Kopalasingham Sritharan
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Kopalasingham Sritharan is a Tamil Human Rights
activist who along with Rajan Hoole
run the University Teachers for Human Rights
. He was awarded prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
in 2007 along with Rajan Hoole
. He is a co-author of Broken Palmyra,. which was the first book published in English analysing the violent nature of politics in the North and East of Sri Lanka, and its effects on civilians. Since the murder of co-author Rajani Thiranagama, Sritharan has rarely appeared in public.
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
activist who along with Rajan Hoole
Rajan Hoole
Michael Richard Ratnarajan Hoole known as Rajan Hoole is a Tamil Human Rights activist and a co founder, along with the late Ranjani Thiranagama, of University Teachers for Human Rights, Jaffna branch, while affiliated to the Department of Mathematics, University of Jaffna. He is the eldest son of...
run the University Teachers for Human Rights
University Teachers for Human Rights
For the figure in Norse mythology, see UrðrThe University Teachers for Human Rights or UTHR was formed in 1988 at the University of Jaffna, Jaffna in Sri Lanka as part of the national organization University Teachers for Human Rights. Its public activities as a constituent part of university life...
. He was awarded prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
The Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, called also "the Nobel Prize for human rights", was created in 1993 to honour and protect individuals around the world who demonstrate exceptional courage in defending and promoting human rights...
in 2007 along with Rajan Hoole
Rajan Hoole
Michael Richard Ratnarajan Hoole known as Rajan Hoole is a Tamil Human Rights activist and a co founder, along with the late Ranjani Thiranagama, of University Teachers for Human Rights, Jaffna branch, while affiliated to the Department of Mathematics, University of Jaffna. He is the eldest son of...
. He is a co-author of Broken Palmyra,. which was the first book published in English analysing the violent nature of politics in the North and East of Sri Lanka, and its effects on civilians. Since the murder of co-author Rajani Thiranagama, Sritharan has rarely appeared in public.