This post is part of our Sri Lanka’s visit to the U.S. Series.
This post was contributed by M.C.M Iqbal, two-time Secretary to Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances.
M.C.M Iqbal, two-time Secretary to Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances.
I have served two Presidential Commissions appointed by the Sri Lankan government to look into very serious human rights violations – including tens of thousands of enforced disappearances and massacres of civilians by state forces. And I can attest to the fact that none of their findings or recommendations were taken seriously by the Sri Lankan authorities. Their detailed conclusions and recommendations aimed at securing justice and redress for victims and their families have never been implemented and their inquiries had no deterrent effect on future violations.
The Sri Lankan government has just appointed the latest in a long line of these Presidential Commissions. This one is on ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation’ to look into the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that ended last year. This cynical gesture – vague in its particulars and bound to failure — in no way substitutes for an independent international investigation by the United Nations into allegations of war crimes committed in Sri Lanka.
Abductions, illegal arrests and detentions, kidnappings, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances (many politically motivated or committed in the context of supposed anti-terror operations) continue in Sri Lanka. Police blame ‘unknown persons’ for these incidents and rarely investigate. Torture in custody is almost the norm. When deaths in custody occur police often claim the victim was shot while trying to escape.
Domestic Commissions of Inquiry have failed to prosecute more than a handful of perpetrators in the security forces despite the fact hundreds of officers have been named in reports. This failure to challenge a culture of impunity gives the security forces carte blanche to continue to carry out violations.
Periodically the world wakes up and takes notice of Sri Lanka’s terrible human rights record, as it did briefly last May when the Sri Lankan government sacrificed the lives of thousands of innocent civilians and maimed thousands of others in its efforts to wipe out the LTTE. The government is accused of ignoring several international conventions relating to the conduct of war. Only an independent body can confirm the facts.
Sri Lanka appoints Presidential Commissions of Inquiry only when the government is under extreme diplomatic pressure for violating the rights of its citizens. These may serve to temporarily derail international criticism, but nobody in Sri Lanka is really fooled by such dubious tactics. We all know these Commissions are only window dressing.
That doesn’t mean the utter failure of Sri Lanka’s justice system doesn’t rankle. I wish our justice system worked as it should and that we could rely on domestic institutions to protect our rights. But we cannot, and the magnitude of the crimes that have been committed demand an international response.
Only a credible independent international body appointed by the United Nations to inquire and investigate into what happened prior to, during and after the end of the conflict in May 2009 would bring to light the atrocities committed by the State and other parties concerned in the conduct of the war.
No Commission appointed by the President is going to turn around and point fingers at its creator and say “you have violated international conventions in fighting the war; you are responsible killing a large number of civilians”. If the President expects the Commission he has just appointed to be just and fair in the conduct of its inquiries, and expects the people and the international community to believe him, he certainly is naïve indeed.
Sri Lanka’s military massacred as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final onslaught against the Liberation Tigers in 2009
“They were within range of all the armaments that were being
used, small and large, being used to smash the Tamil Tiger lines
… the end result was that many thousands lost their lives.”
At the same time, the Srilankan government was miss-leading the
world that they are not killing Tamil civilians
Everyone, including UN failed in their duties in terms of protecting innocent Tamils.
Who will take action now?
Will we get those innocent lives back?
Oh really? Tamil tigers killed more than 400,000 and every Tamil guy in Colombo knew about bombing prior.
Yet another distracting technique to avoid the issue on hand.
Why is it that whenever the topic of an independent international investigation into violations of international humanitarian law during the Sri Lankan civil war on this fine forum is brought to attention, narrow minded people choose to dig up the past.
Just because the USA and UK may have causing civilian deaths elsewhere, does not justify the brutal actions of the Sri Lankan Army ( SLA).
Although many terrible things have happened in the past, there is no justification for the atrocious treatment of the innocent Tamil civilians
1600 political prisoners arrested on suspicion under Emergency Regulations (ER) and Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), languishing in various prisons in Sri Lanka for several years without being produced in the courts.
Recently, some political prisoners launched a hunger strike as their requests placed in previous hunger strikes had not been taken into consideration despite promises by legal authorities that their cases will be taken for trial.
In response the Sri Lankan Government brutally put down the hunger striking detainees.
They were severely assaulted some of them had sustained injuries in the episode
The Tamils of Sri Lanka have been suffering the disease of oppression from historical times and at times the SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE take such severe form causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of individuals of the community. We are thankful to the AI for sympathizing with the symptoms of the disease and even advocating the removal of the symptoms and at the same time also hurt that the disease causing the symptoms is not understood. I am only reminded of a discussion with a famous western cardiologist about 10 years ago, when he said: “In allopathy, we only treat the symptoms and we have no time to treat the disease” after giving more possible insight to the disease than others. As the symptoms were expressions of pain, I agreed for the symptoms to be treated. I suppose we Tamils have to take the same attitude and welcome the AI effort to get rid of the symptom representing the sufferings of the Sri Lankan Tamils at this point in time though I would like to point out that remarks like “Elara a Tamil usurper from India” are not facts of history but a result of sustained propaganda by the MYTH called Mahavansa mindset. Equally “Banning of the LTTE” by 30 of the 200 countries in the world is based on this approach of curing the symptoms and not the disease and end up confusing the symptoms as the disease itself. This is how I understand the Western mindset which said: “Finish the LTTE and the problem will be solved” and hopefully the near future will prove that this perception was wrong. THE CHAUVINIST SINHALA BUDDHIST GOVERNMEENT capitalized on this conceptual miscarriage as they thought “Finishing the LTTE will help them very much in completing the GENOCIDE OF TAMILS” which they were doing very successfully IN THE PRE LTTE PERIOD after they gained independence. For the Chauvinists POST LTTE is same as PRE LTTE. Though we cannot expect the world to know our history, we need to point out the agenda of the Chauvinists in recruiting another 100000 soldiers after defeating the LTTE. What the Chauvinists are saying is that they are keen to complete the Genocide of Tamils and for that purpose branding all Tamils as LTTE. If the world does not like armed resistance, we welcome that if the world can stop armed oppression”. Further the world should understand is that THE TAMILS ONLY ASK FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE AS A NATION IN THEIR HOMELAND and do not say that the Sinhalese should jump into the sea UNLIKE the Sinhalese who wants the Tamils to leave Sri Lanka or be slaves. The world has to decide whether the Tamil Cause is right or not and implement if right. This space is not enough to discuss HISTORY but the CLEGHORN MINUTE of June 1799. A HISTORICAL RECORD OF HISTORY cannot be erased by SYMBOLS PLANTED DURING PERIODS OF OCCUPATION OF THE TAMIL HOMELAND.
Thank you Amnesty International, for giving voice to the voiceless Tamils of Sri Lanka.
Aja,
A good point you have,but you conveniently forget the fact that it is the LTTE who took the civilians with them as they retreated in the face of the advancing Army.It's the LTTE who shot the civilians who tried to escape in to the government controllrd areas.And it is no secret that the civilians thus shot by the LTTE were allowed to suffer to death and photographed by the LTTE and posted on the wab as "victims of Sri Lankan Army shooting"!
Mahawansa may be a myth to you,like it was to your late leader,but it is a standard hitorical source to many international hostorians as well and it is acclaimed to be the only written account of any country's history.Many chroniclers over a period of 2000years contributed to it and the facts in it can be verified by other historical artifacts such as stone inscriptions.I won't be surprised if people like Aje say that the stone inscriptions are "the work of" "Sinhalese chauvinists" or Rajapakse Government"!
If you consider Mahawansa to be a myth then you can consider all the histories in all other countries which are unrecorded as myths as well!
There may be some accounts in Mahawansa that are biased towards certain kings and blown out of proportion.And sometimes a hint of supernatural is given by some chroniclers,but by and large Mahawansa can be considered a unique and significant historical source.
Yes,the Tamils don't ask the Sinhalese to jump into the sea,but at the same time we can't accept your "homeland" concept because it doesn't define the "homelands" of the Sinhalese or the Muslims.If we concede to your seemingly innocent "Tamil Homeland "concept it will be a good pretext for any future Tamil militant party to evict the Sinhalese and the Muslims out of their "homeland"-as once happened when the LTTE butchered and chased out 300,000 Muslims from Jaffna.
Sri Lanka’s military massacred as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final onslaught against the Liberation Tigers in 2009
“They were within range of all the armaments that were being
used, small and large, being used to smash the Tamil Tiger lines
… the end result was that many thousands lost their lives.”
At the same time, the Srilankan government was miss-leading the
world that they are not killing Tamil civilians
Everyone, including UN failed in their duties in terms of protecting innocent Tamils.
Who will take action now?
Will we get those innocent lives back?
One simple thing i want to ask from Mr Moon and all these human right experts, Do you all wants to see the continuing killing, bombing and continuing suffering of all Sri Lankans..Tamils Sinhalese and Muslims by way of so called ‘accepted universal norms’ I have very simple 3 points to say..
1st , ok..what would have happened if the government stopped the war at the last phase as per the advice given by our Honorable Miliband, Mr Moon and so called universal peace lovers. LTTE top brass would have escaped, government would have been forced to start so called Peace talk , allowing them to regroup and hit back. Did any of these universal peace lovers forced the LTTE to be honest with seeking a peaceful solution. Had the government stopped the war at that time, how many lives would have been killed till now and so on for years ahead since last May and then will theses so called pace brokers or Mr Moon take the responsibility or so called accountability for these lost or loosing lives.
2nd thing, ok, lets think that , as Mr Moon has being saying , and all our universal peace lovers have being saying, , the government, will accept the Moon commission , let these foreign expert panel to come to Sri Lanka, go through all our defense /military fills, records , squeeze the computers in NIB / Army/ Navy/Air force head quarters, questioned our military top brass – and we have no drought e that Mr Moon could have done the same in USA in Pentagon too, if he wish to do so to find what happened in Iraq or Afghanistan or in Lebanon – and finally lets assumed that this commission recommend that half of Sri Lankan Military to be punished ( may be a death penalty) and may be half of the Political leadership and government officials to send to jail. Ok .. ok.. we .. we will implement that.. NOW …?? Will Mr Moon can sleep well with the so called universal peace lovers..and will they happy .. .. but WHATs then..?? .. will there be peace in Sri Lanka.. Will the Tamils get any relief.. will the problem over… will it..?? Mr. Moon.. ?? HRW..??, ICG…? No.. will your job over ..?? No .. No … then Mr Moon has to appoint another commission to demarcate boundaries of the so called ‘Tamil Elam’ and may be another commission to advice the Indian government 'how to leave the Tamil Nadu be part of ‘Tamil Elam’…, is that the mandate you have been given Mr Moon…??
3rd point, the armed conflict in Sri Lanka is not really a result of domestic politics, if some one honestly look in to 1970s , the arm conflict in Sri Lanka was a result of international politics, strait forwardly, it was India, or the RAW, who created arm groups and initiated hostilities against the Government, may be that was because of bad diplomatic practice by then President Jayawardena. Tamil Diaspora or so called universal peace lovers eagerly talk, write about the 83’ black July and blame the mass Singhalese, ( it is true and nobody would justify that) but what was the reason for the incident, for the first time in the history killing of a bulk of Army soldiers, the attackers and their forefathers knew about the repercussion and that was the exactly they wanted to do. Government had to take measures – as many other governments have being doing in other parts of world, including in Mr Moons native country- to keep the stability against brutal armed groups and , it is true , innocent people may have suffered immensely in between, but can a government let the majority, I mean Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims to be perished on the hands of brutal armed groups continuously. So my point is that once India did it and now, after 30 years ,it has been averted with a huge cost and normalcy is being reached, but now , are some western countries or Mr Moon trying to start from the point where India stopped, leading the wound spread and keep the country disabled….???
ICG.. HRW..AI… please Be honest.. Mr Moon.. please think as a world leader, if you are angered with the Sri Lankan government for not listening to your advice, don’t make it personalized, please let this small island to return back with its dignity, we will do it, but we need small favor, Mr. Moon.. ICG.. HRW..AI.. we need you to be realistic and patient and fair, that’s ALL .
Yet another distracting technique to avoid the issue on hand.
Why is it that whenever the topic of an independent international investigation into violations of international humanitarian law during the Sri Lankan civil war on this fine forum is brought to attention, narrow minded people choose to dig up the past.
Just because the USA and UK may have causing civilian deaths elsewhere, does not justify the brutal actions of the Sri Lankan Army ( SLA).
Although many terrible things have happened in the past, there is no justification for the atrocious treatment of the innocent Tamil civilians
1600 political prisoners arrested on suspicion under Emergency Regulations (ER) and Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), languishing in various prisons in Sri Lanka for several years without being produced in the courts.
Recently, some political prisoners launched a hunger strike as their requests placed in previous hunger strikes had not been taken into consideration despite promises by legal authorities that their cases will be taken for trial.
In response the Sri Lankan Government brutally put down the hunger striking detainees.
They were severely assaulted some of them had sustained injuries in the episode
The Tamils of Sri Lanka have been suffering the disease of oppression from historical times and at times the SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE take such severe form causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of individuals of the community. We are thankful to the AI for sympathizing with the symptoms of the disease and even advocating the removal of the symptoms and at the same time also hurt that the disease causing the symptoms is not understood. I am only reminded of a discussion with a famous western cardiologist about 10 years ago, when he said: “In allopathy, we only treat the symptoms and we have no time to treat the disease” after giving more possible insight to the disease than others. As the symptoms were expressions of pain, I agreed for the symptoms to be treated. I suppose we Tamils have to take the same attitude and welcome the AI effort to get rid of the symptom representing the sufferings of the Sri Lankan Tamils at this point in time though I would like to point out that remarks like “Elara a Tamil usurper from India” are not facts of history but a result of sustained propaganda by the MYTH called Mahavansa mindset. Equally “Banning of the LTTE” by 30 of the 200 countries in the world is based on this approach of curing the symptoms and not the disease and end up confusing the symptoms as the disease itself. This is how I understand the Western mindset which said: “Finish the LTTE and the problem will be solved” and hopefully the near future will prove that this perception was wrong. THE CHAUVINIST SINHALA BUDDHIST GOVERNMEENT capitalized on this conceptual miscarriage as they thought “Finishing the LTTE will help them very much in completing the GENOCIDE OF TAMILS” which they were doing very successfully IN THE PRE LTTE PERIOD after they gained independence. For the Chauvinists POST LTTE is same as PRE LTTE. Though we cannot expect the world to know our history, we need to point out the agenda of the Chauvinists in recruiting another 100000 soldiers after defeating the LTTE. What the Chauvinists are saying is that they are keen to complete the Genocide of Tamils and for that purpose branding all Tamils as LTTE. If the world does not like armed resistance, we welcome that if the world can stop armed oppression”. Further the world should understand is that THE TAMILS ONLY ASK FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE AS A NATION IN THEIR HOMELAND and do not say that the Sinhalese should jump into the sea UNLIKE the Sinhalese who wants the Tamils to leave Sri Lanka or be slaves. The world has to decide whether the Tamil Cause is right or not and implement if right. This space is not enough to discuss HISTORY but the CLEGHORN MINUTE of June 1799. A HISTORICAL RECORD OF HISTORY cannot be erased by SYMBOLS PLANTED DURING PERIODS OF OCCUPATION OF THE TAMIL HOMELAND.
Records of persons fleeing Vanni destroyed by Special Action Committee of Basil Rajapakse
[TamilNet, Saturday, 29 May 2010, 19:51 GMT]
The Special Action Committee (SAC) of Basil Rajapakse, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, the present Sri Lankan Economic Development Minister and the former senior advisor to the President during the war on Vanni, had ordered the records of all persons who fled Vanni at the end of the war to be destroyed so as to conceal the recorded particulars of more than 17,000 persons who were suspected as Liberation Tigers and who had later disappeared without any trace, an official of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Resettlement (MDMRS) said. Rizard Badudin who was then the minister of the above ministry is alleged to have functioned as a puppet in the hands of Basil Rajapakse in destroying the records, sources close to MDMRS officials who had recorded the details of persons fleeing Vanni said.
The interantional community failed to save the thousands of Tamils, although thousands of Tamils diaspora stood and begged the international community for days and nights.
UN failed to do its duty instead, complicited in warcrimes by helping Sri Lanka. Who will police UN? Tamils derserve justice and Tamils community must be allow live with dignity and secure their culture and lives. Only way is to conduct an independent enquiry and conduct a UN supervised in Tamil land and seperate from the Nazi Sinhala Sri Lanka as it was before the arrival of British.
In 1972 the Singhalese lawfully abolished the Soulbury Constitution (under which Ceylon was granted independence in 1948). But they failed to legitimise the new draft constitutions (in 1972 and 1977) by referendums. These drafts were produced by Singhala MPs but they were not approved by Tamil MPs, so they are not even approved drafts. So the island of Ceylon has had no constitution since 1972 and the Singhalese have been working to documents which have no legal status, they are rubbish!
Whilst the island of Ceylon was under no constitution, the Tamils, in 1977, voted for separation and independence. The Sri Lankan National Assembly has no power to override this decision because it is not a sovereign body (see paragraph 3 above).
The next logical step for the Tamils should have been a referendum, restricted to the Tamils, on independence. This was not in fact necessary because of 1 above, ie Tamil Eelam was never a constituent part of Singhala Sri Lanka. Besides, in the 1977 general election ALL 18 Tamil constituencies voted for independence, which was effectively a referendum giving the consent of the Tamils authorising separation and independence.
Power and Authority
Authority is power exercised with general approval of the people, say, following a general election. Power is getting things done by people even if they do not wish to obey. People submit to authority because they accept its legitimacy, to power out of fear for the consequences of not so doing. A government needs both authority and power. The invading forces in Eelam have power but no authority. A government in exile may have the authority but no power. In diplomacy a legitimate government which has authority is called ‘de jure’ government. A government that does not have authority but is nonetheless effectively in control is called a ‘de facto’ government.
North-East Merger
In the joint Northern-Eastern provincial council election held in November 1988, in the Eastern province the Tamils won 17 seats and the Tamil Muslims won 17 seats. The Singhalese won just one seat. The provincial council election was for the merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces. The merger was to be confirmed by a referendum but it was never held as it was not considered necessary due to the overwhelming Tamil victory. The people in the Eastern province exercised their sovereign authority and voted for the merger. The Colombo government has no authority to de-merge east from the north, neither does the unelected judiciary from Singhala Sri-Lanka.
Thank you Amnesty International, for giving voice to the voiceless Tamils of Sri Lanka.
Aja,
A good point you have,but you conveniently forget the fact that it is the LTTE who took the civilians with them as they retreated in the face of the advancing Army.It’s the LTTE who shot the civilians who tried to escape in to the government controllrd areas.And it is no secret that the civilians thus shot by the LTTE were allowed to suffer to death and photographed by the LTTE and posted on the wab as “victims of Sri Lankan Army shooting”!
Mahawansa may be a myth to you,like it was to your late leader,but it is a standard hitorical source to many international hostorians as well and it is acclaimed to be the only written account of any country’s history.Many chroniclers over a period of 2000years contributed to it and the facts in it can be verified by other historical artifacts such as stone inscriptions.I won’t be surprised if people like Aje say that the stone inscriptions are “the work of” “Sinhalese chauvinists” or Rajapakse Government”!
If you consider Mahawansa to be a myth then you can consider all the histories in all other countries which are unrecorded as myths as well!
There may be some accounts in Mahawansa that are biased towards certain kings and blown out of proportion.And sometimes a hint of supernatural is given by some chroniclers,but by and large Mahawansa can be considered a unique and significant historical source.
Yes,the Tamils don’t ask the Sinhalese to jump into the sea,but at the same time we can’t accept your “homeland” concept because it doesn’t define the “homelands” of the Sinhalese or the Muslims.If we concede to your seemingly innocent “Tamil Homeland “concept it will be a good pretext for any future Tamil militant party to evict the Sinhalese and the Muslims out of their “homeland”-as once happened when the LTTE butchered and chased out 300,000 Muslims from Jaffna.
One simple thing i want to ask from Mr Moon and all these human right experts, Do you all wants to see the continuing killing, bombing and continuing suffering of all Sri Lankans..Tamils Sinhalese and Muslims by way of so called ‘accepted universal norms’ I have very simple 3 points to say..
1st , ok..what would have happened if the government stopped the war at the last phase as per the advice given by our Honorable Miliband, Mr Moon and so called universal peace lovers. LTTE top brass would have escaped, government would have been forced to start so called Peace talk , allowing them to regroup and hit back. Did any of these universal peace lovers forced the LTTE to be honest with seeking a peaceful solution. Had the government stopped the war at that time, how many lives would have been killed till now and so on for years ahead since last May and then will theses so called pace brokers or Mr Moon take the responsibility or so called accountability for these lost or loosing lives.
2nd thing, ok, lets think that , as Mr Moon has being saying , and all our universal peace lovers have being saying, , the government, will accept the Moon commission , let these foreign expert panel to come to Sri Lanka, go through all our defense /military fills, records , squeeze the computers in NIB / Army/ Navy/Air force head quarters, questioned our military top brass – and we have no drought e that Mr Moon could have done the same in USA in Pentagon too, if he wish to do so to find what happened in Iraq or Afghanistan or in Lebanon – and finally lets assumed that this commission recommend that half of Sri Lankan Military to be punished ( may be a death penalty) and may be half of the Political leadership and government officials to send to jail. Ok .. ok.. we .. we will implement that.. NOW …?? Will Mr Moon can sleep well with the so called universal peace lovers..and will they happy .. .. but WHATs then..?? .. will there be peace in Sri Lanka.. Will the Tamils get any relief.. will the problem over… will it..?? Mr. Moon.. ?? HRW..??, ICG…? No.. will your job over ..?? No .. No … then Mr Moon has to appoint another commission to demarcate boundaries of the so called ‘Tamil Elam’ and may be another commission to advice the Indian government ‘how to leave the Tamil Nadu be part of ‘Tamil Elam’…, is that the mandate you have been given Mr Moon…??
3rd point, the armed conflict in Sri Lanka is not really a result of domestic politics, if some one honestly look in to 1970s , the arm conflict in Sri Lanka was a result of international politics, strait forwardly, it was India, or the RAW, who created arm groups and initiated hostilities against the Government, may be that was because of bad diplomatic practice by then President Jayawardena. Tamil Diaspora or so called universal peace lovers eagerly talk, write about the 83’ black July and blame the mass Singhalese, ( it is true and nobody would justify that) but what was the reason for the incident, for the first time in the history killing of a bulk of Army soldiers, the attackers and their forefathers knew about the repercussion and that was the exactly they wanted to do. Government had to take measures – as many other governments have being doing in other parts of world, including in Mr Moons native country- to keep the stability against brutal armed groups and , it is true , innocent people may have suffered immensely in between, but can a government let the majority, I mean Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims to be perished on the hands of brutal armed groups continuously. So my point is that once India did it and now, after 30 years ,it has been averted with a huge cost and normalcy is being reached, but now , are some western countries or Mr Moon trying to start from the point where India stopped, leading the wound spread and keep the country disabled….???
ICG.. HRW..AI… please Be honest.. Mr Moon.. please think as a world leader, if you are angered with the Sri Lankan government for not listening to your advice, don’t make it personalized, please let this small island to return back with its dignity, we will do it, but we need small favor, Mr. Moon.. ICG.. HRW..AI.. we need you to be realistic and patient and fair, that’s ALL .
Records of persons fleeing Vanni destroyed by Special Action Committee of Basil Rajapakse
[TamilNet, Saturday, 29 May 2010, 19:51 GMT]
The Special Action Committee (SAC) of Basil Rajapakse, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, the present Sri Lankan Economic Development Minister and the former senior advisor to the President during the war on Vanni, had ordered the records of all persons who fled Vanni at the end of the war to be destroyed so as to conceal the recorded particulars of more than 17,000 persons who were suspected as Liberation Tigers and who had later disappeared without any trace, an official of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Resettlement (MDMRS) said. Rizard Badudin who was then the minister of the above ministry is alleged to have functioned as a puppet in the hands of Basil Rajapakse in destroying the records, sources close to MDMRS officials who had recorded the details of persons fleeing Vanni said.
The interantional community failed to save the thousands of Tamils, although thousands of Tamils diaspora stood and begged the international community for days and nights.
UN failed to do its duty instead, complicited in warcrimes by helping Sri Lanka. Who will police UN? Tamils derserve justice and Tamils community must be allow live with dignity and secure their culture and lives. Only way is to conduct an independent enquiry and conduct a UN supervised in Tamil land and seperate from the Nazi Sinhala Sri Lanka as it was before the arrival of British.
In 1972 the Singhalese lawfully abolished the Soulbury Constitution (under which Ceylon was granted independence in 1948). But they failed to legitimise the new draft constitutions (in 1972 and 1977) by referendums. These drafts were produced by Singhala MPs but they were not approved by Tamil MPs, so they are not even approved drafts. So the island of Ceylon has had no constitution since 1972 and the Singhalese have been working to documents which have no legal status, they are rubbish!
Whilst the island of Ceylon was under no constitution, the Tamils, in 1977, voted for separation and independence. The Sri Lankan National Assembly has no power to override this decision because it is not a sovereign body (see paragraph 3 above).
The next logical step for the Tamils should have been a referendum, restricted to the Tamils, on independence. This was not in fact necessary because of 1 above, ie Tamil Eelam was never a constituent part of Singhala Sri Lanka. Besides, in the 1977 general election ALL 18 Tamil constituencies voted for independence, which was effectively a referendum giving the consent of the Tamils authorising separation and independence.
Power and Authority
Authority is power exercised with general approval of the people, say, following a general election. Power is getting things done by people even if they do not wish to obey. People submit to authority because they accept its legitimacy, to power out of fear for the consequences of not so doing. A government needs both authority and power. The invading forces in Eelam have power but no authority. A government in exile may have the authority but no power. In diplomacy a legitimate government which has authority is called ‘de jure’ government. A government that does not have authority but is nonetheless effectively in control is called a ‘de facto’ government.
North-East Merger
In the joint Northern-Eastern provincial council election held in November 1988, in the Eastern province the Tamils won 17 seats and the Tamil Muslims won 17 seats. The Singhalese won just one seat. The provincial council election was for the merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces. The merger was to be confirmed by a referendum but it was never held as it was not considered necessary due to the overwhelming Tamil victory. The people in the Eastern province exercised their sovereign authority and voted for the merger. The Colombo government has no authority to de-merge east from the north, neither does the unelected judiciary from Singhala Sri-Lanka.
Mr. Ambagolla – Your 3 points are rubbish:
1. There were enough attempts to find a solution to this National Problem. Had
this Govt. placed any solution on the table immediately or thereafter on
overcoming the LTTE, the end of so-called Terrorism would have been
acceptable to all, including the I/C-.
2. Actions of the US in an international arena after the 9/11 has nothing to
do with the demand for International Investigations of the GOSL – specially
after closing the war-front to the Media and NGO – even to.-date!! – in
killing the Tamils as MR Bros. pleased. (MR has been judged as a
"Sinhala Racist" by no lesser person than the Statesman of Singapore,
– Lee Kawan – in the latest book.
3. Dont blame India and RAW for the plight of Sri Lankan Politicians.
The Tamils sought the help of India and they took advantage of helping
the Tamils with an agenda of theirs. So the problem was initiated by
Silly lanka in the first place.
Sri Lanka Mass Murderers erased the Tamil people from this earth
It is alleged that Basil Rajapakse and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) officers who had personally supervised the recording of the details of all the persons fleeing Vanni had caused the said records to be destroyed in an effort to keep the international community in the dark of the facts, the sources added.
The officials of MDMRS who had recorded the details of all the persons fleeing Vanni say that they now have only the list of persons presently held in the SLA detention centres.
The details of the fleeing persons were carefully recorded by the MDMRS officials at different places under the supervision of SLA, as they kept coming out of Vanni.
These records had been destroyed by SLA on the orders from their superiors, the MDMRS officials said.
MDMRS maintains only the list of persons now held in the SLA detention centres as the official recorded documents of persons who had fled Vanni at the end of the war on Vanni.
Starvation is the only future for Tamils in Sri Lanka
Malnutrition among children in the North and Eastern provinces has reached forty-five percent against the national average of 29 percent, according to a report issued by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).
In the two provinces malnutrition among boys has reached fifty percent and among girls about 42 percent, the survey further reveals.
At the district level, within the Northern and Eastern provinces, Batticaloa 53 percent and Vavuniya 51 percent show the worst levels of child malnutrition.
The child malnutrition in Trincomalee is 45 percent, Amparaai 44 percent and Jaffna 43 percent, the report adds.
The prevalence of child malnutrition among uneducated mothers is 63 percent. As the education level of mothers rises, the rate of child malnutrition declines to 54 percent among primary educated mothers, 42 percent among secondary educated mothers and 36 percent among tertiary educated mothers, the report states.
53 % of Tamil babies are malnourished in Batticaloa ?
Karuna will approve this with a big Pleasure because he don’t care if many Tamils die
Rajapakse is a Sinhala extremist.
Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, in a newly released book titled "Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew,' says that Tamils have been in the island of Sri Lanka as long as the Sinhalese, and that Sri Lanka is not a happy "united" country.
The present president of Sri Lanka believes he has settled the problem now that the Tamil Tigers are killed, and wants others to believe that too," and Lee observes:"I don't think they [Tamils] are going to be submissive or go away."
Referring to the Sri Lankan president he said: "I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind."
Yes,
Lee Kuan Yew is the most influential political figures in South-East Asia.
Mr Lee Kwan Yew said, "[t]he mistakes of Sri Lanka and other newly independent 'failed states' made Singapore go in a different direction.
"In 1965, we had 20 years of examples of failed states. So, we knew what to avoid – racial conflict, linguistic strife, and religious conflict. We saw Ceylon," Lee added.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Local elections in North to be announced shortly: Basil Rajapaksa
Ahh… more elections.
Douglas is preparing his white vans, guns to encourage the Tamil voters to vote for the Ruling Party
Another atrocity in Sri Lanka
Dead bodies located inside a toilet pit in Ki'linochchi
Members of a family recently resettled in Ka'neasapuram in Ki'iinochchi after being displaced from their house, located Saturday dead bodies of massacred victims, buried inside their toilet pit, sources in Ki'linochchi said. The house was located 1 km west of A9.
The residents in the area who witnessed the the bodies said Sri Lanka Army and Police rushed to the spot as they witnessed at least five bodies inside the pit.
There could be more dead bodies. The bodies had been packed in plastic bags, dumped inside the pit and covered with sand.
A proper investigation by a reliable third party should be carried out before the SLA and the police twist the story, a concerned human rights activist who did not wished to be named told TamilNet.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Mr. Ambagolla – Your 3 points are rubbish:
1. There were enough attempts to find a solution to this National Problem. Had
this Govt. placed any solution on the table immediately or thereafter on
overcoming the LTTE, the end of so-called Terrorism would have been
acceptable to all, including the I/C-.
2. Actions of the US in an international arena after the 9/11 has nothing to
do with the demand for International Investigations of the GOSL – specially
after closing the war-front to the Media and NGO – even to.-date!! – in
killing the Tamils as MR Bros. pleased. (MR has been judged as a
“Sinhala Racist” by no lesser person than the Statesman of Singapore,
– Lee Kawan – in the latest book.
3. Dont blame India and RAW for the plight of Sri Lankan Politicians.
The Tamils sought the help of India and they took advantage of helping
the Tamils with an agenda of theirs. So the problem was initiated by
Silly lanka in the first place.
Sri Lanka Mass Murderers erased the Tamil people from this earth
It is alleged that Basil Rajapakse and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) officers who had personally supervised the recording of the details of all the persons fleeing Vanni had caused the said records to be destroyed in an effort to keep the international community in the dark of the facts, the sources added.
The officials of MDMRS who had recorded the details of all the persons fleeing Vanni say that they now have only the list of persons presently held in the SLA detention centres.
The details of the fleeing persons were carefully recorded by the MDMRS officials at different places under the supervision of SLA, as they kept coming out of Vanni.
These records had been destroyed by SLA on the orders from their superiors, the MDMRS officials said.
MDMRS maintains only the list of persons now held in the SLA detention centres as the official recorded documents of persons who had fled Vanni at the end of the war on Vanni.
Starvation is the only future for Tamils in Sri Lanka
Malnutrition among children in the North and Eastern provinces has reached forty-five percent against the national average of 29 percent, according to a report issued by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).
In the two provinces malnutrition among boys has reached fifty percent and among girls about 42 percent, the survey further reveals.
At the district level, within the Northern and Eastern provinces, Batticaloa 53 percent and Vavuniya 51 percent show the worst levels of child malnutrition.
The child malnutrition in Trincomalee is 45 percent, Amparaai 44 percent and Jaffna 43 percent, the report adds.
The prevalence of child malnutrition among uneducated mothers is 63 percent. As the education level of mothers rises, the rate of child malnutrition declines to 54 percent among primary educated mothers, 42 percent among secondary educated mothers and 36 percent among tertiary educated mothers, the report states.
53 % of Tamil babies are malnourished in Batticaloa ?
Karuna will approve this with a big Pleasure because he don’t care if many Tamils die
Rajapakse is a Sinhala extremist.
Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, in a newly released book titled “Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew,’ says that Tamils have been in the island of Sri Lanka as long as the Sinhalese, and that Sri Lanka is not a happy “united” country.
The present president of Sri Lanka believes he has settled the problem now that the Tamil Tigers are killed, and wants others to believe that too,” and Lee observes:”I don’t think they [Tamils] are going to be submissive or go away.”
Referring to the Sri Lankan president he said: “I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind.”
Yes,
Lee Kuan Yew is the most influential political figures in South-East Asia.
Mr Lee Kwan Yew said, “[t]he mistakes of Sri Lanka and other newly independent ‘failed states’ made Singapore go in a different direction.
“In 1965, we had 20 years of examples of failed states. So, we knew what to avoid – racial conflict, linguistic strife, and religious conflict. We saw Ceylon,” Lee added.
Local elections in North to be announced shortly: Basil Rajapaksa
Ahh… more elections.
Douglas is preparing his white vans, guns to encourage the Tamil voters to vote for the Ruling Party
Tamil film maker is arrested
Chandran Ratnam arrested for "possession" of explosives
A well known film producer and director of several films Chandran Ratnam was taken into custody by the police Sunday on an allegation that he had been in possesion of explosive materials in his former residence in Nugegoda, according to police media spokesman Preshantha Jayakody.
Ratnam is now being interrogated by the officials of the Terrorist Investigations Unit (TIU) and is expected to be produced in court on Monday, police said.
However, relatives of the Chandran Ratnam who confirmed his arrest alleged that explosives were ’planted’ in one of his former residences which he had vacated a year ago.
Chandran Ratnam produced the film “Road to Elephant Pass” that focused on the war in Sri Lanka.
He also worked with Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg in the movie
Another atrocity in Sri Lanka
Dead bodies located inside a toilet pit in Ki’linochchi
Members of a family recently resettled in Ka’neasapuram in Ki’iinochchi after being displaced from their house, located Saturday dead bodies of massacred victims, buried inside their toilet pit, sources in Ki’linochchi said. The house was located 1 km west of A9.
The residents in the area who witnessed the the bodies said Sri Lanka Army and Police rushed to the spot as they witnessed at least five bodies inside the pit.
There could be more dead bodies. The bodies had been packed in plastic bags, dumped inside the pit and covered with sand.
A proper investigation by a reliable third party should be carried out before the SLA and the police twist the story, a concerned human rights activist who did not wished to be named told TamilNet.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31856
Tamil film maker is arrested
Chandran Ratnam arrested for “possession” of explosives
A well known film producer and director of several films Chandran Ratnam was taken into custody by the police Sunday on an allegation that he had been in possesion of explosive materials in his former residence in Nugegoda, according to police media spokesman Preshantha Jayakody.
Ratnam is now being interrogated by the officials of the Terrorist Investigations Unit (TIU) and is expected to be produced in court on Monday, police said.
However, relatives of the Chandran Ratnam who confirmed his arrest alleged that explosives were ’planted’ in one of his former residences which he had vacated a year ago.
Chandran Ratnam produced the film “Road to Elephant Pass” that focused on the war in Sri Lanka.
He also worked with Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg in the movie
How can you call a dementic ex-despot like Lee Kuan Yoo a political visionary?He ruled Singapore with an iron fist,didn't allow any opposition,imprisoned all opponents-and in the end there was only ONE opposition member in the so called parliament.
People like Lee Kuan were not labelled as human rights violaters nor were they subjected to continuous witch hunting by the "angels of human rights" in the international arena,because they were the lapdogs of the Western Sahibs!Another case in point is ex-Chillean dictator Pinochet.
When Lee Kuan brought his educational reforms in 1950s which required the medium of instruction in all state schools to be in Malay,there were protests and violence launched by the opposition.What was Lee Kuan's response?HE CRUSHED THE OPPOSITION AND PUT THEM ALL IN JAIL!
These are the hypocrites who try to preach us on DEMOCRACY!
Lee Kuan may be having senile dementia now to forget that he regretted in his third book that he allowed Singapore to forget its cultural roots by becoming a "copy cat" state of the Western culture.
Similarly Malaysia's Mahathir Mohammad introduced the Bhumi Puthra concept to give the indigenous Malays the upperhand in every aspect of their lives.
Can somebody please tell me as to why the UN doesn't consider the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the "FINAL PHASE OF THE WAR"which tunned around 100,000 civilians to ashes,amounts to a "war crime"
Has the UN ever consirded filing "war crimes" charges against President Eisonhover and the top US military officers?
How can you call a dementic ex-despot like Lee Kuan Yoo a political visionary?He ruled Singapore with an iron fist,didn’t allow any opposition,imprisoned all opponents-and in the end there was only ONE opposition member in the so called parliament.
People like Lee Kuan were not labelled as human rights violaters nor were they subjected to continuous witch hunting by the “angels of human rights” in the international arena,because they were the lapdogs of the Western Sahibs!Another case in point is ex-Chillean dictator Pinochet.
When Lee Kuan brought his educational reforms in 1950s which required the medium of instruction in all state schools to be in Malay,there were protests and violence launched by the opposition.What was Lee Kuan’s response?HE CRUSHED THE OPPOSITION AND PUT THEM ALL IN JAIL!
These are the hypocrites who try to preach us on DEMOCRACY!
Lee Kuan may be having senile dementia now to forget that he regretted in his third book that he allowed Singapore to forget its cultural roots by becoming a “copy cat” state of the Western culture.
Similarly Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohammad introduced the Bhumi Puthra concept to give the indigenous Malays the upperhand in every aspect of their lives.
Can somebody please tell me as to why the UN doesn’t consider the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the “FINAL PHASE OF THE WAR”which tunned around 100,000 civilians to ashes,amounts to a “war crime”
Has the UN ever consirded filing “war crimes” charges against President Eisonhover and the top US military officers?
Aja,
you have & categorised an important & crucial concept & demand — the RIGHT of Tamils to live in lanka AS A NATION.
This is the same right the American Indian Nations have exercised through centuries of resistance within the USA, a right they continue to expand & continuously redefine through hard struggles on many levels of survival as cultures, as ways of life, as peoples & as nations.
This right is a vital fulcrum for the Tamil struggle to function & flourish around.
While Secretary General Ban Ki Moon extolled the contributions of the UN's International Criminal Court (ICC) as an effective instrument to uphold peace, justice and human rights, in a Washington Post article, as UN's member nations convene Monday in Kampala to formally review the Rome Treaty, Professor Francis A. Boyle criticized Ban for delaying action on establishing accountability for Sri Lanka's "massacre of about 50,000 Tamils" and urged Ban to "immediately appoint the International War Crimes Committee for Sri Lanka that he had already promised to do several weeks ago." http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sri lanka never learnt anything from past, but racism at peek level
Rajapaksa extremism cannot be changed, "I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind." http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
ACF: Moothoor massacre, a war crime, http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
IIGEP: Colombo lacks political will to investigate Human Rights violations ,http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25308
The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which terminates its observation mission reasoning that the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) setup by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to investigate and inquire into serious violations of Human Rights, have not been transparent and not satisfied basic international norms and standards, in its concluding public report on Tuesday blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for "absence of will" in the present Inquiry to "investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question."
IIGEP statement
The 11-member IIGEP said: "Summary executions, massacres, disappearances, wanton destruction of property, and forcible transfers of populations can never be justified. No efforts should be spared to uncover responsibility, including recognition of command responsibility, for such actions."
The public report gave following reasons for IIGEP's decision to terminate the mission "with profound regret that more could not have been achieved.":
1.A conflict of interest in the proceedings before the Commission
2.Lack of effective victim and witness protection
3.Lack of transparency and timeliness in the proceedings
4.Lack of full co-operation by State bodies
5.Lack of financial independence of the Commission
lacks political will http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs – a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights, http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/200…
While Secretary General Ban Ki Moon extolled the contributions of the UN's International Criminal Court (ICC) as an effective instrument to uphold peace, justice and human rights, in a Washington Post article, as UN's member nations convene Monday in Kampala to formally review the Rome Treaty, Professor Francis A. Boyle criticized Ban for delaying action on establishing accountability for Sri Lanka's "massacre of about 50,000 Tamils" and urged Ban to "immediately appoint the International War Crimes Committee for Sri Lanka that he had already promised to do several weeks ago." http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sri lanka never learnt anything from past, but racism at peek level
Rajapaksa extremism cannot be changed, "I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind." http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
While Secretary General Ban Ki Moon extolled the contributions of the UN's International Criminal Court (ICC) as an effective instrument to uphold peace, justice and human rights, in a Washington Post article, as UN's member nations convene Monday in Kampala to formally review the Rome Treaty, Professor Francis A. Boyle criticized Ban for delaying action on establishing accountability for Sri Lanka's "massacre of about 50,000 Tamils" and urged Ban to "immediately appoint the International War Crimes Committee for Sri Lanka that he had already promised to do several weeks ago." http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sri lanka never learnt anything from past, but racism at peek level
Rajapaksa extremism cannot be changed, "I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind." http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Aja,
you have & categorised an important & crucial concept & demand — the RIGHT of Tamils to live in lanka AS A NATION.
This is the same right the American Indian Nations have exercised through centuries of resistance within the USA, a right they continue to expand & continuously redefine through hard struggles on many levels of survival as cultures, as ways of life, as peoples & as nations.
This right is a vital fulcrum for the Tamil struggle to function & flourish around.
ACF: Moothoor massacre, a war crime, http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
IIGEP: Colombo lacks political will to investigate Human Rights violations ,http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25308
The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which terminates its observation mission reasoning that the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) setup by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to investigate and inquire into serious violations of Human Rights, have not been transparent and not satisfied basic international norms and standards, in its concluding public report on Tuesday blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for "absence of will" in the present Inquiry to "investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question."
IIGEP statement
The 11-member IIGEP said: "Summary executions, massacres, disappearances, wanton destruction of property, and forcible transfers of populations can never be justified. No efforts should be spared to uncover responsibility, including recognition of command responsibility, for such actions."
The public report gave following reasons for IIGEP's decision to terminate the mission "with profound regret that more could not have been achieved.":
1.A conflict of interest in the proceedings before the Commission
2.Lack of effective victim and witness protection
3.Lack of transparency and timeliness in the proceedings
4.Lack of full co-operation by State bodies
5.Lack of financial independence of the Commission
ACF: Moothoor massacre, a war crime, http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
IIGEP: Colombo lacks political will to investigate Human Rights violations ,http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25308
The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which terminates its observation mission reasoning that the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) setup by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to investigate and inquire into serious violations of Human Rights, have not been transparent and not satisfied basic international norms and standards, in its concluding public report on Tuesday blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for "absence of will" in the present Inquiry to "investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question."
IIGEP statement
The 11-member IIGEP said: "Summary executions, massacres, disappearances, wanton destruction of property, and forcible transfers of populations can never be justified. No efforts should be spared to uncover responsibility, including recognition of command responsibility, for such actions."
The public report gave following reasons for IIGEP's decision to terminate the mission "with profound regret that more could not have been achieved.":
1.A conflict of interest in the proceedings before the Commission
2.Lack of effective victim and witness protection
3.Lack of transparency and timeliness in the proceedings
4.Lack of full co-operation by State bodies
5.Lack of financial independence of the Commission
Hello Posers and Apes of the Eelam !!!!!!!!!
Punchinillame Says:
May 30th, 2010 at 2:47 am</b.
I certainly cannot speak on behalf of Ambagoda, But, I can comment on some of the points of POSER Punchinellame,
1. There were enough attempts to find a solution to this National Problem. Had this Govt. placed any solution on the table immediately or thereafter on
overcoming the LTTE, the end of so-called Terrorism would have been
acceptable to all, including the I/C-.
When the discussions were happening in Geneve to come in to such agreement, What did you Apes do ??????????? Built Bunkers, Brought Air crafts, made submarines, recruited more innocent civilians and children and soldiers…. Is that the solution you Apes wanted ??????
What happened to the simple agreement you had with Ranil W ?? the cease fire ?? You apes were so high on Banana's, you could not at least stick to such simple agreement – what more, you killed your own Lakshman K during this agreement – Is MR and his government to be blamed for the stupid mistakes that your Grape Ape and the clown apes did ???
2. Actions of the US in an international arena after the 9/11 has nothing to
do with the demand for International Investigations of the GOSL – specially
after closing the war-front to the Media and NGO – even to.-date!! – in
killing the Tamils as MR Bros. pleased. (MR has been judged as a
“Sinhala Racist” by no lesser person than the Statesman of Singapore,
– Lee Kawan – in the latest book.
Lee Kwan Yoo indeed is a well respected man and can you please tell us where he has said this – As far as we know, he never said such thing ever. He is too bright for a Ape comment as such.
Please tell me whether it was Mahinda who killed the Tamils mentioned in the link below !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
If MR was a racist, he should start with his own family, where he has no less than 100 Tamil in-laws due to marriage. How about you Apes ?? Have any others in your line of relations or is it Apes only ?? Try a Baboon once in a way – you can get them in Afghanistan – they are called taliban there !!
3. Dont blame India and RAW for the plight of Sri Lankan Politicians.
The Tamils sought the help of India and they took advantage of helping
the Tamils with an agenda of theirs. So the problem was initiated by
Silly lanka in the first place.
Oh Yeah, we all remember how you paid back for the favour India did by bombarding Rajive Gee… Let's rest the case at that or your Ape Brains will fry trying to figure out the answers.
lacks political will http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs – a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights, http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/200…
lacks political will http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs – a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights, http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/200…
10.05.08 AG's role in investigations, main concern of IIGEP..
30.04.08 IIGEP members reiterate their stand, lament GoSL f..
14.04.08 IIGEP: Colombo lacks political will to investigate..
31.03.08 IIGEP ends observation role
12.03.08 British parliamentarians call for UK to rein in Sr..
08.03.08 GoSL lacks will to bring justice – IIGEP
06.03.08 IIGEP quits Sri Lanka
30.12.07 French FM Bernard Kouchner postpones Sri Lanka vis..
19.12.07 CoI's murder inquiries lack transparency, fall sho..
18.11.07 Rights activist questions progress of CoI, IIGEP
14.06.07 IIGEP questions role of AG's department in Commiss..
11.06.07 IIGEP faults Commission of lacking Independence, T..
23.11.06 Presidential powers can undermine CoI- Amnesty
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Hello Posers and Apes of the Eelam !!!!!!!!!
Punchinillame Says:
May 30th, 2010 at 2:47 am</b.
I certainly cannot speak on behalf of Ambagoda, But, I can comment on some of the points of POSER Punchinellame,
1. There were enough attempts to find a solution to this National Problem. Had this Govt. placed any solution on the table immediately or thereafter on
overcoming the LTTE, the end of so-called Terrorism would have been
acceptable to all, including the I/C-.
When the discussions were happening in Geneve to come in to such agreement, What did you Apes do ??????????? Built Bunkers, Brought Air crafts, made submarines, recruited more innocent civilians and children and soldiers…. Is that the solution you Apes wanted ??????
What happened to the simple agreement you had with Ranil W ?? the cease fire ?? You apes were so high on Banana's, you could not at least stick to such simple agreement – what more, you killed your own Lakshman K during this agreement – Is MR and his government to be blamed for the stupid mistakes that your Grape Ape and the clown apes did ???
2. Actions of the US in an international arena after the 9/11 has nothing to
do with the demand for International Investigations of the GOSL – specially
after closing the war-front to the Media and NGO – even to.-date!! – in
killing the Tamils as MR Bros. pleased. (MR has been judged as a
“Sinhala Racist” by no lesser person than the Statesman of Singapore,
– Lee Kawan – in the latest book.
Lee Kwan Yoo indeed is a well respected man and can you please tell us where he has said this – As far as we know, he never said such thing ever. He is too bright for a Ape comment as such.
Please tell me whether it was Mahinda who killed the Tamils mentioned in the link below !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
If MR was a racist, he should start with his own family, where he has no less than 100 Tamil in-laws due to marriage. How about you Apes ?? Have any others in your line of relations or is it Apes only ?? Try a Baboon once in a way – you can get them in Afghanistan – they are called taliban there !!
3. Dont blame India and RAW for the plight of Sri Lankan Politicians.
The Tamils sought the help of India and they took advantage of helping
the Tamils with an agenda of theirs. So the problem was initiated by
Silly lanka in the first place.
Oh Yeah, we all remember how you paid back for the favour India did by bombarding Rajive Gee… Let's rest the case at that or your Ape Brains will fry trying to figure out the answers.
Hello Posers and Apes of the Eelam !!!!!!!!!
Punchinillame Says:
May 30th, 2010 at 2:47 am</b.
I certainly cannot speak on behalf of Ambagoda, But, I can comment on some of the points of POSER Punchinellame,
1. There were enough attempts to find a solution to this National Problem. Had this Govt. placed any solution on the table immediately or thereafter on
overcoming the LTTE, the end of so-called Terrorism would have been
acceptable to all, including the I/C-.
When the discussions were happening in Geneve to come in to such agreement, What did you Apes do ??????????? Built Bunkers, Brought Air crafts, made submarines, recruited more innocent civilians and children and soldiers…. Is that the solution you Apes wanted ??????
What happened to the simple agreement you had with Ranil W ?? the cease fire ?? You apes were so high on Banana's, you could not at least stick to such simple agreement – what more, you killed your own Lakshman K during this agreement – Is MR and his government to be blamed for the stupid mistakes that your Grape Ape and the clown apes did ???
2. Actions of the US in an international arena after the 9/11 has nothing to
do with the demand for International Investigations of the GOSL – specially
after closing the war-front to the Media and NGO – even to.-date!! – in
killing the Tamils as MR Bros. pleased. (MR has been judged as a
“Sinhala Racist” by no lesser person than the Statesman of Singapore,
– Lee Kawan – in the latest book.
Lee Kwan Yoo indeed is a well respected man and can you please tell us where he has said this – As far as we know, he never said such thing ever. He is too bright for a Ape comment as such.
Please tell me whether it was Mahinda who killed the Tamils mentioned in the link below !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
If MR was a racist, he should start with his own family, where he has no less than 100 Tamil in-laws due to marriage. How about you Apes ?? Have any others in your line of relations or is it Apes only ?? Try a Baboon once in a way – you can get them in Afghanistan – they are called taliban there !!
3. Dont blame India and RAW for the plight of Sri Lankan Politicians.
The Tamils sought the help of India and they took advantage of helping
the Tamils with an agenda of theirs. So the problem was initiated by
Silly lanka in the first place.
Oh Yeah, we all remember how you paid back for the favour India did by bombarding Rajive Gee… Let's rest the case at that or your Ape Brains will fry trying to figure out the answers.
Dear Mr. M.C.M. Iqbal !!
Let me point out the following summary of your article
That doesn’t mean the utter failure of Sri Lanka’s justice system doesn’t rankle. I wish our justice system worked as it should and that we could rely on domestic institutions to protect our rights. But we cannot, and the magnitude of the crimes that have been committed demand an international response.
Only a credible independent international body appointed by the United Nations to inquire and investigate into what happened prior to, during and after the end of the conflict in May 2009 would bring to light the atrocities committed by the State and other parties concerned in the conduct of the war.
As we both know, the Judiciary of Sri Lanka is a descendant of the English Westminster system, and still improves by means of additions and deletions based on the system – Do you think that the original system is to be blamed ??? Or, do you think that being a sovereign nation, we should have our own system of Justice and do things our own way like most of the independent states around the world does ????
At the levels you have served, you should obviously know that crimes are committed world over in different capacities and how they have been dealt with. Do you imply that there is a massive difference between those countries and us ?? If you consider the whole world, where do we stand ??? (Please note that the world does not limit to America and a few European nations)
The credible International Body of United Nations that you have mentioned here have come out with an overwhelming majority of 29 to 12 in favour of not having an investigation against Sri Lanka – So why do you want to harp on it ?? Is it not International enough to you ??? We will try and get the opinions of Aliens no sooner we find their existence and give you some feedback !
BTW, I know that you are not an Ape with Terrorist mentality. So let's try think beyond the nostrils and peeling Banana's and see the wider picture here.
While Secretary General Ban Ki Moon extolled the contributions of the UN’s International Criminal Court (ICC) as an effective instrument to uphold peace, justice and human rights, in a Washington Post article, as UN’s member nations convene Monday in Kampala to formally review the Rome Treaty, Professor Francis A. Boyle criticized Ban for delaying action on establishing accountability for Sri Lanka’s “massacre of about 50,000 Tamils” and urged Ban to “immediately appoint the International War Crimes Committee for Sri Lanka that he had already promised to do several weeks ago.”
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31863
Sri lanka never learnt anything from past, but racism at peek level
Rajapaksa extremism cannot be changed, “I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind.”
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31857
Not looking for the guilty’ – Kohona
The commission set up by the government is sufficient to investigate the allegations of humanitarian standards and human rights violations say the Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona.
Speaking to BBC Tamil Service he said that since Sri Lanka had established a commission of enquiry under the parliamentary act and it has full powers to investigate, there is no need for another international body to do the same.
United Nations and many prominent human rights organisations are calling for an independent international investigation in to war crimes committed during the last stages of the war by both the government forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels.
International body will confuse
“It will be a confusing thing to have another international body to investigate these claims” said Dr Kohona
Pointing out that there is no precedent any where in the world where enquiries had been established by anybody on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations Dr Kohona said “even the ICG report refers to this that and another thing but there is no just substantiation with accurate evidence”.
No evidence- Kohona
Video footage of alleged abuses were collected
When pointed out that the ICG [International Crisis Group] report quoted sworn affidavits, photographs and video footage of abuses, the ambassador said the evidence was not sufficient to launch any investigation.
In a recent report, International Crisis Group claimed that, from eyewitness evidence, it believes at least 30,000 civilians were killed or unaccounted for and countless others wounded and deprived of food and medicine during the last stage of the war in Sri Lanka. The report also say that there is evidence that government forces intentionally shelled civilians, hospitals and humanitarian operations.
The report of the ICG was followed by another comprehensive report by the Human Rights Watch [HRW]. HRW report also detailed war crimes allegations. The report was illustrated with witness statements and detailed photographs of alleged crimes taking place.
“You should not establish a panel or enquiry on the basis of irresponsible allegations made by organisations” added the ambassador.
Earlier this year, UN secretary General said that his Chief of staff Vijay Nambiar and Dr. Palitha Kohona were having discussions about the UN appointing an advisory panel of experts on human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The Secretary General confirmed to the media this week that he is in the process of setting up the advisory panel.
According to Ambassador Kohona Sri Lanka’s approach is not to find guilty parties and punish them but to deal with them in old Sri Lankan way.
We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture
Dr. Kohona
“We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture” Dr Kohona Said.
Dr Kohona who claims the commission as a comprehensive process also said that this commission is similar to South African Truth and Reconciliation commission but not be the same.
“This is our own approach, this is our domestic process and we take responsibility for it” he said
Ambassador Kohona argues that the recommendations by the commission will direct the authorities on how to deal with individuals and groups who may have been responsible for certain acts.
He also reminded that one party to the conflict no longer exist thus this is an exercise not finding guilty party to punish.
“We have established a commission and we are fully confident. So we can deal with our own issues in our own way” he said.
Former UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour, current President of the International Crisis Group [ICG] told the BBC Sinhala Service that the Commission appointed by the government is unresponsive to the allegations of violations raised by the human rights organisations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/1…
5 male corpses exhumed from toilet in Ki’linochchi
Five male bodies estimated to be between 20 to 35 years of age, in highly decomposed state and packed securely in five separate bags were exhumed from the toilet pit of a house in Ka'neasapuram in Ki’linochchi under the supervision of Vavuniyaa Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr. P. Sritharan and in the presence of Ki’linochchi magistrate Monday morning, sources in Ki’linochchi said. Some of the bodies had clothes with Tiger stripes, some in Lamb Black uniforms used by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and some in ordinary civilian dress, the sources added.
The victims may have been killed a year ago, according to JMO.
It was not immediately possible to learn how the victims had been killed as the corpses were in a highly decomposed state.
According to the Sri Lankan police, packing of the bodies in separate bags and the systematic burial of them gave room to suspect that those who buried the bodies may have intended to take them out again for purposes unknown.
However, residents in the area, who witnessed injuries in the corpses said the victims could have been wounded LTTE cadres and civilian captives slain by the SLA in its custody.
Many personnel of SLA Intelligence Division and soldiers were present at the site of exhumation which was carried out from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m under tight security arrangement.
The bodies were taken to Vavuniyaa Government Hospital for post mortem examinations.
Members of a family recently resettled in Ka'neasapuram in Ki'iinochchi after being displaced from their house, located Saturday dead bodies of massacred victims, buried inside their toilet pit. The house is located 1 km west of A9 in Ki’linochchi.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
ACF: Moothoor massacre, a war crime,
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25337
IIGEP: Colombo lacks political will to investigate Human Rights violations,http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25308
The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which terminates its observation mission reasoning that the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) setup by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to investigate and inquire into serious violations of Human Rights, have not been transparent and not satisfied basic international norms and standards, in its concluding public report on Tuesday blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for “absence of will” in the present Inquiry to “investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question.”
IIGEP statement
The 11-member IIGEP said: “Summary executions, massacres, disappearances, wanton destruction of property, and forcible transfers of populations can never be justified. No efforts should be spared to uncover responsibility, including recognition of command responsibility, for such actions.”
The public report gave following reasons for IIGEP’s decision to terminate the mission “with profound regret that more could not have been achieved.”:
1.A conflict of interest in the proceedings before the Commission
2.Lack of effective victim and witness protection
3.Lack of transparency and timeliness in the proceedings
4.Lack of full co-operation by State bodies
5.Lack of financial independence of the Commission
lacks political will
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25308
SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs – a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights, http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2008statements/1473
10.05.08 AG’s role in investigations, main concern of IIGEP..
30.04.08 IIGEP members reiterate their stand, lament GoSL f..
14.04.08 IIGEP: Colombo lacks political will to investigate..
31.03.08 IIGEP ends observation role
12.03.08 British parliamentarians call for UK to rein in Sr..
08.03.08 GoSL lacks will to bring justice – IIGEP
06.03.08 IIGEP quits Sri Lanka
30.12.07 French FM Bernard Kouchner postpones Sri Lanka vis..
19.12.07 CoI’s murder inquiries lack transparency, fall sho..
18.11.07 Rights activist questions progress of CoI, IIGEP
14.06.07 IIGEP questions role of AG’s department in Commiss..
11.06.07 IIGEP faults Commission of lacking Independence, T..
23.11.06 Presidential powers can undermine CoI- Amnesty
23.10.06 Sri Lanka in “interminable and intractable crisis”..
Your medication is not working you and you may have to see the doctor again for a review!
Else you are not able to recover and it will be too late.
Pitiful fool !
Your postings are trange and you are not behaving as a normal human being
I feel SORRY FOR U !! 🙁 🙁 🙁
You dump rubbish …only rubbish here.
There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL
Impeccable Jim Gona !
Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators. 🙁
Not looking for the guilty’ – Kohona
The commission set up by the government is sufficient to investigate the allegations of humanitarian standards and human rights violations say the Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona.
Speaking to BBC Tamil Service he said that since Sri Lanka had established a commission of enquiry under the parliamentary act and it has full powers to investigate, there is no need for another international body to do the same.
United Nations and many prominent human rights organisations are calling for an independent international investigation in to war crimes committed during the last stages of the war by both the government forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels.
International body will confuse
“It will be a confusing thing to have another international body to investigate these claims” said Dr Kohona
Pointing out that there is no precedent any where in the world where enquiries had been established by anybody on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations Dr Kohona said “even the ICG report refers to this that and another thing but there is no just substantiation with accurate evidence”.
No evidence- Kohona
Video footage of alleged abuses were collected
When pointed out that the ICG [International Crisis Group] report quoted sworn affidavits, photographs and video footage of abuses, the ambassador said the evidence was not sufficient to launch any investigation.
In a recent report, International Crisis Group claimed that, from eyewitness evidence, it believes at least 30,000 civilians were killed or unaccounted for and countless others wounded and deprived of food and medicine during the last stage of the war in Sri Lanka. The report also say that there is evidence that government forces intentionally shelled civilians, hospitals and humanitarian operations.
The report of the ICG was followed by another comprehensive report by the Human Rights Watch [HRW]. HRW report also detailed war crimes allegations. The report was illustrated with witness statements and detailed photographs of alleged crimes taking place.
“You should not establish a panel or enquiry on the basis of irresponsible allegations made by organisations” added the ambassador.
Earlier this year, UN secretary General said that his Chief of staff Vijay Nambiar and Dr. Palitha Kohona were having discussions about the UN appointing an advisory panel of experts on human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The Secretary General confirmed to the media this week that he is in the process of setting up the advisory panel.
According to Ambassador Kohona Sri Lanka’s approach is not to find guilty parties and punish them but to deal with them in old Sri Lankan way.
We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture
Dr. Kohona
“We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture” Dr Kohona Said.
Dr Kohona who claims the commission as a comprehensive process also said that this commission is similar to South African Truth and Reconciliation commission but not be the same.
“This is our own approach, this is our domestic process and we take responsibility for it” he said
Ambassador Kohona argues that the recommendations by the commission will direct the authorities on how to deal with individuals and groups who may have been responsible for certain acts.
He also reminded that one party to the conflict no longer exist thus this is an exercise not finding guilty party to punish.
“We have established a commission and we are fully confident. So we can deal with our own issues in our own way” he said.
Former UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour, current President of the International Crisis Group [ICG] told the BBC Sinhala Service that the Commission appointed by the government is unresponsive to the allegations of violations raised by the human rights organisations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/1…
Not looking for the guilty’ – Kohona
The commission set up by the government is sufficient to investigate the allegations of humanitarian standards and human rights violations say the Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona.
Speaking to BBC Tamil Service he said that since Sri Lanka had established a commission of enquiry under the parliamentary act and it has full powers to investigate, there is no need for another international body to do the same.
United Nations and many prominent human rights organisations are calling for an independent international investigation in to war crimes committed during the last stages of the war by both the government forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels.
International body will confuse
“It will be a confusing thing to have another international body to investigate these claims” said Dr Kohona
Pointing out that there is no precedent any where in the world where enquiries had been established by anybody on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations Dr Kohona said “even the ICG report refers to this that and another thing but there is no just substantiation with accurate evidence”.
No evidence- Kohona
Video footage of alleged abuses were collected
When pointed out that the ICG [International Crisis Group] report quoted sworn affidavits, photographs and video footage of abuses, the ambassador said the evidence was not sufficient to launch any investigation.
In a recent report, International Crisis Group claimed that, from eyewitness evidence, it believes at least 30,000 civilians were killed or unaccounted for and countless others wounded and deprived of food and medicine during the last stage of the war in Sri Lanka. The report also say that there is evidence that government forces intentionally shelled civilians, hospitals and humanitarian operations.
The report of the ICG was followed by another comprehensive report by the Human Rights Watch [HRW]. HRW report also detailed war crimes allegations. The report was illustrated with witness statements and detailed photographs of alleged crimes taking place.
“You should not establish a panel or enquiry on the basis of irresponsible allegations made by organisations” added the ambassador.
Earlier this year, UN secretary General said that his Chief of staff Vijay Nambiar and Dr. Palitha Kohona were having discussions about the UN appointing an advisory panel of experts on human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The Secretary General confirmed to the media this week that he is in the process of setting up the advisory panel.
According to Ambassador Kohona Sri Lanka’s approach is not to find guilty parties and punish them but to deal with them in old Sri Lankan way.
We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture
Dr. Kohona
“We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture” Dr Kohona Said.
Dr Kohona who claims the commission as a comprehensive process also said that this commission is similar to South African Truth and Reconciliation commission but not be the same.
“This is our own approach, this is our domestic process and we take responsibility for it” he said
Ambassador Kohona argues that the recommendations by the commission will direct the authorities on how to deal with individuals and groups who may have been responsible for certain acts.
He also reminded that one party to the conflict no longer exist thus this is an exercise not finding guilty party to punish.
“We have established a commission and we are fully confident. So we can deal with our own issues in our own way” he said.
Former UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour, current President of the International Crisis Group [ICG] told the BBC Sinhala Service that the Commission appointed by the government is unresponsive to the allegations of violations raised by the human rights organisations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/1…
5 male corpses exhumed from toilet in Ki’linochchi
Five male bodies estimated to be between 20 to 35 years of age, in highly decomposed state and packed securely in five separate bags were exhumed from the toilet pit of a house in Ka'neasapuram in Ki’linochchi under the supervision of Vavuniyaa Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr. P. Sritharan and in the presence of Ki’linochchi magistrate Monday morning, sources in Ki’linochchi said. Some of the bodies had clothes with Tiger stripes, some in Lamb Black uniforms used by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and some in ordinary civilian dress, the sources added.
The victims may have been killed a year ago, according to JMO.
It was not immediately possible to learn how the victims had been killed as the corpses were in a highly decomposed state.
According to the Sri Lankan police, packing of the bodies in separate bags and the systematic burial of them gave room to suspect that those who buried the bodies may have intended to take them out again for purposes unknown.
However, residents in the area, who witnessed injuries in the corpses said the victims could have been wounded LTTE cadres and civilian captives slain by the SLA in its custody.
Many personnel of SLA Intelligence Division and soldiers were present at the site of exhumation which was carried out from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m under tight security arrangement.
The bodies were taken to Vavuniyaa Government Hospital for post mortem examinations.
Members of a family recently resettled in Ka'neasapuram in Ki'iinochchi after being displaced from their house, located Saturday dead bodies of massacred victims, buried inside their toilet pit. The house is located 1 km west of A9 in Ki’linochchi.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
5 male corpses exhumed from toilet in Ki’linochchi
Five male bodies estimated to be between 20 to 35 years of age, in highly decomposed state and packed securely in five separate bags were exhumed from the toilet pit of a house in Ka'neasapuram in Ki’linochchi under the supervision of Vavuniyaa Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr. P. Sritharan and in the presence of Ki’linochchi magistrate Monday morning, sources in Ki’linochchi said. Some of the bodies had clothes with Tiger stripes, some in Lamb Black uniforms used by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and some in ordinary civilian dress, the sources added.
The victims may have been killed a year ago, according to JMO.
It was not immediately possible to learn how the victims had been killed as the corpses were in a highly decomposed state.
According to the Sri Lankan police, packing of the bodies in separate bags and the systematic burial of them gave room to suspect that those who buried the bodies may have intended to take them out again for purposes unknown.
However, residents in the area, who witnessed injuries in the corpses said the victims could have been wounded LTTE cadres and civilian captives slain by the SLA in its custody.
Many personnel of SLA Intelligence Division and soldiers were present at the site of exhumation which was carried out from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m under tight security arrangement.
The bodies were taken to Vavuniyaa Government Hospital for post mortem examinations.
Members of a family recently resettled in Ka'neasapuram in Ki'iinochchi after being displaced from their house, located Saturday dead bodies of massacred victims, buried inside their toilet pit. The house is located 1 km west of A9 in Ki’linochchi.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Hello Posers and Apes of the Eelam !!!!!!!!!
Punchinillame Says:
May 30th, 2010 at 2:47 am</b.
I certainly cannot speak on behalf of Ambagoda, But, I can comment on some of the points of POSER Punchinellame,
1. There were enough attempts to find a solution to this National Problem. Had this Govt. placed any solution on the table immediately or thereafter on
overcoming the LTTE, the end of so-called Terrorism would have been
acceptable to all, including the I/C-.
When the discussions were happening in Geneve to come in to such agreement, What did you Apes do ??????????? Built Bunkers, Brought Air crafts, made submarines, recruited more innocent civilians and children and soldiers…. Is that the solution you Apes wanted ??????
What happened to the simple agreement you had with Ranil W ?? the cease fire ?? You apes were so high on Banana’s, you could not at least stick to such simple agreement – what more, you killed your own Lakshman K during this agreement – Is MR and his government to be blamed for the stupid mistakes that your Grape Ape and the clown apes did ???
2. Actions of the US in an international arena after the 9/11 has nothing to
do with the demand for International Investigations of the GOSL – specially
after closing the war-front to the Media and NGO – even to.-date!! – in
killing the Tamils as MR Bros. pleased. (MR has been judged as a
“Sinhala Racist” by no lesser person than the Statesman of Singapore,
– Lee Kawan – in the latest book.
Lee Kwan Yoo indeed is a well respected man and can you please tell us where he has said this – As far as we know, he never said such thing ever. He is too bright for a Ape comment as such.
Please tell me whether it was Mahinda who killed the Tamils mentioned in the link below !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm
If MR was a racist, he should start with his own family, where he has no less than 100 Tamil in-laws due to marriage. How about you Apes ?? Have any others in your line of relations or is it Apes only ?? Try a Baboon once in a way – you can get them in Afghanistan – they are called taliban there !!
3. Dont blame India and RAW for the plight of Sri Lankan Politicians.
The Tamils sought the help of India and they took advantage of helping
the Tamils with an agenda of theirs. So the problem was initiated by
Silly lanka in the first place.
Oh Yeah, we all remember how you paid back for the favour India did by bombarding Rajive Gee… Let’s rest the case at that or your Ape Brains will fry trying to figure out the answers.
Tamils protest Salman Khan's Sri Lanka visit for IIFA function
Members of the Tamil community staged a protest here on Sunday against Bollywood actor Salman Khan's proposed visit to Sri Lanka for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony.
Earlier, the Tamil community held a similar protest outside actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence on May 11.
The Tamil film fraternity has also rejected the idea of an Indian film event in Sri Lanka, with popular Tamil actors Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith and Surya reportedly declining to take part in the IIFA.
Some 260,000 Tamil refugees, who fled fighting in the waning months of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka and held in military-run camps, are in the process of a slow-moving rehabilitation. (ANI)
http://sify.com/news/tamils-protest-salman-khan-s…
Dear Mr. M.C.M. Iqbal !!
Let me point out the following summary of your article
That doesn’t mean the utter failure of Sri Lanka’s justice system doesn’t rankle. I wish our justice system worked as it should and that we could rely on domestic institutions to protect our rights. But we cannot, and the magnitude of the crimes that have been committed demand an international response.
Only a credible independent international body appointed by the United Nations to inquire and investigate into what happened prior to, during and after the end of the conflict in May 2009 would bring to light the atrocities committed by the State and other parties concerned in the conduct of the war.
As we both know, the Judiciary of Sri Lanka is a descendant of the English Westminster system, and still improves by means of additions and deletions based on the system – Do you think that the original system is to be blamed ??? Or, do you think that being a sovereign nation, we should have our own system of Justice and do things our own way like most of the independent states around the world does ????
At the levels you have served, you should obviously know that crimes are committed world over in different capacities and how they have been dealt with. Do you imply that there is a massive difference between those countries and us ?? If you consider the whole world, where do we stand ??? (Please note that the world does not limit to America and a few European nations)
The credible International Body of United Nations that you have mentioned here have come out with an overwhelming majority of 29 to 12 in favour of not having an investigation against Sri Lanka – So why do you want to harp on it ?? Is it not International enough to you ??? We will try and get the opinions of Aliens no sooner we find their existence and give you some feedback !
BTW, I know that you are not an Ape with Terrorist mentality. So let’s try think beyond the nostrils and peeling Banana’s and see the wider picture here.
Tamils protest Salman Khan's Sri Lanka visit for IIFA function
Members of the Tamil community staged a protest here on Sunday against Bollywood actor Salman Khan's proposed visit to Sri Lanka for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony.
Earlier, the Tamil community held a similar protest outside actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence on May 11.
The Tamil film fraternity has also rejected the idea of an Indian film event in Sri Lanka, with popular Tamil actors Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith and Surya reportedly declining to take part in the IIFA.
Some 260,000 Tamil refugees, who fled fighting in the waning months of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka and held in military-run camps, are in the process of a slow-moving rehabilitation. (ANI)
http://sify.com/news/tamils-protest-salman-khan-s…
Tamils protest Salman Khan's Sri Lanka visit for IIFA function
Members of the Tamil community staged a protest here on Sunday against Bollywood actor Salman Khan's proposed visit to Sri Lanka for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony.
Earlier, the Tamil community held a similar protest outside actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence on May 11.
The Tamil film fraternity has also rejected the idea of an Indian film event in Sri Lanka, with popular Tamil actors Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith and Surya reportedly declining to take part in the IIFA.
Some 260,000 Tamil refugees, who fled fighting in the waning months of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka and held in military-run camps, are in the process of a slow-moving rehabilitation. (ANI)
http://sify.com/news/tamils-protest-salman-khan-s…
Impeccable Jim Gona
Ruffian, you may tell me first that what's the cause for your aversion or abhorrence with naive Tamils?
You are such an opprobrious person to dislike your bread and butter.
You can't order me to do anything since I have been living here in my own house and now my forlorn garden also looks so much presentable after sprucing up for wesak.
As most of the workers there are Sinhalese, we couldn't stop them bedecking it out to mark the occasion.
Why do you harp on the ferocious animals in Yala?
They must be your relationships.
Of course they also don't know the manners and lack perspicacity and discerning power as same as you.
So, you must stop kicking up a big fuss over nothing.
You only get your self upset unnecessarily. LOL 🙂
Your medication is not working you and you may have to see the doctor again for a review!
Else you are not able to recover and it will be too late.
Pitiful fool !
Your postings are trange and you are not behaving as a normal human being
I feel SORRY FOR U !! 🙁 🙁 🙁
You dump rubbish …only rubbish here.
There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL
Impeccable Jim Gona !
Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators. 🙁
Not looking for the guilty’ – Kohona
The commission set up by the government is sufficient to investigate the allegations of humanitarian standards and human rights violations say the Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona.
Speaking to BBC Tamil Service he said that since Sri Lanka had established a commission of enquiry under the parliamentary act and it has full powers to investigate, there is no need for another international body to do the same.
United Nations and many prominent human rights organisations are calling for an independent international investigation in to war crimes committed during the last stages of the war by both the government forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels.
International body will confuse
“It will be a confusing thing to have another international body to investigate these claims” said Dr Kohona
Pointing out that there is no precedent any where in the world where enquiries had been established by anybody on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations Dr Kohona said “even the ICG report refers to this that and another thing but there is no just substantiation with accurate evidence”.
No evidence- Kohona
Video footage of alleged abuses were collected
When pointed out that the ICG [International Crisis Group] report quoted sworn affidavits, photographs and video footage of abuses, the ambassador said the evidence was not sufficient to launch any investigation.
In a recent report, International Crisis Group claimed that, from eyewitness evidence, it believes at least 30,000 civilians were killed or unaccounted for and countless others wounded and deprived of food and medicine during the last stage of the war in Sri Lanka. The report also say that there is evidence that government forces intentionally shelled civilians, hospitals and humanitarian operations.
The report of the ICG was followed by another comprehensive report by the Human Rights Watch [HRW]. HRW report also detailed war crimes allegations. The report was illustrated with witness statements and detailed photographs of alleged crimes taking place.
“You should not establish a panel or enquiry on the basis of irresponsible allegations made by organisations” added the ambassador.
Earlier this year, UN secretary General said that his Chief of staff Vijay Nambiar and Dr. Palitha Kohona were having discussions about the UN appointing an advisory panel of experts on human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The Secretary General confirmed to the media this week that he is in the process of setting up the advisory panel.
According to Ambassador Kohona Sri Lanka’s approach is not to find guilty parties and punish them but to deal with them in old Sri Lankan way.
We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture
Dr. Kohona
“We don’t go around looking for guilty party and string them up, that attitude comes from a different culture” Dr Kohona Said.
Dr Kohona who claims the commission as a comprehensive process also said that this commission is similar to South African Truth and Reconciliation commission but not be the same.
“This is our own approach, this is our domestic process and we take responsibility for it” he said
Ambassador Kohona argues that the recommendations by the commission will direct the authorities on how to deal with individuals and groups who may have been responsible for certain acts.
He also reminded that one party to the conflict no longer exist thus this is an exercise not finding guilty party to punish.
“We have established a commission and we are fully confident. So we can deal with our own issues in our own way” he said.
Former UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour, current President of the International Crisis Group [ICG] told the BBC Sinhala Service that the Commission appointed by the government is unresponsive to the allegations of violations raised by the human rights organisations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100527_khona.shtml
5 male corpses exhumed from toilet in Ki’linochchi
Five male bodies estimated to be between 20 to 35 years of age, in highly decomposed state and packed securely in five separate bags were exhumed from the toilet pit of a house in Ka’neasapuram in Ki’linochchi under the supervision of Vavuniyaa Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr. P. Sritharan and in the presence of Ki’linochchi magistrate Monday morning, sources in Ki’linochchi said. Some of the bodies had clothes with Tiger stripes, some in Lamb Black uniforms used by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and some in ordinary civilian dress, the sources added.
The victims may have been killed a year ago, according to JMO.
It was not immediately possible to learn how the victims had been killed as the corpses were in a highly decomposed state.
According to the Sri Lankan police, packing of the bodies in separate bags and the systematic burial of them gave room to suspect that those who buried the bodies may have intended to take them out again for purposes unknown.
However, residents in the area, who witnessed injuries in the corpses said the victims could have been wounded LTTE cadres and civilian captives slain by the SLA in its custody.
Many personnel of SLA Intelligence Division and soldiers were present at the site of exhumation which was carried out from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m under tight security arrangement.
The bodies were taken to Vavuniyaa Government Hospital for post mortem examinations.
Members of a family recently resettled in Ka’neasapuram in Ki’iinochchi after being displaced from their house, located Saturday dead bodies of massacred victims, buried inside their toilet pit. The house is located 1 km west of A9 in Ki’linochchi.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31872
Tamils protest Salman Khan’s Sri Lanka visit for IIFA function
Members of the Tamil community staged a protest here on Sunday against Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s proposed visit to Sri Lanka for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony.
Earlier, the Tamil community held a similar protest outside actor Amitabh Bachchan’s residence on May 11.
The Tamil film fraternity has also rejected the idea of an Indian film event in Sri Lanka, with popular Tamil actors Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith and Surya reportedly declining to take part in the IIFA.
Some 260,000 Tamil refugees, who fled fighting in the waning months of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka and held in military-run camps, are in the process of a slow-moving rehabilitation. (ANI)
http://sify.com/news/tamils-protest-salman-khan-s-sri-lanka-visit-for-iifa-function-news-national-kf5mEdeicaj.html
Impeccable Jim Gona
Ruffian, you may tell me first that what’s the cause for your aversion or abhorrence with naive Tamils?
You are such an opprobrious person to dislike your bread and butter.
You can’t order me to do anything since I have been living here in my own house and now my forlorn garden also looks so much presentable after sprucing up for wesak.
As most of the workers there are Sinhalese, we couldn’t stop them bedecking it out to mark the occasion.
Why do you harp on the ferocious animals in Yala?
They must be your relationships.
Of course they also don’t know the manners and lack perspicacity and discerning power as same as you.
So, you must stop kicking up a big fuss over nothing.
You only get your self upset unnecessarily. LOL 🙂
Dear Editors,
A laudable and wholly worthwhile piece asking for independent investigations. Who, could quibble with this?
I have a slight problem with this, you'll be unsurprised to hear.
AI are fully behind internationalising the investigations on the grounds that as the SL govt has been less than forthcoming on two separate previous occasions, no-one will believe them.
Therefore any other group with a similar record should be treated with equal skepticism. Those two groups are the LTTE and Amnesty International.
The LTTE's track record in breaking ceasefires and using ceasefires to re-arm to re-commence hostilities are too well known to repeat here. Yet, at the end of the war, AI were at the forefront of 'concerned' global NGO (mainly from the West) demanding and pressurising the SL govt for 'temporary ceasefires'.
AI knew very well that a ceasefire would only mean further, endless fighting.
Amnesty International's lies and evasions to pressure SL into accepting a ceasefire at the critical juncture are also well known. In case you've forgotten, here are two instances, picked at random:
Example 1:Here's the appalling Yolanda Foster, AI's SL expert in action in 2008:
"By 2008 the Coffee Club had geared itself to trying to stop the progress of the Sri Lankan forces. For this purpose they prepared a statement which they delivered to the UN Secretary General, one of the first shots in the saga of misinformation provided to him. The text was largely prepared in London, by a shadowy figure called Peter Bowling, … supposed to be sympathetic to the LTTE according to staff at our High Commission. It had been discussed with, amongst others, Yolanda Foster of Amnesty International, who had served a stint in Sri Lanka at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, and Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group, who was still in Colombo and also associated with the ICES group." http://www.island.lk/2010/03/30/features2.html
Example 2: We have Sam Zafiri another AI spokesdroid who used to work at HRW, also getting on the SL war crimes bandwagon.
"Zarifi made a speciality of condemning the arrangements being made from those fleeing from the Tigers to government controlled territory."
Example 3: And most disappointingly, our very own Jim McDonald, who falsely accused the SLAF of using cluster bombs and was unable to accept that he was totally wrong! Oh dear…. 🙂
http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/1563/49/
So, to summarise:
1. The SL govt lies or is economical with the truth on two occasions. They can't be trusted again.
2. The LTTE lies and breaks promises as a matter of daily routine, but they should be allowed another chance.
3. Amnesty International lies on many occasions, yet Sri Lanka has to listen respectfully to it and the rest of the self-serving hypocritical Western NGO circus.
Yet again, time to treat AI's pronouncements on SL with the contempt they deserve.
p.s. On the 'lessons learnt', this from 'The Island', an independant SL newspaper says it all:
"Lessons that all of us have already learnt and have yet to learn from thirty years of fighting are fairly well known. Some of them are:
No community can or must try to suppress another;
Violence does not pay; this country does not belong to any particular community;
– All communities belong to it;
– It is too small to be divided among different communities but certainly large enough for all communities to live in peacefully.
– The time has come for us to put the conflict behind us, forget and forgive and move forward."
Dear Editors,
A laudable and wholly worthwhile piece asking for independent investigations. Who, could quibble with this?
I have a slight problem with this, you'll be unsurprised to hear.
AI are fully behind internationalising the investigations on the grounds that as the SL govt has been less than forthcoming on two separate previous occasions, no-one will believe them.
Therefore any other group with a similar record should be treated with equal skepticism. Those two groups are the LTTE and Amnesty International.
The LTTE's track record in breaking ceasefires and using ceasefires to re-arm to re-commence hostilities are too well known to repeat here. Yet, at the end of the war, AI were at the forefront of 'concerned' global NGO (mainly from the West) demanding and pressurising the SL govt for 'temporary ceasefires'.
AI knew very well that a ceasefire would only mean further, endless fighting.
Amnesty International's lies and evasions to pressure SL into accepting a ceasefire at the critical juncture are also well known. In case you've forgotten, here are two instances, picked at random:
Example 1:Here's the appalling Yolanda Foster, AI's SL expert in action in 2008:
"By 2008 the Coffee Club had geared itself to trying to stop the progress of the Sri Lankan forces. For this purpose they prepared a statement which they delivered to the UN Secretary General, one of the first shots in the saga of misinformation provided to him. The text was largely prepared in London, by a shadowy figure called Peter Bowling, … supposed to be sympathetic to the LTTE according to staff at our High Commission. It had been discussed with, amongst others, Yolanda Foster of Amnesty International, who had served a stint in Sri Lanka at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, and Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group, who was still in Colombo and also associated with the ICES group." http://www.island.lk/2010/03/30/features2.html
Example 2: We have Sam Zafiri another AI spokesdroid who used to work at HRW, also getting on the SL war crimes bandwagon.
"Zarifi made a speciality of condemning the arrangements being made from those fleeing from the Tigers to government controlled territory."
Example 3: And most disappointingly, our very own Jim McDonald, who falsely accused the SLAF of using cluster bombs and was unable to accept that he was totally wrong! Oh dear…. 🙂
http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/1563/49/
So, to summarise:
1. The SL govt lies or is economical with the truth on two occasions. They can't be trusted again.
2. The LTTE lies and breaks promises as a matter of daily routine, but they should be allowed another chance.
3. Amnesty International lies on many occasions, yet Sri Lanka has to listen respectfully to it and the rest of the self-serving hypocritical Western NGO circus.
Yet again, time to treat AI's pronouncements on SL with the contempt they deserve.
p.s. On the 'lessons learnt', this from 'The Island', an independant SL newspaper says it all:
"Lessons that all of us have already learnt and have yet to learn from thirty years of fighting are fairly well known. Some of them are:
No community can or must try to suppress another;
Violence does not pay; this country does not belong to any particular community;
– All communities belong to it;
– It is too small to be divided among different communities but certainly large enough for all communities to live in peacefully.
– The time has come for us to put the conflict behind us, forget and forgive and move forward."
Dear Editors,
A laudable and wholly worthwhile piece asking for independent investigations. Who, could quibble with this?
I have a slight problem with this, you'll be unsurprised to hear.
AI are fully behind internationalising the investigations on the grounds that as the SL govt has been less than forthcoming on two separate previous occasions, no-one will believe them.
Therefore any other group with a similar record should be treated with equal skepticism. Those two groups are the LTTE and Amnesty International.
The LTTE's track record in breaking ceasefires and using ceasefires to re-arm to re-commence hostilities are too well known to repeat here. Yet, at the end of the war, AI were at the forefront of 'concerned' global NGO (mainly from the West) demanding and pressurising the SL govt for 'temporary ceasefires'.
AI knew very well that a ceasefire would only mean further, endless fighting.
Amnesty International's lies and evasions to pressure SL into accepting a ceasefire at the critical juncture are also well known. In case you've forgotten, here are two instances, picked at random:
Example 1:Here's the appalling Yolanda Foster, AI's SL expert in action in 2008:
"By 2008 the Coffee Club had geared itself to trying to stop the progress of the Sri Lankan forces. For this purpose they prepared a statement which they delivered to the UN Secretary General, one of the first shots in the saga of misinformation provided to him. The text was largely prepared in London, by a shadowy figure called Peter Bowling, … supposed to be sympathetic to the LTTE according to staff at our High Commission. It had been discussed with, amongst others, Yolanda Foster of Amnesty International, who had served a stint in Sri Lanka at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, and Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group, who was still in Colombo and also associated with the ICES group." http://www.island.lk/2010/03/30/features2.html
Example 2: We have Sam Zafiri another AI spokesdroid who used to work at HRW, also getting on the SL war crimes bandwagon.
"Zarifi made a speciality of condemning the arrangements being made from those fleeing from the Tigers to government controlled territory."
Example 3: And most disappointingly, our very own Jim McDonald, who falsely accused the SLAF of using cluster bombs and was unable to accept that he was totally wrong! Oh dear…. 🙂
http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/1563/49/
So, to summarise:
1. The SL govt lies or is economical with the truth on two occasions. They can't be trusted again.
2. The LTTE lies and breaks promises as a matter of daily routine, but they should be allowed another chance.
3. Amnesty International lies on many occasions, yet Sri Lanka has to listen respectfully to it and the rest of the self-serving hypocritical Western NGO circus.
Yet again, time to treat AI's pronouncements on SL with the contempt they deserve.
p.s. On the 'lessons learnt', this from 'The Island', an independant SL newspaper says it all:
"Lessons that all of us have already learnt and have yet to learn from thirty years of fighting are fairly well known. Some of them are:
No community can or must try to suppress another;
Violence does not pay; this country does not belong to any particular community;
– All communities belong to it;
– It is too small to be divided among different communities but certainly large enough for all communities to live in peacefully.
– The time has come for us to put the conflict behind us, forget and forgive and move forward."
Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huge-civilian-toll-…
One year after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, one of the Indian doctors who treated Tamil refugees during the last months of the conflict says there were "massive casualties" among the civilian population.
The Sri Lankan government has denied any targeted killing of civilians and contested figures that up to 40 000 civilians died in the final phase of the conflict.
"We were not prepared (for what we saw) when we reached the camp… the extent of injuries… long lines of people," the doctor told newspaper over phone from India, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"We were overwhelmed by what we saw. It was clear the people (the internally displaced) had been battered." This is probably the only eyewitness account from the battle zone.
"We were treating hundreds of patients every day. Shell injuries, bullet injuries. More than 80 per cent of these patients said either someone in their family or in a family they knew was killed or injured. Nearly 80 to 90 of the 120-odd patients had a story of death or injury to recollect," the doctor said.
"Someone lost her husband, someone's parents died and someone's neighbour had bullet injuries. Families from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts were the worse-hit."
The war ended on May 18, 2009. Between June 1 and August 31, the team of doctors, nurses and paramedics — of which the doctor was a part — treated more than 90,000 Tamils in a camp in the northern district of Vavuniya.
This would mean, based on the doctor's 80 per cent figure, casualties — deaths and wounded — in the region of 40,000.
The patients who were treated at the Indian camp were among the 300,000 displaced civilians who fled the so-called ‘no fire zone' declared on a sliver of land on the northeast coast of Mullaitivu where they were trapped from February 2009.
But the ‘no fire zone' was, in fact, a battlefield and saw pitched battles between the government and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam rebels.
About 10,000 children were treated by the Indian team for disease, infection and injuries. "We treated children with bullet and shell injuries. Even infants had bullet injuries. If children cannot be protected, the situation of adults could only be worse. More than 80 per cent of the children were malnourished."
Every morning, the doctors conducted an "injection parade" for adults and children with infections. "Lots of infections were contracted in the camps."
Why did he decide to speak now?
"I thought even after a year, not many were aware of what happened… the carnage… things were being brushed under the carpet."
Sri Lanka says there need be" no hurry " to set up an international probe into the final stages of the war against the LTTE
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/fr…
Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc
tp://www.hindustantimes.com/Huge-civilian-toll-in-Sri-Lanka-war-says-Indian-doctor/Article1-551391.aspx
Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huge-civilian-toll-…
Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huge-civilian-toll-…
Sri Lanka says there need be" no hurry " to set up an international probe into the final stages of the war against the LTTE
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/fr…
Sri Lanka says there need be" no hurry " to set up an international probe into the final stages of the war against the LTTE
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/fr…
Dear Editors,
A laudable and wholly worthwhile piece asking for independent investigations. Who, could quibble with this?
I have a slight problem with this, you’ll be unsurprised to hear.
AI are fully behind internationalising the investigations on the grounds that as the SL govt has been less than forthcoming on two separate previous occasions, no-one will believe them.
Therefore any other group with a similar record should be treated with equal skepticism. Those two groups are the LTTE and Amnesty International.
The LTTE’s track record in breaking ceasefires and using ceasefires to re-arm to re-commence hostilities are too well known to repeat here. Yet, at the end of the war, AI were at the forefront of ‘concerned’ global NGO (mainly from the West) demanding and pressurising the SL govt for ‘temporary ceasefires’.
AI knew very well that a ceasefire would only mean further, endless fighting.
Amnesty International’s lies and evasions to pressure SL into accepting a ceasefire at the critical juncture are also well known. In case you’ve forgotten, here are two instances, picked at random:
Example 1:Here’s the appalling Yolanda Foster, AI’s SL expert in action in 2008:
“By 2008 the Coffee Club had geared itself to trying to stop the progress of the Sri Lankan forces. For this purpose they prepared a statement which they delivered to the UN Secretary General, one of the first shots in the saga of misinformation provided to him. The text was largely prepared in London, by a shadowy figure called Peter Bowling, … supposed to be sympathetic to the LTTE according to staff at our High Commission. It had been discussed with, amongst others, Yolanda Foster of Amnesty International, who had served a stint in Sri Lanka at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, and Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group, who was still in Colombo and also associated with the ICES group.”
http://www.island.lk/2010/03/30/features2.html
Example 2: We have Sam Zafiri another AI spokesdroid who used to work at HRW, also getting on the SL war crimes bandwagon.
“Zarifi made a speciality of condemning the arrangements being made from those fleeing from the Tigers to government controlled territory.”
Example 3: And most disappointingly, our very own Jim McDonald, who falsely accused the SLAF of using cluster bombs and was unable to accept that he was totally wrong! Oh dear…. 🙂
http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/1563/49/
So, to summarise:
1. The SL govt lies or is economical with the truth on two occasions. They can’t be trusted again.
2. The LTTE lies and breaks promises as a matter of daily routine, but they should be allowed another chance.
3. Amnesty International lies on many occasions, yet Sri Lanka has to listen respectfully to it and the rest of the self-serving hypocritical Western NGO circus.
Yet again, time to treat AI’s pronouncements on SL with the contempt they deserve.
p.s. On the ‘lessons learnt’, this from ‘The Island’, an independant SL newspaper says it all:
“Lessons that all of us have already learnt and have yet to learn from thirty years of fighting are fairly well known. Some of them are:
No community can or must try to suppress another;
Violence does not pay; this country does not belong to any particular community;
– All communities belong to it;
– It is too small to be divided among different communities but certainly large enough for all communities to live in peacefully.
– The time has come for us to put the conflict behind us, forget and forgive and move forward.”
One year after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, one of the Indian doctors who treated Tamil refugees during the last months of the conflict says there were “massive casualties” among the civilian population.
The Sri Lankan government has denied any targeted killing of civilians and contested figures that up to 40 000 civilians died in the final phase of the conflict.
“We were not prepared (for what we saw) when we reached the camp… the extent of injuries… long lines of people,” the doctor told newspaper over phone from India, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“We were overwhelmed by what we saw. It was clear the people (the internally displaced) had been battered.” This is probably the only eyewitness account from the battle zone.
“We were treating hundreds of patients every day. Shell injuries, bullet injuries. More than 80 per cent of these patients said either someone in their family or in a family they knew was killed or injured. Nearly 80 to 90 of the 120-odd patients had a story of death or injury to recollect,” the doctor said.
“Someone lost her husband, someone’s parents died and someone’s neighbour had bullet injuries. Families from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts were the worse-hit.”
The war ended on May 18, 2009. Between June 1 and August 31, the team of doctors, nurses and paramedics — of which the doctor was a part — treated more than 90,000 Tamils in a camp in the northern district of Vavuniya.
This would mean, based on the doctor’s 80 per cent figure, casualties — deaths and wounded — in the region of 40,000.
The patients who were treated at the Indian camp were among the 300,000 displaced civilians who fled the so-called ‘no fire zone’ declared on a sliver of land on the northeast coast of Mullaitivu where they were trapped from February 2009.
But the ‘no fire zone’ was, in fact, a battlefield and saw pitched battles between the government and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam rebels.
About 10,000 children were treated by the Indian team for disease, infection and injuries. “We treated children with bullet and shell injuries. Even infants had bullet injuries. If children cannot be protected, the situation of adults could only be worse. More than 80 per cent of the children were malnourished.”
Every morning, the doctors conducted an “injection parade” for adults and children with infections. “Lots of infections were contracted in the camps.”
Why did he decide to speak now?
“I thought even after a year, not many were aware of what happened… the carnage… things were being brushed under the carpet.”
Hello Pose "Alina"
Alainaatham Says:
May 31st, 2010 at 7:17 am
Impeccable Jim Gona !
Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators. 🙁
Due, it is you who is living in the fantasy world of Eelma – See Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland does not exist. Neverland – Peter Pan – Neveralnd does not Exist (MJ's is Never Never land) Alian and the Posers Eelma – Does not exist – See the equation ??? See the similarities of Fantasy lands ???
As for me – I live in Sri Lanka as a Sri Lankan – Me have land – No fantasy !!!
If your Ape brain processors it, go figure out !! – Thank you !!
Sri Lanka government killers and Dictators ?????
See these links !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
If your Ape brains cannot process or fathom out whether the killers are the GOSL or your Glorified Ape group LTTE, let the Humans of the world decide !!
BTW, I don't think I can reason out what your previous handle was – all you posers need to first of all let us know what post of our you are talking of. I hope your Ape brains could figure that out for all our sake.
Sri Lanka needs international probe: UN rights chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100531/wl_sthasia_a…
This is the repeated call from UN rights chief for probe
The head of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights called for international involvement in probing alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka's war against Tamil Tigers.
In her opening address to the 14th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Navanethem Pillay on Monday, called for accountability in the Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse.
‘Concrete initiative must now follow to provide justice and redress to victims and generally to promote accountability and longer-term reconciliation’ she said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/1…
Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc
tp://www.hindustantimes.com/Huge-civilian-toll-in-Sri-Lanka-war-says-Indian-doctor/Article1-551391.aspx
Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huge-civilian-toll-in-Sri-Lanka-war-says-Indian-doctor/Article1-551391.aspx
Sri Lanka says there need be” no hurry ” to set up an international probe into the final stages of the war against the LTTE
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/front-page-news/12000-lanka-says-no-hurry-to-launch-foreign-probe-.html
After the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government won the parliamentary election in April this year, Sri Lanka appointed a law professor, G. L. Peiris, as the foreign minister who, for the first time, makes his week-long official visit to the U.S starting May 23. He the met UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-Moon, on May 24th at the UN headquarters in New York, as well as the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on May 28 in Washington D.C. The learned professor also met several other U.S. politicians and down played the serious nature of the crimes against humanity, the war crimes, and genocide. He also lectured to them that in so far as the Tamils were concerned they could not have been happier.
Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787. William Ramsey Clark (a former US Attorney General) and Domach Wal Ruach (the Secretary General of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) USA) were named as keynote speakers of the inaugural event.
At the meeting with UN’s Mr. Ban was discussed the proposed visit of UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe prior to setting up a panel of experts to advise him on Sri Lanka’s human rights accountability, and the entry of senior UN officials, including Mr. Pascoe.
While the professor was telling his audience that everything was hunky-dory at home, thousands of young Tamils were under detention or being killed by the Sri Lankan government. The government denies access to UN or any other foreign agencies to see the detainees. Yet, the Sri Lankan government continues to claim that they are treating the detainees humanly and after screening them releasing them. It is learnt from reliable sources that after their ‘release’ they are paraded before the media and then again arrested. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
Hello Pose "Alina"
Alainaatham Says:
May 31st, 2010 at 7:17 am
Impeccable Jim Gona !
Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators. 🙁
Due, it is you who is living in the fantasy world of Eelma – See Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland does not exist. Neverland – Peter Pan – Neveralnd does not Exist (MJ's is Never Never land) Alian and the Posers Eelma – Does not exist – See the equation ??? See the similarities of Fantasy lands ???
As for me – I live in Sri Lanka as a Sri Lankan – Me have land – No fantasy !!!
If your Ape brain processors it, go figure out !! – Thank you !!
Sri Lanka government killers and Dictators ?????
See these links !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
If your Ape brains cannot process or fathom out whether the killers are the GOSL or your Glorified Ape group LTTE, let the Humans of the world decide !!
BTW, I don't think I can reason out what your previous handle was – all you posers need to first of all let us know what post of our you are talking of. I hope your Ape brains could figure that out for all our sake.
Hello Pose "Alina"
Alainaatham Says:
May 31st, 2010 at 7:17 am
Impeccable Jim Gona !
Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators. 🙁
Due, it is you who is living in the fantasy world of Eelma – See Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland does not exist. Neverland – Peter Pan – Neveralnd does not Exist (MJ's is Never Never land) Alian and the Posers Eelma – Does not exist – See the equation ??? See the similarities of Fantasy lands ???
As for me – I live in Sri Lanka as a Sri Lankan – Me have land – No fantasy !!!
If your Ape brain processors it, go figure out !! – Thank you !!
Sri Lanka government killers and Dictators ?????
See these links !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
If your Ape brains cannot process or fathom out whether the killers are the GOSL or your Glorified Ape group LTTE, let the Humans of the world decide !!
BTW, I don't think I can reason out what your previous handle was – all you posers need to first of all let us know what post of our you are talking of. I hope your Ape brains could figure that out for all our sake.
Sri Lanka needs international probe: UN rights chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100531/wl_sthasia_a…
This is the repeated call from UN rights chief for probe
The head of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights called for international involvement in probing alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka's war against Tamil Tigers.
In her opening address to the 14th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Navanethem Pillay on Monday, called for accountability in the Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse.
‘Concrete initiative must now follow to provide justice and redress to victims and generally to promote accountability and longer-term reconciliation’ she said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/1…
Sri Lanka needs international probe: UN rights chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100531/wl_sthasia_a…
This is the repeated call from UN rights chief for probe
The head of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights called for international involvement in probing alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka's war against Tamil Tigers.
In her opening address to the 14th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Navanethem Pillay on Monday, called for accountability in the Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse.
‘Concrete initiative must now follow to provide justice and redress to victims and generally to promote accountability and longer-term reconciliation’ she said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/1…
And Hello to the Ape Puligal Says:
May 31st, 2010 at 9:29 am
Impeccable Jim Gona
Ruffian, you may tell me first that what’s the cause for your aversion or abhorrence with naive Tamils?
Ane mentally sick Terrorist, Please read the posts carefully, if possible try to take a print out. Go to your neighbour who hopefull knows good English and tell them to read it out to you and explain to you what we have said. They will tell you that our posts have nothing against Tamils, but, with the mentally challenged un evolved terrorists !!
You are such an opprobrious person to dislike your bread and butter.
Please explain further what you mean by this. Anyways, I like my rice and curry better than my Bread and butter – See I have not forgotten my roots. I guess you have forgotten your Chapathi and Minchi Sambol after moving the safe havens in Europe or Canada !!
You can’t order me to do anything since I have been living here in my own house and now my forlorn garden also looks so much presentable after sprucing up for wesak.
This is the first conversation I am having with you, under your handle of Pulieelam (is it?) I know that most of you are posers. But, if your Ape brains cannot fathom out coming with different handle will not help, I cannot help it. Anyways, If this is the first time I am communicating with you, how can I order you to do anything ?? I don't think I have ordered anybody to do anything in this forum. I am only stating and correcting your pathetic low mental attitudes which are full of lies.
I don't see how Wesak and your Garden needs to be dragged in to this conversation anyways – So – pass !
As most of the workers there are Sinhalese, we couldn’t stop them bedecking it out to mark the occasion.
Must be Hurtful for your sore eyes Noh ?? The People in the north celebrated Wesak with the rest of the country very Happily… They actually called out 'Preethi Wesak" while you guys were shedding crocodile tears – Patheic noh ?
Why do you harp on the ferocious animals in Yala?
If you are talking of Apes – you don't get them in Yala and they are not ferocious !!
They must be your relationships. I trust you mean relations ?? Yes indeed, I would like to see the nature as part of our lives. See, apparently, as per theory of evolution, we were living in the Jungles too, Apes, evolved in tot Humans. My worry is that you haven't still evolved in to modern Humans. Why you thinking like Apes and trying to go to Yala ??? Anyways, Go eat a Banana and start thinking about it !!
Of course they also don’t know the manners and lack perspicacity and discerning power as same as you.
Take a Bow you poser – that, the readers will decide – think they have already got the evidence to fathom it out – Eat another Banana. may be it will help you brain function better !!
So, you must stop kicking up a big fuss over nothing.
You only get your self upset unnecessarily. LOL 🙂
Dude – Check out posts and you will see who are having fun and who are trying hard of desperation !! – Have the Third Banana, may be it will help you figure out this point !!
After the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government won the parliamentary election in April this year, Sri Lanka appointed a law professor, G. L. Peiris, as the foreign minister who, for the first time, makes his week-long official visit to the U.S starting May 23. He the met UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-Moon, on May 24th at the UN headquarters in New York, as well as the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on May 28 in Washington D.C. The learned professor also met several other U.S. politicians and down played the serious nature of the crimes against humanity, the war crimes, and genocide. He also lectured to them that in so far as the Tamils were concerned they could not have been happier.
Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787. William Ramsey Clark (a former US Attorney General) and Domach Wal Ruach (the Secretary General of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) USA) were named as keynote speakers of the inaugural event.
At the meeting with UN’s Mr. Ban was discussed the proposed visit of UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe prior to setting up a panel of experts to advise him on Sri Lanka’s human rights accountability, and the entry of senior UN officials, including Mr. Pascoe.
While the professor was telling his audience that everything was hunky-dory at home, thousands of young Tamils were under detention or being killed by the Sri Lankan government. The government denies access to UN or any other foreign agencies to see the detainees. Yet, the Sri Lankan government continues to claim that they are treating the detainees humanly and after screening them releasing them. It is learnt from reliable sources that after their ‘release’ they are paraded before the media and then again arrested. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
After the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government won the parliamentary election in April this year, Sri Lanka appointed a law professor, G. L. Peiris, as the foreign minister who, for the first time, makes his week-long official visit to the U.S starting May 23. He the met UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-Moon, on May 24th at the UN headquarters in New York, as well as the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on May 28 in Washington D.C. The learned professor also met several other U.S. politicians and down played the serious nature of the crimes against humanity, the war crimes, and genocide. He also lectured to them that in so far as the Tamils were concerned they could not have been happier.
Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787. William Ramsey Clark (a former US Attorney General) and Domach Wal Ruach (the Secretary General of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) USA) were named as keynote speakers of the inaugural event.
At the meeting with UN’s Mr. Ban was discussed the proposed visit of UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe prior to setting up a panel of experts to advise him on Sri Lanka’s human rights accountability, and the entry of senior UN officials, including Mr. Pascoe.
While the professor was telling his audience that everything was hunky-dory at home, thousands of young Tamils were under detention or being killed by the Sri Lankan government. The government denies access to UN or any other foreign agencies to see the detainees. Yet, the Sri Lankan government continues to claim that they are treating the detainees humanly and after screening them releasing them. It is learnt from reliable sources that after their ‘release’ they are paraded before the media and then again arrested. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
Regarding above post Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787.
I wonder who the leader of this Transsexual Government is ??
http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/welcome.php
What happened to this false Monarchy that the Apes of Eelam were talking of for a long time ?? Have the Apes already kicked out the KING TO BE from it's Transsexual government ??
Regarding above post Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787.
I wonder who the leader of this Transsexual Government is ??
http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/welcome.php
What happened to this false Monarchy that the Apes of Eelam were talking of for a long time ?? Have the Apes already kicked out the KING TO BE from it's Transsexual government ??
Regarding above post Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787.
I wonder who the leader of this Transsexual Government is ??
http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/welcome.php
What happened to this false Monarchy that the Apes of Eelam were talking of for a long time ?? Have the Apes already kicked out the KING TO BE from it's Transsexual government ??
Stars may skip Bollywood awards
Bollywood’s leading stars may skip their annual awards festival, which is being held in Sri Lanka this week, following protests from pro-Tamil rebel lobbies in India, officials said yesterday.
The brand ambassador of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Amitabh Bachchan, his actor son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai — Bollywood’s leading couple — have not yet confirmed their participation.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp…
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel's raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
Stars may skip Bollywood awards in Sri Lanka
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Thank you very much for not attending !! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Stars may skip Bollywood awards
Bollywood’s leading stars may skip their annual awards festival, which is being held in Sri Lanka this week, following protests from pro-Tamil rebel lobbies in India, officials said yesterday.
The brand ambassador of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Amitabh Bachchan, his actor son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai — Bollywood’s leading couple — have not yet confirmed their participation.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp…
Stars may skip Bollywood awards
Bollywood’s leading stars may skip their annual awards festival, which is being held in Sri Lanka this week, following protests from pro-Tamil rebel lobbies in India, officials said yesterday.
The brand ambassador of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Amitabh Bachchan, his actor son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai — Bollywood’s leading couple — have not yet confirmed their participation.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp…
Hello Pose “Alina”
Alainaatham Says:
May 31st, 2010 at 7:17 am
Impeccable Jim Gona !
Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators. 🙁
Due, it is you who is living in the fantasy world of Eelma – See Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland does not exist. Neverland – Peter Pan – Neveralnd does not Exist (MJ’s is Never Never land) Alian and the Posers Eelma – Does not exist – See the equation ??? See the similarities of Fantasy lands ???
As for me – I live in Sri Lanka as a Sri Lankan – Me have land – No fantasy !!!
If your Ape brain processors it, go figure out !! – Thank you !!
Sri Lanka government killers and Dictators ?????
See these links !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE
If your Ape brains cannot process or fathom out whether the killers are the GOSL or your Glorified Ape group LTTE, let the Humans of the world decide !!
BTW, I don’t think I can reason out what your previous handle was – all you posers need to first of all let us know what post of our you are talking of. I hope your Ape brains could figure that out for all our sake.
Sri Lanka needs international probe: UN rights chief
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100531/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestunrights_20100531183824
This is the repeated call from UN rights chief for probe
The head of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights called for international involvement in probing alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka’s war against Tamil Tigers.
In her opening address to the 14th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Navanethem Pillay on Monday, called for accountability in the Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse.
‘Concrete initiative must now follow to provide justice and redress to victims and generally to promote accountability and longer-term reconciliation’ she said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100531_pillay.shtml
And Hello to the Ape Puligal Says:
May 31st, 2010 at 9:29 am
Impeccable Jim Gona
Ruffian, you may tell me first that what’s the cause for your aversion or abhorrence with naive Tamils?
Ane mentally sick Terrorist, Please read the posts carefully, if possible try to take a print out. Go to your neighbour who hopefull knows good English and tell them to read it out to you and explain to you what we have said. They will tell you that our posts have nothing against Tamils, but, with the mentally challenged un evolved terrorists !!
You are such an opprobrious person to dislike your bread and butter.
Please explain further what you mean by this. Anyways, I like my rice and curry better than my Bread and butter – See I have not forgotten my roots. I guess you have forgotten your Chapathi and Minchi Sambol after moving the safe havens in Europe or Canada !!
You can’t order me to do anything since I have been living here in my own house and now my forlorn garden also looks so much presentable after sprucing up for wesak.
This is the first conversation I am having with you, under your handle of Pulieelam (is it?) I know that most of you are posers. But, if your Ape brains cannot fathom out coming with different handle will not help, I cannot help it. Anyways, If this is the first time I am communicating with you, how can I order you to do anything ?? I don’t think I have ordered anybody to do anything in this forum. I am only stating and correcting your pathetic low mental attitudes which are full of lies.
I don’t see how Wesak and your Garden needs to be dragged in to this conversation anyways – So – pass !
As most of the workers there are Sinhalese, we couldn’t stop them bedecking it out to mark the occasion.
Must be Hurtful for your sore eyes Noh ?? The People in the north celebrated Wesak with the rest of the country very Happily… They actually called out ‘Preethi Wesak” while you guys were shedding crocodile tears – Patheic noh ?
Why do you harp on the ferocious animals in Yala?
If you are talking of Apes – you don’t get them in Yala and they are not ferocious !!
They must be your relationships. I trust you mean relations ?? Yes indeed, I would like to see the nature as part of our lives. See, apparently, as per theory of evolution, we were living in the Jungles too, Apes, evolved in tot Humans. My worry is that you haven’t still evolved in to modern Humans. Why you thinking like Apes and trying to go to Yala ??? Anyways, Go eat a Banana and start thinking about it !!
Of course they also don’t know the manners and lack perspicacity and discerning power as same as you.
Take a Bow you poser – that, the readers will decide – think they have already got the evidence to fathom it out – Eat another Banana. may be it will help you brain function better !!
So, you must stop kicking up a big fuss over nothing.
You only get your self upset unnecessarily. LOL 🙂
Dude – Check out posts and you will see who are having fun and who are trying hard of desperation !! – Have the Third Banana, may be it will help you figure out this point !!
After the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government won the parliamentary election in April this year, Sri Lanka appointed a law professor, G. L. Peiris, as the foreign minister who, for the first time, makes his week-long official visit to the U.S starting May 23. He the met UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-Moon, on May 24th at the UN headquarters in New York, as well as the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on May 28 in Washington D.C. The learned professor also met several other U.S. politicians and down played the serious nature of the crimes against humanity, the war crimes, and genocide. He also lectured to them that in so far as the Tamils were concerned they could not have been happier.
Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787. William Ramsey Clark (a former US Attorney General) and Domach Wal Ruach (the Secretary General of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) USA) were named as keynote speakers of the inaugural event.
At the meeting with UN’s Mr. Ban was discussed the proposed visit of UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe prior to setting up a panel of experts to advise him on Sri Lanka’s human rights accountability, and the entry of senior UN officials, including Mr. Pascoe.
While the professor was telling his audience that everything was hunky-dory at home, thousands of young Tamils were under detention or being killed by the Sri Lankan government. The government denies access to UN or any other foreign agencies to see the detainees. Yet, the Sri Lankan government continues to claim that they are treating the detainees humanly and after screening them releasing them. It is learnt from reliable sources that after their ‘release’ they are paraded before the media and then again arrested.
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&id=5909
Shoba
This is does not mean there will be an investigation into the deaths of the Palestinian human rights activities caused by Israel’s raid on a flotilla
Israel has US. Sri Lanka has China!
BTW Sri Lanka's commission of Inquiry will come to nothing .
The past commissions of Inquiry which have proved a complete failure in delivering justice or their justification for wasting government funds and the valuable time spent by the commissioners.
The Sinhala Governments have always appointed commissions only to ward off complaints and cry from the public for justice. There is an old saying among the people in Ceylon that if you don’t want to do a thing, you appoint a commission.
The latest one is just another in the line of deceptive politics. Mrs. Clinton or for that matter any foreign dignitary can only express hopes of an utopian end to the issues. These mean nothing more than diplomatic jargon that carry no sense. Let the dogs bark and the caravan moves is the motto of the sri lankan Governments.
Regarding above post Peiris was rushed to the U.S. within a week of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) holding its first meeting between 17 to May 19 at the historic National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Constitution of the U.S was adopted in 1787.
I wonder who the leader of this Transsexual Government is ??
http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/welcome.php
What happened to this false Monarchy that the Apes of Eelam were talking of for a long time ?? Have the Apes already kicked out the KING TO BE from it’s Transsexual government ??
Aja,
Actually Sri Lanka has China, Russia and 29 other countries in the security counsel with 6 more on the fence. I.e. 35 out of 47 – Not bad ha ???
http://www.slmfa.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Actually, with the USA also being on SL's side as per the comment on above link, we might see all 47 being in favour of SL.
Actually, what happened was that the 12 who voted against were mislead by a few NGO's and Apes. But, now they have come to realize that it was a mistake they did and are 100% backing the legal government ahead of a mentally challenged Ape bunch of Eelam..
Aja,
Actually Sri Lanka has China, Russia and 29 other countries in the security counsel with 6 more on the fence. I.e. 35 out of 47 – Not bad ha ???
http://www.slmfa.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Actually, with the USA also being on SL's side as per the comment on above link, we might see all 47 being in favour of SL.
Actually, what happened was that the 12 who voted against were mislead by a few NGO's and Apes. But, now they have come to realize that it was a mistake they did and are 100% backing the legal government ahead of a mentally challenged Ape bunch of Eelam..
Aja,
Actually Sri Lanka has China, Russia and 29 other countries in the security counsel with 6 more on the fence. I.e. 35 out of 47 – Not bad ha ???
http://www.slmfa.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Actually, with the USA also being on SL's side as per the comment on above link, we might see all 47 being in favour of SL.
Actually, what happened was that the 12 who voted against were mislead by a few NGO's and Apes. But, now they have come to realize that it was a mistake they did and are 100% backing the legal government ahead of a mentally challenged Ape bunch of Eelam..
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
Stars may skip Bollywood awards in Sri Lanka
——————————————————
Thank you very much for not attending !! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Stars may skip Bollywood awards
Bollywood’s leading stars may skip their annual awards festival, which is being held in Sri Lanka this week, following protests from pro-Tamil rebel lobbies in India, officials said yesterday.
The brand ambassador of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Amitabh Bachchan, his actor son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai — Bollywood’s leading couple — have not yet confirmed their participation.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=365181&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24
Shoba
This is does not mean there will be an investigation into the deaths of the Palestinian human rights activities caused by Israel’s raid on a flotilla
Israel has US. Sri Lanka has China!
BTW Sri Lanka’s commission of Inquiry will come to nothing .
The past commissions of Inquiry which have proved a complete failure in delivering justice or their justification for wasting government funds and the valuable time spent by the commissioners.
The Sinhala Governments have always appointed commissions only to ward off complaints and cry from the public for justice. There is an old saying among the people in Ceylon that if you don’t want to do a thing, you appoint a commission.
The latest one is just another in the line of deceptive politics. Mrs. Clinton or for that matter any foreign dignitary can only express hopes of an utopian end to the issues. These mean nothing more than diplomatic jargon that carry no sense. Let the dogs bark and the caravan moves is the motto of the sri lankan Governments.
Following the disclosure of five male corpses in a toilet pit in Ki’linochchi Monday Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had ordered all skeletal remains of persons assassinated or killed in war lying visibly in Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, an officer of a humanitarian de-mining organization who had personally seen some skeletal remains along the roads in Mullaiththeevu and the frantic efforts of SLA soldiers to burn them without any trace, said. Colombo government has sent in a team of Sinhalese officers from Vavuniyaa to survey the areas and evaluate the extent of de-mining that has to be done, with the assistance of SLA, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
Colombo has permitted de-mining in Mullaiththeevu district but no de-mining will be ever allowed by SLA in Mu’l’livaaikkaal and Puthukkudyiruppu area which were the places where the massacre of thousands of Tamil civilians has been systematically carried out by SLA.
Normally, officers of the humanitarian de-mining organizations carry out the survey and evaluation before engaging in de-mining.
The Sinhalese evaluation officers had been sent instead of the local de-mining officials in North who are Tamils in order to conceal the facts about skeletal remains of Vanni victims from being exposed to the world. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Following the disclosure of five male corpses in a toilet pit in Ki’linochchi Monday Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had ordered all skeletal remains of persons assassinated or killed in war lying visibly in Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, an officer of a humanitarian de-mining organization who had personally seen some skeletal remains along the roads in Mullaiththeevu and the frantic efforts of SLA soldiers to burn them without any trace, said. Colombo government has sent in a team of Sinhalese officers from Vavuniyaa to survey the areas and evaluate the extent of de-mining that has to be done, with the assistance of SLA, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
Colombo has permitted de-mining in Mullaiththeevu district but no de-mining will be ever allowed by SLA in Mu’l’livaaikkaal and Puthukkudyiruppu area which were the places where the massacre of thousands of Tamil civilians has been systematically carried out by SLA.
Normally, officers of the humanitarian de-mining organizations carry out the survey and evaluation before engaging in de-mining.
The Sinhalese evaluation officers had been sent instead of the local de-mining officials in North who are Tamils in order to conceal the facts about skeletal remains of Vanni victims from being exposed to the world. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Following the disclosure of five male corpses in a toilet pit in Ki’linochchi Monday Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had ordered all skeletal remains of persons assassinated or killed in war lying visibly in Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, an officer of a humanitarian de-mining organization who had personally seen some skeletal remains along the roads in Mullaiththeevu and the frantic efforts of SLA soldiers to burn them without any trace, said. Colombo government has sent in a team of Sinhalese officers from Vavuniyaa to survey the areas and evaluate the extent of de-mining that has to be done, with the assistance of SLA, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
Colombo has permitted de-mining in Mullaiththeevu district but no de-mining will be ever allowed by SLA in Mu’l’livaaikkaal and Puthukkudyiruppu area which were the places where the massacre of thousands of Tamil civilians has been systematically carried out by SLA.
Normally, officers of the humanitarian de-mining organizations carry out the survey and evaluation before engaging in de-mining.
The Sinhalese evaluation officers had been sent instead of the local de-mining officials in North who are Tamils in order to conceal the facts about skeletal remains of Vanni victims from being exposed to the world. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Aja,
Actually Sri Lanka has China, Russia and 29 other countries in the security counsel with 6 more on the fence. I.e. 35 out of 47 – Not bad ha ???
http://www.slmfa.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2402&Itemid=75
Actually, with the USA also being on SL’s side as per the comment on above link, we might see all 47 being in favour of SL.
Actually, what happened was that the 12 who voted against were mislead by a few NGO’s and Apes. But, now they have come to realize that it was a mistake they did and are 100% backing the legal government ahead of a mentally challenged Ape bunch of Eelam..
Following the disclosure of five male corpses in a toilet pit in Ki’linochchi Monday Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had ordered all skeletal remains of persons assassinated or killed in war lying visibly in Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, an officer of a humanitarian de-mining organization who had personally seen some skeletal remains along the roads in Mullaiththeevu and the frantic efforts of SLA soldiers to burn them without any trace, said. Colombo government has sent in a team of Sinhalese officers from Vavuniyaa to survey the areas and evaluate the extent of de-mining that has to be done, with the assistance of SLA, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
Colombo has permitted de-mining in Mullaiththeevu district but no de-mining will be ever allowed by SLA in Mu’l’livaaikkaal and Puthukkudyiruppu area which were the places where the massacre of thousands of Tamil civilians has been systematically carried out by SLA.
Normally, officers of the humanitarian de-mining organizations carry out the survey and evaluation before engaging in de-mining.
The Sinhalese evaluation officers had been sent instead of the local de-mining officials in North who are Tamils in order to conceal the facts about skeletal remains of Vanni victims from being exposed to the world.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31880
War Crimes Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 11:53 am
Do you for a moment thought that the corpses belong to Sri Lanka Army personnel that were captured and shot at or murdered by the Apes of LTTE??? Or some border village innocent civilian the Apes of LTTE killed ?? It could also be innocent Sri Lankan Tamil civilians who refused to join the Mentally challenged Apes of LTTE Terrorists.
Let's wait for the autopsy reports to come out. WE will know exactly where it would lead to. Do you for a moment thought that the GOSL would have given such incident publicity over in SL it self if there was something fishy in it ?? As usual, you have put the cart before the Bullock. Typical for a mentally challenged Ape group !!
“It wasn’t just about me, and me getting to the Oscars or me going to the Grammys – that doesn’t mean anything. The whole point of that journey was so you can go ‘hey – 50 000 people are going to die next month, here’s your opportunity to help,’ and no one did, and they still died. It wasn’t about accolades or fame.”
from M.I.A.
Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.
Aja Says: June 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
When sri lanka its allies tested its weapons on tamils, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Now
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla.
Why??
Tham Thimithimithom
Living we were- on Vanni soil
Living we were
Educating ourselves we were – Joyfully
Educating ourselves we were
Running around we were – with friends
Running around we were
Came the airplanes- on us
Throwing bombs
Died relations- our
Relations fell
Race destroyed- Tamil
Race disappeared
Life destroyed- our
Life scattered
Suffering saw- we
Sadness imposed
Caged by war- we were
Trapped in suffering
Enough the sorrow- we
Escape to survive – Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student
Rohan Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.
yes – totally agree – the LTTE and it's roots which started in 1948 has been discriminating not only the Tamils, but also all other ethnic groups living in Sri Lanka. Since their birth in 1978, they have killed so many and discriminated many in SL.
For full list, click links below,
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
Aja Says: June 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
Because the circumstances are different. The 40,000 deaths in Sri Lanka were cause by a mentally challenged Ape group of LTTE who are no longer functioning and Israel government is there. Also because the world know that the accusations against the GOSl are done by an uncivilized Terrorist group and not Tamils of the world.
When sri lanka its allies tested its weapons on tamils, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Now
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla.
Why??</b<
Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.
Mullivaikal was where the Vanni Thamilan had their hair shorn and mouth gagged while nails were driven through their hands and legs like the scene at Calvary while 80 million (world) Tamils looked on. Out of their national interest, the ruling regime washed their hands off Tamils to kill and destroy under attractive terms such as’ war for peace’ and ‘humanitarian action’. 300,000 Tamils were rained with shells causing rivers of blood to soak that land.
IDP’s story
I am a 47 year old Tamil male from Killinochchi. I was married with two female and one male child. A beautiful family. We were living with good facilities. Started the war. Continuous displacements. We had to live in Tharappan shacks and bunkers. Life became terrible. We had just reached Suthanthipuram, it was not even an hour had gone by when continuous Sri Lankan Army shelling… , one fell on our shack. In that place two of my daughters died. Son lost both his hands and a leg. I could not even properly bury my daughters. I have brought my son here. Sri Lanka Army did not allow my wife. No news. I have searched in all the IDP camps. Is this a life? Life has deteriorated, children are also gone, wife is also not to be found, what is the purpose of living?
IDP’s story
I was a 48 year old Tamil male living happily with my wife and four male children. I was a fisherman. We had no shortcomings. I educated my four sons. At this time the war started. I lost my occupation, I lost my beautiful house and property. We were displaced to three places. As we were going with what was left, there was Sri Lankan Army heavy shelling. People scattered. We became separated from my four children. Suddenly to see, I was in a vehicle with my wife, one leg and hand was not there. I suffered in that state. On the way in a bus, Sri Lanka Army separated my wife and sent me alone to the Vavuniya hospital. There is no news of my children. Are they alive or not? Where is my wife? I am trembling all alone.
Rohan Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.
yes – totally agree – the LTTE and it's roots which started in 1948 has been discriminating not only the Tamils, but also all other ethnic groups living in Sri Lanka. Since their birth in 1978, they have killed so many and discriminated many in SL.
For full list, click links below,
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
Aja Says: June 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
Because the circumstances are different. The 40,000 deaths in Sri Lanka were cause by a mentally challenged Ape group of LTTE who are no longer functioning and Israel government is there. Also because the world know that the accusations against the GOSl are done by an uncivilized Terrorist group and not Tamils of the world.
When sri lanka its allies tested its weapons on tamils, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Now
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla.
Why??</b<
Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.
Rohan Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.
yes – totally agree – the LTTE and it's roots which started in 1948 has been discriminating not only the Tamils, but also all other ethnic groups living in Sri Lanka. Since their birth in 1978, they have killed so many and discriminated many in SL.
For full list, click links below,
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
Aja Says: June 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
Because the circumstances are different. The 40,000 deaths in Sri Lanka were cause by a mentally challenged Ape group of LTTE who are no longer functioning and Israel government is there. Also because the world know that the accusations against the GOSl are done by an uncivilized Terrorist group and not Tamils of the world.
When sri lanka its allies tested its weapons on tamils, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Now
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla.
Why??</b<
Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.
IDP’s story
I was 27 years old Tamil woman living happily with my husband and two small children in our native village. Husband was famer with a lot of land. We were able to find enough food. The war situation made us move 3 to 4 times. We were heading for a safe place when there was heavy Sri Lankan Army shelling. I do not know what happened next. When I opened my eyes I was in hospital. My mother and daughter were by my side. I was without a leg and fingers. Daughter is also injured. I learned that my husband and 2 year old daughter had passed away. I am pregnant. I do not know how I am going to give birth to this child and then bring it up. I am troubled. There are no relations here. How is our future going to be?
Shoba Says:
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:11 am
Escape to survive – Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student
Interesting to know how this student managed to escape joining the brutal force recruitment campaign of Apes. Also pretty decent English for a Vanni Student who actually were deprived of education due to the Ape menace. Surprising to see that there is no mention about the Cyanide capsule she was forced to hang around the neck by Aunty Adela Balaweda !
Very interesting to see Shobha posting these "Sympathy Vote" Articles all the way from the jungle hide out in Europe while nibbling on a Banana, when the actual people are living in SL and has not got what so ever connection to them. These are called imaginary fairy tales. Like what the Russians write about Witch Babayaga or the little Jack's Bean Stalk or Hansel and Gretal.
To find the actual facts of how happy these people are after 30 years of Brutality, you really need to meet them in person.
Whom would you believe ?? The actual person who went through this irony of being held at gun point as Human shield or a mentally underdeveloped Ape nibbling on unpeeled Banana living is some European jungle hideout ???
War Crimes Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 11:53 am
Do you for a moment thought that the corpses belong to Sri Lanka Army personnel that were captured and shot at or murdered by the Apes of LTTE??? Or some border village innocent civilian the Apes of LTTE killed ?? It could also be innocent Sri Lankan Tamil civilians who refused to join the Mentally challenged Apes of LTTE Terrorists.
Let’s wait for the autopsy reports to come out. WE will know exactly where it would lead to. Do you for a moment thought that the GOSL would have given such incident publicity over in SL it self if there was something fishy in it ?? As usual, you have put the cart before the Bullock. Typical for a mentally challenged Ape group !!
“It wasn’t just about me, and me getting to the Oscars or me going to the Grammys – that doesn’t mean anything. The whole point of that journey was so you can go ‘hey – 50 000 people are going to die next month, here’s your opportunity to help,’ and no one did, and they still died. It wasn’t about accolades or fame.”
from M.I.A.
Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi calls for the withdrawal of a NDTV documentary carrying "inaccuracies"
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10A/Jun02_1275…
Now…Sri Lanka wants to sensor the Indian TV 🙂 🙂
Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.
Aja Says: June 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
When sri lanka its allies tested its weapons on tamils, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Now
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla.
Why??
Parents appeal for daughter's release from TID detention
Parents of Peradeniya undergraduate Rasiah Dwaraka, who is now under detention in the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID), handed over a petition Tuesday afternoon to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) requesting to take steps to obtain Dwaraka's release, sources in Colombo said. Earlier her parents visited their daughter in the TID. Inter University Students Association (IUSA) led by its organizer Udul Premaratne facilitated the visit and handing over of petition. Dwaraka was taken into custody for accepting a medal from LTTE leader Pirapaharan for her academic performance.
Dwaraka's parents later met the media said her daughter had been arrested on allegation she had been involved with LTTE activities, and that she was not being treated well after her arrest by the TID while in detention.
They expressed fear that the continuous ill-treatment in detention would lead to permanent injury or death, and they are appealing to human right authorities to rescue her daughter from the present plight.
The parents further said their daughter was born in Kilinochchi and studied in Kilinochchi. LTTE leader Mr.V.Pirapaharan commended her success in education by handing over medal and certificate to her.
Parents questioned whether it was an offence to accept medal and certificate from the Leader of the LTTE for her success in education.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Tham Thimithimithom
Living we were- on Vanni soil
Living we were
Educating ourselves we were – Joyfully
Educating ourselves we were
Running around we were – with friends
Running around we were
Came the airplanes- on us
Throwing bombs
Died relations- our
Relations fell
Race destroyed- Tamil
Race disappeared
Life destroyed- our
Life scattered
Suffering saw- we
Sadness imposed
Caged by war- we were
Trapped in suffering
Enough the sorrow- we
Escape to survive – Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student
Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi calls for the withdrawal of a NDTV documentary carrying "inaccuracies"
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10A/Jun02_1275…
Now…Sri Lanka wants to sensor the Indian TV 🙂 🙂
Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi calls for the withdrawal of a NDTV documentary carrying "inaccuracies"
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10A/Jun02_1275…
Now…Sri Lanka wants to sensor the Indian TV 🙂 🙂
Parents appeal for daughter's release from TID detention
Parents of Peradeniya undergraduate Rasiah Dwaraka, who is now under detention in the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID), handed over a petition Tuesday afternoon to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) requesting to take steps to obtain Dwaraka's release, sources in Colombo said. Earlier her parents visited their daughter in the TID. Inter University Students Association (IUSA) led by its organizer Udul Premaratne facilitated the visit and handing over of petition. Dwaraka was taken into custody for accepting a medal from LTTE leader Pirapaharan for her academic performance.
Dwaraka's parents later met the media said her daughter had been arrested on allegation she had been involved with LTTE activities, and that she was not being treated well after her arrest by the TID while in detention.
They expressed fear that the continuous ill-treatment in detention would lead to permanent injury or death, and they are appealing to human right authorities to rescue her daughter from the present plight.
The parents further said their daughter was born in Kilinochchi and studied in Kilinochchi. LTTE leader Mr.V.Pirapaharan commended her success in education by handing over medal and certificate to her.
Parents questioned whether it was an offence to accept medal and certificate from the Leader of the LTTE for her success in education.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Parents appeal for daughter's release from TID detention
Parents of Peradeniya undergraduate Rasiah Dwaraka, who is now under detention in the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID), handed over a petition Tuesday afternoon to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) requesting to take steps to obtain Dwaraka's release, sources in Colombo said. Earlier her parents visited their daughter in the TID. Inter University Students Association (IUSA) led by its organizer Udul Premaratne facilitated the visit and handing over of petition. Dwaraka was taken into custody for accepting a medal from LTTE leader Pirapaharan for her academic performance.
Dwaraka's parents later met the media said her daughter had been arrested on allegation she had been involved with LTTE activities, and that she was not being treated well after her arrest by the TID while in detention.
They expressed fear that the continuous ill-treatment in detention would lead to permanent injury or death, and they are appealing to human right authorities to rescue her daughter from the present plight.
The parents further said their daughter was born in Kilinochchi and studied in Kilinochchi. LTTE leader Mr.V.Pirapaharan commended her success in education by handing over medal and certificate to her.
Parents questioned whether it was an offence to accept medal and certificate from the Leader of the LTTE for her success in education.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Mullivaikal was where the Vanni Thamilan had their hair shorn and mouth gagged while nails were driven through their hands and legs like the scene at Calvary while 80 million (world) Tamils looked on. Out of their national interest, the ruling regime washed their hands off Tamils to kill and destroy under attractive terms such as’ war for peace’ and ‘humanitarian action’. 300,000 Tamils were rained with shells causing rivers of blood to soak that land.
IDP’s story
I am a 47 year old Tamil male from Killinochchi. I was married with two female and one male child. A beautiful family. We were living with good facilities. Started the war. Continuous displacements. We had to live in Tharappan shacks and bunkers. Life became terrible. We had just reached Suthanthipuram, it was not even an hour had gone by when continuous Sri Lankan Army shelling… , one fell on our shack. In that place two of my daughters died. Son lost both his hands and a leg. I could not even properly bury my daughters. I have brought my son here. Sri Lanka Army did not allow my wife. No news. I have searched in all the IDP camps. Is this a life? Life has deteriorated, children are also gone, wife is also not to be found, what is the purpose of living?
IDP’s story
I was a 48 year old Tamil male living happily with my wife and four male children. I was a fisherman. We had no shortcomings. I educated my four sons. At this time the war started. I lost my occupation, I lost my beautiful house and property. We were displaced to three places. As we were going with what was left, there was Sri Lankan Army heavy shelling. People scattered. We became separated from my four children. Suddenly to see, I was in a vehicle with my wife, one leg and hand was not there. I suffered in that state. On the way in a bus, Sri Lanka Army separated my wife and sent me alone to the Vavuniya hospital. There is no news of my children. Are they alive or not? Where is my wife? I am trembling all alone.
Rohan Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Tamils in Sri Lanka have been subject to ethnic discrimination by successive Sri Lankan governments since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948.
yes – totally agree – the LTTE and it’s roots which started in 1948 has been discriminating not only the Tamils, but also all other ethnic groups living in Sri Lanka. Since their birth in 1978, they have killed so many and discriminated many in SL.
For full list, click links below,
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE
Aja Says: June 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla but more than 12 month pass by around 40 000 deaths caused by Sri Lanka’s government are not investigated . Why?
Because the circumstances are different. The 40,000 deaths in Sri Lanka were cause by a mentally challenged Ape group of LTTE who are no longer functioning and Israel government is there. Also because the world know that the accusations against the GOSl are done by an uncivilized Terrorist group and not Tamils of the world.
When sri lanka its allies tested its weapons on tamils, 200 billions dollars on war, 3000 times air strike-more than the explosive used in Hiroshima, cluster bombs, chemical bombs, 5000-6000 shelled daily, over 50,000 people were killed within three month, No security council meeting held, but when North korea tested one bomb underground, immediate meeting held. Now
Less than 12 hours the UN is desperate to investigate the 19 Palestinian human rights activities death Israel’s raid on a flotilla.
Why??</b<
Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.
IDP’s story
I was 27 years old Tamil woman living happily with my husband and two small children in our native village. Husband was famer with a lot of land. We were able to find enough food. The war situation made us move 3 to 4 times. We were heading for a safe place when there was heavy Sri Lankan Army shelling. I do not know what happened next. When I opened my eyes I was in hospital. My mother and daughter were by my side. I was without a leg and fingers. Daughter is also injured. I learned that my husband and 2 year old daughter had passed away. I am pregnant. I do not know how I am going to give birth to this child and then bring it up. I am troubled. There are no relations here. How is our future going to be?
Shoba Says:
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:11 am
Escape to survive – Song/Poem by Vanni IDP school student
Interesting to know how this student managed to escape joining the brutal force recruitment campaign of Apes. Also pretty decent English for a Vanni Student who actually were deprived of education due to the Ape menace. Surprising to see that there is no mention about the Cyanide capsule she was forced to hang around the neck by Aunty Adela Balaweda !
Very interesting to see Shobha posting these “Sympathy Vote” Articles all the way from the jungle hide out in Europe while nibbling on a Banana, when the actual people are living in SL and has not got what so ever connection to them. These are called imaginary fairy tales. Like what the Russians write about Witch Babayaga or the little Jack’s Bean Stalk or Hansel and Gretal.
To find the actual facts of how happy these people are after 30 years of Brutality, you really need to meet them in person.
Whom would you believe ?? The actual person who went through this irony of being held at gun point as Human shield or a mentally underdeveloped Ape nibbling on unpeeled Banana living is some European jungle hideout ???
IDP’s story 2
Helplessness
50 year old Vani was a shopkeeper from Tharmpuram with three children. The eldest daughter was married with two daughters. Then the fighting became severe in January, they loaded their belongings in a landmaster and with other village folk were displaced from place to place. The 13th displacement was to what had been declared a safety zone, Iranaipalam where they stayed for 10 days. People had made tents to live in. As Sri Lanka Army bombs and the shells had started falling on that day, they loaded their goods onto the landmaster and decided to move on. But her 8 year old granddaughter insisted on having fried fish, they delayed to cook a meal. Varatharany and her daughter busied themselves in cooking while her husband, son and grandchildren were sleeping in the tent. Her Son-in-law had gone to the market.
That day, 21/2/2009, morning at 11:45 AM a shell fired by the Sri Lankan army completely buried their families happiness in a deep hole and made them nirkathy (helpless). The shell not only landed on the landmaster burning it, but also pali eduthiduthu (killed) her husband, son and two grandchildren. Varatharany and her daughter were injured. On hearing her daughter wailing “my children are dead”, she had gone slowly when she saw her husband lying dead, her grandchildren with their bodies thundikapadu (severed) and her son injured in his head, arms and legs struggling to live. She collapsed there. On hearing her distraught daughter who despite bleeding profusely had run over and was trying to pick up her kuttuyir (barely alive, process of dying) children while lamenting loudly, bystanders had come and taken them to hospital. The son-in-law had come later and buried the dead with the help of others there.
Both of them were treated for two days at Trincomalee hospital, then sent to Vavuniya hospital and currently at the the concentration camp. For the last one month, Varatharani and her daughter have been continuously crying with constant memories of their children and re-experiencing what happened. They are disturbed by suicidal thoughts, fatigue, insomnia, and guilty feelings. Although they say that her son-in-law is their comfort, when he is alone he laments loudly saying,“we have lost our loved ones . There is no point in having come here. I am useless”(he had survival guilt, of not having been there to help his family when the deaths happened).
IDP’s story 3
13 yr Tamil boy
As the fighting got closer and closer, we first moved from Thirunagar to Tharmapuram. We put up a tent in a small plot and stayed there. We had no toilets or clean water. In the monsoon rains our tent was blown away. We had to live in two feet deep water for two days. With all that, I somehow appeared for the “O” level (year 10 GCE national exam) held last December (2008) at the Tharmapuram school. I still hoped for good results to study “A” level science and become a doctor.
When the Sri Lankan Army shelling passed Paranthan and came towards Tharmapuram, we moved to Visuvamadu. We put up a tent on land belonging to my father’s friend and lived there. February 10th (2009) there was heavy shelling. The Sri Lanka army was advancing towards Visuvamadu. As our bunker had filled with water we could not stay there. At about 1 PM when we had come out the bunker this horrible incident occurred. A Sri Lankan Army shell that came from nowhere landed on our tent and exploded. Everywhere there was the sound of crying. I lay in a pool of blood, moaning. I could not get up and walk. On my side was my sister without any sound. Only my father was uninjured. When he picked me up crying loudly with oppari (weiling), my two arms were not in my control. I could not move them. I was able to move only my right thumb. Amidst all this horrific carnage , I was admitted to Puthukudirrupu hospital. When I opened my eyes the next day my world was darkened. My two sisters who I had uyiruku uyirai nesitha (loved as my own life) had died in the Sri Army shelling. On my side lay my mother who had had her right leg amputated below the knee. Now my whole life has become gloomy and there is no hope for me . My life is finished
IDP’s story 4
No will to live anymore
Somu was a 30 year old male married with a 11/2 year old son. On that day, he had left his wife and child in a safe place to go and bring his mother and sisters. Youngest sister was a final year university student while the other sisters were married. When they had started to leave with their belongings, the Sri Lanka army had seen them and started firing at my elderly mother and my sisters aged 2, 6, 11 yrs. His mother, sister and one baby died then and there. The 11 yrs sister had fled. He had run after her fearing that she would be caught by the army and raped. Bullets pierced his neck and chest. The next day he regained consciousness hearing the voice of Sri Lankan Army soldiers who had come there. They kicked him asking,“where are the others?” He said them,“you have killed the others,.” He was in a state of extreme distress and frustration as he is without knowing what had happened to his sister and without information about his wife and child. It was found that his legs and body would not function. He was unable to lift his neck due to the injury in the neck. He had repeated thoughts about his sister and what had happened that day. He had lost all hope and will to live
IDP’s story 5
Guilt
Fifty one year old Siva was born in Killinochchi and worked as farmer. He was married with four children. The eldest was married with a child and his daughter was a school teacher. They had escaped from Sri Lanka Army shell attacks to live in bunkers at Sudanthirapuram.
Under our Margosa tree, I had dug a bunker. As soon as I heard the sound of Sri Lankan Army Kifir (planes) We would run into the bunker. Every day we would be going inside at least five times. As soon as I heard the sound of Kifir, without realizing it I would develop palpitations and find it difficult to breathe. I would feel agitated. When it dived (high pitched sound of diving) to bomb, I would Veerudu (piercingly) scream. The Sri Lankan Army (Kifir) military plane's sound was that terrorizing. We had some relief at night.
A Sri Lankan shell fell there killing the eldest son and daughter. A son was injured in his chest and leg while his wife escaped with minor injuries. His daughter in law and child are in a concentration camp in Vavuniya His injured son is at Mannar hospital while his wife is in another concentration camp. He is with his daughter at the Pampaimadu concentration camp unable to contact his siblings or relations and without contact with his injured son, daughter in law and child and wife. He is severely depressed with continuous crying, loss of appetite, lack of sleep, repeated memories of what happened in the Vanni, poor self-care and headache. On counseling, he cried, revealing that images of his two children dying in front of him and their leaving their bodies in the bunker without even carrying out their funeral rites keeps recurring in his mind preventing his sleep. In his nightmares the ghastly images of people killed by shells and aerial bombing come to him. His body would tremble when he would think about them. Feelings of antagonism, frustration and hatred towards the Sri Lankan government forces would arise in him without his realization.He felt especially guilty that he was not even able to arrange the customary 45 day remembrance ceremony for them
Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi calls for the withdrawal of a NDTV documentary carrying “inaccuracies”
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10A/Jun02_1275454065JR.php
Now…Sri Lanka wants to sensor the Indian TV 🙂 🙂
Parents appeal for daughter’s release from TID detention
Parents of Peradeniya undergraduate Rasiah Dwaraka, who is now under detention in the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID), handed over a petition Tuesday afternoon to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) requesting to take steps to obtain Dwaraka’s release, sources in Colombo said. Earlier her parents visited their daughter in the TID. Inter University Students Association (IUSA) led by its organizer Udul Premaratne facilitated the visit and handing over of petition. Dwaraka was taken into custody for accepting a medal from LTTE leader Pirapaharan for her academic performance.
Dwaraka’s parents later met the media said her daughter had been arrested on allegation she had been involved with LTTE activities, and that she was not being treated well after her arrest by the TID while in detention.
They expressed fear that the continuous ill-treatment in detention would lead to permanent injury or death, and they are appealing to human right authorities to rescue her daughter from the present plight.
The parents further said their daughter was born in Kilinochchi and studied in Kilinochchi. LTTE leader Mr.V.Pirapaharan commended her success in education by handing over medal and certificate to her.
Parents questioned whether it was an offence to accept medal and certificate from the Leader of the LTTE for her success in education.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31882
Thanks all the Stars who decided to boycott sri lanka, Please expose the war crime against Humanity which should not happen to Human anywhere in the World. War criminals are still touring the world.
Stars pull out of Bollywood Oscars amid Sri Lanka ‘war crime’ protests http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/…
Top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan have pulled out of the Indian equivalent of the Oscars, which begins in Colombo tomorrow, following protests over alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war with the Tamil Tigers.
Sri Lanka had hoped to repair its battered international image and revive its tourist industry by hosting the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, just over a year after the Tigers’ defeat last May.
The absence of several Indian stars is now throwing a fresh spotlight on alleged rights abuses in the last stages of the war, during which rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed, many by army shelling.
Most damaging of all is the apparent withdrawal of Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA’s brand ambassador and patriarch of Bollywood’s first family, who met Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo in April to help promote the event.
Thanks CH 4 & AI
Sri Lanka coverage success for Channel 4 News at Amnesty Media Awards http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entert…
In the TV News Category, the team behind Channel 4 News' Sri Lanka coverage won against stiff competition from Sky's "Falujah Babies" report and another Channel 4 News piece – Nick Martin's report from Ciudad Juarez on child trafficking across the US border.
Thanks all the Stars who decided to boycott sri lanka, Please expose the war crime against Humanity which should not happen to Human anywhere in the World. War criminals are still touring the world.
Stars pull out of Bollywood Oscars amid Sri Lanka ‘war crime’ protests http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/…
Top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan have pulled out of the Indian equivalent of the Oscars, which begins in Colombo tomorrow, following protests over alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war with the Tamil Tigers.
Sri Lanka had hoped to repair its battered international image and revive its tourist industry by hosting the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, just over a year after the Tigers’ defeat last May.
The absence of several Indian stars is now throwing a fresh spotlight on alleged rights abuses in the last stages of the war, during which rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed, many by army shelling.
Most damaging of all is the apparent withdrawal of Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA’s brand ambassador and patriarch of Bollywood’s first family, who met Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo in April to help promote the event.
Thanks CH 4 & AI
Sri Lanka coverage success for Channel 4 News at Amnesty Media Awards http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entert…
In the TV News Category, the team behind Channel 4 News' Sri Lanka coverage won against stiff competition from Sky's "Falujah Babies" report and another Channel 4 News piece – Nick Martin's report from Ciudad Juarez on child trafficking across the US border.
Thanks all the Stars who decided to boycott sri lanka, Please expose the war crime against Humanity which should not happen to Human anywhere in the World. War criminals are still touring the world.
Stars pull out of Bollywood Oscars amid Sri Lanka ‘war crime’ protests http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/…
Top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan have pulled out of the Indian equivalent of the Oscars, which begins in Colombo tomorrow, following protests over alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war with the Tamil Tigers.
Sri Lanka had hoped to repair its battered international image and revive its tourist industry by hosting the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, just over a year after the Tigers’ defeat last May.
The absence of several Indian stars is now throwing a fresh spotlight on alleged rights abuses in the last stages of the war, during which rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed, many by army shelling.
Most damaging of all is the apparent withdrawal of Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA’s brand ambassador and patriarch of Bollywood’s first family, who met Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo in April to help promote the event.
Thanks CH 4 & AI
Sri Lanka coverage success for Channel 4 News at Amnesty Media Awards http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entert…
In the TV News Category, the team behind Channel 4 News' Sri Lanka coverage won against stiff competition from Sky's "Falujah Babies" report and another Channel 4 News piece – Nick Martin's report from Ciudad Juarez on child trafficking across the US border.
IDP’s story 2
Helplessness
50 year old Vani was a shopkeeper from Tharmpuram with three children. The eldest daughter was married with two daughters. Then the fighting became severe in January, they loaded their belongings in a landmaster and with other village folk were displaced from place to place. The 13th displacement was to what had been declared a safety zone, Iranaipalam where they stayed for 10 days. People had made tents to live in. As Sri Lanka Army bombs and the shells had started falling on that day, they loaded their goods onto the landmaster and decided to move on. But her 8 year old granddaughter insisted on having fried fish, they delayed to cook a meal. Varatharany and her daughter busied themselves in cooking while her husband, son and grandchildren were sleeping in the tent. Her Son-in-law had gone to the market.
That day, 21/2/2009, morning at 11:45 AM a shell fired by the Sri Lankan army completely buried their families happiness in a deep hole and made them nirkathy (helpless). The shell not only landed on the landmaster burning it, but also pali eduthiduthu (killed) her husband, son and two grandchildren. Varatharany and her daughter were injured. On hearing her daughter wailing “my children are dead”, she had gone slowly when she saw her husband lying dead, her grandchildren with their bodies thundikapadu (severed) and her son injured in his head, arms and legs struggling to live. She collapsed there. On hearing her distraught daughter who despite bleeding profusely had run over and was trying to pick up her kuttuyir (barely alive, process of dying) children while lamenting loudly, bystanders had come and taken them to hospital. The son-in-law had come later and buried the dead with the help of others there.
Both of them were treated for two days at Trincomalee hospital, then sent to Vavuniya hospital and currently at the the concentration camp. For the last one month, Varatharani and her daughter have been continuously crying with constant memories of their children and re-experiencing what happened. They are disturbed by suicidal thoughts, fatigue, insomnia, and guilty feelings. Although they say that her son-in-law is their comfort, when he is alone he laments loudly saying,“we have lost our loved ones . There is no point in having come here. I am useless”(he had survival guilt, of not having been there to help his family when the deaths happened).
IDP’s story 3
13 yr Tamil boy
As the fighting got closer and closer, we first moved from Thirunagar to Tharmapuram. We put up a tent in a small plot and stayed there. We had no toilets or clean water. In the monsoon rains our tent was blown away. We had to live in two feet deep water for two days. With all that, I somehow appeared for the “O” level (year 10 GCE national exam) held last December (2008) at the Tharmapuram school. I still hoped for good results to study “A” level science and become a doctor.
When the Sri Lankan Army shelling passed Paranthan and came towards Tharmapuram, we moved to Visuvamadu. We put up a tent on land belonging to my father’s friend and lived there. February 10th (2009) there was heavy shelling. The Sri Lanka army was advancing towards Visuvamadu. As our bunker had filled with water we could not stay there. At about 1 PM when we had come out the bunker this horrible incident occurred. A Sri Lankan Army shell that came from nowhere landed on our tent and exploded. Everywhere there was the sound of crying. I lay in a pool of blood, moaning. I could not get up and walk. On my side was my sister without any sound. Only my father was uninjured. When he picked me up crying loudly with oppari (weiling), my two arms were not in my control. I could not move them. I was able to move only my right thumb. Amidst all this horrific carnage , I was admitted to Puthukudirrupu hospital. When I opened my eyes the next day my world was darkened. My two sisters who I had uyiruku uyirai nesitha (loved as my own life) had died in the Sri Army shelling. On my side lay my mother who had had her right leg amputated below the knee. Now my whole life has become gloomy and there is no hope for me . My life is finished
IDP’s story 4
No will to live anymore
Somu was a 30 year old male married with a 11/2 year old son. On that day, he had left his wife and child in a safe place to go and bring his mother and sisters. Youngest sister was a final year university student while the other sisters were married. When they had started to leave with their belongings, the Sri Lanka army had seen them and started firing at my elderly mother and my sisters aged 2, 6, 11 yrs. His mother, sister and one baby died then and there. The 11 yrs sister had fled. He had run after her fearing that she would be caught by the army and raped. Bullets pierced his neck and chest. The next day he regained consciousness hearing the voice of Sri Lankan Army soldiers who had come there. They kicked him asking,“where are the others?” He said them,“you have killed the others,.” He was in a state of extreme distress and frustration as he is without knowing what had happened to his sister and without information about his wife and child. It was found that his legs and body would not function. He was unable to lift his neck due to the injury in the neck. He had repeated thoughts about his sister and what had happened that day. He had lost all hope and will to live
IDP’s story 5
Guilt
Fifty one year old Siva was born in Killinochchi and worked as farmer. He was married with four children. The eldest was married with a child and his daughter was a school teacher. They had escaped from Sri Lanka Army shell attacks to live in bunkers at Sudanthirapuram.
Under our Margosa tree, I had dug a bunker. As soon as I heard the sound of Sri Lankan Army Kifir (planes) We would run into the bunker. Every day we would be going inside at least five times. As soon as I heard the sound of Kifir, without realizing it I would develop palpitations and find it difficult to breathe. I would feel agitated. When it dived (high pitched sound of diving) to bomb, I would Veerudu (piercingly) scream. The Sri Lankan Army (Kifir) military plane’s sound was that terrorizing. We had some relief at night.
A Sri Lankan shell fell there killing the eldest son and daughter. A son was injured in his chest and leg while his wife escaped with minor injuries. His daughter in law and child are in a concentration camp in Vavuniya His injured son is at Mannar hospital while his wife is in another concentration camp. He is with his daughter at the Pampaimadu concentration camp unable to contact his siblings or relations and without contact with his injured son, daughter in law and child and wife. He is severely depressed with continuous crying, loss of appetite, lack of sleep, repeated memories of what happened in the Vanni, poor self-care and headache. On counseling, he cried, revealing that images of his two children dying in front of him and their leaving their bodies in the bunker without even carrying out their funeral rites keeps recurring in his mind preventing his sleep. In his nightmares the ghastly images of people killed by shells and aerial bombing come to him. His body would tremble when he would think about them. Feelings of antagonism, frustration and hatred towards the Sri Lankan government forces would arise in him without his realization.He felt especially guilty that he was not even able to arrange the customary 45 day remembrance ceremony for them
Thanks all the Stars who decided to boycott sri lanka, Please expose the war crime against Humanity which should not happen to Human anywhere in the World. War criminals are still touring the world.
Stars pull out of Bollywood Oscars amid Sri Lanka ‘war crime’ protests
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7142345.ece
Top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan have pulled out of the Indian equivalent of the Oscars, which begins in Colombo tomorrow, following protests over alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war with the Tamil Tigers.
Sri Lanka had hoped to repair its battered international image and revive its tourist industry by hosting the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, just over a year after the Tigers’ defeat last May.
The absence of several Indian stars is now throwing a fresh spotlight on alleged rights abuses in the last stages of the war, during which rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed, many by army shelling.
Most damaging of all is the apparent withdrawal of Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA’s brand ambassador and patriarch of Bollywood’s first family, who met Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo in April to help promote the event.
Thanks CH 4 & AI
Sri Lanka coverage success for Channel 4 News at Amnesty Media Awards
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/sri+lanka+success+for+channel+4+news+at+amnesty+media+awards/3666637
In the TV News Category, the team behind Channel 4 News’ Sri Lanka coverage won against stiff competition from Sky’s “Falujah Babies” report and another Channel 4 News piece – Nick Martin’s report from Ciudad Juarez on child trafficking across the US border.
Lessons Learnt?
Amnesty International lies about the Sri Lankan war.
Human Rights Watch lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The International Cretins Group lies about the Sri Lankan war.
Channel 4 lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The Times lied about the Sri Lankan war.
The EU lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The LTTE lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The pro-LTTE diaspora lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The Sri Lankan govt lies lies about the Sri Lankan war.
Various parts of the UN lie about the Sri Lankan war.
Yet, AI, HRW, ICG and their coolies expect to be given a respectful and diffident hearing when they pronounce on the rights and wrongs of Sri Lanka's 30 year battle against the LTTE.
More problems for the Trans-Global Eelam Rabble and Lessons Learnt
The Trans-Global Eelam Rabble (TGER) were hoping that White Madam Clinton would exert pressure on SL to toe the West's line re., investigations and the rest. Unfortunately, the US's best friend Israel just committed 'Ship Genocide' against the Gaza aid convoy.
Mrs Clinton appears to be strangely tongue-tied about Israel's actions. Very odd. Perhaps she's too busy doing her hair. She and the West will find it even more difficult to lecture Sri Lanka.
The leaders of the TGER will meanwhile tear out whatever hair they have left at their impotence. 🙂
AI have also issued thundering statements, demanding international investigations etc.
The The International Crisis Group have not yet threatened to invade Israel in an 'R-2-P' mission. I guess they're scared of the Israelis.
As you pro-Eelam drones seem so keen to 'learn lessons', have you learnt the lesson yet?
Amnesty International has submitted a statement on Sri Lanka in connection with the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement concerns the need for an international investigation into reported human rights abuses and war crimes committed by both sides during the war in Sri Lanka. The statement can be found at http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/010/…
Amnesty International has submitted a statement on Sri Lanka in connection with the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement concerns the need for an international investigation into reported human rights abuses and war crimes committed by both sides during the war in Sri Lanka. The statement can be found at http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/010/…
Amnesty International has submitted a statement on Sri Lanka in connection with the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement concerns the need for an international investigation into reported human rights abuses and war crimes committed by both sides during the war in Sri Lanka. The statement can be found at http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/010/…
Blood on water http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?…
After the death of Prabhakaran, peace still evades thousands of Tamil refugees living camps in Sri Lanka. And they are treated like Prisoners of War every single day.
Lessons Learnt?
Amnesty International lies about the Sri Lankan war.
Human Rights Watch lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The International Cretins Group lies about the Sri Lankan war.
Channel 4 lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The Times lied about the Sri Lankan war.
The EU lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The LTTE lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The pro-LTTE diaspora lies about the Sri Lankan war.
The Sri Lankan govt lies lies about the Sri Lankan war.
Various parts of the UN lie about the Sri Lankan war.
Yet, AI, HRW, ICG and their coolies expect to be given a respectful and diffident hearing when they pronounce on the rights and wrongs of Sri Lanka’s 30 year battle against the LTTE.
Aney Shoba,Oyage puka irila,Kotiyata PUKA DEELAMA!
Blood on water http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?…
After the death of Prabhakaran, peace still evades thousands of Tamil refugees living camps in Sri Lanka. And they are treated like Prisoners of War every single day.
Blood on water http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?…
After the death of Prabhakaran, peace still evades thousands of Tamil refugees living camps in Sri Lanka. And they are treated like Prisoners of War every single day.
Hello there Jim MD,
It is interesting to see that in your post (June 2nd, 2010 at 8:34 pm) you have mentioned under sub topic Violation of HR & HR Law, the suspected violations carried out by the GOSL (meaning the forces) and the LTTE.
However, under Recommendations, you have only mentioned stuff that effects the GOSL. What plans for the LTTE ?? It is still active under the disguise of the Diaspora who are lying from there rear ends !!!!
More problems for the Trans-Global Eelam Rabble and Lessons Learnt
The Trans-Global Eelam Rabble (TGER) were hoping that White Madam Clinton would exert pressure on SL to toe the West’s line re., investigations and the rest. Unfortunately, the US’s best friend Israel just committed ‘Ship Genocide’ against the Gaza aid convoy.
Mrs Clinton appears to be strangely tongue-tied about Israel’s actions. Very odd. Perhaps she’s too busy doing her hair. She and the West will find it even more difficult to lecture Sri Lanka.
The leaders of the TGER will meanwhile tear out whatever hair they have left at their impotence. 🙂
AI have also issued thundering statements, demanding international investigations etc.
The The International Crisis Group have not yet threatened to invade Israel in an ‘R-2-P’ mission. I guess they’re scared of the Israelis.
As you pro-Eelam drones seem so keen to ‘learn lessons’, have you learnt the lesson yet?
Amnesty International has submitted a statement on Sri Lanka in connection with the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement concerns the need for an international investigation into reported human rights abuses and war crimes committed by both sides during the war in Sri Lanka. The statement can be found at http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/010/2010/en?refresh=9876467571
A Tamil town is an open-air prison for Tamils
The first thing that strikes you about the situation in Kilinochchi is that you find more soldiers than civilians in the town. They are in uniform and civvies, carrying weapons or just moving here and there. People can only travel to Kilinochchi, either from Jaffna to the north or from Vavuniya to the south, by passing through military camps, checkpoints and patrolling soldiers.
Soldiers might not question you as they would have six months ago but they keep a close eye on everyone’s movements. Just after one of our correspondents went to a relative’s house in a village, soldiers arrived at the house and asked why he was there. The same thing happens whenever a new person comes to a house.
Makeshift dwellings
The buildings in Kilinochchi town were destroyed last year. Heaps of debris have since been removed about 50 metres from the main road. The traders who have returned are renovating or rebuilding their shops, which were damaged during the war, at their own expense. These are small shops and there are only a few customers. Most of the eating houses are run by the army, catering for people travelling through the town.
People’s land and buildings that were previously occupied by the LTTE are now occupied by the military. A vast area in the southern section of the town has been fenced with barbed wire. Residents think it will be used to erect a military complex. Meanwhile, the Kilinochchi bus stand still has no any shelter. Passengers must wait for buses, sometimes for hours, under trees in the hot sun or rain. No buses are running to some places still.
Former detainees have been sent here almost without any assistance. The government’s attitude is one expression of its communal discrimination. Displaced people spoke angrily about the government’s policy. One person explained: “We are living here abandoned by all. The government said it would provide us with houses, employment and other facilities. It has not even given us clean drinking water, apart from what the relief agencies have supplied. Nobody has come to see our plight. There is no difference between staying in the detention camps and living here. The conditions are the same in both places.”
Many of the resettled people live in 10-by-10 feet huts with tin sheets provided by some non-government organisations. Other people are living in tents that are the same size. There are no separate rooms for sleeping or getting dressed. The floors have been leveled with mud. As there are no toilet facilities, people are using open spaces. Some families have used tin sheets to make roofs for their damaged houses.
People have been able to survive without going hungry only because the World Food Program (WFP) is providing food. Many people don’t have even instruments like knives, equipment to clean their hands, or lamps for daily use. They have to look for bottles to make kerosene oil lamps, and search for water because the wells are not cleaned.
Small tents house some resettled families
The Kilinochchi district was famous for agriculture and fishing. The large Iranaimadu tank (artificial lake) mainly supplied irrigation for several thousand acres of agricultural land. The tank is now under the military’s control. Water has not yet been fully released for farmers. A few farmers have begun cultivation but they do not have tractors or other basic equipment. Many do not have even a mammoty (a type of spade). Fishermen are not allowed to fish in the tank.
Poonahari village has been devastated, like other areas in the Vanni. The debris from destroyed houses, such as bricks and wood, has been used to erect military checkpoints that monitor the local coastline. One resident commented: “The military checkpoints are made out of the wood and sheets from our homes.”
Students are generally attending schools but there is a serious lack of teachers and equipment. Teachers have to travel a long distance from Jaffna or Vavuniya. At Poonahari, the Vikneswara School, which previously conducted classes up to the advanced level, is now occupied by the military, so students must walk to another school five kilometres away.
The military has also occupied Poonahari’s government hospital. As there are no longer any hospital facilities, people have to beg someone in the army camps to take any seriously ill patients to Kilinochchi in a military vehicle for treatment. Patients with minor illnesses simply have to suffer.
In Vattakachchi village there is no hospital and no school, and the people live in tents. The houses were destroyed during the war. The local Vattakachchi and Ramanathapuram schools remain occupied by the military.
Many women have lost their husbands. They are struggling to survive, facing numerous difficulties, without proper clothes and education for their children. One woman explained: “The government did not give us any help. I don’t have the money to search for my disappeared husband. Others like me face the same problems.”
The Sri Lankan government is not interested in rebuilding the conditions of ordinary people. Its treatment of war-devastated people is a continuation of decades of discrimination against Tamils.
Rajapaksa stands head and shoulders above the tin-pot dictators South Asia has seen in the recent past, and Africa and Latin America are familiar with. Whatever be the flip-side of his rule that borders on family rule, he has credibility as a leader of standing.
The Wanni war victory has invested him with respectability, which should be the envy of his challengers. From Than Shwe (Myanmar) to Abhist Vehhajiva (Thailand) and Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) every one with an insurgency at home is turning to learn from his experience while the stratfors of the world have begun to study closely the indigenous model the Rajapaksa brothers have developed
Primarily, the Rajapaksa doctrine relies on what has come to be known as scorched-earth tactics that bestow full operational freedom on the army to relentlessly pursue the guerilla. It rules out ceasefires and negotiations and treats combatants and non-combatants alike. And expects the media to behave or else face music.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=961…
Aney Shoba,Oyage puka irila,Kotiyata PUKA DEELAMA!
Rajapaksa stands head and shoulders above the tin-pot dictators South Asia has seen in the recent past, and Africa and Latin America are familiar with. Whatever be the flip-side of his rule that borders on family rule, he has credibility as a leader of standing.
The Wanni war victory has invested him with respectability, which should be the envy of his challengers. From Than Shwe (Myanmar) to Abhist Vehhajiva (Thailand) and Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) every one with an insurgency at home is turning to learn from his experience while the stratfors of the world have begun to study closely the indigenous model the Rajapaksa brothers have developed
Primarily, the Rajapaksa doctrine relies on what has come to be known as scorched-earth tactics that bestow full operational freedom on the army to relentlessly pursue the guerilla. It rules out ceasefires and negotiations and treats combatants and non-combatants alike. And expects the media to behave or else face music.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=961…
Rajapaksa stands head and shoulders above the tin-pot dictators South Asia has seen in the recent past, and Africa and Latin America are familiar with. Whatever be the flip-side of his rule that borders on family rule, he has credibility as a leader of standing.
The Wanni war victory has invested him with respectability, which should be the envy of his challengers. From Than Shwe (Myanmar) to Abhist Vehhajiva (Thailand) and Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) every one with an insurgency at home is turning to learn from his experience while the stratfors of the world have begun to study closely the indigenous model the Rajapaksa brothers have developed
Primarily, the Rajapaksa doctrine relies on what has come to be known as scorched-earth tactics that bestow full operational freedom on the army to relentlessly pursue the guerilla. It rules out ceasefires and negotiations and treats combatants and non-combatants alike. And expects the media to behave or else face music.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=961…
The Rajapaksas chained the media. Opposition is made to confine itself to hotel lounge. Even after the war ended, the media remains in ‘toxic climate for free expression’ as pointed out by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Though since November last year, the media has regained its voice, it is still feeble with the authority inventing new weapons of intimidation like annual asset statements (from every journalist).
With nine journalists killed (since 2004), about 25 journalists living in exile out of fear, and some living at home in self-imposed house arrest, credibility and respectability remain a mirage in a world which loves free speech and freedom of religion. Monologues for action against the army for war crimes will remain as long as the media is denied peace dividend and is unable to mirror the true state of the nation freely and fearlessl
Blood on water
http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=143808
After the death of Prabhakaran, peace still evades thousands of Tamil refugees living camps in Sri Lanka. And they are treated like Prisoners of War every single day.
Tamil is a classical language !
Although Tamil and a few other languages such as Greek, Latin and Sanskrit enjoy the status of classical language in the academic world thanks to their antiquity and rich literary heritage, Tamil is the first living language to be given the official status of a classical language.
Following our success in getting the rightful status of Classical Language for Tamil declared and notified by the United Progressive Alliance government – a landmark achievement in the development of Tamil and in the restoration of its prestige and glory – succeeding in our efforts to establish the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai.
For more than 150 years, Tamil scholars and those conscious of their Tamil heritage have been demanding that the classical character of Tamil be recognised. They claimed that Tamil has rich and hoary literary and grammatical traditions, its own script system, and an unbroken lengthy history. In addition, the language has continuously been a spoken language at least for more than 2,000 years
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/06/_world_classi…
Hello there Jim MD,
It is interesting to see that in your post (June 2nd, 2010 at 8:34 pm) you have mentioned under sub topic Violation of HR & HR Law, the suspected violations carried out by the GOSL (meaning the forces) and the LTTE.
However, under Recommendations, you have only mentioned stuff that effects the GOSL. What plans for the LTTE ?? It is still active under the disguise of the Diaspora who are lying from there rear ends !!!!
Tamil is a classical language !
Although Tamil and a few other languages such as Greek, Latin and Sanskrit enjoy the status of classical language in the academic world thanks to their antiquity and rich literary heritage, Tamil is the first living language to be given the official status of a classical language.
Following our success in getting the rightful status of Classical Language for Tamil declared and notified by the United Progressive Alliance government – a landmark achievement in the development of Tamil and in the restoration of its prestige and glory – succeeding in our efforts to establish the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai.
For more than 150 years, Tamil scholars and those conscious of their Tamil heritage have been demanding that the classical character of Tamil be recognised. They claimed that Tamil has rich and hoary literary and grammatical traditions, its own script system, and an unbroken lengthy history. In addition, the language has continuously been a spoken language at least for more than 2,000 years
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/06/_world_classi…
Tamil is a classical language !
Although Tamil and a few other languages such as Greek, Latin and Sanskrit enjoy the status of classical language in the academic world thanks to their antiquity and rich literary heritage, Tamil is the first living language to be given the official status of a classical language.
Following our success in getting the rightful status of Classical Language for Tamil declared and notified by the United Progressive Alliance government – a landmark achievement in the development of Tamil and in the restoration of its prestige and glory – succeeding in our efforts to establish the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai.
For more than 150 years, Tamil scholars and those conscious of their Tamil heritage have been demanding that the classical character of Tamil be recognised. They claimed that Tamil has rich and hoary literary and grammatical traditions, its own script system, and an unbroken lengthy history. In addition, the language has continuously been a spoken language at least for more than 2,000 years
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/06/_world_classi…
Dear Jim (McDonald),
Let's not kid ourselves about the West's new found concern about HR in SL. When in May '09, the West tried to 'get' SL (literally days after its astounding victory against the LTTE) in the UNHCR, you know and I know and anyone with a functioning brain knows that it was pure geo-politics.
That attempt was resoundingly crushed, with the help of most of the word community. Just like the Eelam project was.
The same applies now. It also makes the 'Human Rights' angle less palatable and effective when used as a control mechanism against governments deemed insufficiently in tune with the West's own strategic goals.
I note that the AI's begging letter only concerns itself with 'abuses' committed "committed in the final stages of the armed conflict".
Why? Are you deliberately trying to avoid scrutiny of the parties and the LTTE's helpers in the previous three years?
Why no investigation into the sterling efforts by various HR organisations to keep the war going for the next three decades ?
Why no investigations into the outrageous lies told by HR organisations which gave the LTTE further breathing space?
Why no investigations into which countries and organisations were trying to arrange for Fat Boy to escape to Europe and thus continue his HR abusing campaign?
I'll join you on the virtual-reality barricades demanding that SL be investigated for HR abuses, after the US, UK and NATO countries are indicted and investigated, first.
Here's my rough reckoning of civilians killed due to Western bloc military action.
Gulf War 1: 50,000+ civilian deaths? (4k from direct action and 45k+ from sanctions. Nice.)
Gulf War 2: another 50,000+ civilian deaths?
Afghanistan: 10,000+ dead civilians?
Approx total = 110,000+ civilian deaths, plus in Iraq's case, the near complete destruction of previously functioning country. Hmmmm.
If 'war crimes' trials & investigations are good enough for SL, they're certainly good enough for the US & NATO, first.
Here's AI's final paragraph lecturing to SL with just ONE change. Can you spot the change?
"Impunity in Iraq & Afghanistan, where violations were on a massive scale and yet the UN failed to act, sets dangerous precedents. It sends a message to Iraqis & Afghans that the UN was irrelevant and could re-enforce trends of impunity globally. Failure to address impunity in Iraq & Afghanistan could cement a situation where states that have not ratified the Rome Statute (e.g. the USA) would feel that they are beyond the reach of international justice and that crimes committed in the name of “combating terrorism” can simply be ignored."
Even more Global Justice & Lessons Learnt from Sri Lanka.
Northern Sinhala IDPs to be resettled in Madhu
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/03/news11.html
These forgotten IDPs, victims of the only genuine, certified case of ethnic cleansing in SL, carried out by the LTTE (and supported by the pro-LTTE diaspora), are being re-settled in Madhu.
They were evicted in 1985 and most have spent over 25 years in IDP camps.
They're not returning to their homes because of pressure from AI or HRW or the UN. They're returning because SL destroyed and crushed the LTTE.
A useful Lesson Learnt, no?
Amitabh Bachchan, IIFA’s brand ambassador, has given the extravaganza in Colombo a miss this year citing prior commitments.
Though Big B cited work commitments to cover up for his absence from IIFA, the protests from South Indian film lobby is seen as a reason for his non-participation this year.
http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/news/Sal…
Even more Global Justice & Lessons Learnt from Sri Lanka.
Northern Sinhala IDPs to be resettled in Madhu
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/03/news11.html
These forgotten IDPs, victims of the only genuine, certified case of ethnic cleansing in SL, carried out by the LTTE (and supported by the pro-LTTE diaspora), are being re-settled in Madhu.
They were evicted in 1985 and most have spent over 25 years in IDP camps.
They're not returning to their homes because of pressure from AI or HRW or the UN. They're returning because SL destroyed and crushed the LTTE.
A useful Lesson Learnt, no?
Even more Global Justice & Lessons Learnt from Sri Lanka.
Northern Sinhala IDPs to be resettled in Madhu
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/03/news11.html
These forgotten IDPs, victims of the only genuine, certified case of ethnic cleansing in SL, carried out by the LTTE (and supported by the pro-LTTE diaspora), are being re-settled in Madhu.
They were evicted in 1985 and most have spent over 25 years in IDP camps.
They're not returning to their homes because of pressure from AI or HRW or the UN. They're returning because SL destroyed and crushed the LTTE.
A useful Lesson Learnt, no?
”Sivappu mazhai” Tamil film Banned in Sri Lanka
Sivappu Mazhai, a film that was made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, has been banned in Sri Lanka. The film, which has the distinction of being made within 12 days, deals with a youth that has been affected by the Sri Lankan army. The youth comes down to India to kidnap the young daughter of a central minister to fulfill his demands. Sivappu Mazhai is produced by Suresh Joachim, who also stars in this film with Meera Jasmine playing the leading lady. It is worth mentioning here that the movie hit the screens in Tamil Nadu a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdIlNVso9E
Sivappu Mazhai, the film made with an aim to enter the World Book of Guinness Records, has finally been given a clean chit by the Censor Board. A couple of days ago the board had rejected a U certificate to the film due to a few scenes on the Sri Lankan issue. According to Sivappu Mazhai’s producer and hero, Suresh Joachim, a few scenes have been deleted as per the advice of the censor officials. With the certification process complete, Sivappu Mazhai will be released in about 23 countries worldwide. Plans are afoot to include subtitles in 30 languages. Meera Jasmine plays the female lead in Sivappu Mazhai.
A Tamil town is an open-air prison for Tamils
The first thing that strikes you about the situation in Kilinochchi is that you find more soldiers than civilians in the town. They are in uniform and civvies, carrying weapons or just moving here and there. People can only travel to Kilinochchi, either from Jaffna to the north or from Vavuniya to the south, by passing through military camps, checkpoints and patrolling soldiers.
Soldiers might not question you as they would have six months ago but they keep a close eye on everyone’s movements. Just after one of our correspondents went to a relative’s house in a village, soldiers arrived at the house and asked why he was there. The same thing happens whenever a new person comes to a house.
Makeshift dwellings
The buildings in Kilinochchi town were destroyed last year. Heaps of debris have since been removed about 50 metres from the main road. The traders who have returned are renovating or rebuilding their shops, which were damaged during the war, at their own expense. These are small shops and there are only a few customers. Most of the eating houses are run by the army, catering for people travelling through the town.
People’s land and buildings that were previously occupied by the LTTE are now occupied by the military. A vast area in the southern section of the town has been fenced with barbed wire. Residents think it will be used to erect a military complex. Meanwhile, the Kilinochchi bus stand still has no any shelter. Passengers must wait for buses, sometimes for hours, under trees in the hot sun or rain. No buses are running to some places still.
Former detainees have been sent here almost without any assistance. The government’s attitude is one expression of its communal discrimination. Displaced people spoke angrily about the government’s policy. One person explained: “We are living here abandoned by all. The government said it would provide us with houses, employment and other facilities. It has not even given us clean drinking water, apart from what the relief agencies have supplied. Nobody has come to see our plight. There is no difference between staying in the detention camps and living here. The conditions are the same in both places.”
Many of the resettled people live in 10-by-10 feet huts with tin sheets provided by some non-government organisations. Other people are living in tents that are the same size. There are no separate rooms for sleeping or getting dressed. The floors have been leveled with mud. As there are no toilet facilities, people are using open spaces. Some families have used tin sheets to make roofs for their damaged houses.
People have been able to survive without going hungry only because the World Food Program (WFP) is providing food. Many people don’t have even instruments like knives, equipment to clean their hands, or lamps for daily use. They have to look for bottles to make kerosene oil lamps, and search for water because the wells are not cleaned.
Small tents house some resettled families
The Kilinochchi district was famous for agriculture and fishing. The large Iranaimadu tank (artificial lake) mainly supplied irrigation for several thousand acres of agricultural land. The tank is now under the military’s control. Water has not yet been fully released for farmers. A few farmers have begun cultivation but they do not have tractors or other basic equipment. Many do not have even a mammoty (a type of spade). Fishermen are not allowed to fish in the tank.
Poonahari village has been devastated, like other areas in the Vanni. The debris from destroyed houses, such as bricks and wood, has been used to erect military checkpoints that monitor the local coastline. One resident commented: “The military checkpoints are made out of the wood and sheets from our homes.”
Students are generally attending schools but there is a serious lack of teachers and equipment. Teachers have to travel a long distance from Jaffna or Vavuniya. At Poonahari, the Vikneswara School, which previously conducted classes up to the advanced level, is now occupied by the military, so students must walk to another school five kilometres away.
The military has also occupied Poonahari’s government hospital. As there are no longer any hospital facilities, people have to beg someone in the army camps to take any seriously ill patients to Kilinochchi in a military vehicle for treatment. Patients with minor illnesses simply have to suffer.
In Vattakachchi village there is no hospital and no school, and the people live in tents. The houses were destroyed during the war. The local Vattakachchi and Ramanathapuram schools remain occupied by the military.
Many women have lost their husbands. They are struggling to survive, facing numerous difficulties, without proper clothes and education for their children. One woman explained: “The government did not give us any help. I don’t have the money to search for my disappeared husband. Others like me face the same problems.”
The Sri Lankan government is not interested in rebuilding the conditions of ordinary people. Its treatment of war-devastated people is a continuation of decades of discrimination against Tamils.
EDE
Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.
You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.
It has been dominating your life and it has become ruling passion of your life as well.
So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils.
Amitabh Bachchan, IIFA’s brand ambassador, has given the extravaganza in Colombo a miss this year citing prior commitments.
Though Big B cited work commitments to cover up for his absence from IIFA, the protests from South Indian film lobby is seen as a reason for his non-participation this year.
http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/news/Sal…
Amitabh Bachchan, IIFA’s brand ambassador, has given the extravaganza in Colombo a miss this year citing prior commitments.
Though Big B cited work commitments to cover up for his absence from IIFA, the protests from South Indian film lobby is seen as a reason for his non-participation this year.
http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/news/Sal…
”Sivappu mazhai” Tamil film Banned in Sri Lanka
Sivappu Mazhai, a film that was made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, has been banned in Sri Lanka. The film, which has the distinction of being made within 12 days, deals with a youth that has been affected by the Sri Lankan army. The youth comes down to India to kidnap the young daughter of a central minister to fulfill his demands. Sivappu Mazhai is produced by Suresh Joachim, who also stars in this film with Meera Jasmine playing the leading lady. It is worth mentioning here that the movie hit the screens in Tamil Nadu a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdIlNVso9E
Sivappu Mazhai, the film made with an aim to enter the World Book of Guinness Records, has finally been given a clean chit by the Censor Board. A couple of days ago the board had rejected a U certificate to the film due to a few scenes on the Sri Lankan issue. According to Sivappu Mazhai’s producer and hero, Suresh Joachim, a few scenes have been deleted as per the advice of the censor officials. With the certification process complete, Sivappu Mazhai will be released in about 23 countries worldwide. Plans are afoot to include subtitles in 30 languages. Meera Jasmine plays the female lead in Sivappu Mazhai.
”Sivappu mazhai” Tamil film Banned in Sri Lanka
Sivappu Mazhai, a film that was made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, has been banned in Sri Lanka. The film, which has the distinction of being made within 12 days, deals with a youth that has been affected by the Sri Lankan army. The youth comes down to India to kidnap the young daughter of a central minister to fulfill his demands. Sivappu Mazhai is produced by Suresh Joachim, who also stars in this film with Meera Jasmine playing the leading lady. It is worth mentioning here that the movie hit the screens in Tamil Nadu a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdIlNVso9E
Sivappu Mazhai, the film made with an aim to enter the World Book of Guinness Records, has finally been given a clean chit by the Censor Board. A couple of days ago the board had rejected a U certificate to the film due to a few scenes on the Sri Lankan issue. According to Sivappu Mazhai’s producer and hero, Suresh Joachim, a few scenes have been deleted as per the advice of the censor officials. With the certification process complete, Sivappu Mazhai will be released in about 23 countries worldwide. Plans are afoot to include subtitles in 30 languages. Meera Jasmine plays the female lead in Sivappu Mazhai.
<Dear Puli !
re. your post, though it's not meant for me, I am very disappointing after a decent post I read from you in the morning…
Puligal Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:30 am
Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.
This is not right for you to tell about EDE. You hardly know him for one thing and you are describing exactly what the LTTE did… Child Abuse, forcefull money collection, plotting against prominent Tamils, torture Tamils who opposed them etc..
You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.
You told this to me the other day – now I am confused whether both my self and EDE are in the same wagon… ??
R U seriously re-posting stuff that another writes for you ?? Or do you have a set of posts that you post here from time to time… This post was directed at me exactly the same way not so long ago… ??????
If that's the case, do you guys seriously understand what we are talking about or what AI is talking about ???????
So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils.
Again, you are drafting all good Tamils to your sinful LTTE movement and using their good name in vain.
Impeccable Jim Gona
To imprison 100 000 Tamil children in the Sri Lanka concentration camps is a child abuse !!!!!
Jim Gona (JG)
JG mind is choked with odd notions and hoary beliefs.
According to the proverb,""what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh",
Your inheritted characteristics can not be concealed and now they have become obvious.
Your peevish and cavilling nature has been brought to light by your comments.
Your weak-kneed policies can only be proclaimed in the jungle where your ancestor lion lives.
My aim is to extirpate the evils such as plundering, theft, murder, lying, plotting and confiscating the rights, etc from SL.
I only want to reach out a help hand towards this process.
The weeds which are against it like you should be removed in order to reach my target.
I want to steal a march on it through some procedures.
It doesn't mean that I rely on Barmecide's feast.
I have no interest to fight tooth and nail to clear the way to obtain my goal.
Without having a bone of contention, JG jumps at me in order to cast cloud over our eyes.
I must be very vigilant and cautious to get away with this problem and to get rid of this.
Rajapaksa stands head and shoulders above the tin-pot dictators South Asia has seen in the recent past, and Africa and Latin America are familiar with. Whatever be the flip-side of his rule that borders on family rule, he has credibility as a leader of standing.
The Wanni war victory has invested him with respectability, which should be the envy of his challengers. From Than Shwe (Myanmar) to Abhist Vehhajiva (Thailand) and Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) every one with an insurgency at home is turning to learn from his experience while the stratfors of the world have begun to study closely the indigenous model the Rajapaksa brothers have developed
Primarily, the Rajapaksa doctrine relies on what has come to be known as scorched-earth tactics that bestow full operational freedom on the army to relentlessly pursue the guerilla. It rules out ceasefires and negotiations and treats combatants and non-combatants alike. And expects the media to behave or else face music.
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=9610
Northern Sri Lanka area is still actually in the hands of the military, which allowed the return of the population but force them to live in absolute poverty.
The military blocks any attempts to improve their lives, but does not stop abuse and violence
Many families have returned to their homes incomplete: not only without ownership, but without family, killed, missing or detained.
On most occasions as we turned from the A9 road or from the Mannar – Medwachiya road to go interior villages, it seemed to arouse suspicion in soldiers
. Familiar questions of earlier years, such as “where are you going?” “why are you going?” “who are you” were thrown at us.
Our response that we are going to visit friends didn’t appear to be a satisfactory answer.
In the Vanni, it seems to be considered something abnormal and suspicious to visit friends!
My Tamils friends from the North found these questions offensive. “This is our land, our people are living here, these soldiers are from outside, how dare they ask us all these questions and stop us?
Why can’t I visit my place?
Why can’t I visit my relatives and friends?
Why can’t I invite friends (meaning me)?” were the angry and frustrated refrain I was to hear often from my friends
The Rajapaksas chained the media. Opposition is made to confine itself to hotel lounge. Even after the war ended, the media remains in ‘toxic climate for free expression’ as pointed out by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Though since November last year, the media has regained its voice, it is still feeble with the authority inventing new weapons of intimidation like annual asset statements (from every journalist).
With nine journalists killed (since 2004), about 25 journalists living in exile out of fear, and some living at home in self-imposed house arrest, credibility and respectability remain a mirage in a world which loves free speech and freedom of religion. Monologues for action against the army for war crimes will remain as long as the media is denied peace dividend and is unable to mirror the true state of the nation freely and fearlessl
When we abandon justice to secure peace we get neither
These terrible events in Sri Lanka are shock the world and the result is that in the face of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the default position of the international community is no longer impunity but accountability.
Where such serious crimes are credibly alleged, investigation will now follow unless those denying the need for international justice can demonstrate that their national judicial mechanisms are serious and credible.
This is, by the way, something yet to be done convincingly by those involved in the intensified conflicts in Sri Lanka last year.
The justice is not an impediment to peace but a partner. When we abandon justice to secure peace, we most likely get neither.
Indeed, impunity can, and has, contributed to renewed conflict .
The parallel pursuit of justice and peace does present challenges, but it can be managed.
We must be ambitious enough to pursue both, and wise enough to recognize.
We not allow the views of a powerful few to threaten the aspirations of many.
The Tamils demand justice: from their own courts if possible, from international courts if no credible alternative exists.
40,000 pro-Eelam/LTTE supporters demonstrate in Washington!
Oops. Sorry, on looking more carefully, about 20 demonstrators and I'm erring on the side of caution. Yet they claim 40,000 were killed. Idiotic doesn't even begin to describe their stance. Delusional is a better description.
But on the positive side, Official Eelam Babe ® Janani Jananayagam was there, looking good. http://transcurrents.com/tc/IMG_07551.html
It seems that the pro-LTTE mob still haven't absorbed the Lessons Learnt after May 2009.
Jim Gona,
I don't think Prof. Puligal is real Eelamist or pro-LTTE commenter. His comments are actually quite jokey and idiotic.
e.g. "I must be very vigilant and cautious to get away with this problem and to get rid of this." Very funny indeed. 🙂
To Arul,
This sounds like special pleading and whining to me.
"My Tamils friends from the North found these questions offensive. “This is our land, our people are living here, these soldiers are from outside, how dare they ask us all these questions and stop us?"
This 'land' is not theirs, exclusively. It belongs to all Lankans. The soldiers may be from outside of their area, but they come from SL. The 'who are you' and 'where are you going' questions will continue for some time to come.
That's the unfortunate post-war security environment.
Tamil is a classical language !
Although Tamil and a few other languages such as Greek, Latin and Sanskrit enjoy the status of classical language in the academic world thanks to their antiquity and rich literary heritage, Tamil is the first living language to be given the official status of a classical language.
Following our success in getting the rightful status of Classical Language for Tamil declared and notified by the United Progressive Alliance government – a landmark achievement in the development of Tamil and in the restoration of its prestige and glory – succeeding in our efforts to establish the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai.
For more than 150 years, Tamil scholars and those conscious of their Tamil heritage have been demanding that the classical character of Tamil be recognised. They claimed that Tamil has rich and hoary literary and grammatical traditions, its own script system, and an unbroken lengthy history. In addition, the language has continuously been a spoken language at least for more than 2,000 years
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/06/_world_classical_tamil_confere.html#more
Dear Jim (McDonald),
Let’s not kid ourselves about the West’s new found concern about HR in SL. When in May ’09, the West tried to ‘get’ SL (literally days after its astounding victory against the LTTE) in the UNHCR, you know and I know and anyone with a functioning brain knows that it was pure geo-politics.
That attempt was resoundingly crushed, with the help of most of the word community. Just like the Eelam project was.
The same applies now. It also makes the ‘Human Rights’ angle less palatable and effective when used as a control mechanism against governments deemed insufficiently in tune with the West’s own strategic goals.
I note that the AI’s begging letter only concerns itself with ‘abuses’ committed “committed in the final stages of the armed conflict”.
Why? Are you deliberately trying to avoid scrutiny of the parties and the LTTE’s helpers in the previous three years?
Why no investigation into the sterling efforts by various HR organisations to keep the war going for the next three decades ?
Why no investigations into the outrageous lies told by HR organisations which gave the LTTE further breathing space?
Why no investigations into which countries and organisations were trying to arrange for Fat Boy to escape to Europe and thus continue his HR abusing campaign?
I’ll join you on the virtual-reality barricades demanding that SL be investigated for HR abuses, after the US, UK and NATO countries are indicted and investigated, first.
Here’s my rough reckoning of civilians killed due to Western bloc military action.
Gulf War 1: 50,000+ civilian deaths? (4k from direct action and 45k+ from sanctions. Nice.)
Gulf War 2: another 50,000+ civilian deaths?
Afghanistan: 10,000+ dead civilians?
Approx total = 110,000+ civilian deaths, plus in Iraq’s case, the near complete destruction of previously functioning country. Hmmmm.
If ‘war crimes’ trials & investigations are good enough for SL, they’re certainly good enough for the US & NATO, first.
Here’s AI’s final paragraph lecturing to SL with just ONE change. Can you spot the change?
“Impunity in Iraq & Afghanistan, where violations were on a massive scale and yet the UN failed to act, sets dangerous precedents. It sends a message to Iraqis & Afghans that the UN was irrelevant and could re-enforce trends of impunity globally. Failure to address impunity in Iraq & Afghanistan could cement a situation where states that have not ratified the Rome Statute (e.g. the USA) would feel that they are beyond the reach of international justice and that crimes committed in the name of “combating terrorism” can simply be ignored.”
40,000 pro-Eelam/LTTE supporters demonstrate in Washington!
Oops. Sorry, on looking more carefully, about 20 demonstrators and I'm erring on the side of caution. Yet they claim 40,000 were killed. Idiotic doesn't even begin to describe their stance. Delusional is a better description.
But on the positive side, Official Eelam Babe ® Janani Jananayagam was there, looking good. http://transcurrents.com/tc/IMG_07551.html
It seems that the pro-LTTE mob still haven't absorbed the Lessons Learnt after May 2009.
40,000 pro-Eelam/LTTE supporters demonstrate in Washington!
Oops. Sorry, on looking more carefully, about 20 demonstrators and I'm erring on the side of caution. Yet they claim 40,000 were killed. Idiotic doesn't even begin to describe their stance. Delusional is a better description.
But on the positive side, Official Eelam Babe ® Janani Jananayagam was there, looking good. http://transcurrents.com/tc/IMG_07551.html
It seems that the pro-LTTE mob still haven't absorbed the Lessons Learnt after May 2009.
Even more Global Justice & Lessons Learnt from Sri Lanka.
Northern Sinhala IDPs to be resettled in Madhu
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/03/news11.html
These forgotten IDPs, victims of the only genuine, certified case of ethnic cleansing in SL, carried out by the LTTE (and supported by the pro-LTTE diaspora), are being re-settled in Madhu.
They were evicted in 1985 and most have spent over 25 years in IDP camps.
They’re not returning to their homes because of pressure from AI or HRW or the UN. They’re returning because SL destroyed and crushed the LTTE.
A useful Lesson Learnt, no?
The Sri Lankan government's suggestion that a newly announced commission will provide accountability for laws-of-war violations during the armed conflict with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is yet another attempt to deflect an independent international investigation
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have to take steps to ensure accountability through an independent international investigation into the alleged laws-of-war violations.
The announcement of a commission on "lessons learnt and reconciliation" came after a months-long campaign by the Sri Lankan government to prevent Ban from establishing a panel of experts to advise him on accountability in Sri Lanka. In May 2009, after the war ended, President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed a joint communiqué with Ban promising that "the government will take measures to address allegations related to violations of international humanitarian and human-rights law." But no substantive steps have been taken.
Last week, President Mahinda Rajapaksa completed 40 years in politics. But all the experience and diplomatic acumen collected over four decades could not prevent him from losing his cool in an interview, also held last week, to the television channel.
“You don’t ask that from the Americans! You don’t go and ask that of the British about Iraq, or Afghanistan or what is happening in Pakistan? Be fair with us…be fair with us… don’t treat Sri Lanka like this because we defeated terrorism,’’ Rajapaksa said when asked uncomfortable questions on human rights violations.
Usually, Rajapaksa is charming, even disarmingly frank with reporters during interactions. But some commentators on the web saw this chink in his armour of affability as an increasing weariness on the question of rights abuse during the last phase of the civil war.
Interestingly, Rajapaksa was made professor emeritus at the Visva-Bharathi University in the late 1990s for his record as a human rights activist. This was after he delivered a lecture on human rights – on involuntary disappearances — at a Deharadun-based human rights organisation; the seminar was jointly organised by India’s National Human Rights Commission.
Harikrishnan – Yoou idiot – this is the problem. Rajapakse kept his cool during the whole interview. He was well prepared to answer the questions. This is why we are loosing our battle. It is time we accept defeat and accept reality. The world is with Sri Lanka – we have no one… Not even the Tamils because we killed them.
Below, the many inhuman practices which was carried out against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka simply because they are Tamil.
Gal Oya (1956)
1958 riots (1958)
1977 riots (1977)
Jaffna library (1981)
Black July (1983)
Welikada (1983)
Kalutara (1997)
Bindunuwewa (2000)
Total GENOCIDE(2009)
History speaks for itself !!
Ignorance doesn’t !!!!!!
EDE
Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.
You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.
It has been dominating your life and it has become ruling passion of your life as well.
So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils.
Amitabh Bachchan, IIFA’s brand ambassador, has given the extravaganza in Colombo a miss this year citing prior commitments.
Though Big B cited work commitments to cover up for his absence from IIFA, the protests from South Indian film lobby is seen as a reason for his non-participation this year.
http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/news/Salman-miffed-with-Big-Bs-absence/articleshow/6007236.cms
”Sivappu mazhai” Tamil film Banned in Sri Lanka
Sivappu Mazhai, a film that was made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, has been banned in Sri Lanka. The film, which has the distinction of being made within 12 days, deals with a youth that has been affected by the Sri Lankan army. The youth comes down to India to kidnap the young daughter of a central minister to fulfill his demands. Sivappu Mazhai is produced by Suresh Joachim, who also stars in this film with Meera Jasmine playing the leading lady. It is worth mentioning here that the movie hit the screens in Tamil Nadu a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdIlNVso9E
Sivappu Mazhai, the film made with an aim to enter the World Book of Guinness Records, has finally been given a clean chit by the Censor Board. A couple of days ago the board had rejected a U certificate to the film due to a few scenes on the Sri Lankan issue. According to Sivappu Mazhai’s producer and hero, Suresh Joachim, a few scenes have been deleted as per the advice of the censor officials. With the certification process complete, Sivappu Mazhai will be released in about 23 countries worldwide. Plans are afoot to include subtitles in 30 languages. Meera Jasmine plays the female lead in Sivappu Mazhai.
<Dear Puli !
re. your post, though it's not meant for me, I am very disappointing after a decent post I read from you in the morning…
Puligal Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:30 am
Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.
This is not right for you to tell about EDE. You hardly know him for one thing and you are describing exactly what the LTTE did… Child Abuse, forcefull money collection, plotting against prominent Tamils, torture Tamils who opposed them etc..
You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.
You told this to me the other day – now I am confused whether both my self and EDE are in the same wagon… ??
R U seriously re-posting stuff that another writes for you ?? Or do you have a set of posts that you post here from time to time… This post was directed at me exactly the same way not so long ago… ??????
If that’s the case, do you guys seriously understand what we are talking about or what AI is talking about ???????
So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils.
Again, you are drafting all good Tamils to your sinful LTTE movement and using their good name in vain.
TRAMPLING weeds underfoot, a group of people bound excitedly into an abandoned cemetery for Tamil Tiger rebels, hack bricks off the once pristine tombs and throw them into a waiting van.
They are, sighs a local Tamil autorickshaw driver resignedly, “Sinhala tourists”—members of Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority, collecting souvenirs to take back home in the south. Since the main north-south highway reopened to civilian traffic in December 2009, thousands of such visitors have been streaming to Sri Lanka’s northern peninsula. Alas, reconstruction and ethnic reconciliation are not following in their wake as quickly as people had hoped.
A year after the war, reconstruction in Jaffna is marred by the perception that the benefits are being reaped by the government and distant companies. Chinese firms are rebuilding the north’s main road network. A state-owned bank is financing Jaffna’s first three-star hotel. Young people lack the training employers want; joblessness remains a problem.
Nor has the end of fighting brought the lifting of military restrictions. Foreigners need defence-ministry permission to visit the peninsula. So do vehicles with commercial cargo. Far from the city centre, a local-government official laments the dashed hopes of those who had expected development to take off. The war may be over but mindsets, it seems, are slow to change
Impeccable Jim Gona
To imprison 100 000 Tamil children in the Sri Lanka concentration camps is a child abuse !!!!!
Jim Gona (JG)
JG mind is choked with odd notions and hoary beliefs.
According to the proverb,””what’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh”,
Your inheritted characteristics can not be concealed and now they have become obvious.
Your peevish and cavilling nature has been brought to light by your comments.
Your weak-kneed policies can only be proclaimed in the jungle where your ancestor lion lives.
My aim is to extirpate the evils such as plundering, theft, murder, lying, plotting and confiscating the rights, etc from SL.
I only want to reach out a help hand towards this process.
The weeds which are against it like you should be removed in order to reach my target.
I want to steal a march on it through some procedures.
It doesn’t mean that I rely on Barmecide’s feast.
I have no interest to fight tooth and nail to clear the way to obtain my goal.
Without having a bone of contention, JG jumps at me in order to cast cloud over our eyes.
I must be very vigilant and cautious to get away with this problem and to get rid of this.
Northern Sri Lanka area is still actually in the hands of the military, which allowed the return of the population but force them to live in absolute poverty.
The military blocks any attempts to improve their lives, but does not stop abuse and violence
Many families have returned to their homes incomplete: not only without ownership, but without family, killed, missing or detained.
On most occasions as we turned from the A9 road or from the Mannar – Medwachiya road to go interior villages, it seemed to arouse suspicion in soldiers
. Familiar questions of earlier years, such as “where are you going?” “why are you going?” “who are you” were thrown at us.
Our response that we are going to visit friends didn’t appear to be a satisfactory answer.
In the Vanni, it seems to be considered something abnormal and suspicious to visit friends!
My Tamils friends from the North found these questions offensive. “This is our land, our people are living here, these soldiers are from outside, how dare they ask us all these questions and stop us?
Why can’t I visit my place?
Why can’t I visit my relatives and friends?
Why can’t I invite friends (meaning me)?” were the angry and frustrated refrain I was to hear often from my friends
When we abandon justice to secure peace we get neither
These terrible events in Sri Lanka are shock the world and the result is that in the face of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the default position of the international community is no longer impunity but accountability.
Where such serious crimes are credibly alleged, investigation will now follow unless those denying the need for international justice can demonstrate that their national judicial mechanisms are serious and credible.
This is, by the way, something yet to be done convincingly by those involved in the intensified conflicts in Sri Lanka last year.
The justice is not an impediment to peace but a partner. When we abandon justice to secure peace, we most likely get neither.
Indeed, impunity can, and has, contributed to renewed conflict .
The parallel pursuit of justice and peace does present challenges, but it can be managed.
We must be ambitious enough to pursue both, and wise enough to recognize.
We not allow the views of a powerful few to threaten the aspirations of many.
The Tamils demand justice: from their own courts if possible, from international courts if no credible alternative exists.
Jim Gona,
I don’t think Prof. Puligal is real Eelamist or pro-LTTE commenter. His comments are actually quite jokey and idiotic.
e.g. “I must be very vigilant and cautious to get away with this problem and to get rid of this.” Very funny indeed. 🙂
To Arul,
This sounds like special pleading and whining to me.
“My Tamils friends from the North found these questions offensive. “This is our land, our people are living here, these soldiers are from outside, how dare they ask us all these questions and stop us?”
This ‘land’ is not theirs, exclusively. It belongs to all Lankans. The soldiers may be from outside of their area, but they come from SL. The ‘who are you’ and ‘where are you going’ questions will continue for some time to come.
That’s the unfortunate post-war security environment.
40,000 pro-Eelam/LTTE supporters demonstrate in Washington!
Oops. Sorry, on looking more carefully, about 20 demonstrators and I’m erring on the side of caution. Yet they claim 40,000 were killed. Idiotic doesn’t even begin to describe their stance. Delusional is a better description.
But on the positive side, Official Eelam Babe ® Janani Jananayagam was there, looking good.
http://transcurrents.com/tc/IMG_07551.html
It seems that the pro-LTTE mob still haven’t absorbed the Lessons Learnt after May 2009.
Indian film stars call for boycott of 'Bollywood Oscars' over Tamil deaths
Awards begin in Sri Lanka minus some of industry's biggest stars after boycott over alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians
The Indian film industry's "Bollywood Oscars" started in Sri Lanka today despite calls for a boycott over alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians.
Actors and directors from India's southern states asked stars not to attend the three-day extravaganza because of the alleged deaths caused by Sri Lankan armed forces in the last days of the island's 25-year civil war last year.
The Tamil minority have deep family and cultural links with the tens of millions of Tamils living in India, particularly in the state of Tamil Nadu.
According to Indian media, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, his actor son Abhishek and daughter-in-law, former Miss World and actor Aishwarya Rai, have decided not to attend along with Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood actor who is best known internationally. All have cited work commitments.
L Suresh, head of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, said the call for a boycott was "about humanitarianism not politics". He said: "You can't have people performing over freshly dug graves. We are not in the era of Genghis Khan."
The Sri Lankan government’s suggestion that a newly announced commission will provide accountability for laws-of-war violations during the armed conflict with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is yet another attempt to deflect an independent international investigation
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have to take steps to ensure accountability through an independent international investigation into the alleged laws-of-war violations.
The announcement of a commission on “lessons learnt and reconciliation” came after a months-long campaign by the Sri Lankan government to prevent Ban from establishing a panel of experts to advise him on accountability in Sri Lanka. In May 2009, after the war ended, President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed a joint communiqué with Ban promising that “the government will take measures to address allegations related to violations of international humanitarian and human-rights law.” But no substantive steps have been taken.
Last week, President Mahinda Rajapaksa completed 40 years in politics. But all the experience and diplomatic acumen collected over four decades could not prevent him from losing his cool in an interview, also held last week, to the television channel.
“You don’t ask that from the Americans! You don’t go and ask that of the British about Iraq, or Afghanistan or what is happening in Pakistan? Be fair with us…be fair with us… don’t treat Sri Lanka like this because we defeated terrorism,’’ Rajapaksa said when asked uncomfortable questions on human rights violations.
Usually, Rajapaksa is charming, even disarmingly frank with reporters during interactions. But some commentators on the web saw this chink in his armour of affability as an increasing weariness on the question of rights abuse during the last phase of the civil war.
Interestingly, Rajapaksa was made professor emeritus at the Visva-Bharathi University in the late 1990s for his record as a human rights activist. This was after he delivered a lecture on human rights – on involuntary disappearances — at a Deharadun-based human rights organisation; the seminar was jointly organised by India’s National Human Rights Commission.
Harikrishnan – Yoou idiot – this is the problem. Rajapakse kept his cool during the whole interview. He was well prepared to answer the questions. This is why we are loosing our battle. It is time we accept defeat and accept reality. The world is with Sri Lanka – we have no one… Not even the Tamils because we killed them.
Below, the many inhuman practices which was carried out against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka simply because they are Tamil.
Gal Oya (1956)
1958 riots (1958)
1977 riots (1977)
Jaffna library (1981)
Black July (1983)
Welikada (1983)
Kalutara (1997)
Bindunuwewa (2000)
Total GENOCIDE(2009)
History speaks for itself !!
Ignorance doesn’t !!!!!!
TRAMPLING weeds underfoot, a group of people bound excitedly into an abandoned cemetery for Tamil Tiger rebels, hack bricks off the once pristine tombs and throw them into a waiting van.
They are, sighs a local Tamil autorickshaw driver resignedly, “Sinhala tourists”—members of Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority, collecting souvenirs to take back home in the south. Since the main north-south highway reopened to civilian traffic in December 2009, thousands of such visitors have been streaming to Sri Lanka’s northern peninsula. Alas, reconstruction and ethnic reconciliation are not following in their wake as quickly as people had hoped.
A year after the war, reconstruction in Jaffna is marred by the perception that the benefits are being reaped by the government and distant companies. Chinese firms are rebuilding the north’s main road network. A state-owned bank is financing Jaffna’s first three-star hotel. Young people lack the training employers want; joblessness remains a problem.
Nor has the end of fighting brought the lifting of military restrictions. Foreigners need defence-ministry permission to visit the peninsula. So do vehicles with commercial cargo. Far from the city centre, a local-government official laments the dashed hopes of those who had expected development to take off. The war may be over but mindsets, it seems, are slow to change
Indian film stars call for boycott of ‘Bollywood Oscars’ over Tamil deaths
Awards begin in Sri Lanka minus some of industry’s biggest stars after boycott over alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians
The Indian film industry’s “Bollywood Oscars” started in Sri Lanka today despite calls for a boycott over alleged killings of ethnic Tamil civilians.
Actors and directors from India’s southern states asked stars not to attend the three-day extravaganza because of the alleged deaths caused by Sri Lankan armed forces in the last days of the island’s 25-year civil war last year.
The Tamil minority have deep family and cultural links with the tens of millions of Tamils living in India, particularly in the state of Tamil Nadu.
According to Indian media, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, his actor son Abhishek and daughter-in-law, former Miss World and actor Aishwarya Rai, have decided not to attend along with Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood actor who is best known internationally. All have cited work commitments.
L Suresh, head of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, said the call for a boycott was “about humanitarianism not politics”. He said: “You can’t have people performing over freshly dug graves. We are not in the era of Genghis Khan.”
'Lessons Learned committee announced by Rajapaksa cannot be trusted' http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
Kandy district United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Luxman Kiriella on Wednesday said that the 8-member Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation (CLLR), recently announced by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cannot be trusted to achieve the goals it claims. Citing the fate of the earlier 8-member presidential Commission on Inquiry (CoI) to inquire human rights violations headed by a former Supreme Court judge Nissanka Udalagama, the UNP parliamentarian said the new commission also seemed to be a deceptive measure adopted by Mr. Rajapaksa to avoid implication in allegations against war crimes.
Rajapaksa has recently announced the new commission, CLLR, to report lessons learned from the events that took place during the period between 21 February 2002 and 19 May 2009.
Responding to Rajapaksa's announcement, UN Rights Chief Navi Pillay, who noted previous experience and new information, responded by saying that such objectives would be better served by establishing an independent international accountability mechanism that would enjoy public confidence.
Elaine Pearson, the acting Asia director at Human Rights Watch noted: "Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes."
The previous commission by Rajapaksa came in the aftermath of international outrage over the execution-style killing of 17 aid workers from the French-based Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in eastern Moothoor, in August 2006.
On 04 September 2006, Rajapaksa initially announced that his government would "invite an international independent commission to probe abductions, disappearances and extra-judicial killings."
However, within two days of his announcement, he deviated from the claim saying that he would instead invite an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) 'to act as observers' of the activities of the Commission consisting of 'Sri Lankan nationals,' which will investigate alleged abductions, disappearances and extra judicial killings.
In November 2006, Rajapaksa set up the Commission of Inquiry (COI), which was later referred in Sri Lankan press as Udalagama Commission.
Rights groups, such as Amnesty International, have criticized from the very beginning that the Commission of Inquiries (CoI) lacked credibility and confidence of parties to the conflict and sections of the society to be able to conduct meaningful investigations, obtain critical testimony or information from witnesses and gain the acceptance of its recommendations by all relevant parties.
The IIGEP, consisting 11 members meant to monitor the CoI was fully formed in February 2007.
An year later, in March 2008, the IIGEP terminated its mission reasoning that the proceedings of the CoI have not been transparent and have not satisfied basic international norms and standards, and blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for "absence of will" in the present Inquiry to "investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question."
One more year passed and the Udalagama commission ceased to function without completing its mandate as its term was not extended.
Former SLA Commander to be appointed as Mullaiththeevu GA http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
One of the former Commanders of Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Major Gen. C. R. de Silva, is to be appointed as the new Government Agent (GA) to Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, sources in Vavuniyaa said. Colombo government and SLA had already begun changing Mullaiththeevu district into a Sinhalese area by declaring it as Weli Oya district consisting of Pathaviyaa, Ma’nalaa’ru, parts of Vavuniniyaa North and Anuradhapura. The appointment of a former Sinhalese military commander to Mullaiththeevu district as GA is another calculated step in making Mullaiththeevu district a Sinhalese area
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'Lessons Learned committee announced by Rajapaksa cannot be trusted' http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
Kandy district United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Luxman Kiriella on Wednesday said that the 8-member Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation (CLLR), recently announced by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cannot be trusted to achieve the goals it claims. Citing the fate of the earlier 8-member presidential Commission on Inquiry (CoI) to inquire human rights violations headed by a former Supreme Court judge Nissanka Udalagama, the UNP parliamentarian said the new commission also seemed to be a deceptive measure adopted by Mr. Rajapaksa to avoid implication in allegations against war crimes.
Rajapaksa has recently announced the new commission, CLLR, to report lessons learned from the events that took place during the period between 21 February 2002 and 19 May 2009.
Responding to Rajapaksa's announcement, UN Rights Chief Navi Pillay, who noted previous experience and new information, responded by saying that such objectives would be better served by establishing an independent international accountability mechanism that would enjoy public confidence.
Elaine Pearson, the acting Asia director at Human Rights Watch noted: "Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes."
The previous commission by Rajapaksa came in the aftermath of international outrage over the execution-style killing of 17 aid workers from the French-based Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in eastern Moothoor, in August 2006.
On 04 September 2006, Rajapaksa initially announced that his government would "invite an international independent commission to probe abductions, disappearances and extra-judicial killings."
However, within two days of his announcement, he deviated from the claim saying that he would instead invite an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) 'to act as observers' of the activities of the Commission consisting of 'Sri Lankan nationals,' which will investigate alleged abductions, disappearances and extra judicial killings.
In November 2006, Rajapaksa set up the Commission of Inquiry (COI), which was later referred in Sri Lankan press as Udalagama Commission.
Rights groups, such as Amnesty International, have criticized from the very beginning that the Commission of Inquiries (CoI) lacked credibility and confidence of parties to the conflict and sections of the society to be able to conduct meaningful investigations, obtain critical testimony or information from witnesses and gain the acceptance of its recommendations by all relevant parties.
The IIGEP, consisting 11 members meant to monitor the CoI was fully formed in February 2007.
An year later, in March 2008, the IIGEP terminated its mission reasoning that the proceedings of the CoI have not been transparent and have not satisfied basic international norms and standards, and blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for "absence of will" in the present Inquiry to "investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question."
One more year passed and the Udalagama commission ceased to function without completing its mandate as its term was not extended.
'Lessons Learned committee announced by Rajapaksa cannot be trusted' http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
Kandy district United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Luxman Kiriella on Wednesday said that the 8-member Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation (CLLR), recently announced by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cannot be trusted to achieve the goals it claims. Citing the fate of the earlier 8-member presidential Commission on Inquiry (CoI) to inquire human rights violations headed by a former Supreme Court judge Nissanka Udalagama, the UNP parliamentarian said the new commission also seemed to be a deceptive measure adopted by Mr. Rajapaksa to avoid implication in allegations against war crimes.
Rajapaksa has recently announced the new commission, CLLR, to report lessons learned from the events that took place during the period between 21 February 2002 and 19 May 2009.
Responding to Rajapaksa's announcement, UN Rights Chief Navi Pillay, who noted previous experience and new information, responded by saying that such objectives would be better served by establishing an independent international accountability mechanism that would enjoy public confidence.
Elaine Pearson, the acting Asia director at Human Rights Watch noted: "Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes."
The previous commission by Rajapaksa came in the aftermath of international outrage over the execution-style killing of 17 aid workers from the French-based Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in eastern Moothoor, in August 2006.
On 04 September 2006, Rajapaksa initially announced that his government would "invite an international independent commission to probe abductions, disappearances and extra-judicial killings."
However, within two days of his announcement, he deviated from the claim saying that he would instead invite an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) 'to act as observers' of the activities of the Commission consisting of 'Sri Lankan nationals,' which will investigate alleged abductions, disappearances and extra judicial killings.
In November 2006, Rajapaksa set up the Commission of Inquiry (COI), which was later referred in Sri Lankan press as Udalagama Commission.
Rights groups, such as Amnesty International, have criticized from the very beginning that the Commission of Inquiries (CoI) lacked credibility and confidence of parties to the conflict and sections of the society to be able to conduct meaningful investigations, obtain critical testimony or information from witnesses and gain the acceptance of its recommendations by all relevant parties.
The IIGEP, consisting 11 members meant to monitor the CoI was fully formed in February 2007.
An year later, in March 2008, the IIGEP terminated its mission reasoning that the proceedings of the CoI have not been transparent and have not satisfied basic international norms and standards, and blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for "absence of will" in the present Inquiry to "investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question."
One more year passed and the Udalagama commission ceased to function without completing its mandate as its term was not extended.
Former SLA Commander to be appointed as Mullaiththeevu GA http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
One of the former Commanders of Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Major Gen. C. R. de Silva, is to be appointed as the new Government Agent (GA) to Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, sources in Vavuniyaa said. Colombo government and SLA had already begun changing Mullaiththeevu district into a Sinhalese area by declaring it as Weli Oya district consisting of Pathaviyaa, Ma’nalaa’ru, parts of Vavuniniyaa North and Anuradhapura. The appointment of a former Sinhalese military commander to Mullaiththeevu district as GA is another calculated step in making Mullaiththeevu district a Sinhalese area
Former SLA Commander to be appointed as Mullaiththeevu GA http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
One of the former Commanders of Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Major Gen. C. R. de Silva, is to be appointed as the new Government Agent (GA) to Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, sources in Vavuniyaa said. Colombo government and SLA had already begun changing Mullaiththeevu district into a Sinhalese area by declaring it as Weli Oya district consisting of Pathaviyaa, Ma’nalaa’ru, parts of Vavuniniyaa North and Anuradhapura. The appointment of a former Sinhalese military commander to Mullaiththeevu district as GA is another calculated step in making Mullaiththeevu district a Sinhalese area
Tamil political prisoners appeal to TNA seeking amnesty
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Tamil political prisoners held in Welikada and Magazine prisons have appealed toTamil National Alliance (TNA) to move an adjournment motion in Parliament when it is scheduled to meet next week 8 June demanding general amnesty for them. More than one hundred and twenty Tamil political prisoners are held in these prisons and most of them are yet to be produced in court.
The political prisoners have requested TNA leader R. Sampanthan to work for their release.
They cited the amnesty granted to JVP suspects arrested during the first insurgency and then to Tamil prisoners under the Indo-Sri Lanka peace accord.
Tamil political prisoners now demand that they should be granted amnesty and that TNA should take up their case with the Government of Sri Lanka and Government of India, TNA sources said.
Rajapaksa extremism cannot be changed
Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said; :”I don’t think they [Tamils] are going to be submissive or go away.” Referring to the Sri Lankan president he said: “I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind.”
In a 2007, International Herald Tribune interview Mr Lee Kwan Yew said, “[t]he mistakes of Sri Lanka and other newly independent ‘failed states’ made Singapore go in a different direction. “When Singapore broke off from the Malayan Federation it had a hostile neighbor and a population made of Chinese, Malays and immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. The basis of a nation just was not there. But the advantage we had was that we became independent late,” Lee recalled in a wide ranging interview with the IHT.
“In 1965, we had 20 years of examples of failed states. So, we knew what to avoid – racial conflict, linguistic strife, and religious conflict. We saw Ceylon,” Lee added.
Puligal Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:56 am
Impeccable Jim Gona
To imprison 100 000 Tamil children in the Sri Lanka concentration camps is a child abuse !!!!!
Who said so ?? I have not heard of such "imprisonment" of "Tamil" Children in any part of the country. Actually, it is not allowed by law here.We usually send children (immaterial of ethnicity) if they have broken to law to rehabilitation centers and not prisons. Actually, it is not allowed by international law ether.
Also there had never been concentration camps anywhere in Sri Lanka. There have been make shift camps for IDP's of war since 1985 and they are def not concentration camps. Actually, there were and are several children in some of these camps immaterial of ethnicity. Some Muslim and Singhala children too who where chased out by the brutal LTTE Apes. – So I actually don't know what you are talking about
No Tamil film personalities at IIFA Awards
The 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2010 in Sri Lanka has lost its zest at the very outset though the island country has rolled the red carpet for the event. The Tamil film fraternity and many Bollywood actors stayed away from the festival following the Tamilians protesting against the choice of venue.
All the Tamil film
personalities including big names like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Ajit, Surya, Vikram and others have decided not to attend the function. Mani Ratnam even pulled back the screening of Raavanan (Raavan in Hindi) at the festival. Even big Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador of IIFA, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Bachchan and others are not attending it.
It may be recalled that the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) had earlier threatened to boycott all the actors who attend the IIFA awards which kicked off yesterday at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Tamilians alleged that holding the event in Sri Lanka, after all the atrocities meted out to the Tamilians in the country, would give out the wrong message
Puligal Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 am
JG mind is choked with odd notions and hoary beliefs.
According to the proverb,”"what’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh”,
Your inheritted characteristics can not be concealed and now they have become obvious.
Exactly what I say about you – R U sure that this is not a post by me to you ??? As per your peoverb, can I assume that you are bred in the bone with LTTE terrorist mentality and your flesh rot the same way too ??? With your stubborn attitude and Terrorist mentality, I feel that you have inherited these characteristics too !!! Surely, you are mentally underdeveloped and that is inherited I guess !!
Your peevish and cavilling nature has been brought to light by your comments. Thanks – at least my comments bring light and not rotten smells like yours !! 🙂 – sorry – u asked for it !!
Your weak-kneed policies can only be proclaimed in the jungle where your ancestor lion lives. Actually, I have been quite straight forward in my comments, so, don't relate me to your impotent friends who are weak-kneed. Indeed I would like to have some kind of DNA from a lion – I mean, who would not apart from you impotent people 🙂 !!! Heard that it's much better than Tiger DNA as tigers tend to hide out and travel only in the nights – real pussy attitude, where as Lions are out there with nothing to hide or hide from 🙂 !!
My aim is to extirpate the evils such as plundering, theft, murder, lying, plotting and confiscating the rights, etc from SL.
What a coincidence ?? My Aim is the same !!!!!!
I just want to see the end of mentally challenged Terrorists like you. Normal mentally challenged people are quite peaceful, but, you guys with twisted eyes are indeed a menace to the world 🙂 !!
I only want to reach out a help hand towards this process.
The hand you lend rots man – that's the only issue ! You are reaching out with rotten intentions and rotten hands – false arms !!
The weeds which are against it like you should be removed in order to reach my target.
Going through your posts, I actually do wonder whether you are after few puffs of Weeds… Indeed remove them and you might come to your sense sooner than later !!!!
I want to steal a march on it through some procedures.
I have no doubt that you are good at steeling – I mean, we heard of you in the past about how you stole credit cards, card details etc. from the very people of the west who was good enough to provide you asylum in their countries noh ?
It doesn’t mean that I rely on Barmecide’s feast.
No I have realized it – I feel that you rely on a Banana feat – unfortunately, you don't have the mental ability to peel the banana before the feast 🙂 !!
I have no interest to fight tooth and nail to clear the way to obtain my goal.
No No NO – you pip squeaks are very good at hiding behind computer screens and posting rubbish. there is no requirement for any kind of physical intervention 🙂 !!
Without having a bone of contention, JG jumps at me in order to cast cloud over our eyes.
Hey, I don't need to do that, you are already beyond the clouds and on a D-tour around Marsh, Neftune, Urenesh and Flooto after your puffs of "Weeds"
I must be very vigilant and cautious to get away with this problem and to get rid of this.
As EDE mentioned – this sentence does not make any sense… So, let me not waste my humour on this and let people laugh at your original post it self !!
Happy Banana peeling lessons – Adios !!
Bad news from Sri Lanka (if you're a pro-LTTE diaspora supporter)
Nice words from our Indian Bollywood friends ignoring the LTTE donkeys in India and the West 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RydR2OtyrmQ
In other Eelamish News, the Tamil Nadu politicians turned away Fat Boy VP's ailing mother seeking health treatment (she's now being treated in SL) and are now trying to prove their dedication to the 'Eelam Cause' by trying and failing to organise a boycott of of a film festival designed to build bridges in SL.
It's an insult to donkeys to call these fools 'donkeys'.
The Delusional LTTE diaspora have still not 'learnt lessons'. Perhaps they need more time to understand the new reality. I call them the 'Special Needs Diaspora'.
Special Needs = challenges with learning, communication challenges, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and developmental disorders. The pro-Eelam crowd definitely fit the description 🙂
Hey, i’ve been reading this blog for a while and have a question, maybe you can help… it’s how do i add your feed to my rss reader as i want to follow you. Thanks.
‘Lessons Learned committee announced by Rajapaksa cannot be trusted’
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31886
Kandy district United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Luxman Kiriella on Wednesday said that the 8-member Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation (CLLR), recently announced by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cannot be trusted to achieve the goals it claims. Citing the fate of the earlier 8-member presidential Commission on Inquiry (CoI) to inquire human rights violations headed by a former Supreme Court judge Nissanka Udalagama, the UNP parliamentarian said the new commission also seemed to be a deceptive measure adopted by Mr. Rajapaksa to avoid implication in allegations against war crimes.
Rajapaksa has recently announced the new commission, CLLR, to report lessons learned from the events that took place during the period between 21 February 2002 and 19 May 2009.
Responding to Rajapaksa’s announcement, UN Rights Chief Navi Pillay, who noted previous experience and new information, responded by saying that such objectives would be better served by establishing an independent international accountability mechanism that would enjoy public confidence.
Elaine Pearson, the acting Asia director at Human Rights Watch noted: “Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes.”
The previous commission by Rajapaksa came in the aftermath of international outrage over the execution-style killing of 17 aid workers from the French-based Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in eastern Moothoor, in August 2006.
On 04 September 2006, Rajapaksa initially announced that his government would “invite an international independent commission to probe abductions, disappearances and extra-judicial killings.”
However, within two days of his announcement, he deviated from the claim saying that he would instead invite an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) ‘to act as observers’ of the activities of the Commission consisting of ‘Sri Lankan nationals,’ which will investigate alleged abductions, disappearances and extra judicial killings.
In November 2006, Rajapaksa set up the Commission of Inquiry (COI), which was later referred in Sri Lankan press as Udalagama Commission.
Rights groups, such as Amnesty International, have criticized from the very beginning that the Commission of Inquiries (CoI) lacked credibility and confidence of parties to the conflict and sections of the society to be able to conduct meaningful investigations, obtain critical testimony or information from witnesses and gain the acceptance of its recommendations by all relevant parties.
The IIGEP, consisting 11 members meant to monitor the CoI was fully formed in February 2007.
An year later, in March 2008, the IIGEP terminated its mission reasoning that the proceedings of the CoI have not been transparent and have not satisfied basic international norms and standards, and blamed the Government of Sri Lanka for “absence of will” in the present Inquiry to “investigate cases with vigour, where the conduct of its own forces has been called into question.”
One more year passed and the Udalagama commission ceased to function without completing its mandate as its term was not extended.
Bad news from Sri Lanka (if you're a pro-LTTE diaspora supporter)
Nice words from our Indian Bollywood friends ignoring the LTTE donkeys in India and the West 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RydR2OtyrmQ
In other Eelamish News, the Tamil Nadu politicians turned away Fat Boy VP's ailing mother seeking health treatment (she's now being treated in SL) and are now trying to prove their dedication to the 'Eelam Cause' by trying and failing to organise a boycott of of a film festival designed to build bridges in SL.
It's an insult to donkeys to call these fools 'donkeys'.
The Delusional LTTE diaspora have still not 'learnt lessons'. Perhaps they need more time to understand the new reality. I call them the 'Special Needs Diaspora'.
Special Needs = challenges with learning, communication challenges, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and developmental disorders. The pro-Eelam crowd definitely fit the description 🙂
Bad news from Sri Lanka (if you're a pro-LTTE diaspora supporter)
Nice words from our Indian Bollywood friends ignoring the LTTE donkeys in India and the West 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RydR2OtyrmQ
In other Eelamish News, the Tamil Nadu politicians turned away Fat Boy VP's ailing mother seeking health treatment (she's now being treated in SL) and are now trying to prove their dedication to the 'Eelam Cause' by trying and failing to organise a boycott of of a film festival designed to build bridges in SL.
It's an insult to donkeys to call these fools 'donkeys'.
The Delusional LTTE diaspora have still not 'learnt lessons'. Perhaps they need more time to understand the new reality. I call them the 'Special Needs Diaspora'.
Special Needs = challenges with learning, communication challenges, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and developmental disorders. The pro-Eelam crowd definitely fit the description 🙂
Former SLA Commander to be appointed as Mullaiththeevu GA
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31893
One of the former Commanders of Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Major Gen. C. R. de Silva, is to be appointed as the new Government Agent (GA) to Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni, sources in Vavuniyaa said. Colombo government and SLA had already begun changing Mullaiththeevu district into a Sinhalese area by declaring it as Weli Oya district consisting of Pathaviyaa, Ma’nalaa’ru, parts of Vavuniniyaa North and Anuradhapura. The appointment of a former Sinhalese military commander to Mullaiththeevu district as GA is another calculated step in making Mullaiththeevu district a Sinhalese area
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
IFFA Official.
No South Indian actor was invited !!
Those who have an issue, they better solve their own HR Issue of water distribution in Kaberi River – LOL !!!!
I bow down to this IFFA guy !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_River_Water_D…
EDE !!
My Applauds !!
What a timely comment !
I am watching the match and the words of Anil Kappor "We are all one. If you don't have an Indian Stand and a Sri Lankan stand, you will not find a difference. We all eat almost identical food. We are here to support a worthy cause and a country that needs peace. I Love peace and whole of Bollywood is geared to ensure that Sri Lanka has Peace"
Also, the absent stars have sent special messages to the president and the people of the country saying that they are sorry about the absence and that they would pay separate visits in the near future to compensate.
We need to Thank the great Amithab Bachchan who made this a reality. If not for him, IFFA would not have been possible in SL. If he was against it or was mislead as our mentally challenged Apes claim, he would not have given the OK to have it in SL.
EDE, your special needs also should include "Brain capacity and processing development"
As per Piribahara's Mom, his sister has also mentioned that she would prefer if her 'Amma" (mom) doesn't go to India for treatment as all the LTTE supporters would rally around just to make use of her to start some "unwanted" campaign. She want's her to get treatment in Sri Lankaand live in her house in the north of the country. She will probably come down to join her and live with her later.
Also our "Genocide" gang needs to know that Prabaharan's mom will be treated in Sri Lanka at the government's expense at one of our better hospitals.
I bet the Apes must be scratching their rectums to figure out the next cause of action when they run out of "false" claims to make !!
EDE,
I also missed out on a valuable point.
Our good Apes of LTTE are trying to sabotage the event of what ??
I am sure that they know that the monies earned from the Match and other benefits goes to development of "Jaffna"
So, I guess the only thing these Apes wants is for Sri Lanka to stop providing any kind of support to those in Jaffna – Quite fascinating for a Ape Gang who claims to be Aping around for the benefit of the people of the north !!!
Here we go again… UN HR chief Navanethem Pillay has another tantrum
It's time for Navi Pillai (a South African Tamil) to have her annual tantrum about Lanka's 'war crimes' investigations. She was roundly slapped down by India (amongst others) in May '09 when the SL decisively defeated a geo-politically motivated attempt by Western powers and their tame NGOs to get at SL.
India said “It would be extremely unfortunate if inter-governmental decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council were to be ignored or set aside, and the High Commissioner and/or her office were to misinterpret them or wilfully neglect them or supersede them.”
That's diplomatic speak for "you're exceeding your authority, so watch it."
In 2010, SL's FM, Prof. Peiris told her "We think that this course of action is unfair. It is even oppressive. It is as though some people will not rest until they are successful in harassing Sri Lanka,"
Pillay's hysterical outbreaks are like the symptoms of Herpes Simplex. They occur annually, are extremely irritating and no known cure exists.
But SL will get through this and all future attempts by the discredited members of the UNHCR and their allies, including AI, HRW, ICG et al to punish SL for having crushed the LTTE with the degree of violence that these moral guardians found unacceptable.
This is of course intensely frustrating for the pro-Eelam diaspora. All the money disbursed, demonstrations attended, Big Macs consumed by the ton, traffic blocked, credit cards stolen and the end result is still the same. No Eelam.
Another 'Lesson Learnt"? No, Eelamists and their supporters can be guaranteed to learn the false lessons from SL's victory against the LTTE.
Impeccable Jim,
Good point about the money raised from the IIFA event going to Jaffna and LTTE child soldier rehabilitation.
The diaspora LTTE's child soldiers, on the other hand will never have to face any danger, other than falling over at a Pongu Thamil rally (held to glorify LTTE suicide bombers) in London. http://tinyurl.com/3xeacpo
Look at these idiots dancing in London, but not fighting in the Vanni 🙂
http://liammacuaid.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ds…
More good news !!
UNICEF is behind Sri Lanka and support the cause of child development.
UNICEF just handed over a Thank You note to IFFA for bringing the event to Sri Lanka. Part of the funding goes to Child Soldiers of LTTE, now rehabilitated and are learning in schools with other children in Colombo.
I don't know how relevant the topic "lessons Learn't (or Not) in Sri Lanka" (as in this post) is in today's context. But, I know for a fact that a lot of Hollow Brains could at least learn that there definitely are thinks to look in to beyond your nostrils.
Tamil political prisoners appeal to TNA seeking amnesty
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Tamil political prisoners held in Welikada and Magazine prisons have appealed toTamil National Alliance (TNA) to move an adjournment motion in Parliament when it is scheduled to meet next week 8 June demanding general amnesty for them. More than one hundred and twenty Tamil political prisoners are held in these prisons and most of them are yet to be produced in court.
The political prisoners have requested TNA leader R. Sampanthan to work for their release.
They cited the amnesty granted to JVP suspects arrested during the first insurgency and then to Tamil prisoners under the Indo-Sri Lanka peace accord.
Tamil political prisoners now demand that they should be granted amnesty and that TNA should take up their case with the Government of Sri Lanka and Government of India, TNA sources said.
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
IFFA Official.
No South Indian actor was invited !!
Those who have an issue, they better solve their own HR Issue of water distribution in Kaberi River – LOL !!!!
I bow down to this IFFA guy !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_River_Water_D…
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
IFFA Official.
No South Indian actor was invited !!
Those who have an issue, they better solve their own HR Issue of water distribution in Kaberi River – LOL !!!!
I bow down to this IFFA guy !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_River_Water_D…
Rajapaksa extremism cannot be changed
Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said; :”I don’t think they [Tamils] are going to be submissive or go away.” Referring to the Sri Lankan president he said: “I have read his speeches and I knew he was a Sinhala extremist. I cannot change his mind.”
In a 2007, International Herald Tribune interview Mr Lee Kwan Yew said, “[t]he mistakes of Sri Lanka and other newly independent ‘failed states’ made Singapore go in a different direction. “When Singapore broke off from the Malayan Federation it had a hostile neighbor and a population made of Chinese, Malays and immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. The basis of a nation just was not there. But the advantage we had was that we became independent late,” Lee recalled in a wide ranging interview with the IHT.
“In 1965, we had 20 years of examples of failed states. So, we knew what to avoid – racial conflict, linguistic strife, and religious conflict. We saw Ceylon,” Lee added.
Here we go again… UN HR chief Navanethem Pillay has another tantrum
It's time for Navi Pillai (a South African Tamil) to have her annual tantrum about Lanka's 'war crimes' investigations. She was roundly slapped down by India (amongst others) in May '09 when the SL decisively defeated a geo-politically motivated attempt by Western powers and their tame NGOs to get at SL.
India said “It would be extremely unfortunate if inter-governmental decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council were to be ignored or set aside, and the High Commissioner and/or her office were to misinterpret them or wilfully neglect them or supersede them.”
That's diplomatic speak for "you're exceeding your authority, so watch it."
In 2010, SL's FM, Prof. Peiris told her "We think that this course of action is unfair. It is even oppressive. It is as though some people will not rest until they are successful in harassing Sri Lanka,"
Pillay's hysterical outbreaks are like the symptoms of Herpes Simplex. They occur annually, are extremely irritating and no known cure exists.
But SL will get through this and all future attempts by the discredited members of the UNHCR and their allies, including AI, HRW, ICG et al to punish SL for having crushed the LTTE with the degree of violence that these moral guardians found unacceptable.
This is of course intensely frustrating for the pro-Eelam diaspora. All the money disbursed, demonstrations attended, Big Macs consumed by the ton, traffic blocked, credit cards stolen and the end result is still the same. No Eelam.
Another 'Lesson Learnt"? No, Eelamists and their supporters can be guaranteed to learn the false lessons from SL's victory against the LTTE.
Impeccable Jim,
Good point about the money raised from the IIFA event going to Jaffna and LTTE child soldier rehabilitation.
The diaspora LTTE's child soldiers, on the other hand will never have to face any danger, other than falling over at a Pongu Thamil rally (held to glorify LTTE suicide bombers) in London. http://tinyurl.com/3xeacpo
Look at these idiots dancing in London, but not fighting in the Vanni 🙂
http://liammacuaid.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ds…
Here we go again… UN HR chief Navanethem Pillay has another tantrum
It's time for Navi Pillai (a South African Tamil) to have her annual tantrum about Lanka's 'war crimes' investigations. She was roundly slapped down by India (amongst others) in May '09 when the SL decisively defeated a geo-politically motivated attempt by Western powers and their tame NGOs to get at SL.
India said “It would be extremely unfortunate if inter-governmental decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council were to be ignored or set aside, and the High Commissioner and/or her office were to misinterpret them or wilfully neglect them or supersede them.”
That's diplomatic speak for "you're exceeding your authority, so watch it."
In 2010, SL's FM, Prof. Peiris told her "We think that this course of action is unfair. It is even oppressive. It is as though some people will not rest until they are successful in harassing Sri Lanka,"
Pillay's hysterical outbreaks are like the symptoms of Herpes Simplex. They occur annually, are extremely irritating and no known cure exists.
But SL will get through this and all future attempts by the discredited members of the UNHCR and their allies, including AI, HRW, ICG et al to punish SL for having crushed the LTTE with the degree of violence that these moral guardians found unacceptable.
This is of course intensely frustrating for the pro-Eelam diaspora. All the money disbursed, demonstrations attended, Big Macs consumed by the ton, traffic blocked, credit cards stolen and the end result is still the same. No Eelam.
Another 'Lesson Learnt"? No, Eelamists and their supporters can be guaranteed to learn the false lessons from SL's victory against the LTTE.
Impeccable Jim,
Good point about the money raised from the IIFA event going to Jaffna and LTTE child soldier rehabilitation.
The diaspora LTTE's child soldiers, on the other hand will never have to face any danger, other than falling over at a Pongu Thamil rally (held to glorify LTTE suicide bombers) in London. http://tinyurl.com/3xeacpo
Look at these idiots dancing in London, but not fighting in the Vanni 🙂
http://liammacuaid.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ds…
Puligal Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:56 am
Impeccable Jim Gona
To imprison 100 000 Tamil children in the Sri Lanka concentration camps is a child abuse !!!!!
Who said so ?? I have not heard of such “imprisonment” of “Tamil” Children in any part of the country. Actually, it is not allowed by law here.We usually send children (immaterial of ethnicity) if they have broken to law to rehabilitation centers and not prisons. Actually, it is not allowed by international law ether.
Also there had never been concentration camps anywhere in Sri Lanka. There have been make shift camps for IDP’s of war since 1985 and they are def not concentration camps. Actually, there were and are several children in some of these camps immaterial of ethnicity. Some Muslim and Singhala children too who where chased out by the brutal LTTE Apes. – So I actually don’t know what you are talking about
No Tamil film personalities at IIFA Awards
The 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2010 in Sri Lanka has lost its zest at the very outset though the island country has rolled the red carpet for the event. The Tamil film fraternity and many Bollywood actors stayed away from the festival following the Tamilians protesting against the choice of venue.
All the Tamil film
personalities including big names like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Ajit, Surya, Vikram and others have decided not to attend the function. Mani Ratnam even pulled back the screening of Raavanan (Raavan in Hindi) at the festival. Even big Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador of IIFA, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Bachchan and others are not attending it.
It may be recalled that the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) had earlier threatened to boycott all the actors who attend the IIFA awards which kicked off yesterday at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Tamilians alleged that holding the event in Sri Lanka, after all the atrocities meted out to the Tamilians in the country, would give out the wrong message
Puligal Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 am
JG mind is choked with odd notions and hoary beliefs.
According to the proverb,””what’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh”,
Your inheritted characteristics can not be concealed and now they have become obvious.
Exactly what I say about you – R U sure that this is not a post by me to you ??? As per your peoverb, can I assume that you are bred in the bone with LTTE terrorist mentality and your flesh rot the same way too ??? With your stubborn attitude and Terrorist mentality, I feel that you have inherited these characteristics too !!! Surely, you are mentally underdeveloped and that is inherited I guess !!
Your peevish and cavilling nature has been brought to light by your comments. Thanks – at least my comments bring light and not rotten smells like yours !! 🙂 – sorry – u asked for it !!
Your weak-kneed policies can only be proclaimed in the jungle where your ancestor lion lives. Actually, I have been quite straight forward in my comments, so, don’t relate me to your impotent friends who are weak-kneed. Indeed I would like to have some kind of DNA from a lion – I mean, who would not apart from you impotent people 🙂 !!! Heard that it’s much better than Tiger DNA as tigers tend to hide out and travel only in the nights – real pussy attitude, where as Lions are out there with nothing to hide or hide from 🙂 !!
My aim is to extirpate the evils such as plundering, theft, murder, lying, plotting and confiscating the rights, etc from SL.
What a coincidence ?? My Aim is the same !!!!!!
I just want to see the end of mentally challenged Terrorists like you. Normal mentally challenged people are quite peaceful, but, you guys with twisted eyes are indeed a menace to the world 🙂 !!
I only want to reach out a help hand towards this process.
The hand you lend rots man – that’s the only issue ! You are reaching out with rotten intentions and rotten hands – false arms !!
The weeds which are against it like you should be removed in order to reach my target.
Going through your posts, I actually do wonder whether you are after few puffs of Weeds… Indeed remove them and you might come to your sense sooner than later !!!!
I want to steal a march on it through some procedures.
I have no doubt that you are good at steeling – I mean, we heard of you in the past about how you stole credit cards, card details etc. from the very people of the west who was good enough to provide you asylum in their countries noh ?
It doesn’t mean that I rely on Barmecide’s feast.
No I have realized it – I feel that you rely on a Banana feat – unfortunately, you don’t have the mental ability to peel the banana before the feast 🙂 !!
I have no interest to fight tooth and nail to clear the way to obtain my goal.
No No NO – you pip squeaks are very good at hiding behind computer screens and posting rubbish. there is no requirement for any kind of physical intervention 🙂 !!
Without having a bone of contention, JG jumps at me in order to cast cloud over our eyes.
Hey, I don’t need to do that, you are already beyond the clouds and on a D-tour around Marsh, Neftune, Urenesh and Flooto after your puffs of “Weeds”
I must be very vigilant and cautious to get away with this problem and to get rid of this.
As EDE mentioned – this sentence does not make any sense… So, let me not waste my humour on this and let people laugh at your original post it self !!
Happy Banana peeling lessons – Adios !!
Bad news from Sri Lanka (if you’re a pro-LTTE diaspora supporter)
Nice words from our Indian Bollywood friends ignoring the LTTE donkeys in India and the West 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RydR2OtyrmQ
In other Eelamish News, the Tamil Nadu politicians turned away Fat Boy VP’s ailing mother seeking health treatment (she’s now being treated in SL) and are now trying to prove their dedication to the ‘Eelam Cause’ by trying and failing to organise a boycott of of a film festival designed to build bridges in SL.
It’s an insult to donkeys to call these fools ‘donkeys’.
The Delusional LTTE diaspora have still not ‘learnt lessons’. Perhaps they need more time to understand the new reality. I call them the ‘Special Needs Diaspora’.
Special Needs = challenges with learning, communication challenges, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and developmental disorders. The pro-Eelam crowd definitely fit the description 🙂
EDE !!
My Applauds !!
What a timely comment !
I am watching the match and the words of Anil Kappor “We are all one. If you don’t have an Indian Stand and a Sri Lankan stand, you will not find a difference. We all eat almost identical food. We are here to support a worthy cause and a country that needs peace. I Love peace and whole of Bollywood is geared to ensure that Sri Lanka has Peace”
Also, the absent stars have sent special messages to the president and the people of the country saying that they are sorry about the absence and that they would pay separate visits in the near future to compensate.
We need to Thank the great Amithab Bachchan who made this a reality. If not for him, IFFA would not have been possible in SL. If he was against it or was mislead as our mentally challenged Apes claim, he would not have given the OK to have it in SL.
EDE, your special needs also should include “Brain capacity and processing development”
As per Piribahara’s Mom, his sister has also mentioned that she would prefer if her ‘Amma” (mom) doesn’t go to India for treatment as all the LTTE supporters would rally around just to make use of her to start some “unwanted” campaign. She want’s her to get treatment in Sri Lankaand live in her house in the north of the country. She will probably come down to join her and live with her later.
Also our “Genocide” gang needs to know that Prabaharan’s mom will be treated in Sri Lanka at the government’s expense at one of our better hospitals.
I bet the Apes must be scratching their rectums to figure out the next cause of action when they run out of “false” claims to make !!
EDE,
I also missed out on a valuable point.
Our good Apes of LTTE are trying to sabotage the event of what ??
I am sure that they know that the monies earned from the Match and other benefits goes to development of “Jaffna”
So, I guess the only thing these Apes wants is for Sri Lanka to stop providing any kind of support to those in Jaffna – Quite fascinating for a Ape Gang who claims to be Aping around for the benefit of the people of the north !!!
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:June 4th, 2010 at 5:59 am
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
This sin hella racist still looking for his father ape, click on Sin Hella State Terror to find his father. sorry AI
Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.
Philip Alston, Special UN Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC), has said that there is a need for an independent international inquiry in Sri Lanka.
He was referring to the allegations that as many as 30,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka last year in the closing months of the conflict between Government forces and Tamil rebels and that grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law were committed.
“In this case also there is a need for an independent international inquiry,” he said. “While the Council rejected this proposal a year ago, there is now a great deal of new evidence which would warrant effective action.”
In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston said. “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added.
In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
To assert in such circumstances that matters should be left entirely to a domestic inquiry will generally be tantamount to an “abdication” on the part of the international community, said Mr. Alston, who cited the recent Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed for Gaza as one example of such a situation, the UN media unit reported. http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-als…
More good news !!
UNICEF is behind Sri Lanka and support the cause of child development.
UNICEF just handed over a Thank You note to IFFA for bringing the event to Sri Lanka. Part of the funding goes to Child Soldiers of LTTE, now rehabilitated and are learning in schools with other children in Colombo.
I don’t know how relevant the topic “lessons Learn’t (or Not) in Sri Lanka” (as in this post) is in today’s context. But, I know for a fact that a lot of Hollow Brains could at least learn that there definitely are thinks to look in to beyond your nostrils.
As the Sri Lankan government celebrates the first anniversary of its historic triumph over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), it is increasingly clear that the battlefield victory will prove Pyrrhic unless the legitimate grievances of Sri Lanka's minority communities are recognized and addressed.
By failing to reach out meaningfully to the Tamil-speaking minority, and by cracking down on opposition voices and any kind of dissent in Sri Lanka, the government is throwing away a once-in-a-generation opportunity. But it is not too late for President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government to change course and begin to build a truly multiethnic society. Indeed, the country's future depends on his doing so.
The end of the civil war was an unambiguously positive development for Sri Lanka. The Tamil Tigers led a ruthless campaign for an independent territory against Sri Lanka's government for most of the past three decades. They killed not only government officials, but often Tamil leaders willing to explore compromise solutions with the government as well as civilians from all ethnic groups.
Indeed, the LTTE has been accused of a range of human-rights violations, in addition to such killings, including abduction, child conscription and use of civilians as human shields. The Sri Lankan army, police and other state organs also perpetrated major abuses during the conflict.
The final throes of the war last year were horrific, with 20,000 to 40,000 civilians (mostly ethnic Tamils) killed in a period of a few months by both the Sri Lankan government forces and the Tigers. We may never know the exact number of casualties during the last phase of the conflict, because the government did not allow international organizations or media into the area.
Rajapaksa's victory in the presidential election this past January, followed in April by a win for his United People's Freedom Alliance in parliamentary elections, ensured a majority for the president and his party. These victories create an opportunity for the government to reach out to the opposition and to minority groups to build a truly inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka, but this has not yet happened.
Instead, government policies since the end of the war have targeted opponents and critics, possibly laying the foundation for a new round of conflict. Opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka was harassed and soon arrested after the presidential elections.
More than 250,000 Tamil civilians were kept in virtual internment camps long after the end of hostilities and prevented from exercising their civil rights or returning to their homes. No significant special efforts have been made to reach out to the Tamil-speaking minority to understand better and address those legitimate concerns that found illegitimate expression through the LTTE. If this trend continues, Sri Lanka will be doomed to repeat its tragic history.
Sri Lanka is blessed with brilliant people, indefatigable civil-society organizations, decent courts and infrastructure, and abundant natural resources. None of these attributes will lead to long-term stability and prosperity for the country unless the government plays a more constructive role.
A first step in the national healing process must include exploring in a public way the grievances of the country's minorities, both Tamil and Muslim, and discussing the violations perpetrated by the LTTE and the government during the conflict. As was the case in South Africa, this approach can lay an essential foundation for a sustainable and effective reconciliation process.
The government must open itself far more to hearing and responding to the legitimate voices of the Sri Lankan people across the country's political spectrum and ethnic divides. If these grievances cannot be addressed through legitimate means, they will find other far less healthy outlets over time.
The government must also make every effort to establish the rule of law, including implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which calls for independent judicial institutions, and of the 13th Amendment, which devolves power to the provinces. Reports of new amendments being drafted to rescind these guarantees would be extremely disturbing if confirmed.
Sri Lanka must do far more to ensure minority rights and protections not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it is the best possible investment the country can make in its future. It is not too late to embrace this future, but soon it will be if the government does not change course immediately.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20100604a2.h…
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
IFFA Official.
No South Indian actor was invited !!
Those who have an issue, they better solve their own HR Issue of water distribution in Kaberi River – LOL !!!!
I bow down to this IFFA guy !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_River_Water_Dispute
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:June 4th, 2010 at 5:59 am
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
This sin hella racist still looking for his father ape, click on Sin Hella State Terror to find his father. sorry AI
Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.
Philip Alston, Special UN Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC), has said that there is a need for an independent international inquiry in Sri Lanka.
He was referring to the allegations that as many as 30,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka last year in the closing months of the conflict between Government forces and Tamil rebels and that grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law were committed.
“In this case also there is a need for an independent international inquiry,” he said. “While the Council rejected this proposal a year ago, there is now a great deal of new evidence which would warrant effective action.”
In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston said. “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added.
In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
To assert in such circumstances that matters should be left entirely to a domestic inquiry will generally be tantamount to an “abdication” on the part of the international community, said Mr. Alston, who cited the recent Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed for Gaza as one example of such a situation, the UN media unit reported. http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-als…
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:June 4th, 2010 at 5:59 am
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
This sin hella racist still looking for his father ape, click on Sin Hella State Terror to find his father. sorry AI
Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.
Philip Alston, Special UN Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC), has said that there is a need for an independent international inquiry in Sri Lanka.
He was referring to the allegations that as many as 30,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka last year in the closing months of the conflict between Government forces and Tamil rebels and that grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law were committed.
“In this case also there is a need for an independent international inquiry,” he said. “While the Council rejected this proposal a year ago, there is now a great deal of new evidence which would warrant effective action.”
In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston said. “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added.
In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
To assert in such circumstances that matters should be left entirely to a domestic inquiry will generally be tantamount to an “abdication” on the part of the international community, said Mr. Alston, who cited the recent Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed for Gaza as one example of such a situation, the UN media unit reported. http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-als…
Here we go again… UN HR chief Navanethem Pillay has another tantrum
It’s time for Navi Pillai (a South African Tamil) to have her annual tantrum about Lanka’s ‘war crimes’ investigations. She was roundly slapped down by India (amongst others) in May ’09 when the SL decisively defeated a geo-politically motivated attempt by Western powers and their tame NGOs to get at SL.
India said “It would be extremely unfortunate if inter-governmental decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council were to be ignored or set aside, and the High Commissioner and/or her office were to misinterpret them or wilfully neglect them or supersede them.”
That’s diplomatic speak for “you’re exceeding your authority, so watch it.”
In 2010, SL’s FM, Prof. Peiris told her “We think that this course of action is unfair. It is even oppressive. It is as though some people will not rest until they are successful in harassing Sri Lanka,”
Pillay’s hysterical outbreaks are like the symptoms of Herpes Simplex. They occur annually, are extremely irritating and no known cure exists.
But SL will get through this and all future attempts by the discredited members of the UNHCR and their allies, including AI, HRW, ICG et al to punish SL for having crushed the LTTE with the degree of violence that these moral guardians found unacceptable.
This is of course intensely frustrating for the pro-Eelam diaspora. All the money disbursed, demonstrations attended, Big Macs consumed by the ton, traffic blocked, credit cards stolen and the end result is still the same. No Eelam.
Another ‘Lesson Learnt”? No, Eelamists and their supporters can be guaranteed to learn the false lessons from SL’s victory against the LTTE.
Impeccable Jim,
Good point about the money raised from the IIFA event going to Jaffna and LTTE child soldier rehabilitation.
The diaspora LTTE’s child soldiers, on the other hand will never have to face any danger, other than falling over at a Pongu Thamil rally (held to glorify LTTE suicide bombers) in London. http://tinyurl.com/3xeacpo
Look at these idiots dancing in London, but not fighting in the Vanni 🙂
http://liammacuaid.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dsc01681.jpg
As the Sri Lankan government celebrates the first anniversary of its historic triumph over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), it is increasingly clear that the battlefield victory will prove Pyrrhic unless the legitimate grievances of Sri Lanka's minority communities are recognized and addressed.
By failing to reach out meaningfully to the Tamil-speaking minority, and by cracking down on opposition voices and any kind of dissent in Sri Lanka, the government is throwing away a once-in-a-generation opportunity. But it is not too late for President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government to change course and begin to build a truly multiethnic society. Indeed, the country's future depends on his doing so.
The end of the civil war was an unambiguously positive development for Sri Lanka. The Tamil Tigers led a ruthless campaign for an independent territory against Sri Lanka's government for most of the past three decades. They killed not only government officials, but often Tamil leaders willing to explore compromise solutions with the government as well as civilians from all ethnic groups.
Indeed, the LTTE has been accused of a range of human-rights violations, in addition to such killings, including abduction, child conscription and use of civilians as human shields. The Sri Lankan army, police and other state organs also perpetrated major abuses during the conflict.
The final throes of the war last year were horrific, with 20,000 to 40,000 civilians (mostly ethnic Tamils) killed in a period of a few months by both the Sri Lankan government forces and the Tigers. We may never know the exact number of casualties during the last phase of the conflict, because the government did not allow international organizations or media into the area.
Rajapaksa's victory in the presidential election this past January, followed in April by a win for his United People's Freedom Alliance in parliamentary elections, ensured a majority for the president and his party. These victories create an opportunity for the government to reach out to the opposition and to minority groups to build a truly inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka, but this has not yet happened.
Instead, government policies since the end of the war have targeted opponents and critics, possibly laying the foundation for a new round of conflict. Opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka was harassed and soon arrested after the presidential elections.
More than 250,000 Tamil civilians were kept in virtual internment camps long after the end of hostilities and prevented from exercising their civil rights or returning to their homes. No significant special efforts have been made to reach out to the Tamil-speaking minority to understand better and address those legitimate concerns that found illegitimate expression through the LTTE. If this trend continues, Sri Lanka will be doomed to repeat its tragic history.
Sri Lanka is blessed with brilliant people, indefatigable civil-society organizations, decent courts and infrastructure, and abundant natural resources. None of these attributes will lead to long-term stability and prosperity for the country unless the government plays a more constructive role.
A first step in the national healing process must include exploring in a public way the grievances of the country's minorities, both Tamil and Muslim, and discussing the violations perpetrated by the LTTE and the government during the conflict. As was the case in South Africa, this approach can lay an essential foundation for a sustainable and effective reconciliation process.
The government must open itself far more to hearing and responding to the legitimate voices of the Sri Lankan people across the country's political spectrum and ethnic divides. If these grievances cannot be addressed through legitimate means, they will find other far less healthy outlets over time.
The government must also make every effort to establish the rule of law, including implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which calls for independent judicial institutions, and of the 13th Amendment, which devolves power to the provinces. Reports of new amendments being drafted to rescind these guarantees would be extremely disturbing if confirmed.
Sri Lanka must do far more to ensure minority rights and protections not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it is the best possible investment the country can make in its future. It is not too late to embrace this future, but soon it will be if the government does not change course immediately.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20100604a2.h…
As the Sri Lankan government celebrates the first anniversary of its historic triumph over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), it is increasingly clear that the battlefield victory will prove Pyrrhic unless the legitimate grievances of Sri Lanka's minority communities are recognized and addressed.
By failing to reach out meaningfully to the Tamil-speaking minority, and by cracking down on opposition voices and any kind of dissent in Sri Lanka, the government is throwing away a once-in-a-generation opportunity. But it is not too late for President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government to change course and begin to build a truly multiethnic society. Indeed, the country's future depends on his doing so.
The end of the civil war was an unambiguously positive development for Sri Lanka. The Tamil Tigers led a ruthless campaign for an independent territory against Sri Lanka's government for most of the past three decades. They killed not only government officials, but often Tamil leaders willing to explore compromise solutions with the government as well as civilians from all ethnic groups.
Indeed, the LTTE has been accused of a range of human-rights violations, in addition to such killings, including abduction, child conscription and use of civilians as human shields. The Sri Lankan army, police and other state organs also perpetrated major abuses during the conflict.
The final throes of the war last year were horrific, with 20,000 to 40,000 civilians (mostly ethnic Tamils) killed in a period of a few months by both the Sri Lankan government forces and the Tigers. We may never know the exact number of casualties during the last phase of the conflict, because the government did not allow international organizations or media into the area.
Rajapaksa's victory in the presidential election this past January, followed in April by a win for his United People's Freedom Alliance in parliamentary elections, ensured a majority for the president and his party. These victories create an opportunity for the government to reach out to the opposition and to minority groups to build a truly inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka, but this has not yet happened.
Instead, government policies since the end of the war have targeted opponents and critics, possibly laying the foundation for a new round of conflict. Opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka was harassed and soon arrested after the presidential elections.
More than 250,000 Tamil civilians were kept in virtual internment camps long after the end of hostilities and prevented from exercising their civil rights or returning to their homes. No significant special efforts have been made to reach out to the Tamil-speaking minority to understand better and address those legitimate concerns that found illegitimate expression through the LTTE. If this trend continues, Sri Lanka will be doomed to repeat its tragic history.
Sri Lanka is blessed with brilliant people, indefatigable civil-society organizations, decent courts and infrastructure, and abundant natural resources. None of these attributes will lead to long-term stability and prosperity for the country unless the government plays a more constructive role.
A first step in the national healing process must include exploring in a public way the grievances of the country's minorities, both Tamil and Muslim, and discussing the violations perpetrated by the LTTE and the government during the conflict. As was the case in South Africa, this approach can lay an essential foundation for a sustainable and effective reconciliation process.
The government must open itself far more to hearing and responding to the legitimate voices of the Sri Lankan people across the country's political spectrum and ethnic divides. If these grievances cannot be addressed through legitimate means, they will find other far less healthy outlets over time.
The government must also make every effort to establish the rule of law, including implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which calls for independent judicial institutions, and of the 13th Amendment, which devolves power to the provinces. Reports of new amendments being drafted to rescind these guarantees would be extremely disturbing if confirmed.
Sri Lanka must do far more to ensure minority rights and protections not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it is the best possible investment the country can make in its future. It is not too late to embrace this future, but soon it will be if the government does not change course immediately.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20100604a2.h…
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:June 4th, 2010 at 5:59 am
More news about Ape Land supporters !! – LOL
This sin hella racist still looking for his father ape, click on Sin Hella State Terror to find his father. sorry AI
Sri Lanka appointed many commissions called the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry into Involuntary Removals and Disappearances of Persons, sofar no one convicted, it is an eyewash. Many people reported missing in Sri Lanka have never been located and are presumed dead.
Philip Alston, Special UN Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC), has said that there is a need for an independent international inquiry in Sri Lanka.
He was referring to the allegations that as many as 30,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka last year in the closing months of the conflict between Government forces and Tamil rebels and that grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law were committed.
“In this case also there is a need for an independent international inquiry,” he said. “While the Council rejected this proposal a year ago, there is now a great deal of new evidence which would warrant effective action.”
In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston said. “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added.
In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
To assert in such circumstances that matters should be left entirely to a domestic inquiry will generally be tantamount to an “abdication” on the part of the international community, said Mr. Alston, who cited the recent Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed for Gaza as one example of such a situation, the UN media unit reported.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-alston-wants-independent-probe.html
As the Sri Lankan government celebrates the first anniversary of its historic triumph over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), it is increasingly clear that the battlefield victory will prove Pyrrhic unless the legitimate grievances of Sri Lanka’s minority communities are recognized and addressed.
By failing to reach out meaningfully to the Tamil-speaking minority, and by cracking down on opposition voices and any kind of dissent in Sri Lanka, the government is throwing away a once-in-a-generation opportunity. But it is not too late for President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government to change course and begin to build a truly multiethnic society. Indeed, the country’s future depends on his doing so.
The end of the civil war was an unambiguously positive development for Sri Lanka. The Tamil Tigers led a ruthless campaign for an independent territory against Sri Lanka’s government for most of the past three decades. They killed not only government officials, but often Tamil leaders willing to explore compromise solutions with the government as well as civilians from all ethnic groups.
Indeed, the LTTE has been accused of a range of human-rights violations, in addition to such killings, including abduction, child conscription and use of civilians as human shields. The Sri Lankan army, police and other state organs also perpetrated major abuses during the conflict.
The final throes of the war last year were horrific, with 20,000 to 40,000 civilians (mostly ethnic Tamils) killed in a period of a few months by both the Sri Lankan government forces and the Tigers. We may never know the exact number of casualties during the last phase of the conflict, because the government did not allow international organizations or media into the area.
Rajapaksa’s victory in the presidential election this past January, followed in April by a win for his United People’s Freedom Alliance in parliamentary elections, ensured a majority for the president and his party. These victories create an opportunity for the government to reach out to the opposition and to minority groups to build a truly inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka, but this has not yet happened.
Instead, government policies since the end of the war have targeted opponents and critics, possibly laying the foundation for a new round of conflict. Opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka was harassed and soon arrested after the presidential elections.
More than 250,000 Tamil civilians were kept in virtual internment camps long after the end of hostilities and prevented from exercising their civil rights or returning to their homes. No significant special efforts have been made to reach out to the Tamil-speaking minority to understand better and address those legitimate concerns that found illegitimate expression through the LTTE. If this trend continues, Sri Lanka will be doomed to repeat its tragic history.
Sri Lanka is blessed with brilliant people, indefatigable civil-society organizations, decent courts and infrastructure, and abundant natural resources. None of these attributes will lead to long-term stability and prosperity for the country unless the government plays a more constructive role.
A first step in the national healing process must include exploring in a public way the grievances of the country’s minorities, both Tamil and Muslim, and discussing the violations perpetrated by the LTTE and the government during the conflict. As was the case in South Africa, this approach can lay an essential foundation for a sustainable and effective reconciliation process.
The government must open itself far more to hearing and responding to the legitimate voices of the Sri Lankan people across the country’s political spectrum and ethnic divides. If these grievances cannot be addressed through legitimate means, they will find other far less healthy outlets over time.
The government must also make every effort to establish the rule of law, including implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which calls for independent judicial institutions, and of the 13th Amendment, which devolves power to the provinces. Reports of new amendments being drafted to rescind these guarantees would be extremely disturbing if confirmed.
Sri Lanka must do far more to ensure minority rights and protections not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it is the best possible investment the country can make in its future. It is not too late to embrace this future, but soon it will be if the government does not change course immediately.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20100604a2.html
PROSECUTE
The War Criminals
Justice for victims
" IDP resettlement means giving them the wherewithal to live and make a living. It is in this area that the government is woefully deficient,” said S Yogeswaran, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP
“Refugees, who were sent back to their villages , are facing a severe drinking water shortage. The wells had gone dry. There are no hospitals. Transport is yet to be restored, and this has severely hit the principal industry in the area, which is dairy farming,” Yogeswaran
The government is committed to paying a solatium to the families of the 346 civilians dead and 394 wounded in the war. “But it has been tardy in issuing certificates to the wounded and the families of the dead,” the MP pointed out.
Demo against Rajapaksa
The Sri Lankan Tamils Movement, a group of pro-Tamil parties, including MDMK and CPI,will stage a state-wide black flag demonstration opposing the visit of Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to India on June 8, MDMK general secretary Vaiko said.
The demonstration will be held outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai, he said in a statement.
Besides, black flag demonstrations would be held in district headquarters across Tamil Nadu to protest Rajapakse’s visit as well as condemn the Indian government for ‘welcoming him’, he said.
Vaiko alleged India had assisted Colombo in the war, which had resulted in the killing of thousands of innocent Tamil civilians towards the end of the conflict last year.
During his June 8 visit to New Delhi, Rajapakse is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
In the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The much-bandied about big names like the Bachchans, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar are missing amidst threats of a boycott by the South film fraternity.
The influential film industry in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, which is home to many Tamil refugees, argues that staging the event in Colombo endorses Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's government war crimes.
Rajapakse is under pressure from the international community to submit to a probe over his controversial military strategy- the Rajapakse is under pressure from the international community to submit to a probe over his controversial military strategy – the ruthless “ scorched earth “– the annihilation of every structure and kill every person: combatants, men, women and children alike
Up to 40 000 Tamil civilians were also killed in the final months of fighting last year.
The big stars from the Indian Bollywood Cinema is boycotting this extravaganza in Sri Lanka.
What does it show, after one year of conflict:
1. Tamils are still kept captive in the camps
2. Over 11,000 Tamil youth are held in undisclosed locations.
3. Media and NGOs are expelled from the zone where evidence of war crimes lie
4. Skeletels are unearthed and covered up in the region
5. Settlement of majority population in the minority lands in the name of redevelopment and using humanitarian aid channelled thru Presidential fund.
Tamils are at the mercy of the army and the police; the North and East are devastated regions; houses and land forcibly occupied by the army; the people made third-class citizens in the land of their birth
Some are callously indifferent to the plight of the Tamils; some seek only to reassure the international community which, for its part, pretends to believe these assurances so that it’s “business as usual”.
M.I.A’s, her self belong to the persecuted community, I believe M.I.A’s emotion took over momentarily, and understandably too, she decided to take the route, she took to make her point. The Sri Lankan regime without any scant regards to the suffering of women, children and elderly slaughtered at least 40,000 of them and maimed 50,000 more in a matter of few days in Last May shelling, bombing, gashing, raping, torturing and other forms of despicable violence against unarmed civilians under the name of defeating the rebels.
M.I.A, may be, she was frustrated on, world at large did not get to see the bigger picture, deliberately so much of bloodshed, ethnic cleansing and genocide faced by her community and Sri Lanka adamantly refusing to submit the call for international independent war crimes probe as it was mounting from, UN Human Rights Chief, former UN Human Rights Chief, former UN SG. M.I.A may be in disbelieve that Sri Lankan regime, is showing the world it is their way or highway, and so far getting away with the crimes against humanity!
PROSECUTE
The War Criminals
Justice for victims
” IDP resettlement means giving them the wherewithal to live and make a living. It is in this area that the government is woefully deficient,” said S Yogeswaran, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP
“Refugees, who were sent back to their villages , are facing a severe drinking water shortage. The wells had gone dry. There are no hospitals. Transport is yet to be restored, and this has severely hit the principal industry in the area, which is dairy farming,” Yogeswaran
The government is committed to paying a solatium to the families of the 346 civilians dead and 394 wounded in the war. “But it has been tardy in issuing certificates to the wounded and the families of the dead,” the MP pointed out.
Demo against Rajapaksa
The Sri Lankan Tamils Movement, a group of pro-Tamil parties, including MDMK and CPI,will stage a state-wide black flag demonstration opposing the visit of Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to India on June 8, MDMK general secretary Vaiko said.
The demonstration will be held outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai, he said in a statement.
Besides, black flag demonstrations would be held in district headquarters across Tamil Nadu to protest Rajapakse’s visit as well as condemn the Indian government for ‘welcoming him’, he said.
Vaiko alleged India had assisted Colombo in the war, which had resulted in the killing of thousands of innocent Tamil civilians towards the end of the conflict last year.
During his June 8 visit to New Delhi, Rajapakse is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
SLA deny livelihoods to Tamils
SLA denies permission for fishing in areas allowed for resettlement in Jaffna
The residents of the coastal villages of Jaffna town evicted by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in 1996, though permitted to resettle in their villages, complain that SLA does not allow them to engage in their livelihood of fishing, sources in Jaffna said.
Resettlement without being allowed to engage in fishing is worthless, the civilians who appeal to allow them to fish in their seas said.
The uprooted civilians are greatly shocked to find their lands and properties destroyed while a great part of their villages is still being occupied by SLA, the sources added.
SLA had evicted most of the residents from the Jaffna coastal villages including Kozhumpuththu’rai, Thu’ndi and Ezhiloor when it occupied them during the military offensive in 1996.
Hundreds of settlements in these villages had been totally destroyed during the offensive and the rest of the families who managed to remain were uprooted
In the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jacqueline Fernandez is friends featuring prominently .
Jacqueline’s uncle is Lasantha Wickrematunga ( an internationally awarded journalist killed by Sri Lankan security forces) and why would she be sponsoring this regime which killed her uncle ??
In the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The much-bandied about big names like the Bachchans, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar are missing amidst threats of a boycott by the South film fraternity.
The influential film industry in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, which is home to many Tamil refugees, argues that staging the event in Colombo endorses Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s government war crimes.
Rajapakse is under pressure from the international community to submit to a probe over his controversial military strategy- the Rajapakse is under pressure from the international community to submit to a probe over his controversial military strategy – the ruthless “ scorched earth “– the annihilation of every structure and kill every person: combatants, men, women and children alike
Up to 40 000 Tamil civilians were also killed in the final months of fighting last year.
Unintended consequences and deeper dynamic of the IIFA in Colombo
“The decision to hold this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo was clearly a political, even geopolitical, calculation. Whereas the previous award ceremonies … were meant to bring India ‘to the world’, this year’s event was intended instead to bring the world to Sri Lanka – or, more precisely, to the Sinhala south. It has done that, but in ways unintended. …The clumsy rush to whitewash the regime in Colombo has thus, perversely, served to focus attention on, and further highlight, Sri Lanka’s grotesque past and present,” the Tamil Guardian newspaper said this week. “[Moreover] the hosting of IIFA event in Colombo is symbolic of a much deeper dynamic: … while the Sinhala south is showcased and touts for economic inflows, the Northeast is isolated, hidden and scorched. This is not a mere legacy of protracted war, but of a long institutionalised, racial logic.”
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The big stars from the Indian Bollywood Cinema is boycotting this extravaganza in Sri Lanka.
What does it show, after one year of conflict:
1. Tamils are still kept captive in the camps
2. Over 11,000 Tamil youth are held in undisclosed locations.
3. Media and NGOs are expelled from the zone where evidence of war crimes lie
4. Skeletels are unearthed and covered up in the region
5. Settlement of majority population in the minority lands in the name of redevelopment and using humanitarian aid channelled thru Presidential fund.
Tamils are at the mercy of the army and the police; the North and East are devastated regions; houses and land forcibly occupied by the army; the people made third-class citizens in the land of their birth
Some are callously indifferent to the plight of the Tamils; some seek only to reassure the international community which, for its part, pretends to believe these assurances so that it’s “business as usual”.
M.I.A’s, her self belong to the persecuted community, I believe M.I.A’s emotion took over momentarily, and understandably too, she decided to take the route, she took to make her point. The Sri Lankan regime without any scant regards to the suffering of women, children and elderly slaughtered at least 40,000 of them and maimed 50,000 more in a matter of few days in Last May shelling, bombing, gashing, raping, torturing and other forms of despicable violence against unarmed civilians under the name of defeating the rebels.
M.I.A, may be, she was frustrated on, world at large did not get to see the bigger picture, deliberately so much of bloodshed, ethnic cleansing and genocide faced by her community and Sri Lanka adamantly refusing to submit the call for international independent war crimes probe as it was mounting from, UN Human Rights Chief, former UN Human Rights Chief, former UN SG. M.I.A may be in disbelieve that Sri Lankan regime, is showing the world it is their way or highway, and so far getting away with the crimes against humanity!
Education department relocated due to SLA occupation
Maangku’lam Maha Viththiyaalayam (MMV) located along A9 road had to be shifted to another building in Maangku’lam as MMV has been transformed into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base since 2008, education department sources said. MMV which had remained closed even after families had been allowed to resettle in the area began to function Thursday in the Technical College building constructed by NECORD in Maangku’lam.
The Acting Principal of MMV, K. Sasitharan, began the school Thursday in the NECORD building in an event attended by the Officer-in Charge of Maangku’lam police station Chandrasekara, SLA officer Col. Ranasinghe and education department officials.
Though people had been allowed to resettle around the SLA base in MMV the school had remained closed.
Education department had organized the event to facilitate resettlement in Maangkulam area in Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni.
Tamil groups boycott Indian "Oscars"
11th award ceremony of the International Indian Film (IIFA) held today in Colombo. But Tamil groups call for a boycott in protest against the Rajapaksa government, accused of having killed thousands of Tamils.
The 11th Columbus International Film Indian Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony is set to take place tonight in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, the largest annual event of the South Asian cinema. But the Tamil Film Fraternity Group (FFT) in India has asked everyone to boycott the event in protest against the Sri Lankan government.
FFT, which includes artists, directors, producers, technicians, distributors and cinema owners, on May 28 in Chennai demanded a boycott of the event. The group explained that it is not against the IIFA but considers "unacceptable" that the event takes place in Colombo, giving publicity to the Government of President Rajapaksa, "the Sri Lankan Sinhala government which last year killed thousands of Tamil men, women and children and transformed Eelam into a burial ground. The death screams still echo in the ears of Tamils around the world. " The FFT statement recalls how, during the civil war, the entire Tamil film industry made several public events to seek to stop the massacre, but the government remained indifferent. The resolution has been supported by, among others, the Film Employees Association of South India, the South Indian Film Artiste’s Association, the Tamil Film Producers association, the Film Distributors Association, the Theatre Owners Association and the Television Artiste’s Association
The boycott has received support from various persons, such as the popular songwriter Tamarai Subramaniam.
The famous Bollywood star Amitab Bachchan, who is also IIFA (pictured) ambassador, will not attend the ceremony. Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan and Arjun Rampal will also be absent, although they speak of previous work commitments. Actors Kamal Haasan and Rajanikanth and director Mani Ratnam declined the invitation.
Unintended consequences and deeper dynamic of the IIFA in Colombo
“The decision to hold this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo was clearly a political, even geopolitical, calculation. Whereas the previous award ceremonies … were meant to bring India ‘to the world’, this year’s event was intended instead to bring the world to Sri Lanka – or, more precisely, to the Sinhala south. It has done that, but in ways unintended. …The clumsy rush to whitewash the regime in Colombo has thus, perversely, served to focus attention on, and further highlight, Sri Lanka’s grotesque past and present,” the Tamil Guardian newspaper said this week. “[Moreover] the hosting of IIFA event in Colombo is symbolic of a much deeper dynamic: … while the Sinhala south is showcased and touts for economic inflows, the Northeast is isolated, hidden and scorched. This is not a mere legacy of protracted war, but of a long institutionalised, racial logic.”
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Unintended consequences and deeper dynamic of the IIFA in Colombo
“The decision to hold this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo was clearly a political, even geopolitical, calculation. Whereas the previous award ceremonies … were meant to bring India ‘to the world’, this year’s event was intended instead to bring the world to Sri Lanka – or, more precisely, to the Sinhala south. It has done that, but in ways unintended. …The clumsy rush to whitewash the regime in Colombo has thus, perversely, served to focus attention on, and further highlight, Sri Lanka’s grotesque past and present,” the Tamil Guardian newspaper said this week. “[Moreover] the hosting of IIFA event in Colombo is symbolic of a much deeper dynamic: … while the Sinhala south is showcased and touts for economic inflows, the Northeast is isolated, hidden and scorched. This is not a mere legacy of protracted war, but of a long institutionalised, racial logic.”
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
SLA deny livelihoods to Tamils
SLA denies permission for fishing in areas allowed for resettlement in Jaffna
The residents of the coastal villages of Jaffna town evicted by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in 1996, though permitted to resettle in their villages, complain that SLA does not allow them to engage in their livelihood of fishing, sources in Jaffna said.
Resettlement without being allowed to engage in fishing is worthless, the civilians who appeal to allow them to fish in their seas said.
The uprooted civilians are greatly shocked to find their lands and properties destroyed while a great part of their villages is still being occupied by SLA, the sources added.
SLA had evicted most of the residents from the Jaffna coastal villages including Kozhumpuththu’rai, Thu’ndi and Ezhiloor when it occupied them during the military offensive in 1996.
Hundreds of settlements in these villages had been totally destroyed during the offensive and the rest of the families who managed to remain were uprooted
In the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jacqueline Fernandez is friends featuring prominently .
Jacqueline’s uncle is Lasantha Wickrematunga ( an internationally awarded journalist killed by Sri Lankan security forces) and why would she be sponsoring this regime which killed her uncle ??
Education department relocated due to SLA occupation
Maangku’lam Maha Viththiyaalayam (MMV) located along A9 road had to be shifted to another building in Maangku’lam as MMV has been transformed into Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base since 2008, education department sources said. MMV which had remained closed even after families had been allowed to resettle in the area began to function Thursday in the Technical College building constructed by NECORD in Maangku’lam.
The Acting Principal of MMV, K. Sasitharan, began the school Thursday in the NECORD building in an event attended by the Officer-in Charge of Maangku’lam police station Chandrasekara, SLA officer Col. Ranasinghe and education department officials.
Though people had been allowed to resettle around the SLA base in MMV the school had remained closed.
Education department had organized the event to facilitate resettlement in Maangkulam area in Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni.
Tamil groups boycott Indian “Oscars”
11th award ceremony of the International Indian Film (IIFA) held today in Colombo. But Tamil groups call for a boycott in protest against the Rajapaksa government, accused of having killed thousands of Tamils.
The 11th Columbus International Film Indian Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony is set to take place tonight in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, the largest annual event of the South Asian cinema. But the Tamil Film Fraternity Group (FFT) in India has asked everyone to boycott the event in protest against the Sri Lankan government.
FFT, which includes artists, directors, producers, technicians, distributors and cinema owners, on May 28 in Chennai demanded a boycott of the event. The group explained that it is not against the IIFA but considers “unacceptable” that the event takes place in Colombo, giving publicity to the Government of President Rajapaksa, “the Sri Lankan Sinhala government which last year killed thousands of Tamil men, women and children and transformed Eelam into a burial ground. The death screams still echo in the ears of Tamils around the world. ” The FFT statement recalls how, during the civil war, the entire Tamil film industry made several public events to seek to stop the massacre, but the government remained indifferent. The resolution has been supported by, among others, the Film Employees Association of South India, the South Indian Film Artiste’s Association, the Tamil Film Producers association, the Film Distributors Association, the Theatre Owners Association and the Television Artiste’s Association
The boycott has received support from various persons, such as the popular songwriter Tamarai Subramaniam.
The famous Bollywood star Amitab Bachchan, who is also IIFA (pictured) ambassador, will not attend the ceremony. Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan and Arjun Rampal will also be absent, although they speak of previous work commitments. Actors Kamal Haasan and Rajanikanth and director Mani Ratnam declined the invitation.
Unintended consequences and deeper dynamic of the IIFA in Colombo
“The decision to hold this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo was clearly a political, even geopolitical, calculation. Whereas the previous award ceremonies … were meant to bring India ‘to the world’, this year’s event was intended instead to bring the world to Sri Lanka – or, more precisely, to the Sinhala south. It has done that, but in ways unintended. …The clumsy rush to whitewash the regime in Colombo has thus, perversely, served to focus attention on, and further highlight, Sri Lanka’s grotesque past and present,” the Tamil Guardian newspaper said this week. “[Moreover] the hosting of IIFA event in Colombo is symbolic of a much deeper dynamic: … while the Sinhala south is showcased and touts for economic inflows, the Northeast is isolated, hidden and scorched. This is not a mere legacy of protracted war, but of a long institutionalised, racial logic.”
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31894
As usual, I see that the apes are trying to see some negative of a positive situation.
They are talking of 5 – 6 actors who could not make it for IIFA due to busy schedules and some south indian actors who have been threatened by them (that's all they know to to do – Terrorize normal people) – Anyways, IIFA says they did not invite any Kollywood guys as the event was for Bollywood.
Why should Amithab boycott the event (As the Apes say) when he was the very person who was instrumental in bringing it to Sri Lanka ??? Of course I do not expect the pre-historic Ape brains to understand it, but, the modern humans to understand it.
Anyways, there are more than 100 stars who are already here. We are talking of absentees of around 5%. Aamir and Katrina are releasing their new movie and Aish is not even in India – So let me get the apes to figure it out – not that it would be easier than figuring out how to peel a Banana.
The Apes negativity is such, that they would eat dirt to avoid spending money on food – this is where I would disagree with EDE, what bloody Mc Donnalds – They eat dirt man !!! – they don't see any thing positive – Otherwise, who in the right mind would oppose an event that is done to raise money to up bring the children of the north whom they claim is their own ??
At least Mr. Salman Khan said it right – that he and whole of Indian actors guild would continue to support the welfare of the children of north Who have gone through hell during Terrorist Era
Now – isn't it a wise man's statement !!
As usual, I see that the apes are trying to see some negative of a positive situation.
They are talking of 5 – 6 actors who could not make it for IIFA due to busy schedules and some south indian actors who have been threatened by them (that’s all they know to to do – Terrorize normal people) – Anyways, IIFA says they did not invite any Kollywood guys as the event was for Bollywood.
Why should Amithab boycott the event (As the Apes say) when he was the very person who was instrumental in bringing it to Sri Lanka ??? Of course I do not expect the pre-historic Ape brains to understand it, but, the modern humans to understand it.
Anyways, there are more than 100 stars who are already here. We are talking of absentees of around 5%. Aamir and Katrina are releasing their new movie and Aish is not even in India – So let me get the apes to figure it out – not that it would be easier than figuring out how to peel a Banana.
The Apes negativity is such, that they would eat dirt to avoid spending money on food – this is where I would disagree with EDE, what bloody Mc Donnalds – They eat dirt man !!! – they don’t see any thing positive – Otherwise, who in the right mind would oppose an event that is done to raise money to up bring the children of the north whom they claim is their own ??
At least Mr. Salman Khan said it right – that he and whole of Indian actors guild would continue to support the welfare of the children of north Who have gone through hell during Terrorist Era
Now – isn’t it a wise man’s statement !!
In Hell !!
U indeed are stupid !!!
You need to read counter posts for any report prior to posting it or you are going to be smashed all over.
Check out the counter posts for Philip Alston's reports – See how they have rubbished his claims – LOL – U indeed find way to make your selves laughing stocks… I feel sorry for you guys, but what to do, you don't seem to be using a little bit of brains you have before doing stuff – U R the best example for the opposite of "Look before you Leap" !!!
Gee man…. I seriously wonder whether we could at least reserve "Wilpaththu Park" for you to Ape around – Now I feel sorry for you guys !!
In Hell !!
U indeed are stupid !!!
You need to read counter posts for any report prior to posting it or you are going to be smashed all over.
Check out the counter posts for Philip Alston’s reports – See how they have rubbished his claims – LOL – U indeed find way to make your selves laughing stocks… I feel sorry for you guys, but what to do, you don’t seem to be using a little bit of brains you have before doing stuff – U R the best example for the opposite of “Look before you Leap” !!!
Gee man…. I seriously wonder whether we could at least reserve “Wilpaththu Park” for you to Ape around – Now I feel sorry for you guys !!
More Lessons Learnt (or Bad Lessons, if you're an Eelamist)
More Lankan Tamils in UK visit Sri Lanka
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/06/news11.html
"A considerable number of Tamils domiciled in the UK are now visiting Sri Lanka…. The dawn peace has given them a new opportunity to visit their relatives.
Deputy High Commissioner in London P. M. Amza said over 30 visas are being issued per day by the mission to Tamils of Sri Lankan origin who have obtained British passports.
"This is apart from the others who get their visas on arrival in Colombo", he noted. "But most of the visitors make sure that they get their visas from the High Commission before they leave", Amza said… the mission has launched a same day visa service for the convenience of visitors.
"One of his doctor friends in UK went to Sri Lanka to sell his property but after seeing the peaceful situation in the country he has now decided to build a house and settle down there", he noted. "With more and more Tamil people visiting Sri Lanka, LTTE propaganda has lost its steam".
The pro-LTTE diaspora propaganda has NOT lost its steam, merely its ability stop Sri Lankan Tamils abroad from visiting and quietly supporting the people of Sri Lanka.
A question to the pro-LTTE diaspora. Which LTTE group is stealing your money ? It seems that the thieves are falling out amongst themselves. Wonderful! 🙂
Tiger infighting mounts in Europe
Two pro-LTTE activists were arrested in Paris on Friday following the death of Ramesh Sivarupan who is believed to be a member of the Ruthrakumar faction of the LTTE, according to informed sources…. Ramesh Sivarupan was kidnapped and taken in a van from his residence in Paris and was found near his house a few days ago with injuries. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Paris on Thursday.
Thambiah Ganesh and Kuppilan Ravi, believed to be members of the Nediyavan group of the pro-LTTE faction have been taken into custody by the police in Paris in connection with the death of Sivarupan….early last week, the Nediyavan faction burnt thousands of copies of Thainilam, a newspaper in Paris printed by its rival Ruthrakumar faction.
The rivalry between the two factions had spread to several parts of Europe with the members of each faction looking for each other,…..the two factions are demanding that the assets held by the LTTE abroad should be shared… Ruthrakumar, a lawyer by profession domiciled in the United States is the ‘architect’ behind the setting up of the so-called ‘Transnational Government’ of his faction.. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/06/06/sec01.asp
…and on and on about tedious infighting amongst the dregs of the LTTE.
The pro-LTTE Diaspora's in-fighting reminds of Borge's comment of "two bald men fighting over a comb."
A brilliant metaphor for our balding heroes of Eelam!! 🙂
To Mugwup: Thanks for the well-meaning advice. The absence of war makes peace possible. Without the war having being fought so brilliantly and conclusively, we wouldn't even be discussing a real and lasting peace.
The whole issue of Sri Lankan's role in the post war era and the role of an independent comission to examine the current situation should be focussed on getting their government to behave as an benevolent civilized government. They are learning at the moment it can be easier to win a war than to win a peace.
The war in Sri Lanka was not just a war of the Sri Lankans against the Tamil people, according to writer-activist Arundhati Roy. "That was a corporate war. All the large Indian companies are now heading to Sri Lanka to make more money," Roy said on Friday. "The political parties of Tamil Nadu were the only ones who could have stopped the genocide in Sri Lanka, but they chose to stand by silently. A similar thing is happening in central India where tribals are resisting the takeover of natural resources by corporates." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/L…
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Gaza Strip and Sri Lanka. In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said as he presented his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added. In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.” http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=349…
Professor Francis A. Boyle, an expert in international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, said that an independent state of Tamil eelam south of the Indian border will add to India's security, and therefore, India should actively intervene in the Tamil struggle and facilitate the formation of Tamil eelam. Boyle was talking to the popular Tamil Nadu Tamil biweekly magazine Junior Vikatan in an exclusive interview given to the magazine's US correspondent Prakash M Swamy early part of May.
Text of the translation of the interview published in Vikatan follows (Note: original interview to Vikatan was in English):
Vikatan: One year has passed since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Do you think birth of Tamil Eelam is still a possibility?
Professor Francis A. Boyle, University of IllinoisBoyle: Faith propels life; in recent times, terrorism label was stamped on those who led and supported Tamil eelam struggle. Now, since Tiger leadership has disappeared, Rajapakse is on his mission to destroy the Tamil people. Sri Lanka has no respect for any international law. India [as a regional super-power] has failed to contrain Sri Lanka's conduct. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) will reflect the conscience of Tamil people. Counselors elected for TGTE will determine their future. Many directives will be taken at their first meeting.
Vikatan: Opponents claim that TGTE have only web presence. Can you comment?
Boyle: After the genocide, where is the space for Tamil leadership to operate or even emerge in Sri Lanka? Surviving leadership are all outside of Sri Lanka. Can these leaders visit Sri Lanka? Under these circumstances Tamils only option is the formation of Transnational Government. The counselors are elected democratically. Liberation struggle is taking its step in an entirely new direction. Let us wait to see the impact.
Vikatan: You support Palestinians, who have a state. Tamil people do not have a state.
Boyle: Not quite true. Tamil homeland is occupied by Sri Lankan state. This is sad! Tamils are enslaved in their own state. Rajapakse is supported by Israel, which is occupying Palestinian land. Wars for Palestinian independence and Tamil Eelam independence are similar. Both struggles are labelled as terrorism, illegal occupation. Currently, 127 out of 195 members of the United Nation have recognized Palestine. President Obama has recently said that an independent Palestine should be allowed to exist without security threats.
Vikatan: US, while fully engaged in Palestinian-Israel conflict refuses to play an active role in Tamil Eelam struggle. Why?
Boyle: Israel is the reason. Israel fully supports Sri Lanka. Obama supports Rajapakse administration because of China. America is concerned by the increasing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, and that China may even be allowed to build a military base in Sri Lanka. U.S. even supported the dud committee set up by Sri Lanka to investigate the rights violations in Sri Lanka. This committee is useless, and without teeth. This committee will not dare investigate Rajapakse brothers. What is troubling is the UN ambassador to UN [and later Secretary of State Clinton] have extended their support to this committee.
Vikatan: What types configurations are possible for a future Tamil Eelam state?
Boyle: First, Tamil eelam can be an independent sovereign state – this is the wish of Tamil people. Second, Tamil eelam can be similar to that of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico is a sovereign state, at the same time, comes under America’s confederation. Third, it can be an independent province within a sovereign Sri Lankan state.
Vikatan: Could you comment on Indian government’s refusal to issue visa to Prabhakaran’s mother?
Boyle: Your central government has directed its anger against Prapakaran on his mother. Is Ms. Parvathi an extremist? Is she scheming to over throw your government? She is eighty years old; she does not even have the strength to stand on her own. This is a serious violation of human rights. India has capable lawyers. Do you have honest and independent courts? Why have not this act been challenged in a court of justice in India? In the U.S., many lawyers and rights organizations would have immediately filed challenges in US Courts. India should not have politicized a humanitarian matter. Other than India getting a fleeting satisfaction by refusing visa to Pirapaharan's mother, no other useful purpose was served by India's act. Is India trying to punish Pirapakaran who is dead and gone..?
Vikatan: What should be India's approach to dealing with Tamil Eelam struggle?
Boyle: I am not qualified to advise India. As an American who loves India, I can share some thoughts. Tamils worldwide are connected culturally and emotionally to Eelam Tamils, and therefore, to their struggle. In this context, recognize that Prapakaran era is over. Do not continue to show vengeance on Tamils and their struggle. India should change the way it views struggle for Tamil independence. In the changing geo-political structure, close alliance between china and Sri Lanka will be a danger to everyone. Independent Tamil Eelam will add security, and will be a bulwark to India's security. I am not a politician; an attorney, of Irish descent. I am not even a Tamil, but I feel their pain. India should actively intervene to facilitate the birth of Tamil Eelam. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
More Lessons Learnt (or Bad Lessons, if you're an Eelamist)
More Lankan Tamils in UK visit Sri Lanka
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/06/news11.html
"A considerable number of Tamils domiciled in the UK are now visiting Sri Lanka…. The dawn peace has given them a new opportunity to visit their relatives.
Deputy High Commissioner in London P. M. Amza said over 30 visas are being issued per day by the mission to Tamils of Sri Lankan origin who have obtained British passports.
"This is apart from the others who get their visas on arrival in Colombo", he noted. "But most of the visitors make sure that they get their visas from the High Commission before they leave", Amza said… the mission has launched a same day visa service for the convenience of visitors.
"One of his doctor friends in UK went to Sri Lanka to sell his property but after seeing the peaceful situation in the country he has now decided to build a house and settle down there", he noted. "With more and more Tamil people visiting Sri Lanka, LTTE propaganda has lost its steam".
The pro-LTTE diaspora propaganda has NOT lost its steam, merely its ability stop Sri Lankan Tamils abroad from visiting and quietly supporting the people of Sri Lanka.
A question to the pro-LTTE diaspora. Which LTTE group is stealing your money ? It seems that the thieves are falling out amongst themselves. Wonderful! 🙂
Tiger infighting mounts in Europe
Two pro-LTTE activists were arrested in Paris on Friday following the death of Ramesh Sivarupan who is believed to be a member of the Ruthrakumar faction of the LTTE, according to informed sources…. Ramesh Sivarupan was kidnapped and taken in a van from his residence in Paris and was found near his house a few days ago with injuries. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Paris on Thursday.
Thambiah Ganesh and Kuppilan Ravi, believed to be members of the Nediyavan group of the pro-LTTE faction have been taken into custody by the police in Paris in connection with the death of Sivarupan….early last week, the Nediyavan faction burnt thousands of copies of Thainilam, a newspaper in Paris printed by its rival Ruthrakumar faction.
The rivalry between the two factions had spread to several parts of Europe with the members of each faction looking for each other,…..the two factions are demanding that the assets held by the LTTE abroad should be shared… Ruthrakumar, a lawyer by profession domiciled in the United States is the ‘architect’ behind the setting up of the so-called ‘Transnational Government’ of his faction.. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/06/06/sec01.asp
…and on and on about tedious infighting amongst the dregs of the LTTE.
The pro-LTTE Diaspora's in-fighting reminds of Borge's comment of "two bald men fighting over a comb."
A brilliant metaphor for our balding heroes of Eelam!! 🙂
To Mugwup: Thanks for the well-meaning advice. The absence of war makes peace possible. Without the war having being fought so brilliantly and conclusively, we wouldn't even be discussing a real and lasting peace.
More Lessons Learnt (or Bad Lessons, if you're an Eelamist)
More Lankan Tamils in UK visit Sri Lanka
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/06/news11.html
"A considerable number of Tamils domiciled in the UK are now visiting Sri Lanka…. The dawn peace has given them a new opportunity to visit their relatives.
Deputy High Commissioner in London P. M. Amza said over 30 visas are being issued per day by the mission to Tamils of Sri Lankan origin who have obtained British passports.
"This is apart from the others who get their visas on arrival in Colombo", he noted. "But most of the visitors make sure that they get their visas from the High Commission before they leave", Amza said… the mission has launched a same day visa service for the convenience of visitors.
"One of his doctor friends in UK went to Sri Lanka to sell his property but after seeing the peaceful situation in the country he has now decided to build a house and settle down there", he noted. "With more and more Tamil people visiting Sri Lanka, LTTE propaganda has lost its steam".
The pro-LTTE diaspora propaganda has NOT lost its steam, merely its ability stop Sri Lankan Tamils abroad from visiting and quietly supporting the people of Sri Lanka.
A question to the pro-LTTE diaspora. Which LTTE group is stealing your money ? It seems that the thieves are falling out amongst themselves. Wonderful! 🙂
Tiger infighting mounts in Europe
Two pro-LTTE activists were arrested in Paris on Friday following the death of Ramesh Sivarupan who is believed to be a member of the Ruthrakumar faction of the LTTE, according to informed sources…. Ramesh Sivarupan was kidnapped and taken in a van from his residence in Paris and was found near his house a few days ago with injuries. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Paris on Thursday.
Thambiah Ganesh and Kuppilan Ravi, believed to be members of the Nediyavan group of the pro-LTTE faction have been taken into custody by the police in Paris in connection with the death of Sivarupan….early last week, the Nediyavan faction burnt thousands of copies of Thainilam, a newspaper in Paris printed by its rival Ruthrakumar faction.
The rivalry between the two factions had spread to several parts of Europe with the members of each faction looking for each other,…..the two factions are demanding that the assets held by the LTTE abroad should be shared… Ruthrakumar, a lawyer by profession domiciled in the United States is the ‘architect’ behind the setting up of the so-called ‘Transnational Government’ of his faction.. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/06/06/sec01.asp
…and on and on about tedious infighting amongst the dregs of the LTTE.
The pro-LTTE Diaspora's in-fighting reminds of Borge's comment of "two bald men fighting over a comb."
A brilliant metaphor for our balding heroes of Eelam!! 🙂
To Mugwup: Thanks for the well-meaning advice. The absence of war makes peace possible. Without the war having being fought so brilliantly and conclusively, we wouldn't even be discussing a real and lasting peace.
The war in Sri Lanka was not just a war of the Sri Lankans against the Tamil people, according to writer-activist Arundhati Roy. "That was a corporate war. All the large Indian companies are now heading to Sri Lanka to make more money," Roy said on Friday. "The political parties of Tamil Nadu were the only ones who could have stopped the genocide in Sri Lanka, but they chose to stand by silently. A similar thing is happening in central India where tribals are resisting the takeover of natural resources by corporates." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/L…
The war in Sri Lanka was not just a war of the Sri Lankans against the Tamil people, according to writer-activist Arundhati Roy. "That was a corporate war. All the large Indian companies are now heading to Sri Lanka to make more money," Roy said on Friday. "The political parties of Tamil Nadu were the only ones who could have stopped the genocide in Sri Lanka, but they chose to stand by silently. A similar thing is happening in central India where tribals are resisting the takeover of natural resources by corporates." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/L…
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Gaza Strip and Sri Lanka. In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said as he presented his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added. In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.” http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=349…
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Gaza Strip and Sri Lanka. In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said as he presented his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added. In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.” http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=349…
Professor Francis A. Boyle, an expert in international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, said that an independent state of Tamil eelam south of the Indian border will add to India's security, and therefore, India should actively intervene in the Tamil struggle and facilitate the formation of Tamil eelam. Boyle was talking to the popular Tamil Nadu Tamil biweekly magazine Junior Vikatan in an exclusive interview given to the magazine's US correspondent Prakash M Swamy early part of May.
Text of the translation of the interview published in Vikatan follows (Note: original interview to Vikatan was in English):
Vikatan: One year has passed since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Do you think birth of Tamil Eelam is still a possibility?
Professor Francis A. Boyle, University of IllinoisBoyle: Faith propels life; in recent times, terrorism label was stamped on those who led and supported Tamil eelam struggle. Now, since Tiger leadership has disappeared, Rajapakse is on his mission to destroy the Tamil people. Sri Lanka has no respect for any international law. India [as a regional super-power] has failed to contrain Sri Lanka's conduct. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) will reflect the conscience of Tamil people. Counselors elected for TGTE will determine their future. Many directives will be taken at their first meeting.
Vikatan: Opponents claim that TGTE have only web presence. Can you comment?
Boyle: After the genocide, where is the space for Tamil leadership to operate or even emerge in Sri Lanka? Surviving leadership are all outside of Sri Lanka. Can these leaders visit Sri Lanka? Under these circumstances Tamils only option is the formation of Transnational Government. The counselors are elected democratically. Liberation struggle is taking its step in an entirely new direction. Let us wait to see the impact.
Vikatan: You support Palestinians, who have a state. Tamil people do not have a state.
Boyle: Not quite true. Tamil homeland is occupied by Sri Lankan state. This is sad! Tamils are enslaved in their own state. Rajapakse is supported by Israel, which is occupying Palestinian land. Wars for Palestinian independence and Tamil Eelam independence are similar. Both struggles are labelled as terrorism, illegal occupation. Currently, 127 out of 195 members of the United Nation have recognized Palestine. President Obama has recently said that an independent Palestine should be allowed to exist without security threats.
Vikatan: US, while fully engaged in Palestinian-Israel conflict refuses to play an active role in Tamil Eelam struggle. Why?
Boyle: Israel is the reason. Israel fully supports Sri Lanka. Obama supports Rajapakse administration because of China. America is concerned by the increasing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, and that China may even be allowed to build a military base in Sri Lanka. U.S. even supported the dud committee set up by Sri Lanka to investigate the rights violations in Sri Lanka. This committee is useless, and without teeth. This committee will not dare investigate Rajapakse brothers. What is troubling is the UN ambassador to UN [and later Secretary of State Clinton] have extended their support to this committee.
Vikatan: What types configurations are possible for a future Tamil Eelam state?
Boyle: First, Tamil eelam can be an independent sovereign state – this is the wish of Tamil people. Second, Tamil eelam can be similar to that of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico is a sovereign state, at the same time, comes under America’s confederation. Third, it can be an independent province within a sovereign Sri Lankan state.
Vikatan: Could you comment on Indian government’s refusal to issue visa to Prabhakaran’s mother?
Boyle: Your central government has directed its anger against Prapakaran on his mother. Is Ms. Parvathi an extremist? Is she scheming to over throw your government? She is eighty years old; she does not even have the strength to stand on her own. This is a serious violation of human rights. India has capable lawyers. Do you have honest and independent courts? Why have not this act been challenged in a court of justice in India? In the U.S., many lawyers and rights organizations would have immediately filed challenges in US Courts. India should not have politicized a humanitarian matter. Other than India getting a fleeting satisfaction by refusing visa to Pirapaharan's mother, no other useful purpose was served by India's act. Is India trying to punish Pirapakaran who is dead and gone..?
Vikatan: What should be India's approach to dealing with Tamil Eelam struggle?
Boyle: I am not qualified to advise India. As an American who loves India, I can share some thoughts. Tamils worldwide are connected culturally and emotionally to Eelam Tamils, and therefore, to their struggle. In this context, recognize that Prapakaran era is over. Do not continue to show vengeance on Tamils and their struggle. India should change the way it views struggle for Tamil independence. In the changing geo-political structure, close alliance between china and Sri Lanka will be a danger to everyone. Independent Tamil Eelam will add security, and will be a bulwark to India's security. I am not a politician; an attorney, of Irish descent. I am not even a Tamil, but I feel their pain. India should actively intervene to facilitate the birth of Tamil Eelam. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Professor Francis A. Boyle, an expert in international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, said that an independent state of Tamil eelam south of the Indian border will add to India's security, and therefore, India should actively intervene in the Tamil struggle and facilitate the formation of Tamil eelam. Boyle was talking to the popular Tamil Nadu Tamil biweekly magazine Junior Vikatan in an exclusive interview given to the magazine's US correspondent Prakash M Swamy early part of May.
Text of the translation of the interview published in Vikatan follows (Note: original interview to Vikatan was in English):
Vikatan: One year has passed since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Do you think birth of Tamil Eelam is still a possibility?
Professor Francis A. Boyle, University of IllinoisBoyle: Faith propels life; in recent times, terrorism label was stamped on those who led and supported Tamil eelam struggle. Now, since Tiger leadership has disappeared, Rajapakse is on his mission to destroy the Tamil people. Sri Lanka has no respect for any international law. India [as a regional super-power] has failed to contrain Sri Lanka's conduct. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) will reflect the conscience of Tamil people. Counselors elected for TGTE will determine their future. Many directives will be taken at their first meeting.
Vikatan: Opponents claim that TGTE have only web presence. Can you comment?
Boyle: After the genocide, where is the space for Tamil leadership to operate or even emerge in Sri Lanka? Surviving leadership are all outside of Sri Lanka. Can these leaders visit Sri Lanka? Under these circumstances Tamils only option is the formation of Transnational Government. The counselors are elected democratically. Liberation struggle is taking its step in an entirely new direction. Let us wait to see the impact.
Vikatan: You support Palestinians, who have a state. Tamil people do not have a state.
Boyle: Not quite true. Tamil homeland is occupied by Sri Lankan state. This is sad! Tamils are enslaved in their own state. Rajapakse is supported by Israel, which is occupying Palestinian land. Wars for Palestinian independence and Tamil Eelam independence are similar. Both struggles are labelled as terrorism, illegal occupation. Currently, 127 out of 195 members of the United Nation have recognized Palestine. President Obama has recently said that an independent Palestine should be allowed to exist without security threats.
Vikatan: US, while fully engaged in Palestinian-Israel conflict refuses to play an active role in Tamil Eelam struggle. Why?
Boyle: Israel is the reason. Israel fully supports Sri Lanka. Obama supports Rajapakse administration because of China. America is concerned by the increasing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, and that China may even be allowed to build a military base in Sri Lanka. U.S. even supported the dud committee set up by Sri Lanka to investigate the rights violations in Sri Lanka. This committee is useless, and without teeth. This committee will not dare investigate Rajapakse brothers. What is troubling is the UN ambassador to UN [and later Secretary of State Clinton] have extended their support to this committee.
Vikatan: What types configurations are possible for a future Tamil Eelam state?
Boyle: First, Tamil eelam can be an independent sovereign state – this is the wish of Tamil people. Second, Tamil eelam can be similar to that of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico is a sovereign state, at the same time, comes under America’s confederation. Third, it can be an independent province within a sovereign Sri Lankan state.
Vikatan: Could you comment on Indian government’s refusal to issue visa to Prabhakaran’s mother?
Boyle: Your central government has directed its anger against Prapakaran on his mother. Is Ms. Parvathi an extremist? Is she scheming to over throw your government? She is eighty years old; she does not even have the strength to stand on her own. This is a serious violation of human rights. India has capable lawyers. Do you have honest and independent courts? Why have not this act been challenged in a court of justice in India? In the U.S., many lawyers and rights organizations would have immediately filed challenges in US Courts. India should not have politicized a humanitarian matter. Other than India getting a fleeting satisfaction by refusing visa to Pirapaharan's mother, no other useful purpose was served by India's act. Is India trying to punish Pirapakaran who is dead and gone..?
Vikatan: What should be India's approach to dealing with Tamil Eelam struggle?
Boyle: I am not qualified to advise India. As an American who loves India, I can share some thoughts. Tamils worldwide are connected culturally and emotionally to Eelam Tamils, and therefore, to their struggle. In this context, recognize that Prapakaran era is over. Do not continue to show vengeance on Tamils and their struggle. India should change the way it views struggle for Tamil independence. In the changing geo-political structure, close alliance between china and Sri Lanka will be a danger to everyone. Independent Tamil Eelam will add security, and will be a bulwark to India's security. I am not a politician; an attorney, of Irish descent. I am not even a Tamil, but I feel their pain. India should actively intervene to facilitate the birth of Tamil Eelam. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Tamil Eelam now the World's Greatest Lost Cause
Rohan,
If I was an Eelamist, I'd be running away from Prof Boyle as fast as I could. He's the Patron Saint of Lost Causes.
He's a fierce advocate of independence for Hawaii and is now also a a fierce advocate of the establishment of the mythical state of 'Eelam'.
And now you've got Arundhathi Roy on your side. Are you mad? She's completely bonkers! 🙂 But then again Roy likes to defend 'primitive tribespeople' against the encroachment of advancing civilisation.
OK. I was totally wrong about Eelamists seeking support from Arundhathi Roy. Your cause fits her favoured world-view (defending 'primitive tribespeople') perfectly. 🙂
I must also thank Amnesty International for allowing a forum where pro-Eelam people can so clearly showcase their … umm… intelligence and tenuous grip on reality. Thank you again, AI.
The whole issue of Sri Lankan’s role in the post war era and the role of an independent comission to examine the current situation should be focussed on getting their government to behave as an benevolent civilized government. They are learning at the moment it can be easier to win a war than to win a peace.
More Lessons Learnt (or Bad Lessons, if you’re an Eelamist)
More Lankan Tamils in UK visit Sri Lanka
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/06/news11.html
“A considerable number of Tamils domiciled in the UK are now visiting Sri Lanka…. The dawn peace has given them a new opportunity to visit their relatives.
Deputy High Commissioner in London P. M. Amza said over 30 visas are being issued per day by the mission to Tamils of Sri Lankan origin who have obtained British passports.
“This is apart from the others who get their visas on arrival in Colombo”, he noted. “But most of the visitors make sure that they get their visas from the High Commission before they leave”, Amza said… the mission has launched a same day visa service for the convenience of visitors.
“One of his doctor friends in UK went to Sri Lanka to sell his property but after seeing the peaceful situation in the country he has now decided to build a house and settle down there”, he noted. “With more and more Tamil people visiting Sri Lanka, LTTE propaganda has lost its steam”.
The pro-LTTE diaspora propaganda has NOT lost its steam, merely its ability stop Sri Lankan Tamils abroad from visiting and quietly supporting the people of Sri Lanka.
A question to the pro-LTTE diaspora. Which LTTE group is stealing your money ? It seems that the thieves are falling out amongst themselves. Wonderful! 🙂
Tiger infighting mounts in Europe
Two pro-LTTE activists were arrested in Paris on Friday following the death of Ramesh Sivarupan who is believed to be a member of the Ruthrakumar faction of the LTTE, according to informed sources…. Ramesh Sivarupan was kidnapped and taken in a van from his residence in Paris and was found near his house a few days ago with injuries. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Paris on Thursday.
Thambiah Ganesh and Kuppilan Ravi, believed to be members of the Nediyavan group of the pro-LTTE faction have been taken into custody by the police in Paris in connection with the death of Sivarupan….early last week, the Nediyavan faction burnt thousands of copies of Thainilam, a newspaper in Paris printed by its rival Ruthrakumar faction.
The rivalry between the two factions had spread to several parts of Europe with the members of each faction looking for each other,…..the two factions are demanding that the assets held by the LTTE abroad should be shared… Ruthrakumar, a lawyer by profession domiciled in the United States is the ‘architect’ behind the setting up of the so-called ‘Transnational Government’ of his faction..
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/06/06/sec01.asp
…and on and on about tedious infighting amongst the dregs of the LTTE.
The pro-LTTE Diaspora’s in-fighting reminds of Borge’s comment of “two bald men fighting over a comb.”
A brilliant metaphor for our balding heroes of Eelam!! 🙂
To Mugwup: Thanks for the well-meaning advice. The absence of war makes peace possible. Without the war having being fought so brilliantly and conclusively, we wouldn’t even be discussing a real and lasting peace.
The war in Sri Lanka was not just a war of the Sri Lankans against the Tamil people, according to writer-activist Arundhati Roy. “That was a corporate war. All the large Indian companies are now heading to Sri Lanka to make more money,” Roy said on Friday. “The political parties of Tamil Nadu were the only ones who could have stopped the genocide in Sri Lanka, but they chose to stand by silently. A similar thing is happening in central India where tribals are resisting the takeover of natural resources by corporates.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Lankan-war-was-corporate-one-says-Arundhati-Roy/articleshow/6013029.cms
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Gaza Strip and Sri Lanka. In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said as he presented his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added. In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34905&Cr=alston&Cr1
Professor Francis A. Boyle, an expert in international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, said that an independent state of Tamil eelam south of the Indian border will add to India’s security, and therefore, India should actively intervene in the Tamil struggle and facilitate the formation of Tamil eelam. Boyle was talking to the popular Tamil Nadu Tamil biweekly magazine Junior Vikatan in an exclusive interview given to the magazine’s US correspondent Prakash M Swamy early part of May.
Text of the translation of the interview published in Vikatan follows (Note: original interview to Vikatan was in English):
Vikatan: One year has passed since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Do you think birth of Tamil Eelam is still a possibility?
Professor Francis A. Boyle, University of IllinoisBoyle: Faith propels life; in recent times, terrorism label was stamped on those who led and supported Tamil eelam struggle. Now, since Tiger leadership has disappeared, Rajapakse is on his mission to destroy the Tamil people. Sri Lanka has no respect for any international law. India [as a regional super-power] has failed to contrain Sri Lanka’s conduct. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) will reflect the conscience of Tamil people. Counselors elected for TGTE will determine their future. Many directives will be taken at their first meeting.
Vikatan: Opponents claim that TGTE have only web presence. Can you comment?
Boyle: After the genocide, where is the space for Tamil leadership to operate or even emerge in Sri Lanka? Surviving leadership are all outside of Sri Lanka. Can these leaders visit Sri Lanka? Under these circumstances Tamils only option is the formation of Transnational Government. The counselors are elected democratically. Liberation struggle is taking its step in an entirely new direction. Let us wait to see the impact.
Vikatan: You support Palestinians, who have a state. Tamil people do not have a state.
Boyle: Not quite true. Tamil homeland is occupied by Sri Lankan state. This is sad! Tamils are enslaved in their own state. Rajapakse is supported by Israel, which is occupying Palestinian land. Wars for Palestinian independence and Tamil Eelam independence are similar. Both struggles are labelled as terrorism, illegal occupation. Currently, 127 out of 195 members of the United Nation have recognized Palestine. President Obama has recently said that an independent Palestine should be allowed to exist without security threats.
Vikatan: US, while fully engaged in Palestinian-Israel conflict refuses to play an active role in Tamil Eelam struggle. Why?
Boyle: Israel is the reason. Israel fully supports Sri Lanka. Obama supports Rajapakse administration because of China. America is concerned by the increasing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, and that China may even be allowed to build a military base in Sri Lanka. U.S. even supported the dud committee set up by Sri Lanka to investigate the rights violations in Sri Lanka. This committee is useless, and without teeth. This committee will not dare investigate Rajapakse brothers. What is troubling is the UN ambassador to UN [and later Secretary of State Clinton] have extended their support to this committee.
Vikatan: What types configurations are possible for a future Tamil Eelam state?
Boyle: First, Tamil eelam can be an independent sovereign state – this is the wish of Tamil people. Second, Tamil eelam can be similar to that of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico is a sovereign state, at the same time, comes under America’s confederation. Third, it can be an independent province within a sovereign Sri Lankan state.
Vikatan: Could you comment on Indian government’s refusal to issue visa to Prabhakaran’s mother?
Boyle: Your central government has directed its anger against Prapakaran on his mother. Is Ms. Parvathi an extremist? Is she scheming to over throw your government? She is eighty years old; she does not even have the strength to stand on her own. This is a serious violation of human rights. India has capable lawyers. Do you have honest and independent courts? Why have not this act been challenged in a court of justice in India? In the U.S., many lawyers and rights organizations would have immediately filed challenges in US Courts. India should not have politicized a humanitarian matter. Other than India getting a fleeting satisfaction by refusing visa to Pirapaharan’s mother, no other useful purpose was served by India’s act. Is India trying to punish Pirapakaran who is dead and gone..?
Vikatan: What should be India’s approach to dealing with Tamil Eelam struggle?
Boyle: I am not qualified to advise India. As an American who loves India, I can share some thoughts. Tamils worldwide are connected culturally and emotionally to Eelam Tamils, and therefore, to their struggle. In this context, recognize that Prapakaran era is over. Do not continue to show vengeance on Tamils and their struggle. India should change the way it views struggle for Tamil independence. In the changing geo-political structure, close alliance between china and Sri Lanka will be a danger to everyone. Independent Tamil Eelam will add security, and will be a bulwark to India’s security. I am not a politician; an attorney, of Irish descent. I am not even a Tamil, but I feel their pain. India should actively intervene to facilitate the birth of Tamil Eelam.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31816
Tamil Eelam now the World’s Greatest Lost Cause
Rohan,
If I was an Eelamist, I’d be running away from Prof Boyle as fast as I could. He’s the Patron Saint of Lost Causes.
He’s a fierce advocate of independence for Hawaii and is now also a a fierce advocate of the establishment of the mythical state of ‘Eelam’.
And now you’ve got Arundhathi Roy on your side. Are you mad? She’s completely bonkers! 🙂 But then again Roy likes to defend ‘primitive tribespeople’ against the encroachment of advancing civilisation.
OK. I was totally wrong about Eelamists seeking support from Arundhathi Roy. Your cause fits her favoured world-view (defending ‘primitive tribespeople’) perfectly. 🙂
I must also thank Amnesty International for allowing a forum where pro-Eelam people can so clearly showcase their … umm… intelligence and tenuous grip on reality. Thank you again, AI.
International award for Lanka e news cartoonist Prageeth who went missing
It has been decided by the International chain of cartoonists rights to present an award to Prageeth Ekneliyagoda , the Lanka e news journalist who went missing ,in recognition of his special talents as a cartoonist .
This award is to be handed over to Prageeth Ekneliyagoda’s wife Sandya Ekneliyagoda at the ceremony to be held in America on the 18th of June for honoring cartoonists .
Ekneliyagoda was a cartoonist attached to Lanka e news
Gunalan Says:
June 6th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Military control is deprivation of human rights… For heaven’s sake and out of reverence to Lord Buddha eliminate the militarised situation and restore freedom for every Tamil to enjoy fundamental rights….”
You should have told this to the mentally challenged none-evolved Apes of the LTTE !!!
If at all some party deprived Tamils of Sri Lanka of their rights, it is these sick Terrorist group. Click the links if you want evidence !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
BTW, where were you and what were you doing when the LTTE went on this killing spree of Tamils ???
Rajapakse has been distancing himself from any abiding political solution to resolve the ethnic conflict which would continue to fester. It would be illusory for any one in the island to believe that a ‘firm foundation of peace’ has been achieved. This is not possible without resolving the conflict that led to the war. The conflict was anterior to the war. The conflict that is sought to be resolved is not the war. In fact, the war itself was an attempt to resolve a conflict, which had not been amenable to resolution by peaceful means.
To understand the core conflict in Sri Lankan polity one has to go back to the May 1976 Vaddukoddai Resolution that listed several grievances of the Tamils ~ historical, ethnic, linguistic and economic. The salient ones pertained to ‘placing the stamp of inferiority on Tamils and the Tamil language’; ‘denying to the Tamils equality of opportunity in the spheres of employment, education, land alienation and economic life in general’; ‘systematically denying them opportunities of developing their language and culture’ and ‘imposing on the Tamil nation a constitution drafted, under conditions of Emergency without opportunities for free discussion’.
If Sri Lanka ignores the real Tamil grievances it would be at the peril of lasting peace in the ‘tear-drop island on the Indian Ocean’!
In the event, the first and the most essential step would be to undo the ‘militarisation’ of civilian areas.
There cannot be a better appeal to Sri Lanka on this than from the veteran jurist VR Krishna Iyer: “As a leader of a great country I entreat you to make every Tamil feel that he is a free citizen and not in thralldom with military supervision.
Military control is deprivation of human rights… For heaven’s sake and out of reverence to Lord Buddha eliminate the militarised situation and restore freedom for every Tamil to enjoy fundamental rights….”
Rohan Says:
June 6th, 2010 at 9:51 am
NEWS !!!!
So Called Prof Boyle in his bum’s knowledge on current affairs and world scenario’s go straight to the dust bin with the following remark (If he made it)
“Rajapakse is supported by Israel, which is occupying Palestinian land.
If Prof. Boyle actually had a professori qualification and not like our good analyst professori Puligal, this idiot should know that President Rajapakse even has a street named after him in Palestine – Anyone wanna know why ?? Because he is an advocate to Palestine in UN + He heads some forum which is to do with liberation of Palestine !!
So there we go – another lie from the Pathetic and desperate Diaspora or a “Know Nothing at All” prfessori giving false statements. This shows the low levels the Eelam struggle has stooped down to.
In the U.S., many lawyers and rights organizations would have immediately filed challenges in US Courts
Another comment that shows the intelligence levels or the arrogance of the idiotic Boyle in Bum. A Professor out of all should understand that everyone should not do things like the Americans do – why should we ??? The Asians are much more cultured people than Americans – at least we do not have double standards – we are with Palestine and condemn the attack on Palestine. (Wonder how LTTE had, but, then again, they are un-evolved – so we can consider them to still have Ape like behaviour) Indian or the Sri Lankan government and it’s people know the gravity of this Terrorist organization more than any 5 cent professor in USA would. India clearly stated the reason. It was for her own good as the LTTE supporters of Tamil Nadu were to grab her and make a mockery of her. Now, would Boyle in Bum say “80 year old” is being treated right by the LTTE supporters if it had happened ??? As I always say, LTTE Apes are being washed down a Raging River and would hold on to an 80 year old innocent Grandma to try get out of it !!!
We will take more exerts from his comments !!
I am not qualified to advise India.
So Shut your Bum at wait !!! – It ain’t rocket science not to talk of things you do not know and make an idiot of your self !!
Tamils worldwide are connected culturally and emotionally to Eelam
Another Bullshit story from Boyle in Bum… Was Lakshman Kadiragamar and his followers connected ??? Was Neelan Thiruchelvan and his followers connected ?? Was Alfred Doraiappa connected ?? Is Douglas Devanandan connected ?? Are even those who were connected as Karuna, Pillayan and the last unsung hero of the race, Kumaran Padmanadan connected to the Lunetic Nonsense any more ??????????????
close alliance between china and Sri Lanka will be a danger to everyone.
This is typical American ‘Shit Scared of China” Mentality speaking. Boyle in Bum should realize that what ever the ties we have with China, India will always be and looked up on as the big brother. Take a logical reason, something goes wrong, it is easier for India and Pakistan to get to Sri Lanka than wait for China to come all the way from the northern hemisphere !! India and Sri Lanka are culturally similar and understand each other better, hence, easier to work together. They say that those who go on the offensive are the people who are scared the most – America has proven this point over and over !!
Anyways, Boyle in Bum, again showcases his inability to think and his lack of knowledge on a subject matter he sucks at.
Independent Tamil Eelam will add security, and will be a bulwark to India’s security.
Again the Boyle in the bum seem to spread to his brain in the Bum !! – We all know the ultimate goal of Eelamist – and surely if the boyle is not hurting much, this idiot should know it too. Ultimate aim of Eelam is to Drag Tamilnadu in to the terror state and with it other independent states as Maldives and Madagascar – ya you heard me right – these Idiotic Terrorists have a delusional concept of a former Tamil state which no anthropologist has managed to prove nor any documentation or even a fairy tale or folk tale can prove. This spans from Madagascar to Indonesia – go figure out how !! Do you think giving “Terrorists” such authority would help any peace loving nation ???? This would be the future issue for Boyle in Bum’s USA – Not China !! China is a Maoist government which is far better than a Terrorist state – Try give Afghanistan back to Taliban, will you ??
I am not a politician; an attorney, of Irish descent.
With all due respect to the Irish, this comment definitely sound a drunken Irish comment !! But, that’s only for jokes sake, Irish are far more intelligent than Boyle in Bum could ever be !!
I am not even a Tamil, but I feel their pain.
Surely you don’t ???? Have you ever spoken to any Tamil Sri Lankan who was battered by 30 years of Brutality ?? Have you even stepped on to this golden soil ?? Again, if you don’t know stuff, shut up !!
India should actively intervene to facilitate the birth of Tamil Eelam.
One thing India will never do !!!!! Dream on you insult to Baboons !!!
Gunalan Says:
June 6th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Military control is deprivation of human rights… For heaven’s sake and out of reverence to Lord Buddha eliminate the militarised situation and restore freedom for every Tamil to enjoy fundamental rights….”
You should have told this to the mentally challenged none-evolved Apes of the LTTE !!!
If at all some party deprived Tamils of Sri Lanka of their rights, it is these sick Terrorist group. Click the links if you want evidence !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
BTW, where were you and what were you doing when the LTTE went on this killing spree of Tamils ???
Gunalan Says:
June 6th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Military control is deprivation of human rights… For heaven’s sake and out of reverence to Lord Buddha eliminate the militarised situation and restore freedom for every Tamil to enjoy fundamental rights….”
You should have told this to the mentally challenged none-evolved Apes of the LTTE !!!
If at all some party deprived Tamils of Sri Lanka of their rights, it is these sick Terrorist group. Click the links if you want evidence !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr…
BTW, where were you and what were you doing when the LTTE went on this killing spree of Tamils ???
Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka
Military commander who led the campaign recent Civil War 'is a liar and traitor', government claims
The Sri Lankan government is threatening to execute Sarath Fonseka if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the final hours of the civil war.
The threat, issued by Sri Lanka's defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the latest sign of a bitter feud within the Sri Lankan political establishment, little more than a year after the end of the Tamil war.
Rajapaksa, who worked closely with Fonseka on the aggressive military strategy this Tamil War who is the brother of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, told the BBC's Hardtalk programme that the general had proved himself to be a liar and a traitor.
Fonseka resigned from the military soon after the Tamil War. He is an MP and was the main opposition candidate in January's presidential election – winning 40% of the vote – but within days of his defeat he was arrested. The former war hero is in detention facing a court martial on charges of corruption and politicking while in uniform.
Fonseka roused the fury of the ruling Rajapaksa clan when he joined the opposition, a rift which deepened when he suggested there was eyewitness evidence of the defence secretary ordering army officers to shoot and kill surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders at the end of the war. That witness is said to be a Sri Lankan embedded journalist who is in hiding overseas. In a clandestine telephone interview, Fonseka confirmed that he had heard this account. He said he would be prepared to testify to an independent investigation of alleged abuses during the Tamil war. "I will not hide anything," he said.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa responded angrily to the prospect of Fonseka giving evidence. "He can't do that. He was the commander!" Rajapaksa said. "That's a treason. We will hang him if he does that. I'm telling you! … How can he betray the country? He is a liar, liar, liar."
The Sri Lankan defence secretary also ruled out any possibility of an independent, third-party investigation of alleged war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan army. "We are an independent country, we have the ability to investigate all these things," he said.
Colombo insists that no civilians were killed by the army during their final assault on the Tigers' last redoubt, despite evidence from the UN and international NGOs which points to thousands of civilian deaths.
Mahinda Rajapaksa seems intent on ruling postwar Sri Lanka without heed to critics. He has turned his administration into something of a family business. As well as his brother in defence, another brother is minister of economic development, another is speaker of the parliament, and his son is a newly elected MP. In all, the Rajapaksas are responsible for spending more than two-thirds of the state budget.
Sri Lanka's budget deficit, at some 8% of GDP, is significantly above targets set by the IMF in return for a $2.6bn loan package
The de facto internment camp at Menic Farm, which was filled with almost 300,000 Tamil civilians a year ago, is emptying . But the Tamils wait with precious little sense of expectation.
Thambirasa Karunamurthy, a farmer with three children, said: "We came here with one plastic bag of belongings and we're going home with no money, no assets, nothing. We have to start life again in a barren land … we don't know what we are going to do."
On every road and around every settlement, soldiers man guard posts and checkpoints. The government has promised to integrate the north into the national economy. It has ruled out significant Tamil autonomy.
"If there is no political solution, the conclusion will be that the government wants to impose military victory on the Tamil people"
He talks of "organising and resisting through non-violent means". But in the ruined villages of the north, resistance of any sort seems like a thing of the past.
But my only worry is that the Tamil people will slowly died out due starvation and neglect ."
Although the war is over, the government has not lifted the state of emergency. Authorities say Sri Lanka's security is still at risk.
The South Indian cinema boycotted the IIFA en-bloc along and shun and picket South Indian screenings of films of the stars who attended the Colombo IIFA event.
This was apparently enough to make some top rung Bollywood stars to suddenly become heavily immersed in "work" and "unable" to come. Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA ambassador who spoke of Sri Lanka's "very large heart," instead turned faint-hearted and gave Colombo the skip as did his son Abishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and super star Shahrukh Khan. Perhaps, South Indian countrymen picketing the cinemas showing their films may have caused second thoughts.
Bravely waving the Bollywood flag were some stars — but not all that the crowd expected or was 'promised' to SL.
The event in Colombo was supposed to be an avenue for the Sri Lankan film fraternity to fraternize and interact with their Indian counterparts, exchange thoughts, do business and talk shop.
The event was rooted and stuck in Colombo, with Sri Lankan film makers playing no role at all. With a few days to go, they were hastily summoned to the Tourist Board auditorium where bombshell was dropped-the Sri Lankan film people had only been allocated 15 seats!
Despite much talk of mutually beneficial 'interaction,' the Sri Lankan film industry was nowhere to be seen in the planning stage, suggesting that any inclusion attempt was an afterthought — not one of the interminable meetings to work out possible events between the Indians and Sri Lankans was held.
Whichever way, the Sri Lankan film fraternity were not a pleased lot 🙂
Vishnu Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 4:37 am
However ‘the Sri Lankan government has not shown the smallest of intentions to ensure equality of Tamils and granting them autonomy,’ he said.
You brainless Moron !!!!!!!!!!!
Ensuring equality and granting Autonomy has nothing to do with each other !!
Ensuring Equality can happen under any rule. Granting Autonomy is something that the Mentally Sick LTTE are wishing for which would never happen.
Ensuring equality happens big time…. We don't see any occasion it is not happening. My worry is that all you mentally under developed apes who ask for Equality, What did you do to ensure equality to Tamil people ?????? Can I tell you and remind you ?? Follow the link !
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
In short – You killed them !! You killed all our good tamils !!
International award for Lanka e news cartoonist Prageeth who went missing
It has been decided by the International chain of cartoonists rights to present an award to Prageeth Ekneliyagoda , the Lanka e news journalist who went missing ,in recognition of his special talents as a cartoonist .
This award is to be handed over to Prageeth Ekneliyagoda’s wife Sandya Ekneliyagoda at the ceremony to be held in America on the 18th of June for honoring cartoonists .
Ekneliyagoda was a cartoonist attached to Lanka e news
India should use clout to ensure equality to Lankan Tamils
The CPI(M) state unit today urged the government of India to 'use its clout' to ensure among other things, equality and autonomy to the Sri Lankan Tamils in that country.
However 'the Sri Lankan government has not shown the smallest of intentions to ensure equality of Tamils and granting them autonomy,' he said.
He said the Sri Lankan government should hasten the rehabilitation of Tamils lodged in camps.
Rajapakse has been distancing himself from any abiding political solution to resolve the ethnic conflict which would continue to fester. It would be illusory for any one in the island to believe that a ‘firm foundation of peace’ has been achieved. This is not possible without resolving the conflict that led to the war. The conflict was anterior to the war. The conflict that is sought to be resolved is not the war. In fact, the war itself was an attempt to resolve a conflict, which had not been amenable to resolution by peaceful means.
To understand the core conflict in Sri Lankan polity one has to go back to the May 1976 Vaddukoddai Resolution that listed several grievances of the Tamils ~ historical, ethnic, linguistic and economic. The salient ones pertained to ‘placing the stamp of inferiority on Tamils and the Tamil language’; ‘denying to the Tamils equality of opportunity in the spheres of employment, education, land alienation and economic life in general’; ‘systematically denying them opportunities of developing their language and culture’ and ‘imposing on the Tamil nation a constitution drafted, under conditions of Emergency without opportunities for free discussion’.
If Sri Lanka ignores the real Tamil grievances it would be at the peril of lasting peace in the ‘tear-drop island on the Indian Ocean’!
In the event, the first and the most essential step would be to undo the ‘militarisation’ of civilian areas.
There cannot be a better appeal to Sri Lanka on this than from the veteran jurist VR Krishna Iyer: “As a leader of a great country I entreat you to make every Tamil feel that he is a free citizen and not in thralldom with military supervision.
Military control is deprivation of human rights… For heaven’s sake and out of reverence to Lord Buddha eliminate the militarised situation and restore freedom for every Tamil to enjoy fundamental rights….”
Janaka Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka
Sri Lanka does not have capital punishment – No one can execute anyone under the law. So, Hard Luck this time – try another lie the next time Janaka – Sarath F will live !!
Janaka Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 2:27 am
Sri Lanka’s budget deficit, at some 8% of GDP, is significantly above targets set by the IMF in return for a $2.6bn loan package
With more than 300,000 mouths to fill free of Charge + their medication which happens Free of Charge, No wonder the government has a deficit. At least be thankful that the rest of the people are suffering along with the people in north (all have been suffering for the past 30 years) and the monies are spent for a good cause.
The de facto internment camp at Menic Farm, which was filled with almost 300,000 Tamil civilians a year ago, is emptying . But the Tamils wait with precious little sense of expectation.
What to expect after a war that hampered their growth for 30 years ??? Of course they will be happy and at least get on with their lives now.
We have to start life again in a barren land … we don’t know what we are going to do.”
At least now they have barren land which are De-mined. Which means they can start cultivation which they could not do for the past 30 years.
On every road and around every settlement, soldiers man guard posts and checkpoints. The government has promised to integrate the north into the national economy. It has ruled out significant Tamil autonomy.
What do U expect? Let (if there is) a single LTTE Ape to kill more innocent civilians ?? Eelam has been ruled out – nothing else !!
He talks of “organising and resisting through non-violent means”. But in the ruined villages of the north, resistance of any sort seems like a thing of the past.But my only worry is that the Tamil people will slowly died out due starvation and neglect .”
Resist what ?? Letting them live in peace and giving them free food & Medicine ??
What made any Idiot think that a government that sent free food and medicine during war after knowing that they were being stolen by Terrorists, would stop sending food now that the war is over ?? Any body in the right mind to make such comments or is it a mentally under developed ape ?
“If there is no political solution, the conclusion will be that the government wants to impose military victory on the Tamil people”
There have been political solutions since 1987. Just that the Stupid Piribaharan and the monkey clan did not take them or accept to improve on them. That is you mentally sick peoples issue.
Government did not impose, but did indeed have a victory over the Terrorist LTTE and not Tamil People. Tamil people are living happily while the Apes of LTTE are flushed down the Toilet… When I mean LTTE, it includes, Adel Balaweda and Australian, and also a few Singhalees who supported the LTTE – Not Tamil people !!
Vishnu Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 4:37 am
However ‘the Sri Lankan government has not shown the smallest of intentions to ensure equality of Tamils and granting them autonomy,’ he said.
You brainless Moron !!!!!!!!!!!
Ensuring equality and granting Autonomy has nothing to do with each other !!
Ensuring Equality can happen under any rule. Granting Autonomy is something that the Mentally Sick LTTE are wishing for which would never happen.
Ensuring equality happens big time…. We don't see any occasion it is not happening. My worry is that all you mentally under developed apes who ask for Equality, What did you do to ensure equality to Tamil people ?????? Can I tell you and remind you ?? Follow the link !
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
In short – You killed them !! You killed all our good tamils !!
Vishnu Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 4:37 am
However ‘the Sri Lankan government has not shown the smallest of intentions to ensure equality of Tamils and granting them autonomy,’ he said.
You brainless Moron !!!!!!!!!!!
Ensuring equality and granting Autonomy has nothing to do with each other !!
Ensuring Equality can happen under any rule. Granting Autonomy is something that the Mentally Sick LTTE are wishing for which would never happen.
Ensuring equality happens big time…. We don't see any occasion it is not happening. My worry is that all you mentally under developed apes who ask for Equality, What did you do to ensure equality to Tamil people ?????? Can I tell you and remind you ?? Follow the link !
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki…
In short – You killed them !! You killed all our good tamils !!
Rohan Says:
June 6th, 2010 at 9:51 am
NEWS !!!!
So Called Prof Boyle in his bum’s knowledge on current affairs and world scenario’s go straight to the dust bin with the following remark (If he made it)
“Rajapakse is supported by Israel, which is occupying Palestinian land.
If Prof. Boyle actually had a professori qualification and not like our good analyst professori Puligal, this idiot should know that President Rajapakse even has a street named after him in Palestine – Anyone wanna know why ?? Because he is an advocate to Palestine in UN + He heads some forum which is to do with liberation of Palestine !!
So there we go – another lie from the Pathetic and desperate Diaspora or a “Know Nothing at All” prfessori giving false statements. This shows the low levels the Eelam struggle has stooped down to.
In the U.S., many lawyers and rights organizations would have immediately filed challenges in US Courts
Another comment that shows the intelligence levels or the arrogance of the idiotic Boyle in Bum. A Professor out of all should understand that everyone should not do things like the Americans do – why should we ??? The Asians are much more cultured people than Americans – at least we do not have double standards – we are with Palestine and condemn the attack on Palestine. (Wonder how LTTE had, but, then again, they are un-evolved – so we can consider them to still have Ape like behaviour) Indian or the Sri Lankan government and it’s people know the gravity of this Terrorist organization more than any 5 cent professor in USA would. India clearly stated the reason. It was for her own good as the LTTE supporters of Tamil Nadu were to grab her and make a mockery of her. Now, would Boyle in Bum say “80 year old” is being treated right by the LTTE supporters if it had happened ??? As I always say, LTTE Apes are being washed down a Raging River and would hold on to an 80 year old innocent Grandma to try get out of it !!!
We will take more exerts from his comments !!
I am not qualified to advise India.
So Shut your Bum at wait !!! – It ain’t rocket science not to talk of things you do not know and make an idiot of your self !!
Tamils worldwide are connected culturally and emotionally to Eelam
Another Bullshit story from Boyle in Bum… Was Lakshman Kadiragamar and his followers connected ??? Was Neelan Thiruchelvan and his followers connected ?? Was Alfred Doraiappa connected ?? Is Douglas Devanandan connected ?? Are even those who were connected as Karuna, Pillayan and the last unsung hero of the race, Kumaran Padmanadan connected to the Lunetic Nonsense any more ??????????????
close alliance between china and Sri Lanka will be a danger to everyone.
This is typical American ‘Shit Scared of China” Mentality speaking. Boyle in Bum should realize that what ever the ties we have with China, India will always be and looked up on as the big brother. Take a logical reason, something goes wrong, it is easier for India and Pakistan to get to Sri Lanka than wait for China to come all the way from the northern hemisphere !! India and Sri Lanka are culturally similar and understand each other better, hence, easier to work together. They say that those who go on the offensive are the people who are scared the most – America has proven this point over and over !!
Anyways, Boyle in Bum, again showcases his inability to think and his lack of knowledge on a subject matter he sucks at.
Independent Tamil Eelam will add security, and will be a bulwark to India’s security.
Again the Boyle in the bum seem to spread to his brain in the Bum !! – We all know the ultimate goal of Eelamist – and surely if the boyle is not hurting much, this idiot should know it too. Ultimate aim of Eelam is to Drag Tamilnadu in to the terror state and with it other independent states as Maldives and Madagascar – ya you heard me right – these Idiotic Terrorists have a delusional concept of a former Tamil state which no anthropologist has managed to prove nor any documentation or even a fairy tale or folk tale can prove. This spans from Madagascar to Indonesia – go figure out how !! Do you think giving “Terrorists” such authority would help any peace loving nation ???? This would be the future issue for Boyle in Bum’s USA – Not China !! China is a Maoist government which is far better than a Terrorist state – Try give Afghanistan back to Taliban, will you ??
I am not a politician; an attorney, of Irish descent.
With all due respect to the Irish, this comment definitely sound a drunken Irish comment !! But, that’s only for jokes sake, Irish are far more intelligent than Boyle in Bum could ever be !!
I am not even a Tamil, but I feel their pain.
Surely you don’t ???? Have you ever spoken to any Tamil Sri Lankan who was battered by 30 years of Brutality ?? Have you even stepped on to this golden soil ?? Again, if you don’t know stuff, shut up !!
India should actively intervene to facilitate the birth of Tamil Eelam.
One thing India will never do !!!!! Dream on you insult to Baboons !!!
Gunalan Says:
June 6th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Military control is deprivation of human rights… For heaven’s sake and out of reverence to Lord Buddha eliminate the militarised situation and restore freedom for every Tamil to enjoy fundamental rights….”
You should have told this to the mentally challenged none-evolved Apes of the LTTE !!!
If at all some party deprived Tamils of Sri Lanka of their rights, it is these sick Terrorist group. Click the links if you want evidence !!
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE
BTW, where were you and what were you doing when the LTTE went on this killing spree of Tamils ???
Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka
Military commander who led the campaign recent Civil War ‘is a liar and traitor’, government claims
The Sri Lankan government is threatening to execute Sarath Fonseka if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the final hours of the civil war.
The threat, issued by Sri Lanka’s defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the latest sign of a bitter feud within the Sri Lankan political establishment, little more than a year after the end of the Tamil war.
Rajapaksa, who worked closely with Fonseka on the aggressive military strategy this Tamil War who is the brother of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, told the BBC’s Hardtalk programme that the general had proved himself to be a liar and a traitor.
Fonseka resigned from the military soon after the Tamil War. He is an MP and was the main opposition candidate in January’s presidential election – winning 40% of the vote – but within days of his defeat he was arrested. The former war hero is in detention facing a court martial on charges of corruption and politicking while in uniform.
Fonseka roused the fury of the ruling Rajapaksa clan when he joined the opposition, a rift which deepened when he suggested there was eyewitness evidence of the defence secretary ordering army officers to shoot and kill surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders at the end of the war. That witness is said to be a Sri Lankan embedded journalist who is in hiding overseas. In a clandestine telephone interview, Fonseka confirmed that he had heard this account. He said he would be prepared to testify to an independent investigation of alleged abuses during the Tamil war. “I will not hide anything,” he said.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa responded angrily to the prospect of Fonseka giving evidence. “He can’t do that. He was the commander!” Rajapaksa said. “That’s a treason. We will hang him if he does that. I’m telling you! … How can he betray the country? He is a liar, liar, liar.”
The Sri Lankan defence secretary also ruled out any possibility of an independent, third-party investigation of alleged war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan army. “We are an independent country, we have the ability to investigate all these things,” he said.
Colombo insists that no civilians were killed by the army during their final assault on the Tigers’ last redoubt, despite evidence from the UN and international NGOs which points to thousands of civilian deaths.
Mahinda Rajapaksa seems intent on ruling postwar Sri Lanka without heed to critics. He has turned his administration into something of a family business. As well as his brother in defence, another brother is minister of economic development, another is speaker of the parliament, and his son is a newly elected MP. In all, the Rajapaksas are responsible for spending more than two-thirds of the state budget.
Sri Lanka’s budget deficit, at some 8% of GDP, is significantly above targets set by the IMF in return for a $2.6bn loan package
The de facto internment camp at Menic Farm, which was filled with almost 300,000 Tamil civilians a year ago, is emptying . But the Tamils wait with precious little sense of expectation.
Thambirasa Karunamurthy, a farmer with three children, said: “We came here with one plastic bag of belongings and we’re going home with no money, no assets, nothing. We have to start life again in a barren land … we don’t know what we are going to do.”
On every road and around every settlement, soldiers man guard posts and checkpoints. The government has promised to integrate the north into the national economy. It has ruled out significant Tamil autonomy.
“If there is no political solution, the conclusion will be that the government wants to impose military victory on the Tamil people”
He talks of “organising and resisting through non-violent means”. But in the ruined villages of the north, resistance of any sort seems like a thing of the past.
But my only worry is that the Tamil people will slowly died out due starvation and neglect .”
Although the war is over, the government has not lifted the state of emergency. Authorities say Sri Lanka’s security is still at risk.
The South Indian cinema boycotted the IIFA en-bloc along and shun and picket South Indian screenings of films of the stars who attended the Colombo IIFA event.
This was apparently enough to make some top rung Bollywood stars to suddenly become heavily immersed in “work” and “unable” to come. Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA ambassador who spoke of Sri Lanka’s “very large heart,” instead turned faint-hearted and gave Colombo the skip as did his son Abishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and super star Shahrukh Khan. Perhaps, South Indian countrymen picketing the cinemas showing their films may have caused second thoughts.
Bravely waving the Bollywood flag were some stars — but not all that the crowd expected or was ‘promised’ to SL.
The event in Colombo was supposed to be an avenue for the Sri Lankan film fraternity to fraternize and interact with their Indian counterparts, exchange thoughts, do business and talk shop.
The event was rooted and stuck in Colombo, with Sri Lankan film makers playing no role at all. With a few days to go, they were hastily summoned to the Tourist Board auditorium where bombshell was dropped-the Sri Lankan film people had only been allocated 15 seats!
Despite much talk of mutually beneficial ‘interaction,’ the Sri Lankan film industry was nowhere to be seen in the planning stage, suggesting that any inclusion attempt was an afterthought — not one of the interminable meetings to work out possible events between the Indians and Sri Lankans was held.
Whichever way, the Sri Lankan film fraternity were not a pleased lot 🙂
Shameless Bollywood !!
To some of these artists and entertainers, “there is little nudity as objectionable as the naked truth.”
The film industry is rife with mercenaries who’ll jump through hoops for a paycheck and an Indian Oscar than give voice to the crucial social and global issues that play out on the real screen…the life screen!
Imagine Liam Neeson or Steven Spielberg, after having produced the epic Holocaust film Schindler’s List, then standing hand in hand in an award ceremony, decorated with laurels by the Nazi perpetrators of those same heinous crimes?
This is the very hypocrisy of the likes of Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan & Vivek Oberoi, the main draw of the Indian contingent and circus act that’s visiting Sri Lanka at the invitation of war-criminal at large, Mahinda Rajapakse!
Such actors and artists symbolize today’s insolent greed, decadence and moral decay that’s representative of the entertainment society at large.
These dastardly individuals have no conscience but their own. Little do they realise they came to prominence in the first place owing to the sweat capital of not the elite but hard-working, blue collar cinema-goers (in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu etc).
To simply boycott their films would be trivial, these artists need to be kicked out of the industry altogether! (Can maybe earn their future pay check in Colombo?).
Will Rajapakse take them on a safari-ride of the Vanni mass graves, concentration camps and torture centers as part of the glitzy opening ceremony?
The debauched so-called film ’stars’ and war criminals flock together. Thank you land of Ven. Mahatma Gandhi!
Domestic inquiries into extrajudicial killings insufficient, UN expert stresses
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Sri Lanka.
In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said as he presented his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
“Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added.
In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
Justice delayed is justice denied. : { 🙁
Therefore the investigation should be conducted as quick as possible to mete out the justice.
India should use clout to ensure equality to Lankan Tamils
The CPI(M) state unit today urged the government of India to ‘use its clout’ to ensure among other things, equality and autonomy to the Sri Lankan Tamils in that country.
However ‘the Sri Lankan government has not shown the smallest of intentions to ensure equality of Tamils and granting them autonomy,’ he said.
He said the Sri Lankan government should hasten the rehabilitation of Tamils lodged in camps.
Janaka Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Sri Lankan government threatens to execute Sarath Fonseka
Sri Lanka does not have capital punishment – No one can execute anyone under the law. So, Hard Luck this time – try another lie the next time Janaka – Sarath F will live !!
Janaka Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 2:27 am
Sri Lanka’s budget deficit, at some 8% of GDP, is significantly above targets set by the IMF in return for a $2.6bn loan package
With more than 300,000 mouths to fill free of Charge + their medication which happens Free of Charge, No wonder the government has a deficit. At least be thankful that the rest of the people are suffering along with the people in north (all have been suffering for the past 30 years) and the monies are spent for a good cause.
The de facto internment camp at Menic Farm, which was filled with almost 300,000 Tamil civilians a year ago, is emptying . But the Tamils wait with precious little sense of expectation.
What to expect after a war that hampered their growth for 30 years ??? Of course they will be happy and at least get on with their lives now.
We have to start life again in a barren land … we don’t know what we are going to do.”
At least now they have barren land which are De-mined. Which means they can start cultivation which they could not do for the past 30 years.
On every road and around every settlement, soldiers man guard posts and checkpoints. The government has promised to integrate the north into the national economy. It has ruled out significant Tamil autonomy.
What do U expect? Let (if there is) a single LTTE Ape to kill more innocent civilians ?? Eelam has been ruled out – nothing else !!
He talks of “organising and resisting through non-violent means”. But in the ruined villages of the north, resistance of any sort seems like a thing of the past.But my only worry is that the Tamil people will slowly died out due starvation and neglect .”
Resist what ?? Letting them live in peace and giving them free food & Medicine ??
What made any Idiot think that a government that sent free food and medicine during war after knowing that they were being stolen by Terrorists, would stop sending food now that the war is over ?? Any body in the right mind to make such comments or is it a mentally under developed ape ?
“If there is no political solution, the conclusion will be that the government wants to impose military victory on the Tamil people”
There have been political solutions since 1987. Just that the Stupid Piribaharan and the monkey clan did not take them or accept to improve on them. That is you mentally sick peoples issue.
Government did not impose, but did indeed have a victory over the Terrorist LTTE and not Tamil People. Tamil people are living happily while the Apes of LTTE are flushed down the Toilet… When I mean LTTE, it includes, Adel Balaweda and Australian, and also a few Singhalees who supported the LTTE – Not Tamil people !!
Vishnu Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 4:37 am
However ‘the Sri Lankan government has not shown the smallest of intentions to ensure equality of Tamils and granting them autonomy,’ he said.
You brainless Moron !!!!!!!!!!!
Ensuring equality and granting Autonomy has nothing to do with each other !!
Ensuring Equality can happen under any rule. Granting Autonomy is something that the Mentally Sick LTTE are wishing for which would never happen.
Ensuring equality happens big time…. We don’t see any occasion it is not happening. My worry is that all you mentally under developed apes who ask for Equality, What did you do to ensure equality to Tamil people ?????? Can I tell you and remind you ?? Follow the link !
http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm
In short – You killed them !! You killed all our good tamils !!
The Sri Lankan government has threatened to execute Sarath Fonseka, the army commander who delivered victory over the Tamil Tigers, if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the final hours of the Tamil war.
General Fonseka wants to testify before an independent investigation
The threat, issued by Sri Lanka's powerful defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the latest sign of a bitter and intensifying feud within the Sri Lankan political establishment, little more than a year after the end of the Tamil war. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/87…
The Sri Lankan government has threatened to execute Sarath Fonseka, the army commander who delivered victory over the Tamil Tigers, if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the final hours of the Tamil war.
General Fonseka wants to testify before an independent investigation
The threat, issued by Sri Lanka's powerful defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the latest sign of a bitter and intensifying feud within the Sri Lankan political establishment, little more than a year after the end of the Tamil war. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/87…
The Sri Lankan government has threatened to execute Sarath Fonseka, the army commander who delivered victory over the Tamil Tigers, if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the final hours of the Tamil war.
General Fonseka wants to testify before an independent investigation
The threat, issued by Sri Lanka's powerful defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the latest sign of a bitter and intensifying feud within the Sri Lankan political establishment, little more than a year after the end of the Tamil war. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/87…
Shameless Bollywood !!
To some of these artists and entertainers, “there is little nudity as objectionable as the naked truth.”
The film industry is rife with mercenaries who’ll jump through hoops for a paycheck and an Indian Oscar than give voice to the crucial social and global issues that play out on the real screen…the life screen!
Imagine Liam Neeson or Steven Spielberg, after having produced the epic Holocaust film Schindler’s List, then standing hand in hand in an award ceremony, decorated with laurels by the Nazi perpetrators of those same heinous crimes?
This is the very hypocrisy of the likes of Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan & Vivek Oberoi, the main draw of the Indian contingent and circus act that’s visiting Sri Lanka at the invitation of war-criminal at large, Mahinda Rajapakse!
Such actors and artists symbolize today’s insolent greed, decadence and moral decay that’s representative of the entertainment society at large.
These dastardly individuals have no conscience but their own. Little do they realise they came to prominence in the first place owing to the sweat capital of not the elite but hard-working, blue collar cinema-goers (in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu etc).
To simply boycott their films would be trivial, these artists need to be kicked out of the industry altogether! (Can maybe earn their future pay check in Colombo?).
Will Rajapakse take them on a safari-ride of the Vanni mass graves, concentration camps and torture centers as part of the glitzy opening ceremony?
The debauched so-called film ’stars’ and war criminals flock together. Thank you land of Ven. Mahatma Gandhi!
Domestic inquiries into extrajudicial killings insufficient, UN expert stresses
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Sri Lanka.
In many instances, domestic commissions of inquiry had only resulted in “comprehensive impunity,” Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said as he presented his annual report to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
“Overall, the track record of such inquiries is remarkably poor,” he added.
In such cases, the international community will often need to insist that an international inquiry takes place where particularly serious allegations are made and where domestic practice has been “unconvincing.”
Justice delayed is justice denied. : { 🙁
Therefore the investigation should be conducted as quick as possible to mete out the justice.
The Sri Lankan government has threatened to execute Sarath Fonseka, the army commander who delivered victory over the Tamil Tigers, if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the final hours of the Tamil war.
General Fonseka wants to testify before an independent investigation
The threat, issued by Sri Lanka’s powerful defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is the latest sign of a bitter and intensifying feud within the Sri Lankan political establishment, little more than a year after the end of the Tamil war.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8725899.stm
Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka
The recent discovery of mass graves at Ganeshapuram in Kilinochchi and at Nachchikuda in the Mannar Districts has been very much in the news during the past weeks. Such finds need not surprise anyone. Following an analysis of satellite images taken during the height of the war, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has already reported that on 19th April , 2009the images showed the roads in the ‘Civilian Safe Zone’ to be mostly deserted. The images taken on the 24th April, 2009 showed a large grave yard in the same area. @The report adds, that
the analysis identified three different graveyards, counting a total of 1,346 likely graves. The satellite images can neither reveal if these graves contain civilians or Tamil Tiger fighters,..
In the circumstances, it is likely that more and more graves would be discovered, if free access to the area is available to the people and the security forces do not take any steps to obliterate the graves.
That is however only with regard to the graves alleged to be those of the victims of the last war in the Vanni. There could be many more such mass graves in other parts where the war was fought. Many may not know that during the period from 1st January, 1988 onwards, which period the former Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances of Persons appointed in 1994, had been mandated to conduct inquiries, evidence with regard to a large number of mass graves in several parts of the country came to light. These are graves of suspected Sinhala militant youth, who had chosen to rebel against the government of that time. I use the word ‘suspected’ because it was the finding of the said Commissions that most of those who had disappeared were youth or other persons who had been staunch supporters of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, who were suspected by the then government, to be members of the Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna. It is therefore no wonder President Rajapakse who was then, just a Member of Parliament, was in the fore front of the agitation of the parents and guardians of the disappeared youth in the Southern Province, to call for a full investigation into these incidents and the culprits brought to book ! It is estimated that nearly 60,000 Sinhala youth had disappeared during the relevant period. Hardly any of them were found. It is likely that many of their bodies are still in the several mass graves in respect of which evidence was made available to the Commissions of Inquiry. Let us see what one of the Reports of a Disappearances Commission has to say on these mass graves –
The phenomenon of mass graves is a macabre pointer to the clandestine nature of the counter-insurgency operations carried out in this period. Their very existence and the recoveries from them bear vivid witness to a complete disregard of the constitutionally guaranteed safe-guard of the physical security of persons in detention.
This Commission listed twelve mass graves about which evidence had been placed before it. Let us see some of the information available about these graves.
One may recall that during the Presidential Elections of 1994, President Chandrika Bandaranaike who was then one of the candidates at the elections, went around speaking about these graves in relation to the disappearances of persons which was a widespread occurrence during those days. She was present at the time the mass grave at Sooriyakanda was exhumed, in an unconventional manner, with much publicity. It was alleged that the bodies of the abducted school children from the Embilipitiya High School were buried there. It was said that over 300 bodies had been buried at this site. The government of the time conducted a forensic analysis but the investigations were said to be unsatisfactory.
The mass graves in Hokandara, Dikwella and Angkumbura had been located in pits carved out by bomb explosions. Some of these graves such as the ones at Wilpita, Akuressa, and others had been located near Army Camps. Others were in public places like highways, as in the case of Hokandara, in public schools as in Essella or a government farm as in Walpita.
The mass graves at Hokandara, Essella, Wavulkelle, Walpita Farm and Ankumbura had also been disinterred on a judicial order. It was in evidence that the people of the area knew the existence of these graves even though they are not known nationally. Yet they had not been acknowledged by the authorities. When some members of the public had made attempts to report on their existence to the Police at that time, the complaints had not been recorded. The disturbing piece of evidence in this regard was that some of the graves had been kept open for a period of time as in the case of the Hokandara Mass Grave. The Judicial Medical Officer who visited the mass grave at Vavulkelle had noted that he saw the fire blazing with logs and tyres which had been used to burn the bodies. There was evidence placed before the Commission indicating that a pile of burning bodies had been displayed at the junction near the Walpita Farm mass grave. It was the same with respect to the mass grave at Essella where bullet ridden bodies of several young men and women had been found lying lined up in a drain near the home of an army officer who had suffered attack by the subversives of the time.
It is interesting to note that several of these mass graves such as the one at Kotawakella, Yakkalumulla, Dickwella, Deniyaya and Akuressa are in the Southern Province, which is the area from which the present day rulers of Sri Lanka hail !
The Report of the Commission referring to these mass graves stated that –
The phenomenon of Mass Graves bears a significant correlation to the massive number of disappearances that have taken place in the period under review, independent of any identification of a corpse disinterred to a particular person who has disappeared,…
The Commission appointed to inquire into disappearances of persons in the North and Eastern Province do not mention specifically of any mass graves. The security situation at that time in these Province was a deterrent to witnesses complaining or coming forward with evidence against security forces. However the report of that Commission speaks of mass killings at the Eastern University, at Sathurukondan and other places. A few years later, following a bomb explosion that killed a few army personnel at Kokaddicholai, almost all the villagers of Kokkaddicholai were killed and dumped into the pit created by the bomb.
This article will be incomplete if no mention is made of the mass graves found at Jaffna in Chemmani at the Duraiappah Stadium, in the not too distant past.
In July, 1998 a former army corporal who was charged for the rape and murder of a school girl while he was on duty at the Chemmani check point, told a High Court Judge that he knew about a mass grave where about 400 bodies of Tamils were buried. He said that the bodies of those killed by the army were brought to Chemmani, along with people who were to be executed and then buried there.
A mass grave was found 1999 by municipal labourers at the Jaffna Stadium grounds while they were doing three excavations. On the first occasion 8 skeletons, on the next 16 and on the third 25 skeletons were found. It was suspected that those skeletons were those of Tamils killed and buried en masse during the occupation of the Northern Province by the Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987.
It is not intended to go into the details of all these mass graves at this juncture as it is considered sufficient just to refer to them for the purposes of the theme of this article. One also needs to remember that in the late 1995 bodies of 17 Tamils living in and around Colombo who had been abducted, were found floating in the Bolgoda Lake, the Alawwa oya and the Diyawanna Oya. Following CID investigations into these cases, 21 Special Task Force police officers were arrested along with three civilians and produced before the Chief Magistrate in Colombo and remanded in 1996. But due to reasons better known to the authorities, all but three of these police officers were released subsequently. The three who were indicted before the High Court were also released later and the proceedings against them were suspended.
It should be noted that the mandates of the Commissions on Disappearances did not permit them to investigate into these mass graves that came to their knowledge. So they made the information about them available in their Reports and recommended that the government should investigate into them and bring those responsible to book. That recommendation was never implemented. Consequently the perpetrators became emboldened. Many of them still continue in service with impunity and they could very well be the ones responsible or at least for having played a part in the creation of the mass graves that are being discovered now.
It is significant to note that the graves the Disappearances Commissions mentioned were those of Sinhala youth who were suspected to be militants, while the evidence of graves that are just coming up are probably those of suspected Tamil militants from the Vanni. If the perpetrators of the killings of Sinhala youth could have dealt with members of their own community so brutally, how they would have treated the suspected Tamil militants could easily imagined. The recent history of Sri Lanka has so much evidence of mass graves that one need not be surprised when more and more graves are discovered in the future. Would Sri Lanka ever acknowledge such brutal incidents of mass graves and related killings and provide solace to the to the grieving family members of the victims by way of transitional justice?
[Editors note: M.C.M. Iqbal was secretary to two of Sri Lanka’s “truth commissions”, presidential inquiry panels into the 30,000 or more forced disappearances that took place in the late 1980s and early ’90s in the south, during a dirty war that many believe has yet to run its course. As the South China Morning Post noted in late-2009, Mr. Iqbal knows more than most about the skeletons that are locked away in the government’s closet – enough, he says, for him to no longer be safe in his home country. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/07/mass-graves…
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn affidavit from a senior commander of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) who has fled Sri Lanka seeking asylum for himself and his family. Noting the sensitivity of the evidence, TAG said that the affidavit was recorded by a court reporter but declined to reveal the name of the commander or the modalities used in obtaining the affidavit. The sworn testimony contains "clear and convincing evidence" that Colombo committed war crimes, and this document can be made available to "other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials," TAG spokesperson told TamilNet.
SLA Commander’s affidavit contains incriminating information in several areas including:
•Description of chain of command, how documentation procedures were eliminated, and details surrounding orders to execute hardcore LTTE cadres, including those who surrendered.
•Details of people involved in the torture and killing of LTTE leader Pirapaharan’s 12-year old son, and his five body guards who surrendered to the SLA during May 2009.
•Order from the top to burn bodies to eliminate evidence.
•Plans to be carried out through Sri Lanka Army in establishing Sinhala settlements in Tamil areas.
•Details of Colombo sponsored assassination squads in Colombo, and person(s) in charge.
TAG will be willing to provide the affidavit to other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka
The recent discovery of mass graves at Ganeshapuram in Kilinochchi and at Nachchikuda in the Mannar Districts has been very much in the news during the past weeks. Such finds need not surprise anyone. Following an analysis of satellite images taken during the height of the war, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has already reported that on 19th April , 2009the images showed the roads in the ‘Civilian Safe Zone’ to be mostly deserted. The images taken on the 24th April, 2009 showed a large grave yard in the same area. @The report adds, that
the analysis identified three different graveyards, counting a total of 1,346 likely graves. The satellite images can neither reveal if these graves contain civilians or Tamil Tiger fighters,..
In the circumstances, it is likely that more and more graves would be discovered, if free access to the area is available to the people and the security forces do not take any steps to obliterate the graves.
That is however only with regard to the graves alleged to be those of the victims of the last war in the Vanni. There could be many more such mass graves in other parts where the war was fought. Many may not know that during the period from 1st January, 1988 onwards, which period the former Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances of Persons appointed in 1994, had been mandated to conduct inquiries, evidence with regard to a large number of mass graves in several parts of the country came to light. These are graves of suspected Sinhala militant youth, who had chosen to rebel against the government of that time. I use the word ‘suspected’ because it was the finding of the said Commissions that most of those who had disappeared were youth or other persons who had been staunch supporters of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, who were suspected by the then government, to be members of the Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna. It is therefore no wonder President Rajapakse who was then, just a Member of Parliament, was in the fore front of the agitation of the parents and guardians of the disappeared youth in the Southern Province, to call for a full investigation into these incidents and the culprits brought to book ! It is estimated that nearly 60,000 Sinhala youth had disappeared during the relevant period. Hardly any of them were found. It is likely that many of their bodies are still in the several mass graves in respect of which evidence was made available to the Commissions of Inquiry. Let us see what one of the Reports of a Disappearances Commission has to say on these mass graves –
The phenomenon of mass graves is a macabre pointer to the clandestine nature of the counter-insurgency operations carried out in this period. Their very existence and the recoveries from them bear vivid witness to a complete disregard of the constitutionally guaranteed safe-guard of the physical security of persons in detention.
This Commission listed twelve mass graves about which evidence had been placed before it. Let us see some of the information available about these graves.
One may recall that during the Presidential Elections of 1994, President Chandrika Bandaranaike who was then one of the candidates at the elections, went around speaking about these graves in relation to the disappearances of persons which was a widespread occurrence during those days. She was present at the time the mass grave at Sooriyakanda was exhumed, in an unconventional manner, with much publicity. It was alleged that the bodies of the abducted school children from the Embilipitiya High School were buried there. It was said that over 300 bodies had been buried at this site. The government of the time conducted a forensic analysis but the investigations were said to be unsatisfactory.
The mass graves in Hokandara, Dikwella and Angkumbura had been located in pits carved out by bomb explosions. Some of these graves such as the ones at Wilpita, Akuressa, and others had been located near Army Camps. Others were in public places like highways, as in the case of Hokandara, in public schools as in Essella or a government farm as in Walpita.
The mass graves at Hokandara, Essella, Wavulkelle, Walpita Farm and Ankumbura had also been disinterred on a judicial order. It was in evidence that the people of the area knew the existence of these graves even though they are not known nationally. Yet they had not been acknowledged by the authorities. When some members of the public had made attempts to report on their existence to the Police at that time, the complaints had not been recorded. The disturbing piece of evidence in this regard was that some of the graves had been kept open for a period of time as in the case of the Hokandara Mass Grave. The Judicial Medical Officer who visited the mass grave at Vavulkelle had noted that he saw the fire blazing with logs and tyres which had been used to burn the bodies. There was evidence placed before the Commission indicating that a pile of burning bodies had been displayed at the junction near the Walpita Farm mass grave. It was the same with respect to the mass grave at Essella where bullet ridden bodies of several young men and women had been found lying lined up in a drain near the home of an army officer who had suffered attack by the subversives of the time.
It is interesting to note that several of these mass graves such as the one at Kotawakella, Yakkalumulla, Dickwella, Deniyaya and Akuressa are in the Southern Province, which is the area from which the present day rulers of Sri Lanka hail !
The Report of the Commission referring to these mass graves stated that –
The phenomenon of Mass Graves bears a significant correlation to the massive number of disappearances that have taken place in the period under review, independent of any identification of a corpse disinterred to a particular person who has disappeared,…
The Commission appointed to inquire into disappearances of persons in the North and Eastern Province do not mention specifically of any mass graves. The security situation at that time in these Province was a deterrent to witnesses complaining or coming forward with evidence against security forces. However the report of that Commission speaks of mass killings at the Eastern University, at Sathurukondan and other places. A few years later, following a bomb explosion that killed a few army personnel at Kokaddicholai, almost all the villagers of Kokkaddicholai were killed and dumped into the pit created by the bomb.
This article will be incomplete if no mention is made of the mass graves found at Jaffna in Chemmani at the Duraiappah Stadium, in the not too distant past.
In July, 1998 a former army corporal who was charged for the rape and murder of a school girl while he was on duty at the Chemmani check point, told a High Court Judge that he knew about a mass grave where about 400 bodies of Tamils were buried. He said that the bodies of those killed by the army were brought to Chemmani, along with people who were to be executed and then buried there.
A mass grave was found 1999 by municipal labourers at the Jaffna Stadium grounds while they were doing three excavations. On the first occasion 8 skeletons, on the next 16 and on the third 25 skeletons were found. It was suspected that those skeletons were those of Tamils killed and buried en masse during the occupation of the Northern Province by the Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987.
It is not intended to go into the details of all these mass graves at this juncture as it is considered sufficient just to refer to them for the purposes of the theme of this article. One also needs to remember that in the late 1995 bodies of 17 Tamils living in and around Colombo who had been abducted, were found floating in the Bolgoda Lake, the Alawwa oya and the Diyawanna Oya. Following CID investigations into these cases, 21 Special Task Force police officers were arrested along with three civilians and produced before the Chief Magistrate in Colombo and remanded in 1996. But due to reasons better known to the authorities, all but three of these police officers were released subsequently. The three who were indicted before the High Court were also released later and the proceedings against them were suspended.
It should be noted that the mandates of the Commissions on Disappearances did not permit them to investigate into these mass graves that came to their knowledge. So they made the information about them available in their Reports and recommended that the government should investigate into them and bring those responsible to book. That recommendation was never implemented. Consequently the perpetrators became emboldened. Many of them still continue in service with impunity and they could very well be the ones responsible or at least for having played a part in the creation of the mass graves that are being discovered now.
It is significant to note that the graves the Disappearances Commissions mentioned were those of Sinhala youth who were suspected to be militants, while the evidence of graves that are just coming up are probably those of suspected Tamil militants from the Vanni. If the perpetrators of the killings of Sinhala youth could have dealt with members of their own community so brutally, how they would have treated the suspected Tamil militants could easily imagined. The recent history of Sri Lanka has so much evidence of mass graves that one need not be surprised when more and more graves are discovered in the future. Would Sri Lanka ever acknowledge such brutal incidents of mass graves and related killings and provide solace to the to the grieving family members of the victims by way of transitional justice?
[Editors note: M.C.M. Iqbal was secretary to two of Sri Lanka’s “truth commissions”, presidential inquiry panels into the 30,000 or more forced disappearances that took place in the late 1980s and early ’90s in the south, during a dirty war that many believe has yet to run its course. As the South China Morning Post noted in late-2009, Mr. Iqbal knows more than most about the skeletons that are locked away in the government’s closet – enough, he says, for him to no longer be safe in his home country. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/07/mass-graves…
Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka
The recent discovery of mass graves at Ganeshapuram in Kilinochchi and at Nachchikuda in the Mannar Districts has been very much in the news during the past weeks. Such finds need not surprise anyone. Following an analysis of satellite images taken during the height of the war, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has already reported that on 19th April , 2009the images showed the roads in the ‘Civilian Safe Zone’ to be mostly deserted. The images taken on the 24th April, 2009 showed a large grave yard in the same area. @The report adds, that
the analysis identified three different graveyards, counting a total of 1,346 likely graves. The satellite images can neither reveal if these graves contain civilians or Tamil Tiger fighters,..
In the circumstances, it is likely that more and more graves would be discovered, if free access to the area is available to the people and the security forces do not take any steps to obliterate the graves.
That is however only with regard to the graves alleged to be those of the victims of the last war in the Vanni. There could be many more such mass graves in other parts where the war was fought. Many may not know that during the period from 1st January, 1988 onwards, which period the former Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances of Persons appointed in 1994, had been mandated to conduct inquiries, evidence with regard to a large number of mass graves in several parts of the country came to light. These are graves of suspected Sinhala militant youth, who had chosen to rebel against the government of that time. I use the word ‘suspected’ because it was the finding of the said Commissions that most of those who had disappeared were youth or other persons who had been staunch supporters of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, who were suspected by the then government, to be members of the Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna. It is therefore no wonder President Rajapakse who was then, just a Member of Parliament, was in the fore front of the agitation of the parents and guardians of the disappeared youth in the Southern Province, to call for a full investigation into these incidents and the culprits brought to book ! It is estimated that nearly 60,000 Sinhala youth had disappeared during the relevant period. Hardly any of them were found. It is likely that many of their bodies are still in the several mass graves in respect of which evidence was made available to the Commissions of Inquiry. Let us see what one of the Reports of a Disappearances Commission has to say on these mass graves –
The phenomenon of mass graves is a macabre pointer to the clandestine nature of the counter-insurgency operations carried out in this period. Their very existence and the recoveries from them bear vivid witness to a complete disregard of the constitutionally guaranteed safe-guard of the physical security of persons in detention.
This Commission listed twelve mass graves about which evidence had been placed before it. Let us see some of the information available about these graves.
One may recall that during the Presidential Elections of 1994, President Chandrika Bandaranaike who was then one of the candidates at the elections, went around speaking about these graves in relation to the disappearances of persons which was a widespread occurrence during those days. She was present at the time the mass grave at Sooriyakanda was exhumed, in an unconventional manner, with much publicity. It was alleged that the bodies of the abducted school children from the Embilipitiya High School were buried there. It was said that over 300 bodies had been buried at this site. The government of the time conducted a forensic analysis but the investigations were said to be unsatisfactory.
The mass graves in Hokandara, Dikwella and Angkumbura had been located in pits carved out by bomb explosions. Some of these graves such as the ones at Wilpita, Akuressa, and others had been located near Army Camps. Others were in public places like highways, as in the case of Hokandara, in public schools as in Essella or a government farm as in Walpita.
The mass graves at Hokandara, Essella, Wavulkelle, Walpita Farm and Ankumbura had also been disinterred on a judicial order. It was in evidence that the people of the area knew the existence of these graves even though they are not known nationally. Yet they had not been acknowledged by the authorities. When some members of the public had made attempts to report on their existence to the Police at that time, the complaints had not been recorded. The disturbing piece of evidence in this regard was that some of the graves had been kept open for a period of time as in the case of the Hokandara Mass Grave. The Judicial Medical Officer who visited the mass grave at Vavulkelle had noted that he saw the fire blazing with logs and tyres which had been used to burn the bodies. There was evidence placed before the Commission indicating that a pile of burning bodies had been displayed at the junction near the Walpita Farm mass grave. It was the same with respect to the mass grave at Essella where bullet ridden bodies of several young men and women had been found lying lined up in a drain near the home of an army officer who had suffered attack by the subversives of the time.
It is interesting to note that several of these mass graves such as the one at Kotawakella, Yakkalumulla, Dickwella, Deniyaya and Akuressa are in the Southern Province, which is the area from which the present day rulers of Sri Lanka hail !
The Report of the Commission referring to these mass graves stated that –
The phenomenon of Mass Graves bears a significant correlation to the massive number of disappearances that have taken place in the period under review, independent of any identification of a corpse disinterred to a particular person who has disappeared,…
The Commission appointed to inquire into disappearances of persons in the North and Eastern Province do not mention specifically of any mass graves. The security situation at that time in these Province was a deterrent to witnesses complaining or coming forward with evidence against security forces. However the report of that Commission speaks of mass killings at the Eastern University, at Sathurukondan and other places. A few years later, following a bomb explosion that killed a few army personnel at Kokaddicholai, almost all the villagers of Kokkaddicholai were killed and dumped into the pit created by the bomb.
This article will be incomplete if no mention is made of the mass graves found at Jaffna in Chemmani at the Duraiappah Stadium, in the not too distant past.
In July, 1998 a former army corporal who was charged for the rape and murder of a school girl while he was on duty at the Chemmani check point, told a High Court Judge that he knew about a mass grave where about 400 bodies of Tamils were buried. He said that the bodies of those killed by the army were brought to Chemmani, along with people who were to be executed and then buried there.
A mass grave was found 1999 by municipal labourers at the Jaffna Stadium grounds while they were doing three excavations. On the first occasion 8 skeletons, on the next 16 and on the third 25 skeletons were found. It was suspected that those skeletons were those of Tamils killed and buried en masse during the occupation of the Northern Province by the Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987.
It is not intended to go into the details of all these mass graves at this juncture as it is considered sufficient just to refer to them for the purposes of the theme of this article. One also needs to remember that in the late 1995 bodies of 17 Tamils living in and around Colombo who had been abducted, were found floating in the Bolgoda Lake, the Alawwa oya and the Diyawanna Oya. Following CID investigations into these cases, 21 Special Task Force police officers were arrested along with three civilians and produced before the Chief Magistrate in Colombo and remanded in 1996. But due to reasons better known to the authorities, all but three of these police officers were released subsequently. The three who were indicted before the High Court were also released later and the proceedings against them were suspended.
It should be noted that the mandates of the Commissions on Disappearances did not permit them to investigate into these mass graves that came to their knowledge. So they made the information about them available in their Reports and recommended that the government should investigate into them and bring those responsible to book. That recommendation was never implemented. Consequently the perpetrators became emboldened. Many of them still continue in service with impunity and they could very well be the ones responsible or at least for having played a part in the creation of the mass graves that are being discovered now.
It is significant to note that the graves the Disappearances Commissions mentioned were those of Sinhala youth who were suspected to be militants, while the evidence of graves that are just coming up are probably those of suspected Tamil militants from the Vanni. If the perpetrators of the killings of Sinhala youth could have dealt with members of their own community so brutally, how they would have treated the suspected Tamil militants could easily imagined. The recent history of Sri Lanka has so much evidence of mass graves that one need not be surprised when more and more graves are discovered in the future. Would Sri Lanka ever acknowledge such brutal incidents of mass graves and related killings and provide solace to the to the grieving family members of the victims by way of transitional justice?
[Editors note: M.C.M. Iqbal was secretary to two of Sri Lanka’s “truth commissions”, presidential inquiry panels into the 30,000 or more forced disappearances that took place in the late 1980s and early ’90s in the south, during a dirty war that many believe has yet to run its course. As the South China Morning Post noted in late-2009, Mr. Iqbal knows more than most about the skeletons that are locked away in the government’s closet – enough, he says, for him to no longer be safe in his home country. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/07/mass-graves…
The threat has been issued by the country's powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who said Fonseka would be hanged if he deposed before any investigation into the alleged war crimes. http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/jun/07/fons…
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn affidavit from a senior commander of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) who has fled Sri Lanka seeking asylum for himself and his family. Noting the sensitivity of the evidence, TAG said that the affidavit was recorded by a court reporter but declined to reveal the name of the commander or the modalities used in obtaining the affidavit. The sworn testimony contains "clear and convincing evidence" that Colombo committed war crimes, and this document can be made available to "other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials," TAG spokesperson told TamilNet.
SLA Commander’s affidavit contains incriminating information in several areas including:
•Description of chain of command, how documentation procedures were eliminated, and details surrounding orders to execute hardcore LTTE cadres, including those who surrendered.
•Details of people involved in the torture and killing of LTTE leader Pirapaharan’s 12-year old son, and his five body guards who surrendered to the SLA during May 2009.
•Order from the top to burn bodies to eliminate evidence.
•Plans to be carried out through Sri Lanka Army in establishing Sinhala settlements in Tamil areas.
•Details of Colombo sponsored assassination squads in Colombo, and person(s) in charge.
TAG will be willing to provide the affidavit to other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn affidavit from a senior commander of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) who has fled Sri Lanka seeking asylum for himself and his family. Noting the sensitivity of the evidence, TAG said that the affidavit was recorded by a court reporter but declined to reveal the name of the commander or the modalities used in obtaining the affidavit. The sworn testimony contains "clear and convincing evidence" that Colombo committed war crimes, and this document can be made available to "other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials," TAG spokesperson told TamilNet.
SLA Commander’s affidavit contains incriminating information in several areas including:
•Description of chain of command, how documentation procedures were eliminated, and details surrounding orders to execute hardcore LTTE cadres, including those who surrendered.
•Details of people involved in the torture and killing of LTTE leader Pirapaharan’s 12-year old son, and his five body guards who surrendered to the SLA during May 2009.
•Order from the top to burn bodies to eliminate evidence.
•Plans to be carried out through Sri Lanka Army in establishing Sinhala settlements in Tamil areas.
•Details of Colombo sponsored assassination squads in Colombo, and person(s) in charge.
TAG will be willing to provide the affidavit to other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The threat has been issued by the country's powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who said Fonseka would be hanged if he deposed before any investigation into the alleged war crimes. http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/jun/07/fons…
The threat has been issued by the country's powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who said Fonseka would be hanged if he deposed before any investigation into the alleged war crimes. http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/jun/07/fons…
Rohan !!
Great posts and helpful links .
The SL feels to me like sinking ship.
Everything is done there in a feverish speed by a madman Rajapaksa. The IIFA was conducted that way and The Tamil War too
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The event in Colombo was supposed to be an avenue for the Sri Lankan film fraternity to fraternize and interact with their Indian counterparts, exchange thoughts, do business and talk shop.
The event was rooted and stuck in Colombo, with Sri Lankan film makers playing no role at all. With a few days to go, they were hastily summoned to the Tourist Board auditorium where bombshell was dropped-the Sri Lankan film people had only been allocated 15 seats!
Despite much talk of mutually beneficial ‘interaction,’ the Sri Lankan film industry was nowhere to be seen in the planning stage, suggesting that any inclusion attempt was an afterthought — not one of the interminable meetings to work out possible events between the Indians and Sri Lankans was held.
Whichever way, the Sri Lankan film fraternity were not a pleased lot
Kumudam Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Shameless Bollywood !!
The beautiful people of Bollywood came down to Sri Lanka to support one cause !
All here should know what the cause is !
It is to raise funds for the welfare of the Children with collaboration with the UNICEF
These children mainly included the rehabilitation of the Child Soldiers of LTTE
The monies earned from the cricket carnival 100% went for their welfare which includes
1. Funding their Education
2. Finding them Homes
3. Hostel Facilities
4. Books and Stationary
5. Vocational training needs
6. Clothing etc.
Indeed Shameful isn't it ???????????????
While our mentally sick Apes of Terrorist LTTE diaspora educate their children in the western countries and provide proper living conditions for them, those innocent child soldiers were stolen of their beautiful childhood. Instead of teaching them Maths, Science and Social Education, they were told to hang a Cyanide capsule around their necks and taught how to use a T56 riffle. They could not experience the happiness of playing with children of their same age.
A Sniper in the Army once told that the worst kill he had to made was a Child Soldier. Even after knowing that it was a kid, he had to execute his duties as this child soldier was firing at the SLA lines with his T 56. This Sniper said that he teared after the child fell down struck by the bullet he fired. He still tears when reminded of the incident.
The impotent Ape under the handle "Kumudam" has found some malfunctioning nerve in him to cut and paste a post that says "Shame on Bollywood" for trying to help these kids.
What can I say ??????? Is it of any use me telling a person with such low mentality that he is a curse to this world ??????
Kumudam, let your children play and have fun in the western heavens. But, At least let these poor kids start a new life now – after all, it's they who died and lost their childhood to make you impotent Apes happy !!
Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka
The recent discovery of mass graves at Ganeshapuram in Kilinochchi and at Nachchikuda in the Mannar Districts has been very much in the news during the past weeks. Such finds need not surprise anyone. Following an analysis of satellite images taken during the height of the war, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has already reported that on 19th April , 2009the images showed the roads in the ‘Civilian Safe Zone’ to be mostly deserted. The images taken on the 24th April, 2009 showed a large grave yard in the same area. @The report adds, that
the analysis identified three different graveyards, counting a total of 1,346 likely graves. The satellite images can neither reveal if these graves contain civilians or Tamil Tiger fighters,..
In the circumstances, it is likely that more and more graves would be discovered, if free access to the area is available to the people and the security forces do not take any steps to obliterate the graves.
That is however only with regard to the graves alleged to be those of the victims of the last war in the Vanni. There could be many more such mass graves in other parts where the war was fought. Many may not know that during the period from 1st January, 1988 onwards, which period the former Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances of Persons appointed in 1994, had been mandated to conduct inquiries, evidence with regard to a large number of mass graves in several parts of the country came to light. These are graves of suspected Sinhala militant youth, who had chosen to rebel against the government of that time. I use the word ‘suspected’ because it was the finding of the said Commissions that most of those who had disappeared were youth or other persons who had been staunch supporters of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, who were suspected by the then government, to be members of the Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna. It is therefore no wonder President Rajapakse who was then, just a Member of Parliament, was in the fore front of the agitation of the parents and guardians of the disappeared youth in the Southern Province, to call for a full investigation into these incidents and the culprits brought to book ! It is estimated that nearly 60,000 Sinhala youth had disappeared during the relevant period. Hardly any of them were found. It is likely that many of their bodies are still in the several mass graves in respect of which evidence was made available to the Commissions of Inquiry. Let us see what one of the Reports of a Disappearances Commission has to say on these mass graves –
The phenomenon of mass graves is a macabre pointer to the clandestine nature of the counter-insurgency operations carried out in this period. Their very existence and the recoveries from them bear vivid witness to a complete disregard of the constitutionally guaranteed safe-guard of the physical security of persons in detention.
This Commission listed twelve mass graves about which evidence had been placed before it. Let us see some of the information available about these graves.
One may recall that during the Presidential Elections of 1994, President Chandrika Bandaranaike who was then one of the candidates at the elections, went around speaking about these graves in relation to the disappearances of persons which was a widespread occurrence during those days. She was present at the time the mass grave at Sooriyakanda was exhumed, in an unconventional manner, with much publicity. It was alleged that the bodies of the abducted school children from the Embilipitiya High School were buried there. It was said that over 300 bodies had been buried at this site. The government of the time conducted a forensic analysis but the investigations were said to be unsatisfactory.
The mass graves in Hokandara, Dikwella and Angkumbura had been located in pits carved out by bomb explosions. Some of these graves such as the ones at Wilpita, Akuressa, and others had been located near Army Camps. Others were in public places like highways, as in the case of Hokandara, in public schools as in Essella or a government farm as in Walpita.
The mass graves at Hokandara, Essella, Wavulkelle, Walpita Farm and Ankumbura had also been disinterred on a judicial order. It was in evidence that the people of the area knew the existence of these graves even though they are not known nationally. Yet they had not been acknowledged by the authorities. When some members of the public had made attempts to report on their existence to the Police at that time, the complaints had not been recorded. The disturbing piece of evidence in this regard was that some of the graves had been kept open for a period of time as in the case of the Hokandara Mass Grave. The Judicial Medical Officer who visited the mass grave at Vavulkelle had noted that he saw the fire blazing with logs and tyres which had been used to burn the bodies. There was evidence placed before the Commission indicating that a pile of burning bodies had been displayed at the junction near the Walpita Farm mass grave. It was the same with respect to the mass grave at Essella where bullet ridden bodies of several young men and women had been found lying lined up in a drain near the home of an army officer who had suffered attack by the subversives of the time.
It is interesting to note that several of these mass graves such as the one at Kotawakella, Yakkalumulla, Dickwella, Deniyaya and Akuressa are in the Southern Province, which is the area from which the present day rulers of Sri Lanka hail !
The Report of the Commission referring to these mass graves stated that –
The phenomenon of Mass Graves bears a significant correlation to the massive number of disappearances that have taken place in the period under review, independent of any identification of a corpse disinterred to a particular person who has disappeared,…
The Commission appointed to inquire into disappearances of persons in the North and Eastern Province do not mention specifically of any mass graves. The security situation at that time in these Province was a deterrent to witnesses complaining or coming forward with evidence against security forces. However the report of that Commission speaks of mass killings at the Eastern University, at Sathurukondan and other places. A few years later, following a bomb explosion that killed a few army personnel at Kokaddicholai, almost all the villagers of Kokkaddicholai were killed and dumped into the pit created by the bomb.
This article will be incomplete if no mention is made of the mass graves found at Jaffna in Chemmani at the Duraiappah Stadium, in the not too distant past.
In July, 1998 a former army corporal who was charged for the rape and murder of a school girl while he was on duty at the Chemmani check point, told a High Court Judge that he knew about a mass grave where about 400 bodies of Tamils were buried. He said that the bodies of those killed by the army were brought to Chemmani, along with people who were to be executed and then buried there.
A mass grave was found 1999 by municipal labourers at the Jaffna Stadium grounds while they were doing three excavations. On the first occasion 8 skeletons, on the next 16 and on the third 25 skeletons were found. It was suspected that those skeletons were those of Tamils killed and buried en masse during the occupation of the Northern Province by the Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987.
It is not intended to go into the details of all these mass graves at this juncture as it is considered sufficient just to refer to them for the purposes of the theme of this article. One also needs to remember that in the late 1995 bodies of 17 Tamils living in and around Colombo who had been abducted, were found floating in the Bolgoda Lake, the Alawwa oya and the Diyawanna Oya. Following CID investigations into these cases, 21 Special Task Force police officers were arrested along with three civilians and produced before the Chief Magistrate in Colombo and remanded in 1996. But due to reasons better known to the authorities, all but three of these police officers were released subsequently. The three who were indicted before the High Court were also released later and the proceedings against them were suspended.
It should be noted that the mandates of the Commissions on Disappearances did not permit them to investigate into these mass graves that came to their knowledge. So they made the information about them available in their Reports and recommended that the government should investigate into them and bring those responsible to book. That recommendation was never implemented. Consequently the perpetrators became emboldened. Many of them still continue in service with impunity and they could very well be the ones responsible or at least for having played a part in the creation of the mass graves that are being discovered now.
It is significant to note that the graves the Disappearances Commissions mentioned were those of Sinhala youth who were suspected to be militants, while the evidence of graves that are just coming up are probably those of suspected Tamil militants from the Vanni. If the perpetrators of the killings of Sinhala youth could have dealt with members of their own community so brutally, how they would have treated the suspected Tamil militants could easily imagined. The recent history of Sri Lanka has so much evidence of mass graves that one need not be surprised when more and more graves are discovered in the future. Would Sri Lanka ever acknowledge such brutal incidents of mass graves and related killings and provide solace to the to the grieving family members of the victims by way of transitional justice?
[Editors note: M.C.M. Iqbal was secretary to two of Sri Lanka’s “truth commissions”, presidential inquiry panels into the 30,000 or more forced disappearances that took place in the late 1980s and early ’90s in the south, during a dirty war that many believe has yet to run its course. As the South China Morning Post noted in late-2009, Mr. Iqbal knows more than most about the skeletons that are locked away in the government’s closet – enough, he says, for him to no longer be safe in his home country.
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/07/mass-graves-nothing-new-to-sri-lanka/
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn affidavit from a senior commander of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) who has fled Sri Lanka seeking asylum for himself and his family. Noting the sensitivity of the evidence, TAG said that the affidavit was recorded by a court reporter but declined to reveal the name of the commander or the modalities used in obtaining the affidavit. The sworn testimony contains “clear and convincing evidence” that Colombo committed war crimes, and this document can be made available to “other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials,” TAG spokesperson told TamilNet.
SLA Commander’s affidavit contains incriminating information in several areas including:
•Description of chain of command, how documentation procedures were eliminated, and details surrounding orders to execute hardcore LTTE cadres, including those who surrendered.
•Details of people involved in the torture and killing of LTTE leader Pirapaharan’s 12-year old son, and his five body guards who surrendered to the SLA during May 2009.
•Order from the top to burn bodies to eliminate evidence.
•Plans to be carried out through Sri Lanka Army in establishing Sinhala settlements in Tamil areas.
•Details of Colombo sponsored assassination squads in Colombo, and person(s) in charge.
TAG will be willing to provide the affidavit to other independent organizations which can demonstrate serious intent in pursuing legal action against Colombo officials.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31845
The threat has been issued by the country’s powerful Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who said Fonseka would be hanged if he deposed before any investigation into the alleged war crimes.
http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/jun/07/fonseka-could-be-hanged-sri-lanka.htm
Rohan Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn affidavit from a senior commander of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) who has fled Sri Lanka seeking asylum for himself and his family.
Why are we not seeing this evidence ??? If you have it, why not release it to HRW, Amnesty International, the UN (your favorite Pillai) etc… ??
As if you guys will wait a single minute if you ever get any detail !! If you find a mole hill, you will make a mountain of it and you want the Humans with a Brain (as oppose to you) to believe that Tamils against Gooside are going to wait till someone makes a request ??? What Rubbish man ?
You know what I think, as we all know, you do not have jack – it is quite obvious as there obviously cannot be such evidence as the stuff you mentioned never happened 🙂 ! LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE !!
Rohan !!
Great posts and helpful links .
The SL feels to me like sinking ship.
Everything is done there in a feverish speed by a madman Rajapaksa. The IIFA was conducted that way and The Tamil War too
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The event in Colombo was supposed to be an avenue for the Sri Lankan film fraternity to fraternize and interact with their Indian counterparts, exchange thoughts, do business and talk shop.
The event was rooted and stuck in Colombo, with Sri Lankan film makers playing no role at all. With a few days to go, they were hastily summoned to the Tourist Board auditorium where bombshell was dropped-the Sri Lankan film people had only been allocated 15 seats!
Despite much talk of mutually beneficial ‘interaction,’ the Sri Lankan film industry was nowhere to be seen in the planning stage, suggesting that any inclusion attempt was an afterthought — not one of the interminable meetings to work out possible events between the Indians and Sri Lankans was held.
Whichever way, the Sri Lankan film fraternity were not a pleased lot
Kumudam Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Shameless Bollywood !!
The beautiful people of Bollywood came down to Sri Lanka to support one cause !
All here should know what the cause is !
It is to raise funds for the welfare of the Children with collaboration with the UNICEF
These children mainly included the rehabilitation of the Child Soldiers of LTTE
The monies earned from the cricket carnival 100% went for their welfare which includes
1. Funding their Education
2. Finding them Homes
3. Hostel Facilities
4. Books and Stationary
5. Vocational training needs
6. Clothing etc.
Indeed Shameful isn’t it ???????????????
While our mentally sick Apes of Terrorist LTTE diaspora educate their children in the western countries and provide proper living conditions for them, those innocent child soldiers were stolen of their beautiful childhood. Instead of teaching them Maths, Science and Social Education, they were told to hang a Cyanide capsule around their necks and taught how to use a T56 riffle. They could not experience the happiness of playing with children of their same age.
A Sniper in the Army once told that the worst kill he had to made was a Child Soldier. Even after knowing that it was a kid, he had to execute his duties as this child soldier was firing at the SLA lines with his T 56. This Sniper said that he teared after the child fell down struck by the bullet he fired. He still tears when reminded of the incident.
The impotent Ape under the handle “Kumudam” has found some malfunctioning nerve in him to cut and paste a post that says “Shame on Bollywood” for trying to help these kids.
What can I say ??????? Is it of any use me telling a person with such low mentality that he is a curse to this world ??????
Kumudam, let your children play and have fun in the western heavens. But, At least let these poor kids start a new life now – after all, it’s they who died and lost their childhood to make you impotent Apes happy !!
Rohan Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn affidavit from a senior commander of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) who has fled Sri Lanka seeking asylum for himself and his family.
Why are we not seeing this evidence ??? If you have it, why not release it to HRW, Amnesty International, the UN (your favorite Pillai) etc… ??
As if you guys will wait a single minute if you ever get any detail !! If you find a mole hill, you will make a mountain of it and you want the Humans with a Brain (as oppose to you) to believe that Tamils against Gooside are going to wait till someone makes a request ??? What Rubbish man ?
You know what I think, as we all know, you do not have jack – it is quite obvious as there obviously cannot be such evidence as the stuff you mentioned never happened 🙂 ! LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE !!
l the district capitals and major cities of Tamil Nadu state Tuesday noon reported wide-scale protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India. All the prominent leaders of political parties and movements, Vaiko, Pazha Nedumaran, Thirumavalavan, Seeman, Nallakannu, Mahendran, T. Rajendar, Thiyagu were arrested by Tamil Nadu police with thousands of other activists after they concluded their speeches and protests. The protests, including black flag demonstrations in front of Indian Central Government Institutions in Tamil Nadu, blocking railway and burning effigies of Sri Lankan President, have brought many Tamil parties and movements together in support of Eezham Tamils. All major media outlets operating from Tamil Nadu have given coverage to the protests. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
l the district capitals and major cities of Tamil Nadu state Tuesday noon reported wide-scale protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India. All the prominent leaders of political parties and movements, Vaiko, Pazha Nedumaran, Thirumavalavan, Seeman, Nallakannu, Mahendran, T. Rajendar, Thiyagu were arrested by Tamil Nadu police with thousands of other activists after they concluded their speeches and protests. The protests, including black flag demonstrations in front of Indian Central Government Institutions in Tamil Nadu, blocking railway and burning effigies of Sri Lankan President, have brought many Tamil parties and movements together in support of Eezham Tamils. All major media outlets operating from Tamil Nadu have given coverage to the protests. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
l the district capitals and major cities of Tamil Nadu state Tuesday noon reported wide-scale protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India. All the prominent leaders of political parties and movements, Vaiko, Pazha Nedumaran, Thirumavalavan, Seeman, Nallakannu, Mahendran, T. Rajendar, Thiyagu were arrested by Tamil Nadu police with thousands of other activists after they concluded their speeches and protests. The protests, including black flag demonstrations in front of Indian Central Government Institutions in Tamil Nadu, blocking railway and burning effigies of Sri Lankan President, have brought many Tamil parties and movements together in support of Eezham Tamils. All major media outlets operating from Tamil Nadu have given coverage to the protests. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Many Sri Lankans are opposed the extension of emergency law, saying apart from "government terrorism" there is no terrorism in the country.
"There is no need for the emergency law. That is my opinion. There is no terrorism. There is only government terrorism,"
Over 52 % of the Tamil children are malnourished, 60 000 are not in school. The Tamils live under trees and in the flimsy tenths. But Rajapakse is spending 201 billion rupees (1.8 billion dollars) on defence for 2010, nearly the same level as in the final year of its massive military offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The highest allocation within the defence ministry budget goes to the army, which will absorb just over half of the entire expenditure to maintain its 200,000 personnel.
This is starting to get like the kind of arguement where people talk lounder and louder with fingers in their ears.
The situation now is what needs to be adressed. Supporters and opponents of the Sri lankan government have to forget the past and learn to live in the now and make now work. The atrocities or terrorism of the past has to be left in ther past for progress to be made.
As I said before the Sri Lankan government's challenge is to win the peace. The present day repression of the Tamils will only lead to a new generation of terrorists being born to avenge the past. The way to avoid this is to normalise the situation in the former Tamil controlled areas as soon as possible, and worry less initially about political normalisation but more about personal and fianacial security in an area that has been lacking both for several years.
l the district capitals and major cities of Tamil Nadu state Tuesday noon reported wide-scale protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to India. All the prominent leaders of political parties and movements, Vaiko, Pazha Nedumaran, Thirumavalavan, Seeman, Nallakannu, Mahendran, T. Rajendar, Thiyagu were arrested by Tamil Nadu police with thousands of other activists after they concluded their speeches and protests. The protests, including black flag demonstrations in front of Indian Central Government Institutions in Tamil Nadu, blocking railway and burning effigies of Sri Lankan President, have brought many Tamil parties and movements together in support of Eezham Tamils. All major media outlets operating from Tamil Nadu have given coverage to the protests.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31928
Many Sri Lankans are opposed the extension of emergency law, saying apart from “government terrorism” there is no terrorism in the country.
“There is no need for the emergency law. That is my opinion. There is no terrorism. There is only government terrorism,”
Over 52 % of the Tamil children are malnourished, 60 000 are not in school. The Tamils live under trees and in the flimsy tenths. But Rajapakse is spending 201 billion rupees (1.8 billion dollars) on defence for 2010, nearly the same level as in the final year of its massive military offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The highest allocation within the defence ministry budget goes to the army, which will absorb just over half of the entire expenditure to maintain its 200,000 personnel.
This is starting to get like the kind of arguement where people talk lounder and louder with fingers in their ears.
The situation now is what needs to be adressed. Supporters and opponents of the Sri lankan government have to forget the past and learn to live in the now and make now work. The atrocities or terrorism of the past has to be left in ther past for progress to be made.
As I said before the Sri Lankan government’s challenge is to win the peace. The present day repression of the Tamils will only lead to a new generation of terrorists being born to avenge the past. The way to avoid this is to normalise the situation in the former Tamil controlled areas as soon as possible, and worry less initially about political normalisation but more about personal and fianacial security in an area that has been lacking both for several years.
Sri Lanka 'tortured suspect in custody'
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka allowed to proceed a fundamental rights (FR) petition against police accused of torturing a detainee resulting the victim sustaining psychological damage.
The lawyers representing Sivaguru Sivalingam told the court that the victim was arrested on 20 February 2008 on charges of being connected to the LTTE.
The lawyers argued that the confession provided by the suspect was not valid under the circumstances
The victim was tortured by the officers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in an attempt to get a confession, they said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/1…
BRUSSELS, Belgium — If international criminal justice is ever to be effective, its enforcement cannot be selective. We recently marked the first anniversary of the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, yet the international community — in stark contrast to its approach on other conflicts — still has done nothing to address accountability for war crimes committed in its final months.
The difference between the speedy dispatch last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a fact-finding mission to Gaza and the deafening silence of the world while thousands of civilians were becoming victims of illegal methods of warfare in Sri Lanka strikes at the heart the international justice project.
On April 3, 2009, the president of the Human Rights Council established the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict with the mandate to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the context of military operations there between December 2008 and January 2009.
At that very moment several hundred thousand people — civilians of all ages, many wounded, weakened and hungry — were crowded in the second "No Fire Zone" established by the Sri Lankan army in the Vanni, awaiting further shelling by government forces while the remaining cadres of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam among them ensured that they would not be allowed to cross over to the government side.
By the end of May 2009, it was all over. It is difficult to say precisely how many Tamil civilians were killed in these final five months of the 30-year war waged by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers. A proper investigation would likely set the figure in the tens of thousands.
On Sept. 29, 2009, Justice Richard Goldstone, head of the Gaza Fact Finding Mission, presented its report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for an end to impunity for violations of international law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The U.N. mission reported Palestinian casualty figures at between 1,166 and 1,444.
There was never any Goldstone report on Sri Lanka. Rather, on May 27, 2009, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution welcoming the conclusion of hostilities and "the liberation by the government of Sri Lanka of tens of thousands of its citizens …" http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/1006…
Fonseka backs UN probe http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4221-fon…
Robberies by armed gangs escalate in Ampaa’rai in the East
Gangs of armed robbers in Kalmunai and Kalmunaikkudi areas in Ampaa’rai district in the Eastern Province are frequently robbing cash and jewelry from wealthy people during nights while the Special Task Force (STF) Commandos and Police are jointly engaged in road patrol duties in the said areas, sources in Kalmunai said. The complaints made to Kalmunai police by a well-known Muslim doctor who had been robbed of cash and jewelry worth more than 1.5 million rupees were not considered seriously by the police who are yet to arrest any suspects involved in the robbery, the sources added.
The Muslim doctor who resides in Aliyaar Veethy in Kalmunai police division had been robbed during daytime on Saturday.
A few days ago more than ten shops of Tamil, Muslim traders on Kalmunaikkudi Main Street had been broken into and robbed.
Many houses had been also robbed during May and the owners suspect police support for the robbers who are former members of armed groups trained by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) because even after their complaints Kalmunai police have not arrested any suspects so far, the owners said.
Meanwhile, armed men had robbed several residents of Vaazhaichcheanai at gunpoint in the recent past allegedly led by a member of Vaakarai Divisional Council (Prathesa Sapai) who had been an active person of a paramilitary group of SLA.
Fifteen suspects in the robberies are now under police custody now.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
As in Sri Lanka Rajapaksas Threaten War Crimes Witness Fonseka with Death,
UN's Ban Ki-moon Has No Comment, Why?????????????? http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2bantor060710.ht…
Param Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am
How much more stupid can you and your fellow apes get ?????
The 300,000-strong Canadian Tamil community has hailed Amitabh Bachchan for not attending the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Colombo.
20 Million Sri Lankans Hail the Big B for bringing IIFA to Sri Lanka – it was he who brought it – of course he did not attend it – but, the reason is not exactly what you try to show isn't it ?? He has not made any comment and it is your own assumptions noh ?? Unless you Terrorized him and threatened to kill him – you exactly can't hail in that sense noh ??
A community leader hit out at other Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan, who took part in the three-day event, calling them a “disgrace” to India.
Is this what you call disgrace India ???
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4…
Then coming here and helping the very people that you supported with cash to destroy ???? If that is a disgrace, I would embrace the disgrace than live with the grace you currently have !!
This post only showcases your low mentality and the pathetic situation you are in – trying to make a mountain of a mole hill !! 🙂 but, seldom you realize that you have already become a laughing stock to the world !!! – What to do, you will have to live with it until you evolve to the stage of humans !!
mugwump Says:
June 8th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
This is starting to get like the kind of arguement where people talk lounder and louder with fingers in their ears.
Mug !
I totally agree with you on this point. I mean check the above posts – only people seem to be discussing and posting own ideas are me, EDE, Puli & now you. Please join hands with us to tell the cut and paste brigades of Rohan, Soba etc, to stop the none sense and start conversations.
The situation now is what needs to be adressed. Supporters and opponents of the Sri lankan government have to forget the past and learn to live in the now and make now work. The atrocities or terrorism of the past has to be left in ther past for progress to be made.
Again I totally agree – check our posts… We do speak about current affairs and only when people throw the past at us we throw the past back at them.
As I said before the Sri Lankan government’s challenge is to win the peace.
Again – I 100% agree with you and those Sri Lankans living out side the country should also come in to discussion with the GOSL to make it work. They need to see what the GOSL does to get the peace going and support the good work and of course join hands with us to oppose the wrong doings.
The present day repression of the Tamils will only lead to a new generation of terrorists being born to avenge the past.
Again, I couldn't agree more. This is where the Sri Lankan Diaspora opposing the government comes in to play isn't it ??? I mean, just see whether they have given any chance for peace ?? People like Sockinhislingam and the Rohan's and Puli's with Eelam mentality – it will never work.
One thing everyone needs to understand is what the Tamil Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka feel after 30 years of nonsense. The people who shout out over there do not seem to understand that, but, try to make decisions on behalf of them ain't it ???
The way to avoid this is to normalise the situation in the former Tamil controlled areas as soon as possible, and worry less initially about political normalisation but more about personal and fianacial security in an area that has been lacking both for several years.
Dude – Again I agree !!
To do so, GOSL needs to restore the destroyed infrastructure urgently and normalize the livelihood of the people in those areas. Of course we all agree that this cannot happen over night and 30 years of destruction will take several years to put right. But, what matters is that we need to understand whether it is happening and happening at a decent pace, what the GOSL motives are and ho well they have planned and are executing the development effort.
We see the development in East within the 2 – 3 years of independence they had. But, we also know that East was not as much destroyed as the north and the land areas is much more in the north. Hence, we all know that it will take longer to reinstate north to a decent condition. The Rail line is now almost past Kilinochchi. Roads are getting back to normal sooner than expected. (I mean it took the GOSL moe than 5 years and still southern highway is not done, but Jaffna road is pretty cool)
With clearing of mines, people will again manage to start the cultivations. We all know that the fisherman of the north are now pretty happy and back in business earning a load of cash – Jaffna crabs have become a delicacy in all parts of the Island and fish prices have come down drastically. Ain't it all good signs of the peace ? Financial prospects of these innocent people battered by brutality ??
So, as Sri Lankans, what do we expect ? Obviously, for those who shout with a Sock in their Lingams to see what the progress is before jumping in to any conclusion – May be support the effort to reinstate the lives of those who they claim to represent. Am I right dear Friend ?
Tamil Nadu Says:
June 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
l the district capitals and major cities of Tamil Nadu state Tuesday noon reported wide-scale protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to India.
What's the big deal about this post ?????
Some idiotic Apes with Terrorist mentalities destructed normal life in the great state of TamilNadu and rightfully got arrested.
Noting relevant to the topic nor any relation to anything !!
In Killinochi, Two IDPs women were raped by six sri lankan army. Sri lankan raping army went to the resettled house and raped them. http://www.tamilwin.org/view.php?2adM89tZb2ecfDpi…
Aja Says:
June 8th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Over 52 % of the Tamil children are malnourished, 60 000 are not in school.
This same figure is true not only for Tamil Children, but all children from all communities as poverty still prevails in the country. Who is to be blamed ?? Government who is trying to put them back on track or the Apes who destructed their day to day lives and made them poor ????
The Tamils live under trees and in the flimsy tenths.
Tell that to Piribaharan's followers who has Socks in their lingams – who used these innocent peoples houses as bunkers. At least the GOSL is building them houses at GOSL's own cost and no cost to these innocent people. Sockin his lingam probably would want to make bunkers out of them again !
But Rajapakse is spending 201 billion rupees (1.8 billion dollars) on defence for 2010, nearly the same level as in the final year of its massive military offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels.
FYI, Majority component of this budget falls under the rehabilitation & Development scheme which comes under the Ministry of defense when it comes to the liberated areas. Hence, it actually goes for the cause you have mentioned – to make life better for those who suffered for 30 years – not to buy equipment or maintain soldiers. Now, what have you done to support these poor people ??
Sri Lanka 'tortured suspect in custody'
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka allowed to proceed a fundamental rights (FR) petition against police accused of torturing a detainee resulting the victim sustaining psychological damage.
The lawyers representing Sivaguru Sivalingam told the court that the victim was arrested on 20 February 2008 on charges of being connected to the LTTE.
The lawyers argued that the confession provided by the suspect was not valid under the circumstances
The victim was tortured by the officers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in an attempt to get a confession, they said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/1…
Sri Lanka 'tortured suspect in custody'
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka allowed to proceed a fundamental rights (FR) petition against police accused of torturing a detainee resulting the victim sustaining psychological damage.
The lawyers representing Sivaguru Sivalingam told the court that the victim was arrested on 20 February 2008 on charges of being connected to the LTTE.
The lawyers argued that the confession provided by the suspect was not valid under the circumstances
The victim was tortured by the officers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in an attempt to get a confession, they said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/1…
The 300,000-strong Canadian Tamil community has hailed Amitabh Bachchan for not attending the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Colombo.
A community leader hit out at other Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan, who took part in the three-day event, calling them a “disgrace” to India.
“Big B is really big.
This name suits him, and he is our hero today.
We Tamils salute him. 🙂 🙂 🙂
By not going to Sri Lanka, Big B stands tall among Tamils around the world,” said Canadian Tamil Congress National spokesman, David Poopalapillai
BRUSSELS, Belgium — If international criminal justice is ever to be effective, its enforcement cannot be selective. We recently marked the first anniversary of the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, yet the international community — in stark contrast to its approach on other conflicts — still has done nothing to address accountability for war crimes committed in its final months.
The difference between the speedy dispatch last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a fact-finding mission to Gaza and the deafening silence of the world while thousands of civilians were becoming victims of illegal methods of warfare in Sri Lanka strikes at the heart the international justice project.
On April 3, 2009, the president of the Human Rights Council established the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict with the mandate to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the context of military operations there between December 2008 and January 2009.
At that very moment several hundred thousand people — civilians of all ages, many wounded, weakened and hungry — were crowded in the second "No Fire Zone" established by the Sri Lankan army in the Vanni, awaiting further shelling by government forces while the remaining cadres of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam among them ensured that they would not be allowed to cross over to the government side.
By the end of May 2009, it was all over. It is difficult to say precisely how many Tamil civilians were killed in these final five months of the 30-year war waged by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers. A proper investigation would likely set the figure in the tens of thousands.
On Sept. 29, 2009, Justice Richard Goldstone, head of the Gaza Fact Finding Mission, presented its report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for an end to impunity for violations of international law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The U.N. mission reported Palestinian casualty figures at between 1,166 and 1,444.
There was never any Goldstone report on Sri Lanka. Rather, on May 27, 2009, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution welcoming the conclusion of hostilities and "the liberation by the government of Sri Lanka of tens of thousands of its citizens …" http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/1006…
Fonseka backs UN probe http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4221-fon…
BRUSSELS, Belgium — If international criminal justice is ever to be effective, its enforcement cannot be selective. We recently marked the first anniversary of the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, yet the international community — in stark contrast to its approach on other conflicts — still has done nothing to address accountability for war crimes committed in its final months.
The difference between the speedy dispatch last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a fact-finding mission to Gaza and the deafening silence of the world while thousands of civilians were becoming victims of illegal methods of warfare in Sri Lanka strikes at the heart the international justice project.
On April 3, 2009, the president of the Human Rights Council established the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict with the mandate to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the context of military operations there between December 2008 and January 2009.
At that very moment several hundred thousand people — civilians of all ages, many wounded, weakened and hungry — were crowded in the second "No Fire Zone" established by the Sri Lankan army in the Vanni, awaiting further shelling by government forces while the remaining cadres of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam among them ensured that they would not be allowed to cross over to the government side.
By the end of May 2009, it was all over. It is difficult to say precisely how many Tamil civilians were killed in these final five months of the 30-year war waged by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers. A proper investigation would likely set the figure in the tens of thousands.
On Sept. 29, 2009, Justice Richard Goldstone, head of the Gaza Fact Finding Mission, presented its report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for an end to impunity for violations of international law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The U.N. mission reported Palestinian casualty figures at between 1,166 and 1,444.
There was never any Goldstone report on Sri Lanka. Rather, on May 27, 2009, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution welcoming the conclusion of hostilities and "the liberation by the government of Sri Lanka of tens of thousands of its citizens …" http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/1006…
Fonseka backs UN probe http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4221-fon…
Robberies by armed gangs escalate in Ampaa’rai in the East
Gangs of armed robbers in Kalmunai and Kalmunaikkudi areas in Ampaa’rai district in the Eastern Province are frequently robbing cash and jewelry from wealthy people during nights while the Special Task Force (STF) Commandos and Police are jointly engaged in road patrol duties in the said areas, sources in Kalmunai said. The complaints made to Kalmunai police by a well-known Muslim doctor who had been robbed of cash and jewelry worth more than 1.5 million rupees were not considered seriously by the police who are yet to arrest any suspects involved in the robbery, the sources added.
The Muslim doctor who resides in Aliyaar Veethy in Kalmunai police division had been robbed during daytime on Saturday.
A few days ago more than ten shops of Tamil, Muslim traders on Kalmunaikkudi Main Street had been broken into and robbed.
Many houses had been also robbed during May and the owners suspect police support for the robbers who are former members of armed groups trained by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) because even after their complaints Kalmunai police have not arrested any suspects so far, the owners said.
Meanwhile, armed men had robbed several residents of Vaazhaichcheanai at gunpoint in the recent past allegedly led by a member of Vaakarai Divisional Council (Prathesa Sapai) who had been an active person of a paramilitary group of SLA.
Fifteen suspects in the robberies are now under police custody now.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Robberies by armed gangs escalate in Ampaa’rai in the East
Gangs of armed robbers in Kalmunai and Kalmunaikkudi areas in Ampaa’rai district in the Eastern Province are frequently robbing cash and jewelry from wealthy people during nights while the Special Task Force (STF) Commandos and Police are jointly engaged in road patrol duties in the said areas, sources in Kalmunai said. The complaints made to Kalmunai police by a well-known Muslim doctor who had been robbed of cash and jewelry worth more than 1.5 million rupees were not considered seriously by the police who are yet to arrest any suspects involved in the robbery, the sources added.
The Muslim doctor who resides in Aliyaar Veethy in Kalmunai police division had been robbed during daytime on Saturday.
A few days ago more than ten shops of Tamil, Muslim traders on Kalmunaikkudi Main Street had been broken into and robbed.
Many houses had been also robbed during May and the owners suspect police support for the robbers who are former members of armed groups trained by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) because even after their complaints Kalmunai police have not arrested any suspects so far, the owners said.
Meanwhile, armed men had robbed several residents of Vaazhaichcheanai at gunpoint in the recent past allegedly led by a member of Vaakarai Divisional Council (Prathesa Sapai) who had been an active person of a paramilitary group of SLA.
Fifteen suspects in the robberies are now under police custody now.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
As in Sri Lanka Rajapaksas Threaten War Crimes Witness Fonseka with Death,
UN's Ban Ki-moon Has No Comment, Why?????????????? http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2bantor060710.ht…
As in Sri Lanka Rajapaksas Threaten War Crimes Witness Fonseka with Death,
UN's Ban Ki-moon Has No Comment, Why?????????????? http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2bantor060710.ht…
Param Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am
How much more stupid can you and your fellow apes get ?????
The 300,000-strong Canadian Tamil community has hailed Amitabh Bachchan for not attending the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Colombo.
20 Million Sri Lankans Hail the Big B for bringing IIFA to Sri Lanka – it was he who brought it – of course he did not attend it – but, the reason is not exactly what you try to show isn't it ?? He has not made any comment and it is your own assumptions noh ?? Unless you Terrorized him and threatened to kill him – you exactly can't hail in that sense noh ??
A community leader hit out at other Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan, who took part in the three-day event, calling them a “disgrace” to India.
Is this what you call disgrace India ???
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4…
Then coming here and helping the very people that you supported with cash to destroy ???? If that is a disgrace, I would embrace the disgrace than live with the grace you currently have !!
This post only showcases your low mentality and the pathetic situation you are in – trying to make a mountain of a mole hill !! 🙂 but, seldom you realize that you have already become a laughing stock to the world !!! – What to do, you will have to live with it until you evolve to the stage of humans !!
Param Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am
How much more stupid can you and your fellow apes get ?????
The 300,000-strong Canadian Tamil community has hailed Amitabh Bachchan for not attending the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Colombo.
20 Million Sri Lankans Hail the Big B for bringing IIFA to Sri Lanka – it was he who brought it – of course he did not attend it – but, the reason is not exactly what you try to show isn't it ?? He has not made any comment and it is your own assumptions noh ?? Unless you Terrorized him and threatened to kill him – you exactly can't hail in that sense noh ??
A community leader hit out at other Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan, who took part in the three-day event, calling them a “disgrace” to India.
Is this what you call disgrace India ???
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4…
Then coming here and helping the very people that you supported with cash to destroy ???? If that is a disgrace, I would embrace the disgrace than live with the grace you currently have !!
This post only showcases your low mentality and the pathetic situation you are in – trying to make a mountain of a mole hill !! 🙂 but, seldom you realize that you have already become a laughing stock to the world !!! – What to do, you will have to live with it until you evolve to the stage of humans !!
Siva Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Robberies by armed gangs escalate in Ampaa’rai in the East
Yes – these are the escaped LTTE carders – They soon will be caught and brought to justice too !! Have a few of them still haunting the Eastern Jungles…
In Killinochi, Two IDPs women were raped by six sri lankan army. Sri lankan raping army went to the resettled house and raped them. http://www.tamilwin.org/view.php?2adM89tZb2ecfDpi…
In Killinochi, Two IDPs women were raped by six sri lankan army. Sri lankan raping army went to the resettled house and raped them. http://www.tamilwin.org/view.php?2adM89tZb2ecfDpi…
Rohan
Thanks for the links !! 🙂
Siva,
Tamil area behind iron curtain, no media allowed in vanni, many victim. Only this came to light. Army entering every house in the night time looking for women.
Rohan !!
What about the Grandfather Raping the Granddaughter inside camp??
SLA to be blamed ??
Rohan – Why are you thanking your own self ?
Rohan = Siva !
On every thread on this site we see clearly the hatred of the
singhalese towards the Tamils in Sri Lanka.The ending of the
so called war has not changed the hatred of the singhalese.
On every thread on this site it is even more clearer that the
Tamils want to be left alone to decide their own future and live
on their own legitimate land in Sri Lanka with Peace and dignity.
How then together could we ever find Peace in Sri Lanka.
The struggle of the Tamils will go on.The singhala majority
will have the Sl government supporting them.The GSOL
will rule with the gun levelled against the Tamils.
The culture of life by the gun in sri lanka will continue as always.
The police are now shooting to kill without due process in courts.
The Tamils know who the ‘underworld criminals are’. The true
UWC are escaping the law.
Every person today in Sri Lanka who wants Peace is muzzled and
got rid of without a chance to deend themselves.
Power and hunger for money has blinded the GOSL.
The sri lankan government nor the majority singhala will
never understand the gravity of the situation in Sri Lanka
nor the heartache of the Tamils.
This is not a war of arms but the war of committment of the
hearts of the Tamils to find peace and live in their own land
will never end.
Seperate state is the final answer !!!!!
The singhalese can continue to be happy in their own territory
and the Tamils will be happy in their own.
2 states living close by with a happy frame of mind is a thousand times
better than 2 ethnic groups warring for centuries. 🙂
The Sri Lanka Racist Regime cannot quell the Tamils’ thirst for dignity, equality and freedom !
mugwump Says:
June 8th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
This is starting to get like the kind of arguement where people talk lounder and louder with fingers in their ears.
Mug !
I totally agree with you on this point. I mean check the above posts – only people seem to be discussing and posting own ideas are me, EDE, Puli & now you. Please join hands with us to tell the cut and paste brigades of Rohan, Soba etc, to stop the none sense and start conversations.
The situation now is what needs to be adressed. Supporters and opponents of the Sri lankan government have to forget the past and learn to live in the now and make now work. The atrocities or terrorism of the past has to be left in ther past for progress to be made.
Again I totally agree – check our posts… We do speak about current affairs and only when people throw the past at us we throw the past back at them.
As I said before the Sri Lankan government’s challenge is to win the peace.
Again – I 100% agree with you and those Sri Lankans living out side the country should also come in to discussion with the GOSL to make it work. They need to see what the GOSL does to get the peace going and support the good work and of course join hands with us to oppose the wrong doings.
The present day repression of the Tamils will only lead to a new generation of terrorists being born to avenge the past.
Again, I couldn’t agree more. This is where the Sri Lankan Diaspora opposing the government comes in to play isn’t it ??? I mean, just see whether they have given any chance for peace ?? People like Sockinhislingam and the Rohan’s and Puli’s with Eelam mentality – it will never work.
One thing everyone needs to understand is what the Tamil Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka feel after 30 years of nonsense. The people who shout out over there do not seem to understand that, but, try to make decisions on behalf of them ain’t it ???
The way to avoid this is to normalise the situation in the former Tamil controlled areas as soon as possible, and worry less initially about political normalisation but more about personal and fianacial security in an area that has been lacking both for several years.
Dude – Again I agree !!
To do so, GOSL needs to restore the destroyed infrastructure urgently and normalize the livelihood of the people in those areas. Of course we all agree that this cannot happen over night and 30 years of destruction will take several years to put right. But, what matters is that we need to understand whether it is happening and happening at a decent pace, what the GOSL motives are and ho well they have planned and are executing the development effort.
We see the development in East within the 2 – 3 years of independence they had. But, we also know that East was not as much destroyed as the north and the land areas is much more in the north. Hence, we all know that it will take longer to reinstate north to a decent condition. The Rail line is now almost past Kilinochchi. Roads are getting back to normal sooner than expected. (I mean it took the GOSL moe than 5 years and still southern highway is not done, but Jaffna road is pretty cool)
With clearing of mines, people will again manage to start the cultivations. We all know that the fisherman of the north are now pretty happy and back in business earning a load of cash – Jaffna crabs have become a delicacy in all parts of the Island and fish prices have come down drastically. Ain’t it all good signs of the peace ? Financial prospects of these innocent people battered by brutality ??
So, as Sri Lankans, what do we expect ? Obviously, for those who shout with a Sock in their Lingams to see what the progress is before jumping in to any conclusion – May be support the effort to reinstate the lives of those who they claim to represent. Am I right dear Friend ?
Tamil Nadu Says:
June 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
l the district capitals and major cities of Tamil Nadu state Tuesday noon reported wide-scale protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to India.
What’s the big deal about this post ?????
Some idiotic Apes with Terrorist mentalities destructed normal life in the great state of TamilNadu and rightfully got arrested.
Noting relevant to the topic nor any relation to anything !!
Aja Says:
June 8th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Over 52 % of the Tamil children are malnourished, 60 000 are not in school.
This same figure is true not only for Tamil Children, but all children from all communities as poverty still prevails in the country. Who is to be blamed ?? Government who is trying to put them back on track or the Apes who destructed their day to day lives and made them poor ????
The Tamils live under trees and in the flimsy tenths.
Tell that to Piribaharan’s followers who has Socks in their lingams – who used these innocent peoples houses as bunkers. At least the GOSL is building them houses at GOSL’s own cost and no cost to these innocent people. Sockin his lingam probably would want to make bunkers out of them again !
But Rajapakse is spending 201 billion rupees (1.8 billion dollars) on defence for 2010, nearly the same level as in the final year of its massive military offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels.
FYI, Majority component of this budget falls under the rehabilitation & Development scheme which comes under the Ministry of defense when it comes to the liberated areas. Hence, it actually goes for the cause you have mentioned – to make life better for those who suffered for 30 years – not to buy equipment or maintain soldiers. Now, what have you done to support these poor people ??
Sri Lanka ‘tortured suspect in custody’
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka allowed to proceed a fundamental rights (FR) petition against police accused of torturing a detainee resulting the victim sustaining psychological damage.
The lawyers representing Sivaguru Sivalingam told the court that the victim was arrested on 20 February 2008 on charges of being connected to the LTTE.
The lawyers argued that the confession provided by the suspect was not valid under the circumstances
The victim was tortured by the officers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in an attempt to get a confession, they said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100608_ltte_suspect.shtml
The 300,000-strong Canadian Tamil community has hailed Amitabh Bachchan for not attending the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Colombo.
A community leader hit out at other Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan, who took part in the three-day event, calling them a “disgrace” to India.
“Big B is really big.
This name suits him, and he is our hero today.
We Tamils salute him. 🙂 🙂 🙂
By not going to Sri Lanka, Big B stands tall among Tamils around the world,” said Canadian Tamil Congress National spokesman, David Poopalapillai
A scorching summer heat is sweeping the Killinochi, Sri Lanka for the internally displaced persons (IDPs).
In tattered UN tents helplessly flap against the strong breeze as red dust swirls up like a thousand tiny tornadoes.
Inside the 16 feet by six feet tents where a dozen resettled internally displaced persons (IDPs) would stay, the heat takes your breath away; outside, the temperature and dust makes it difficult to breathe.
Sri Lanka government officials admit that the shelf-life of these tents is long over though they still shelter about resettled Tamils.
Distribution of ration by UN food agencies has become irregular.
The toilets are not available.
The shortages includes, among others, food distribution, water bowsering, toilet maintenance and healthcare provision
The resettled IDPs are, however, putting their heads down and living their hard lives with no hope for better future.
The few resettled families in Kilinochchi .
The families of Kanikarasa and Kamaladevi were standing on the rubble of their former homes in Kilinochchi.
“Our homes were destroyed in the fighting. We have to rebuild from scratch. Sadly, there are no job in the area,’’ a family head said.
Nearby, S Silvadasan and his two neighbours of 22 years were tightening the poles of their tent— where there homes once were.
“There is nothing left. But we are happy to be out of the camps,’’ he said.
On the stretch of the A9 highway between Vavuniya and Jaffna, hundreds of released IDP families have put up flimsy tents or taken shelter in broken houses.
BRUSSELS, Belgium — If international criminal justice is ever to be effective, its enforcement cannot be selective. We recently marked the first anniversary of the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, yet the international community — in stark contrast to its approach on other conflicts — still has done nothing to address accountability for war crimes committed in its final months.
The difference between the speedy dispatch last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a fact-finding mission to Gaza and the deafening silence of the world while thousands of civilians were becoming victims of illegal methods of warfare in Sri Lanka strikes at the heart the international justice project.
On April 3, 2009, the president of the Human Rights Council established the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict with the mandate to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the context of military operations there between December 2008 and January 2009.
At that very moment several hundred thousand people — civilians of all ages, many wounded, weakened and hungry — were crowded in the second “No Fire Zone” established by the Sri Lankan army in the Vanni, awaiting further shelling by government forces while the remaining cadres of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam among them ensured that they would not be allowed to cross over to the government side.
By the end of May 2009, it was all over. It is difficult to say precisely how many Tamil civilians were killed in these final five months of the 30-year war waged by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers. A proper investigation would likely set the figure in the tens of thousands.
On Sept. 29, 2009, Justice Richard Goldstone, head of the Gaza Fact Finding Mission, presented its report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for an end to impunity for violations of international law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The U.N. mission reported Palestinian casualty figures at between 1,166 and 1,444.
There was never any Goldstone report on Sri Lanka. Rather, on May 27, 2009, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution welcoming the conclusion of hostilities and “the liberation by the government of Sri Lanka of tens of thousands of its citizens …”
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/100607/sri-lanka-war-government-tamil-tigers
Fonseka backs UN probe
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4221-fonseka-backs-un-probe.html
Robberies by armed gangs escalate in Ampaa’rai in the East
Gangs of armed robbers in Kalmunai and Kalmunaikkudi areas in Ampaa’rai district in the Eastern Province are frequently robbing cash and jewelry from wealthy people during nights while the Special Task Force (STF) Commandos and Police are jointly engaged in road patrol duties in the said areas, sources in Kalmunai said. The complaints made to Kalmunai police by a well-known Muslim doctor who had been robbed of cash and jewelry worth more than 1.5 million rupees were not considered seriously by the police who are yet to arrest any suspects involved in the robbery, the sources added.
The Muslim doctor who resides in Aliyaar Veethy in Kalmunai police division had been robbed during daytime on Saturday.
A few days ago more than ten shops of Tamil, Muslim traders on Kalmunaikkudi Main Street had been broken into and robbed.
Many houses had been also robbed during May and the owners suspect police support for the robbers who are former members of armed groups trained by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) because even after their complaints Kalmunai police have not arrested any suspects so far, the owners said.
Meanwhile, armed men had robbed several residents of Vaazhaichcheanai at gunpoint in the recent past allegedly led by a member of Vaakarai Divisional Council (Prathesa Sapai) who had been an active person of a paramilitary group of SLA.
Fifteen suspects in the robberies are now under police custody now.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31927
As in Sri Lanka Rajapaksas Threaten War Crimes Witness Fonseka with Death,
UN’s Ban Ki-moon Has No Comment, Why??????????????
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2bantor060710.html
Param Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am
How much more stupid can you and your fellow apes get ?????
The 300,000-strong Canadian Tamil community has hailed Amitabh Bachchan for not attending the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Colombo.
20 Million Sri Lankans Hail the Big B for bringing IIFA to Sri Lanka – it was he who brought it – of course he did not attend it – but, the reason is not exactly what you try to show isn’t it ?? He has not made any comment and it is your own assumptions noh ?? Unless you Terrorized him and threatened to kill him – you exactly can’t hail in that sense noh ??
A community leader hit out at other Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan, who took part in the three-day event, calling them a “disgrace” to India.
Is this what you call disgrace India ???
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4207-helping-the-less-fortunate-.html
Then coming here and helping the very people that you supported with cash to destroy ???? If that is a disgrace, I would embrace the disgrace than live with the grace you currently have !!
This post only showcases your low mentality and the pathetic situation you are in – trying to make a mountain of a mole hill !! 🙂 but, seldom you realize that you have already become a laughing stock to the world !!! – What to do, you will have to live with it until you evolve to the stage of humans !!
Siva Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Robberies by armed gangs escalate in Ampaa’rai in the East
Yes – these are the escaped LTTE carders – They soon will be caught and brought to justice too !! Have a few of them still haunting the Eastern Jungles…
Gloriosa Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 4:03 am
On every thread on this site we see clearly the hatred of the
singhalese towards the Tamils in Sri Lanka.The ending of the
so called war has not changed the hatred of the singhalese.
Gloriosa ! There are no Singhalees writing in this forums !!
I am a Sri Lankan – because I am a mix and EDE is not in Sri Lanka and neither is he a Singhales. I don't see any one else writing here apart from a few occasional comments from a few people whom we do not know.
I can speak on behalf of myself and EDE that we have nothing against our fellow Sri Lankan Tamil brotheren as we have mentioned many a times before. We don't hate them, but love them with whole heart.
But there is a set of people we hate – actually the whole country including the Tamils hate them and they are called the mentally challenged, mentally under developed, un-evolved, Terrorists of LTTE. Now LTTE had representations from many nationalities. It also included Australian Adela Bala, Nadesan's wife a singhalees and a few more singhalees and a few Muslims etc.. So, we hate the,m and not the Tamils as you wrongly mentioned. I hope you will be in a better mental stage to understand that !! Thanks in advance for understanding that we hate Terrorists and not a specific ethnic group !
Gloriosa Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 4:06 am
The sri lankan government nor the majority singhala will
never understand the gravity of the situation in Sri Lanka
nor the heartache of the Tamils.
Your comments reminds me of a lazy wild bore who has waken after a long nap with rusted dreams. Hello ?? Knock Knock !! Where were you all this time ?? Tamils in Sri Lanka are living quite happily and peacefully after many decades of brutality towards them from LTTE – LTTE killed more Tamils including their leaders than the others killed by LTTE.
Seperate state is the final answer !!!!!
Not an answer – it is a lame excuse for Terrorists…. I hope you would not stop down to low levels of their under developed mentality and see things clearly.
In Killinochi, Two IDPs women were raped by six sri lankan army. Sri lankan raping army went to the resettled house and raped them.
http://www.tamilwin.org/view.php?2adM89tZb2ecfDpiUe0ec4Cojt20cd35ZLu62cd326IP534b40tVQ6C4b4eQUG1fcd0ebZF2g8d0
Rohan
Thanks for the links !! 🙂
The dangerous situation keeps brewing up in the volatility of the Sri Lanka’s national politics.
There are hot spots of politically simmering realms where one has to guard against the blindness in denying a nation’s Tamil their rights, proper place in society and integration into the mainstream of politics.
It is time IC came forward, instead of its soft-foot pedalling politics, to press Sri Lanka to adopt a policy of reconciliation with the minority citizens Tamils and correct for the past atrocities the government has committed by complying with the independent UN inquiry into its military excesses and massacre of innocent Tamils.
Siva,
Tamil area behind iron curtain, no media allowed in vanni, many victim. Only this came to light. Army entering every house in the night time looking for women.
Sinhala names given to junctions in Mullaiththeevu district by SLA
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) forces that occupy Vanni after the recent war have put up new name boards in Sinhala language only with new Sinhala names for many road junctions and streets in Mullaiththeevu district. SLA, besides erecting special camps and High Security Zones in strategic places in Mullaiththeevu, is engaged in changing the entire district like any other typical Sinhalese area in the country, sources in Vanni said. The photos here were taken a few weeks ago and the SLA soldiers posted at the junctions explained what the Sinhala names mean and why they had been chosen.
The junction adjoining Thaanthontri Easvaran Koayil (Temple of Lord Siva) at Oddichuddaan junction where the road from Maangku’lam to Mullaiththeevu, is met by the road from Nedungkea’ni is given the new Sinhala name, ‘Pilima Hanthiya’, meaning ‘Statue Junction’. SLA soldiers said that a Buddha statue is to be soon erected at this junction and hence the Sinhala name, ‘Pilima Junction’
The Sivan temple in Oddichuddaan, the pond in front of it and the adjoining school have luckily escaped destruction and remain almost in the same condition with minor damages, the sources said.
Resettled families live in Oddichchuddaan which is occupied by a large number of SLA forces.
Another junction in Oddichuddaan where the road from Puththukkudiyiruppu meets Mullaiththeevu-Maangku’lam road has been given the Sinhala name, ‘Kaar Handiya’, meaning ‘car junction’.
The name had been given as many cars had been set ablaze at this junction by SLA during the war.
Meanwhile, the road which branches off Mullaiththeevu-Maangku’lam road to Puthukkudiyiruppu through Vattaappazhai and Keapaapilavu, close to the Nanththikkadal (Nanthi Lagoon) Bridges has been named, ‘Ali Hanthiya’, ‘Elephant Junction’, because an elephant had died at the junction, according to SLA soldiers at the junction.
Former Jaffna MP Selvaraja Kajendren had said in the first week of May that the Sri Lankan government has planned a large Buddhist Vihara at the entrance of Mullaiththeevu town at Karaichchikkudiyiruppu, 150 meters near the Kachcheari building.
The government is spending millions in construction of the Buddhist temple and in constructing at least two memorial sites for Sri Lanka Army commanders killed in action, while the Tamil civilians are not provided with meaningful aid for resettlement, Mr. Kajendren told media.
The Buddhist Vihara is planned to be raised in state-owned land, informed sources further said adding that papers have been submitted to the District Secretariat of Mullaiththeevu seeking permission to construct the Vihara.
Meanwhile, the Sinhalese settlers are being brought to coastal strips of Mullaiththeevu district.
(Gotabaya, former manager of 7/11 store in the USA, sacrificed his green card for the newly acquired wealth through his company 'Lanka Logistics Ltd' supplying weapons to Sri Lankan military and, while other family members were sharing the Tsunami funds)
Here is another Brother, Basil Rajapakse, with his Indian business connection, co-owns multi-million dollar projects in the Tamil region where the habitants of the land are still kept captive in the refugee camps, over a year now.
On 27th May, around 10.30am Ministers / MPs Basil Rajapakse and Rishard Bathurdeen have visited Silavathuri (Musali Divisional Secretariat division, Mannar district).
Since Navy has taken most parts of Silavathuri town for their camp, returning IDPs have no access to their homes, land and public buildings.
Around 25 returnees protested outside the navy camp demanding the navy to vacate their town.
Few of them held placards demanding Minister Basil to take immediate action.
Minister Basil has got very angry and cut short his participation at this ceremony. Few minute after his departure Silavathuri police went into the village and arrested five protesters.
Four of them have been asked to give verbal testimony.
They were initially accused of forcefully entering into high security zone (Silavathurai Navy camp where Minister Basil was) and shouting at Minister Basil.
They were holding placards at the entrance of Navy camp by the side of the fence. Minister Basil had asked Minister Rishard and the Divisional Secretary how these people were able to come closer to the navy camp with the placards.
Before Minister Basil got into the helicopter he ordered the navy commander to arrest all of them.
Prepared by Ruki Fernando, Law & Society Trust, Colombo (Based on eyewitness accounts who don’t want names revealed due to fear of reprisals)
Thamizhar Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 6:16 am
Sinhala names given to junctions in Mullaiththeevu district by SLA
ROLMAO
The names you have mentioned are ridiculous !! – Car handiya ?? LOL – Are you serious that people will actually name a place like that ??
Jeez – get a life man !!!!!
Tamil lawmaker urges Sri Lankan government to release innocent civilians accused of rebel ties
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Ethnic Tamil lawmakers urged Sri Lanka's government to free innocent people detained for months without trial over alleged links to the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.
Nearly 10,000 people are in government custody after Sri Lankan forces crushed the rebels last year and ended the island nation's 25-year civil war. The government says the detainees are being rehabilitated.
Rajavarothayam Sambanthan, leader of the Tamil National Alliance, pressed for a general amnesty to be granted for people not facing "serious" charges and for those held without evidence against them to be freed.
"We would urge the government to take early action to ensure that everyone who can be released, be released," Sambanthan told reporters. "They must not be kept in custody purely on suspicion."
The issue of innocent people being detained for alleged ties to the Tigers is included in a report prepared by Tamil lawmakers on the plight of civilians caught up in the bloody civil war, said Sambanthan.
According to U.N. estimates between 80,000-100,000 people were killed in the violence, but human rights groups say the actual number could be much higher, with thousands of civilians dying in the final months of the conflict.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/ar…
Rohan !!
What about the Grandfather Raping the Granddaughter inside camp??
SLA to be blamed ??
Tamil lawmaker urges Sri Lankan government to release innocent civilians accused of rebel ties
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Ethnic Tamil lawmakers urged Sri Lanka's government to free innocent people detained for months without trial over alleged links to the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.
Nearly 10,000 people are in government custody after Sri Lankan forces crushed the rebels last year and ended the island nation's 25-year civil war. The government says the detainees are being rehabilitated.
Rajavarothayam Sambanthan, leader of the Tamil National Alliance, pressed for a general amnesty to be granted for people not facing "serious" charges and for those held without evidence against them to be freed.
"We would urge the government to take early action to ensure that everyone who can be released, be released," Sambanthan told reporters. "They must not be kept in custody purely on suspicion."
The issue of innocent people being detained for alleged ties to the Tigers is included in a report prepared by Tamil lawmakers on the plight of civilians caught up in the bloody civil war, said Sambanthan.
According to U.N. estimates between 80,000-100,000 people were killed in the violence, but human rights groups say the actual number could be much higher, with thousands of civilians dying in the final months of the conflict.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/ar…
Tamil lawmaker urges Sri Lankan government to release innocent civilians accused of rebel ties
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Ethnic Tamil lawmakers urged Sri Lanka's government to free innocent people detained for months without trial over alleged links to the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.
Nearly 10,000 people are in government custody after Sri Lankan forces crushed the rebels last year and ended the island nation's 25-year civil war. The government says the detainees are being rehabilitated.
Rajavarothayam Sambanthan, leader of the Tamil National Alliance, pressed for a general amnesty to be granted for people not facing "serious" charges and for those held without evidence against them to be freed.
"We would urge the government to take early action to ensure that everyone who can be released, be released," Sambanthan told reporters. "They must not be kept in custody purely on suspicion."
The issue of innocent people being detained for alleged ties to the Tigers is included in a report prepared by Tamil lawmakers on the plight of civilians caught up in the bloody civil war, said Sambanthan.
According to U.N. estimates between 80,000-100,000 people were killed in the violence, but human rights groups say the actual number could be much higher, with thousands of civilians dying in the final months of the conflict.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/ar…
Rohan – Why are you thanking your own self ?
Rohan = Siva !
On every thread on this site we see clearly the hatred of the
singhalese towards the Tamils in Sri Lanka.The ending of the
so called war has not changed the hatred of the singhalese.
On every thread on this site it is even more clearer that the
Tamils want to be left alone to decide their own future and live
on their own legitimate land in Sri Lanka with Peace and dignity.
How then together could we ever find Peace in Sri Lanka.
The struggle of the Tamils will go on.The singhala majority
will have the Sl government supporting them.The GSOL
will rule with the gun levelled against the Tamils.
The culture of life by the gun in sri lanka will continue as always.
The police are now shooting to kill without due process in courts.
The Tamils know who the ‘underworld criminals are’. The true
UWC are escaping the law.
Every person today in Sri Lanka who wants Peace is muzzled and
got rid of without a chance to deend themselves.
Power and hunger for money has blinded the GOSL.
The sri lankan government nor the majority singhala will
never understand the gravity of the situation in Sri Lanka
nor the heartache of the Tamils.
This is not a war of arms but the war of committment of the
hearts of the Tamils to find peace and live in their own land
will never end.
Seperate state is the final answer !!!!!
The singhalese can continue to be happy in their own territory
and the Tamils will be happy in their own.
2 states living close by with a happy frame of mind is a thousand times
better than 2 ethnic groups warring for centuries. 🙂
The Sri Lanka Racist Regime cannot quell the Tamils’ thirst for dignity, equality and freedom !
A scorching summer heat is sweeping the Killinochi, Sri Lanka for the internally displaced persons (IDPs).
In tattered UN tents helplessly flap against the strong breeze as red dust swirls up like a thousand tiny tornadoes.
Inside the 16 feet by six feet tents where a dozen resettled internally displaced persons (IDPs) would stay, the heat takes your breath away; outside, the temperature and dust makes it difficult to breathe.
Sri Lanka government officials admit that the shelf-life of these tents is long over though they still shelter about resettled Tamils.
Distribution of ration by UN food agencies has become irregular.
The toilets are not available.
The shortages includes, among others, food distribution, water bowsering, toilet maintenance and healthcare provision
The resettled IDPs are, however, putting their heads down and living their hard lives with no hope for better future.
The few resettled families in Kilinochchi .
The families of Kanikarasa and Kamaladevi were standing on the rubble of their former homes in Kilinochchi.
“Our homes were destroyed in the fighting. We have to rebuild from scratch. Sadly, there are no job in the area,’’ a family head said.
Nearby, S Silvadasan and his two neighbours of 22 years were tightening the poles of their tent— where there homes once were.
“There is nothing left. But we are happy to be out of the camps,’’ he said.
On the stretch of the A9 highway between Vavuniya and Jaffna, hundreds of released IDP families have put up flimsy tents or taken shelter in broken houses.
Gloriosa Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 4:03 am
On every thread on this site we see clearly the hatred of the
singhalese towards the Tamils in Sri Lanka.The ending of the
so called war has not changed the hatred of the singhalese.
Gloriosa ! There are no Singhalees writing in this forums !!
I am a Sri Lankan – because I am a mix and EDE is not in Sri Lanka and neither is he a Singhales. I don’t see any one else writing here apart from a few occasional comments from a few people whom we do not know.
I can speak on behalf of myself and EDE that we have nothing against our fellow Sri Lankan Tamil brotheren as we have mentioned many a times before. We don’t hate them, but love them with whole heart.
But there is a set of people we hate – actually the whole country including the Tamils hate them and they are called the mentally challenged, mentally under developed, un-evolved, Terrorists of LTTE. Now LTTE had representations from many nationalities. It also included Australian Adela Bala, Nadesan’s wife a singhalees and a few more singhalees and a few Muslims etc.. So, we hate the,m and not the Tamils as you wrongly mentioned. I hope you will be in a better mental stage to understand that !! Thanks in advance for understanding that we hate Terrorists and not a specific ethnic group !
Gloriosa Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 4:06 am
The sri lankan government nor the majority singhala will
never understand the gravity of the situation in Sri Lanka
nor the heartache of the Tamils.
Your comments reminds me of a lazy wild bore who has waken after a long nap with rusted dreams. Hello ?? Knock Knock !! Where were you all this time ?? Tamils in Sri Lanka are living quite happily and peacefully after many decades of brutality towards them from LTTE – LTTE killed more Tamils including their leaders than the others killed by LTTE.
Seperate state is the final answer !!!!!
Not an answer – it is a lame excuse for Terrorists…. I hope you would not stop down to low levels of their under developed mentality and see things clearly.
The dangerous situation keeps brewing up in the volatility of the Sri Lanka’s national politics.
There are hot spots of politically simmering realms where one has to guard against the blindness in denying a nation’s Tamil their rights, proper place in society and integration into the mainstream of politics.
It is time IC came forward, instead of its soft-foot pedalling politics, to press Sri Lanka to adopt a policy of reconciliation with the minority citizens Tamils and correct for the past atrocities the government has committed by complying with the independent UN inquiry into its military excesses and massacre of innocent Tamils.
'Great Game'
India and Sri Lanka signed a series of aid, economic and diplomatic deals today, the latest move in an increasingly intense struggle between New Delhi and Beijing for influence over the island nation. The signing took place on the first day of a visit by the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to Delhi, his first since winning his presidential election in January and parliamentary poll in April. The deals range from loans for major infrastructure projects to agreements to share electricity and boost cultural exchanges. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/sri-l…
Sinhala names given to junctions in Mullaiththeevu district by SLA
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) forces that occupy Vanni after the recent war have put up new name boards in Sinhala language only with new Sinhala names for many road junctions and streets in Mullaiththeevu district. SLA, besides erecting special camps and High Security Zones in strategic places in Mullaiththeevu, is engaged in changing the entire district like any other typical Sinhalese area in the country, sources in Vanni said. The photos here were taken a few weeks ago and the SLA soldiers posted at the junctions explained what the Sinhala names mean and why they had been chosen.
The junction adjoining Thaanthontri Easvaran Koayil (Temple of Lord Siva) at Oddichuddaan junction where the road from Maangku’lam to Mullaiththeevu, is met by the road from Nedungkea’ni is given the new Sinhala name, ‘Pilima Hanthiya’, meaning ‘Statue Junction’. SLA soldiers said that a Buddha statue is to be soon erected at this junction and hence the Sinhala name, ‘Pilima Junction’
The Sivan temple in Oddichuddaan, the pond in front of it and the adjoining school have luckily escaped destruction and remain almost in the same condition with minor damages, the sources said.
Resettled families live in Oddichchuddaan which is occupied by a large number of SLA forces.
Another junction in Oddichuddaan where the road from Puththukkudiyiruppu meets Mullaiththeevu-Maangku’lam road has been given the Sinhala name, ‘Kaar Handiya’, meaning ‘car junction’.
The name had been given as many cars had been set ablaze at this junction by SLA during the war.
Meanwhile, the road which branches off Mullaiththeevu-Maangku’lam road to Puthukkudiyiruppu through Vattaappazhai and Keapaapilavu, close to the Nanththikkadal (Nanthi Lagoon) Bridges has been named, ‘Ali Hanthiya’, ‘Elephant Junction’, because an elephant had died at the junction, according to SLA soldiers at the junction.
Former Jaffna MP Selvaraja Kajendren had said in the first week of May that the Sri Lankan government has planned a large Buddhist Vihara at the entrance of Mullaiththeevu town at Karaichchikkudiyiruppu, 150 meters near the Kachcheari building.
The government is spending millions in construction of the Buddhist temple and in constructing at least two memorial sites for Sri Lanka Army commanders killed in action, while the Tamil civilians are not provided with meaningful aid for resettlement, Mr. Kajendren told media.
The Buddhist Vihara is planned to be raised in state-owned land, informed sources further said adding that papers have been submitted to the District Secretariat of Mullaiththeevu seeking permission to construct the Vihara.
Meanwhile, the Sinhalese settlers are being brought to coastal strips of Mullaiththeevu district.
(Gotabaya, former manager of 7/11 store in the USA, sacrificed his green card for the newly acquired wealth through his company ‘Lanka Logistics Ltd’ supplying weapons to Sri Lankan military and, while other family members were sharing the Tsunami funds)
Here is another Brother, Basil Rajapakse, with his Indian business connection, co-owns multi-million dollar projects in the Tamil region where the habitants of the land are still kept captive in the refugee camps, over a year now.
On 27th May, around 10.30am Ministers / MPs Basil Rajapakse and Rishard Bathurdeen have visited Silavathuri (Musali Divisional Secretariat division, Mannar district).
Since Navy has taken most parts of Silavathuri town for their camp, returning IDPs have no access to their homes, land and public buildings.
Around 25 returnees protested outside the navy camp demanding the navy to vacate their town.
Few of them held placards demanding Minister Basil to take immediate action.
Minister Basil has got very angry and cut short his participation at this ceremony. Few minute after his departure Silavathuri police went into the village and arrested five protesters.
Four of them have been asked to give verbal testimony.
They were initially accused of forcefully entering into high security zone (Silavathurai Navy camp where Minister Basil was) and shouting at Minister Basil.
They were holding placards at the entrance of Navy camp by the side of the fence. Minister Basil had asked Minister Rishard and the Divisional Secretary how these people were able to come closer to the navy camp with the placards.
Before Minister Basil got into the helicopter he ordered the navy commander to arrest all of them.
Prepared by Ruki Fernando, Law & Society Trust, Colombo (Based on eyewitness accounts who don’t want names revealed due to fear of reprisals)
Thamizhar Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 6:16 am
Sinhala names given to junctions in Mullaiththeevu district by SLA
ROLMAO
The names you have mentioned are ridiculous !! – Car handiya ?? LOL – Are you serious that people will actually name a place like that ??
Jeez – get a life man !!!!!
'Great Game'
India and Sri Lanka signed a series of aid, economic and diplomatic deals today, the latest move in an increasingly intense struggle between New Delhi and Beijing for influence over the island nation. The signing took place on the first day of a visit by the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to Delhi, his first since winning his presidential election in January and parliamentary poll in April. The deals range from loans for major infrastructure projects to agreements to share electricity and boost cultural exchanges. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/sri-l…
'Great Game'
India and Sri Lanka signed a series of aid, economic and diplomatic deals today, the latest move in an increasingly intense struggle between New Delhi and Beijing for influence over the island nation. The signing took place on the first day of a visit by the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to Delhi, his first since winning his presidential election in January and parliamentary poll in April. The deals range from loans for major infrastructure projects to agreements to share electricity and boost cultural exchanges. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/sri-l…
Tamil lawmaker urges Sri Lankan government to release innocent civilians accused of rebel ties
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Ethnic Tamil lawmakers urged Sri Lanka’s government to free innocent people detained for months without trial over alleged links to the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.
Nearly 10,000 people are in government custody after Sri Lankan forces crushed the rebels last year and ended the island nation’s 25-year civil war. The government says the detainees are being rehabilitated.
Rajavarothayam Sambanthan, leader of the Tamil National Alliance, pressed for a general amnesty to be granted for people not facing “serious” charges and for those held without evidence against them to be freed.
“We would urge the government to take early action to ensure that everyone who can be released, be released,” Sambanthan told reporters. “They must not be kept in custody purely on suspicion.”
The issue of innocent people being detained for alleged ties to the Tigers is included in a report prepared by Tamil lawmakers on the plight of civilians caught up in the bloody civil war, said Sambanthan.
According to U.N. estimates between 80,000-100,000 people were killed in the violence, but human rights groups say the actual number could be much higher, with thousands of civilians dying in the final months of the conflict.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jOkrqlWbJZBob4ClocWlN8FNvbOA
‘Great Game’
India and Sri Lanka signed a series of aid, economic and diplomatic deals today, the latest move in an increasingly intense struggle between New Delhi and Beijing for influence over the island nation. The signing took place on the first day of a visit by the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to Delhi, his first since winning his presidential election in January and parliamentary poll in April. The deals range from loans for major infrastructure projects to agreements to share electricity and boost cultural exchanges.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/sri-lanka-india-china-great-game
Aiyoooo, its hot as hell, in hell. Looks like I'll be burning in hell for all eternity. My worst crime was to recruit 9-year old Tamil children. Bad, no?
AI
Thank you for highlighting the plight of the innocent people and the atrocities committed in the secret closed war conducted by the Sri Lankan government during 2009.
This gives a lie to the claim that Sri Lanka fought the war to liberate the ordinary people.
If this was true why there are more than 80,000 ordinary displaced people held in barbed wire concentration camps even after the war was over more than a year ago.
Have they taken steps to relief the pain of the other 200,000 or so who have gone back to their broken homes.
No they are busy building army cantonments and Budhist Temples.
If there is nothing to hide why Sri Lankan Government is dragging its feet from holding a genuine and transparent inquiry.
Only now it has appointed a commission after prolonged international pressure.
But again we all know what happened to various commissions it had appointed from time to time to deflect international out cry.
The sad thing is our fellow Sinhalese brothers are rejoicing in our pain and even have the heart to support this atrocities in the name of defeating terrorism even after it had been defeated.
They would not shout about the Southern terrorists who also took arms against the government.
It is because they are their own blood and they can be forgiven.
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Rohan !!
What about the Grandfather Raping the Granddaughter inside camp??
SLA to be blamed ??
Singhala racism trying to justify the raping, whereever they go, they will show their character, in haiti even 7 years old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPmFSCapC0&fe…
In eastern province 9 years old by six sri lankan army http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
In killinochi again, six sri lankan army, raping is their business? During the war rape as a weapon, now rape as a ethnic cleansing.
Aiyoooo, its hot as hell, in hell. Looks like I’ll be burning in hell for all eternity. My worst crime was to recruit 9-year old Tamil children. Bad, no?
Tamilan Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
All contents on your post has been repeated over and over again and has been replied to over and over again – Why post again ?? Is it because you are arrogant or is it because you don't understand anything because you are so dumb ??
I think it is the latter !!
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Rohan !!
What about the Grandfather Raping the Granddaughter inside camp??
SLA to be blamed ??
Singhala racism trying to justify the raping, whereever they go, they will show their character, in haiti even 7 years old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPmFSCapC0&fe…
In eastern province 9 years old by six sri lankan army http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
In killinochi again, six sri lankan army, raping is their business? During the war rape as a weapon, now rape as a ethnic cleansing.
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Rohan !!
What about the Grandfather Raping the Granddaughter inside camp??
SLA to be blamed ??
Singhala racism trying to justify the raping, whereever they go, they will show their character, in haiti even 7 years old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPmFSCapC0&fe…
In eastern province 9 years old by six sri lankan army http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
In killinochi again, six sri lankan army, raping is their business? During the war rape as a weapon, now rape as a ethnic cleansing.
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils? http://my.telegraph.co.uk/richarddixons/blog/2010…
Who are the real Terrorists in Sri Lanka?
The words “Terrorism” and "Terrorists" are mostly misunderstood words in the world today. Regimes in Iran and North Korea call the Western countries as terror states. Majority of us will not agree with Iran or North Korea. Developments of destructive weapons in these two countries are not just posing danger to the neighbouring nations but to the entire world.
Sri Lanka has been playing the same game for many years but it has taken quite a while for many of us to understand the reality. Sri Lankan rulers have been successful in hiding their crimes against the Tamil minorities and exaggerating the Tamil resistance. Sri Lanka spends millions of dollars in propaganda to justify, hide and deny the atrocities against the Tamil minorities
Now Sri Lanka has started to blame international aid organisations, international rights organisations, and western democracies as terror entities. One should question if many of us have been right in taking the same view of Sri Lanka by blaming the Tamil resistance against the Sinhala Chauvinism as Terrorism.
If we consider terrorism as a destructive act against innocent people and their properties, a simple statistics about Sri Lanka would show us who the real terrorists are and why we should believe in the fact that terrorism is still destroying the lives of people in Sri Lanka and the culprits are Sri Lankan rulers who continue to harbour racist and extremist views.
Even a primary school child with simple mathematical skills would not just be able to understand the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka but also would be able to identify who the real victims are and who the culprits are, just by looking at these simple and obvious facts.
In the last sixty years more than three hundred thousands Tamils died in Sri Lanka. They were killed by bombs, guns, swords and knives. Many Tamils went through physical abuse, torture, isolation and rape in the hands of the Sinhala soldiers before their death. Thousands of Tamil women were raped. More than fifty thousands were maimed. Many thousands have become orphans and windows. More than a million had to flee the country in order to save the lives.
When Tsunami hit the TamilNadu province in 2004 December 26th, then a young actor, a new comer from a well off family – Vivek Oberoi spent a lot of time with the victims and helped rebuild more than 50 houses. He was hailed as a god by people.
What happened when he tried to help the victims of War in Sri Lanka ????
He is a villain !
How people can change in a matter of few years – He was helping the Tamils of Tamlnadu and the Tamils of Sri Lanka – What is the difference to treat him a dog now and a god then ??
Sri Lanka is a Genocidal paradise where cannibals are roaming !1
Param Says:
June 10th, 2010 at 12:40 am
Sri Lanka is a Genocidal paradise where cannibals are roaming !1
Not any more – the cannibals were destroyed last year May 18th and the leader, well, he fell on an Axe and broke his crown and his deputy came tumbling after !!!
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils? http://my.telegraph.co.uk/richarddixons/blog/2010…
Who are the real Terrorists in Sri Lanka?
The words “Terrorism” and "Terrorists" are mostly misunderstood words in the world today. Regimes in Iran and North Korea call the Western countries as terror states. Majority of us will not agree with Iran or North Korea. Developments of destructive weapons in these two countries are not just posing danger to the neighbouring nations but to the entire world.
Sri Lanka has been playing the same game for many years but it has taken quite a while for many of us to understand the reality. Sri Lankan rulers have been successful in hiding their crimes against the Tamil minorities and exaggerating the Tamil resistance. Sri Lanka spends millions of dollars in propaganda to justify, hide and deny the atrocities against the Tamil minorities
Now Sri Lanka has started to blame international aid organisations, international rights organisations, and western democracies as terror entities. One should question if many of us have been right in taking the same view of Sri Lanka by blaming the Tamil resistance against the Sinhala Chauvinism as Terrorism.
If we consider terrorism as a destructive act against innocent people and their properties, a simple statistics about Sri Lanka would show us who the real terrorists are and why we should believe in the fact that terrorism is still destroying the lives of people in Sri Lanka and the culprits are Sri Lankan rulers who continue to harbour racist and extremist views.
Even a primary school child with simple mathematical skills would not just be able to understand the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka but also would be able to identify who the real victims are and who the culprits are, just by looking at these simple and obvious facts.
In the last sixty years more than three hundred thousands Tamils died in Sri Lanka. They were killed by bombs, guns, swords and knives. Many Tamils went through physical abuse, torture, isolation and rape in the hands of the Sinhala soldiers before their death. Thousands of Tamil women were raped. More than fifty thousands were maimed. Many thousands have become orphans and windows. More than a million had to flee the country in order to save the lives.
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils? http://my.telegraph.co.uk/richarddixons/blog/2010…
Who are the real Terrorists in Sri Lanka?
The words “Terrorism” and "Terrorists" are mostly misunderstood words in the world today. Regimes in Iran and North Korea call the Western countries as terror states. Majority of us will not agree with Iran or North Korea. Developments of destructive weapons in these two countries are not just posing danger to the neighbouring nations but to the entire world.
Sri Lanka has been playing the same game for many years but it has taken quite a while for many of us to understand the reality. Sri Lankan rulers have been successful in hiding their crimes against the Tamil minorities and exaggerating the Tamil resistance. Sri Lanka spends millions of dollars in propaganda to justify, hide and deny the atrocities against the Tamil minorities
Now Sri Lanka has started to blame international aid organisations, international rights organisations, and western democracies as terror entities. One should question if many of us have been right in taking the same view of Sri Lanka by blaming the Tamil resistance against the Sinhala Chauvinism as Terrorism.
If we consider terrorism as a destructive act against innocent people and their properties, a simple statistics about Sri Lanka would show us who the real terrorists are and why we should believe in the fact that terrorism is still destroying the lives of people in Sri Lanka and the culprits are Sri Lankan rulers who continue to harbour racist and extremist views.
Even a primary school child with simple mathematical skills would not just be able to understand the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka but also would be able to identify who the real victims are and who the culprits are, just by looking at these simple and obvious facts.
In the last sixty years more than three hundred thousands Tamils died in Sri Lanka. They were killed by bombs, guns, swords and knives. Many Tamils went through physical abuse, torture, isolation and rape in the hands of the Sinhala soldiers before their death. Thousands of Tamil women were raped. More than fifty thousands were maimed. Many thousands have become orphans and windows. More than a million had to flee the country in order to save the lives.
AI
Thank you for highlighting the plight of the innocent people and the atrocities committed in the secret closed war conducted by the Sri Lankan government during 2009.
This gives a lie to the claim that Sri Lanka fought the war to liberate the ordinary people.
If this was true why there are more than 80,000 ordinary displaced people held in barbed wire concentration camps even after the war was over more than a year ago.
Have they taken steps to relief the pain of the other 200,000 or so who have gone back to their broken homes.
No they are busy building army cantonments and Budhist Temples.
If there is nothing to hide why Sri Lankan Government is dragging its feet from holding a genuine and transparent inquiry.
Only now it has appointed a commission after prolonged international pressure.
But again we all know what happened to various commissions it had appointed from time to time to deflect international out cry.
The sad thing is our fellow Sinhalese brothers are rejoicing in our pain and even have the heart to support this atrocities in the name of defeating terrorism even after it had been defeated.
They would not shout about the Southern terrorists who also took arms against the government.
It is because they are their own blood and they can be forgiven.
Rohan Says:
June 10th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Your above mentioned cut and paste post is quite ridiculous.
How can situation in Iran, N. Korea and USA be similar to the LTTE situation ?
1. Iran, N. Korea, USA etc are legal governments – LTTE / Eelam – Nothing legal about it.
2. Iran, N. Korea or USA has not sent Suicide bombers to legal governments and killed innocent people by that mean – LTTE / Thaliban – Yes
3. They call each other Terror states – Not Terrorist Organizations as used for LTTE or Thaliban
4. Though USA has bombarded areas of Iraq and Afghan and in the process killed many civilians, it happened during a War to eliminate Thaliban, Iran or N.Korea don't even have that record. LTTE – many such records of innocent people including Tamils being killed to reach their self centered endeavours.
The Only similarity between all parties are that all parties include people representing multi ethnic groups – Ex. USA though they call them selves Americans, will have European descends, Blacks, Indians etc. Same with Iran and Korea – Iran does contain Kurdish etc. Korea – Chinese descends, Mongoliand descends etc. LTTE – Tamils, Singhales, Australians (Adel) etc. Thaliban – Afghans, Paki's, Arabs etc…
So, Terrorism in it's own is not an Ethnic issue – it is a Psychological issue – Specially when it comes to illegal entities using Terror tactics to reach a goal not accepted by a majority and in the process killing and destroying anything that is on it's way – Including it's own kind !!
I doubt that the Legal states do it – organizations of Apes – they do !
Tamilan Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
All contents on your post has been repeated over and over again and has been replied to over and over again – Why post again ?? Is it because you are arrogant or is it because you don’t understand anything because you are so dumb ??
I think it is the latter !!
Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:
June 9th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Rohan !!
What about the Grandfather Raping the Granddaughter inside camp??
SLA to be blamed ??
Singhala racism trying to justify the raping, whereever they go, they will show their character, in haiti even 7 years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPmFSCapC0&feature=related
In eastern province 9 years old by six sri lankan army
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31278
In killinochi again, six sri lankan army, raping is their business? During the war rape as a weapon, now rape as a ethnic cleansing.
When Tsunami hit the TamilNadu province in 2004 December 26th, then a young actor, a new comer from a well off family – Vivek Oberoi spent a lot of time with the victims and helped rebuild more than 50 houses. He was hailed as a god by people.
What happened when he tried to help the victims of War in Sri Lanka ????
He is a villain !
How people can change in a matter of few years – He was helping the Tamils of Tamlnadu and the Tamils of Sri Lanka – What is the difference to treat him a dog now and a god then ??
Sri Lanka is a Genocidal paradise where cannibals are roaming !1
Param Says:
June 10th, 2010 at 12:40 am
Sri Lanka is a Genocidal paradise where cannibals are roaming !1
Not any more – the cannibals were destroyed last year May 18th and the leader, well, he fell on an Axe and broke his crown and his deputy came tumbling after !!!
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils?
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/richarddixons/blog/2010/01/22/can_the_new_king_of_sri_lanka_bring_deliverance_to_the_tamils
Who are the real Terrorists in Sri Lanka?
The words “Terrorism” and “Terrorists” are mostly misunderstood words in the world today. Regimes in Iran and North Korea call the Western countries as terror states. Majority of us will not agree with Iran or North Korea. Developments of destructive weapons in these two countries are not just posing danger to the neighbouring nations but to the entire world.
Sri Lanka has been playing the same game for many years but it has taken quite a while for many of us to understand the reality. Sri Lankan rulers have been successful in hiding their crimes against the Tamil minorities and exaggerating the Tamil resistance. Sri Lanka spends millions of dollars in propaganda to justify, hide and deny the atrocities against the Tamil minorities
Now Sri Lanka has started to blame international aid organisations, international rights organisations, and western democracies as terror entities. One should question if many of us have been right in taking the same view of Sri Lanka by blaming the Tamil resistance against the Sinhala Chauvinism as Terrorism.
If we consider terrorism as a destructive act against innocent people and their properties, a simple statistics about Sri Lanka would show us who the real terrorists are and why we should believe in the fact that terrorism is still destroying the lives of people in Sri Lanka and the culprits are Sri Lankan rulers who continue to harbour racist and extremist views.
Even a primary school child with simple mathematical skills would not just be able to understand the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka but also would be able to identify who the real victims are and who the culprits are, just by looking at these simple and obvious facts.
In the last sixty years more than three hundred thousands Tamils died in Sri Lanka. They were killed by bombs, guns, swords and knives. Many Tamils went through physical abuse, torture, isolation and rape in the hands of the Sinhala soldiers before their death. Thousands of Tamil women were raped. More than fifty thousands were maimed. Many thousands have become orphans and windows. More than a million had to flee the country in order to save the lives.
Rohan Says:
June 10th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Your above mentioned cut and paste post is quite ridiculous.
How can situation in Iran, N. Korea and USA be similar to the LTTE situation ?
1. Iran, N. Korea, USA etc are legal governments – LTTE / Eelam – Nothing legal about it.
2. Iran, N. Korea or USA has not sent Suicide bombers to legal governments and killed innocent people by that mean – LTTE / Thaliban – Yes
3. They call each other Terror states – Not Terrorist Organizations as used for LTTE or Thaliban
4. Though USA has bombarded areas of Iraq and Afghan and in the process killed many civilians, it happened during a War to eliminate Thaliban, Iran or N.Korea don’t even have that record. LTTE – many such records of innocent people including Tamils being killed to reach their self centered endeavours.
The Only similarity between all parties are that all parties include people representing multi ethnic groups – Ex. USA though they call them selves Americans, will have European descends, Blacks, Indians etc. Same with Iran and Korea – Iran does contain Kurdish etc. Korea – Chinese descends, Mongoliand descends etc. LTTE – Tamils, Singhales, Australians (Adel) etc. Thaliban – Afghans, Paki’s, Arabs etc…
So, Terrorism in it’s own is not an Ethnic issue – it is a Psychological issue – Specially when it comes to illegal entities using Terror tactics to reach a goal not accepted by a majority and in the process killing and destroying anything that is on it’s way – Including it’s own kind !!
I doubt that the Legal states do it – organizations of Apes – they do !
How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
How can rape be a weapon – it doesn't kill people. I was so wrong to say that people use rape as a killing object. Well the truth is I don't know anything about intercourse as I am impotent. The grandfather who raped the granddaughter was not impotent and I pity him.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/video/4224-a-…
Also we should commend what Vivek Oberoi did for our own people in the north.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/483/a-star-amo…
It look Impeccable Jim Gons stolen Rohan name,
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am, can't be Rohan
Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army's Weapon of War http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-s…
Sri Lankan commandos sexually abuse 14-year-old Tamil girl in Batticaloa http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Part II: State-Sponsored Violence against Women in Sri Lanka http://srilanka.ahrchk.net/legal_reform/mainfile….
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3…
Yes param, I think he is the same Impartial Lankan from UK
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
18.04.09 'Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
28.01.09 Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape
How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
How can rape be a weapon – it doesn't kill people. I was so wrong to say that people use rape as a killing object. Well the truth is I don't know anything about intercourse as I am impotent. The grandfather who raped the granddaughter was not impotent and I pity him.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/video/4224-a-…
Also we should commend what Vivek Oberoi did for our own people in the north.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/483/a-star-amo…
How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
How can rape be a weapon – it doesn't kill people. I was so wrong to say that people use rape as a killing object. Well the truth is I don't know anything about intercourse as I am impotent. The grandfather who raped the granddaughter was not impotent and I pity him.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/video/4224-a-…
Also we should commend what Vivek Oberoi did for our own people in the north.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/483/a-star-amo…
It look Impeccable Jim Gons stolen Rohan name,
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am, can't be Rohan
Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army's Weapon of War http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-s…
Sri Lankan commandos sexually abuse 14-year-old Tamil girl in Batticaloa http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
It look Impeccable Jim Gons stolen Rohan name,
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am, can't be Rohan
Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army's Weapon of War http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-s…
Sri Lankan commandos sexually abuse 14-year-old Tamil girl in Batticaloa http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sin Hell a
Yes, I thought so.
Ok, no worries and ignore this lowly thief 🙁
What else can you expect from a ruthless Sinhalese Racist like Jim Gons ??
Part II: State-Sponsored Violence against Women in Sri Lanka http://srilanka.ahrchk.net/legal_reform/mainfile….
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3…
Part II: State-Sponsored Violence against Women in Sri Lanka http://srilanka.ahrchk.net/legal_reform/mainfile….
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3…
Yes param, I think he is the same Impartial Lankan from UK
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
18.04.09 'Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
28.01.09 Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape
Yes param, I think he is the same Impartial Lankan from UK
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
18.04.09 'Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
28.01.09 Colombo's war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape
How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
How can rape be a weapon – it doesn’t kill people. I was so wrong to say that people use rape as a killing object. Well the truth is I don’t know anything about intercourse as I am impotent. The grandfather who raped the granddaughter was not impotent and I pity him.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/video/4224-a-chat-with-jacki.html
Also we should commend what Vivek Oberoi did for our own people in the north.
http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/483/a-star-among-us
It look Impeccable Jim Gons stolen Rohan name,
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am, can’t be Rohan
Rape of Tamil Women: Sri Lankan Army’s Weapon of War
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/rape-tamil-women-sri-lankan-armys-weapon-war
Sri Lankan commandos sexually abuse 14-year-old Tamil girl in Batticaloa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28566
Sin Hell a
Yes, I thought so.
Ok, no worries and ignore this lowly thief 🙁
What else can you expect from a ruthless Sinhalese Racist like Jim Gons ??
Part II: State-Sponsored Violence against Women in Sri Lanka
http://srilanka.ahrchk.net/legal_reform/mainfile.php/0104/36/
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3be8888566ca3a86d5e6132.htm
Yes param, I think he is the same Impartial Lankan from UK
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30363
03.07.09 Kohona: ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single w..
18.04.09 ‘Regular rapes, killings, degrading interrogations in intern..
07.03.09 SLA shoots dead Tamil woman in Batticaloa
14.02.09 Grand scale murder, rape of screened civilians feared, TNA M..
28.01.09 Colombo’s war crimes turn to rape of the fleeing – Jaffna MP
25.09.08 Batticaloa woman molested in Trincomalee, 4 SL policemen rem..
13.08.08 STF, police harass women in Ampaa’rai, says MP
03.07.08 SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aaraiyampat..
28.12.07 Woman gang raped in Vadamaraadchi
25.12.07 Woman raped, killed, 3 men slain in Vavuniyaa
04.11.07 Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti
16.10.07 Girl student disappears in Pungkudutheevu
05.07.06 Uduvil woman raped, murdered
01.02.06 Sexual assault at Kopay SLA camp suspected, says TNA MP
03.01.06 Free Tamil women from fear of rape- Sithamparanathan
20.12.05 Tharsini raped before murder- Medical Report
28.10.05 Villagers foil SLA rape attempt, Puthur tense, protesters be..
05.08.05 Batticaloa woman raped before murder – JMO
14.03.05 Woman identifies SLA soldier in attempted rape case
10.03.05 Sri Lanka army camp pelted over rape attempt
22.10.04 Ex Policeman charged for raping fourteen year old girl
24.08.04 Paramilitary cadre arrested for rape, murder of girl
06.05.04 Thavadi residents foil attempted rape by SLA soldier
20.12.03 Police suspects in Mannar torture, rape to be indicted
27.10.03 Big demo in Mannar against Police rape
19.04.03 Poverty, oblivion dog rape victim
01.10.02 Rape case reported to UN official
23.09.02 PTA suspect raped and tortured -JMO
21.04.98 Rape witness said burned alive
15.04.98 Girl claims police rape
18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody
18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway?
17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna
31.10.97 Girl attempts suicide after rape
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am ,How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
Who is this singhalla as usual famous for plundering, what did u try to say
Every year at IIFA, people crib about how badly organised the event is but somehow the glitz and glamour of the awards always makes you forget all these unpleasant issues.
This time however, the awards function was stretched so thin and had such few interesting moments that at the end of it all, you felt even more irritated.
Security arrangements at the venue were extremely tight and this led to more than one misunderstanding. Also, guests were left without food or water for the most part of the five-hour-long award show, which ended in the wee hours of the morning.
Believe me, if you have to listen to Shatrughan Sinha go on and on about the unity in the film industry, your patience will run out. And he wasn’t even there to receive an award, merely to give one. http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2010/06/06/i…
Thanks stars for Boycott Sri lanka
Reporter arrested for plundering computers, temple artifacts in Vanni http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=2…
Sri Lankan soldiers sell jewelry pilfered from battle areas http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Ape Impeccable Jim Gons still looking his ape father who killed over 50,000 Tamils in state terror island http://www.nabble.com/Fwd:-Hitler-Reborn-in-SriLa…
What sri lankan leaders said and did same to Tamils over 62 years
Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
“Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_00…
Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
“Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.
Former Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009) http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
“I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”
President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
“Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”
President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
“Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”
Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
“Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”
Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
“Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”
President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
“I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”
Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981)
“If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”
Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
“Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am ,How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
Who is this singhalla as usual famous for plundering, what did u try to say
Every year at IIFA, people crib about how badly organised the event is but somehow the glitz and glamour of the awards always makes you forget all these unpleasant issues.
This time however, the awards function was stretched so thin and had such few interesting moments that at the end of it all, you felt even more irritated.
Security arrangements at the venue were extremely tight and this led to more than one misunderstanding. Also, guests were left without food or water for the most part of the five-hour-long award show, which ended in the wee hours of the morning.
Believe me, if you have to listen to Shatrughan Sinha go on and on about the unity in the film industry, your patience will run out. And he wasn’t even there to receive an award, merely to give one. http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2010/06/06/i…
Thanks stars for Boycott Sri lanka
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am ,How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
Who is this singhalla as usual famous for plundering, what did u try to say
Every year at IIFA, people crib about how badly organised the event is but somehow the glitz and glamour of the awards always makes you forget all these unpleasant issues.
This time however, the awards function was stretched so thin and had such few interesting moments that at the end of it all, you felt even more irritated.
Security arrangements at the venue were extremely tight and this led to more than one misunderstanding. Also, guests were left without food or water for the most part of the five-hour-long award show, which ended in the wee hours of the morning.
Believe me, if you have to listen to Shatrughan Sinha go on and on about the unity in the film industry, your patience will run out. And he wasn’t even there to receive an award, merely to give one. http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2010/06/06/i…
Thanks stars for Boycott Sri lanka
Reporter arrested for plundering computers, temple artifacts in Vanni http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=2…
Sri Lankan soldiers sell jewelry pilfered from battle areas http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Reporter arrested for plundering computers, temple artifacts in Vanni http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=2…
Sri Lankan soldiers sell jewelry pilfered from battle areas http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Ape Impeccable Jim Gons still looking his ape father who killed over 50,000 Tamils in state terror island http://www.nabble.com/Fwd:-Hitler-Reborn-in-SriLa…
Ape Impeccable Jim Gons still looking his ape father who killed over 50,000 Tamils in state terror island http://www.nabble.com/Fwd:-Hitler-Reborn-in-SriLa…
What sri lankan leaders said and did same to Tamils over 62 years
Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
“Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_00…
Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
“Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.
Former Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009) http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
“I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”
President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
“Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”
President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
“Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”
Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
“Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”
Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
“Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”
President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
“I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”
Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981)
“If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”
Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
“Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”
What sri lankan leaders said and did same to Tamils over 62 years
Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
“Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_00…
Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
“Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.
Former Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009) http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
“I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”
President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
“Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”
President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
“Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”
Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
“Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”
Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
“Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”
President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
“I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”
Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981)
“If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”
Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
“Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”
“I try to read stuff from the Tamil Diaspora and local Tamils about how they feel. Many of the concerns I share, but some I think are actually a bit racist and undemocratic. Sri Lanka is still a multi-ethnic society, but a lot of what I read lately is about Tamil nationalism and Tamil self-determination along racial lines. As in, there’s nothing there to speak to people who may not be Tamil, or are perhaps only Tamil speaking, or who are just human. I guess where I differ is that I want reconciliation and harmony within Sri Lanka.
“Whatever is wrong with Sri Lanka, no one is calling for a Sinhala state. This may be the appearance or effect of some misguided policies, and I don’t deny that minorities get shafted in many ways. However, no one is calling for a Sinhala state. This is rightly called Sinhala chauvinism. In fact, the constitution and all major policy speeches are pretty clear about inclusion of all races. In practice, however, it is more difficult to get proper service in Tamil at a cop shed or whatever and Tamils are disproportionately checked. However, the thing is not rotten at its core.”
“I think all races on this island can work together towards common, human, Sri Lankan goals. Better governance, less corruption, better education, healthcare, etc. I think we’d all benefit from full implementation of our constitution and language policies. I think regional autonomy for any region under the 13th amendment is good. I mean, it’s cool for any province to be able to control its own police force and have some local power, but it’s not necessarily a racial issue.
“I can’t get away with calling for Sinhala Nationalism or Sinhala-only issues, I would be considered racist and quite rude by my multi-ethnic family and friends. Why is it OK for Tamils? Or, to put it simply, can’t we all get along? Does it really have to be about race? Can’t it be about the more important issues we have in common as Sri Lankans and human beings?”
Rohan and In Hell !
You accuse people of stuff and talk so much about abuse to Women by others.
See what the LTTE did with the monies you sent them – how they treated the women you try to protect now.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/3893-ltt…
At last UN accepted that LTTE has abused innocent Tamil girls. Likewise they will accept that the 'white flag fiction' is also a fake. Truth always wins!!
The only difference is when LTTE rapes, you dont find the girl's remains.
Do you think you can hide the truth about the LTTE by not talking about it?
Rohan and In Hell !
You accuse people of stuff and talk so much about abuse to Women by others.
See what the LTTE did with the monies you sent them – how they treated the women you try to protect now.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/3893-ltt…
At last UN accepted that LTTE has abused innocent Tamil girls. Likewise they will accept that the 'white flag fiction' is also a fake. Truth always wins!!
The only difference is when LTTE rapes, you dont find the girl's remains.
Do you think you can hide the truth about the LTTE by not talking about it?
Rohan and In Hell !
You accuse people of stuff and talk so much about abuse to Women by others.
See what the LTTE did with the monies you sent them – how they treated the women you try to protect now.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/3893-ltt…
At last UN accepted that LTTE has abused innocent Tamil girls. Likewise they will accept that the 'white flag fiction' is also a fake. Truth always wins!!
The only difference is when LTTE rapes, you dont find the girl's remains.
Do you think you can hide the truth about the LTTE by not talking about it?
Rohan Says: June 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am ,How stupid can I get – Ha Ha Ha.
Who is this singhalla as usual famous for plundering, what did u try to say
Every year at IIFA, people crib about how badly organised the event is but somehow the glitz and glamour of the awards always makes you forget all these unpleasant issues.
This time however, the awards function was stretched so thin and had such few interesting moments that at the end of it all, you felt even more irritated.
Security arrangements at the venue were extremely tight and this led to more than one misunderstanding. Also, guests were left without food or water for the most part of the five-hour-long award show, which ended in the wee hours of the morning.
Believe me, if you have to listen to Shatrughan Sinha go on and on about the unity in the film industry, your patience will run out. And he wasn’t even there to receive an award, merely to give one.
http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2010/06/06/iifa-diary-little-sparkle-on-awards-night/
Thanks stars for Boycott Sri lanka
Reporter arrested for plundering computers, temple artifacts in Vanni
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28858
Sri Lankan soldiers sell jewelry pilfered from battle areas
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29032
Ape Impeccable Jim Gons still looking his ape father who killed over 50,000 Tamils in state terror island
http://www.nabble.com/Fwd:-Hitler-Reborn-in-SriLanka-tt22987941.html
What sri lankan leaders said and did same to Tamils over 62 years
Sri lankan president(Current president killed over 50,000 Tamils)
“Yes, we are Sinhala. The country is also Sinhala. So listen you Demala (Tamil)”
President tells the Tamil people in Jaffna
http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_04_03_003.html
Def Sec. Gotabaya’s words(President,s brother)
“Let our soldiers feast on Tamil women while the Tamil men’s blood drip into the ocean and make it red”.
Former Foreign Minister Palitha Kohona:, now UN ref of Sri lanka ‘Victorious soldiers could have raped every single woman’ (july-3-2009)
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29705
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Sri Lankan Army Commander (2008)
“I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people. We being the majority of the country, 75%, we will never give in and we have the right to protect this country. We are also a strong nation. They can live in this country with us. But they must not try to, under the pretext of being a minority, demand undue things”
President: Chandrika Kumarathunga 1999
“Tamils were not the original people of Sri Lanka”
President: D B Wijetunge (1993)
“Minorities are like creepers clinging to the Sinhala tree.”
Oxford educated National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali 1985
“Only way to root out terrorism was to remove the concept of ‘traditional homelands”
Oxford educated Senior Minister Gamini Dissanayake soon after the 1983 Riots
“Who attacked you? Sinhalese. who saved you? Sinhalese. It is that we who attacked and protected you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take 14 hours to come from India. In 14 minutes the blood of every Tamil in the country can be sacrifi ce to the land by us”
President J.R.Jayawardene, Daily Telegraph, July 1983
“I am not worried about the opinion of the Jaffna people.now we cannot think of them, not about their lives or their opinion.the more you put pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here Really if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy”
Mrs. Wimala Kannangara M.P (1981)
“If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not give into the minorities”
Ceylon’s first Prime Minister,D.S.Senanayake
“Today you are brought here and given a plot of land. You have been uprooted from your village. You are like a piece of driftwood in the ocean; but remember that one day the whole country will look up to you. The fi nal battle for the Sinhala people will be fought on the plains of Padaviya. You are men and women who will carry this island’s destiny on your shoulders. Those who are attempting to divide this country will have to reckon with you. The country may forget you for a few years, but one day very soon they will look up to you as the last bastion of the Sinhala”
“I try to read stuff from the Tamil Diaspora and local Tamils about how they feel. Many of the concerns I share, but some I think are actually a bit racist and undemocratic. Sri Lanka is still a multi-ethnic society, but a lot of what I read lately is about Tamil nationalism and Tamil self-determination along racial lines. As in, there’s nothing there to speak to people who may not be Tamil, or are perhaps only Tamil speaking, or who are just human. I guess where I differ is that I want reconciliation and harmony within Sri Lanka.
“Whatever is wrong with Sri Lanka, no one is calling for a Sinhala state. This may be the appearance or effect of some misguided policies, and I don’t deny that minorities get shafted in many ways. However, no one is calling for a Sinhala state. This is rightly called Sinhala chauvinism. In fact, the constitution and all major policy speeches are pretty clear about inclusion of all races. In practice, however, it is more difficult to get proper service in Tamil at a cop shed or whatever and Tamils are disproportionately checked. However, the thing is not rotten at its core.”
“I think all races on this island can work together towards common, human, Sri Lankan goals. Better governance, less corruption, better education, healthcare, etc. I think we’d all benefit from full implementation of our constitution and language policies. I think regional autonomy for any region under the 13th amendment is good. I mean, it’s cool for any province to be able to control its own police force and have some local power, but it’s not necessarily a racial issue.
“I can’t get away with calling for Sinhala Nationalism or Sinhala-only issues, I would be considered racist and quite rude by my multi-ethnic family and friends. Why is it OK for Tamils? Or, to put it simply, can’t we all get along? Does it really have to be about race? Can’t it be about the more important issues we have in common as Sri Lankans and human beings?”
Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, who missed the 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event in Sri Lanka, defended his absence from the gala due to work commitments.
"I didn't skip the IIFA awards. I have been shooting in Istanbul for one of my films called 'Game' so unfortunately I couldn't attend it,"
Rohan and In Hell !
You accuse people of stuff and talk so much about abuse to Women by others.
See what the LTTE did with the monies you sent them – how they treated the women you try to protect now.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/3893-ltte-abused-fleeing-girls-.html
At last UN accepted that LTTE has abused innocent Tamil girls. Likewise they will accept that the ‘white flag fiction’ is also a fake. Truth always wins!!
The only difference is when LTTE rapes, you dont find the girl’s remains.
Do you think you can hide the truth about the LTTE by not talking about it?
Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, who missed the 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event in Sri Lanka, defended his absence from the gala due to work commitments.
“I didn’t skip the IIFA awards. I have been shooting in Istanbul for one of my films called ‘Game’ so unfortunately I couldn’t attend it,”
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_…
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co…
Kohona http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_…
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co…
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_…
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co…
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_…
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co…
Kohona http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_…
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co…
Kohona http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_…
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co…
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people. http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&…
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people.
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&id=5912
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_space.html
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’
http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5019:kohona-treats-hired-agitators&catid=35:local&Itemid=62
Kohona
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/7/45484_space.html
Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’
http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5019:kohona-treats-hired-agitators&catid=35:local&Itemid=62
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
AFTA, the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations through its Media Release of 11.06.10 have questioned the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana the current resident representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New Yoke, to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel. . It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
AFTA, through the media release have requested the International Community in general and the Australian and New Zealand governments in particular to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in the Special Commitee to investigate the human rights violation charges against Israel.
It is now well documented that Dr Palitha Kohona was involved in the alleged war crime committed by the Sri Lankan Forces in the Tamil Homeland of Sri Lanka during the last days of the war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during May 2009.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, who was the Sri Lankan foreign secretary during the last phase of the brutal war in Sri Lanka, has been the Sri Lankan government’s point man in the negotiations with the LTTE in drawing up modalities for the surrender of two LTTE political leaders but later shot dead by the Sri Lankan soldiers at point blank range according to eyewitness accounts.
Dr Kohona, is implicated in this internationally unacceptable criminal act that still has many questions unanswered. As such it is highly questionable that he could be allowed to, not only participate, but lead an investigating team into Israel’s human rights violation. While the UN is contemplating a full scale investigation into Sri Lanka’s conduct of the war in 2009 and its human rights violations, it is ludicrous that its former Foreign Secretary should be appointed to investigate human rights violation charges against Israel.
Therefore AFTA has called on the International Community, particularly the Australian and New Zealand governments, to express their concerns and reservation on UN’s inclusion of Dr. Palitha Kohona in this Special Committee investigating Israeli practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian people.
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&id=5912
Disappearances, sexual abuse and extortion by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle have increased and the victims are helpless as there are no authorities to complain against the violence except to the SLA in Vanni, a government officer in Vanni said. Meanwhile, SLA earmarks properties with ‘Reserved for SLA’ notice boards and the owners of the marked properties have to pay large sums of money to claim their properties back, a worker of an NGO in Vanni said.
Payments to the bank accounts of the resettled people have to go through SLA authorities in Vanni and the money extorted from people whose properties had been reserved for SLA passes easily into the hands of SLA men and it is said that millions of rupees had been paid in this manner in the last two weeks alone.
Buildings and houses earlier used or owned by Liberation Tigers are particularly targeted in this widespread extortion.
Meanwhile, within a week two teenagers in Vanni have disappeared without trace.
An 18-year-old girl, a former Liberation Tiger worker, later released through UNICCEF and living with her family in Vaddakkachchi in Ki’linochchi district has disappeared.
A 15-year-old student in Paranthan who had gone to the town to have his mobile phone charged too has disappeared.
Two more unconfirmed cases of disappearance are reported.
SLA soldiers in the sentry posts at junctions collect particulars of the residences of women passing by and then in the nights go to their houses and sexually abuse them at gun point as their helpless husbands suffer the ordeal, the NGO worker said.
In some instances people in the area have got to together to chase the soldiers away and in one incident a soldier who had fallen into a well had been thoroughly beaten.
As the culture of Tamils binds them to keep this type of incidents to themselves only some cases leak out and according to them there have been many women sexually abused by SLA soldiers particularly in Ki’linochchi, Poonakari and Mallaavi areas in Vanni, the government officer said.
He expressed concern that he is helpless and frustrated as there are no authorities in Vanni to whom the victims can complain to about the harassment by SLA soldiers.
The absence of threatening enemy or war influences the idling soldiers to commit sexual abuses, a religious priest in Vanni said. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The teachers and heads of schools which have begun to function in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle are facing insurmountable difficulties as most of the school buildings and furniture have been destructed in the war on Vanni, education circles in Vanni complain. While the government does not provide even the basic facilities the humanitarian organizations in the North, both local and international, disregard the education sector in Vanni preferring to work in Jaffna and Vavuniyaa, they said. International humanitarian organizations including UNICEF and Swiss Development Corporation spend their funds in Jaffna and Vauniyaa on various projects while the students and schools in Vanni suffer even without the basic facilities, they added. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Disappearances, sexual abuse and extortion by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle have increased and the victims are helpless as there are no authorities to complain against the violence except to the SLA in Vanni, a government officer in Vanni said. Meanwhile, SLA earmarks properties with ‘Reserved for SLA’ notice boards and the owners of the marked properties have to pay large sums of money to claim their properties back, a worker of an NGO in Vanni said.
Payments to the bank accounts of the resettled people have to go through SLA authorities in Vanni and the money extorted from people whose properties had been reserved for SLA passes easily into the hands of SLA men and it is said that millions of rupees had been paid in this manner in the last two weeks alone.
Buildings and houses earlier used or owned by Liberation Tigers are particularly targeted in this widespread extortion.
Meanwhile, within a week two teenagers in Vanni have disappeared without trace.
An 18-year-old girl, a former Liberation Tiger worker, later released through UNICCEF and living with her family in Vaddakkachchi in Ki’linochchi district has disappeared.
A 15-year-old student in Paranthan who had gone to the town to have his mobile phone charged too has disappeared.
Two more unconfirmed cases of disappearance are reported.
SLA soldiers in the sentry posts at junctions collect particulars of the residences of women passing by and then in the nights go to their houses and sexually abuse them at gun point as their helpless husbands suffer the ordeal, the NGO worker said.
In some instances people in the area have got to together to chase the soldiers away and in one incident a soldier who had fallen into a well had been thoroughly beaten.
As the culture of Tamils binds them to keep this type of incidents to themselves only some cases leak out and according to them there have been many women sexually abused by SLA soldiers particularly in Ki’linochchi, Poonakari and Mallaavi areas in Vanni, the government officer said.
He expressed concern that he is helpless and frustrated as there are no authorities in Vanni to whom the victims can complain to about the harassment by SLA soldiers.
The absence of threatening enemy or war influences the idling soldiers to commit sexual abuses, a religious priest in Vanni said. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The teachers and heads of schools which have begun to function in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle are facing insurmountable difficulties as most of the school buildings and furniture have been destructed in the war on Vanni, education circles in Vanni complain. While the government does not provide even the basic facilities the humanitarian organizations in the North, both local and international, disregard the education sector in Vanni preferring to work in Jaffna and Vavuniyaa, they said. International humanitarian organizations including UNICEF and Swiss Development Corporation spend their funds in Jaffna and Vauniyaa on various projects while the students and schools in Vanni suffer even without the basic facilities, they added. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Disappearances, sexual abuse and extortion by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle have increased and the victims are helpless as there are no authorities to complain against the violence except to the SLA in Vanni, a government officer in Vanni said. Meanwhile, SLA earmarks properties with ‘Reserved for SLA’ notice boards and the owners of the marked properties have to pay large sums of money to claim their properties back, a worker of an NGO in Vanni said.
Payments to the bank accounts of the resettled people have to go through SLA authorities in Vanni and the money extorted from people whose properties had been reserved for SLA passes easily into the hands of SLA men and it is said that millions of rupees had been paid in this manner in the last two weeks alone.
Buildings and houses earlier used or owned by Liberation Tigers are particularly targeted in this widespread extortion.
Meanwhile, within a week two teenagers in Vanni have disappeared without trace.
An 18-year-old girl, a former Liberation Tiger worker, later released through UNICCEF and living with her family in Vaddakkachchi in Ki’linochchi district has disappeared.
A 15-year-old student in Paranthan who had gone to the town to have his mobile phone charged too has disappeared.
Two more unconfirmed cases of disappearance are reported.
SLA soldiers in the sentry posts at junctions collect particulars of the residences of women passing by and then in the nights go to their houses and sexually abuse them at gun point as their helpless husbands suffer the ordeal, the NGO worker said.
In some instances people in the area have got to together to chase the soldiers away and in one incident a soldier who had fallen into a well had been thoroughly beaten.
As the culture of Tamils binds them to keep this type of incidents to themselves only some cases leak out and according to them there have been many women sexually abused by SLA soldiers particularly in Ki’linochchi, Poonakari and Mallaavi areas in Vanni, the government officer said.
He expressed concern that he is helpless and frustrated as there are no authorities in Vanni to whom the victims can complain to about the harassment by SLA soldiers.
The absence of threatening enemy or war influences the idling soldiers to commit sexual abuses, a religious priest in Vanni said. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The teachers and heads of schools which have begun to function in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle are facing insurmountable difficulties as most of the school buildings and furniture have been destructed in the war on Vanni, education circles in Vanni complain. While the government does not provide even the basic facilities the humanitarian organizations in the North, both local and international, disregard the education sector in Vanni preferring to work in Jaffna and Vavuniyaa, they said. International humanitarian organizations including UNICEF and Swiss Development Corporation spend their funds in Jaffna and Vauniyaa on various projects while the students and schools in Vanni suffer even without the basic facilities, they added. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Disappearances, sexual abuse and extortion by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle have increased and the victims are helpless as there are no authorities to complain against the violence except to the SLA in Vanni, a government officer in Vanni said. Meanwhile, SLA earmarks properties with ‘Reserved for SLA’ notice boards and the owners of the marked properties have to pay large sums of money to claim their properties back, a worker of an NGO in Vanni said.
Payments to the bank accounts of the resettled people have to go through SLA authorities in Vanni and the money extorted from people whose properties had been reserved for SLA passes easily into the hands of SLA men and it is said that millions of rupees had been paid in this manner in the last two weeks alone.
Buildings and houses earlier used or owned by Liberation Tigers are particularly targeted in this widespread extortion.
Meanwhile, within a week two teenagers in Vanni have disappeared without trace.
An 18-year-old girl, a former Liberation Tiger worker, later released through UNICCEF and living with her family in Vaddakkachchi in Ki’linochchi district has disappeared.
A 15-year-old student in Paranthan who had gone to the town to have his mobile phone charged too has disappeared.
Two more unconfirmed cases of disappearance are reported.
SLA soldiers in the sentry posts at junctions collect particulars of the residences of women passing by and then in the nights go to their houses and sexually abuse them at gun point as their helpless husbands suffer the ordeal, the NGO worker said.
In some instances people in the area have got to together to chase the soldiers away and in one incident a soldier who had fallen into a well had been thoroughly beaten.
As the culture of Tamils binds them to keep this type of incidents to themselves only some cases leak out and according to them there have been many women sexually abused by SLA soldiers particularly in Ki’linochchi, Poonakari and Mallaavi areas in Vanni, the government officer said.
He expressed concern that he is helpless and frustrated as there are no authorities in Vanni to whom the victims can complain to about the harassment by SLA soldiers.
The absence of threatening enemy or war influences the idling soldiers to commit sexual abuses, a religious priest in Vanni said.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31950
The teachers and heads of schools which have begun to function in Vanni where people have been allowed to resettle are facing insurmountable difficulties as most of the school buildings and furniture have been destructed in the war on Vanni, education circles in Vanni complain. While the government does not provide even the basic facilities the humanitarian organizations in the North, both local and international, disregard the education sector in Vanni preferring to work in Jaffna and Vavuniyaa, they said. International humanitarian organizations including UNICEF and Swiss Development Corporation spend their funds in Jaffna and Vauniyaa on various projects while the students and schools in Vanni suffer even without the basic facilities, they added.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31946
EU on collision course; backs war crimes probe
European Union members have called for an investigation on war crimes in Sri Lanka and expressed their support for the appointment of an expert panel to advise the United Nations Secretary General on the issue.
A EU delegation attending the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva read out statements critical of Sri Lanka. They were from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Ravinatha Ariyasinha: Ambassador in Brussels Attorney General Mohan Peiris led the delegation for talks with the EU
Spain, representing the EU as its chair, and France were severest with both calling for investigations against war crimes and fully supporting the appointment of an expert panel by the UN Secretary General. Questions are now being asked whether Sri Lanka’s diplomatic mission in Brussels mishandled the Government’s renewed efforts to canvass the restoration of the EU’s GSP Plus trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
“The Rajapaksas Have Found Their Own Hangman!” – Gen. Sarath Fonseka http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/%E2%80%9…
Speaking by telephone to The Sunday Leader, Fonseka referring to Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s statement to the BBC’s HardTalk programme that he would “hang him” if he gave evidence at any international war crimes probe, told The Sunday Leader the statement made by the Defence Secretary had brought public disgrace upon Sri Lanka and its people at an international level.
“I condemn this statement. This person doesn’t conduct himself as a secretary of any ministry. He is an irresponsible person. No Defence Secretary in the world has ever made such comments. The comments indicate sentiments of Idi Amin. He is not the Chief Justice or the Attorney General to pass judgment and convict people,” Fonseka said.
Douglas Devanand: Wanted man, state guest – 2 (Sri Lanka MP) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Rrdfie1oA
EU on collision course; backs war crimes probe
European Union members have called for an investigation on war crimes in Sri Lanka and expressed their support for the appointment of an expert panel to advise the United Nations Secretary General on the issue.
A EU delegation attending the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva read out statements critical of Sri Lanka. They were from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Ravinatha Ariyasinha: Ambassador in Brussels Attorney General Mohan Peiris led the delegation for talks with the EU
Spain, representing the EU as its chair, and France were severest with both calling for investigations against war crimes and fully supporting the appointment of an expert panel by the UN Secretary General. Questions are now being asked whether Sri Lanka’s diplomatic mission in Brussels mishandled the Government’s renewed efforts to canvass the restoration of the EU’s GSP Plus trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
“The Rajapaksas Have Found Their Own Hangman!” – Gen. Sarath Fonseka http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/%E2%80%9…
Speaking by telephone to The Sunday Leader, Fonseka referring to Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s statement to the BBC’s HardTalk programme that he would “hang him” if he gave evidence at any international war crimes probe, told The Sunday Leader the statement made by the Defence Secretary had brought public disgrace upon Sri Lanka and its people at an international level.
“I condemn this statement. This person doesn’t conduct himself as a secretary of any ministry. He is an irresponsible person. No Defence Secretary in the world has ever made such comments. The comments indicate sentiments of Idi Amin. He is not the Chief Justice or the Attorney General to pass judgment and convict people,” Fonseka said.
EU on collision course; backs war crimes probe
European Union members have called for an investigation on war crimes in Sri Lanka and expressed their support for the appointment of an expert panel to advise the United Nations Secretary General on the issue.
A EU delegation attending the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva read out statements critical of Sri Lanka. They were from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Ravinatha Ariyasinha: Ambassador in Brussels Attorney General Mohan Peiris led the delegation for talks with the EU
Spain, representing the EU as its chair, and France were severest with both calling for investigations against war crimes and fully supporting the appointment of an expert panel by the UN Secretary General. Questions are now being asked whether Sri Lanka’s diplomatic mission in Brussels mishandled the Government’s renewed efforts to canvass the restoration of the EU’s GSP Plus trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
“The Rajapaksas Have Found Their Own Hangman!” – Gen. Sarath Fonseka http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/%E2%80%9…
Speaking by telephone to The Sunday Leader, Fonseka referring to Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s statement to the BBC’s HardTalk programme that he would “hang him” if he gave evidence at any international war crimes probe, told The Sunday Leader the statement made by the Defence Secretary had brought public disgrace upon Sri Lanka and its people at an international level.
“I condemn this statement. This person doesn’t conduct himself as a secretary of any ministry. He is an irresponsible person. No Defence Secretary in the world has ever made such comments. The comments indicate sentiments of Idi Amin. He is not the Chief Justice or the Attorney General to pass judgment and convict people,” Fonseka said.
Sri Lanka government must stop bashing the Tamil Diaspora
The Sri Lanka foreign missions have become the mouthpieces of the extremist Sinhalse nationalist sentiments.
Since the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is on the spree of whipping up anti Tamil Diaspora sentiments. Unable to articulate a peaceful way forward to resolve the conflict in Sri Lanka in a positive and pragmatic way, the GoSL is preoccupied with its hysterical anti sentiments to silence and paralyse the vocal cords of the Tamils overseas by branding even the legitimate democratic campaign of the Tamils as extension of LTTE campaign.
Diaspora Tamils are the product of the failures of post independence Sri Lanka. Thirty years of indiscriminate violence has dispersed millions of Tamils all over the world. The emotional attachment to Sri Lanka of these Diaspora Tamils is so overt that until a peaceful resolution is found, they will not rest peacefully. The post war Sri Lanka is wilfully failing to understand the psyche of the Tamil Diaspora and is engaging in a spree to randomly ridicule and denounce it without substantive justification.
The foreign missions of Sri Lanka have become hellholes for majority of the Sri Lankans and these missions are unable to reach to the powerful Tamil Diaspora community due to the inaptitude of the GoSL to direct a positive accommodative political process in Sri Lanka. Generalising the entire Tamil Diaspora as pro-LTTE bandwagon and making humiliating comments are further straining the much needed engagement with the Diaspora Tamils.
The Sri Lanka foreign missions have become the mouthpieces of the extremist Sinhalse nationalist sentiments. They are the information feeders to the Sri Lanka foreign missions about the Tamil Diaspora community which result in the absurd anti-Tamil diaspora rhetoric’s by the GoSL hotheads. The only theme of the Sinhala extremists in the Sri Lankan Diaspora is the anti-LTTE bashing. There is total disconnect between the Tamil and Sinhala communities in the Sri Lankan diaspora that these Sinhala extremists nor the Sri Lankan foreign missions have the full awareness of the conduct of the Tamil community. Their knowledge and campaigns are limited to the failed historical activities of the LTTE and their inherent paranoia is only further damaging a better relationship to develop between the communities.
When on occasions Tamil activists bump on to these extreme Sinhala mindsets, they will vehemently argue about LTTE fundraising activities without realising that there are no public fundraising campaigns by any groups in the Diaspora as happened in the past. They make big issues about the residual funds of the LTTE and quantify the amounts in unrealistic multiples to espouse a sense of fear to undermine the entire Tamil diaspora.
Their ignorance is such that they attribute the activities of the few LTTE as collective effort of the Tamil Diaspora. When their hyped up comments are challenged and asked for justification, they become agitated and go on the raving, making personal attacks without attempting to explore the facts presented. Such ignoramus mindsets are the today’s foot soldiers of the Sri Lanka’s foreign office that result in the vituperation of the infamous GoSL spokespersons in Colombo.
The defeat of the LTTE has opened the gates for the Diaspora Tamils and their democratic engagement in their host countries is progressing in a escalating scale. Such involvement is welcome and is a positive way forward for the Tamils. Within the next decade, Tamils will be seen elected to the Australian, Canadian, British and even European parliaments and taking on important positions in the world. The talents of the second generation Tamils are already felt. They are strongly progressing to hold positions that the first generation of the Tamils could not achieve. The ability of these Tamils can be harnessed for the betterment of Sri Lanka if the GoSL wake up to the reality and deal with the burgeoning political problem without which Sri Lanka is expected face a long drawn out conflict with the Tamil Diaspora.
Douglas Devanand: Wanted man, state guest – 2 (Sri Lanka MP) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Rrdfie1oA
Douglas Devanand: Wanted man, state guest – 2 (Sri Lanka MP) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Rrdfie1oA
EU on collision course; backs war crimes probe
European Union members have called for an investigation on war crimes in Sri Lanka and expressed their support for the appointment of an expert panel to advise the United Nations Secretary General on the issue.
A EU delegation attending the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva read out statements critical of Sri Lanka. They were from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Ravinatha Ariyasinha: Ambassador in Brussels Attorney General Mohan Peiris led the delegation for talks with the EU
Spain, representing the EU as its chair, and France were severest with both calling for investigations against war crimes and fully supporting the appointment of an expert panel by the UN Secretary General. Questions are now being asked whether Sri Lanka’s diplomatic mission in Brussels mishandled the Government’s renewed efforts to canvass the restoration of the EU’s GSP Plus trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
“The Rajapaksas Have Found Their Own Hangman!” – Gen. Sarath Fonseka
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/%E2%80%9Cthe-rajapaksas-have-found-their-own-hangman%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-gen-sarath-fonseka/
Speaking by telephone to The Sunday Leader, Fonseka referring to Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s statement to the BBC’s HardTalk programme that he would “hang him” if he gave evidence at any international war crimes probe, told The Sunday Leader the statement made by the Defence Secretary had brought public disgrace upon Sri Lanka and its people at an international level.
“I condemn this statement. This person doesn’t conduct himself as a secretary of any ministry. He is an irresponsible person. No Defence Secretary in the world has ever made such comments. The comments indicate sentiments of Idi Amin. He is not the Chief Justice or the Attorney General to pass judgment and convict people,” Fonseka said.
Sri Lanka government must stop bashing the Tamil Diaspora
The Sri Lanka foreign missions have become the mouthpieces of the extremist Sinhalse nationalist sentiments.
Since the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is on the spree of whipping up anti Tamil Diaspora sentiments. Unable to articulate a peaceful way forward to resolve the conflict in Sri Lanka in a positive and pragmatic way, the GoSL is preoccupied with its hysterical anti sentiments to silence and paralyse the vocal cords of the Tamils overseas by branding even the legitimate democratic campaign of the Tamils as extension of LTTE campaign.
Diaspora Tamils are the product of the failures of post independence Sri Lanka. Thirty years of indiscriminate violence has dispersed millions of Tamils all over the world. The emotional attachment to Sri Lanka of these Diaspora Tamils is so overt that until a peaceful resolution is found, they will not rest peacefully. The post war Sri Lanka is wilfully failing to understand the psyche of the Tamil Diaspora and is engaging in a spree to randomly ridicule and denounce it without substantive justification.
The foreign missions of Sri Lanka have become hellholes for majority of the Sri Lankans and these missions are unable to reach to the powerful Tamil Diaspora community due to the inaptitude of the GoSL to direct a positive accommodative political process in Sri Lanka. Generalising the entire Tamil Diaspora as pro-LTTE bandwagon and making humiliating comments are further straining the much needed engagement with the Diaspora Tamils.
The Sri Lanka foreign missions have become the mouthpieces of the extremist Sinhalse nationalist sentiments. They are the information feeders to the Sri Lanka foreign missions about the Tamil Diaspora community which result in the absurd anti-Tamil diaspora rhetoric’s by the GoSL hotheads. The only theme of the Sinhala extremists in the Sri Lankan Diaspora is the anti-LTTE bashing. There is total disconnect between the Tamil and Sinhala communities in the Sri Lankan diaspora that these Sinhala extremists nor the Sri Lankan foreign missions have the full awareness of the conduct of the Tamil community. Their knowledge and campaigns are limited to the failed historical activities of the LTTE and their inherent paranoia is only further damaging a better relationship to develop between the communities.
When on occasions Tamil activists bump on to these extreme Sinhala mindsets, they will vehemently argue about LTTE fundraising activities without realising that there are no public fundraising campaigns by any groups in the Diaspora as happened in the past. They make big issues about the residual funds of the LTTE and quantify the amounts in unrealistic multiples to espouse a sense of fear to undermine the entire Tamil diaspora.
Their ignorance is such that they attribute the activities of the few LTTE as collective effort of the Tamil Diaspora. When their hyped up comments are challenged and asked for justification, they become agitated and go on the raving, making personal attacks without attempting to explore the facts presented. Such ignoramus mindsets are the today’s foot soldiers of the Sri Lanka’s foreign office that result in the vituperation of the infamous GoSL spokespersons in Colombo.
The defeat of the LTTE has opened the gates for the Diaspora Tamils and their democratic engagement in their host countries is progressing in a escalating scale. Such involvement is welcome and is a positive way forward for the Tamils. Within the next decade, Tamils will be seen elected to the Australian, Canadian, British and even European parliaments and taking on important positions in the world. The talents of the second generation Tamils are already felt. They are strongly progressing to hold positions that the first generation of the Tamils could not achieve. The ability of these Tamils can be harnessed for the betterment of Sri Lanka if the GoSL wake up to the reality and deal with the burgeoning political problem without which Sri Lanka is expected face a long drawn out conflict with the Tamil Diaspora.
Douglas Devanand: Wanted man, state guest – 2 (Sri Lanka MP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Rrdfie1oA
ly 2 Billion for resettlement but 201 Billion For defence: Indicator of the future Tamils can expect under Rajapakse regime
It defies reason.
The year the war was at its most intense and critical, Sri Lanka’s defence allocation was Rs. 177 billion; but in the first year of peace Sri Lanka’s defence allocation increased by a massive Rs.24 billion to Rs. 201 billion.
Normally, defence expenditure increases in times of war and decreases (or stabilises) once peace dawns.
Sri Lanka has become the antithesis of this norm; in this surreal land, defence expenditure actually increases during peacetime.
This anomaly is sourced in the Rajapakse attitude to peace and nation-building which, in turn, flows naturally and logically from the Rajapakse attitude to war.
Peace will not be consensual; it will not be achieved via reconciliation; nation-building will not be voluntary; there will be no attempts to win over the Tamils by addressing their developmental needs and political concerns.
Instead peace will be achieved and nation building effected via force and compulsion
ly 2 Billion for resettlement but 201 Billion For defence: Indicator of the future Tamils can expect under Rajapakse regime
It defies reason.
The year the war was at its most intense and critical, Sri Lanka’s defence allocation was Rs. 177 billion; but in the first year of peace Sri Lanka’s defence allocation increased by a massive Rs.24 billion to Rs. 201 billion.
Normally, defence expenditure increases in times of war and decreases (or stabilises) once peace dawns.
Sri Lanka has become the antithesis of this norm; in this surreal land, defence expenditure actually increases during peacetime.
This anomaly is sourced in the Rajapakse attitude to peace and nation-building which, in turn, flows naturally and logically from the Rajapakse attitude to war.
Peace will not be consensual; it will not be achieved via reconciliation; nation-building will not be voluntary; there will be no attempts to win over the Tamils by addressing their developmental needs and political concerns.
Instead peace will be achieved and nation building effected via force and compulsion
New Beginnings: Ex-(LTTE) combatants join the work force
A particularly cruel lesson for desperate pro-Eelam diaspora hoping and praying that anything and anyone (especially from the White Master countries of EU & UK) will help them punish SL for having crushed their dreams of Eelam.
http://tinyurl.com/38f4ylg
These girls now have a future. It won't be easy and none of them appear to want to fight on behalf of an overseas-based pro-LTTE diaspora who were simply too cowardly to join the fight from 2006 to 2009.
Please tell these brave women that you want to ruin their chances of having a decent life by destroying their jobs.
I feel the Eelamists' Despair
Here's a typical Eelamist wanting trade sanctions as everything else (including the abortion that is the LTTE Govt-in-exile) has failed.
http://tinyurl.com/339mghu
New Beginnings: Ex-(LTTE) combatants join the work force
A particularly cruel lesson for desperate pro-Eelam diaspora hoping and praying that anything and anyone (especially from the White Master countries of EU & UK) will help them punish SL for having crushed their dreams of Eelam.
http://tinyurl.com/38f4ylg
These girls now have a future. It won't be easy and none of them appear to want to fight on behalf of an overseas-based pro-LTTE diaspora who were simply too cowardly to join the fight from 2006 to 2009.
Please tell these brave women that you want to ruin their chances of having a decent life by destroying their jobs.
I feel the Eelamists' Despair
Here's a typical Eelamist wanting trade sanctions as everything else (including the abortion that is the LTTE Govt-in-exile) has failed.
http://tinyurl.com/339mghu
New Beginnings: Ex-(LTTE) combatants join the work force
A particularly cruel lesson for desperate pro-Eelam diaspora hoping and praying that anything and anyone (especially from the White Master countries of EU & UK) will help them punish SL for having crushed their dreams of Eelam.
http://tinyurl.com/38f4ylg
These girls now have a future. It won't be easy and none of them appear to want to fight on behalf of an overseas-based pro-LTTE diaspora who were simply too cowardly to join the fight from 2006 to 2009.
Please tell these brave women that you want to ruin their chances of having a decent life by destroying their jobs.
I feel the Eelamists' Despair
Here's a typical Eelamist wanting trade sanctions as everything else (including the abortion that is the LTTE Govt-in-exile) has failed.
http://tinyurl.com/339mghu
Well Said EDE !!!
Also they had a mass ceremony today to wed around 50 ex ltte couples today. Should have seen the smile on their faces and the hope for the future…
Wonder whether the Jobless LTTE diaspora is still fetching for brides instead of Jobs – LOL… Loosers !!
New Beginnings: Ex-(LTTE) combatants join the work force
A particularly cruel lesson for desperate pro-Eelam diaspora hoping and praying that anything and anyone (especially from the White Master countries of EU & UK) will help them punish SL for having crushed their dreams of Eelam.
http://tinyurl.com/38f4ylg
These girls now have a future. It won’t be easy and none of them appear to want to fight on behalf of an overseas-based pro-LTTE diaspora who were simply too cowardly to join the fight from 2006 to 2009.
Please tell these brave women that you want to ruin their chances of having a decent life by destroying their jobs.
I feel the Eelamists’ Despair
Here’s a typical Eelamist wanting trade sanctions as everything else (including the abortion that is the LTTE Govt-in-exile) has failed.
http://tinyurl.com/339mghu
Well Said EDE !!!
Also they had a mass ceremony today to wed around 50 ex ltte couples today. Should have seen the smile on their faces and the hope for the future…
Wonder whether the Jobless LTTE diaspora is still fetching for brides instead of Jobs – LOL… Loosers !!
A 25-year old mother of two children was raped by six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers last Sunday night in the resettlement village of Redbarna located at the border of Mullaiththeevu district, Jaffna daily Uthayan reported. The incident occurred when the soldiers entered the house when the mother was alone. The family relocated to the village two weeks earlier as part of the resettlement program.
Following a complaint by the mother registered with Sri Lanka police six soldiers alleged to have committed the crime were arrested and produced before the Ki’linochchi magistrate, P. Sivakumar Tuesday morning.
The Magistrate remanded in custody the six soldiers, and directed the Police to produce the accused in courts Monday morning for a lineup for identification by the witness mother.
The mother is undergoing medical examination at the Ki’linochchi hospital. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers are hastily destroying hundreds of human skeletal remains that lies in the weed overgrown bunkers where the Vanni civilians had crept into to save their lives when SLA moved into Vanni in its final offensives on Vanni, a representative of an International NGO who recently visited places not permitted for resettlement in Vanni told TamilNet. Meanwhile, a priest, an eyewitness to the massacre, recalled how the advancing SLA soldiers had thrown grenades into the bunkers and how SLA tanks had dumped them with earth even with people alive in them. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
A 25-year old mother of two children was raped by six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers last Sunday night in the resettlement village of Redbarna located at the border of Mullaiththeevu district, Jaffna daily Uthayan reported. The incident occurred when the soldiers entered the house when the mother was alone. The family relocated to the village two weeks earlier as part of the resettlement program.
Following a complaint by the mother registered with Sri Lanka police six soldiers alleged to have committed the crime were arrested and produced before the Ki’linochchi magistrate, P. Sivakumar Tuesday morning.
The Magistrate remanded in custody the six soldiers, and directed the Police to produce the accused in courts Monday morning for a lineup for identification by the witness mother.
The mother is undergoing medical examination at the Ki’linochchi hospital. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
A 25-year old mother of two children was raped by six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers last Sunday night in the resettlement village of Redbarna located at the border of Mullaiththeevu district, Jaffna daily Uthayan reported. The incident occurred when the soldiers entered the house when the mother was alone. The family relocated to the village two weeks earlier as part of the resettlement program.
Following a complaint by the mother registered with Sri Lanka police six soldiers alleged to have committed the crime were arrested and produced before the Ki’linochchi magistrate, P. Sivakumar Tuesday morning.
The Magistrate remanded in custody the six soldiers, and directed the Police to produce the accused in courts Monday morning for a lineup for identification by the witness mother.
The mother is undergoing medical examination at the Ki’linochchi hospital. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers are hastily destroying hundreds of human skeletal remains that lies in the weed overgrown bunkers where the Vanni civilians had crept into to save their lives when SLA moved into Vanni in its final offensives on Vanni, a representative of an International NGO who recently visited places not permitted for resettlement in Vanni told TamilNet. Meanwhile, a priest, an eyewitness to the massacre, recalled how the advancing SLA soldiers had thrown grenades into the bunkers and how SLA tanks had dumped them with earth even with people alive in them. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers are hastily destroying hundreds of human skeletal remains that lies in the weed overgrown bunkers where the Vanni civilians had crept into to save their lives when SLA moved into Vanni in its final offensives on Vanni, a representative of an International NGO who recently visited places not permitted for resettlement in Vanni told TamilNet. Meanwhile, a priest, an eyewitness to the massacre, recalled how the advancing SLA soldiers had thrown grenades into the bunkers and how SLA tanks had dumped them with earth even with people alive in them. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Yesterday night Mass RAPE case of 53 women happened with the blessings of the Sri Lankan racist government and SLA and witnessed to by bollywood bimbo Vivek Oberoi. The official ceremony happened in the morning and the night was carnage. This needs to be stop. Any intercourse activity that happens in Sri Lanka is RAPE in broad day light… What Marriage?
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-forme…
This is Mass Raping that should be condemned by All IMPOTENT people of the LTTE Diaspora…
Yesterday night Mass RAPE case of 53 women happened with the blessings of the Sri Lankan racist government and SLA and witnessed to by bollywood bimbo Vivek Oberoi. The official ceremony happened in the morning and the night was carnage. This needs to be stop. Any intercourse activity that happens in Sri Lanka is RAPE in broad day light… What Marriage?
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-forme…
This is Mass Raping that should be condemned by All IMPOTENT people of the LTTE Diaspora…
Yesterday night Mass RAPE case of 53 women happened with the blessings of the Sri Lankan racist government and SLA and witnessed to by bollywood bimbo Vivek Oberoi. The official ceremony happened in the morning and the night was carnage. This needs to be stop. Any intercourse activity that happens in Sri Lanka is RAPE in broad day light… What Marriage?
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-forme…
This is Mass Raping that should be condemned by All IMPOTENT people of the LTTE Diaspora…
Sri Lanka Army issue death threats againts students who wants to provide wheelchairs and cruches to the 43 femail sudents who were severely injured during Tamil War and not able to go to the classes for 12 months now ..
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Unknown gunmen on motor cycles speaking fluent Sinhalese threatened Inter University Students’ Union (IUSU) representatives Sunday as they were returning after being denied entry into Jaffna University for the second time during the week-end, IUSU representatives staying in a lodge in Jaffna University surroundings said.
IUSU representatives had been turned away at the main gates by Jaffna University Vice-chancellor Saturday morning when they wanted to get in to give the war affected Vanni undergrads relief materials including wheel-chairs for invalids they had collected in the South.
The gunmen had warned that the IUCU representatives will be killed and their vehicle burnt threatening with revolvers if they do not leave Jaffna immediately, they further said.
We collected various items needed by 43 female students who have been injured during the war.
These students are being housed at a separate hostel and they don’t have any resources to continue their education.
After being informed of their plight by the Jaffna University Students Union (JUSU) we collected items worth over Rs 300 000 and got permission to distribute them among these 43 students,” he said.
The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) representatives who travelled to Jaffna to distribute wheel chairs, crutches and stationary among 43 disabled Jaffna University students were prevented from entering the University premises yesterday.
Convenor of the IUSF Udul Premaratne told that the Vice Chancellor and Sinhalese policemen have threatened Jaffna University Students Union (JUSU) officials on the arrival of IUSF.
The event was to be a low- key one and would have not disrupted any activity at the university Premaratne said.
He added that he has received information that top Sinhalese government officials have pressurized the Vice Chancellor to prevent the IUSF from entering the university premises.
Dinamalar Says:
June 13th, 2010 at 4:02 am
ly 2 Billion for resettlement but 201 Billion For defence: Indicator of the future Tamils can expect under Rajapakse regime
This idiotic mentally under developed Ape has gone and "Pasted" this article on all blogs of AI available for comments. Good luck with people like this to AI.
But, little this guy had brains to read further to see that Urban Development now falls under Ministry of defense and the monies actually are going to development of north that this idiot once sent money to destroy.
What an Ape – giving apes a bad name !!!
Rohan Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Sri Lanka government must stop bashing the Tamil Diaspora
This idiot has been writing in these columns for quite a long time and I suspect has no job, but live on a dole paid by the LTTE's Transsexual government to cut and paste articles from Tamil Net.
I don't think Any one is Bashing a "TAMIL" Diaspora, but an LTTE Diaspora !! This idiot will never ever get the brains to understand the difference between a representation of a Sri Lanka Tamil who are greats like Lakshman K, Neelan T whom these Apes killed and a mentally challenged Terrorists group of LTTE that contains Adela Balawedam. – What to do ? you can't feed brains to idiots noh ??
Rohan Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
EU on collision course; backs war crimes probe
A EU delegation attending the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva read out statements critical of Sri Lanka. They were from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Again the idiot cuts and pastes !!
Not sure whether there was a continuation of the article which also says that EU countries mentioned have made any statements against USA and Israel on HR issues.
Sin Hell a Says:
June 11th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
Now this is giving the word "Stupid" a new meaning !!
What did this idiot who is in hell and pasted this article think ? Actually, what did the original author think ?? To appoint someone like the person with a Sock in his Lingam of the Transsexual LTTE government to be appointed ??? These idiots needs to understand that legal entities appoint legally elected people to high positions – Not mentally underdeveloped, none evolved set of Apes with Terrorist mentality.
BTW, I guess, all 3 Malar Paha, Rohan and In Hell are the same persons with different handles. Only know to do 1 thing – Steel other people's articles and paste. I am sure that this guy is been hunted down by Scotland Yard & FBI for Fraudulent acts like steeling credit cards and Money Laundering. Such a Thief who is also mentally challenged.
A 25-year old mother of two children was raped by six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers last Sunday night in the resettlement village of Redbarna located at the border of Mullaiththeevu district, Jaffna daily Uthayan reported. The incident occurred when the soldiers entered the house when the mother was alone. The family relocated to the village two weeks earlier as part of the resettlement program.
Following a complaint by the mother registered with Sri Lanka police six soldiers alleged to have committed the crime were arrested and produced before the Ki’linochchi magistrate, P. Sivakumar Tuesday morning.
The Magistrate remanded in custody the six soldiers, and directed the Police to produce the accused in courts Monday morning for a lineup for identification by the witness mother.
The mother is undergoing medical examination at the Ki’linochchi hospital.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31965
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers are hastily destroying hundreds of human skeletal remains that lies in the weed overgrown bunkers where the Vanni civilians had crept into to save their lives when SLA moved into Vanni in its final offensives on Vanni, a representative of an International NGO who recently visited places not permitted for resettlement in Vanni told TamilNet. Meanwhile, a priest, an eyewitness to the massacre, recalled how the advancing SLA soldiers had thrown grenades into the bunkers and how SLA tanks had dumped them with earth even with people alive in them.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31958
Gunalan Says:
June 14th, 2010 at 1:00 am
The above post by Gunalan is so hillarious in it's own context and we actually cannot fathom as to who went to the extent of making this lie.
The truth is that the Inter University Student group affiliated to the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) who actually is a menace is all parts of the Island due to unrest they create in Universities – had gone to the Jaffna University to start a Students Union there. These students have not been welcomed by the Jaffna University students and turned down the offer to start a Student council rightfully stating that they prefer education over political unions. The parents of the students have also gathered latterly and turned down these members of Student Union and told them not to disturb the University of Jaffna.
Actually, the papers today gave a big publicity to this story mentioning that the Students should refrain from Political activities and take an example from the Jaffna students.
I actually cannot understand the story behind distribution of Wheel chairs or how that false story came in to being. Also, most of these students who went to Jaffna are Singhalees – the one's our good Apes of LTTE like to call Racists ! In the article by Guna, these Racist Singhlala Students have gone to do a good deed. So, on Guna's convenience, they are not racists ???? Why the double standards ??
Also to note, the forces were protecting the Jaffna Students and not these Colombo Students. They had to come back to Colombo empty handed because the forces did not allow them to force their way through at the Jaffna University.
What a twist in the story noh ????
As I always say, these mentally underdeveloped idiots of Eelam should think not twice, but many a times before cutting and pasting false articles from fountains of lies as Tamilnet.
Yesterday night Mass RAPE case of 53 women happened with the blessings of the Sri Lankan racist government and SLA and witnessed to by bollywood bimbo Vivek Oberoi. The official ceremony happened in the morning and the night was carnage. This needs to be stop. Any intercourse activity that happens in Sri Lanka is RAPE in broad day light… What Marriage?
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-former-ltte-cadres-married-in-vavuniya/
This is Mass Raping that should be condemned by All IMPOTENT people of the LTTE Diaspora…
Sri Lanka Army issue death threats againts students who wants to provide wheelchairs and cruches to the 43 femail sudents who were severely injured during Tamil War and not able to go to the classes for 12 months now ..
—————————————–
Unknown gunmen on motor cycles speaking fluent Sinhalese threatened Inter University Students’ Union (IUSU) representatives Sunday as they were returning after being denied entry into Jaffna University for the second time during the week-end, IUSU representatives staying in a lodge in Jaffna University surroundings said.
IUSU representatives had been turned away at the main gates by Jaffna University Vice-chancellor Saturday morning when they wanted to get in to give the war affected Vanni undergrads relief materials including wheel-chairs for invalids they had collected in the South.
The gunmen had warned that the IUCU representatives will be killed and their vehicle burnt threatening with revolvers if they do not leave Jaffna immediately, they further said.
We collected various items needed by 43 female students who have been injured during the war.
These students are being housed at a separate hostel and they don’t have any resources to continue their education.
After being informed of their plight by the Jaffna University Students Union (JUSU) we collected items worth over Rs 300 000 and got permission to distribute them among these 43 students,” he said.
The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) representatives who travelled to Jaffna to distribute wheel chairs, crutches and stationary among 43 disabled Jaffna University students were prevented from entering the University premises yesterday.
Convenor of the IUSF Udul Premaratne told that the Vice Chancellor and Sinhalese policemen have threatened Jaffna University Students Union (JUSU) officials on the arrival of IUSF.
The event was to be a low- key one and would have not disrupted any activity at the university Premaratne said.
He added that he has received information that top Sinhalese government officials have pressurized the Vice Chancellor to prevent the IUSF from entering the university premises.
Dinamalar Says:
June 13th, 2010 at 4:02 am
ly 2 Billion for resettlement but 201 Billion For defence: Indicator of the future Tamils can expect under Rajapakse regime
This idiotic mentally under developed Ape has gone and “Pasted” this article on all blogs of AI available for comments. Good luck with people like this to AI.
But, little this guy had brains to read further to see that Urban Development now falls under Ministry of defense and the monies actually are going to development of north that this idiot once sent money to destroy.
What an Ape – giving apes a bad name !!!
Rohan Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Sri Lanka government must stop bashing the Tamil Diaspora
This idiot has been writing in these columns for quite a long time and I suspect has no job, but live on a dole paid by the LTTE’s Transsexual government to cut and paste articles from Tamil Net.
I don’t think Any one is Bashing a “TAMIL” Diaspora, but an LTTE Diaspora !! This idiot will never ever get the brains to understand the difference between a representation of a Sri Lanka Tamil who are greats like Lakshman K, Neelan T whom these Apes killed and a mentally challenged Terrorists group of LTTE that contains Adela Balawedam. – What to do ? you can’t feed brains to idiots noh ??
Rohan Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
EU on collision course; backs war crimes probe
A EU delegation attending the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva read out statements critical of Sri Lanka. They were from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Again the idiot cuts and pastes !!
Not sure whether there was a continuation of the article which also says that EU countries mentioned have made any statements against USA and Israel on HR issues.
Sin Hell a Says:
June 11th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
AFTA questions the suitability of Dr. Palitha Kohana to lead the UN team investigating the human rights violation charges against Israel
Now this is giving the word “Stupid” a new meaning !!
What did this idiot who is in hell and pasted this article think ? Actually, what did the original author think ?? To appoint someone like the person with a Sock in his Lingam of the Transsexual LTTE government to be appointed ??? These idiots needs to understand that legal entities appoint legally elected people to high positions – Not mentally underdeveloped, none evolved set of Apes with Terrorist mentality.
BTW, I guess, all 3 Malar Paha, Rohan and In Hell are the same persons with different handles. Only know to do 1 thing – Steel other people’s articles and paste. I am sure that this guy is been hunted down by Scotland Yard & FBI for Fraudulent acts like steeling credit cards and Money Laundering. Such a Thief who is also mentally challenged.
India still learning the lessons of combatting racist LTTE
First, the LTTE dregs in India set off a train bomb.
More through luck than judgement, no civilians were killed or injured.
"Suspicions over the involvement of some Tamil chauvinist groups in the blasting of a railway track close to the Perani railway station near Villupuram has intensified with two persons charged with a bomb blast in the same Perani station in 1996 having gone missing after appearing in a court a couple of day earlier.
Officials of the Q branch are looking into the blast case as pamphlets signed by ‘leader Prabakaran’s younger brothers’ were found near an electric post from which the miscreants had drawn power for the detonator to ignite the explosive. All senior Q branch sleuths are camping in Villupuram and have already started interrogating several suspects."
Police have, however, detained eight persons identified as Tamilvengai, Jothinarasimman, Babu, Ezhil Elango, Ganesan, Ezhumalai, Jayaraman and Kumar for questioning.
http://tinyurl.com/39c3uya
Those are definitely not people from Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste or Turkmenistan. 🙂
Interrogation Indian-stylee? That won't be a pleasant experience for
Then, UAV to monitor Tamil meet venue
"2.5kilogram glider type battery and remote operated unmanned aerial vehicle will be deployed to monitor CODISSIA, the venue for World Classical Tamil Conference."
Hmmmm.. I wonder why the Indians want to keep tabs on scholars of 'classical Tamil' meeting to discuss …. er… aspects of Tamil literature and music?
Urgent appeal to Rohan, Gunapalan and Sock-in-Lingam. Could you guys please explain this? 🙂
India still learning the lessons of combatting racist LTTE
First, the LTTE dregs in India set off a train bomb.
More through luck than judgement, no civilians were killed or injured.
"Suspicions over the involvement of some Tamil chauvinist groups in the blasting of a railway track close to the Perani railway station near Villupuram has intensified with two persons charged with a bomb blast in the same Perani station in 1996 having gone missing after appearing in a court a couple of day earlier.
Officials of the Q branch are looking into the blast case as pamphlets signed by ‘leader Prabakaran’s younger brothers’ were found near an electric post from which the miscreants had drawn power for the detonator to ignite the explosive. All senior Q branch sleuths are camping in Villupuram and have already started interrogating several suspects."
Police have, however, detained eight persons identified as Tamilvengai, Jothinarasimman, Babu, Ezhil Elango, Ganesan, Ezhumalai, Jayaraman and Kumar for questioning.
http://tinyurl.com/39c3uya
Those are definitely not people from Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste or Turkmenistan. 🙂
Interrogation Indian-stylee? That won't be a pleasant experience for
Then, UAV to monitor Tamil meet venue
"2.5kilogram glider type battery and remote operated unmanned aerial vehicle will be deployed to monitor CODISSIA, the venue for World Classical Tamil Conference."
Hmmmm.. I wonder why the Indians want to keep tabs on scholars of 'classical Tamil' meeting to discuss …. er… aspects of Tamil literature and music?
Urgent appeal to Rohan, Gunapalan and Sock-in-Lingam. Could you guys please explain this? 🙂
India still learning the lessons of combatting racist LTTE
First, the LTTE dregs in India set off a train bomb.
More through luck than judgement, no civilians were killed or injured.
"Suspicions over the involvement of some Tamil chauvinist groups in the blasting of a railway track close to the Perani railway station near Villupuram has intensified with two persons charged with a bomb blast in the same Perani station in 1996 having gone missing after appearing in a court a couple of day earlier.
Officials of the Q branch are looking into the blast case as pamphlets signed by ‘leader Prabakaran’s younger brothers’ were found near an electric post from which the miscreants had drawn power for the detonator to ignite the explosive. All senior Q branch sleuths are camping in Villupuram and have already started interrogating several suspects."
Police have, however, detained eight persons identified as Tamilvengai, Jothinarasimman, Babu, Ezhil Elango, Ganesan, Ezhumalai, Jayaraman and Kumar for questioning.
http://tinyurl.com/39c3uya
Those are definitely not people from Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste or Turkmenistan. 🙂
Interrogation Indian-stylee? That won't be a pleasant experience for
Then, UAV to monitor Tamil meet venue
"2.5kilogram glider type battery and remote operated unmanned aerial vehicle will be deployed to monitor CODISSIA, the venue for World Classical Tamil Conference."
Hmmmm.. I wonder why the Indians want to keep tabs on scholars of 'classical Tamil' meeting to discuss …. er… aspects of Tamil literature and music?
Urgent appeal to Rohan, Gunapalan and Sock-in-Lingam. Could you guys please explain this? 🙂
Gunalan Says:
June 14th, 2010 at 1:00 am
The above post by Gunalan is so hillarious in it’s own context and we actually cannot fathom as to who went to the extent of making this lie.
The truth is that the Inter University Student group affiliated to the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) who actually is a menace is all parts of the Island due to unrest they create in Universities – had gone to the Jaffna University to start a Students Union there. These students have not been welcomed by the Jaffna University students and turned down the offer to start a Student council rightfully stating that they prefer education over political unions. The parents of the students have also gathered latterly and turned down these members of Student Union and told them not to disturb the University of Jaffna.
Actually, the papers today gave a big publicity to this story mentioning that the Students should refrain from Political activities and take an example from the Jaffna students.
I actually cannot understand the story behind distribution of Wheel chairs or how that false story came in to being. Also, most of these students who went to Jaffna are Singhalees – the one’s our good Apes of LTTE like to call Racists ! In the article by Guna, these Racist Singhlala Students have gone to do a good deed. So, on Guna’s convenience, they are not racists ???? Why the double standards ??
Also to note, the forces were protecting the Jaffna Students and not these Colombo Students. They had to come back to Colombo empty handed because the forces did not allow them to force their way through at the Jaffna University.
What a twist in the story noh ????
As I always say, these mentally underdeveloped idiots of Eelam should think not twice, but many a times before cutting and pasting false articles from fountains of lies as Tamilnet.
sri lankan army make vanni as rape city, many Tamil women have been raped by sin hell a racist forces http://www.sankathi.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt…
sri lankan army make vanni as rape city, many Tamil women have been raped by sin hell a racist forces http://www.sankathi.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt…
sri lankan army make vanni as rape city, many Tamil women have been raped by sin hell a racist forces http://www.sankathi.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt…
EDE
How can you make such a comment ? you know that the only language we know is to plant bombs. Here there everywhere we bomb – 1 O' clock, 2 O' clock, 3 O' clock Bomb !! and your air force came and bombed us down !!
Now we bomb all over Tamil nadu because we have excess bombs that we couldn't use on People who we used as human shields – We bomb AI in near future too – nothing they do brings us Eelam – Useless !!
India still learning the lessons of combatting racist LTTE
First, the LTTE dregs in India set off a train bomb.
More through luck than judgement, no civilians were killed or injured.
“Suspicions over the involvement of some Tamil chauvinist groups in the blasting of a railway track close to the Perani railway station near Villupuram has intensified with two persons charged with a bomb blast in the same Perani station in 1996 having gone missing after appearing in a court a couple of day earlier.
Officials of the Q branch are looking into the blast case as pamphlets signed by ‘leader Prabakaran’s younger brothers’ were found near an electric post from which the miscreants had drawn power for the detonator to ignite the explosive. All senior Q branch sleuths are camping in Villupuram and have already started interrogating several suspects.”
Police have, however, detained eight persons identified as Tamilvengai, Jothinarasimman, Babu, Ezhil Elango, Ganesan, Ezhumalai, Jayaraman and Kumar for questioning.
http://tinyurl.com/39c3uya
Those are definitely not people from Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste or Turkmenistan. 🙂
Interrogation Indian-stylee? That won’t be a pleasant experience for
Then, UAV to monitor Tamil meet venue
“2.5kilogram glider type battery and remote operated unmanned aerial vehicle will be deployed to monitor CODISSIA, the venue for World Classical Tamil Conference.”
Hmmmm.. I wonder why the Indians want to keep tabs on scholars of ‘classical Tamil’ meeting to discuss …. er… aspects of Tamil literature and music?
Urgent appeal to Rohan, Gunapalan and Sock-in-Lingam. Could you guys please explain this? 🙂
sri lankan army make vanni as rape city, many Tamil women have been raped by sin hell a racist forces
http://www.sankathi.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=9621&cntnt01origid=52&cntnt01returnid=51
EDE
How can you make such a comment ? you know that the only language we know is to plant bombs. Here there everywhere we bomb – 1 O’ clock, 2 O’ clock, 3 O’ clock Bomb !! and your air force came and bombed us down !!
Now we bomb all over Tamil nadu because we have excess bombs that we couldn’t use on People who we used as human shields – We bomb AI in near future too – nothing they do brings us Eelam – Useless !!
The Tamils, and People who have humanity gave their voice around the world to stop the crimes against humanity, but world leaders, UN ban including his staff, co-chair, akashi fail to stop the crime and their are cover up the genocide in sri lanka. SL try to share the war crime with india. Akashi visited 18 times to SL, in the party he agreed to cover up the crimes against SL, on the 19th visit he came up with a big package to SL. He joined ban ki to help sri lanka, all are same religion?. or they have regional interest?
Yasushi Akashi, the special envoy appointed by Japan during the Norwegian facilitated negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is to commence a five day visit to the island of Sri Lanka on Tuesday June 15. Japan was the largest donor besides Europe and the United States, before Rajapaksa government turned towards China, India and Iran in its war against Tamils. Japan, together with the USA, the EU and Norway constituted the Tokyo Co-Chairs, which formally represented the role of the 'International Community' in the disastrous peace process that altered the balance of power in favour of Colombo, enabling the Sri Lankan state to wage a genocidal war on Tamils. http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=3…
Hell or High water
As many as 40,000 civilians could have been killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war, according to someone with detailed knowledge of the conflict – the former United Nations’ spokesperson in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss. Mr Weiss has resigned from the UN after 14 years and returned home to Australia. He’s now free to speak openly about the situation in Sri Lanka, for the first time and does so candidly and unflinchingly in Foreign Correspondent’s return program. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s28149…
Now it is still hell to tamils through Highwater, recently shark ate 5 Tamils, again 12 drowned http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1278052/12-boa…
The Tamils, and People who have humanity gave their voice around the world to stop the crimes against humanity, but world leaders, UN ban including his staff, co-chair, akashi fail to stop the crime and their are cover up the genocide in sri lanka. SL try to share the war crime with india. Akashi visited 18 times to SL, in the party he agreed to cover up the crimes against SL, on the 19th visit he came up with a big package to SL. He joined ban ki to help sri lanka, all are same religion?. or they have regional interest?
Yasushi Akashi, the special envoy appointed by Japan during the Norwegian facilitated negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is to commence a five day visit to the island of Sri Lanka on Tuesday June 15. Japan was the largest donor besides Europe and the United States, before Rajapaksa government turned towards China, India and Iran in its war against Tamils. Japan, together with the USA, the EU and Norway constituted the Tokyo Co-Chairs, which formally represented the role of the 'International Community' in the disastrous peace process that altered the balance of power in favour of Colombo, enabling the Sri Lankan state to wage a genocidal war on Tamils. http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=3…
The Tamils, and People who have humanity gave their voice around the world to stop the crimes against humanity, but world leaders, UN ban including his staff, co-chair, akashi fail to stop the crime and their are cover up the genocide in sri lanka. SL try to share the war crime with india. Akashi visited 18 times to SL, in the party he agreed to cover up the crimes against SL, on the 19th visit he came up with a big package to SL. He joined ban ki to help sri lanka, all are same religion?. or they have regional interest?
Yasushi Akashi, the special envoy appointed by Japan during the Norwegian facilitated negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is to commence a five day visit to the island of Sri Lanka on Tuesday June 15. Japan was the largest donor besides Europe and the United States, before Rajapaksa government turned towards China, India and Iran in its war against Tamils. Japan, together with the USA, the EU and Norway constituted the Tokyo Co-Chairs, which formally represented the role of the 'International Community' in the disastrous peace process that altered the balance of power in favour of Colombo, enabling the Sri Lankan state to wage a genocidal war on Tamils. http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=3…
Hell or High water
As many as 40,000 civilians could have been killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war, according to someone with detailed knowledge of the conflict – the former United Nations’ spokesperson in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss. Mr Weiss has resigned from the UN after 14 years and returned home to Australia. He’s now free to speak openly about the situation in Sri Lanka, for the first time and does so candidly and unflinchingly in Foreign Correspondent’s return program. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s28149…
Now it is still hell to tamils through Highwater, recently shark ate 5 Tamils, again 12 drowned http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1278052/12-boa…
Hell or High water
As many as 40,000 civilians could have been killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war, according to someone with detailed knowledge of the conflict – the former United Nations’ spokesperson in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss. Mr Weiss has resigned from the UN after 14 years and returned home to Australia. He’s now free to speak openly about the situation in Sri Lanka, for the first time and does so candidly and unflinchingly in Foreign Correspondent’s return program. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s28149…
Now it is still hell to tamils through Highwater, recently shark ate 5 Tamils, again 12 drowned http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1278052/12-boa…
One of the Five Doctors who were imprisoned for telling the truth to the world about the catastrophic casualty numbers is still in imprison after 12 months.
The lawyers representing him requested the court to release their client if no evidence found against him.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki Rajaratne made the order as the case against Dr. T Satyamurthy, government Medical Superintendent for Mullaitivu district, was taken in for the hearing on Monday.
The Sri Lanka Court has ordered the police to release one of the five doctors accused of collaborating with the rebels if no evidence is found against him.
The police was ordered to inform the court of further course of action on 12 July.
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During the final phase of the war, the group of doctors treated casualties admitted to the makeshift health posts in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-held zone encircled by Sri Lankan Army
They also gave interviews to international media about the situation.
They became the only voice coming out of the rebel held areas during the last stages of the war.
Two of them were senior local health directors and the United States has said they “helped save many lives” while the UN called them “heroic”.
In an interview with BBC World News television, Sri Lanka’s then Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama accused the doctors of “spreading falsehoods”.
One of the four accused doctors, Dr. V Shanmugarajah, contested the 08 April parliamentary elections in a pro-government party.
Dr V Shanmugarajah gave high casualty figures to aid agencies and the media from within the combat zone.
Palitha Covana better known as Mr Kovanam had admited to the media that Srilankan army was not disiplined it had free hand to Rape,Murder,Loot or anything they wanted in the area, this is why no media was not allowed
SLA Sinhalese Racists’ “Sham Marriage” in prison camp, remains me zoo animals, locked in cages and then displayed to naïve public.
This sorrowful event was attended by the third-tier shameful “ star” Vivek Oberoi and Mass Murderer Rajapaksa son , Namal.
After the event – all 53 “ brides” were raped by the Sri Lankan Soldiers and Namal Rajapaksa son and his entourage
Rohan Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Now it is still hell to tamils through Highwater, recently shark ate 5 Tamils, again 12 drowned
Eaten by sharks – Did they try to swim across some channel to somewhere for them to get eaten by sharks ?? Why didn't they use a boat or air plane – Safer ha ? Did Wesis say this ? I mean your post is on Wesis comments and I cannot understand how the sharks came in to the scene – Sounds a horribly made Kollywood Movie.
Why do all bad things in the world happen to Tamils only ?? May be they should get in to some religious activities as going to a Kovil and smashing a coconut, Go to Church and Pray or go to a temple and do a Bidhi Pooja.
Param Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Only one question – Is this the reason that LTTE prevented media from their controlled areas some time back – No media was allowed noh ?
_______________________________________________
Bottom line !!
The above 2 posts and many others in these columns bottoms down to a few conclusions
1. LTTE are desperate
2. They are so Desperate, they will cook up any story to get sympathy from less informed humans
3. They are not intelligent enough to understand that the stories they cook up are hilarious in nature and sounds a lie from first line down.
4. They are a set of cry babies and cowards
5. They try to drag in the good names of Tamil people to reach their endevour forgetting that the world knows that they killed more Tamil people than anyone.
May be it's time these Apes change their diet from unpeeled bananas to something more of 20th century.
Rohan ! Says: June 14th, 2010 at 1:43 pm , Rohan Says: June 14th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Singhalla propaganda agents earlier try to block the post by AI, but AI still voicing for Voiceless, now those agents change the name from one to another. I believe those moron use any IP hide/change, steal name.
“Killings of Tamils” started after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 and this will continue till the government of Sri Lanka come up with a constructive plan to address the grievances of the Tamil community in this island.
Sri Lankan government was used as a puppet in the hands of India and China for these countries to secure their interests in the region. Everybody is happy now, apart from an innocent Tamil community that is slowly being wiped out from Sri Lanka.
Sinhala extremists who have been killing Tamils for more than sixty years in this country have a lot to rejoice for.
China has been fishing in the trouble spots of this world. It has once again achieved its goal by giving deadly weapons to the one it saw as the “strong man”. China has started many construction projects in the South of Sri Lanka including a port that will mainly be used by its Navy.
Number of war crimes that had been committed by the Sri Lankan forces is more than what Saddam Hussein did to the Kurdish people.
Surrendered rebels with white flags were executed and thousands of wounded civilians were killed without mercy. Serious war crimes have been committed and the culprits are not just Sri Lankan forces but some Indian security experts, Sri Lankan and Indian politicians and UN officers.
Banned weapons (cluster and phosphorus bombs) were used against innocent men, women and children. Red Cross workers were killed. The same hospitals were repeatedly bombed. Buildings and properties were destroyed by very powerful bombs.
Innocent civilians were forced to live inside the bunkers for months. Food and medicine were denied to them.
The Tamil Diaspora is not an alien to Sri Lanka. More than ninety percent of the Tamils among the Diaspora had witnessed what happened to their friends and relatives in Vanni. They saw their brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers dying helplessly. They communicated with their loved ones till the last days of the war and they all knew what was happening. Many of them have their relatives locked up in these notorious IDP camps.
Sri lanka gave free hand to its forces to do anything on tamils, Ban ki moon with his staff gave free hand to sri lankan state terrorist to do anything on tamils. It is shame on UN watching Genocide.
A 25-year old mother of two children was raped by six Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers last Sunday night in the resettlement village of Redbarna located at the border of Mullaiththeevu district
Sin Hell a Says:
June 14th, 2010 at 11:53 am , singhalla army making vanni as their RAPE city.
Genocidal Colombo gets unlimited chances from US, India
“The US and India have a very similar view of the situation in Sri Lanka and the steps that need to be taken,” said US Asst Secretary of State Robert Blake Monday to rediff.com, acknowledging, “We have worked very closely throughout the last several years on the situation in Sri Lanka, and again we have a real convergence of view on how that situation has evolved.” Commenting, Tamil circles said the US policy compelled by the geopolitics of the Afghan war is tagged with New Delhi’s perception of the crisis in the island and unless the diaspora and the people of Tamil Nadu are not vigilant Colombo is likely to be encouraged with chances after chances to blunt the national struggle of Eezham Tamils and to complete the genocide. Tamil circles anticipate a long orchestrated plan soon unfolding to hoodwink their national cause as well as to make them economic slaves in their own land.
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31972
The Tamils, and People who have humanity gave their voice around the world to stop the crimes against humanity, but world leaders, UN ban including his staff, co-chair, akashi fail to stop the crime and their are cover up the genocide in sri lanka. SL try to share the war crime with india. Akashi visited 18 times to SL, in the party he agreed to cover up the crimes against SL, on the 19th visit he came up with a big package to SL. He joined ban ki to help sri lanka, all are same religion?. or they have regional interest?
Yasushi Akashi, the special envoy appointed by Japan during the Norwegian facilitated negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is to commence a five day visit to the island of Sri Lanka on Tuesday June 15. Japan was the largest donor besides Europe and the United States, before Rajapaksa government turned towards China, India and Iran in its war against Tamils. Japan, together with the USA, the EU and Norway constituted the Tokyo Co-Chairs, which formally represented the role of the ‘International Community’ in the disastrous peace process that altered the balance of power in favour of Colombo, enabling the Sri Lankan state to wage a genocidal war on Tamils.
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31967
Hell or High water
As many as 40,000 civilians could have been killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war, according to someone with detailed knowledge of the conflict – the former United Nations’ spokesperson in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss. Mr Weiss has resigned from the UN after 14 years and returned home to Australia. He’s now free to speak openly about the situation in Sri Lanka, for the first time and does so candidly and unflinchingly in Foreign Correspondent’s return program.
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2814960.htm
Now it is still hell to tamils through Highwater, recently shark ate 5 Tamils, again 12 drowned
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1278052/12-boat-people-'drown-on-way-to-Australia‘
One of the Five Doctors who were imprisoned for telling the truth to the world about the catastrophic casualty numbers is still in imprison after 12 months.
The lawyers representing him requested the court to release their client if no evidence found against him.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki Rajaratne made the order as the case against Dr. T Satyamurthy, government Medical Superintendent for Mullaitivu district, was taken in for the hearing on Monday.
The Sri Lanka Court has ordered the police to release one of the five doctors accused of collaborating with the rebels if no evidence is found against him.
The police was ordered to inform the court of further course of action on 12 July.
————————-
During the final phase of the war, the group of doctors treated casualties admitted to the makeshift health posts in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-held zone encircled by Sri Lankan Army
They also gave interviews to international media about the situation.
They became the only voice coming out of the rebel held areas during the last stages of the war.
Two of them were senior local health directors and the United States has said they “helped save many lives” while the UN called them “heroic”.
In an interview with BBC World News television, Sri Lanka’s then Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama accused the doctors of “spreading falsehoods”.
One of the four accused doctors, Dr. V Shanmugarajah, contested the 08 April parliamentary elections in a pro-government party.
Dr V Shanmugarajah gave high casualty figures to aid agencies and the media from within the combat zone.
Palitha Covana better known as Mr Kovanam had admited to the media that Srilankan army was not disiplined it had free hand to Rape,Murder,Loot or anything they wanted in the area, this is why no media was not allowed
SLA Sinhalese Racists’ “Sham Marriage” in prison camp, remains me zoo animals, locked in cages and then displayed to naïve public.
This sorrowful event was attended by the third-tier shameful “ star” Vivek Oberoi and Mass Murderer Rajapaksa son , Namal.
After the event – all 53 “ brides” were raped by the Sri Lankan Soldiers and Namal Rajapaksa son and his entourage
Rohan Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Now it is still hell to tamils through Highwater, recently shark ate 5 Tamils, again 12 drowned
Eaten by sharks – Did they try to swim across some channel to somewhere for them to get eaten by sharks ?? Why didn’t they use a boat or air plane – Safer ha ? Did Wesis say this ? I mean your post is on Wesis comments and I cannot understand how the sharks came in to the scene – Sounds a horribly made Kollywood Movie.
Why do all bad things in the world happen to Tamils only ?? May be they should get in to some religious activities as going to a Kovil and smashing a coconut, Go to Church and Pray or go to a temple and do a Bidhi Pooja.
Param Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Only one question – Is this the reason that LTTE prevented media from their controlled areas some time back – No media was allowed noh ?
_______________________________________________
Bottom line !!
The above 2 posts and many others in these columns bottoms down to a few conclusions
1. LTTE are desperate
2. They are so Desperate, they will cook up any story to get sympathy from less informed humans
3. They are not intelligent enough to understand that the stories they cook up are hilarious in nature and sounds a lie from first line down.
4. They are a set of cry babies and cowards
5. They try to drag in the good names of Tamil people to reach their endevour forgetting that the world knows that they killed more Tamil people than anyone.
May be it’s time these Apes change their diet from unpeeled bananas to something more of 20th century.
Sri Lanka: A new (cultural) campaign against Tamils in Vanni
As Tamil signs disappear in northern Sri Lanka, those in Sinhalese go up. Soldiers are rebuilding Buddhist temples whilst allowing Christian churches and Hindu temples to lay in ruin even though most locals belong to these two religions. Meanwhile, monuments celebrating the Sinhalese victory are … The provinces of northern Sri Lanka “are undergoing a different kind of attack, not military, but cultural and religious this time. They are faced with the ‘Sinhalisation’ of the area,” Rukshan Fernando told AsiaNews. http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=348…
Sri Lanka: A new (cultural) campaign against Tamils in Vanni
As Tamil signs disappear in northern Sri Lanka, those in Sinhalese go up. Soldiers are rebuilding Buddhist temples whilst allowing Christian churches and Hindu temples to lay in ruin even though most locals belong to these two religions. Meanwhile, monuments celebrating the Sinhalese victory are … The provinces of northern Sri Lanka “are undergoing a different kind of attack, not military, but cultural and religious this time. They are faced with the ‘Sinhalisation’ of the area,” Rukshan Fernando told AsiaNews. http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=348…
Sri Lanka: A new (cultural) campaign against Tamils in Vanni
As Tamil signs disappear in northern Sri Lanka, those in Sinhalese go up. Soldiers are rebuilding Buddhist temples whilst allowing Christian churches and Hindu temples to lay in ruin even though most locals belong to these two religions. Meanwhile, monuments celebrating the Sinhalese victory are … The provinces of northern Sri Lanka “are undergoing a different kind of attack, not military, but cultural and religious this time. They are faced with the ‘Sinhalisation’ of the area,” Rukshan Fernando told AsiaNews. http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=348…
Sri Lanka: A new (cultural) campaign against Tamils in Vanni
As Tamil signs disappear in northern Sri Lanka, those in Sinhalese go up. Soldiers are rebuilding Buddhist temples whilst allowing Christian churches and Hindu temples to lay in ruin even though most locals belong to these two religions. Meanwhile, monuments celebrating the Sinhalese victory are … The provinces of northern Sri Lanka “are undergoing a different kind of attack, not military, but cultural and religious this time. They are faced with the ‘Sinhalisation’ of the area,” Rukshan Fernando told AsiaNews.
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=34878&t=Sri+Lanka%3A+++A+new+(cultural)+campaign+against+Tamils+in+Vanni
Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, accused the Sri Lankan government of double standards for its rejection of an international investigation over alleged war crimes in the island while backing a similar probe on Israel.
In an email interview with Daily Mirror online, Alston said that the mandate given to the localCommission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, which was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and its members fell short of being independent and impartial.
“It is also interesting to contrast the Government’s insistence, in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the Chairman of the so-called Group of Three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities. I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases,” Alston told Daily Mirror online.
The UN envoy, who had authenticated a video recording shown on UK’s Channel 4 TV allegedly of troops killing unarmed LTTE cadres during the war, said Sri Lanka’s capacity to heal and forge a unified national identity which embraced all of its different ethnic groups would require a genuine examination of the past sooner or later.“Well, first of all, the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation has not, as you suggest, been appointed to look into alleged war crimes. As an article on the website of the Ministry of Defence summarizes its purpose; it is “to find out the root causes of the terrorist problem.” There is not a single mention of “human rights,” “humanitarian law,” “violations,” “war crimes” or any comparable terms. The mandate accorded by the Government very carefully avoids any of these issues. Instead, the President has indicated that the Commission should look forward — which is generally a way of saying that past violations should be ignored. Consistent with this, he has spoken of restorative justice designed to further strengthen national amity, which is another way of making the same point. Even if the mandate were to be changed, the question would then be whether the commission met international standards for a credible inquiry into alleged human rights violations,” he said.
Alston noted that Sri Lanka had an unparalleled track record of ineffectual commissions of inquiry of this kind and that it was precisely because such inquiries had been utterly unconvincing that they had not succeeded in drawing a line under the contentious issues of the past that needed to be addressed before they could be transcended.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/fr…
Sin Hell a Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 11:43 am
As Tamil signs disappear in northern Sri Lanka, those in Sinhalese go up. Soldiers are rebuilding Buddhist temples whilst allowing Christian churches and Hindu temples to lay in ruin even though most locals belong to these two religions.
Absolute lie !!
Another desperate attempt to get sympathy votes by the Apes of Peelam Die Ass Pora !!
Any idiot know that all official signage in Sri Lanka carry 3 languages of Singhala, Tamil and then English – All know it and it would be the case in north too – actually it was like that before the war and even during the war – check the pictures from your bunkers which were government offices some time back… They will carry all 3 languages.
I know for a fact that in Jaffna, the shops always have Tamil Signage – nothing wrong with it – same as you not expecting Tamil Signage in a Matara shop.
Now, I would not expect you Ape SinHell to know this fact, as you are not in Sri Lanka and you only cut and paste articles of others even without reading the content or knowing how to read the content, but, people here know how the Kovils used by LTTE as shields and Bunkers have been re-instated and build by the funding of the GOSL. The best example is the Old Kovil in Vavuniya which was used as a shelter by LTTE during the last stages of the war – as much as it was unharmed by the Army, they re-instated it with the Hindu statues that were scattered all over by the LTTE – actually the statues were kept in an adjoining hut by the LTTE.
We all know about the development that happened in an around the area of Madu Church – the same is happening in Jaffa. So, again, you are on a desperate attempt to lie and happy that my self and EDE are here to spoil your low mentality effort.
Most astonishing is that all these posts are coming from a group that had no regard to any religion or ethnic group or Humanity as a whole. This comes from a group that used Kovils and Churches as bunkers. Who Killed Monks, Kurukkal (Hindu Priest) and Catholic priests. Who destroyed ancient religious sites with cultural importance.
So what can we say to a mentally sick set of underdeveloped Terrorists ??? Get a life is too good…. Any suggestions ??
Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, accused the Sri Lankan government of double standards for its rejection of an international investigation over alleged war crimes in the island while backing a similar probe on Israel.
In an email interview with Daily Mirror online, Alston said that the mandate given to the localCommission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, which was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and its members fell short of being independent and impartial.
“It is also interesting to contrast the Government’s insistence, in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the Chairman of the so-called Group of Three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities. I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases,” Alston told Daily Mirror online.
The UN envoy, who had authenticated a video recording shown on UK’s Channel 4 TV allegedly of troops killing unarmed LTTE cadres during the war, said Sri Lanka’s capacity to heal and forge a unified national identity which embraced all of its different ethnic groups would require a genuine examination of the past sooner or later.“Well, first of all, the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation has not, as you suggest, been appointed to look into alleged war crimes. As an article on the website of the Ministry of Defence summarizes its purpose; it is “to find out the root causes of the terrorist problem.” There is not a single mention of “human rights,” “humanitarian law,” “violations,” “war crimes” or any comparable terms. The mandate accorded by the Government very carefully avoids any of these issues. Instead, the President has indicated that the Commission should look forward — which is generally a way of saying that past violations should be ignored. Consistent with this, he has spoken of restorative justice designed to further strengthen national amity, which is another way of making the same point. Even if the mandate were to be changed, the question would then be whether the commission met international standards for a credible inquiry into alleged human rights violations,” he said.
Alston noted that Sri Lanka had an unparalleled track record of ineffectual commissions of inquiry of this kind and that it was precisely because such inquiries had been utterly unconvincing that they had not succeeded in drawing a line under the contentious issues of the past that needed to be addressed before they could be transcended.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/fr…
Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, accused the Sri Lankan government of double standards for its rejection of an international investigation over alleged war crimes in the island while backing a similar probe on Israel.
In an email interview with Daily Mirror online, Alston said that the mandate given to the localCommission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, which was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and its members fell short of being independent and impartial.
“It is also interesting to contrast the Government’s insistence, in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the Chairman of the so-called Group of Three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities. I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases,” Alston told Daily Mirror online.
The UN envoy, who had authenticated a video recording shown on UK’s Channel 4 TV allegedly of troops killing unarmed LTTE cadres during the war, said Sri Lanka’s capacity to heal and forge a unified national identity which embraced all of its different ethnic groups would require a genuine examination of the past sooner or later.“Well, first of all, the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation has not, as you suggest, been appointed to look into alleged war crimes. As an article on the website of the Ministry of Defence summarizes its purpose; it is “to find out the root causes of the terrorist problem.” There is not a single mention of “human rights,” “humanitarian law,” “violations,” “war crimes” or any comparable terms. The mandate accorded by the Government very carefully avoids any of these issues. Instead, the President has indicated that the Commission should look forward — which is generally a way of saying that past violations should be ignored. Consistent with this, he has spoken of restorative justice designed to further strengthen national amity, which is another way of making the same point. Even if the mandate were to be changed, the question would then be whether the commission met international standards for a credible inquiry into alleged human rights violations,” he said.
Alston noted that Sri Lanka had an unparalleled track record of ineffectual commissions of inquiry of this kind and that it was precisely because such inquiries had been utterly unconvincing that they had not succeeded in drawing a line under the contentious issues of the past that needed to be addressed before they could be transcended.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/fr…
Sin Hell a Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 11:43 am
As Tamil signs disappear in northern Sri Lanka, those in Sinhalese go up. Soldiers are rebuilding Buddhist temples whilst allowing Christian churches and Hindu temples to lay in ruin even though most locals belong to these two religions.
Absolute lie !!
Another desperate attempt to get sympathy votes by the Apes of Peelam Die Ass Pora !!
Any idiot know that all official signage in Sri Lanka carry 3 languages of Singhala, Tamil and then English – All know it and it would be the case in north too – actually it was like that before the war and even during the war – check the pictures from your bunkers which were government offices some time back… They will carry all 3 languages.
I know for a fact that in Jaffna, the shops always have Tamil Signage – nothing wrong with it – same as you not expecting Tamil Signage in a Matara shop.
Now, I would not expect you Ape SinHell to know this fact, as you are not in Sri Lanka and you only cut and paste articles of others even without reading the content or knowing how to read the content, but, people here know how the Kovils used by LTTE as shields and Bunkers have been re-instated and build by the funding of the GOSL. The best example is the Old Kovil in Vavuniya which was used as a shelter by LTTE during the last stages of the war – as much as it was unharmed by the Army, they re-instated it with the Hindu statues that were scattered all over by the LTTE – actually the statues were kept in an adjoining hut by the LTTE.
We all know about the development that happened in an around the area of Madu Church – the same is happening in Jaffa. So, again, you are on a desperate attempt to lie and happy that my self and EDE are here to spoil your low mentality effort.
Most astonishing is that all these posts are coming from a group that had no regard to any religion or ethnic group or Humanity as a whole. This comes from a group that used Kovils and Churches as bunkers. Who Killed Monks, Kurukkal (Hindu Priest) and Catholic priests. Who destroyed ancient religious sites with cultural importance.
So what can we say to a mentally sick set of underdeveloped Terrorists ??? Get a life is too good…. Any suggestions ??
Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, accused the Sri Lankan government of double standards for its rejection of an international investigation over alleged war crimes in the island while backing a similar probe on Israel.
In an email interview with Daily Mirror online, Alston said that the mandate given to the localCommission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, which was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and its members fell short of being independent and impartial.
“It is also interesting to contrast the Government’s insistence, in the UN Human Rights Council, that it should be left entirely alone to conduct its own inquiry, with its strong support for an international investigation into Israel’s killing of nine people in the raid on the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. Sri Lanka apparently feels so strongly that international measures are needed in relation to Israel that its ambassador to the UN in New York is the Chairman of the so-called Group of Three currently carrying out an international investigation into Israel’s activities. I believe there are strong grounds for international action in both cases,” Alston told Daily Mirror online.
The UN envoy, who had authenticated a video recording shown on UK’s Channel 4 TV allegedly of troops killing unarmed LTTE cadres during the war, said Sri Lanka’s capacity to heal and forge a unified national identity which embraced all of its different ethnic groups would require a genuine examination of the past sooner or later.“Well, first of all, the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation has not, as you suggest, been appointed to look into alleged war crimes. As an article on the website of the Ministry of Defence summarizes its purpose; it is “to find out the root causes of the terrorist problem.” There is not a single mention of “human rights,” “humanitarian law,” “violations,” “war crimes” or any comparable terms. The mandate accorded by the Government very carefully avoids any of these issues. Instead, the President has indicated that the Commission should look forward — which is generally a way of saying that past violations should be ignored. Consistent with this, he has spoken of restorative justice designed to further strengthen national amity, which is another way of making the same point. Even if the mandate were to be changed, the question would then be whether the commission met international standards for a credible inquiry into alleged human rights violations,” he said.
Alston noted that Sri Lanka had an unparalleled track record of ineffectual commissions of inquiry of this kind and that it was precisely because such inquiries had been utterly unconvincing that they had not succeeded in drawing a line under the contentious issues of the past that needed to be addressed before they could be transcended.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/front-page-news/13185-alston-queries-lankas-stand.html
The enlightened and civilized West now better informed on the brutality of SL’s human rights/war crimes support the Tamil cause with initiatives to pursue the war crimes perpetrators. The successful SL genocide is attributable to the extra-ordinary story telling capacity of Sinhala/Buddhists who fatally mislead the international community into not acting to censure with stern sanctions or war crimes when the naked brutality of SL’s state terrorism became evident in the May massacre of the resistance the world witnessed. The international community is now at pains to redress the consequences of hastily lumping the Tamil resistance (with Jihardi terrorism; the scourge of the world) to deprive the Tamils of the protection they had against SL’s brutal atrocities for over thirty years. http://www.groundreport.com/World/End-Sri-Lankas-…
The enlightened and civilized West now better informed on the brutality of SL’s human rights/war crimes support the Tamil cause with initiatives to pursue the war crimes perpetrators. The successful SL genocide is attributable to the extra-ordinary story telling capacity of Sinhala/Buddhists who fatally mislead the international community into not acting to censure with stern sanctions or war crimes when the naked brutality of SL’s state terrorism became evident in the May massacre of the resistance the world witnessed. The international community is now at pains to redress the consequences of hastily lumping the Tamil resistance (with Jihardi terrorism; the scourge of the world) to deprive the Tamils of the protection they had against SL’s brutal atrocities for over thirty years. http://www.groundreport.com/World/End-Sri-Lankas-…
The enlightened and civilized West now better informed on the brutality of SL’s human rights/war crimes support the Tamil cause with initiatives to pursue the war crimes perpetrators. The successful SL genocide is attributable to the extra-ordinary story telling capacity of Sinhala/Buddhists who fatally mislead the international community into not acting to censure with stern sanctions or war crimes when the naked brutality of SL’s state terrorism became evident in the May massacre of the resistance the world witnessed. The international community is now at pains to redress the consequences of hastily lumping the Tamil resistance (with Jihardi terrorism; the scourge of the world) to deprive the Tamils of the protection they had against SL’s brutal atrocities for over thirty years. http://www.groundreport.com/World/End-Sri-Lankas-…
The enlightened and civilized West now better informed on the brutality of SL’s human rights/war crimes support the Tamil cause with initiatives to pursue the war crimes perpetrators. The successful SL genocide is attributable to the extra-ordinary story telling capacity of Sinhala/Buddhists who fatally mislead the international community into not acting to censure with stern sanctions or war crimes when the naked brutality of SL’s state terrorism became evident in the May massacre of the resistance the world witnessed. The international community is now at pains to redress the consequences of hastily lumping the Tamil resistance (with Jihardi terrorism; the scourge of the world) to deprive the Tamils of the protection they had against SL’s brutal atrocities for over thirty years.
http://www.groundreport.com/World/End-Sri-Lankas-genocide-behavior-to-end-flow-of-As_9/2911658
Crime against Humanity Says:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:54 am
The enlightened and civilized West now better informed on the brutality of SL’s human rights/war crimes support the Tamil cause with initiatives to pursue the war crimes perpetrators.
Unfortunately, the civilized west is getting uncivilized by allowing you apes to ape around in their streets. However, If you consider the UN HR council vote, there were several western countries that voted with Sri Lanka than against. So when you say that the west is informed I totally agree, but not for the same reasons as you have. it should be corrected as West is more informed about Sri Lanka and their activities, so that they are now 100% behind the Government of Sri Lanka.
Also, now the USA is behind GOSL and has pledged support – so, your stamp campaign mentioned in the following post will probably go as food stamps for the Dogs in USA. People are more informed nowadays with the availability of Internet etc.. So, don't think that you can fool them by shouting in their backyards in your underwear to gain sympathy will work any more. They know that you are Terrorists and are supporting a Terrorist mentality – So be careful. It won't be long before your Terrorist activities are going to backfire on you..
The successful SL genocide is attributable to the extra-ordinary story telling capacity of Sinhala/Buddhists who fatally mislead the international community ….
There are 30+ different ethnic communities who lived in Sri Lanka for the past 200 years (at least) and all of them are still living in the country – So how can there be Genocide ?? – We have explained this several times that Genocide means a systematic elimination of one Ethnic group by another – if that's the case, how can there be Tamil, Muslim, Burgher, Ministers with Cabinet portfolio's in the very government you call Racist and still go on a Genocide ????? This only shows that you are uneducated and do not even know to read and understand stuff – it also showcases when you cut and paste other people's articles with no relevance to any matter discussed on these blogs. Is this the level you stoop down to get sympathy or is this the way you show how pathetic your Terrorist organization has become ???
I also wish to bring in to the kind attention of those who can read and understand (literate humans) the Quote "Singhala Buddhists who mislead the International" – These terrorists of LTTE should rewind the tiny bit of brain they have to understand that it was the late Hon. Lakshman Kadiragamar who was a Tamil Christian during his tenure as the Hon. Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka who fought against the Terrorism of LTTE. This gentleman honored by all governments of all countries were murdered by the very people who cry "Genocide Against Tamils". If at all there was attempt of Genocide against Tamils by any means, the finger points right at the Apes of LTTE.
We have seen on may occasions the Army personnel from Sri Lankan forces carrying old Ladies & Gentleman, Pregnant mothers, Little Children and Sick people who are Tamil to safety when they were neglected and left to die by this mentally challenged terrorist organization. What did these Apes do ? They got Children as young as 9 years to hang a Cyanide capsule around the neck and handed them T-56 assault riffles to fire at people instead of giving them fairy tale books.
Do we still want to listen to people who are representing such mentally challenged organization ?????????
Crime against Humanity Says:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:54 am
The enlightened and civilized West now better informed on the brutality of SL’s human rights/war crimes support the Tamil cause with initiatives to pursue the war crimes perpetrators.
Unfortunately, the civilized west is getting uncivilized by allowing you apes to ape around in their streets. However, If you consider the UN HR council vote, there were several western countries that voted with Sri Lanka than against. So when you say that the west is informed I totally agree, but not for the same reasons as you have. it should be corrected as West is more informed about Sri Lanka and their activities, so that they are now 100% behind the Government of Sri Lanka.
Also, now the USA is behind GOSL and has pledged support – so, your stamp campaign mentioned in the following post will probably go as food stamps for the Dogs in USA. People are more informed nowadays with the availability of Internet etc.. So, don’t think that you can fool them by shouting in their backyards in your underwear to gain sympathy will work any more. They know that you are Terrorists and are supporting a Terrorist mentality – So be careful. It won’t be long before your Terrorist activities are going to backfire on you..
The successful SL genocide is attributable to the extra-ordinary story telling capacity of Sinhala/Buddhists who fatally mislead the international community ….
There are 30+ different ethnic communities who lived in Sri Lanka for the past 200 years (at least) and all of them are still living in the country – So how can there be Genocide ?? – We have explained this several times that Genocide means a systematic elimination of one Ethnic group by another – if that’s the case, how can there be Tamil, Muslim, Burgher, Ministers with Cabinet portfolio’s in the very government you call Racist and still go on a Genocide ????? This only shows that you are uneducated and do not even know to read and understand stuff – it also showcases when you cut and paste other people’s articles with no relevance to any matter discussed on these blogs. Is this the level you stoop down to get sympathy or is this the way you show how pathetic your Terrorist organization has become ???
I also wish to bring in to the kind attention of those who can read and understand (literate humans) the Quote “Singhala Buddhists who mislead the International” – These terrorists of LTTE should rewind the tiny bit of brain they have to understand that it was the late Hon. Lakshman Kadiragamar who was a Tamil Christian during his tenure as the Hon. Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka who fought against the Terrorism of LTTE. This gentleman honored by all governments of all countries were murdered by the very people who cry “Genocide Against Tamils”. If at all there was attempt of Genocide against Tamils by any means, the finger points right at the Apes of LTTE.
We have seen on may occasions the Army personnel from Sri Lankan forces carrying old Ladies & Gentleman, Pregnant mothers, Little Children and Sick people who are Tamil to safety when they were neglected and left to die by this mentally challenged terrorist organization. What did these Apes do ? They got Children as young as 9 years to hang a Cyanide capsule around the neck and handed them T-56 assault riffles to fire at people instead of giving them fairy tale books.
Do we still want to listen to people who are representing such mentally challenged organization ?????????
How will you be watching the Victory Parade?
The SLA victory parade will be held on 18-June in Colombo.
I think its best watched in Hi-Def, with 5.1 Pro-Logic surround sound (so you can really get the deep rumble of the T-55 diesel engines without breathing in the fumes) with a cold bottle of Lion lager and hot Murrukku.
What about you Eelamists & Human Rights experts? Will you be watching it or chewing the carpet in anger, frustration and denial?
Even Tamilnut is looking forward to the Victory Parade. http://tinyurl.com/3x6h2vp
Let this Victory Parade be a "Lesson Learnt" for Eelamists and their friends. 🙂 🙂
How will you be watching the Victory Parade?
The SLA victory parade will be held on 18-June in Colombo.
I think its best watched in Hi-Def, with 5.1 Pro-Logic surround sound (so you can really get the deep rumble of the T-55 diesel engines without breathing in the fumes) with a cold bottle of Lion lager and hot Murrukku.
What about you Eelamists & Human Rights experts? Will you be watching it or chewing the carpet in anger, frustration and denial?
Even Tamilnut is looking forward to the Victory Parade. http://tinyurl.com/3x6h2vp
Let this Victory Parade be a "Lesson Learnt" for Eelamists and their friends. 🙂 🙂
How will you be watching the Victory Parade?
The SLA victory parade will be held on 18-June in Colombo.
I think its best watched in Hi-Def, with 5.1 Pro-Logic surround sound (so you can really get the deep rumble of the T-55 diesel engines without breathing in the fumes) with a cold bottle of Lion lager and hot Murrukku.
What about you Eelamists & Human Rights experts? Will you be watching it or chewing the carpet in anger, frustration and denial?
Even Tamilnut is looking forward to the Victory Parade. http://tinyurl.com/3x6h2vp
Let this Victory Parade be a "Lesson Learnt" for Eelamists and their friends. 🙂 🙂
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3…
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3…
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3…
How will you be watching the Victory Parade?
The SLA victory parade will be held on 18-June in Colombo.
I think its best watched in Hi-Def, with 5.1 Pro-Logic surround sound (so you can really get the deep rumble of the T-55 diesel engines without breathing in the fumes) with a cold bottle of Lion lager and hot Murrukku.
What about you Eelamists & Human Rights experts? Will you be watching it or chewing the carpet in anger, frustration and denial?
Even Tamilnut is looking forward to the Victory Parade.
http://tinyurl.com/3x6h2vp
Let this Victory Parade be a “Lesson Learnt” for Eelamists and their friends. 🙂 🙂
Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3be8888566ca3a86d5e6132.htm
UN panel on Sri Lanka civil war in place ‘next week’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10346…
The UN estimates that 100,000 people were killed in the conflict
A panel to advise the United Nations on human rights issues arising from the civil war in Sri Lanka could be in place within days.
The announcement came from the UN’s head of political affairs, Lynn Pascoe, after a two-day visit to the island.
The Sri Lankan government is opposed to the panel, which would advise UN chief Ban Ki Moon on moves to address the grievances that fuelled the conflict.
Celebrating war victory and banning commemoration of dead civilians: this is “home grown & indigenous” reconciliation and freedom in Sri Lanka? http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/18/celebrating…
Today, 18th June 2010, has been declared a public holiday by the government. Many Sri Lankans, especially Sinhalese from the South are expected to respond enthusiastically to the government’s elaborate plans to celebrating the war victory over the LTTE. For several days, citizens in Colombo had to put up with closed roads in preparation. How much of our – citizens – tax payer’s money will be spent for this celebration is something I don’t know and dare not think.
Some media had highlighted on the fact that the General who led the war victory is likely to be in detention and not invited to celebrate the victory he led.
What seems to be forgotten, and what I do know for sure is that tens or hundreds of thousands of Tamils, particularly in the North, will not be celebrating this victory. Many of them infact, will be grieving and mourning for family members and friends killed, injured, missing and detained in during the course of the war, particularly the final months of the war.
However, now, even grieving and mourning appears to be criminalized in the newly “liberated” North.
On 17th May, amidst heavy showers and floods in Colombo (which had compelled the government to postpone the victory celebrations), I was with a group of friends, at an ecumenical (Christian) event to commemorate those killed in the war. As we were starting the event, I got a call from a good friend, a Catholic priest in Jaffna, who told me that he had got several threatening calls asking him to cancel a religious event he had organized in Jaffna to commemorate civilians killed in the war. In addition to the telephone calls, senior army officers had visited his office and asked him to cancel the event. He was in a dilemma – he was personally not keen to cancel the event, but was concerned about the safety of his staff and families due to participate in the event.
Later, I came to know that this was not an isolated incident and several other friends were subjected to similar threats.
On the same day, 17th May, Nallur Temple area in Jaffna, where an inter-religious event was being held to remember those killed in the war was held, was surrounded by the police and the army. The people who came to participate were threatened and told to go away. Those who insisted on going in they were asked to register their names and other details with the police. Many went away in fear and only few had participated. Later on, the army had questioned and threatened a priest who was involved in organizing the event. The priest was even summoned to Palaly military headquarters in Jaffna for questioning.
In Vanni, an army officer had told a villager that he will shoot a parish priest and drag him behind his jeep, because he (the priest) was organizing prayer services for those killed in the war. Another priest was prevented from celebrating a holy mass to pray for those killed in the war on 19th May in the Vanni.
So, it is clear the army doesn’t want Tamils to mourn and grieve for their loved ones killed during the war. The thinking appears that all these events are to commemorate the killing of LTTE leader Prabakaran. Or that May 17th – 19th is a victory day, and thus, no mourning should happen, and everyone should celebrate, even if your own mother or child or husband was killed.
This seems to be the official policy of the government, with the Minister of Media and Information reported as saying that Tamil people only have a privately commemorate their kith and kin killed privately and not publicly. (See http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=956…
Of course the writing has been on the wall for some time. Ever since the end of war, I had seen many monuments built in the Vanni celebrating war victories and in honour of dead soldiers. At the same time, memorials for Tamil militants built by the LTTE have been destroyed, in the Vanni as well as in Jaffna, denying family members the opportunity to light a candle or lay a flower. At one such destroyed memorial site in Jaffna, army officers told me not to take photos since that place is now earmarked to be an army camp. I was not allowed to even get near another such well known memorial in Kopay, Jaffna.
Not surprisingly, I didn’t see a single memorial built to remember civilians killed in the war. A priest in Vanni who was trying to build a simple and small monument for civilians killed was warned by the army to stop building it.
Beyond a moral and ethical perspective, these incidents raise serious issues about freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
Just a few days after some provisions of the emergency regulations, including restrictions on public processions and meetings were repealed, the military had prevented peaceful religious events from taking place and threatened organizers and participants.
The army had also curtailed religious freedom, despite freedom of religion being a right that cannot be restricted in any circumstances in the Sri Lankan constitution.
So, we Sri Lankans will have to live with a type of homegrown reconciliation in Sri Lanka that doesn’t allow its citizens, and especially families of those killed, to light a candle, lay a flower, say prayer to mourn and grieve.
We will have to live with an indigenous “liberation” and “freedom” which doesn’t include rights of religion and peaceful assembly to have religious events to commemorate family members and loved ones killed.
M.I.A. In 'Dazed & Confused': Death Threats To My Baby Inspired New Album http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/mia-in-d…
On being told by the Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary she should stick to music and not politics:
I'm not doing it in a Bono way, like, 'We must save Africa.' I just saw something when I was eight and they didn't kill me. I am alive to say this is what happened, and to not have that right just because I make music now is really shit. I am not coming out as a political preacher. I survived it and I'm going to tell you my account of it, just like Jewish people get to talk about the Holocaust and we embrace it."
On how her baby influenced her new album:
"In the last months of pregnancy I watched so much destruction that was happening in Sri Lanka, and saw hundreds of babies being blown up. It was disgusting and it was horrible to watch and I felt so guilty inflicting that on my unborn baby. But at the same time it was a reality. I couldn't really ignore it, I got extra protective. People were sending me death threats and telling me bad shit about my kid… People would write on Twitter and YouTube, 'Your baby is going to die,' because I was talking about the Sri Lankan government and the issues that were going on there. Even though I had all this amazing success, at the same time I was watching this crazy destruction going on over there. No one really wanted to talk about it and then all these people were reaching out to me to talk about it because I am the only one that can represent them. At the same time I was pregnant and I didn't want to have to deal with that shit but I had no choice. It was the month they decided to end a 30 year long civil war so it wasn't like I could go, 'Ooo, sorry I just can't deal with this right now, I've got a baby on the way!' Maybe I should have done that. I think the album is a mixture of all those things – babies, death, destruction, and powerlessness."
MIA: I speak for my people http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Fonseka must be shot – Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_00…
Deputy Highways Minister Mervyn Silva has said that General Sarath Fonseka should be tortured to death or shot for betraying the country.
He had made the statement at the inaugural meeting of the Mathale District Development Committee.
Mervyn had said that General Fonseka was a traitor who had bought war crimes charges against the country.
Gotabhaya challenges HRW to prove allegations of war crimes http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_00…
The Defence Secretary had made the challenge following various allegations of war crimes that is said to have taken place in the country during the war have been broadcast through video clips
and other photographs by Britain’s Channel 4 and the US based HRW.
The report states that the HRW had said that it was in possession of 400 photographs to prove that war crimes had taken place in Sri Lanka.
The five photographs shown below of a Tamil youth who was killed after being arrested during the war were released by the HRW a few days ago.
Debate on Alleged War Crimes in Sri Lanka http://www.lankanewsweb.com/EN_FEATURE/FEATURE_10…
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government. Many hon. Members share my interest in the subject, and although the debate is short, I will take as many interventions as I can. I pay tribute to the former hon. Member for Enfield North, my great friend Joan Ryan, who has always been one of the most powerful and passionate supporters of human rights and who continues to care deeply about what has happened to the Tamil community.
Before I begin my speech properly, I want to go over some old ground, as there have been several very good debates about the Sri Lankan Government’s treatment of Tamils in the past 18 months or so. In that time, hon. Members persuaded the previous Government to support a number of measures, including an end to GSP plus—the generalised system of preferences, which is a preferential trading agreement between the European Union and Sri Lanka. GSP plus was stopped because the European Commission conducted a major study of human rights in Sri Lanka and found a variety of abuses, including the lack of a free press, unlawful killings, torture, disappearances and so on. For similar reasons, the Commonwealth decided not to make Sri Lanka the host of the next Commonwealth conference, largely as a result of the British Government’s leadership. I would welcome the opportunity to hear confirmation from the new Government that they support the decisions on GSP plus and the Commonwealth conference. Those decisions have been debated several times in the House of Commons, and many hon. Members have spoken in favour. Can the Minister confirm that the present Government will support them?
The reason why I called for the debate is that since Britain acted against Sri Lanka’s human rights record, even more disturbing questions have emerged about Sri Lanka’s activities. I am referring to evidence of war crimes. I shall quote from the International Crisis Group report of 17 May, which is called, very starkly, “War Crimes in Sri Lanka”, but first I shall mention a report by Desmond Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi, who are members of The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together in 2007 by former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is a hero to many of us here. Their report states:
“There is a growing body of evidence that there were repeated and intentional violations of international humanitarian law…in the last months of the war.”
UN panel on Sri Lanka civil war in place ‘next week’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10346…
The UN estimates that 100,000 people were killed in the conflict
A panel to advise the United Nations on human rights issues arising from the civil war in Sri Lanka could be in place within days.
The announcement came from the UN’s head of political affairs, Lynn Pascoe, after a two-day visit to the island.
The Sri Lankan government is opposed to the panel, which would advise UN chief Ban Ki Moon on moves to address the grievances that fuelled the conflict.
UN panel on Sri Lanka civil war in place ‘next week’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10346…
The UN estimates that 100,000 people were killed in the conflict
A panel to advise the United Nations on human rights issues arising from the civil war in Sri Lanka could be in place within days.
The announcement came from the UN’s head of political affairs, Lynn Pascoe, after a two-day visit to the island.
The Sri Lankan government is opposed to the panel, which would advise UN chief Ban Ki Moon on moves to address the grievances that fuelled the conflict.
Celebrating war victory and banning commemoration of dead civilians: this is “home grown & indigenous” reconciliation and freedom in Sri Lanka? http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/18/celebrating…
Today, 18th June 2010, has been declared a public holiday by the government. Many Sri Lankans, especially Sinhalese from the South are expected to respond enthusiastically to the government’s elaborate plans to celebrating the war victory over the LTTE. For several days, citizens in Colombo had to put up with closed roads in preparation. How much of our – citizens – tax payer’s money will be spent for this celebration is something I don’t know and dare not think.
Some media had highlighted on the fact that the General who led the war victory is likely to be in detention and not invited to celebrate the victory he led.
What seems to be forgotten, and what I do know for sure is that tens or hundreds of thousands of Tamils, particularly in the North, will not be celebrating this victory. Many of them infact, will be grieving and mourning for family members and friends killed, injured, missing and detained in during the course of the war, particularly the final months of the war.
However, now, even grieving and mourning appears to be criminalized in the newly “liberated” North.
On 17th May, amidst heavy showers and floods in Colombo (which had compelled the government to postpone the victory celebrations), I was with a group of friends, at an ecumenical (Christian) event to commemorate those killed in the war. As we were starting the event, I got a call from a good friend, a Catholic priest in Jaffna, who told me that he had got several threatening calls asking him to cancel a religious event he had organized in Jaffna to commemorate civilians killed in the war. In addition to the telephone calls, senior army officers had visited his office and asked him to cancel the event. He was in a dilemma – he was personally not keen to cancel the event, but was concerned about the safety of his staff and families due to participate in the event.
Later, I came to know that this was not an isolated incident and several other friends were subjected to similar threats.
On the same day, 17th May, Nallur Temple area in Jaffna, where an inter-religious event was being held to remember those killed in the war was held, was surrounded by the police and the army. The people who came to participate were threatened and told to go away. Those who insisted on going in they were asked to register their names and other details with the police. Many went away in fear and only few had participated. Later on, the army had questioned and threatened a priest who was involved in organizing the event. The priest was even summoned to Palaly military headquarters in Jaffna for questioning.
In Vanni, an army officer had told a villager that he will shoot a parish priest and drag him behind his jeep, because he (the priest) was organizing prayer services for those killed in the war. Another priest was prevented from celebrating a holy mass to pray for those killed in the war on 19th May in the Vanni.
So, it is clear the army doesn’t want Tamils to mourn and grieve for their loved ones killed during the war. The thinking appears that all these events are to commemorate the killing of LTTE leader Prabakaran. Or that May 17th – 19th is a victory day, and thus, no mourning should happen, and everyone should celebrate, even if your own mother or child or husband was killed.
This seems to be the official policy of the government, with the Minister of Media and Information reported as saying that Tamil people only have a privately commemorate their kith and kin killed privately and not publicly. (See http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=956…
Of course the writing has been on the wall for some time. Ever since the end of war, I had seen many monuments built in the Vanni celebrating war victories and in honour of dead soldiers. At the same time, memorials for Tamil militants built by the LTTE have been destroyed, in the Vanni as well as in Jaffna, denying family members the opportunity to light a candle or lay a flower. At one such destroyed memorial site in Jaffna, army officers told me not to take photos since that place is now earmarked to be an army camp. I was not allowed to even get near another such well known memorial in Kopay, Jaffna.
Not surprisingly, I didn’t see a single memorial built to remember civilians killed in the war. A priest in Vanni who was trying to build a simple and small monument for civilians killed was warned by the army to stop building it.
Beyond a moral and ethical perspective, these incidents raise serious issues about freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
Just a few days after some provisions of the emergency regulations, including restrictions on public processions and meetings were repealed, the military had prevented peaceful religious events from taking place and threatened organizers and participants.
The army had also curtailed religious freedom, despite freedom of religion being a right that cannot be restricted in any circumstances in the Sri Lankan constitution.
So, we Sri Lankans will have to live with a type of homegrown reconciliation in Sri Lanka that doesn’t allow its citizens, and especially families of those killed, to light a candle, lay a flower, say prayer to mourn and grieve.
We will have to live with an indigenous “liberation” and “freedom” which doesn’t include rights of religion and peaceful assembly to have religious events to commemorate family members and loved ones killed.
Celebrating war victory and banning commemoration of dead civilians: this is “home grown & indigenous” reconciliation and freedom in Sri Lanka? http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/18/celebrating…
Today, 18th June 2010, has been declared a public holiday by the government. Many Sri Lankans, especially Sinhalese from the South are expected to respond enthusiastically to the government’s elaborate plans to celebrating the war victory over the LTTE. For several days, citizens in Colombo had to put up with closed roads in preparation. How much of our – citizens – tax payer’s money will be spent for this celebration is something I don’t know and dare not think.
Some media had highlighted on the fact that the General who led the war victory is likely to be in detention and not invited to celebrate the victory he led.
What seems to be forgotten, and what I do know for sure is that tens or hundreds of thousands of Tamils, particularly in the North, will not be celebrating this victory. Many of them infact, will be grieving and mourning for family members and friends killed, injured, missing and detained in during the course of the war, particularly the final months of the war.
However, now, even grieving and mourning appears to be criminalized in the newly “liberated” North.
On 17th May, amidst heavy showers and floods in Colombo (which had compelled the government to postpone the victory celebrations), I was with a group of friends, at an ecumenical (Christian) event to commemorate those killed in the war. As we were starting the event, I got a call from a good friend, a Catholic priest in Jaffna, who told me that he had got several threatening calls asking him to cancel a religious event he had organized in Jaffna to commemorate civilians killed in the war. In addition to the telephone calls, senior army officers had visited his office and asked him to cancel the event. He was in a dilemma – he was personally not keen to cancel the event, but was concerned about the safety of his staff and families due to participate in the event.
Later, I came to know that this was not an isolated incident and several other friends were subjected to similar threats.
On the same day, 17th May, Nallur Temple area in Jaffna, where an inter-religious event was being held to remember those killed in the war was held, was surrounded by the police and the army. The people who came to participate were threatened and told to go away. Those who insisted on going in they were asked to register their names and other details with the police. Many went away in fear and only few had participated. Later on, the army had questioned and threatened a priest who was involved in organizing the event. The priest was even summoned to Palaly military headquarters in Jaffna for questioning.
In Vanni, an army officer had told a villager that he will shoot a parish priest and drag him behind his jeep, because he (the priest) was organizing prayer services for those killed in the war. Another priest was prevented from celebrating a holy mass to pray for those killed in the war on 19th May in the Vanni.
So, it is clear the army doesn’t want Tamils to mourn and grieve for their loved ones killed during the war. The thinking appears that all these events are to commemorate the killing of LTTE leader Prabakaran. Or that May 17th – 19th is a victory day, and thus, no mourning should happen, and everyone should celebrate, even if your own mother or child or husband was killed.
This seems to be the official policy of the government, with the Minister of Media and Information reported as saying that Tamil people only have a privately commemorate their kith and kin killed privately and not publicly. (See http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=956…
Of course the writing has been on the wall for some time. Ever since the end of war, I had seen many monuments built in the Vanni celebrating war victories and in honour of dead soldiers. At the same time, memorials for Tamil militants built by the LTTE have been destroyed, in the Vanni as well as in Jaffna, denying family members the opportunity to light a candle or lay a flower. At one such destroyed memorial site in Jaffna, army officers told me not to take photos since that place is now earmarked to be an army camp. I was not allowed to even get near another such well known memorial in Kopay, Jaffna.
Not surprisingly, I didn’t see a single memorial built to remember civilians killed in the war. A priest in Vanni who was trying to build a simple and small monument for civilians killed was warned by the army to stop building it.
Beyond a moral and ethical perspective, these incidents raise serious issues about freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
Just a few days after some provisions of the emergency regulations, including restrictions on public processions and meetings were repealed, the military had prevented peaceful religious events from taking place and threatened organizers and participants.
The army had also curtailed religious freedom, despite freedom of religion being a right that cannot be restricted in any circumstances in the Sri Lankan constitution.
So, we Sri Lankans will have to live with a type of homegrown reconciliation in Sri Lanka that doesn’t allow its citizens, and especially families of those killed, to light a candle, lay a flower, say prayer to mourn and grieve.
We will have to live with an indigenous “liberation” and “freedom” which doesn’t include rights of religion and peaceful assembly to have religious events to commemorate family members and loved ones killed.
M.I.A. In 'Dazed & Confused': Death Threats To My Baby Inspired New Album http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/mia-in-d…
On being told by the Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary she should stick to music and not politics:
I'm not doing it in a Bono way, like, 'We must save Africa.' I just saw something when I was eight and they didn't kill me. I am alive to say this is what happened, and to not have that right just because I make music now is really shit. I am not coming out as a political preacher. I survived it and I'm going to tell you my account of it, just like Jewish people get to talk about the Holocaust and we embrace it."
On how her baby influenced her new album:
"In the last months of pregnancy I watched so much destruction that was happening in Sri Lanka, and saw hundreds of babies being blown up. It was disgusting and it was horrible to watch and I felt so guilty inflicting that on my unborn baby. But at the same time it was a reality. I couldn't really ignore it, I got extra protective. People were sending me death threats and telling me bad shit about my kid… People would write on Twitter and YouTube, 'Your baby is going to die,' because I was talking about the Sri Lankan government and the issues that were going on there. Even though I had all this amazing success, at the same time I was watching this crazy destruction going on over there. No one really wanted to talk about it and then all these people were reaching out to me to talk about it because I am the only one that can represent them. At the same time I was pregnant and I didn't want to have to deal with that shit but I had no choice. It was the month they decided to end a 30 year long civil war so it wasn't like I could go, 'Ooo, sorry I just can't deal with this right now, I've got a baby on the way!' Maybe I should have done that. I think the album is a mixture of all those things – babies, death, destruction, and powerlessness."
MIA: I speak for my people http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
M.I.A. In 'Dazed & Confused': Death Threats To My Baby Inspired New Album http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/mia-in-d…
On being told by the Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary she should stick to music and not politics:
I'm not doing it in a Bono way, like, 'We must save Africa.' I just saw something when I was eight and they didn't kill me. I am alive to say this is what happened, and to not have that right just because I make music now is really shit. I am not coming out as a political preacher. I survived it and I'm going to tell you my account of it, just like Jewish people get to talk about the Holocaust and we embrace it."
On how her baby influenced her new album:
"In the last months of pregnancy I watched so much destruction that was happening in Sri Lanka, and saw hundreds of babies being blown up. It was disgusting and it was horrible to watch and I felt so guilty inflicting that on my unborn baby. But at the same time it was a reality. I couldn't really ignore it, I got extra protective. People were sending me death threats and telling me bad shit about my kid… People would write on Twitter and YouTube, 'Your baby is going to die,' because I was talking about the Sri Lankan government and the issues that were going on there. Even though I had all this amazing success, at the same time I was watching this crazy destruction going on over there. No one really wanted to talk about it and then all these people were reaching out to me to talk about it because I am the only one that can represent them. At the same time I was pregnant and I didn't want to have to deal with that shit but I had no choice. It was the month they decided to end a 30 year long civil war so it wasn't like I could go, 'Ooo, sorry I just can't deal with this right now, I've got a baby on the way!' Maybe I should have done that. I think the album is a mixture of all those things – babies, death, destruction, and powerlessness."
MIA: I speak for my people http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
Fonseka must be shot – Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_00…
Deputy Highways Minister Mervyn Silva has said that General Sarath Fonseka should be tortured to death or shot for betraying the country.
He had made the statement at the inaugural meeting of the Mathale District Development Committee.
Mervyn had said that General Fonseka was a traitor who had bought war crimes charges against the country.
Gotabhaya challenges HRW to prove allegations of war crimes http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_00…
The Defence Secretary had made the challenge following various allegations of war crimes that is said to have taken place in the country during the war have been broadcast through video clips
and other photographs by Britain’s Channel 4 and the US based HRW.
The report states that the HRW had said that it was in possession of 400 photographs to prove that war crimes had taken place in Sri Lanka.
The five photographs shown below of a Tamil youth who was killed after being arrested during the war were released by the HRW a few days ago.
Fonseka must be shot – Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_00…
Deputy Highways Minister Mervyn Silva has said that General Sarath Fonseka should be tortured to death or shot for betraying the country.
He had made the statement at the inaugural meeting of the Mathale District Development Committee.
Mervyn had said that General Fonseka was a traitor who had bought war crimes charges against the country.
Gotabhaya challenges HRW to prove allegations of war crimes http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_00…
The Defence Secretary had made the challenge following various allegations of war crimes that is said to have taken place in the country during the war have been broadcast through video clips
and other photographs by Britain’s Channel 4 and the US based HRW.
The report states that the HRW had said that it was in possession of 400 photographs to prove that war crimes had taken place in Sri Lanka.
The five photographs shown below of a Tamil youth who was killed after being arrested during the war were released by the HRW a few days ago.
Debate on Alleged War Crimes in Sri Lanka http://www.lankanewsweb.com/EN_FEATURE/FEATURE_10…
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government. Many hon. Members share my interest in the subject, and although the debate is short, I will take as many interventions as I can. I pay tribute to the former hon. Member for Enfield North, my great friend Joan Ryan, who has always been one of the most powerful and passionate supporters of human rights and who continues to care deeply about what has happened to the Tamil community.
Before I begin my speech properly, I want to go over some old ground, as there have been several very good debates about the Sri Lankan Government’s treatment of Tamils in the past 18 months or so. In that time, hon. Members persuaded the previous Government to support a number of measures, including an end to GSP plus—the generalised system of preferences, which is a preferential trading agreement between the European Union and Sri Lanka. GSP plus was stopped because the European Commission conducted a major study of human rights in Sri Lanka and found a variety of abuses, including the lack of a free press, unlawful killings, torture, disappearances and so on. For similar reasons, the Commonwealth decided not to make Sri Lanka the host of the next Commonwealth conference, largely as a result of the British Government’s leadership. I would welcome the opportunity to hear confirmation from the new Government that they support the decisions on GSP plus and the Commonwealth conference. Those decisions have been debated several times in the House of Commons, and many hon. Members have spoken in favour. Can the Minister confirm that the present Government will support them?
The reason why I called for the debate is that since Britain acted against Sri Lanka’s human rights record, even more disturbing questions have emerged about Sri Lanka’s activities. I am referring to evidence of war crimes. I shall quote from the International Crisis Group report of 17 May, which is called, very starkly, “War Crimes in Sri Lanka”, but first I shall mention a report by Desmond Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi, who are members of The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together in 2007 by former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is a hero to many of us here. Their report states:
“There is a growing body of evidence that there were repeated and intentional violations of international humanitarian law…in the last months of the war.”
Debate on Alleged War Crimes in Sri Lanka http://www.lankanewsweb.com/EN_FEATURE/FEATURE_10…
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government. Many hon. Members share my interest in the subject, and although the debate is short, I will take as many interventions as I can. I pay tribute to the former hon. Member for Enfield North, my great friend Joan Ryan, who has always been one of the most powerful and passionate supporters of human rights and who continues to care deeply about what has happened to the Tamil community.
Before I begin my speech properly, I want to go over some old ground, as there have been several very good debates about the Sri Lankan Government’s treatment of Tamils in the past 18 months or so. In that time, hon. Members persuaded the previous Government to support a number of measures, including an end to GSP plus—the generalised system of preferences, which is a preferential trading agreement between the European Union and Sri Lanka. GSP plus was stopped because the European Commission conducted a major study of human rights in Sri Lanka and found a variety of abuses, including the lack of a free press, unlawful killings, torture, disappearances and so on. For similar reasons, the Commonwealth decided not to make Sri Lanka the host of the next Commonwealth conference, largely as a result of the British Government’s leadership. I would welcome the opportunity to hear confirmation from the new Government that they support the decisions on GSP plus and the Commonwealth conference. Those decisions have been debated several times in the House of Commons, and many hon. Members have spoken in favour. Can the Minister confirm that the present Government will support them?
The reason why I called for the debate is that since Britain acted against Sri Lanka’s human rights record, even more disturbing questions have emerged about Sri Lanka’s activities. I am referring to evidence of war crimes. I shall quote from the International Crisis Group report of 17 May, which is called, very starkly, “War Crimes in Sri Lanka”, but first I shall mention a report by Desmond Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi, who are members of The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together in 2007 by former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is a hero to many of us here. Their report states:
“There is a growing body of evidence that there were repeated and intentional violations of international humanitarian law…in the last months of the war.”
UN panel on Sri Lanka civil war in place ‘next week’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10346869.stm
The UN estimates that 100,000 people were killed in the conflict
A panel to advise the United Nations on human rights issues arising from the civil war in Sri Lanka could be in place within days.
The announcement came from the UN’s head of political affairs, Lynn Pascoe, after a two-day visit to the island.
The Sri Lankan government is opposed to the panel, which would advise UN chief Ban Ki Moon on moves to address the grievances that fuelled the conflict.
Celebrating war victory and banning commemoration of dead civilians: this is “home grown & indigenous” reconciliation and freedom in Sri Lanka?
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/18/celebrating-war-victory-and-banning-commemoration-of-dead-civilians-this-is-%E2%80%9Chome-grown-indigenous%E2%80%9D-reconciliation-and-freedom-in-sri-lanka/
Today, 18th June 2010, has been declared a public holiday by the government. Many Sri Lankans, especially Sinhalese from the South are expected to respond enthusiastically to the government’s elaborate plans to celebrating the war victory over the LTTE. For several days, citizens in Colombo had to put up with closed roads in preparation. How much of our – citizens – tax payer’s money will be spent for this celebration is something I don’t know and dare not think.
Some media had highlighted on the fact that the General who led the war victory is likely to be in detention and not invited to celebrate the victory he led.
What seems to be forgotten, and what I do know for sure is that tens or hundreds of thousands of Tamils, particularly in the North, will not be celebrating this victory. Many of them infact, will be grieving and mourning for family members and friends killed, injured, missing and detained in during the course of the war, particularly the final months of the war.
However, now, even grieving and mourning appears to be criminalized in the newly “liberated” North.
On 17th May, amidst heavy showers and floods in Colombo (which had compelled the government to postpone the victory celebrations), I was with a group of friends, at an ecumenical (Christian) event to commemorate those killed in the war. As we were starting the event, I got a call from a good friend, a Catholic priest in Jaffna, who told me that he had got several threatening calls asking him to cancel a religious event he had organized in Jaffna to commemorate civilians killed in the war. In addition to the telephone calls, senior army officers had visited his office and asked him to cancel the event. He was in a dilemma – he was personally not keen to cancel the event, but was concerned about the safety of his staff and families due to participate in the event.
Later, I came to know that this was not an isolated incident and several other friends were subjected to similar threats.
On the same day, 17th May, Nallur Temple area in Jaffna, where an inter-religious event was being held to remember those killed in the war was held, was surrounded by the police and the army. The people who came to participate were threatened and told to go away. Those who insisted on going in they were asked to register their names and other details with the police. Many went away in fear and only few had participated. Later on, the army had questioned and threatened a priest who was involved in organizing the event. The priest was even summoned to Palaly military headquarters in Jaffna for questioning.
In Vanni, an army officer had told a villager that he will shoot a parish priest and drag him behind his jeep, because he (the priest) was organizing prayer services for those killed in the war. Another priest was prevented from celebrating a holy mass to pray for those killed in the war on 19th May in the Vanni.
So, it is clear the army doesn’t want Tamils to mourn and grieve for their loved ones killed during the war. The thinking appears that all these events are to commemorate the killing of LTTE leader Prabakaran. Or that May 17th – 19th is a victory day, and thus, no mourning should happen, and everyone should celebrate, even if your own mother or child or husband was killed.
This seems to be the official policy of the government, with the Minister of Media and Information reported as saying that Tamil people only have a privately commemorate their kith and kin killed privately and not publicly. (See http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=9568)
Of course the writing has been on the wall for some time. Ever since the end of war, I had seen many monuments built in the Vanni celebrating war victories and in honour of dead soldiers. At the same time, memorials for Tamil militants built by the LTTE have been destroyed, in the Vanni as well as in Jaffna, denying family members the opportunity to light a candle or lay a flower. At one such destroyed memorial site in Jaffna, army officers told me not to take photos since that place is now earmarked to be an army camp. I was not allowed to even get near another such well known memorial in Kopay, Jaffna.
Not surprisingly, I didn’t see a single memorial built to remember civilians killed in the war. A priest in Vanni who was trying to build a simple and small monument for civilians killed was warned by the army to stop building it.
Beyond a moral and ethical perspective, these incidents raise serious issues about freedom of assembly and freedom of religion.
Just a few days after some provisions of the emergency regulations, including restrictions on public processions and meetings were repealed, the military had prevented peaceful religious events from taking place and threatened organizers and participants.
The army had also curtailed religious freedom, despite freedom of religion being a right that cannot be restricted in any circumstances in the Sri Lankan constitution.
So, we Sri Lankans will have to live with a type of homegrown reconciliation in Sri Lanka that doesn’t allow its citizens, and especially families of those killed, to light a candle, lay a flower, say prayer to mourn and grieve.
We will have to live with an indigenous “liberation” and “freedom” which doesn’t include rights of religion and peaceful assembly to have religious events to commemorate family members and loved ones killed.
M.I.A. In ‘Dazed & Confused’: Death Threats To My Baby Inspired New Album
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/mia-in-dazed-confused-dea_n_612920.html
On being told by the Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary she should stick to music and not politics:
I’m not doing it in a Bono way, like, ‘We must save Africa.’ I just saw something when I was eight and they didn’t kill me. I am alive to say this is what happened, and to not have that right just because I make music now is really shit. I am not coming out as a political preacher. I survived it and I’m going to tell you my account of it, just like Jewish people get to talk about the Holocaust and we embrace it.”
On how her baby influenced her new album:
“In the last months of pregnancy I watched so much destruction that was happening in Sri Lanka, and saw hundreds of babies being blown up. It was disgusting and it was horrible to watch and I felt so guilty inflicting that on my unborn baby. But at the same time it was a reality. I couldn’t really ignore it, I got extra protective. People were sending me death threats and telling me bad shit about my kid… People would write on Twitter and YouTube, ‘Your baby is going to die,’ because I was talking about the Sri Lankan government and the issues that were going on there. Even though I had all this amazing success, at the same time I was watching this crazy destruction going on over there. No one really wanted to talk about it and then all these people were reaching out to me to talk about it because I am the only one that can represent them. At the same time I was pregnant and I didn’t want to have to deal with that shit but I had no choice. It was the month they decided to end a 30 year long civil war so it wasn’t like I could go, ‘Ooo, sorry I just can’t deal with this right now, I’ve got a baby on the way!’ Maybe I should have done that. I think the album is a mixture of all those things – babies, death, destruction, and powerlessness.”
MIA: I speak for my people
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31996
Fonseka must be shot – Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva
http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_003.html
Deputy Highways Minister Mervyn Silva has said that General Sarath Fonseka should be tortured to death or shot for betraying the country.
He had made the statement at the inaugural meeting of the Mathale District Development Committee.
Mervyn had said that General Fonseka was a traitor who had bought war crimes charges against the country.
Gotabhaya challenges HRW to prove allegations of war crimes
http://www.lankanewsweb.com/news/EN_2010_06_17_006.html
The Defence Secretary had made the challenge following various allegations of war crimes that is said to have taken place in the country during the war have been broadcast through video clips
and other photographs by Britain’s Channel 4 and the US based HRW.
The report states that the HRW had said that it was in possession of 400 photographs to prove that war crimes had taken place in Sri Lanka.
The five photographs shown below of a Tamil youth who was killed after being arrested during the war were released by the HRW a few days ago.
Debate on Alleged War Crimes in Sri Lanka
http://www.lankanewsweb.com/EN_FEATURE/FEATURE_10_06_17_001.html
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government. Many hon. Members share my interest in the subject, and although the debate is short, I will take as many interventions as I can. I pay tribute to the former hon. Member for Enfield North, my great friend Joan Ryan, who has always been one of the most powerful and passionate supporters of human rights and who continues to care deeply about what has happened to the Tamil community.
Before I begin my speech properly, I want to go over some old ground, as there have been several very good debates about the Sri Lankan Government’s treatment of Tamils in the past 18 months or so. In that time, hon. Members persuaded the previous Government to support a number of measures, including an end to GSP plus—the generalised system of preferences, which is a preferential trading agreement between the European Union and Sri Lanka. GSP plus was stopped because the European Commission conducted a major study of human rights in Sri Lanka and found a variety of abuses, including the lack of a free press, unlawful killings, torture, disappearances and so on. For similar reasons, the Commonwealth decided not to make Sri Lanka the host of the next Commonwealth conference, largely as a result of the British Government’s leadership. I would welcome the opportunity to hear confirmation from the new Government that they support the decisions on GSP plus and the Commonwealth conference. Those decisions have been debated several times in the House of Commons, and many hon. Members have spoken in favour. Can the Minister confirm that the present Government will support them?
The reason why I called for the debate is that since Britain acted against Sri Lanka’s human rights record, even more disturbing questions have emerged about Sri Lanka’s activities. I am referring to evidence of war crimes. I shall quote from the International Crisis Group report of 17 May, which is called, very starkly, “War Crimes in Sri Lanka”, but first I shall mention a report by Desmond Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi, who are members of The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together in 2007 by former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is a hero to many of us here. Their report states:
“There is a growing body of evidence that there were repeated and intentional violations of international humanitarian law…in the last months of the war.”
Sri Lanka amongst challenges to 'never again' myth: Kofi Annan http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The cry of “never again,” raised by so many in the years after the end of the Holocaust 1945, has rung increasingly hollow with the passing decades, Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, protested in an op-ed Friday in the International Herald Tribune. “The Holocaust remains unique … but instances of genocide and large-scale brutality have continued to multiply — from Cambodia to the Congo, from Bosnia to Rwanda, from Sri Lanka to Sudan,” he said. “It is surprisingly hard to find education programs that have clearly succeeded in linking the history of the Holocaust with the prevention of ethnic conflict and genocide in today’s world.”
Mr. Annan is honorary president of the advisory board for the Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Program at the Salzburg Global Seminar
Sri Lanka amongst challenges to 'never again' myth: Kofi Annan http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The cry of “never again,” raised by so many in the years after the end of the Holocaust 1945, has rung increasingly hollow with the passing decades, Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, protested in an op-ed Friday in the International Herald Tribune. “The Holocaust remains unique … but instances of genocide and large-scale brutality have continued to multiply — from Cambodia to the Congo, from Bosnia to Rwanda, from Sri Lanka to Sudan,” he said. “It is surprisingly hard to find education programs that have clearly succeeded in linking the history of the Holocaust with the prevention of ethnic conflict and genocide in today’s world.”
Mr. Annan is honorary president of the advisory board for the Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Program at the Salzburg Global Seminar
Sri Lanka amongst challenges to 'never again' myth: Kofi Annan http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art…
The cry of “never again,” raised by so many in the years after the end of the Holocaust 1945, has rung increasingly hollow with the passing decades, Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, protested in an op-ed Friday in the International Herald Tribune. “The Holocaust remains unique … but instances of genocide and large-scale brutality have continued to multiply — from Cambodia to the Congo, from Bosnia to Rwanda, from Sri Lanka to Sudan,” he said. “It is surprisingly hard to find education programs that have clearly succeeded in linking the history of the Holocaust with the prevention of ethnic conflict and genocide in today’s world.”
Mr. Annan is honorary president of the advisory board for the Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Program at the Salzburg Global Seminar
Sri Lanka amongst challenges to ‘never again’ myth: Kofi Annan
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32001
The cry of “never again,” raised by so many in the years after the end of the Holocaust 1945, has rung increasingly hollow with the passing decades, Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, protested in an op-ed Friday in the International Herald Tribune. “The Holocaust remains unique … but instances of genocide and large-scale brutality have continued to multiply — from Cambodia to the Congo, from Bosnia to Rwanda, from Sri Lanka to Sudan,” he said. “It is surprisingly hard to find education programs that have clearly succeeded in linking the history of the Holocaust with the prevention of ethnic conflict and genocide in today’s world.”
Mr. Annan is honorary president of the advisory board for the Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Program at the Salzburg Global Seminar
Racist Rajapakse has more than 50% of Sri Lankans behind him. He has many ministers including Tamils and Muslims. So I am the idiot to call him a racist and all my fellow idiots will not even read this post but vote in. That's how we create vote genocide. We fear comments of EDE and Jim Gona. That is why we try to hide their comments. This is what Rajapase had to say at the victory day celebrations.
We condemn Racism
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
This is what the racist Rajapakse had to say during victory day celebrations. Statement of a legally elected president of a democracy. How can we believe this. We only believe what our leaders as Piribaharan and Bin Laden has to say. Why do we listen to Obama's and Rajapakse's.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
Racist Rajapakse has more than 50% of Sri Lankans behind him. He has many ministers including Tamils and Muslims. So I am the idiot to call him a racist and all my fellow idiots will not even read this post but vote in. That's how we create vote genocide. We fear comments of EDE and Jim Gona. That is why we try to hide their comments. This is what Rajapase had to say at the victory day celebrations.
We condemn Racism
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
Racist Rajapakse has more than 50% of Sri Lankans behind him. He has many ministers including Tamils and Muslims. So I am the idiot to call him a racist and all my fellow idiots will not even read this post but vote in. That's how we create vote genocide. We fear comments of EDE and Jim Gona. That is why we try to hide their comments. This is what Rajapase had to say at the victory day celebrations.
We condemn Racism
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
This is what the racist Rajapakse had to say during victory day celebrations. Statement of a legally elected president of a democracy. How can we believe this. We only believe what our leaders as Piribaharan and Bin Laden has to say. Why do we listen to Obama's and Rajapakse's.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
This is what the racist Rajapakse had to say during victory day celebrations. Statement of a legally elected president of a democracy. How can we believe this. We only believe what our leaders as Piribaharan and Bin Laden has to say. Why do we listen to Obama's and Rajapakse's.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
Racist Rajapakse has more than 50% of Sri Lankans behind him. He has many ministers including Tamils and Muslims. So I am the idiot to call him a racist and all my fellow idiots will not even read this post but vote in. That’s how we create vote genocide. We fear comments of EDE and Jim Gona. That is why we try to hide their comments. This is what Rajapase had to say at the victory day celebrations.
We condemn Racism
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This is what the racist Rajapakse had to say during victory day celebrations. Statement of a legally elected president of a democracy. How can we believe this. We only believe what our leaders as Piribaharan and Bin Laden has to say. Why do we listen to Obama’s and Rajapakse’s.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=214
Fake Rohan Says:
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils?
From North to the South, West to the East, the skies of Sri Lanka are now filled with the empty and virtual deceptive promises of two desperate presidential candidates. While the Sri Lankan politicians are beating their drums, While the so called war heroes of the nation are busy launching mudslinging campaigns against each other, while the strategic think tanks with geopolitical interests are making last minute manoeuvres to influence the outcome of the election, while the local business leaders, industrialists and bankers are speculating the election results, Sri Lankan Tamils are still on their knees praying what they have always prayed "Deliver is from the evil one"
Their voices are suppressed. They have lost their strength to fight back the oppression. But their heart cries are obvious. "Free thousands of our loved ones who are going through hunger and torture in the notorious Sri Lankan prisons,", "Give us back our homes and lands", "Give us the freedom to work in our own farms and fish in our own waters", "Stop abducting our sons and daughters" "stop abusing, torturing, raping and murdering our children", "Stop destroying our culture", "Give us back the freedom that we were all born with as humans on this planet"
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils? If we look at the history of Sri Lanka particularly in the last sixty five years, the answer to this question will be quite obvious.
Sri Lankan Tragedy
Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia's longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.
Sri Lanka uses the same logic for the innocent Tamils who are fleeing for their lives in boats and ships to foreign shores. They blame the fleeing children and pregnant women as terrorists. Only crime they had committed was that they cried when their fathers and brothers were brutally murdered and they objected when their mothers and sisters were raped.
What make things worse in Sri Lanka are not just the atrocities carried out by the fascist forces but the compromise made by some international elements, who have decided to support the criminals but turned a blind eye to the victims. They danced when the war criminals sang, and hid their faces in the sand when thousands of innocents were murdered in cold blood. UN, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed and vulnerable in the world, had in fact assisted Sri Lanka in mass murdering innocent Tamils, simply by ignoring the cries of the dying at the crucial hours.
Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.
Sri Lankan conflict is sometime quite a complex one to understand not because the conflict itself is complex but, corrupt politicians, career minded journalists, biased terror experts, countries with geopolitical interests and those who are short sighted have twisted the stories that many in the world don't exactly know what has been going on in Sri Lanka.
Those who are responsible for the misery in Sri Lanka for years have been successful in hiding the root cause of the problem in order to continue with their own agendas.
While many are doing this deliberately, there are also people including some Tamils tend to misinterpret the crisis in Sri Lanka, by looking and analyzing isolated incidents or judging various parties to the conflict based on their personal experiences.
Shocking Video from UK Channel 4 Television
Blind folded, hands tied behind their backs, naked, on their knees, not knowing what was happening around but hearing just the sounds of Sinhala soldiers mocking and laughing, occasional gun shots. What could have gone through the minds of these young Tamil men in their final hours? They were executed in a most cruel manner just for a simple reason that they were Tamils.
Their mothers bore them in pain, gave birth to them in pain, fed them from their breasts and toiled for years to bring them up. Their children found safety and protection in their arms. These were ordinary men who had dreams about their future. Just like any of us, they also wanted to see their children growing up. They trusted the world around them to come for their rescue even at their last minutes. But their lives were cut short. They were looked down by their enemies as rotten pieces of meat that don't even need proper burial.
This is not a bedtime horror story. This is not about something that happened thousands of years ago when giants and barbarians roamed the earth. This is not a Hollywood movie about man eating cannibals. What Channel 4 had shown in UK is a real story of a people group called Tamils in the horror island of Sri Lanka.
Many were shocked and felt so sick in and out after seeing the video clips of Tamils being executed as innocent lambs in broad day light. Strangely many Tamils living in the West haven't found it as shocking because they have witnessed hundreds and hundreds of such incidents in their own villages and towns. Their eyes had seen their loved ones being butchered with knives, swords, guns and bombs.They saw their houses being burned down and farms being destroyed.
They saw their sisters and mothers being abused and raped. Their fathers were shot and killed in front of weeping children and mothers. Their loved ones and friends were killed in prisons, schools, hospitals and in their own homes. Tamils in Sri Lanka no longer have a voice and they no longer have the right to turn left or right. They see their enemies marching from the North, South, East and the West. A community that once fought for equal rights is now fighting for its bare survival.
Interestingly, Sri Lankan war criminals who have been committing such deadly crimes are not all happy about the world watching what they do to the vulnerable. They have no way to defend their atrocities so they just deny the video as fake. UN investigators have confirmed that the video was authentic.
What was shown on channel 4 is just a drop in the ocean. Many eyes in Sri Lanka have witnessed crimes that were much crueller than this. Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.
What was shown on the British TV is what happened to many innocent civilians who were trying to escape the war zone and decided to get into the government controlled territory. The whole world had witnessed how the Sri Lankan regime was pretending like saviours of Tamils but engaged in killing innocent Tamils in thousands. This video clip is an answer to many who questioned why Tamils were not willing to go into the government controlled area during the War in Vanni. Tamils see the Sri Lankan soldiers as killer demons and not as liberators.
Story of Sri Lanka in the last sixty five years is simply the repetitions of hundreds and thousands of similar horrific events at different scales. 99% of the perpetrators were either Sri Lankan military or extremist Sinhala mobs and 99% of the victims were innocent Tamils.
Armageddon in Tamil land, War on the Innocents
Although Sri Lanka claimed that it was fighting a war with the Tamil rebels, guns and bombs were in fact turned against innocent Tamil civilians. Sri Lankan forces killed more than fifty thousands just within few months.
More than four hundred thousands innocent Tamil civilians including pregnant mothers, babies, young, old and sick were chased out of their own homes, bombed, shelled, starved and let to run for their lives for months. Fighter air crafts over the skies of Vanni dropped bombs on hospitals, schools and all other public places to target the civilians. Food and medicine were denied to the hungry and sick. Many were bleeding on the streets and inside bunkers and experienced painful slow death. Flesh of Tamils became food for stray dogs and wild beasts.
Despite international pressure, Sri Lankan government continued with the war. China and Pakistan were supplying unlimited weapons and ammunitions to the Sri Lankan military.
It is difficult to finds words to describe the horror that happened in the last few days of the war. Thousands were forced into a tiny strip of land. Men, women and children were hiding inside the bunkers without food and water. Sri Lankan military was firing from Tanks and multi barrel rocket launchers, in all the directions. Phosphorous and cluster bombs were dropped from the skies.
As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.
Thick dark smoke rose to the skies. The whole world stood back and watched as the demons from hell descended over Vanni and danced in the lake of blood.
Reporters and journalists are still not allowed to the area where the Armageddon took place even after several months. Sri Lankan rulers are not prepared to show to the world what they did to the innocents with their ugly heads and cruel hands.
Battle is over but the oppression continues
Sri Lankan government claims that it has brought an end to the conflict. But the Tamils in Sri Lanka haven't yet found the freedom that they have been longing for years. They are still like Jews that were in the hands of Hitler and Bosnian Muslims who were persecuted by Serbian extremists.
Generations come and generations go. Life becomes better and better for many people in the world. But the Tamils, whose standard of living was better than Singaporeans and South Koreans forty years ago, are now living below the poverty line. They now wander like vagabonds as many have lost their homes.
Sri Lanka is still recruiting more people for the military and extending military bases in the North and East of the country. Tamil children are surrounded by uniformed soldiers with guns and bombs twenty four hours a day. Tamil women are daily harassed, intimidated and abused by the Sinhala soldiers.
More than eleven thousands youth that were arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities have still not been released. Even the Red Cross are not allowed to see the detainees. Many families still haven't found out where their sons and daughters are. Thousands of families have lost their entire livelihood but they are not provided with any help to re-establish their lives.
Abductions and killings of Tamils are still continuing. Few months ago, a Tamil youth was beaten to death by Sinhala police officers in the city of Colombo. This happened in broad day light, in front of spectators and television cameras.
Farm lands belonging to the Tamils are forcefully taken by the government and given to Sinhala settlers
Many Tamils are risking their lives by fleeing the country on damaged boats and ships. Sri Lankan rulers are not only persecuting the Tamils in Sri Lanka but also making the lives miserable for those who are fleeing to other countries.
Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.
Some Sri Lankan senior cabinet ministers are seeking access to the fleeing refugees so that they can torment the victims even outside Sri Lanka. No laws in the world would allow the persecutors to meet the their fleeing victims in foreign soil or in international waters unless these foreign countries are also having worst human rights records as Sri Lanka who have no respect for the law.
Who are the real Terrorists in Sri Lanka?
The words “Terrorism” and "Terrorists" are mostly misunderstood words in the world today. Regimes in Iran and North Korea call the Western countries as terror states. Majority of us will not agree with Iran or North Korea. Developments of destructive weapons in these two countries are not just posing danger to the neighbouring nations but to the entire world.
Sri Lanka has been playing the same game for many years but it has taken quite a while for many of us to understand the reality. Sri Lankan rulers have been successful in hiding their crimes against the Tamil minorities and exaggerating the Tamil resistance. Sri Lanka spends millions of dollars in propaganda to justify, hide and deny the atrocities against the Tamil minorities
Now Sri Lanka has started to blame international aid organisations, international rights organisations, and western democracies as terror entities. One should question if many of us have been right in taking the same view of Sri Lanka by blaming the Tamil resistance against the Sinhala Chauvinism as Terrorism.
If we consider terrorism as a destructive act against innocent people and their properties, a simple statistics about Sri Lanka would show us who the real terrorists are and why we should believe in the fact that terrorism is still destroying the lives of people in Sri Lanka and the culprits are Sri Lankan rulers who continue to harbour racist and extremist views.
Even a primary school child with simple mathematical skills would not just be able to understand the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka but also would be able to identify who the real victims are and who the culprits are, just by looking at these simple and obvious facts.
In the last sixty years more than three hundred thousands Tamils died in Sri Lanka. They were killed by bombs, guns, swords and knives. Many Tamils went through physical abuse, torture, isolation and rape in the hands of the Sinhala soldiers before their death. Thousands of Tamil women were raped. More than fifty thousands were maimed. Many thousands have become orphans and windows. More than a million had to flee the country in order to save the lives.
Majority of the homes, schools, public libraries, churches, temples and hospitals in the North and East of the country have all been destroyed by the bombs and shells fired by the Sri Lankan military. Most of the lands where Tamils lived are now looking like giant grave yards.
Sri Lankan military has caused a great environmental disaster in Tamil lands by uprooting millions of trees and destroying the wild life.
In the middle of the last century, More than 30% percentage of the population in Sri Lanka was Tamil speaking (Indigenous Tamils, Upcountry Tamils and Muslims). This has now been reduced to 20%.
More than 20% of the land that was originally belonged to the Tamils were forcefully be taken away and given to the Sinhalese. Hundreds of Tamil villages and roads were turned into Sinhala villages and their names have been changed to Sinhala.
30% of the Tamil land is currently occupied by Sri Lankan Sinhala soldiers.
Tamils were once the majority in two eastern districts but they have already become minority as the successive Sri Lankan governments have been changing the demographics in Tamil districts by implementing Sinhala settlements.
These are just facts that speak for themselves. Racist Sri Lankan regimes have persecuted the Tamils for a long time and they have also been very successful in ethic cleansing in the last sixty years.
Root cause of the Conflict, Mother of All the Evils
It is a sad reality that many international think tanks haven't either still identified the root cause of the Sri Lankan conflict or they are deliberately ignoring it in order to fulfil their own hidden agendas.
Sinhala Chauvinism is the mother of all the evils that is destroying this beautiful country. It is built on ignorance, arrogance, jealousy, insecurity, anger, lies and deceptions. This is a dangerous disease that has blinded the hearts and minds of the extremists. Sinhala Chauvinism or Sinhala Buddhist extremism can be compared to Nazism.
Sinhala Chauvinism is nothing to do with the ordinary Sinhala people. This is not even to do with the Sri Lankan military although they have incidentally become the tools and weapons of the extremist, racist and corrupt religious and political leaders.
Many Sinhala people are peace loving and in fact there are many Sinhala intellectuals, journalists, human rights activists and people from all walks of life, are fighting for the oppressed Tamil people and some have even laid down their lives for their fellow humans.
Buddhism in Sri Lanka has been hijacked by the extremists and what we see today in Sri Lanka is a perverted version of Buddhism. Perverted religions are most dangerous ingredients for deadly conflicts all around the world.
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism talk about peace and harmony among the inhabitants of this earth. They preach about tolerance, peace and respect for others. Unfortunately, we have seen so many religious wars in the world and the root cause of them were not the religions in pure forms but their perverted versions.
Rise of Al Qaeda in the west, Violence by extreme Hindus in India, War between Catholics and Protestants, Sinhala Buddhists extremists destroying churches in Sri Lanka are all showing the dangerous signs of religious perversion and religious extremism.
As opposed to many people think, Sri Lanka hasn't got a genuine democracy. Sri Lanka is in reality, indirectly ruled by a violent religious Buddhist cult that preaches and practices hatred against the Tamils. Ordinary Sinhala Buddhist people are brainwashed by Buddhist clergies. Political parties that support such extreme racist policies are selected by the majority Sinhala people as the rulers. Rulers of Sri Lanka come up with discriminative policies to stay in power and to satisfy the hunger of those who want to see the land free of Tamils.
Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka have both been living there for more than two thousands years. The sad reality is that the Sinhala Buddhists want to make Sri Lanka as a Sinhala Buddhist country which means they want the Tamils out or continue to treat Tamils as second class citizens.
Psychology behind Racism
Racists are the most foolish people on this earth because they either perceive that they are superior to others or they imagine that their survival, quality of life and social status are threatened by another race. They wouldn't be able to digest, when someone with another colour, religion or race prosper in front of their eyes.
Ignorance, insecurity, jealousy, pride, selfishness, greed and all the evils come together and make people to hate those who are not like them. Mugabe chasing out White farmers in Zimbabwe, Extremist Serbians killing the Bosnian Muslims, Hitler massacring the Jews and Sinhalese killing the Tamils are all telling us the same story.
Current unrest in Sri Lanka can be traced back to the middle of the last century when Tamils were comparatively doing well in education and business. Sinhala extremists in Sri Lanka couldn’t digest the fact that Tamils still being a minority, dominating education and business. Since 1950, almost every ten years, Tamils were killed in thousands and their properties were burned to ashes. These attacks were always masterminded by the Sinhala rulers who were in power.
In the last thirty years, with the excuse of War on Terror, Sri Lanka has managed to destroy most of the homes, Schools, libraries, hospitals, factories and farms in the Tamil areas. Sri Lankan Tamils who were once, one of the most literate and prosperous people groups in the South East Asia is now fighting for their bare survival.
How is the world responding?
As usual, the geopolitical interest of other countries in Sri Lanka is one of the main reasons why this conflict has been dragging on for years. Corrupt Sri Lankan leaders easily become puppets of the foreign governments. Sri Lanka is located on strategically important sea route that is vital for the security of many countries.
It has now gone beyond an acceptable level that human rights abuses are sending shock waves across the world. Even the ones that were once supporting this country are now at least pretending to be neutral to save their own skins.
Sri Lanka is ranked as South Asia’s No.1 human rights violator. Sri Lanka scored the highest negative points for the right to life, the rights of the child, attacks on human rights defenders and violations of the rights of the minorities. On press freedom, Sri Lanka was ranked second worse only after Bhutan — which has no independent press. Sri Lanka was ranked number 97 in an index compiled by Transparency International, an anti corruption watchdog, in 2009.
Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is "guilty of War-Crimes" and "guilty of Crimes Against Humanity." Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu "No Fire Zone" where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.
The U.S. Department of State‘s Office of War Crimes has recently released its investigation into the final stage of the conflict in Sri Lanka.
It was based on a wide range of sources, including Amnesty International's own reporting, and uses both traditional and innovative evidence such as satellite imagery and aerial photographs. This report provides a disturbing overview of what happened in the so-called “No-Fire Zone”.
The European Commission has decided to suspend Sri Lanka's preferential trade status following a probe criticising the island's human rights record. The suspension follows a year-long European Commission probe that concluded that the Sri Lankan government was in breach of commitments on human rights and good governance that come with the preferential trade status.
Commonwealth has decided not to host the next summit in Sri Lanka. If the situation doesn't improve, suspension of this country from Commonwealth is another possibility.
International community should continue to take tough measures like economic embargoes and war crime inquiries to make sure that this country won’t slip further into darkness and the culprits are brought to justice. These steps are necessary to convince the people of Sri Lanka that they will be isolated from the world if they continue elect leaders who chose the path of extremism and violence instead of path of peace.
How does Sri Lanka defend its atrocities?
Non-compliance, denials, refusals, justifications, blackmailing and other techniques are used by countries like Sri Lanka to escape justice.
Sri Lanka is simply a rock state that no longer has any respect for human rights. Leaders of this country are only interested in fulfilling their racist agendas and to satisfy their own greed.
Sri Lankan government regularly appoint individuals with doctorates and other higher degrees as cabinet ministers and propaganda activists to lobby in the UN and in foreign countries. Many of them speak in fluent English and having citizenships in other western countries and their main role is to justify the atrocities that are committed by the Sri Lankan government. These individuals are experts in blaming the victims and protecting the criminals.
Sri Lankan government also has their own pseudo terror experts working in foreign soils and their main role is to defend the Sri Lankan government and to identify anyone that opposes the Sri Lankan government as terrorist. Sri Lanka spends millions on propaganda and to pay for consultants and propaganda firms that are working round the clock to hide or justify the atrocities committed by the rulers of Sri Lanka.
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils?
In the last sixty years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.
Freedom is a God given right to every living human on this earth. Tamils in Sri Lanka, Muslims in Bosnia, Jews in Jerusalem, Hindus in Pakistan, Christians in North Korea, Blacks in France, Whites in Zimbabwe and Aboriginals in Australia should all be enjoying the same rights as any other people groups on this planet.
Nazism, Sinhala Chauvinism, Racism, Fascism, you can name them how you like, but these are all manifestations of a social evil, that destroy lives.
The madness that is going on this country can only be stopped by destroying the demon of ignorance from the hearts and minds of those who rejoice in hatred and violence against their follow citizens. This is not a battle against flesh and blood but against the forces of darkness clouding over this nation
Unless the civilised world stand against the perpetrators of human rights abuses, war criminals and corrupt politicians in Sri Lanka, unless we stop dancing to the tunes played by Sri Lankan rulers, unless we confront the agents of Sri Lanka who have been deceiving the international community through lies and deceptions, unless we stop doing business with Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka will continue to persecute its minorities with the blessing of those who are determined to be on the wrong side just to satisfy their own greed.
Governments come and go but there is no end to the suffering of Tamils in this Island. No matter who comes to power, the root cause of the conflict will again be ignored by the rulers of Sri Lanka deliberately to keep the majority happy. Unless the root cause of the ethnic problem is dealt with, Sri Lanka will face another wave of violence that could even be detrimental to the peace and stability in the whole South East Asia.
All you comrades of "Cut and Paste" Brigade !!
Why not "Cut and Paste" articles like this too ????
Chicken or doesn't these kind of articles appear on your TNUT web site ?? How about the guy with the sock in his lingam ?? What has he got to say ?? AI will probably act Dumb I guess !!
Good luck to all you Peelam Die Ass Pora Apes !!
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Fake Rohan Says:
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils?
From North to the South, West to the East, the skies of Sri Lanka are now filled with the empty and virtual deceptive promises of two desperate presidential candidates. While the Sri Lankan politicians are beating their drums, While the so called war heroes of the nation are busy launching mudslinging campaigns against each other, while the strategic think tanks with geopolitical interests are making last minute manoeuvres to influence the outcome of the election, while the local business leaders, industrialists and bankers are speculating the election results, Sri Lankan Tamils are still on their knees praying what they have always prayed “Deliver is from the evil one”
Their voices are suppressed. They have lost their strength to fight back the oppression. But their heart cries are obvious. “Free thousands of our loved ones who are going through hunger and torture in the notorious Sri Lankan prisons,”, “Give us back our homes and lands”, “Give us the freedom to work in our own farms and fish in our own waters”, “Stop abducting our sons and daughters” “stop abusing, torturing, raping and murdering our children”, “Stop destroying our culture”, “Give us back the freedom that we were all born with as humans on this planet”
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils? If we look at the history of Sri Lanka particularly in the last sixty five years, the answer to this question will be quite obvious.
Sri Lankan Tragedy
Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia’s longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.
Sri Lanka uses the same logic for the innocent Tamils who are fleeing for their lives in boats and ships to foreign shores. They blame the fleeing children and pregnant women as terrorists. Only crime they had committed was that they cried when their fathers and brothers were brutally murdered and they objected when their mothers and sisters were raped.
What make things worse in Sri Lanka are not just the atrocities carried out by the fascist forces but the compromise made by some international elements, who have decided to support the criminals but turned a blind eye to the victims. They danced when the war criminals sang, and hid their faces in the sand when thousands of innocents were murdered in cold blood. UN, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed and vulnerable in the world, had in fact assisted Sri Lanka in mass murdering innocent Tamils, simply by ignoring the cries of the dying at the crucial hours.
Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.
Sri Lankan conflict is sometime quite a complex one to understand not because the conflict itself is complex but, corrupt politicians, career minded journalists, biased terror experts, countries with geopolitical interests and those who are short sighted have twisted the stories that many in the world don’t exactly know what has been going on in Sri Lanka.
Those who are responsible for the misery in Sri Lanka for years have been successful in hiding the root cause of the problem in order to continue with their own agendas.
While many are doing this deliberately, there are also people including some Tamils tend to misinterpret the crisis in Sri Lanka, by looking and analyzing isolated incidents or judging various parties to the conflict based on their personal experiences.
Shocking Video from UK Channel 4 Television
Blind folded, hands tied behind their backs, naked, on their knees, not knowing what was happening around but hearing just the sounds of Sinhala soldiers mocking and laughing, occasional gun shots. What could have gone through the minds of these young Tamil men in their final hours? They were executed in a most cruel manner just for a simple reason that they were Tamils.
Their mothers bore them in pain, gave birth to them in pain, fed them from their breasts and toiled for years to bring them up. Their children found safety and protection in their arms. These were ordinary men who had dreams about their future. Just like any of us, they also wanted to see their children growing up. They trusted the world around them to come for their rescue even at their last minutes. But their lives were cut short. They were looked down by their enemies as rotten pieces of meat that don’t even need proper burial.
This is not a bedtime horror story. This is not about something that happened thousands of years ago when giants and barbarians roamed the earth. This is not a Hollywood movie about man eating cannibals. What Channel 4 had shown in UK is a real story of a people group called Tamils in the horror island of Sri Lanka.
Many were shocked and felt so sick in and out after seeing the video clips of Tamils being executed as innocent lambs in broad day light. Strangely many Tamils living in the West haven’t found it as shocking because they have witnessed hundreds and hundreds of such incidents in their own villages and towns. Their eyes had seen their loved ones being butchered with knives, swords, guns and bombs.They saw their houses being burned down and farms being destroyed.
They saw their sisters and mothers being abused and raped. Their fathers were shot and killed in front of weeping children and mothers. Their loved ones and friends were killed in prisons, schools, hospitals and in their own homes. Tamils in Sri Lanka no longer have a voice and they no longer have the right to turn left or right. They see their enemies marching from the North, South, East and the West. A community that once fought for equal rights is now fighting for its bare survival.
Interestingly, Sri Lankan war criminals who have been committing such deadly crimes are not all happy about the world watching what they do to the vulnerable. They have no way to defend their atrocities so they just deny the video as fake. UN investigators have confirmed that the video was authentic.
What was shown on channel 4 is just a drop in the ocean. Many eyes in Sri Lanka have witnessed crimes that were much crueller than this. Thousands of digital pictures and video clips, many satellite images and other concrete evidences are available to prove without a shadow of doubt that Sri Lankan regime is still committing countless crimes against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka with the excuse of fighting terror.
What was shown on the British TV is what happened to many innocent civilians who were trying to escape the war zone and decided to get into the government controlled territory. The whole world had witnessed how the Sri Lankan regime was pretending like saviours of Tamils but engaged in killing innocent Tamils in thousands. This video clip is an answer to many who questioned why Tamils were not willing to go into the government controlled area during the War in Vanni. Tamils see the Sri Lankan soldiers as killer demons and not as liberators.
Story of Sri Lanka in the last sixty five years is simply the repetitions of hundreds and thousands of similar horrific events at different scales. 99% of the perpetrators were either Sri Lankan military or extremist Sinhala mobs and 99% of the victims were innocent Tamils.
Armageddon in Tamil land, War on the Innocents
Although Sri Lanka claimed that it was fighting a war with the Tamil rebels, guns and bombs were in fact turned against innocent Tamil civilians. Sri Lankan forces killed more than fifty thousands just within few months.
More than four hundred thousands innocent Tamil civilians including pregnant mothers, babies, young, old and sick were chased out of their own homes, bombed, shelled, starved and let to run for their lives for months. Fighter air crafts over the skies of Vanni dropped bombs on hospitals, schools and all other public places to target the civilians. Food and medicine were denied to the hungry and sick. Many were bleeding on the streets and inside bunkers and experienced painful slow death. Flesh of Tamils became food for stray dogs and wild beasts.
Despite international pressure, Sri Lankan government continued with the war. China and Pakistan were supplying unlimited weapons and ammunitions to the Sri Lankan military.
It is difficult to finds words to describe the horror that happened in the last few days of the war. Thousands were forced into a tiny strip of land. Men, women and children were hiding inside the bunkers without food and water. Sri Lankan military was firing from Tanks and multi barrel rocket launchers, in all the directions. Phosphorous and cluster bombs were dropped from the skies.
As the cries of dying women and children were shaking the earth, Sri Lankan military used maximum fire power to kill several thousands Tamils every single day. While the wounded were crying for water to wet their tongues, military tanks rolled over them. Wounded and the sick who were hiding in the bunkers were buried alive. Those who surrendered with white flags were executed in cold blood. Petrol and chemicals were poured over the tents and dead bodies.
Thick dark smoke rose to the skies. The whole world stood back and watched as the demons from hell descended over Vanni and danced in the lake of blood.
Reporters and journalists are still not allowed to the area where the Armageddon took place even after several months. Sri Lankan rulers are not prepared to show to the world what they did to the innocents with their ugly heads and cruel hands.
Battle is over but the oppression continues
Sri Lankan government claims that it has brought an end to the conflict. But the Tamils in Sri Lanka haven’t yet found the freedom that they have been longing for years. They are still like Jews that were in the hands of Hitler and Bosnian Muslims who were persecuted by Serbian extremists.
Generations come and generations go. Life becomes better and better for many people in the world. But the Tamils, whose standard of living was better than Singaporeans and South Koreans forty years ago, are now living below the poverty line. They now wander like vagabonds as many have lost their homes.
Sri Lanka is still recruiting more people for the military and extending military bases in the North and East of the country. Tamil children are surrounded by uniformed soldiers with guns and bombs twenty four hours a day. Tamil women are daily harassed, intimidated and abused by the Sinhala soldiers.
More than eleven thousands youth that were arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities have still not been released. Even the Red Cross are not allowed to see the detainees. Many families still haven’t found out where their sons and daughters are. Thousands of families have lost their entire livelihood but they are not provided with any help to re-establish their lives.
Abductions and killings of Tamils are still continuing. Few months ago, a Tamil youth was beaten to death by Sinhala police officers in the city of Colombo. This happened in broad day light, in front of spectators and television cameras.
Farm lands belonging to the Tamils are forcefully taken by the government and given to Sinhala settlers
Many Tamils are risking their lives by fleeing the country on damaged boats and ships. Sri Lankan rulers are not only persecuting the Tamils in Sri Lanka but also making the lives miserable for those who are fleeing to other countries.
Agents of Sri Lanka, some of them who work as pseudo terror experts and journalists in other countries are demonising the Tamils who are struggling for their survival even in the seas. These fake experts continue to deceive the international community by identifying every Tamil child, mother and father as terrorists.
Some Sri Lankan senior cabinet ministers are seeking access to the fleeing refugees so that they can torment the victims even outside Sri Lanka. No laws in the world would allow the persecutors to meet the their fleeing victims in foreign soil or in international waters unless these foreign countries are also having worst human rights records as Sri Lanka who have no respect for the law.
Who are the real Terrorists in Sri Lanka?
The words “Terrorism” and “Terrorists” are mostly misunderstood words in the world today. Regimes in Iran and North Korea call the Western countries as terror states. Majority of us will not agree with Iran or North Korea. Developments of destructive weapons in these two countries are not just posing danger to the neighbouring nations but to the entire world.
Sri Lanka has been playing the same game for many years but it has taken quite a while for many of us to understand the reality. Sri Lankan rulers have been successful in hiding their crimes against the Tamil minorities and exaggerating the Tamil resistance. Sri Lanka spends millions of dollars in propaganda to justify, hide and deny the atrocities against the Tamil minorities
Now Sri Lanka has started to blame international aid organisations, international rights organisations, and western democracies as terror entities. One should question if many of us have been right in taking the same view of Sri Lanka by blaming the Tamil resistance against the Sinhala Chauvinism as Terrorism.
If we consider terrorism as a destructive act against innocent people and their properties, a simple statistics about Sri Lanka would show us who the real terrorists are and why we should believe in the fact that terrorism is still destroying the lives of people in Sri Lanka and the culprits are Sri Lankan rulers who continue to harbour racist and extremist views.
Even a primary school child with simple mathematical skills would not just be able to understand the deadly conflict in Sri Lanka but also would be able to identify who the real victims are and who the culprits are, just by looking at these simple and obvious facts.
In the last sixty years more than three hundred thousands Tamils died in Sri Lanka. They were killed by bombs, guns, swords and knives. Many Tamils went through physical abuse, torture, isolation and rape in the hands of the Sinhala soldiers before their death. Thousands of Tamil women were raped. More than fifty thousands were maimed. Many thousands have become orphans and windows. More than a million had to flee the country in order to save the lives.
Majority of the homes, schools, public libraries, churches, temples and hospitals in the North and East of the country have all been destroyed by the bombs and shells fired by the Sri Lankan military. Most of the lands where Tamils lived are now looking like giant grave yards.
Sri Lankan military has caused a great environmental disaster in Tamil lands by uprooting millions of trees and destroying the wild life.
In the middle of the last century, More than 30% percentage of the population in Sri Lanka was Tamil speaking (Indigenous Tamils, Upcountry Tamils and Muslims). This has now been reduced to 20%.
More than 20% of the land that was originally belonged to the Tamils were forcefully be taken away and given to the Sinhalese. Hundreds of Tamil villages and roads were turned into Sinhala villages and their names have been changed to Sinhala.
30% of the Tamil land is currently occupied by Sri Lankan Sinhala soldiers.
Tamils were once the majority in two eastern districts but they have already become minority as the successive Sri Lankan governments have been changing the demographics in Tamil districts by implementing Sinhala settlements.
These are just facts that speak for themselves. Racist Sri Lankan regimes have persecuted the Tamils for a long time and they have also been very successful in ethic cleansing in the last sixty years.
Root cause of the Conflict, Mother of All the Evils
It is a sad reality that many international think tanks haven’t either still identified the root cause of the Sri Lankan conflict or they are deliberately ignoring it in order to fulfil their own hidden agendas.
Sinhala Chauvinism is the mother of all the evils that is destroying this beautiful country. It is built on ignorance, arrogance, jealousy, insecurity, anger, lies and deceptions. This is a dangerous disease that has blinded the hearts and minds of the extremists. Sinhala Chauvinism or Sinhala Buddhist extremism can be compared to Nazism.
Sinhala Chauvinism is nothing to do with the ordinary Sinhala people. This is not even to do with the Sri Lankan military although they have incidentally become the tools and weapons of the extremist, racist and corrupt religious and political leaders.
Many Sinhala people are peace loving and in fact there are many Sinhala intellectuals, journalists, human rights activists and people from all walks of life, are fighting for the oppressed Tamil people and some have even laid down their lives for their fellow humans.
Buddhism in Sri Lanka has been hijacked by the extremists and what we see today in Sri Lanka is a perverted version of Buddhism. Perverted religions are most dangerous ingredients for deadly conflicts all around the world.
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism talk about peace and harmony among the inhabitants of this earth. They preach about tolerance, peace and respect for others. Unfortunately, we have seen so many religious wars in the world and the root cause of them were not the religions in pure forms but their perverted versions.
Rise of Al Qaeda in the west, Violence by extreme Hindus in India, War between Catholics and Protestants, Sinhala Buddhists extremists destroying churches in Sri Lanka are all showing the dangerous signs of religious perversion and religious extremism.
As opposed to many people think, Sri Lanka hasn’t got a genuine democracy. Sri Lanka is in reality, indirectly ruled by a violent religious Buddhist cult that preaches and practices hatred against the Tamils. Ordinary Sinhala Buddhist people are brainwashed by Buddhist clergies. Political parties that support such extreme racist policies are selected by the majority Sinhala people as the rulers. Rulers of Sri Lanka come up with discriminative policies to stay in power and to satisfy the hunger of those who want to see the land free of Tamils.
Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka have both been living there for more than two thousands years. The sad reality is that the Sinhala Buddhists want to make Sri Lanka as a Sinhala Buddhist country which means they want the Tamils out or continue to treat Tamils as second class citizens.
Psychology behind Racism
Racists are the most foolish people on this earth because they either perceive that they are superior to others or they imagine that their survival, quality of life and social status are threatened by another race. They wouldn’t be able to digest, when someone with another colour, religion or race prosper in front of their eyes.
Ignorance, insecurity, jealousy, pride, selfishness, greed and all the evils come together and make people to hate those who are not like them. Mugabe chasing out White farmers in Zimbabwe, Extremist Serbians killing the Bosnian Muslims, Hitler massacring the Jews and Sinhalese killing the Tamils are all telling us the same story.
Current unrest in Sri Lanka can be traced back to the middle of the last century when Tamils were comparatively doing well in education and business. Sinhala extremists in Sri Lanka couldn’t digest the fact that Tamils still being a minority, dominating education and business. Since 1950, almost every ten years, Tamils were killed in thousands and their properties were burned to ashes. These attacks were always masterminded by the Sinhala rulers who were in power.
In the last thirty years, with the excuse of War on Terror, Sri Lanka has managed to destroy most of the homes, Schools, libraries, hospitals, factories and farms in the Tamil areas. Sri Lankan Tamils who were once, one of the most literate and prosperous people groups in the South East Asia is now fighting for their bare survival.
How is the world responding?
As usual, the geopolitical interest of other countries in Sri Lanka is one of the main reasons why this conflict has been dragging on for years. Corrupt Sri Lankan leaders easily become puppets of the foreign governments. Sri Lanka is located on strategically important sea route that is vital for the security of many countries.
It has now gone beyond an acceptable level that human rights abuses are sending shock waves across the world. Even the ones that were once supporting this country are now at least pretending to be neutral to save their own skins.
Sri Lanka is ranked as South Asia’s No.1 human rights violator. Sri Lanka scored the highest negative points for the right to life, the rights of the child, attacks on human rights defenders and violations of the rights of the minorities. On press freedom, Sri Lanka was ranked second worse only after Bhutan — which has no independent press. Sri Lanka was ranked number 97 in an index compiled by Transparency International, an anti corruption watchdog, in 2009.
Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on 14th and 15th of January 2010 has found that Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” and “guilty of Crimes Against Humanity.” Eye witnesses included several escapees from the final week of Sri Lanka offensive in the Mullaitivu “No Fire Zone” where more than thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were allegedly slaughtered by Sri Lanka Army with heavy weapons.
The U.S. Department of State‘s Office of War Crimes has recently released its investigation into the final stage of the conflict in Sri Lanka.
It was based on a wide range of sources, including Amnesty International’s own reporting, and uses both traditional and innovative evidence such as satellite imagery and aerial photographs. This report provides a disturbing overview of what happened in the so-called “No-Fire Zone”.
The European Commission has decided to suspend Sri Lanka’s preferential trade status following a probe criticising the island’s human rights record. The suspension follows a year-long European Commission probe that concluded that the Sri Lankan government was in breach of commitments on human rights and good governance that come with the preferential trade status.
Commonwealth has decided not to host the next summit in Sri Lanka. If the situation doesn’t improve, suspension of this country from Commonwealth is another possibility.
International community should continue to take tough measures like economic embargoes and war crime inquiries to make sure that this country won’t slip further into darkness and the culprits are brought to justice. These steps are necessary to convince the people of Sri Lanka that they will be isolated from the world if they continue elect leaders who chose the path of extremism and violence instead of path of peace.
How does Sri Lanka defend its atrocities?
Non-compliance, denials, refusals, justifications, blackmailing and other techniques are used by countries like Sri Lanka to escape justice.
Sri Lanka is simply a rock state that no longer has any respect for human rights. Leaders of this country are only interested in fulfilling their racist agendas and to satisfy their own greed.
Sri Lankan government regularly appoint individuals with doctorates and other higher degrees as cabinet ministers and propaganda activists to lobby in the UN and in foreign countries. Many of them speak in fluent English and having citizenships in other western countries and their main role is to justify the atrocities that are committed by the Sri Lankan government. These individuals are experts in blaming the victims and protecting the criminals.
Sri Lankan government also has their own pseudo terror experts working in foreign soils and their main role is to defend the Sri Lankan government and to identify anyone that opposes the Sri Lankan government as terrorist. Sri Lanka spends millions on propaganda and to pay for consultants and propaganda firms that are working round the clock to hide or justify the atrocities committed by the rulers of Sri Lanka.
Can the new King of Sri Lanka bring deliverance to the Tamils?
In the last sixty years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.
Freedom is a God given right to every living human on this earth. Tamils in Sri Lanka, Muslims in Bosnia, Jews in Jerusalem, Hindus in Pakistan, Christians in North Korea, Blacks in France, Whites in Zimbabwe and Aboriginals in Australia should all be enjoying the same rights as any other people groups on this planet.
Nazism, Sinhala Chauvinism, Racism, Fascism, you can name them how you like, but these are all manifestations of a social evil, that destroy lives.
The madness that is going on this country can only be stopped by destroying the demon of ignorance from the hearts and minds of those who rejoice in hatred and violence against their follow citizens. This is not a battle against flesh and blood but against the forces of darkness clouding over this nation
Unless the civilised world stand against the perpetrators of human rights abuses, war criminals and corrupt politicians in Sri Lanka, unless we stop dancing to the tunes played by Sri Lankan rulers, unless we confront the agents of Sri Lanka who have been deceiving the international community through lies and deceptions, unless we stop doing business with Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka will continue to persecute its minorities with the blessing of those who are determined to be on the wrong side just to satisfy their own greed.
Governments come and go but there is no end to the suffering of Tamils in this Island. No matter who comes to power, the root cause of the conflict will again be ignored by the rulers of Sri Lanka deliberately to keep the majority happy. Unless the root cause of the ethnic problem is dealt with, Sri Lanka will face another wave of violence that could even be detrimental to the peace and stability in the whole South East Asia.
Fake Rohan – for a tiny moment can you write something in your own words using the little bit of brains you have instead of pasting other people's articles which have no relevance to anything ???
I am frustrated with AI for allowing such goonies to run riot on blogs as this. This really goes on to show the extent of AI's hand reaching out to Goonies and Terrorists….
Visiting Japanese special envoy Yasushi Akashi, speaking to reporters in Colombo a short while ago, said that the UN panel should not interfere in Sri Lanka but only offer advice and suggestions in consultation with the government.
He said that the UN panel being setup to advice UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon on Sri Lanka can offer insight and experience to the government which has also created its own commission of lessons learnt and reconciliation.
"The perception gap should be breached soon as possible and the attitude should not only to be about criticizing and condemning but to also enforce a better comprehension about the challenges that Sri Lanka is facing," Akashi said.
Ending his 20th visit to the island, Akashi also expressed optimism of a positive change in post war Sri Lanka saying that now there was an opportunity for national and ethnic reconciliation in the country.
"I wish that the Tamil Diaspora could receive direct reliable information about what is taking place in the country and if more Tamil Diaspora living aboard could visit Sri Lanka they would be able to see what the government has achieved so far although there is much more to be done," he said. (Daily Mirror online)
All you comrades of "Cut and Paste" Brigade !!
Why not "Cut and Paste" articles like this too ????
Chicken or doesn't these kind of articles appear on your TNUT web site ?? How about the guy with the sock in his lingam ?? What has he got to say ?? AI will probably act Dumb I guess !!
Good luck to all you Peelam Die Ass Pora Apes !!
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4491-tis…
All you comrades of "Cut and Paste" Brigade !!
Why not "Cut and Paste" articles like this too ????
Chicken or doesn't these kind of articles appear on your TNUT web site ?? How about the guy with the sock in his lingam ?? What has he got to say ?? AI will probably act Dumb I guess !!
Good luck to all you Peelam Die Ass Pora Apes !!
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4491-tis…
Sri Lankan Tragedy
Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia’s longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.
Sri Lanka uses the same logic for the innocent Tamils who are fleeing for their lives in boats and ships to foreign shores. They blame the fleeing children and pregnant women as terrorists. Only crime they had committed was that they cried when their fathers and brothers were brutally murdered and they objected when their mothers and sisters were raped.
What make things worse in Sri Lanka are not just the atrocities carried out by the fascist forces but the compromise made by some international elements, who have decided to support the criminals but turned a blind eye to the victims. They danced when the war criminals sang, and hid their faces in the sand when thousands of innocents were murdered in cold blood. UN, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed and vulnerable in the world, had in fact assisted Sri Lanka in mass murdering innocent Tamils, simply by ignoring the cries of the dying at the crucial hours.
Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.
Sri Lankan conflict is sometime quite a complex one to understand not because the conflict itself is complex but, corrupt politicians, career minded journalists, biased terror experts, countries with geopolitical interests and those who are short sighted have twisted the stories that many in the world don’t exactly know what has been going on in Sri Lanka.
Those who are responsible for the misery in Sri Lanka for years have been successful in hiding the root cause of the problem in order to continue with their own agendas.
While many are doing this deliberately, there are also people including some Tamils tend to misinterpret the crisis in Sri Lanka, by looking and analyzing isolated incidents or judging various parties to the conflict based on their personal experiences.
Fake Rohan – for a tiny moment can you write something in your own words using the little bit of brains you have instead of pasting other people’s articles which have no relevance to anything ???
I am frustrated with AI for allowing such goonies to run riot on blogs as this. This really goes on to show the extent of AI’s hand reaching out to Goonies and Terrorists….
Visiting Japanese special envoy Yasushi Akashi, speaking to reporters in Colombo a short while ago, said that the UN panel should not interfere in Sri Lanka but only offer advice and suggestions in consultation with the government.
He said that the UN panel being setup to advice UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon on Sri Lanka can offer insight and experience to the government which has also created its own commission of lessons learnt and reconciliation.
“The perception gap should be breached soon as possible and the attitude should not only to be about criticizing and condemning but to also enforce a better comprehension about the challenges that Sri Lanka is facing,” Akashi said.
Ending his 20th visit to the island, Akashi also expressed optimism of a positive change in post war Sri Lanka saying that now there was an opportunity for national and ethnic reconciliation in the country.
“I wish that the Tamil Diaspora could receive direct reliable information about what is taking place in the country and if more Tamil Diaspora living aboard could visit Sri Lanka they would be able to see what the government has achieved so far although there is much more to be done,” he said. (Daily Mirror online)
All you comrades of “Cut and Paste” Brigade !!
Why not “Cut and Paste” articles like this too ????
Chicken or doesn’t these kind of articles appear on your TNUT web site ?? How about the guy with the sock in his lingam ?? What has he got to say ?? AI will probably act Dumb I guess !!
Good luck to all you Peelam Die Ass Pora Apes !!
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4491-tissa-moves-to-us.html
Sri Lankan Tragedy
Those who argue that Sri Lanka has finally brought an end to the Asia’s longest running conflict, are not only ignorant but making a blunder by indirectly supporting the dangerous regimes in Sri Lanka that are determined to wipe out a race from the face of this earth. Torture, murder and rape against the minority Tamils, abductions, summary executions, forced colonizations of Tamil lands, extension of military bases in Tamil areas even in the absence of war and various human rights abuses, have made this country as an island of hell.
Sri Lankan rulers use a simple binary logic that their categorise anyone who oppose their extremist policies and human rights violations as terrorists. They are able to see only two types of humans on this planet. Those who are with them or those who are against them. Since they identify the ones who disagree with them as terrorists, Sri Lanka has in many instances blamed Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross and many other humanitarian organisations as terrorist sympathisers. David Miliband, Hillary Clinton and many other western leaders were blamed as terror supporters. This is exactly like how the Al Qaeda blames the western countries as terror states and their leaders as terrorists.
Sri Lanka uses the same logic for the innocent Tamils who are fleeing for their lives in boats and ships to foreign shores. They blame the fleeing children and pregnant women as terrorists. Only crime they had committed was that they cried when their fathers and brothers were brutally murdered and they objected when their mothers and sisters were raped.
What make things worse in Sri Lanka are not just the atrocities carried out by the fascist forces but the compromise made by some international elements, who have decided to support the criminals but turned a blind eye to the victims. They danced when the war criminals sang, and hid their faces in the sand when thousands of innocents were murdered in cold blood. UN, who is supposed to be a guardian for the oppressed and vulnerable in the world, had in fact assisted Sri Lanka in mass murdering innocent Tamils, simply by ignoring the cries of the dying at the crucial hours.
Sri Lankan Tragedy is also about an unfair world that is letting the murderers and rapists to walk on red carpets but ignoring the plight of the innocents that are languishing in torture camps and prisons.
Sri Lankan conflict is sometime quite a complex one to understand not because the conflict itself is complex but, corrupt politicians, career minded journalists, biased terror experts, countries with geopolitical interests and those who are short sighted have twisted the stories that many in the world don’t exactly know what has been going on in Sri Lanka.
Those who are responsible for the misery in Sri Lanka for years have been successful in hiding the root cause of the problem in order to continue with their own agendas.
While many are doing this deliberately, there are also people including some Tamils tend to misinterpret the crisis in Sri Lanka, by looking and analyzing isolated incidents or judging various parties to the conflict based on their personal experiences.
Justice failed
Judiciary In Jeopardy in sri lanka
Two magistrates from the Chavakachcheri and Vavuniya Magistrates’ Courts have been transferred with immediate effect to different areas for no specific reason.
Chavakachcheri Magistrate T.J. Prabhakaran and Vavuniya Magistrate Alex Raja have been transferred with immediate effect to Akkaraipattu and Colombo respectively.
When contacted by The Sunday Leader, Prabhakaran confirmed that he had indeed been transferred with immediate effect and has been requested to report to work at the Akkaraipattu Magistrate’s Court tomorrow (21).
He said that Thursday (17) was his last working day at the Chavakachcheri Magistrate’s Court and he has to now move to Akkaraipattu along with his family within a few days.
Alex Raja was not available for comment.
However, the sudden transfers of the two Magistrates are speculated to have taken place following a speech made in parliament by UNP Parliamentarian Jaya Sri Ranga during the last parliamentary sessions.
Sri Ranga in his speech during an adjournment debate directly accused the EPDP, a constituent party in the governing UPFA, of abducting and extorting money from Tamil people in the North while threatening the judges who heard the relevant cases in court.
He has specifically mentioned the names of Chavakachcheri Magistrate T.J. Prabhakaran and Vavuniya Magistrate Alex Raja saying that they were hearing cases against members of the EPDP for alleged threats, abductions, extortion and even murders.
Sri Ranga in his speech called for the independence of the judiciary in the North saying that the judges were under constant threat by members affiliated to the government if they delivered a judgment against alleged extortion.
At the time of the transfer, Chavakachcheri Magistrate Prabhakaran was hearing a case of abduction and murder of a teenager that had taken place in Chavakachcheri during the general election period.
A 19-year-old schoolboy from the Chavakachcheri Hindu College was allegedly abducted and later killed by the group who had abducted him with the intention of extorting money.
Several EPDP members had been accused in the case and EPDP member and Jaffna Deputy Mayor T. Illango alias Regan had allegedly threatened Prabhakaran.
Meanwhile, Vavuniya Magistrate Alex Raja at the time of his transfer had been under threat and had been asked to withdraw an open warrant issued by him on several suspects in a murder case.
According to Sri Ranga, the suspects in all these cases have been identified as members of the EPDP.
EPDP Leader and Minister Douglas Devananda when contacted by The Sunday Leader on Friday (18) asked us to call him in 10 minutes and did not answer the numerous telephone calls made to his mobile phone afterwards
Adjusting to the Post-War Situation: New turn in Sri Lankan Foreign Policy
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
What policy ??
Indian troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators who tried to torch a military bunker in Kashmir on Sunday, killing one person and wounding at least five, police said.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, in an angry protest against the death of a 25-year-old who died a day earlier after being beaten by soldiers in a demonstration last week.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
We must protest. Next will be Tamilnadu – what will happen to our people ??
This is unreal in our world. How can this happen? How can a minister apologize to Tamil community ?? Will we ever do this for what we have done?
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4520-min…
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa opened the first Security Forces headquarters in Mullaitivu this morning. The Defence Secretary is seen here directing Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya while inspecting the area.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4…
Now people there could be safe. There will be no more fear for our people in the area.
Sri Lanka has warned Australia about a ship carrying 200 suspected LTTE cadres on its way to Australia, but is unaware if there are top Tiger leaders among them or where the ship set off from.
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia Senaka Welgampaya speaking to Daily Mirror online said that he had received information that a ship named, ‘Sun Sea’ carrying some 200 suspected LTTE cadres is on its way to Australia but he did not have further details regarding those on board.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4516-lan…
The Indian police have arrested three LTTE intelligence wing members who had attempted to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka. They had reportedly procured the explosive materials over a period and stocked them illegally for transport to Sri Lanka, the Hindu reported.
The three men were arrested by the ‘Q' Branch police in Tiruchi on Sunday. Large quantities of ordinary and electric detonators were seized from them.
Siva alias Mahindan alias Ilaiya Mahindan (33) and Tamil alias Tamilselvan alias Sathish (38), both said to be members of the intelligence wing of the LTTE, and Selvam alias Painter Selvam (40), a LTTE cadre, were arrested when they assembled for a meeting. They had reportedly planned to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka in association with Suri alias Kannan, a Sri Lankan Tamil of Chennai, and a few others.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4515-tig…
Now India has started Genocide and Rape ! This is unacceptable.
Justice failed
Judiciary In Jeopardy in sri lanka
Two magistrates from the Chavakachcheri and Vavuniya Magistrates’ Courts have been transferred with immediate effect to different areas for no specific reason.
Chavakachcheri Magistrate T.J. Prabhakaran and Vavuniya Magistrate Alex Raja have been transferred with immediate effect to Akkaraipattu and Colombo respectively.
When contacted by The Sunday Leader, Prabhakaran confirmed that he had indeed been transferred with immediate effect and has been requested to report to work at the Akkaraipattu Magistrate’s Court tomorrow (21).
He said that Thursday (17) was his last working day at the Chavakachcheri Magistrate’s Court and he has to now move to Akkaraipattu along with his family within a few days.
Alex Raja was not available for comment.
However, the sudden transfers of the two Magistrates are speculated to have taken place following a speech made in parliament by UNP Parliamentarian Jaya Sri Ranga during the last parliamentary sessions.
Sri Ranga in his speech during an adjournment debate directly accused the EPDP, a constituent party in the governing UPFA, of abducting and extorting money from Tamil people in the North while threatening the judges who heard the relevant cases in court.
He has specifically mentioned the names of Chavakachcheri Magistrate T.J. Prabhakaran and Vavuniya Magistrate Alex Raja saying that they were hearing cases against members of the EPDP for alleged threats, abductions, extortion and even murders.
Sri Ranga in his speech called for the independence of the judiciary in the North saying that the judges were under constant threat by members affiliated to the government if they delivered a judgment against alleged extortion.
At the time of the transfer, Chavakachcheri Magistrate Prabhakaran was hearing a case of abduction and murder of a teenager that had taken place in Chavakachcheri during the general election period.
A 19-year-old schoolboy from the Chavakachcheri Hindu College was allegedly abducted and later killed by the group who had abducted him with the intention of extorting money.
Several EPDP members had been accused in the case and EPDP member and Jaffna Deputy Mayor T. Illango alias Regan had allegedly threatened Prabhakaran.
Meanwhile, Vavuniya Magistrate Alex Raja at the time of his transfer had been under threat and had been asked to withdraw an open warrant issued by him on several suspects in a murder case.
According to Sri Ranga, the suspects in all these cases have been identified as members of the EPDP.
EPDP Leader and Minister Douglas Devananda when contacted by The Sunday Leader on Friday (18) asked us to call him in 10 minutes and did not answer the numerous telephone calls made to his mobile phone afterwards
Adjusting to the Post-War Situation: New turn in Sri Lankan Foreign Policy
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
What policy ??
Adjusting to the Post-War Situation: New turn in Sri Lankan Foreign Policy
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
What policy ??
Indian troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators who tried to torch a military bunker in Kashmir on Sunday, killing one person and wounding at least five, police said.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, in an angry protest against the death of a 25-year-old who died a day earlier after being beaten by soldiers in a demonstration last week.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
We must protest. Next will be Tamilnadu – what will happen to our people ??
Indian troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators who tried to torch a military bunker in Kashmir on Sunday, killing one person and wounding at least five, police said.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, in an angry protest against the death of a 25-year-old who died a day earlier after being beaten by soldiers in a demonstration last week.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-d…
We must protest. Next will be Tamilnadu – what will happen to our people ??
Police commandoes yesterday recovered 93 hand grenades, 900 rounds of T 56 ammunition, 9100 Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) rounds, four kilos of C 4 explosives, 72 rounds of 60 MM mortars hidden by the LTTE in the Vanni.
This is what we planned to plant in Colombo railway station. We can continue to do these things and disrupt SL again as long as organizations as AI are on our side.
Police sources said that this was the biggest recovery of explosives they had made since the conclusion of the war in May, 2009.
This is unreal in our world. How can this happen? How can a minister apologize to Tamil community ?? Will we ever do this for what we have done?
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4520-min…
This is unreal in our world. How can this happen? How can a minister apologize to Tamil community ?? Will we ever do this for what we have done?
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4520-min…
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa opened the first Security Forces headquarters in Mullaitivu this morning. The Defence Secretary is seen here directing Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya while inspecting the area.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4…
Now people there could be safe. There will be no more fear for our people in the area.
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa opened the first Security Forces headquarters in Mullaitivu this morning. The Defence Secretary is seen here directing Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya while inspecting the area.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4…
Now people there could be safe. There will be no more fear for our people in the area.
Sri Lanka has warned Australia about a ship carrying 200 suspected LTTE cadres on its way to Australia, but is unaware if there are top Tiger leaders among them or where the ship set off from.
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia Senaka Welgampaya speaking to Daily Mirror online said that he had received information that a ship named, ‘Sun Sea’ carrying some 200 suspected LTTE cadres is on its way to Australia but he did not have further details regarding those on board.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4516-lan…
Sri Lanka has warned Australia about a ship carrying 200 suspected LTTE cadres on its way to Australia, but is unaware if there are top Tiger leaders among them or where the ship set off from.
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia Senaka Welgampaya speaking to Daily Mirror online said that he had received information that a ship named, ‘Sun Sea’ carrying some 200 suspected LTTE cadres is on its way to Australia but he did not have further details regarding those on board.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4516-lan…
The Indian police have arrested three LTTE intelligence wing members who had attempted to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka. They had reportedly procured the explosive materials over a period and stocked them illegally for transport to Sri Lanka, the Hindu reported.
The three men were arrested by the ‘Q' Branch police in Tiruchi on Sunday. Large quantities of ordinary and electric detonators were seized from them.
Siva alias Mahindan alias Ilaiya Mahindan (33) and Tamil alias Tamilselvan alias Sathish (38), both said to be members of the intelligence wing of the LTTE, and Selvam alias Painter Selvam (40), a LTTE cadre, were arrested when they assembled for a meeting. They had reportedly planned to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka in association with Suri alias Kannan, a Sri Lankan Tamil of Chennai, and a few others.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4515-tig…
Now India has started Genocide and Rape ! This is unacceptable.
The Indian police have arrested three LTTE intelligence wing members who had attempted to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka. They had reportedly procured the explosive materials over a period and stocked them illegally for transport to Sri Lanka, the Hindu reported.
The three men were arrested by the ‘Q' Branch police in Tiruchi on Sunday. Large quantities of ordinary and electric detonators were seized from them.
Siva alias Mahindan alias Ilaiya Mahindan (33) and Tamil alias Tamilselvan alias Sathish (38), both said to be members of the intelligence wing of the LTTE, and Selvam alias Painter Selvam (40), a LTTE cadre, were arrested when they assembled for a meeting. They had reportedly planned to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka in association with Suri alias Kannan, a Sri Lankan Tamil of Chennai, and a few others.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4515-tig…
Now India has started Genocide and Rape ! This is unacceptable.
We must be vigilant and extra conscious when replying EDE and JG.
They are trying to comment on my posts which i write with utmost care slaying a lot of my time that I use to minister and get more people from a homogeneous horde segment.
They can flatter us with their sweep shots and cover drives by means of extra covers and mid offs and also fling a basketball through a hoopla loop, but I must say that I am careful when writing back.
I can ascertain through my third eye senses that JG & EDE is up to no good. They are inscripting diminutive posts replying our annotations instead of thrashing articles from other websites. We ought to read each and every article of theirs and ensure that we don’t fall in to their traps of replying.
I am not in a position to retort to them as I don’t encompass the required astuteness to do so. As we all know as the people of the detrimental movement it is important for us to keep prosing drivel idiocy to further irritate JG and EDE. They will not get to reply such posts and you can trust me on this my friends.
I will continue to handle JG and EDE. I will be mindful and I will not let my injudicious ludicrous obtuse mind to get dragged down by their precise and unfaultable comments.
However, I wish to note down that to bolt down and blow out my brain cells I would need the perpetual shore up of my friends on this blog. I would inform you of the progression and methods of he course of action on how to prepare of this tedious task. But we need to ensure that we don’t detonate or demolish the miniature apparatus that is beside my napkins.
No doubt my comments are making EDE and JG the laughing stock by making them lucid clear than crystals under the glowing Sun.
No longer will we let them neither denude our covers of glory nor demean and ignominy us with tarnished images. We will ensure that we will indeed do by our own means to our selves.
Adjusting to the Post-War Situation: New turn in Sri Lankan Foreign Policy
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=395
What policy ??
Indian troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators who tried to torch a military bunker in Kashmir on Sunday, killing one person and wounding at least five, police said.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, in an angry protest against the death of a 25-year-old who died a day earlier after being beaten by soldiers in a demonstration last week.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=372
We must protest. Next will be Tamilnadu – what will happen to our people ??
Police commandoes yesterday recovered 93 hand grenades, 900 rounds of T 56 ammunition, 9100 Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) rounds, four kilos of C 4 explosives, 72 rounds of 60 MM mortars hidden by the LTTE in the Vanni.
This is what we planned to plant in Colombo railway station. We can continue to do these things and disrupt SL again as long as organizations as AI are on our side.
Police sources said that this was the biggest recovery of explosives they had made since the conclusion of the war in May, 2009.
This is unreal in our world. How can this happen? How can a minister apologize to Tamil community ?? Will we ever do this for what we have done?
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4520-minister-apologizes-to-tamils.html
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa opened the first Security Forces headquarters in Mullaitivu this morning. The Defence Secretary is seen here directing Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya while inspecting the area.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/images/4519-directing-the-army.html
Now people there could be safe. There will be no more fear for our people in the area.
Sri Lanka has warned Australia about a ship carrying 200 suspected LTTE cadres on its way to Australia, but is unaware if there are top Tiger leaders among them or where the ship set off from.
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia Senaka Welgampaya speaking to Daily Mirror online said that he had received information that a ship named, ‘Sun Sea’ carrying some 200 suspected LTTE cadres is on its way to Australia but he did not have further details regarding those on board.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4516-lanka-alerts-australia-on-tigers.html
The Indian police have arrested three LTTE intelligence wing members who had attempted to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka. They had reportedly procured the explosive materials over a period and stocked them illegally for transport to Sri Lanka, the Hindu reported.
The three men were arrested by the ‘Q’ Branch police in Tiruchi on Sunday. Large quantities of ordinary and electric detonators were seized from them.
Siva alias Mahindan alias Ilaiya Mahindan (33) and Tamil alias Tamilselvan alias Sathish (38), both said to be members of the intelligence wing of the LTTE, and Selvam alias Painter Selvam (40), a LTTE cadre, were arrested when they assembled for a meeting. They had reportedly planned to smuggle explosives to Sri Lanka in association with Suri alias Kannan, a Sri Lankan Tamil of Chennai, and a few others.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4515-tigers-arrested-in-india.html
Now India has started Genocide and Rape ! This is unacceptable.
Another Lesson Learnt ?
“Unakkum Porattatm vellum endru Nambikkai Illaiyaa ?” (Do you also not have faith that the struggle will succeed), asked Fat Boy VP of KP in the last days of his life, in May 2009.
Ex-LTTE now working for a united Sri Lanka. Bad news for Eelamists and their 'Human Rights' advocates.
Ex-head of the LTTE and its' chief arms smuggler/procurer, Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has seen the light.
"…along with a few other rebels abroad, has agreed to cooperate with the efforts of the government to rehabilitate the nearly three lakh war-displaced Tamil civilians and help in the reconstruction of the war-ravaged northern province."
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/artic…
Even worse news for Rohan and his merry friends:
.."the delegation of sympathisers of the former militants domiciled in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Australia met Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris in Colombo and discussed the role they could play in strengthening the hands of the government."
And the worst news of all?
This: "..quoted KP as saying that the assets were worth several million dollars and those who were handling the funds collected by the LTTE abroad were now willing to transfer them for humanitarian programmes in the country."
What's that whining noise I hear? Its the distraught pro-LTTE diaspora tearing out their remaining hair and looking at their fast-disappearing bank balances 🙂
The pro-LTTE diaspora appear intent on trying to disprove that well know military axiom – never re-inforce failure.
Another Lesson Learnt ?
“Unakkum Porattatm vellum endru Nambikkai Illaiyaa ?” (Do you also not have faith that the struggle will succeed), asked Fat Boy VP of KP in the last days of his life, in May 2009.
Ex-LTTE now working for a united Sri Lanka. Bad news for Eelamists and their 'Human Rights' advocates.
Ex-head of the LTTE and its' chief arms smuggler/procurer, Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has seen the light.
"…along with a few other rebels abroad, has agreed to cooperate with the efforts of the government to rehabilitate the nearly three lakh war-displaced Tamil civilians and help in the reconstruction of the war-ravaged northern province."
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/artic…
Even worse news for Rohan and his merry friends:
.."the delegation of sympathisers of the former militants domiciled in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Australia met Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris in Colombo and discussed the role they could play in strengthening the hands of the government."
And the worst news of all?
This: "..quoted KP as saying that the assets were worth several million dollars and those who were handling the funds collected by the LTTE abroad were now willing to transfer them for humanitarian programmes in the country."
What's that whining noise I hear? Its the distraught pro-LTTE diaspora tearing out their remaining hair and looking at their fast-disappearing bank balances 🙂
The pro-LTTE diaspora appear intent on trying to disprove that well know military axiom – never re-inforce failure.
Another Lesson Learnt ?
“Unakkum Porattatm vellum endru Nambikkai Illaiyaa ?” (Do you also not have faith that the struggle will succeed), asked Fat Boy VP of KP in the last days of his life, in May 2009.
Ex-LTTE now working for a united Sri Lanka. Bad news for Eelamists and their 'Human Rights' advocates.
Ex-head of the LTTE and its' chief arms smuggler/procurer, Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has seen the light.
"…along with a few other rebels abroad, has agreed to cooperate with the efforts of the government to rehabilitate the nearly three lakh war-displaced Tamil civilians and help in the reconstruction of the war-ravaged northern province."
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/artic…
Even worse news for Rohan and his merry friends:
.."the delegation of sympathisers of the former militants domiciled in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Australia met Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris in Colombo and discussed the role they could play in strengthening the hands of the government."
And the worst news of all?
This: "..quoted KP as saying that the assets were worth several million dollars and those who were handling the funds collected by the LTTE abroad were now willing to transfer them for humanitarian programmes in the country."
What's that whining noise I hear? Its the distraught pro-LTTE diaspora tearing out their remaining hair and looking at their fast-disappearing bank balances 🙂
The pro-LTTE diaspora appear intent on trying to disprove that well know military axiom – never re-inforce failure.
Japan backs U.N. bid to probe Sri Lanka abuses+ http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GET1A00…
is Yasushi Akashi really saying?
Govt. silent now, but Rambukwella hits out http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/News/nws_02.html
Japan backs U.N. bid to probe Sri Lanka abuses+ http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GET1A00…
is Yasushi Akashi really saying?
Govt. silent now, but Rambukwella hits out http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/News/nws_02.html
Japan backs U.N. bid to probe Sri Lanka abuses+ http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GET1A00…
is Yasushi Akashi really saying?
Govt. silent now, but Rambukwella hits out http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/News/nws_02.html
We must be vigilant and extra conscious when replying EDE and JG.
They are trying to comment on my posts which i write with utmost care slaying a lot of my time that I use to minister and get more people from a homogeneous horde segment.
They can flatter us with their sweep shots and cover drives by means of extra covers and mid offs and also fling a basketball through a hoopla loop, but I must say that I am careful when writing back.
I can ascertain through my third eye senses that JG & EDE is up to no good. They are inscripting diminutive posts replying our annotations instead of thrashing articles from other websites. We ought to read each and every article of theirs and ensure that we don’t fall in to their traps of replying.
I am not in a position to retort to them as I don’t encompass the required astuteness to do so. As we all know as the people of the detrimental movement it is important for us to keep prosing drivel idiocy to further irritate JG and EDE. They will not get to reply such posts and you can trust me on this my friends.
I will continue to handle JG and EDE. I will be mindful and I will not let my injudicious ludicrous obtuse mind to get dragged down by their precise and unfaultable comments.
However, I wish to note down that to bolt down and blow out my brain cells I would need the perpetual shore up of my friends on this blog. I would inform you of the progression and methods of he course of action on how to prepare of this tedious task. But we need to ensure that we don’t detonate or demolish the miniature apparatus that is beside my napkins.
No doubt my comments are making EDE and JG the laughing stock by making them lucid clear than crystals under the glowing Sun.
No longer will we let them neither denude our covers of glory nor demean and ignominy us with tarnished images. We will ensure that we will indeed do by our own means to our selves.
Another Lesson Learnt ?
“Unakkum Porattatm vellum endru Nambikkai Illaiyaa ?” (Do you also not have faith that the struggle will succeed), asked Fat Boy VP of KP in the last days of his life, in May 2009.
Ex-LTTE now working for a united Sri Lanka. Bad news for Eelamists and their ‘Human Rights’ advocates.
Ex-head of the LTTE and its’ chief arms smuggler/procurer, Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has seen the light.
“…along with a few other rebels abroad, has agreed to cooperate with the efforts of the government to rehabilitate the nearly three lakh war-displaced Tamil civilians and help in the reconstruction of the war-ravaged northern province.”
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article476044.ece
Even worse news for Rohan and his merry friends:
..”the delegation of sympathisers of the former militants domiciled in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Australia met Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris in Colombo and discussed the role they could play in strengthening the hands of the government.“
And the worst news of all?
This: “..quoted KP as saying that the assets were worth several million dollars and those who were handling the funds collected by the LTTE abroad were now willing to transfer them for humanitarian programmes in the country.“
What’s that whining noise I hear? Its the distraught pro-LTTE diaspora tearing out their remaining hair and looking at their fast-disappearing bank balances 🙂
The pro-LTTE diaspora appear intent on trying to disprove that well know military axiom – never re-inforce failure.
Japan backs U.N. bid to probe Sri Lanka abuses+
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GET1A00&show_article=1
is Yasushi Akashi really saying?
Govt. silent now, but Rambukwella hits out
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/News/nws_02.html
The European Union threatened Tuesday to withdraw by August trade concessions granted to Sri Lanka unless the island makes a written undertaking to improve its human rights record. The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, has insisted on "significant improvements on the effective implementation of the human rights conventions" for the island to continue enjoying the trade benefits. The GSP+ scheme gives 16 poor nations preferential access to the vast European market in return for following strict commitments on a variety of social and rights issues. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/srilanka-rights…
HARD TALK
Many readers may have seen if not read about Defence Secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Stephen Sackur of the BBC HardTalk programme in which he calls Sarath Fonseka a liar and threatens to hang him for his position on a war crimes investigation. Local opinion, not surprisingly, given the current political context, has been divided on the propriety of Mr Rajapaksa’s outburst and the damage it could do to the image of the regime and of the country internationally. There are the shocked and perturbed, albeit mostly in private, on the one hand and on the other, the hallelujah chorus of the apparatchiks. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/21/hard-talk/
Failure of international system results in slave camps for POWs http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
The plight of the captured LTTE cadres and alleged supporters numbering more than 10,000 in the slave camps of Colombo is a direct result of the deliberate failure of the international system in not recognising them as Prisoners of War. The war broke out by Colombo breaching an internationally enacted peace. The war against the LTTE was internationally abetted. Personnel of some countries, especially India, were known for directly operating in the ground, proving the international dimensions of the war. The call for the surrender of the LTTE was made internationally. The Norwegian peace facilitator publicly made the call. Yet, the international system tries to maintain the issue as ‘internal’. The failure of the system in either not taking direct responsibility of the cadres or declaring them as POWs questions the credibility of the powers dominating the system, Tamil circles said.
By doing so, the system now abets Colombo to politically blackmail the Tamil nation. Colombo and some powers, by roping in some collaborators, are conspiring to link the issue of the cadres with permanent political enslavement of the Tamil nation. Voice should be raised internationally to pre-empt the conspiracy, to relieve the POWs away from manipulation and to bring in the issue under international law and norms of human civilisation, Tamil circles said.
At the close of the war in May 2009, the UN said that Colombo could be permitted to keep the captive-cadres in its custody for a year. No list of captives has been made available to the world then or now. Many cadres are feared slaughtered in the meantime. The captives kept alive perish as slaves in camps while Colombo hoodwinks the world by performing marriages to a few couples.
What the international system is doing in the island will seriously discredit all future peace initiatives anywhere in the world. It is widening the rift between global Tamils and some powers of the system. It is late, but not too late for the international system to approach the national question as a national question and to come out with bold remedies, at least in order to save its own credibility, observers said.
Reports reaching from the camps indicate that many inmates have told their relatives not to visit them. Because they don’t want their relatives pained at seeing their plight. Relatives are permitted to meet them only during the weekends.
The captives are kept in the prison camps in Vavuniyaa in the North, Seruvila in the East, Velikkanthai at the border of Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts, and Thirukkoa’namadu and Kanthak-kaadu located in a reserved forest in Polonnaruwa district, bordering Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts.
The captives at Kanthak-kaadu are kept in the custody of Sri Lanka Army while the inmates of Thirukkoa’namadu are in the custody of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
The Kanthak-kaadu camp, 25 km interior of Velikkanthai, where about 1000 are kept is almost a slave farm of Karuna, the Deputy 'Rehabilitation' Minister of Colombo, reports said.
Dirty drinking water, that too very little, unpalatable food cooked for them by the army cooks, restricted bathing, conditions of mosquitoes and flies so that even while eating they have to be inside nets, forced labour in farming and in doing menial work to the army, denied or restricted medical facilities are reported from this camp, said to be for the ‘rehabilitation’ of the cadres.
Medical treatment is provided only when the patient is totally collapsed.
Visitors have noticed their relatives in the camps further emaciated.
The Thirukkoa’namadu camp is in forest area, 20km from Velikkanthai, and is of roughly 1.5 km wide area. There are three divisions, A, B, and C.
Inmates do the work of clearing the forest. In camp C, each gets only 15 litres of water once in two days for all purposes. In other divisions inmates have dug their own wells.
Visitors on weekends have to register their names with the air force and then have to contact volunteers among the inmates to meet their relatives.
Inmates are forced to work all six days except Sundays.
Full text of the report from eyewitnesses reaching from so-called rehabilitation camps of Velikkanthai and Thirukkoa'namadu, follows:
Condition of Velikanthai, Thirukkoa’namadu ‘rehabilitation’ camps
Persons who had been arrested during the offensive on Vanni by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or persons worked for them or supported them and others who had surrendered themselves later on the assurance that arrangements would be made to rehabilitate them are all being held in the detention camps in Vauniyaa and ‘rehabilitation’ centres in Thirukkoa’namadu, Kanthak-kaadu claimed as Velikkanthai Rehabilitation Centres and in the detention camp in Cheruvila for the past one year. The relatives of these POWs can visit them only during week-ends.
The condition of POWs detained under Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Thirukkoa’namadu and those under SLA in Kanththak-kaadu was found to be so very deplorable.
Kanththak-kaadu detention centre seems to belong to present Deputy Minister of Rehabilitation Vinayagamootrthy Muralitharan. It is located in a deserted jungle area around 25 km interior from Velikkanththai junction.
Maavilaa’ru is 0.5 km from this centre and around one thousand persons are being held here. They have to live in very adverse conditions.
The conditions in Kanthak-kaadu are as follows:
There has been no drinking water for the past one month and the detainees have to drink the river water from Maavilaa’ru which is contaminated with dirt and yellow coloured, as there is no facility to boil it before drinking.
Half an hour for bathing is given to those detained who are taken to Maavilaa’ru from each tent by eight or ten SLA soldiers. The second group is taken only after the first group returns and half an hour is hardly enough to bathe and wash clothes.
In the beginning, meals had been cooked by groups of ten detainees on rotation and now the meals are cooked by persons brought in by the SLA. What they get now is half cooked rice and curries, which are not prepared properly, making the food uneatable.
The entire camp is infested with flies and other insects which sometimes are found in their food. The inmates have to take their meals seated within mosquito nets and one of them had told a relative that he no longer could eat anything as he had found a big beetle in the rice.
Though it had been claimed that rehabilitation measures will adopted in the camps so far nothing of that sort has taken place. On the contrary the inmates are made to clear the jungle in the area and to cultivate vegetables. They appeared like slaves being taken to do forced and hard labour.
It was observed that the detainees were taken to work in places far from the detention camp and when relatives come to visit them they are brought to camp at once.
The detainees have to cut grass and erecting tents for the soldiers who constantly watch them.
The food is served at 1:30 p.m. and if one fails to reach the place on time one has to go without food.
A wife said that her husband held in the detention camp appeared to be in worse physical condition than during his time in Vavuniyaa detention centre.
Medical treatment is not given when needed. Only when one’s condition gets worse the person is taken to the hospital.
Recently a detainee had refused to work and when a quarrel ensued with the SLA officer the soldiers had tried to assault the detainee but his tent mates intervened and stopped the army. Later, the person had been transferred from the camp after a stone thrown by him missed the target and hit the Sri Lankan flagpole in the camp.
The visitors to Thirukkoa’namadu detention camp located 20 km for Velikkanthai said conditions were worse than what they had seen in Kanthak-kaadu detention camp.
They are as follow:
The inmates in this camp, which is controlled by SLAF said that they had to erect the tents for themselves and there were three divisions in the camp called A, B and C. They had to clear the thick jungle, felling and burning trees before erecting their tents.
On the way to this detention camp many POWs were seen toiling in the hot sun setting fire to felled trees, digging wells and erecting tents.
This detention camps is set in an area around 15 sq km.
The C division, being constructed only two weeks ago, lacks drinking water. SLAF personnel give a person 2 liters of water once in two days for all purposes. The inmates in other divisions draw water from wells they had dug.
Rice is provided for all three meals of the day.
The detainees request their visitors not to come again to visit them as they do not want to cause pain to their relatives seeing them in such abject condition.
The visiting relatives are taken to the inmates after having registered their names and particulars with the SLAF authorities at the entrance by detainee-volunteers who work on rotation every week-end.
The detainees have to work six days in a week and are free only on Sundays.
The European Union threatened Tuesday to withdraw by August trade concessions granted to Sri Lanka unless the island makes a written undertaking to improve its human rights record. The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, has insisted on "significant improvements on the effective implementation of the human rights conventions" for the island to continue enjoying the trade benefits. The GSP+ scheme gives 16 poor nations preferential access to the vast European market in return for following strict commitments on a variety of social and rights issues. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/srilanka-rights…
HARD TALK
Many readers may have seen if not read about Defence Secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Stephen Sackur of the BBC HardTalk programme in which he calls Sarath Fonseka a liar and threatens to hang him for his position on a war crimes investigation. Local opinion, not surprisingly, given the current political context, has been divided on the propriety of Mr Rajapaksa’s outburst and the damage it could do to the image of the regime and of the country internationally. There are the shocked and perturbed, albeit mostly in private, on the one hand and on the other, the hallelujah chorus of the apparatchiks. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/21/hard-talk/
The European Union threatened Tuesday to withdraw by August trade concessions granted to Sri Lanka unless the island makes a written undertaking to improve its human rights record. The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, has insisted on "significant improvements on the effective implementation of the human rights conventions" for the island to continue enjoying the trade benefits. The GSP+ scheme gives 16 poor nations preferential access to the vast European market in return for following strict commitments on a variety of social and rights issues. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/srilanka-rights…
HARD TALK
Many readers may have seen if not read about Defence Secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Stephen Sackur of the BBC HardTalk programme in which he calls Sarath Fonseka a liar and threatens to hang him for his position on a war crimes investigation. Local opinion, not surprisingly, given the current political context, has been divided on the propriety of Mr Rajapaksa’s outburst and the damage it could do to the image of the regime and of the country internationally. There are the shocked and perturbed, albeit mostly in private, on the one hand and on the other, the hallelujah chorus of the apparatchiks. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/21/hard-talk/
Failure of international system results in slave camps for POWs http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
The plight of the captured LTTE cadres and alleged supporters numbering more than 10,000 in the slave camps of Colombo is a direct result of the deliberate failure of the international system in not recognising them as Prisoners of War. The war broke out by Colombo breaching an internationally enacted peace. The war against the LTTE was internationally abetted. Personnel of some countries, especially India, were known for directly operating in the ground, proving the international dimensions of the war. The call for the surrender of the LTTE was made internationally. The Norwegian peace facilitator publicly made the call. Yet, the international system tries to maintain the issue as ‘internal’. The failure of the system in either not taking direct responsibility of the cadres or declaring them as POWs questions the credibility of the powers dominating the system, Tamil circles said.
By doing so, the system now abets Colombo to politically blackmail the Tamil nation. Colombo and some powers, by roping in some collaborators, are conspiring to link the issue of the cadres with permanent political enslavement of the Tamil nation. Voice should be raised internationally to pre-empt the conspiracy, to relieve the POWs away from manipulation and to bring in the issue under international law and norms of human civilisation, Tamil circles said.
At the close of the war in May 2009, the UN said that Colombo could be permitted to keep the captive-cadres in its custody for a year. No list of captives has been made available to the world then or now. Many cadres are feared slaughtered in the meantime. The captives kept alive perish as slaves in camps while Colombo hoodwinks the world by performing marriages to a few couples.
What the international system is doing in the island will seriously discredit all future peace initiatives anywhere in the world. It is widening the rift between global Tamils and some powers of the system. It is late, but not too late for the international system to approach the national question as a national question and to come out with bold remedies, at least in order to save its own credibility, observers said.
Reports reaching from the camps indicate that many inmates have told their relatives not to visit them. Because they don’t want their relatives pained at seeing their plight. Relatives are permitted to meet them only during the weekends.
The captives are kept in the prison camps in Vavuniyaa in the North, Seruvila in the East, Velikkanthai at the border of Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts, and Thirukkoa’namadu and Kanthak-kaadu located in a reserved forest in Polonnaruwa district, bordering Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts.
The captives at Kanthak-kaadu are kept in the custody of Sri Lanka Army while the inmates of Thirukkoa’namadu are in the custody of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
The Kanthak-kaadu camp, 25 km interior of Velikkanthai, where about 1000 are kept is almost a slave farm of Karuna, the Deputy 'Rehabilitation' Minister of Colombo, reports said.
Dirty drinking water, that too very little, unpalatable food cooked for them by the army cooks, restricted bathing, conditions of mosquitoes and flies so that even while eating they have to be inside nets, forced labour in farming and in doing menial work to the army, denied or restricted medical facilities are reported from this camp, said to be for the ‘rehabilitation’ of the cadres.
Medical treatment is provided only when the patient is totally collapsed.
Visitors have noticed their relatives in the camps further emaciated.
The Thirukkoa’namadu camp is in forest area, 20km from Velikkanthai, and is of roughly 1.5 km wide area. There are three divisions, A, B, and C.
Inmates do the work of clearing the forest. In camp C, each gets only 15 litres of water once in two days for all purposes. In other divisions inmates have dug their own wells.
Visitors on weekends have to register their names with the air force and then have to contact volunteers among the inmates to meet their relatives.
Inmates are forced to work all six days except Sundays.
Full text of the report from eyewitnesses reaching from so-called rehabilitation camps of Velikkanthai and Thirukkoa'namadu, follows:
Condition of Velikanthai, Thirukkoa’namadu ‘rehabilitation’ camps
Persons who had been arrested during the offensive on Vanni by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or persons worked for them or supported them and others who had surrendered themselves later on the assurance that arrangements would be made to rehabilitate them are all being held in the detention camps in Vauniyaa and ‘rehabilitation’ centres in Thirukkoa’namadu, Kanthak-kaadu claimed as Velikkanthai Rehabilitation Centres and in the detention camp in Cheruvila for the past one year. The relatives of these POWs can visit them only during week-ends.
The condition of POWs detained under Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Thirukkoa’namadu and those under SLA in Kanththak-kaadu was found to be so very deplorable.
Kanththak-kaadu detention centre seems to belong to present Deputy Minister of Rehabilitation Vinayagamootrthy Muralitharan. It is located in a deserted jungle area around 25 km interior from Velikkanththai junction.
Maavilaa’ru is 0.5 km from this centre and around one thousand persons are being held here. They have to live in very adverse conditions.
The conditions in Kanthak-kaadu are as follows:
There has been no drinking water for the past one month and the detainees have to drink the river water from Maavilaa’ru which is contaminated with dirt and yellow coloured, as there is no facility to boil it before drinking.
Half an hour for bathing is given to those detained who are taken to Maavilaa’ru from each tent by eight or ten SLA soldiers. The second group is taken only after the first group returns and half an hour is hardly enough to bathe and wash clothes.
In the beginning, meals had been cooked by groups of ten detainees on rotation and now the meals are cooked by persons brought in by the SLA. What they get now is half cooked rice and curries, which are not prepared properly, making the food uneatable.
The entire camp is infested with flies and other insects which sometimes are found in their food. The inmates have to take their meals seated within mosquito nets and one of them had told a relative that he no longer could eat anything as he had found a big beetle in the rice.
Though it had been claimed that rehabilitation measures will adopted in the camps so far nothing of that sort has taken place. On the contrary the inmates are made to clear the jungle in the area and to cultivate vegetables. They appeared like slaves being taken to do forced and hard labour.
It was observed that the detainees were taken to work in places far from the detention camp and when relatives come to visit them they are brought to camp at once.
The detainees have to cut grass and erecting tents for the soldiers who constantly watch them.
The food is served at 1:30 p.m. and if one fails to reach the place on time one has to go without food.
A wife said that her husband held in the detention camp appeared to be in worse physical condition than during his time in Vavuniyaa detention centre.
Medical treatment is not given when needed. Only when one’s condition gets worse the person is taken to the hospital.
Recently a detainee had refused to work and when a quarrel ensued with the SLA officer the soldiers had tried to assault the detainee but his tent mates intervened and stopped the army. Later, the person had been transferred from the camp after a stone thrown by him missed the target and hit the Sri Lankan flagpole in the camp.
The visitors to Thirukkoa’namadu detention camp located 20 km for Velikkanthai said conditions were worse than what they had seen in Kanthak-kaadu detention camp.
They are as follow:
The inmates in this camp, which is controlled by SLAF said that they had to erect the tents for themselves and there were three divisions in the camp called A, B and C. They had to clear the thick jungle, felling and burning trees before erecting their tents.
On the way to this detention camp many POWs were seen toiling in the hot sun setting fire to felled trees, digging wells and erecting tents.
This detention camps is set in an area around 15 sq km.
The C division, being constructed only two weeks ago, lacks drinking water. SLAF personnel give a person 2 liters of water once in two days for all purposes. The inmates in other divisions draw water from wells they had dug.
Rice is provided for all three meals of the day.
The detainees request their visitors not to come again to visit them as they do not want to cause pain to their relatives seeing them in such abject condition.
The visiting relatives are taken to the inmates after having registered their names and particulars with the SLAF authorities at the entrance by detainee-volunteers who work on rotation every week-end.
The detainees have to work six days in a week and are free only on Sundays.
Failure of international system results in slave camps for POWs http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art…
The plight of the captured LTTE cadres and alleged supporters numbering more than 10,000 in the slave camps of Colombo is a direct result of the deliberate failure of the international system in not recognising them as Prisoners of War. The war broke out by Colombo breaching an internationally enacted peace. The war against the LTTE was internationally abetted. Personnel of some countries, especially India, were known for directly operating in the ground, proving the international dimensions of the war. The call for the surrender of the LTTE was made internationally. The Norwegian peace facilitator publicly made the call. Yet, the international system tries to maintain the issue as ‘internal’. The failure of the system in either not taking direct responsibility of the cadres or declaring them as POWs questions the credibility of the powers dominating the system, Tamil circles said.
By doing so, the system now abets Colombo to politically blackmail the Tamil nation. Colombo and some powers, by roping in some collaborators, are conspiring to link the issue of the cadres with permanent political enslavement of the Tamil nation. Voice should be raised internationally to pre-empt the conspiracy, to relieve the POWs away from manipulation and to bring in the issue under international law and norms of human civilisation, Tamil circles said.
At the close of the war in May 2009, the UN said that Colombo could be permitted to keep the captive-cadres in its custody for a year. No list of captives has been made available to the world then or now. Many cadres are feared slaughtered in the meantime. The captives kept alive perish as slaves in camps while Colombo hoodwinks the world by performing marriages to a few couples.
What the international system is doing in the island will seriously discredit all future peace initiatives anywhere in the world. It is widening the rift between global Tamils and some powers of the system. It is late, but not too late for the international system to approach the national question as a national question and to come out with bold remedies, at least in order to save its own credibility, observers said.
Reports reaching from the camps indicate that many inmates have told their relatives not to visit them. Because they don’t want their relatives pained at seeing their plight. Relatives are permitted to meet them only during the weekends.
The captives are kept in the prison camps in Vavuniyaa in the North, Seruvila in the East, Velikkanthai at the border of Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts, and Thirukkoa’namadu and Kanthak-kaadu located in a reserved forest in Polonnaruwa district, bordering Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts.
The captives at Kanthak-kaadu are kept in the custody of Sri Lanka Army while the inmates of Thirukkoa’namadu are in the custody of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
The Kanthak-kaadu camp, 25 km interior of Velikkanthai, where about 1000 are kept is almost a slave farm of Karuna, the Deputy 'Rehabilitation' Minister of Colombo, reports said.
Dirty drinking water, that too very little, unpalatable food cooked for them by the army cooks, restricted bathing, conditions of mosquitoes and flies so that even while eating they have to be inside nets, forced labour in farming and in doing menial work to the army, denied or restricted medical facilities are reported from this camp, said to be for the ‘rehabilitation’ of the cadres.
Medical treatment is provided only when the patient is totally collapsed.
Visitors have noticed their relatives in the camps further emaciated.
The Thirukkoa’namadu camp is in forest area, 20km from Velikkanthai, and is of roughly 1.5 km wide area. There are three divisions, A, B, and C.
Inmates do the work of clearing the forest. In camp C, each gets only 15 litres of water once in two days for all purposes. In other divisions inmates have dug their own wells.
Visitors on weekends have to register their names with the air force and then have to contact volunteers among the inmates to meet their relatives.
Inmates are forced to work all six days except Sundays.
Full text of the report from eyewitnesses reaching from so-called rehabilitation camps of Velikkanthai and Thirukkoa'namadu, follows:
Condition of Velikanthai, Thirukkoa’namadu ‘rehabilitation’ camps
Persons who had been arrested during the offensive on Vanni by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or persons worked for them or supported them and others who had surrendered themselves later on the assurance that arrangements would be made to rehabilitate them are all being held in the detention camps in Vauniyaa and ‘rehabilitation’ centres in Thirukkoa’namadu, Kanthak-kaadu claimed as Velikkanthai Rehabilitation Centres and in the detention camp in Cheruvila for the past one year. The relatives of these POWs can visit them only during week-ends.
The condition of POWs detained under Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Thirukkoa’namadu and those under SLA in Kanththak-kaadu was found to be so very deplorable.
Kanththak-kaadu detention centre seems to belong to present Deputy Minister of Rehabilitation Vinayagamootrthy Muralitharan. It is located in a deserted jungle area around 25 km interior from Velikkanththai junction.
Maavilaa’ru is 0.5 km from this centre and around one thousand persons are being held here. They have to live in very adverse conditions.
The conditions in Kanthak-kaadu are as follows:
There has been no drinking water for the past one month and the detainees have to drink the river water from Maavilaa’ru which is contaminated with dirt and yellow coloured, as there is no facility to boil it before drinking.
Half an hour for bathing is given to those detained who are taken to Maavilaa’ru from each tent by eight or ten SLA soldiers. The second group is taken only after the first group returns and half an hour is hardly enough to bathe and wash clothes.
In the beginning, meals had been cooked by groups of ten detainees on rotation and now the meals are cooked by persons brought in by the SLA. What they get now is half cooked rice and curries, which are not prepared properly, making the food uneatable.
The entire camp is infested with flies and other insects which sometimes are found in their food. The inmates have to take their meals seated within mosquito nets and one of them had told a relative that he no longer could eat anything as he had found a big beetle in the rice.
Though it had been claimed that rehabilitation measures will adopted in the camps so far nothing of that sort has taken place. On the contrary the inmates are made to clear the jungle in the area and to cultivate vegetables. They appeared like slaves being taken to do forced and hard labour.
It was observed that the detainees were taken to work in places far from the detention camp and when relatives come to visit them they are brought to camp at once.
The detainees have to cut grass and erecting tents for the soldiers who constantly watch them.
The food is served at 1:30 p.m. and if one fails to reach the place on time one has to go without food.
A wife said that her husband held in the detention camp appeared to be in worse physical condition than during his time in Vavuniyaa detention centre.
Medical treatment is not given when needed. Only when one’s condition gets worse the person is taken to the hospital.
Recently a detainee had refused to work and when a quarrel ensued with the SLA officer the soldiers had tried to assault the detainee but his tent mates intervened and stopped the army. Later, the person had been transferred from the camp after a stone thrown by him missed the target and hit the Sri Lankan flagpole in the camp.
The visitors to Thirukkoa’namadu detention camp located 20 km for Velikkanthai said conditions were worse than what they had seen in Kanthak-kaadu detention camp.
They are as follow:
The inmates in this camp, which is controlled by SLAF said that they had to erect the tents for themselves and there were three divisions in the camp called A, B and C. They had to clear the thick jungle, felling and burning trees before erecting their tents.
On the way to this detention camp many POWs were seen toiling in the hot sun setting fire to felled trees, digging wells and erecting tents.
This detention camps is set in an area around 15 sq km.
The C division, being constructed only two weeks ago, lacks drinking water. SLAF personnel give a person 2 liters of water once in two days for all purposes. The inmates in other divisions draw water from wells they had dug.
Rice is provided for all three meals of the day.
The detainees request their visitors not to come again to visit them as they do not want to cause pain to their relatives seeing them in such abject condition.
The visiting relatives are taken to the inmates after having registered their names and particulars with the SLAF authorities at the entrance by detainee-volunteers who work on rotation every week-end.
The detainees have to work six days in a week and are free only on Sundays.
The European Union threatened Tuesday to withdraw by August trade concessions granted to Sri Lanka unless the island makes a written undertaking to improve its human rights record. The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, has insisted on “significant improvements on the effective implementation of the human rights conventions” for the island to continue enjoying the trade benefits. The GSP+ scheme gives 16 poor nations preferential access to the vast European market in return for following strict commitments on a variety of social and rights issues.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/srilanka-rights.59p
HARD TALK
Many readers may have seen if not read about Defence Secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Stephen Sackur of the BBC HardTalk programme in which he calls Sarath Fonseka a liar and threatens to hang him for his position on a war crimes investigation. Local opinion, not surprisingly, given the current political context, has been divided on the propriety of Mr Rajapaksa’s outburst and the damage it could do to the image of the regime and of the country internationally. There are the shocked and perturbed, albeit mostly in private, on the one hand and on the other, the hallelujah chorus of the apparatchiks.
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/21/hard-talk/
Failure of international system results in slave camps for POWs
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32029
The plight of the captured LTTE cadres and alleged supporters numbering more than 10,000 in the slave camps of Colombo is a direct result of the deliberate failure of the international system in not recognising them as Prisoners of War. The war broke out by Colombo breaching an internationally enacted peace. The war against the LTTE was internationally abetted. Personnel of some countries, especially India, were known for directly operating in the ground, proving the international dimensions of the war. The call for the surrender of the LTTE was made internationally. The Norwegian peace facilitator publicly made the call. Yet, the international system tries to maintain the issue as ‘internal’. The failure of the system in either not taking direct responsibility of the cadres or declaring them as POWs questions the credibility of the powers dominating the system, Tamil circles said.
By doing so, the system now abets Colombo to politically blackmail the Tamil nation. Colombo and some powers, by roping in some collaborators, are conspiring to link the issue of the cadres with permanent political enslavement of the Tamil nation. Voice should be raised internationally to pre-empt the conspiracy, to relieve the POWs away from manipulation and to bring in the issue under international law and norms of human civilisation, Tamil circles said.
At the close of the war in May 2009, the UN said that Colombo could be permitted to keep the captive-cadres in its custody for a year. No list of captives has been made available to the world then or now. Many cadres are feared slaughtered in the meantime. The captives kept alive perish as slaves in camps while Colombo hoodwinks the world by performing marriages to a few couples.
What the international system is doing in the island will seriously discredit all future peace initiatives anywhere in the world. It is widening the rift between global Tamils and some powers of the system. It is late, but not too late for the international system to approach the national question as a national question and to come out with bold remedies, at least in order to save its own credibility, observers said.
Reports reaching from the camps indicate that many inmates have told their relatives not to visit them. Because they don’t want their relatives pained at seeing their plight. Relatives are permitted to meet them only during the weekends.
The captives are kept in the prison camps in Vavuniyaa in the North, Seruvila in the East, Velikkanthai at the border of Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts, and Thirukkoa’namadu and Kanthak-kaadu located in a reserved forest in Polonnaruwa district, bordering Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts.
The captives at Kanthak-kaadu are kept in the custody of Sri Lanka Army while the inmates of Thirukkoa’namadu are in the custody of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
The Kanthak-kaadu camp, 25 km interior of Velikkanthai, where about 1000 are kept is almost a slave farm of Karuna, the Deputy ‘Rehabilitation’ Minister of Colombo, reports said.
Dirty drinking water, that too very little, unpalatable food cooked for them by the army cooks, restricted bathing, conditions of mosquitoes and flies so that even while eating they have to be inside nets, forced labour in farming and in doing menial work to the army, denied or restricted medical facilities are reported from this camp, said to be for the ‘rehabilitation’ of the cadres.
Medical treatment is provided only when the patient is totally collapsed.
Visitors have noticed their relatives in the camps further emaciated.
The Thirukkoa’namadu camp is in forest area, 20km from Velikkanthai, and is of roughly 1.5 km wide area. There are three divisions, A, B, and C.
Inmates do the work of clearing the forest. In camp C, each gets only 15 litres of water once in two days for all purposes. In other divisions inmates have dug their own wells.
Visitors on weekends have to register their names with the air force and then have to contact volunteers among the inmates to meet their relatives.
Inmates are forced to work all six days except Sundays.
Full text of the report from eyewitnesses reaching from so-called rehabilitation camps of Velikkanthai and Thirukkoa’namadu, follows:
Condition of Velikanthai, Thirukkoa’namadu ‘rehabilitation’ camps
Persons who had been arrested during the offensive on Vanni by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or persons worked for them or supported them and others who had surrendered themselves later on the assurance that arrangements would be made to rehabilitate them are all being held in the detention camps in Vauniyaa and ‘rehabilitation’ centres in Thirukkoa’namadu, Kanthak-kaadu claimed as Velikkanthai Rehabilitation Centres and in the detention camp in Cheruvila for the past one year. The relatives of these POWs can visit them only during week-ends.
The condition of POWs detained under Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Thirukkoa’namadu and those under SLA in Kanththak-kaadu was found to be so very deplorable.
Kanththak-kaadu detention centre seems to belong to present Deputy Minister of Rehabilitation Vinayagamootrthy Muralitharan. It is located in a deserted jungle area around 25 km interior from Velikkanththai junction.
Maavilaa’ru is 0.5 km from this centre and around one thousand persons are being held here. They have to live in very adverse conditions.
The conditions in Kanthak-kaadu are as follows:
There has been no drinking water for the past one month and the detainees have to drink the river water from Maavilaa’ru which is contaminated with dirt and yellow coloured, as there is no facility to boil it before drinking.
Half an hour for bathing is given to those detained who are taken to Maavilaa’ru from each tent by eight or ten SLA soldiers. The second group is taken only after the first group returns and half an hour is hardly enough to bathe and wash clothes.
In the beginning, meals had been cooked by groups of ten detainees on rotation and now the meals are cooked by persons brought in by the SLA. What they get now is half cooked rice and curries, which are not prepared properly, making the food uneatable.
The entire camp is infested with flies and other insects which sometimes are found in their food. The inmates have to take their meals seated within mosquito nets and one of them had told a relative that he no longer could eat anything as he had found a big beetle in the rice.
Though it had been claimed that rehabilitation measures will adopted in the camps so far nothing of that sort has taken place. On the contrary the inmates are made to clear the jungle in the area and to cultivate vegetables. They appeared like slaves being taken to do forced and hard labour.
It was observed that the detainees were taken to work in places far from the detention camp and when relatives come to visit them they are brought to camp at once.
The detainees have to cut grass and erecting tents for the soldiers who constantly watch them.
The food is served at 1:30 p.m. and if one fails to reach the place on time one has to go without food.
A wife said that her husband held in the detention camp appeared to be in worse physical condition than during his time in Vavuniyaa detention centre.
Medical treatment is not given when needed. Only when one’s condition gets worse the person is taken to the hospital.
Recently a detainee had refused to work and when a quarrel ensued with the SLA officer the soldiers had tried to assault the detainee but his tent mates intervened and stopped the army. Later, the person had been transferred from the camp after a stone thrown by him missed the target and hit the Sri Lankan flagpole in the camp.
The visitors to Thirukkoa’namadu detention camp located 20 km for Velikkanthai said conditions were worse than what they had seen in Kanthak-kaadu detention camp.
They are as follow:
The inmates in this camp, which is controlled by SLAF said that they had to erect the tents for themselves and there were three divisions in the camp called A, B and C. They had to clear the thick jungle, felling and burning trees before erecting their tents.
On the way to this detention camp many POWs were seen toiling in the hot sun setting fire to felled trees, digging wells and erecting tents.
This detention camps is set in an area around 15 sq km.
The C division, being constructed only two weeks ago, lacks drinking water. SLAF personnel give a person 2 liters of water once in two days for all purposes. The inmates in other divisions draw water from wells they had dug.
Rice is provided for all three meals of the day.
The detainees request their visitors not to come again to visit them as they do not want to cause pain to their relatives seeing them in such abject condition.
The visiting relatives are taken to the inmates after having registered their names and particulars with the SLAF authorities at the entrance by detainee-volunteers who work on rotation every week-end.
The detainees have to work six days in a week and are free only on Sundays.