International News Safety Institute

15 August 2006

Sathasivam Baskaram

Incident

Sathasivam Baskaram

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Sathasivam Baskaram, a distributor for the Tamil newspaper Uthayan was reportedly shot dead in Jaffna while returning from marking deliveries.

According to an IFJ affiliate, the Free Media Movement (FMM), Baskaram was delivering the paper outside of the curfew hours that have been operating in the area since August 11.

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