist to protect the rights of civilians\r\ncaught in the crossfire of Sri Lanka's 25-year ethnic\r\nconflict. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>2.  Ms. Nandasekaran's determined efforts to hold government\r\nofficials and security force officers accountable for their\r\nactions have led to career demotions and threats to her life\r\nand the lives of her family members.  In 2003, while serving\r\nin Kayts, an island off the Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri\r\nLanka, Ms. Nandasekaran came under fire for ordering the\r\nreturn of 13 official vehicles that were being\r\ninappropriately used by the Eelam People's Democratic Party\r\n(EPDP), a pro-government paramilitary group with a history of\r\nserious human rights abuses.  She defied advice from a senior\r\njudge to consider the lives of her three children and\r\nwithdraw the order against the EPDP.  Rather than allow the\r\ncase to proceed, the Government removed her from her position\r\nas Magistrate and District Judge in Kayts and transferred her\r\nto Jaffna. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>3.  Ms. Nandasekaran served in Jaffna as an Additional\r\nMagistrate from late 2003 until September 2006.  While in\r\nthat position, Ms. Nandasekaran allowed a case against\r\nseveral officers, including Lt. Col. Duminda Chanaka\r\nKeppetiwalana, to proceed.  Keppetiwalana was then commanding\r\nofficer of Nawathkuly Army Camp and is the current executive\r\nassistant to the Sri Lankan army commander.  Keppetiwalana\r\nwas accused of overseeing the abduction and assassination of\r\nmore than 30 persons in 1996-97.  Because of the high profile\r\nnature of the defendant, Ms. Nandasekaran was strongly\r\nadvised by colleagues on the bench to dismiss the charges and\r\nreceived threats from government and military leaders when\r\nshe refused.  She did not bow to the pressure. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>4.  Ms. Nandasekaran also played a key role in the\r\ncontroversial case involving the abduction and murder of\r\nJaffna human right activist Father Jim Brown, a Catholic\r\npriest who disappeared near a military checkpoint in\r\nmid-2006.  Ms. Nandasekaran had ordered the police to begin\r\ninvestigating the Sri Lankan Navy's alleged involvement in\r\nFather Brown's disappearance.  Because of her involvement in\r\nthe Keppetiwalana and Father Brown cases, she was removed\r\nfrom her assignments and restricted to hearing only civil\r\ncases.  No progress has been made in the Keppetiwalana or\r\nBrown investigations since her removal from the cases.  Ms.\r\nNandasekaran was transferred from Jaffna in January 2007,\r\nshortly after sharing information with Ambassador Blake about\r\nhuman rights abuses in Jaffna. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>5.  Ms. Nandasekaran has been commended by human rights\r\nactivists and citizens in Jaffna for her personal commitment\r\nto justice for the victims of human rights abuses, often in\r\ndefiance of threats from the government and paramilitary\r\ngroups.  In May 2006, she provided information to the police\r\non the massacre of 12 civilians in Alapitty, Kayts.  In\r\nAugust 2006, she personally assisted in the rescue of 54\r\ninjured civilians from a Christian church that was under\r\nattack.  As Jaffna Magistrate, she initiated a new procedure\r\nwhereby victims or victims' relatives can initiate cases in\r\nthe Magistrate's Court when civilians are reported missing\r\nafter being take into custody by government security forces. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>6.  When she was transferred from Jaffna to Colombo in\r\nJanuary 2007, Ms. Nandasekaran was demoted to the Juvenile\r\nCourt.  Nonetheless, she has taken on the role of defending\r\nthe rights of women and children with enthusiasm, saying \"I\r\ndon't mind.  There is a lot to be done to protect the\r\nchildren of Sri Lanka.\"  In several cases she has pursued\r\njustice against those accused of child abuse and violence\r\nagainst women, even when the perpetrators were influential\r\nofficials. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>7.  Ms. Nandasekaran is richly deserving of this award.  Post\r\nconfirms that Nandasekaran has been notified and has\r\nconsented to her nomination. \r\n\r\n      Full Name: Srinithy Nandasekaran\r\n      Title\/Position:  Magistrate, Colombo Juvenile Court\r\n      DOB: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ Edited out by Colombo Telegrapah]\r\n      POB: Colombo, Sri Lanka\r\n      Citizenship:  Sri Lankan\r\n      Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ Edited out by Colombo Telegrapah]<\/pre>\n
Phone Numbers: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ Edited out by Colombo Telegrapah]<\/pre>\n
Email Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ Edited out by Colombo Telegrapah]<\/pre>\n
Passport Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ Edited out by Colombo Telegrapah]<\/pre>\n
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