- David Jeyaraj
David Buell Jeyaraj (May 21, 1954-) is a
freelance Canadian journalist . His articles appear under the name D.B.S Jeyaraj, the initials stand for David Buell Sabapathy.Biography
Jeyaraj is an ethnic
Sri Lankan Tamil Christian born inSri Lanka . He has published in the The Nation, The Bottom Line, Sunday Leader,The Hindu , and Frontline magazine.Jeyraj's critical reporting of
Indian Peace Keeping Force had resulted in him being fired from theThe Hindu .ref|1Career in Journalism
He has appeared on both the
BBC and CBC to discuss politics in Sri Lanka and among theSri Lankan Tamil diaspora . He now lives inToronto ,Canada .Neutral observer
Jeyaraj's journalism is critical of both sides in the
Sri Lankan civil war ; the government and theLTTE . For this, he has been the target ofdeath threats and beatings from hard-core LTTE supporters.ref|2, and this claim has not been substantiated and there is no police record in Canada that Jeyaraj has been threatened by LTTE. He has also been accused of sponsoring a hardline Christian position on Sri Lanka's endemic ethnic conflict.However D.B.S Jeyaraj says that he empathizes with LTTE's struggle for a Tamil state at the same time he sees necessity for closer introspection of some of its activitiesRef|3 Currently, Jeyaraj reports regularly for the independent Sunday Leader newspaper and publishes on a number of news sites including
Transcurrents .com,Tamilweek .com andUthayam .net.References
* [http://www.uthayam.net/articles/dec1_2005html.htm The Hindu fires him]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/whose_truth/never.html Beating of Jeyaraj]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/whose_truth/never.html CBC feature]External links
* [http://transcurrents.com D.B.S. Jeyaraj home page]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/whose_truth/jeyaraj.html CBC profile of Jeyaraj]
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