{"id":63474,"date":"2019-04-08T10:27:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=63474"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:27:22","slug":"civil-damages-case-filed-against-gotabaya-rajapaksa-in-us-on-behalf-of-sri-lankan-tamil-detained-by-tid-from-sep-2007-to-aug-2010-notice-served-on-ex-def-secy-at-a-trader-joes-parking-lot-in-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=63474","title":{"rendered":"Civil Damages Case Filed Against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in US On Behalf of Sri Lankan Tamil Detained by TID From Sep 2007 to Aug 2010: Notice Served on Ex-Def -Secy at a Trader Joe’s Parking Lot in Pasadena on Sunday Night."},"content":{"rendered":"

(Text of Press Release issued by the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP)on April 8th 2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Johannesburg:<\/strong> The ITJP and the US law firm Hausfeld have filed a civil damages case in Califonia against former Sri Lankan defence secretary,Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on behalf of a Tamil torture survivor. Roy Samathanam made the complaint in the Central District of California against Mr.Rajapaksa, who is a dual US Sri Lankan citizen.<\/p>\n

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Notice was formally served on Mr. Rajapaksa on Sunday night at a Trader
\nJoe\u2019s parking lot in Pasadena.This was after the ITJP and Hausfeld hired
\nprivate investigators to track down the whereabouts of Mr Rajapaksa who
\nis currently on holiday in California. Notice was also served at the
\nsame time in a seperate case filed by another organisation on behalf of
\nassasinated journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga.<\/p>\n

Roy Samathanam, who is a Canadian national, was detained in the Sri
\nLankan capital, Colombo in September 2007 by the Terrorism Investigation
\nDivision of the Sri Lanka police, who reported directly to Gotabaya
\nRajapaksa. <\/p>\n

Roy Samathanam was physically and psychologically tortured
\nand forced to sign a false confession before being released in August
\n2010 on a plea deal and payment of a fine. In 2016. Mr. Samathanam won
\na UN human rights committee case but Sri Lanka has failed to abide by
\nthe compensation ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Rajapaksa has to give up his US citizenship to be able to stand in
\npresidential elections so this was probably the last chance for a long
\ntime to begin to hold him accountable,\u201d said ITJP\u2019s executive director
\nYasmin Sooka. \u201cWe hope other survivors of torture will join the suit and
\nmake this a class action\u201d.<\/p>\n

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(Text of Press Release issued by the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP)on April 8th 2019) Johannesburg: The ITJP and the US law firm Hausfeld have filed a civil damages case in Califonia against former Sri Lankan defence secretary,Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on behalf of a Tamil torture survivor. Roy Samathanam made the complaint in the Central …<\/p>\n

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