# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ranitha-gnanarajah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:56:59.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ranitha-gnanarajah"
name: "Ranitha Gnanarajah"
slug: "ranitha-gnanarajah"
description: "Ranitha Gnanarajah is a Tamil Sri Lankan human rights activist and lawyer. She has been widely praised for her efforts in advocating for the rights of victims of enforced disappearances and those detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Ranitha has been known to have provided free legal assistance to prisoners detained without charge. She received the prestigious International Women of Courage Award in 2021 coinciding with the International Women's Day during a virtual event conducted by the United States Secretary of State."
tagline: "Sri Lankan lawyer and human rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sri_lanka_Ranitha_Gnanarajah.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.4
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           5.469042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 237
sources:
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    title: "Ranitha Gnanarajah"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranitha_Gnanarajah"
    title: "Ranitha Gnanarajah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranitha_Gnanarajah"
    title: "Ranitha Gnanarajah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ரனிதா ஞானராஜா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ռանիտա Գնանարաջան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Гнанараджа, Ранита"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106073815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump