Dushy Ranetunge

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Dushmanthe Srikanthe Ranetunge (born 25 December 1960), commonly known as Dushy Ranetunge, is a Sri Lankan journalist based in London.

[edit] Biography

Educated at Royal College, Colombo, the University of North London and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he worked in merchant banking in the city of London before becoming a journalist.

Ranetunge has traveled widely following the early rise of LTTE (Tamil Tigers), covering LTTE meetings in the UK, Europe and North America, their proscription as terrorists worldwide and more recently Sri Lankan-LTTE peace talks in Geneva.

The publication of his article "British Charities fund Terrorists" on 4 October 2000 led to the British Charity Commission raiding the LTTE's premier fund raising vehicle, the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), freezing bank accounts and initiating an investigation which led to the TRO being de-listed from the British Charities register. On 28 February 2001 Britain listed the LTTE as a terrorist organization under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Similar Action followed against the TRO in the United States more recently.

[edit] Personal life

Ranetunge emigrated to the UK at the age of 18, where he lives with his wife, Nilmarnie Panabokke and their two children, Annaliza (Queenswood School) and Julian (Winchester College).