Eelam People's Democratic Party
- Eelam People's Democratic Party
The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a Paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is leaded by its founder Douglas Devananda.
Political
The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a member of the present UPFA government. It won 1 out of 225 seats (0.3 % of the popular vote) in the parliamentary elections held on 2 April 2004. The Tamil National Alliance campaigned against the EPDP.
Paramilitary
The EPDP also has a Paramilitary[cite web |url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/mar2007/sril-m31.shtml |title=Sri Lankan SEP holds media conference over disappearance of party member |accessdate=2007-11-03 |year=2007 |work=WSWS |publisher=WSWS] ][cite web |url=http://www.medico-international.de/en/projects/srilanka/watch/20070824rsf.pdf |title=Jaffna's media in the grip of terror |accessdate=2007-11-03 |year=2007 |work=IPF |publisher=Reporters Without Borders] ][cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2340433.stm |title=Killed journalist: Sri Lanka 'injustice' |accessdate=2007-11-03 |year=2007 |work= |publisher=BBC] wing. The paramilitary wing has been accused to have helped the Sri Lankan Navy commit massacre in places like Allaipiddy [cite web]
url = http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport23.htm
title = The Choice between Anarchy and International Law with Monitoring
accessdate = 2007-11-03
author =
date = 2006-11-07
work = University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna)] [cite news]
author = Amnesty International Canada
title = Sri Lanka: Amnesty International condemns killings of civilians
url = http://www.amnesty.ca/resource_centre/news/view.php?load=arcview&article=3479&c=Resource+Centre+News
work = Amnesty International Canada
date = 2006-05-16
accessdate = 2007-11-04] References
External links
* [http://www.epdpnews.com/ Official web site]
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