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Victor Ivan

Majuwana Kankanamage Victor Ivan (; 26 June 1949 – 19 January 2025) was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was a Marxist rebel in his youth and later became the Editor of the controversial Sinhalese newspaper ''Ravaya''. He served as the Editor of ''Ravaya'' for 25 years consecutively from its inception. Victor was an investigative journalist, political critic, a theorist, social activist and also an author of several books.

Ivan was the seventh accused in the main court case arising from the Youth Insurrection in 1971. The panel of judges described him as the most colourful character of all suspect respondents. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment at the end of the inquiry. During his imprisonment he abandoned the doctrine of the JVP as well as that of Marxism. While rejecting the doctrine of violence he became an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi adopting the philosophy of non-violence expounded by him. Provided by Wikipedia