Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has voiced deep concern about the disappearance of Subramaniam Ramachandran, the correspondent of the Tamil dailies Thinakural and Valampuri in the Vadamaradchi region north of Jaffna.
The organisation said it was worried about the cruel lack of protection for media personnel in this region.
"Alarming acts of violence against journalists and human rights activists are taking place in areas controlled by the government," the press freedom organisation said. "Everything must be done to locate and save Ramachandran."
Aged 37 and the father of two, Ramachandran went missing in Karaveddy (a village in the Vadamaradchi region) after leaving the Arasady school, which he runs, and setting off for home by bicycle.
RSF said no information was available about the reason for his disappearance or the identity of those responsible. Some human r