2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka

9.666 80 title July 2020 Murder of TRO workers Welikanda, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil civilians 2006 +6 GMT Unknown 7 Unknown 2006 murder of TRO workers refers to the incident of abduction of seven Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) employees who were tortured and executed by the TMVP paramilitary group. One employee Premini Thanuskodi was gang raped and murdered.Remembering The Abduction Of TRO Staff On 29 & 30 January, 2006Sri Lanka Paramilitaries abduct Tamil staff members of Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) in Welikande/Batticaloa, 30 January 2006 Abduction Seven TRO workers were abducted in two separate incident in January 2006 in Jaffna. The first incident happened when five workers were traveling from Batticalo to Kilinochchi. They were subjected to checks at the Sri Lanka Army checkpoint at Welikanda. At this point they noticed a white van behind them. After traveling a short distance from the checkpoint the workers were attacked by armed men in the white van. The assaulter then tied the workers and took them to a camp in the jungle. Three of the five abducted were released later. The next day another 15 workers were abducted 100 meters in front of the Walikanda checkpoint. 10 of the 15 abducted were released and were told to prepare the funeral rites for their colleges.SRI LANKA 2007-06-10 AI http://www.amnesty.be/doc/article7274.html Amnesty international 2007-07-03 https://archive.today/20120718051221/http://www.amnesty.be/doc/article7274.html 2012-07-18 dead Reaction The President of Sri Lanka has asked the security forces to speed up the investigation concerning the abduction of the TRO workers. He further asked to search the Walikanda area for the abducted. The government also denied any links to this abduction.July 2020 Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation has alleged that their staff were abducted by the Karuna Group, a paramilitary organization which is believed to be working with the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. It further added that they have not received any reports or response from any investigating authorities.Abducted TRO Aid Workers Believed Dead 2007-07-05 TRO http://www.troonline.org/123aboutus.htm 2007-07-05 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175924/http://www.troonline.org/123aboutus.htm dead The Amnesty International has asked for the immediate release of these workers The former US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Christina Rocca, made an appeal for their release. The LTTE expressed concern over the abduction of the TRO workers. Swift probe ordered on TRO abductions 2007-07-03 BBC https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2006/02/060205_ltte_president BBC Sinhala 2007-07-03 Conflicting reports UTHR reported that the LTTE had staged the abduction of the TRO workers but later said that they were not correct on this statement.The Missing TRO workers 2007-07-03 UTHR http://www.uthr.org/bulletins/bul42.htm#_Toc153735236 https://web.archive.org/web/20070609191323/http://www.uthr.org/bulletins/bul42.htm#_Toc153735236 usurped 9 June 2007 2007-07-03 However, TRO alleged that a government backed paramilitary was responsible for this abduction See also List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces References Category:2006 mass murders Category:Political repression Category:2000s massacres in the Sri Lankan civil war Category:Sexual violence in the Sri Lankan civil war Category:2006 crimes in Sri Lanka