Sivanayagam became the first editor of the '' Saturday Review '' in January 1982 . After the Black July riots of 1983 the Sri Lankan government banned the '' Saturday Review '' and Sivanayagam , fearing arrest , fled to Madras where he was in charge of the Tamil Information Centre and Tamil Information and Research Institute . He contributed articles to several journals . He became editor of the newly created '' Tamil Nation '' journal in October 1990 . After the assassination Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 Sivanayagam was arrested under the National Security Act and imprisoned without charge . He was abused and tortured by the Indian police . After being released Sivanayagam sought asylum in France in 1993
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Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
S. Sivanayagam