Arumathurai Thanaluxmi
Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | February 11, 1996 |
Arumathurai Thanaluxmi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil girl aged 15 who was gang-raped and killed by the Sri Lankan Army during the Kumarapuram massacre in Trincomalee on 11 February 1996,[1][2] and who became a cause célèbre of the Sri Lankan civil war because of this.[3][4]
The incident[edit]
Arumathurai Thanaluxmi went to bring her neighbor Moses Vijaya's son Antony Joseph from tuition in Killiveddy and while riding back she was taken to a milk collection centre and gang-raped and murdered by Sri Lankan Army soldiers. Antony Joseph who tried to stop the soldiers was also shot.[3][4][5] She was shot dead by Corporal Kumara, one of the eight accused in the massacre.[2]
Government Investigation[edit]
On July 27, 2016, an all-Sinhalese jury of the Anuradhapura High Court acquitted the six accused former soldiers.[2]
See also[edit]
- Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka
- Ilayathambi Tharsini
- Ida Carmelitta
- Sarathambal
- Krishanti Kumaraswamy
References[edit]
- ^ "Impunity Reigns in Sri Lanka: The Kumarapuram Massacre and Acquittals" (PDF). People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL). March 20, 2017.
- ^ a b c ""His name is Kamaleswaran"". Groundviews. 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ a b Sri Lanka: Wavering Commitment to Civil Rights Report by Amnesty International, 13 August 1996
- ^ a b Asia: Refuge! Ethnicity and nationality. Refugees in Asia , Report by Amnesty International, 30 September 1997.
- ^ "UA 35/96 Extrajudicial executions / Fear of further killings". www.derechos.org. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
