Rajan Hoole
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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 Rev.Richard Herbert Ratnathurai Hoole. Hoole was trained as a classical pianist.
Soon after the assassination of Rajini Thiranagama in 1989, Rajan Hoole along with Sritharan, another UTHR activist, fled Jaffna . Since then, for more than a decade, Hoole functioned in Colombo . In his book, The Arrogance of Power - Myth, Decadence and Murder, he compiled a catalogue of human rights violations by the Sinhalese politicians belonging to the UNP and SLFP as well as LTTE. While not living in Sri Lanka, Hoole continues to document human rights violations by different armed actors in Sri Lanka. In 2007, Hoole received the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
in 2007 along with Kopalasingham Sritharan
. Currently, his place of residence is not known to many and he does not divulge his place of residence for fear of reprisals.
2. Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of power; Myth, Decadence and murder (2000, UTHR, Colombo)
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 and a co founder, along with the late Ranjani Thiranagama
Rajini Rajasingham Thiranagama
Dr. Rajini Thiranagama was a Tamil human rights activist and feminist who was allegedly shot dead by Tamil Tigers cadres after she criticised them for their atrocities...
, of University Teachers for Human Rights, Jaffna branch, while affiliated to the Department of Mathematics, University of Jaffna. He is the eldest son of Rev.Richard Herbert Ratnathurai Hoole. Hoole was trained as a classical pianist.
Soon after the assassination of Rajini Thiranagama in 1989, Rajan Hoole along with Sritharan, another UTHR activist, fled Jaffna . Since then, for more than a decade, Hoole functioned in Colombo . In his book, The Arrogance of Power - Myth, Decadence and Murder, he compiled a catalogue of human rights violations by the Sinhalese politicians belonging to the UNP and SLFP as well as LTTE. While not living in Sri Lanka, Hoole continues to document human rights violations by different armed actors in Sri Lanka. In 2007, Hoole received the 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 Kopalasingham Sritharan
Kopalasingham Sritharan
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,...
. Currently, his place of residence is not known to many and he does not divulge his place of residence for fear of reprisals.
Publications
1. The Broken Palmyrah (1989, Co author, Harvey Mudd College California)2. Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of power; Myth, Decadence and murder (2000, UTHR, Colombo)