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{{Infobox person
| name = Chandra Fernando
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Chandra Fernando
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|8|9}}
| birth_place = [[Sri Lanka]]
| death_date = {{dda|1988|6|6|1942|1|1}}
| death_place = [[Batticaloa]], [[Sri Lanka]]
| death_cause = [[Assassination]]
| resting_place = Unknown
| resting_place_coordinates =
| nationality = [[Sri Lanka]]n
| other_names =
| known_for = [[Human Rights]] activist
| education = Degree in Theology
| employer = [[Roman Catholic]] Church
| occupation = Priest
| title =
| height =
| spouse =
| children =
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}}

'''Chandra Fernando''' was a [[priest]] from the town of [[Baticaloa]] in minority [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamil]]-dominated eastern province of [[Sri Lanka]]. He was known for his human rights activism. He was [[assassinated]] by unknown men on June 6, 1988.<ref name=DHR>{{Cite journal
| last = Hellmann-Rajanayagam
| first = Dagmar
| title = The Tamil Militants-Before the Accord and After
| journal = Pacific Affairs
| volume = 61
| issue = 4
| pages = 603–619
| year = 1988–89
| jstor =2760524
| doi =10.2307/2760524
| publisher = Pacific Affairs, Vol. 61, No. 4
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last = Tharmalingam
| first = K.N
| title = The Gruesome Threshing Floor in Udubankulam
| publisher = Northeastern Herald (now defunct)
| date =February 2003
}}</ref>

==Biography==
Chandra Fernando was born in 1942 in Fernandos Lane, Puliyantheevu{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} (presently called [[Batticaloa]] Town), primarily educated at [[St. Michael's College National School]] and ordained as Catholic Priest in the year 1970. He served as a Parish Priest at St. Mary’s Co-cathedral, Batticaloa from 1984 to June 6, 1988.<ref name=DHR/>

==Incident==
He was killed by unknown gunmen on June 6, 1988 in his own church (St. Mary’s Co-Cathedral) when the city was under the administration of [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] per the [[Indo-Lanka peace accord]] of 1985. He was the secretary of the local [[Batticalao Citizens Committee]] and was instrumental in highlighting human rights violations by all sides in the [[Sri Lankan civil war]] including the rebel [[LTTE]] group which was at that time battling the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] (IPKF) and aligned [[para-military]] groups. There were many human rights violations committed by all including the authority in power.<ref name=DHR/><ref name=TN>{{cite news
| last = Sivaram
| first = Taraki
| title = Death at noon creates crack in Sri Lanka's defences
| publisher =[[Tamilnet]]
| date =2004-08-01
| url =http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=12572
| access-date = 2007-09-08 }}</ref>
[[Image:St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa.JPG|thumb|200px|right| The [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa]] in which Chandra Fernando was killed]]Although according to a report by pro LTTE [[Tamilnet]], he was killed by a gunman belonging to the paramilitary group [[PLOTE|Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam]] (PLOTE) organization working for the local [[Indian Army]] administration.<ref name=TN/> but according to David Jeyaraj an ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil journalist based in [[Canada]], he was killed by the paramilitary group [[EPRLF|Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front]] (EPRLF) operatives.<ref>{{cite news| last =Jeyaraj| first =David| title =Tamil Catholics perturbed over missing Jaffna Priest| publisher =Transcurrent| date =September 1, 2006| url =http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/191| access-date =2007-09-08| url-status =usurped| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070910050553/http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/191| archive-date =2007-09-10 }}</ref> This seems to be corroborated by independent sources.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Mylipodiar
| first = Kanagaratnam
| title = A criminal episode of a Catholic priest
| publisher = Independent (Sri Lanka)
| year = 2005
| url = http://www.independentsl.com/cgi-bin/newsscript1.cgi?record=1121
| access-date = 2007-09-08
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001110117/http://www.independentsl.com/cgi-bin/newsscript1.cgi?record=1121
| archive-date = 2011-10-01
}}</ref>

==See also==
Other notable clergy killed during the Sri Lankan civil war
*[[George Jeyarajasingham]]
*[[Nihal Jim Brown]]
*[[Mary Bastian]]
*[[Eugene Herbert]]
*[[Mariampillai Sarathjeevan]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014143446/http://www.worldevangelicalalliance.com/news/view.htm?id=687 SITUATION UPDATE FROM SRI LANKA]

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[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil priests]]
[[Category:Minority rights activists]]
[[Category:Assassinated Sri Lankan activists]]
[[Category:20th-century Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priests]]
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:People murdered in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs]]
[[Category:Alumni of St. Michael's College National School]]
[[Category:Indian Peace Keeping Force]]

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