Sec. Clinton's shot at uncovering justice for Sri Lanka's war crimes

Originally posted on HuffingtonPost.comThis post is the first of our Sri Lanka’s visit to the U.S. Series.

In the context of Amnesty International’s global campaign to establish an international, independent investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, we are currently closely following the US visit of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Professor G.L. Peiris.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Professor G.L. Peiris, is currently on a public relations tour through the United States, touting his country as the new paradise for foreign investment, and dismissing war crimes allegations on the way. This week, he even took to the Huffington Post website to present his questionable worldview: “A Year After Defeating Terrorism, Sri Lanka Embodies Hope and Change“.

One year after Sri Lanka’s civil war came to a bloody end, the evidence that both parties to the conflict committed serious human rights violations, including war crimes, continues to pile up. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group and the US State Department have compiled extensive reports on the human rights violations that were committed by both the Sri Lankan army and the armed Tamil Tigers. To date, not one single individual has been held accountable for the crimes committed.

Consequently, Sri Lankan government officials have had difficulties hiding their self-confidence following their successful attempts (so far) to evade official international scrutiny. (This confidence is further boosted by articles such as a recent New York Times piece that declares Sri Lanka as the number one tourist destination to visit in 2010. The New York Times article is now part of the official information package that is handed out by Sri Lankan embassy staff at events where the Foreign Minister is speaking).

Push to lift Leahy law restrictions

This new self-confidence became most visible for me during a talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), when Minister Peiris openly stated that one objective of his US visit is to change US policy that bars US training of the Sri Lankan military under the Leahy amendment. The Leahy amendment prohibits U.S. security assistance to foreign military or security units, which are believed to have committed gross human rights violations.

Additionally, he defended the government’s decision to set up a domestic “Lessons Learned” commission (which does not have the mandate to investigate alleged war crimes). Sri Lanka’s commissions of inquiry are a guarantee that there will be no justice and accountability for serious human rights abuses. Since 1991, the Sri Lankan government has formed nine ad hoc commissions of inquiry to investigate enforced disappearances and a number of other human rights-related inquiries. These commissions of inquiry have lacked credibility and have delayed criminal investigations. While most, if not all, of these commissions of inquiry identified alleged perpetrators, very few prosecutions for human rights violations have resulted. Confronted with that fact during the CSIS talk, the minister stubbornly refused to answer my question about the human rights impact of the most recent presidential commission of inquiry (established in 2006) into several high level human rights cases, including the execution style murder of 17 aid workers of the French organization Action Contre la Faim (ACF). He had no answer to the question of how many individuals were actually tried as a consequence of the work of the commission, or why the findings that were sent to the President have not been made public to this day.

Unfortunately, all of this is possible because other governments, and subsequently the United Nations, have failed to take meaningful steps to set up an independent, international investigation that would once and for all clarify what exactly happened during the last months of the conflict, during which reportedly thousands – if not tens of thousands – civilians were killed in Sri Lanka’s so-called “Civilian Safe Zone”. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the next high-level politician who will have an opportunity to raise these concerns, when she will meet her Sri Lankan counterpart in Washington this Friday. She will have the unique opportunity to reinforce the State Department’s own efforts to shed light on the human rights abuses committed during the final stage of the conflict and to send a strong signal to the world that the United States is not willing to accept impunity for mass human rights abuses. We will follow very closely if indeed she does.

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676 thoughts on “Sec. Clinton's shot at uncovering justice for Sri Lanka's war crimes

  1. Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes. Damning new evidence of abuses shows why the UN should not let Sri Lanka sweep these abuses under the carpet. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/20/sri-lanka-n

    It expresses particular concern over possible war crimes committed during fighting in Sri Lanka last year. The report also criticises the UN for its failure to intervene. Thousands of people were killed during the war, and a UN spokesman described the situation in northern Sri Lanka at the time as a "bloodbath". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10166

  2. “During the 26-year long war in Sri Lanka, there were allegations of rape and sexual violence, just as in other conflicts. Secretary Clinton’s statement was to raise awareness of such brutality, not to implicate specific perpetrators,” Sri Lanka local media quoted the Ambassador as saying. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  3. Erasing Tamil culture.
    In a program presented as redevelopment of the war-torn north and east, the Colombo government seems to be finding one pretext after another for obliterating Tamil cultural and historical landmarks. Tamil academics have tried to thwart the destruction of the heritage of Jaffna and have alerted authorities to a variety of historic buildings, including temples, schools, and presses earmarked for demolition under the road development authority's current program. A worried person (a category that includes most of our Sri Lankan Tamil friends) can see a policy of cultural eradication at work here.

    There are other examples of cultural and historical erasure: For instance, the site of the palace and administrative buildings of the last Tamil ruler of Jaffna (King Sangilian II) before the arrival of European colonial powers in the early 1600s is about to be wiped away to make room for a tourist complex. Generally the Tamils see that ancient and historical symbols of Hinduism, a religion associated with the Tamils, are being systematically displaced by new symbols of Buddhism, practiced by the Singhalese, and see themselves as living in a lost land, one that was taken away from them. These are not policies that make it possible for two peoples, the Tamils and the Sinhalese, to live together amicably.

  4. Sri Lankan Final Solution is the precedent of “Scorched Earth” civil warfare.

    Sri Lanka has now succeeded in using scorched earth as a successful policy for putting down in an insurrection.

    " It may often be possible for governments to defeat insurgencies if they do not care how many civilians they kill.”

    As the world has often seen, successful efforts draw admiration and imitation.

    The Sri Lankan method of unlimited slaughter of civilians will almost certainly be imitated and the entire world will be aghast at it.

    It is every diplomat’s duty and your duty particularly to make some kind of effort to keep this scorched earth policy from gaining popularity.

    We suggest you support an independent and international investigation.

    Sri Lanka’s self-serving investigation of its own actions is insufficient.

    “This is a formula for scorched-earth repression, banning the international press, denying all charges of misconduct, and pretending the killers can conduct a disinterested investigation of their killings.”

  5. Over 50,000 Tamils were mudered last year. is the war without witness?

    No the whole world has the evidence.

    But the UN & world remained silent when thousands of women and children experienced painful slow death in the killing fields of Sri Lanka

    Many thousands who perished in the war, waged by the Sri Lankan state and its abettors, on the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam.

    Despite its repeated pledges to the International Community, the Sri Lankan state and its military machine vowing to erase ’separatism demand’ from Tamils for generations, to turn heavy arms on civilian population claiming the lives of thousands of children and women in addition to depriving them of food, medicine and medical evacuation on time.

    The conduct of the Sri Lankan state, which disregarded all norms of humanity in the war, has posed a civilisational question, and justice remains undelivered.

  6. 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.

  7. The numbers of disappearances are known.

    In Colombo alone there had been nearly 600 disappearances.

    Then , in the whole Island , how many more could have disappeared ?

    Our Lanka e news website ahs published the names , addresses, the place of abduction etc. in detail from time to time .

    Because the 600 who disappeared are Tamils and Muslims , the Sinhala people have been made to make it a habit to say they are ‘Tigers’ or ‘ it is alright, after all it is they’.

    If there were 600 Tigers in Colombo , there should have been 24 of their platoons .

    What couldn’t they have done in the city of Colombo ?

    These are utter falsehoods.

    Many of those who disappeared are innocent youngsters..

  8. Sri Lanka The Reconciliation Commission ?

    This commission is going to be a farce. It is going to be a repetition of the traditions of denial, the suppression of truth and trying to strengthen the local suppression that has been going on with the help of the people who are willing to support that tradition. Therefore it will not be a surprise that the so-called commissioners would be those who have a long record of being engaged in the suppression of all attempts of people to seek justice and find ways of dealing with a barbarous, indigenous past.

  9. GoSL stubborn failure in establishing a modern, democratic nation State with plurality for over 60 years since independence. Failure in establishing a nation State that should necessarily accommodate all ethnic, linguistic and religious communities and groups as equals with equal opportunities, in forging a futuristic society that accepts life within a competitive global economy. Political neglect in establishing such a pluralistic nation State, fostered and nurtured Bandaranayakes, Rajaratnams, Cyril Mathews, Nalin de Silvas, Amarasekaras, Champika Ranawakas and then the JVP as Sinhala entities that politically force bred Chelvanayagams, Amithalingams

  10. Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes. Damning new evidence of abuses shows why the UN should not let Sri Lanka sweep these abuses under the carpet. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/20/sri-lanka-n

    It expresses particular concern over possible war crimes committed during fighting in Sri Lanka last year. The report also criticises the UN for its failure to intervene. Thousands of people were killed during the war, and a UN spokesman described the situation in northern Sri Lanka at the time as a "bloodbath". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10166

  11. Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes. Damning new evidence of abuses shows why the UN should not let Sri Lanka sweep these abuses under the carpet. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/20/sri-lanka-n

    It expresses particular concern over possible war crimes committed during fighting in Sri Lanka last year. The report also criticises the UN for its failure to intervene. Thousands of people were killed during the war, and a UN spokesman described the situation in northern Sri Lanka at the time as a "bloodbath". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10166

  12. “During the 26-year long war in Sri Lanka, there were allegations of rape and sexual violence, just as in other conflicts. Secretary Clinton’s statement was to raise awareness of such brutality, not to implicate specific perpetrators,” Sri Lanka local media quoted the Ambassador as saying. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  13. “During the 26-year long war in Sri Lanka, there were allegations of rape and sexual violence, just as in other conflicts. Secretary Clinton’s statement was to raise awareness of such brutality, not to implicate specific perpetrators,” Sri Lanka local media quoted the Ambassador as saying. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  14. IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide’

    As Tamils world over mark one-year of Indian abetted genocidal war against Eezham Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, the Hindi film industry known as Bollywood and the major Indian conglomerate of trade unions, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) are joining hands with Rajapaksa regime in Colombo in staging 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend during the first week of June in Colombo. The FICCI, the largest and oldest business conglomerate of India is the flagship organiser of the business event named FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum, where hundreds of CEOs and business heads from India would be signing various investment contracts and tie-ups in the island on the second day of the celebrity and corporate event.

    National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) of the Indian State and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) of the Sri Lankan State, in 2006, signed agreements to explore a coal-fired power plant project in Trincomalee and the project became ‘feasible’ after evicting Tamils from their traditional village of Champoor in Trincomalee after capturing Champoor from the LTTE and engineering the exodus of more than 30,000 Tamils from the region.

    Today, a vast area remains sealed and fenced off from the access of uprooted Tamil civilians who are forced live in schools under military subjugation and deteriorating conditions like the civilians of Vanni.

    A Sri Lanka Army officer, who went on a campaign in January, was confronted by an old Tamil grandfather, who asked: “Would you buy me and my family a house for resettlement from the country to which you sold my land?” No-one of the young generation could dare to pose a such question as the result would be inquiry, detention and possible disappearance. Such is the Tamil subjugation, caused by the greed of Corporate Colonialism, felt in the East.

  15. Tamil Nadu Movement urged the Tamil Diaspora to send a bold message to the IIFA organizers in Mumbai,” was equally important to that of the pressure being exerted from Tamil Nadu he said.

    Tamil activists in Tamil Nadu, including Vaiko, Nedumaran and Seeman, have been vocal in their protests against the Bollywood event.

    On May 08, Save Tamils, an activist group of Tamil IT professionals held a protest in front of Chennai Memorial Hall against the Bollywood move. Tamil lyricist Tamarai, Directors Gowtham, Ram, Vetrimaaran, Thileepan Movement Thiyagu, Viduthalai Rajendran and Professor Arivarasan took part in the protest.

    Naam Tamilar movement has staged a fasting campaign and marched from Big B’s ‘Pratiksha’ bungalow to his ‘Jalsa’ residence in Mumbai on May 11, protesting against the decision to hold the IIFA Awards Festival in Colombo. Naam Thamilar protestors said the move by Hindi cinema world would be seen as giving legitimacy to Rajapaksa regime, which is responsible for Tamil genocide and war crimes in the island.

    Popular stars in the Tamil film industry, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith and Surya, have reportedly declined to take part in the IIFA.

    Mani Ratnam, a popular Tamil film director and film-maker, has also announced that his ‘Raavan’, starring Abhishek Bachchan and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, will not be screened at the IIFA awards

  16. Erasing Tamil culture.
    In a program presented as redevelopment of the war-torn north and east, the Colombo government seems to be finding one pretext after another for obliterating Tamil cultural and historical landmarks. Tamil academics have tried to thwart the destruction of the heritage of Jaffna and have alerted authorities to a variety of historic buildings, including temples, schools, and presses earmarked for demolition under the road development authority’s current program. A worried person (a category that includes most of our Sri Lankan Tamil friends) can see a policy of cultural eradication at work here.

    There are other examples of cultural and historical erasure: For instance, the site of the palace and administrative buildings of the last Tamil ruler of Jaffna (King Sangilian II) before the arrival of European colonial powers in the early 1600s is about to be wiped away to make room for a tourist complex. Generally the Tamils see that ancient and historical symbols of Hinduism, a religion associated with the Tamils, are being systematically displaced by new symbols of Buddhism, practiced by the Singhalese, and see themselves as living in a lost land, one that was taken away from them. These are not policies that make it possible for two peoples, the Tamils and the Sinhalese, to live together amicably.

  17. Sri Lankan Final Solution is the precedent of “Scorched Earth” civil warfare.

    Sri Lanka has now succeeded in using scorched earth as a successful policy for putting down in an insurrection.

    ” It may often be possible for governments to defeat insurgencies if they do not care how many civilians they kill.”

    As the world has often seen, successful efforts draw admiration and imitation.

    The Sri Lankan method of unlimited slaughter of civilians will almost certainly be imitated and the entire world will be aghast at it.

    It is every diplomat’s duty and your duty particularly to make some kind of effort to keep this scorched earth policy from gaining popularity.

    We suggest you support an independent and international investigation.

    Sri Lanka’s self-serving investigation of its own actions is insufficient.

    “This is a formula for scorched-earth repression, banning the international press, denying all charges of misconduct, and pretending the killers can conduct a disinterested investigation of their killings.”

  18. Christoph,

    Thank you very much for staying on this issue. Please keep up the pressure on Hillary Clinton to support not only investigations but to sarfeguard the vulnerable IDPs, those people who are still in internment camps as well as those have been left to fend for themselves in the Vanni. Please read this article by a Sinhalese Catholic priest and make it available to all activists.

  19. Over 50,000 Tamils were mudered last year. is the war without witness?

    No the whole world has the evidence.

    But the UN & world remained silent when thousands of women and children experienced painful slow death in the killing fields of Sri Lanka

    Many thousands who perished in the war, waged by the Sri Lankan state and its abettors, on the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam.

    Despite its repeated pledges to the International Community, the Sri Lankan state and its military machine vowing to erase ’separatism demand’ from Tamils for generations, to turn heavy arms on civilian population claiming the lives of thousands of children and women in addition to depriving them of food, medicine and medical evacuation on time.

    The conduct of the Sri Lankan state, which disregarded all norms of humanity in the war, has posed a civilisational question, and justice remains undelivered.

  20. 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.

  21. The numbers of disappearances are known.

    In Colombo alone there had been nearly 600 disappearances.

    Then , in the whole Island , how many more could have disappeared ?

    Our Lanka e news website ahs published the names , addresses, the place of abduction etc. in detail from time to time .

    Because the 600 who disappeared are Tamils and Muslims , the Sinhala people have been made to make it a habit to say they are ‘Tigers’ or ‘ it is alright, after all it is they’.

    If there were 600 Tigers in Colombo , there should have been 24 of their platoons .

    What couldn’t they have done in the city of Colombo ?

    These are utter falsehoods.

    Many of those who disappeared are innocent youngsters..

  22. Sri Lanka The Reconciliation Commission ?

    This commission is going to be a farce. It is going to be a repetition of the traditions of denial, the suppression of truth and trying to strengthen the local suppression that has been going on with the help of the people who are willing to support that tradition. Therefore it will not be a surprise that the so-called commissioners would be those who have a long record of being engaged in the suppression of all attempts of people to seek justice and find ways of dealing with a barbarous, indigenous past.

  23. GoSL stubborn failure in establishing a modern, democratic nation State with plurality for over 60 years since independence. Failure in establishing a nation State that should necessarily accommodate all ethnic, linguistic and religious communities and groups as equals with equal opportunities, in forging a futuristic society that accepts life within a competitive global economy. Political neglect in establishing such a pluralistic nation State, fostered and nurtured Bandaranayakes, Rajaratnams, Cyril Mathews, Nalin de Silvas, Amarasekaras, Champika Ranawakas and then the JVP as Sinhala entities that politically force bred Chelvanayagams, Amithalingams

  24. Yet another feckless commission is a grossly inadequate response to the numerous credible allegations of war crimes. Damning new evidence of abuses shows why the UN should not let Sri Lanka sweep these abuses under the carpet.
    http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/20/sri-lanka-new-evidence-wartime-abuses

    It expresses particular concern over possible war crimes committed during fighting in Sri Lanka last year. The report also criticises the UN for its failure to intervene. Thousands of people were killed during the war, and a UN spokesman described the situation in northern Sri Lanka at the time as a “bloodbath”.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10166788.stm

  25. Christoph,

    Here we go again. Has the word irony been removed from AI's in-house dictionary?

    So AI have taken it upon themselves to be the global watchdog and neo-colonial HR teacher has it?

    I see no evidence whatsoever that the funders and supporters of the racist LTTE are being investigated or pursued, either by AI or its neo-colonial cousins in the International HR circus. Why? Is AI scared of the pro-LTTE diaspora?

    I've found a war criminal currently evading 'justice', currently living in London!
    She is a bona-fide, 100% guaranteed war criminal, who has publicly admitted to her crimes. She lives a mere 60 minutes away from AI's swanky central London head office.
    Name: Adele Balasingham (neé Wilby)
    Location: New Malden, Surrey, UK
    Charge: recruitment of child soldiers for LTTE.
    "An undated video of Mrs Balasingham, showing her in camouflage fatigues and presiding over a parade of female child soldiers, has been circulated to confirm her status as one of the movement's most influential figures. The female Tamil Tiger fighters, some thought to be as young as 14, have completed three months of training. She is seen presenting them with cyanide capsules to be worn on a necklace and swallowed if they are about to be captured by troops." http://tinyurl.com/yc7xf65

    Aunty Adele distributing cyande capsules to LTTE child slodiers: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids

    It's an easy prosecution and she probably hasn't even got a cyanide pill around her neck. Unlike the poor unfortunate Tamil girls she groomed into becoming LTTE cadres and suicide bombers.

    I'm doing this to show my commitment to HR for all in SL and to help AI defray the costs of research.

    If AI is unable or unwilling to indict or campaign for Aunty Balasingham to face trial, please explain why.

    And then this insane sentence by AI, without a shred of irony, self-concious or otherwise.
    "She will have the unique opportunity to reinforce the State Department’s own efforts to shed light on the human rights abuses committed during the final stage of the conflict and to send a strong signal to the world that the United States is not willing to accept impunity for mass human rights abuses."

    Did I miss something or did the US State Dept set up an investigation into how the US Dept of Defence and other US departments planned and executed the Iraq invasion, which resulted in HR abuses on a scale that SL can only dream of!

    As I wrote before, GOSL reply should be very short: "after you, Madam".
    First USA and UK are investigated by the UN for causing huge civilian deaths in their little wars.

    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 are good enough for SL, they're certainly good enough for the US & NATO, first.

  26. “During the 26-year long war in Sri Lanka, there were allegations of rape and sexual violence, just as in other conflicts. Secretary Clinton’s statement was to raise awareness of such brutality, not to implicate specific perpetrators,” Sri Lanka local media quoted the Ambassador as saying.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30363

  27. IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide’

    As Tamils world over mark one-year of Indian abetted genocidal war against Eezham Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, the Hindi film industry known as Bollywood and the major Indian conglomerate of trade unions, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) are joining hands with Rajapaksa regime in Colombo in staging 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend during the first week of June in Colombo. The FICCI, the largest and oldest business conglomerate of India is the flagship organiser of the business event named FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum, where hundreds of CEOs and business heads from India would be signing various investment contracts and tie-ups in the island on the second day of the celebrity and corporate event.

    National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) of the Indian State and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) of the Sri Lankan State, in 2006, signed agreements to explore a coal-fired power plant project in Trincomalee and the project became ‘feasible’ after evicting Tamils from their traditional village of Champoor in Trincomalee after capturing Champoor from the LTTE and engineering the exodus of more than 30,000 Tamils from the region.

    Today, a vast area remains sealed and fenced off from the access of uprooted Tamil civilians who are forced live in schools under military subjugation and deteriorating conditions like the civilians of Vanni.

    A Sri Lanka Army officer, who went on a campaign in January, was confronted by an old Tamil grandfather, who asked: “Would you buy me and my family a house for resettlement from the country to which you sold my land?” No-one of the young generation could dare to pose a such question as the result would be inquiry, detention and possible disappearance. Such is the Tamil subjugation, caused by the greed of Corporate Colonialism, felt in the East.

  28. More AI Double Standards Exposed.
    In December 2009, AI quite correctly and vehemently condemned a suicide bombing of a medical school graduation in Somalia with this unarguable call to action: "Regardless of who is responsible for the attack, deliberately targeting civilians constitutes a war crime and is always prohibited under international law.
    The TFG (Somali govt) has now set up an inquiry into the attack. The rest of us have to wait and see if anyone is ever brought to justice for this heinous crime."
    http://tinyurl.com/38q9cug

    With the LTTE's innumerable suicide bombingsdeliberately targeting civilians, and thus constituting a war crime, AI does not have to wait for the perpetrators and their helpers and funders to be brought to justice. They're walking free, in plain sight and in plain view in London, Oslo, Paris and Berlin.

    Where is AI's campaign in the UK, Norway, France and Germany to bring these LTTE diaspora war criminals to justice ?

    Is AI scared of the LTTE diaspora ?

    Is this the same AI which campaigns so fearlessly against the alleged war crimes committed by the legitimately elected government of a democratic country, Sri Lanka, yet is hesitant and oddly reluctant to apply the same rigorous pressure on the un-elected, racist fascist LTTE in the West?

    Perhaps Christoph, Jim & Juliette can let us into the complex moral minefield they have to navigate to avoid placing the same pressure on the LTTE diaspora organisations that they do on the SL govt.

    Talking of 'Minefields', this is especially for the LTTE-Diaspora. In Northern Sri Lanka, Tamil civilians, ably assisted by HALO (a UK-based de-mining outfit) are clearing their land of mines & IEDs laid by the LTTE.

    The funding for the mines came from the LTTE diaspora, all of whom are conspicuous by their absence in the de-mining effort. No surprise there, then.
    http://tinyurl.com/354mr3o

    Truly, the LTTE diaspora's finest hour.

  29. Tamil Nadu Movement urged the Tamil Diaspora to send a bold message to the IIFA organizers in Mumbai,” was equally important to that of the pressure being exerted from Tamil Nadu he said.

    Tamil activists in Tamil Nadu, including Vaiko, Nedumaran and Seeman, have been vocal in their protests against the Bollywood event.

    On May 08, Save Tamils, an activist group of Tamil IT professionals held a protest in front of Chennai Memorial Hall against the Bollywood move. Tamil lyricist Tamarai, Directors Gowtham, Ram, Vetrimaaran, Thileepan Movement Thiyagu, Viduthalai Rajendran and Professor Arivarasan took part in the protest.

    Naam Tamilar movement has staged a fasting campaign and marched from Big B’s ‘Pratiksha’ bungalow to his ‘Jalsa’ residence in Mumbai on May 11, protesting against the decision to hold the IIFA Awards Festival in Colombo. Naam Thamilar protestors said the move by Hindi cinema world would be seen as giving legitimacy to Rajapaksa regime, which is responsible for Tamil genocide and war crimes in the island.

    Popular stars in the Tamil film industry, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith and Surya, have reportedly declined to take part in the IIFA.

    Mani Ratnam, a popular Tamil film director and film-maker, has also announced that his ‘Raavan’, starring Abhishek Bachchan and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, will not be screened at the IIFA awards

  30. Christoph,

    Thank you very much for staying on this issue. Please keep up the pressure on Hillary Clinton to support not only investigations but to sarfeguard the vulnerable IDPs, those people who are still in internment camps as well as those have been left to fend for themselves in the Vanni. Please read this article by a Sinhalese Catholic priest and make it available to all activists.

  31. Christoph,

    Thank you very much for staying on this issue. Please keep up the pressure on Hillary Clinton to support not only investigations but to sarfeguard the vulnerable IDPs, those people who are still in internment camps as well as those have been left to fend for themselves in the Vanni. Please read this article by a Sinhalese Catholic priest and make it available to all activists.

  32. Movement, fighting for the rights of Sri Lankan Tamils, gathered in front of Kamal Haasan’s office on Sunday in Alwarpet (Chennai), demanding that the actor step down from the President post (South) of FICCI (Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry) and urging the FICCI to change the venue of the upcoming IIFA 2010 (India International Film Academy Awards) from Sri Lanka

  33. Christoph,

    Here we go again. Has the word irony been removed from AI's in-house dictionary?

    So AI have taken it upon themselves to be the global watchdog and neo-colonial HR teacher has it?

    I see no evidence whatsoever that the funders and supporters of the racist LTTE are being investigated or pursued, either by AI or its neo-colonial cousins in the International HR circus. Why? Is AI scared of the pro-LTTE diaspora?

    I've found a war criminal currently evading 'justice', currently living in London!
    She is a bona-fide, 100% guaranteed war criminal, who has publicly admitted to her crimes. She lives a mere 60 minutes away from AI's swanky central London head office.
    Name: Adele Balasingham (neé Wilby)
    Location: New Malden, Surrey, UK
    Charge: recruitment of child soldiers for LTTE.
    "An undated video of Mrs Balasingham, showing her in camouflage fatigues and presiding over a parade of female child soldiers, has been circulated to confirm her status as one of the movement's most influential figures. The female Tamil Tiger fighters, some thought to be as young as 14, have completed three months of training. She is seen presenting them with cyanide capsules to be worn on a necklace and swallowed if they are about to be captured by troops." http://tinyurl.com/yc7xf65

    Aunty Adele distributing cyande capsules to LTTE child slodiers: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids

    It's an easy prosecution and she probably hasn't even got a cyanide pill around her neck. Unlike the poor unfortunate Tamil girls she groomed into becoming LTTE cadres and suicide bombers.

    I'm doing this to show my commitment to HR for all in SL and to help AI defray the costs of research.

    If AI is unable or unwilling to indict or campaign for Aunty Balasingham to face trial, please explain why.

    And then this insane sentence by AI, without a shred of irony, self-concious or otherwise.
    "She will have the unique opportunity to reinforce the State Department’s own efforts to shed light on the human rights abuses committed during the final stage of the conflict and to send a strong signal to the world that the United States is not willing to accept impunity for mass human rights abuses."

    Did I miss something or did the US State Dept set up an investigation into how the US Dept of Defence and other US departments planned and executed the Iraq invasion, which resulted in HR abuses on a scale that SL can only dream of!

    As I wrote before, GOSL reply should be very short: "after you, Madam".
    First USA and UK are investigated by the UN for causing huge civilian deaths in their little wars.

    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 are good enough for SL, they're certainly good enough for the US & NATO, first.

  34. Christoph,

    Here we go again. Has the word irony been removed from AI's in-house dictionary?

    So AI have taken it upon themselves to be the global watchdog and neo-colonial HR teacher has it?

    I see no evidence whatsoever that the funders and supporters of the racist LTTE are being investigated or pursued, either by AI or its neo-colonial cousins in the International HR circus. Why? Is AI scared of the pro-LTTE diaspora?

    I've found a war criminal currently evading 'justice', currently living in London!
    She is a bona-fide, 100% guaranteed war criminal, who has publicly admitted to her crimes. She lives a mere 60 minutes away from AI's swanky central London head office.
    Name: Adele Balasingham (neé Wilby)
    Location: New Malden, Surrey, UK
    Charge: recruitment of child soldiers for LTTE.
    "An undated video of Mrs Balasingham, showing her in camouflage fatigues and presiding over a parade of female child soldiers, has been circulated to confirm her status as one of the movement's most influential figures. The female Tamil Tiger fighters, some thought to be as young as 14, have completed three months of training. She is seen presenting them with cyanide capsules to be worn on a necklace and swallowed if they are about to be captured by troops." http://tinyurl.com/yc7xf65

    Aunty Adele distributing cyande capsules to LTTE child slodiers: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids

    It's an easy prosecution and she probably hasn't even got a cyanide pill around her neck. Unlike the poor unfortunate Tamil girls she groomed into becoming LTTE cadres and suicide bombers.

    I'm doing this to show my commitment to HR for all in SL and to help AI defray the costs of research.

    If AI is unable or unwilling to indict or campaign for Aunty Balasingham to face trial, please explain why.

    And then this insane sentence by AI, without a shred of irony, self-concious or otherwise.
    "She will have the unique opportunity to reinforce the State Department’s own efforts to shed light on the human rights abuses committed during the final stage of the conflict and to send a strong signal to the world that the United States is not willing to accept impunity for mass human rights abuses."

    Did I miss something or did the US State Dept set up an investigation into how the US Dept of Defence and other US departments planned and executed the Iraq invasion, which resulted in HR abuses on a scale that SL can only dream of!

    As I wrote before, GOSL reply should be very short: "after you, Madam".
    First USA and UK are investigated by the UN for causing huge civilian deaths in their little wars.

    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 are good enough for SL, they're certainly good enough for the US & NATO, first.

  35. More AI Double Standards Exposed.
    In December 2009, AI quite correctly and vehemently condemned a suicide bombing of a medical school graduation in Somalia with this unarguable call to action: "Regardless of who is responsible for the attack, deliberately targeting civilians constitutes a war crime and is always prohibited under international law.
    The TFG (Somali govt) has now set up an inquiry into the attack. The rest of us have to wait and see if anyone is ever brought to justice for this heinous crime."
    http://tinyurl.com/38q9cug

    With the LTTE's innumerable suicide bombingsdeliberately targeting civilians, and thus constituting a war crime, AI does not have to wait for the perpetrators and their helpers and funders to be brought to justice. They're walking free, in plain sight and in plain view in London, Oslo, Paris and Berlin.

    Where is AI's campaign in the UK, Norway, France and Germany to bring these LTTE diaspora war criminals to justice ?

    Is AI scared of the LTTE diaspora ?

    Is this the same AI which campaigns so fearlessly against the alleged war crimes committed by the legitimately elected government of a democratic country, Sri Lanka, yet is hesitant and oddly reluctant to apply the same rigorous pressure on the un-elected, racist fascist LTTE in the West?

    Perhaps Christoph, Jim & Juliette can let us into the complex moral minefield they have to navigate to avoid placing the same pressure on the LTTE diaspora organisations that they do on the SL govt.

    Talking of 'Minefields', this is especially for the LTTE-Diaspora. In Northern Sri Lanka, Tamil civilians, ably assisted by HALO (a UK-based de-mining outfit) are clearing their land of mines & IEDs laid by the LTTE.

    The funding for the mines came from the LTTE diaspora, all of whom are conspicuous by their absence in the de-mining effort. No surprise there, then.
    http://tinyurl.com/354mr3o

    Truly, the LTTE diaspora's finest hour.

  36. More AI Double Standards Exposed.
    In December 2009, AI quite correctly and vehemently condemned a suicide bombing of a medical school graduation in Somalia with this unarguable call to action: "Regardless of who is responsible for the attack, deliberately targeting civilians constitutes a war crime and is always prohibited under international law.
    The TFG (Somali govt) has now set up an inquiry into the attack. The rest of us have to wait and see if anyone is ever brought to justice for this heinous crime."
    http://tinyurl.com/38q9cug

    With the LTTE's innumerable suicide bombingsdeliberately targeting civilians, and thus constituting a war crime, AI does not have to wait for the perpetrators and their helpers and funders to be brought to justice. They're walking free, in plain sight and in plain view in London, Oslo, Paris and Berlin.

    Where is AI's campaign in the UK, Norway, France and Germany to bring these LTTE diaspora war criminals to justice ?

    Is AI scared of the LTTE diaspora ?

    Is this the same AI which campaigns so fearlessly against the alleged war crimes committed by the legitimately elected government of a democratic country, Sri Lanka, yet is hesitant and oddly reluctant to apply the same rigorous pressure on the un-elected, racist fascist LTTE in the West?

    Perhaps Christoph, Jim & Juliette can let us into the complex moral minefield they have to navigate to avoid placing the same pressure on the LTTE diaspora organisations that they do on the SL govt.

    Talking of 'Minefields', this is especially for the LTTE-Diaspora. In Northern Sri Lanka, Tamil civilians, ably assisted by HALO (a UK-based de-mining outfit) are clearing their land of mines & IEDs laid by the LTTE.

    The funding for the mines came from the LTTE diaspora, all of whom are conspicuous by their absence in the de-mining effort. No surprise there, then.
    http://tinyurl.com/354mr3o

    Truly, the LTTE diaspora's finest hour.

  37. When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country's civil war. Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called "No Fire Zones" where they had been promised safety. Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052

  38. power has been parcelled out between four members of a single family. Mahinda Rajapaksa, pictured, who won the war and was returned to power as president with a stonking majority in January, is also minister of defence, finance and planning, ports and aviation and highways. He shares the defence ministry with one brother, Gotabaya, the defence secretary. A second brother, Basil, is economic development minister, and controls the boards charged with promoting investment and tourism. A third brother, Chamal, is speaker of parliament—which is handy, because of the importance of the speaker’s role in the unlikely event of an attempt to impeach the president. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm

  39. Sri Lanka's minister for external affairs, G.L. Peiris, left a scheduled meeting with journalists at the National Press Club Thursday morning without speaking. He had been slated to address them as a precursor to his Friday meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Peiris arrived at the building with a Secret Service security detail, but left without explanation after going to the 14th floor where he was to speak. No reason for his departure was given by his spokesman, but the National Press Club recently awarded the organization's 2009 International Freedom of the Press Award to slain Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of the Sunday Leader.

    Sri Lankan Minister Leaves National Press Club Without Addressing Journalists http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/701882002

  40. Mahinda to use G 15 power(Iran) to exert pressure on USA http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion
    Dr. Peiris is meeting the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the time when US National Secretary and Foreign affairs Committee senior Congress member has written to Hillary Clinton that Lanka’s war crimes must be investigated.

    The objective of Dr. Peiris’ tour may be to stall the war crime charges against Sri Lanka that the US is clamouring for. The Sri Lankan Government has chosen Dr. G L Peiris on the conviction that he could succeed in the negotiations , as he was able to maintain cordial relations with the USA when he was a Minister under the former President Chandrika Kumaratunga ’s regime and under the government . of Ranil Wickremesinghe. It is also the notion of the government that by appointing Dr. Peiris as the Foreign Minister it could smother the protests that are mounted by the International community , specially USA against the Sri Lankan government. The latter is of the view that the former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama did not acquit himself well in that task.

  41. Most the readers dont seem to understand that the AI is calling for an investigation of war crimes committed by the LTTE and the GOSL. If the SL has nothing to hide they should welcome such an investigation and clear their good name.Unless and until such an investigation is carried there cannot be any reconciliation between the two communities. AI is not taking any sides on this issue they want BOTH PARTIES to the conflict investigated. What then is the problem?

  42. When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country's civil war. Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called "No Fire Zones" where they had been promised safety. Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052

  43. When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country's civil war. Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called "No Fire Zones" where they had been promised safety. Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052

  44. power has been parcelled out between four members of a single family. Mahinda Rajapaksa, pictured, who won the war and was returned to power as president with a stonking majority in January, is also minister of defence, finance and planning, ports and aviation and highways. He shares the defence ministry with one brother, Gotabaya, the defence secretary. A second brother, Basil, is economic development minister, and controls the boards charged with promoting investment and tourism. A third brother, Chamal, is speaker of parliament—which is handy, because of the importance of the speaker’s role in the unlikely event of an attempt to impeach the president. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm

  45. power has been parcelled out between four members of a single family. Mahinda Rajapaksa, pictured, who won the war and was returned to power as president with a stonking majority in January, is also minister of defence, finance and planning, ports and aviation and highways. He shares the defence ministry with one brother, Gotabaya, the defence secretary. A second brother, Basil, is economic development minister, and controls the boards charged with promoting investment and tourism. A third brother, Chamal, is speaker of parliament—which is handy, because of the importance of the speaker’s role in the unlikely event of an attempt to impeach the president. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm

  46. Sri Lanka's minister for external affairs, G.L. Peiris, left a scheduled meeting with journalists at the National Press Club Thursday morning without speaking. He had been slated to address them as a precursor to his Friday meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Peiris arrived at the building with a Secret Service security detail, but left without explanation after going to the 14th floor where he was to speak. No reason for his departure was given by his spokesman, but the National Press Club recently awarded the organization's 2009 International Freedom of the Press Award to slain Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of the Sunday Leader.

    Sri Lankan Minister Leaves National Press Club Without Addressing Journalists http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/701882002

  47. Sri Lanka's minister for external affairs, G.L. Peiris, left a scheduled meeting with journalists at the National Press Club Thursday morning without speaking. He had been slated to address them as a precursor to his Friday meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Peiris arrived at the building with a Secret Service security detail, but left without explanation after going to the 14th floor where he was to speak. No reason for his departure was given by his spokesman, but the National Press Club recently awarded the organization's 2009 International Freedom of the Press Award to slain Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of the Sunday Leader.

    Sri Lankan Minister Leaves National Press Club Without Addressing Journalists http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/701882002

  48. Mahinda to use G 15 power(Iran) to exert pressure on USA http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion
    Dr. Peiris is meeting the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the time when US National Secretary and Foreign affairs Committee senior Congress member has written to Hillary Clinton that Lanka’s war crimes must be investigated.

    The objective of Dr. Peiris’ tour may be to stall the war crime charges against Sri Lanka that the US is clamouring for. The Sri Lankan Government has chosen Dr. G L Peiris on the conviction that he could succeed in the negotiations , as he was able to maintain cordial relations with the USA when he was a Minister under the former President Chandrika Kumaratunga ’s regime and under the government . of Ranil Wickremesinghe. It is also the notion of the government that by appointing Dr. Peiris as the Foreign Minister it could smother the protests that are mounted by the International community , specially USA against the Sri Lankan government. The latter is of the view that the former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama did not acquit himself well in that task.

  49. Mahinda to use G 15 power(Iran) to exert pressure on USA http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion
    Dr. Peiris is meeting the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the time when US National Secretary and Foreign affairs Committee senior Congress member has written to Hillary Clinton that Lanka’s war crimes must be investigated.

    The objective of Dr. Peiris’ tour may be to stall the war crime charges against Sri Lanka that the US is clamouring for. The Sri Lankan Government has chosen Dr. G L Peiris on the conviction that he could succeed in the negotiations , as he was able to maintain cordial relations with the USA when he was a Minister under the former President Chandrika Kumaratunga ’s regime and under the government . of Ranil Wickremesinghe. It is also the notion of the government that by appointing Dr. Peiris as the Foreign Minister it could smother the protests that are mounted by the International community , specially USA against the Sri Lankan government. The latter is of the view that the former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama did not acquit himself well in that task.

  50. Leon,

    It is not AI's place to dictate to SL what happens in SL. Let them start with the easy pickings of the Western countries' HR abuses I detailed above.

    Or is that just too difficult to grasp?

  51. Back Off Sri Lanka Inquiry, U.N. Chief Told
    Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris arrived in New York last week carrying a tough message for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: keep your hands off Sri Lanka. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51610

    same peiris said in 29 Dec 2009
    COLOMBO: Although Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Convention which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), the island nation can still be dragged before the ICC without its consent, senior cabinet minister and a former Professor of Law, G.L.Peiris, has said.
    'Sri Lanka cannot escape war crime charges' http://expressbuzz.com/world/sri-lanka-cannot-esc

  52. Back Off Sri Lanka Inquiry, U.N. Chief Told
    Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris arrived in New York last week carrying a tough message for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: keep your hands off Sri Lanka. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51610

    same peiris said in 29 Dec 2009
    COLOMBO: Although Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Convention which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), the island nation can still be dragged before the ICC without its consent, senior cabinet minister and a former Professor of Law, G.L.Peiris, has said.
    'Sri Lanka cannot escape war crime charges' http://expressbuzz.com/world/sri-lanka-cannot-esc

  53. Back Off Sri Lanka Inquiry, U.N. Chief Told
    Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris arrived in New York last week carrying a tough message for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: keep your hands off Sri Lanka. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51610

    same peiris said in 29 Dec 2009
    COLOMBO: Although Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Convention which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), the island nation can still be dragged before the ICC without its consent, senior cabinet minister and a former Professor of Law, G.L.Peiris, has said.
    'Sri Lanka cannot escape war crime charges' http://expressbuzz.com/world/sri-lanka-cannot-esc

  54. Christoph,

    Thank you very much for staying on this issue. Please keep up the pressure on Hillary Clinton to support not only investigations but to sarfeguard the vulnerable IDPs, those people who are still in internment camps as well as those have been left to fend for themselves in the Vanni. Please read this article by a Sinhalese Catholic priest and make it available to all activists.

  55. Indian congr. government or sri lanka promoting ‘paradise of genocide’?

    As Tamils world over mark one-year of Indian abetted genocidal war against Eezham Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, the Hindi film industry known as Bollywood and the major Indian conglomerate of trade unions, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) are joining hands with Rajapaksa regime in Colombo in staging 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend during the first week of June in Colombo. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  56. Movement, fighting for the rights of Sri Lankan Tamils, gathered in front of Kamal Haasan’s office on Sunday in Alwarpet (Chennai), demanding that the actor step down from the President post (South) of FICCI (Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry) and urging the FICCI to change the venue of the upcoming IIFA 2010 (India International Film Academy Awards) from Sri Lanka

  57. Christoph,

    Here we go again. Has the word irony been removed from AI’s in-house dictionary?

    So AI have taken it upon themselves to be the global watchdog and neo-colonial HR teacher has it?

    I see no evidence whatsoever that the funders and supporters of the racist LTTE are being investigated or pursued, either by AI or its neo-colonial cousins in the International HR circus. Why? Is AI scared of the pro-LTTE diaspora?

    I’ve found a war criminal currently evading ‘justice’, currently living in London!
    She is a bona-fide, 100% guaranteed war criminal, who has publicly admitted to her crimes. She lives a mere 60 minutes away from AI’s swanky central London head office.
    Name: Adele Balasingham (neé Wilby)
    Location: New Malden, Surrey, UK
    Charge: recruitment of child soldiers for LTTE.
    “An undated video of Mrs Balasingham, showing her in camouflage fatigues and presiding over a parade of female child soldiers, has been circulated to confirm her status as one of the movement’s most influential figures. The female Tamil Tiger fighters, some thought to be as young as 14, have completed three months of training. She is seen presenting them with cyanide capsules to be worn on a necklace and swallowed if they are about to be captured by troops.” http://tinyurl.com/yc7xf65

    Aunty Adele distributing cyande capsules to LTTE child slodiers:
    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=27249106

    It’s an easy prosecution and she probably hasn’t even got a cyanide pill around her neck. Unlike the poor unfortunate Tamil girls she groomed into becoming LTTE cadres and suicide bombers.

    I’m doing this to show my commitment to HR for all in SL and to help AI defray the costs of research.

    If AI is unable or unwilling to indict or campaign for Aunty Balasingham to face trial, please explain why.

    And then this insane sentence by AI, without a shred of irony, self-concious or otherwise.
    “She will have the unique opportunity to reinforce the State Department’s own efforts to shed light on the human rights abuses committed during the final stage of the conflict and to send a strong signal to the world that the United States is not willing to accept impunity for mass human rights abuses.”

    Did I miss something or did the US State Dept set up an investigation into how the US Dept of Defence and other US departments planned and executed the Iraq invasion, which resulted in HR abuses on a scale that SL can only dream of!

    As I wrote before, GOSL reply should be very short: “after you, Madam”.
    First USA and UK are investigated by the UN for causing huge civilian deaths in their little wars.

    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 are good enough for SL, they’re certainly good enough for the US & NATO, first.

  58. More AI Double Standards Exposed.
    In December 2009, AI quite correctly and vehemently condemned a suicide bombing of a medical school graduation in Somalia with this unarguable call to action: “Regardless of who is responsible for the attack, deliberately targeting civilians constitutes a war crime and is always prohibited under international law.
    The TFG (Somali govt) has now set up an inquiry into the attack. The rest of us have to wait and see if anyone is ever brought to justice for this heinous crime.”
    http://tinyurl.com/38q9cug

    With the LTTE’s innumerable suicide bombingsdeliberately targeting civilians, and thus constituting a war crime, AI does not have to wait for the perpetrators and their helpers and funders to be brought to justice. They’re walking free, in plain sight and in plain view in London, Oslo, Paris and Berlin.

    Where is AI’s campaign in the UK, Norway, France and Germany to bring these LTTE diaspora war criminals to justice ?

    Is AI scared of the LTTE diaspora ?

    Is this the same AI which campaigns so fearlessly against the alleged war crimes committed by the legitimately elected government of a democratic country, Sri Lanka, yet is hesitant and oddly reluctant to apply the same rigorous pressure on the un-elected, racist fascist LTTE in the West?

    Perhaps Christoph, Jim & Juliette can let us into the complex moral minefield they have to navigate to avoid placing the same pressure on the LTTE diaspora organisations that they do on the SL govt.

    Talking of ‘Minefields’, this is especially for the LTTE-Diaspora. In Northern Sri Lanka, Tamil civilians, ably assisted by HALO (a UK-based de-mining outfit) are clearing their land of mines & IEDs laid by the LTTE.

    The funding for the mines came from the LTTE diaspora, all of whom are conspicuous by their absence in the de-mining effort. No surprise there, then.

    http://tinyurl.com/354mr3o

    Truly, the LTTE diaspora’s finest hour.

  59. How Beijing won Sri Lanka's civil war

    it was achieved in the teeth of opposition from the US and its allies, and at appalling human and moral cost. How had it been allowed to happen?

    The answer, in one word, is "China". When the US ended direct military aid in 2007 over Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights record, China leapt into the breach, increasing aid to nearly $1bn (£690m) to become the island's biggest donor, giving tens of millions of dollars' worth of sophisticated weapons, and making a free gift of six F7 fighter jets to the Sri Lankan air force. China encouraged its ally Pakistan to sell more arms and to train pilots to fly the new planes. And, crucially, China prevented the UN Security Council from putting Sri Lanka on its agenda.

  60. Indian congr. government or sri lanka promoting ‘paradise of genocide’?

    As Tamils world over mark one-year of Indian abetted genocidal war against Eezham Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, the Hindi film industry known as Bollywood and the major Indian conglomerate of trade unions, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) are joining hands with Rajapaksa regime in Colombo in staging 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend during the first week of June in Colombo. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  61. Indian congr. government or sri lanka promoting ‘paradise of genocide’?

    As Tamils world over mark one-year of Indian abetted genocidal war against Eezham Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, the Hindi film industry known as Bollywood and the major Indian conglomerate of trade unions, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) are joining hands with Rajapaksa regime in Colombo in staging 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend during the first week of June in Colombo. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  62. Tamil Kovil

    Dear friend ,

    We can think only of the needs of the People.

    We need your continuing researches into the complex forms of genocide unfolding in Occupied Eelam.

  63. Dear Premachandran,

    i am awaiting a real history of these times in the life of the Tamil people & nation, which inarguably are the most important & vital in their entire history.

    Where is the historian who will write this, while the generations who are involved in this story are still upon the anvil of their forging ?

  64. Hey there mate – Chris !!!

    I am not quite amused that our good Friend Jim MC D is getting support for you and Juliette to back him up cause he really at his job. But, unfortunately, you guys seems to be having the same kind of mentality and ideas, which quite astonishes me to realize that AI USA actually has a brain drain – no body to think beyond their nostrils and see the bigger picture.

    You Say "Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Professor G.L. Peiris, is currently on a public relations tour through the United States, touting his country as the new paradise for foreign investment, and dismissing war crimes allegations on the way. "

    The GOSL is a legal entity – elected by the people of the country through a democratic process – election. So does the GOUSA. So why cannot two legal entities meet up and discuss matters to iron out things ?? What is your problem with it ?? Why cannot Prof. Peiris meet Hilary or anyone else in any country for that matter???

    As a representative of the GOSL, he also has all the right to defend the country of any unwarranted allegations set forth by groups who flourish by misleading people world over. Let me take an example – you – AI – I see you listening to the LTTE Diaspora which is considered a mentally challenged Terrorist group than listening to a legally elected government of Sri Lanka. The GOSL stand for all the citizens of this country immaterial of religious practices or Ethnicity. You are listening to a group who has their own agenda and not the likes of the citizens of the country including the Tamil people whom this diaspora Sells in the corner streets of the west to obtain sympathy. If you want to know what the Tamil people feel, you come here and listen to what our Tamil brotheren has to say, not what some Terrorist has to say !!

    You also say "One year after Sri Lanka’s civil war came to a bloody end, the evidence that both parties to the conflict committed serious human rights violations, including war crimes, continues to pile up."

    If you feel that both parties have committed crimes, you treat both parties equally. As my friend rightly mentioned above, why not start in your own back yard and campaign for arrest of Adele Bitchsingham ?? You are talking of GOSL committing crimes ssince the final battle started in 2007, Adel has done damage to Innocent Tamil Children since 1985. Start with her.

    We see that you are kind of trying to get some kind of sanctions going against SL. This is very disturbing to come from a group who say that they stand for HR. What will happen to 20 million people of SL if such thing happens ?? Does AI's HR agenda allow starvation to death for innocent people ???

    The people of Sri Lanka will decide when to oust the government and elect a new government. At the moment they are happy with what the government has achieved – getting rid of the mentally sick terrorists off this soil. You talk of Suicide bombing in other countries, forgetting the fact that the other terrorist groups were trained by these very people you tend to stand for. It will be pathetic if you only would get to realize it when your own HQ is bombarded by one of these Terrorists.

    The main issue the world faces today in the 21st century is Terrorism in many forms. Sri Lanka taught how to eliminate it and you need to take que from it. I still not have got an answer to the question on your idea of eliminating terrorism – how do u propose to do so ??

    Sri Lanka is trying to get up on its feet after 30 years of brutality – what you are doing to bring her down again is pitiful and shameful by all standards – is this what you call Human Rights ???

  65. Interesting picture in the above article. The placard holders seem to cover their eyes and faces – LOL – Chicken to show their faces I guess – if someone is standing for a true cause why fear anyone ?? And for what reason ??

    This again goes on to prove that they themselves know that they are doing something illegal with the blessings of AI. – Shameful !!

    Also I again see our apes of the LTTE diaspora posting articles which are quite irrelavent to the topic posted – INTERESTING !!

  66. Dear Christophe Kettle !

    You have mentioned in the post about SL committing war crimes.

    May I ask you,

    1. Is ending a 30 year old Terrorism a HR crime ?
    2. During the War, SL Army managed to save 300,000 + Civilians from a branded terrorist group – is this a crime ??
    3. When these people crossed over after being used as a Human Shield by the LTTE, and shot at when trying to escape, GOSL provided them with shelter, food, Medicine, Banking facilities etc, free of charge, that were praised by chief of UN and many other parties including LTTE supporting Tamil Nadu chief ministers daughter – is that a crime ??
    4. When wounded people, elders, pregnant mothers, little children crossed over, they were air lifted to hospitals and given medical treatment by the GOSL free of charge – Is this a Crime ??
    5. The Sri Lankan public, immaterial of ethnicity, colour, religion, wealth provided clothing, food, medicine etc. to the IDP's – Is this a crime ??

    Now let's see,

    1. LTTE killed innocent people who tried to run away from them during the war and killed them as per Daya and George master (the 2 LTTE senior members who surrendered) is this a crime ??
    2. LTTE used the civilians as human shields during war – is that a crime ?
    3. LTTE used these innocent people's houses as Bunkers and shelters to fire from – is that a crime ?
    4. LTTE used all government buildings including Schools, Medical institutes, and also Temples, Kovils and Churches as bunkers and their offices – is this a crime ?
    5. LTTE on an ad-hoc base, used civilians who they used as human shields to fire at SL army by providing them with guns of their wounded or dead carders. These people did not even know how to use guns and were opposing war – is that a crime ??
    6. LTTE used many children to fight and gave them cyanide capsules and did not let them study or go to schools – is that a crime ??

    Well the list is unlimited, however, what's the use of me telling you or anyone about what an Illegal, mentally sick group of people did ?? But it would be more credible when I tell you what a legal government did. Your mission is to discredit such honorable government and armed force who lost thousands in lives and billions in dollars to bring peace to a tiny Island with a great history. How can you sleep peacefully at night thinking of the damage you are doing to innocent lives in disguise of HR ??

  67. Political Activist, 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport , Sri Lanka, for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman , on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany.
    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/

  68. Most the readers dont seem to understand that the AI is calling for an investigation of war crimes committed by the LTTE and the GOSL. If the SL has nothing to hide they should welcome such an investigation and clear their good name.Unless and until such an investigation is carried there cannot be any reconciliation between the two communities. AI is not taking any sides on this issue they want BOTH PARTIES to the conflict investigated. What then is the problem?

  69. When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country’s civil war. Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called “No Fire Zones” where they had been promised safety. Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/2010526123230844176.html

  70. power has been parcelled out between four members of a single family. Mahinda Rajapaksa, pictured, who won the war and was returned to power as president with a stonking majority in January, is also minister of defence, finance and planning, ports and aviation and highways. He shares the defence ministry with one brother, Gotabaya, the defence secretary. A second brother, Basil, is economic development minister, and controls the boards charged with promoting investment and tourism. A third brother, Chamal, is speaker of parliament—which is handy, because of the importance of the speaker’s role in the unlikely event of an attempt to impeach the president.
    http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16216579&fsrc=rss

  71. Sri Lanka’s minister for external affairs, G.L. Peiris, left a scheduled meeting with journalists at the National Press Club Thursday morning without speaking. He had been slated to address them as a precursor to his Friday meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Peiris arrived at the building with a Secret Service security detail, but left without explanation after going to the 14th floor where he was to speak. No reason for his departure was given by his spokesman, but the National Press Club recently awarded the organization’s 2009 International Freedom of the Press Award to slain Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of the Sunday Leader.

    Sri Lankan Minister Leaves National Press Club Without Addressing Journalists
    http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018820025?Sri%20Lankan%20Minister%20Leaves%20National%20Press%20Club%20Without%20Addressing%20Journalists#ixzz0pBINjG9g

  72. Mahinda to use G 15 power(Iran) to exert pressure on USA
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/11495.html
    Dr. Peiris is meeting the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the time when US National Secretary and Foreign affairs Committee senior Congress member has written to Hillary Clinton that Lanka’s war crimes must be investigated.

    The objective of Dr. Peiris’ tour may be to stall the war crime charges against Sri Lanka that the US is clamouring for. The Sri Lankan Government has chosen Dr. G L Peiris on the conviction that he could succeed in the negotiations , as he was able to maintain cordial relations with the USA when he was a Minister under the former President Chandrika Kumaratunga ’s regime and under the government . of Ranil Wickremesinghe. It is also the notion of the government that by appointing Dr. Peiris as the Foreign Minister it could smother the protests that are mounted by the International community , specially USA against the Sri Lankan government. The latter is of the view that the former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama did not acquit himself well in that task.

  73. Leon,

    It is not AI’s place to dictate to SL what happens in SL. Let them start with the easy pickings of the Western countries’ HR abuses I detailed above.

    Or is that just too difficult to grasp?

  74. Political Activist, 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport , Sri Lanka, for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman , on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany.
    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/

  75. Political Activist, 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport , Sri Lanka, for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman , on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany.
    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/

  76. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe

    Sri Lanka president rejects war crimes probe
    (AFP) – 1 hour ago

    COLOMBO — Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

    In an interview with the Al-Jazeera television news network on Thursday, Rajapakse said he would not tolerate any outside review of a campaign that he insisted was solely aimed at “defeating terrorism”.

    “I don’t want my internal matters to be inquired by any other country or any other NGOs. Rajapakse said.
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeq

  77. Back Off Sri Lanka Inquiry, U.N. Chief Told
    Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris arrived in New York last week carrying a tough message for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: keep your hands off Sri Lanka.
    http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51610

    same peiris said in 29 Dec 2009
    COLOMBO: Although Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Convention which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), the island nation can still be dragged before the ICC without its consent, senior cabinet minister and a former Professor of Law, G.L.Peiris, has said.
    ‘Sri Lanka cannot escape war crime charges’
    http://expressbuzz.com/world/sri-lanka-cannot-escape-war-crime-charges/134858.html

  78. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe

    Sri Lanka president rejects war crimes probe
    (AFP) – 1 hour ago

    COLOMBO — Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

    In an interview with the Al-Jazeera television news network on Thursday, Rajapakse said he would not tolerate any outside review of a campaign that he insisted was solely aimed at “defeating terrorism”.

    “I don’t want my internal matters to be inquired by any other country or any other NGOs. Rajapakse said.
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeq

  79. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe

    Sri Lanka president rejects war crimes probe
    (AFP) – 1 hour ago

    COLOMBO — Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

    In an interview with the Al-Jazeera television news network on Thursday, Rajapakse said he would not tolerate any outside review of a campaign that he insisted was solely aimed at “defeating terrorism”.

    “I don’t want my internal matters to be inquired by any other country or any other NGOs. Rajapakse said.
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeq

  80. Dear Super-Intelligent Scholars of Eelam,

    Why wait for others to falsify history? You can start the process straightaway.

    Some of the more deranged Tamil racists are even claiming an entire continent for Tamil Eelam – a sort of Eelam-on-Atlantis.

    "THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature." http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    Truly, this stuff is more than insane, it's seriously out of this world. If you thought that the Sinhala racists were mad, Eelamists can certainly beat them in the race to the bottom.  But, if that floats your Eelamish boat.

    Here are some fake genocides for you to be getting on with whilst waiting for Eelam to be established, preferably on the Antarctic.

    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Monsoon Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

  81. How Beijing won Sri Lanka’s civil war

    it was achieved in the teeth of opposition from the US and its allies, and at appalling human and moral cost. How had it been allowed to happen?

    The answer, in one word, is “China”. When the US ended direct military aid in 2007 over Sri Lanka’s deteriorating human rights record, China leapt into the breach, increasing aid to nearly $1bn (£690m) to become the island’s biggest donor, giving tens of millions of dollars’ worth of sophisticated weapons, and making a free gift of six F7 fighter jets to the Sri Lankan air force. China encouraged its ally Pakistan to sell more arms and to train pilots to fly the new planes. And, crucially, China prevented the UN Security Council from putting Sri Lanka on its agenda.

  82. Indian congr. government or sri lanka promoting ‘paradise of genocide’?

    As Tamils world over mark one-year of Indian abetted genocidal war against Eezham Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, the Hindi film industry known as Bollywood and the major Indian conglomerate of trade unions, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) are joining hands with Rajapaksa regime in Colombo in staging 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend during the first week of June in Colombo.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31840

  83. Dear Supreme Moral Arbiters at Amnesty International,

    I hope you like this counter-blast to by Prof. Peiris, (SF Foreign Minister) to your patronising, hectoring and absurd demands to the SL govt and people. http://tinyurl.com/3xddztc

    A few relevant snippets:

    "saying these groups don't constitute the "international community," and hence don't have the moral authority "to tell us what to do."

    Peiris said, "Everybody talks of the international community–what is the international community? There are 196 countries in the United Nations. Now these matters have been taken up in appropriate fora in the United Nations. The Human Rights Council debated this matter for three long days. There were representatives from all six continents and 29 people thought there was no need to take any action, 11 countries thought otherwise, with six abstentions. A couple of NGOs do not constitute the international community," he argued.

    When the sustained questions continued and an Amnesty International representative called for an independent, international body, alleging that the credibility of various government appointed human rights and investigative commissions were suspect, Peiris shot back, "Don't forget that only one year has elapsed since the end of the war."

    "Look at the experience of other countries in similar situations. How long have they taken? I won't mention countries (but) some of them have taken 30 years. So, why are you applying double standards? Why isn't Amnesty International in a mood to apply these same standards universally? Why single out Sri Lanka. Is it because Sri Lanka is a poor country, Sri Lanka can be pushed around–kicked around like a football? Certainly not! We won't allow that by Amnesty International or anybody else."

    Peiris said, "If you believe in a set of values, at the very least, apply those values across the board. Do not be selective. Do not be discriminatory," and continuing to pillory Amnesty International and the other human rights groups, asked, "Are those values applied with any iota of consistency. What about the performance of other countries in comparable situations? I think we have done a great deal within a very short period."

    Now repeat after me:
    "Amnesty International is NOT the international community"
    "The international community is NOT just the Western powers"

    I hope you enjoyed that spanking as much as I did.

  84. Tamil Kovil

    Dear friend ,

    We can think only of the needs of the People.

    We need your continuing researches into the complex forms of genocide unfolding in Occupied Eelam.

  85. Dear Premachandran,

    i am awaiting a real history of these times in the life of the Tamil people & nation, which inarguably are the most important & vital in their entire history.

    Where is the historian who will write this, while the generations who are involved in this story are still upon the anvil of their forging ?

  86. The price of impunity

    When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country's civil war.

    Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called "No Fire Zones" where they had been promised safety.

    Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives.

    You would not know this, however, from the resolution the council passed. Drafted by the Sri Lankan delegation, it "commended" the government of Sri Lanka for its treatment of civilian victims of the war.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052

  87. Dear Super-Intelligent Scholars of Eelam,

    Why wait for others to falsify history? You can start the process straightaway.

    Some of the more deranged Tamil racists are even claiming an entire continent for Tamil Eelam – a sort of Eelam-on-Atlantis.

    "THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature." http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    Truly, this stuff is more than insane, it's seriously out of this world. If you thought that the Sinhala racists were mad, Eelamists can certainly beat them in the race to the bottom.  But, if that floats your Eelamish boat.

    Here are some fake genocides for you to be getting on with whilst waiting for Eelam to be established, preferably on the Antarctic.

    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Monsoon Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

  88. Dear Super-Intelligent Scholars of Eelam,

    Why wait for others to falsify history? You can start the process straightaway.

    Some of the more deranged Tamil racists are even claiming an entire continent for Tamil Eelam – a sort of Eelam-on-Atlantis.

    "THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature." http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    Truly, this stuff is more than insane, it's seriously out of this world. If you thought that the Sinhala racists were mad, Eelamists can certainly beat them in the race to the bottom.  But, if that floats your Eelamish boat.

    Here are some fake genocides for you to be getting on with whilst waiting for Eelam to be established, preferably on the Antarctic.

    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Monsoon Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

  89. I think, there is a God !!!

    ______________________

    4 SLA soldiers killed by lightning during preparation for ‘War Victory Day’ in Colombo

    Sri Lanka government failed to reveal the deaths of four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and others injured by lightning at Galle Face Green in Colombo while decorating the area for the War Victory Day celebrations, on 17, 18 April, two days prior to the event, sources in Colombo said. Though the government had concealed this incident from the public so as not to spoil the sprit of the first annual victory celebrations over Liberation Tigers, news of it had leaked through the employees of government and private offices and other establishments in Galle Face, the sources added. Tamil National Alliance and the other opposition parties had requested the government to cancell the celebration while the people was suffering but the government did celebrate the event.

    Meanwhile, it is alleged that the government has not revealed the true number of soldiers killed in the war even after an year has passed, the sources added.

    The torrents of rain had begun on 14 April and had persisted on the next three days with thunder and lightning.

    Soldiers from the three armed forces of the government were engaged in elaborate decorative arrangements for the War Victory Day.

    The actual number of soldiers injured in the lightning remains unknown.

  90. Hey there mate – Chris !!!

    I am not quite amused that our good Friend Jim MC D is getting support for you and Juliette to back him up cause he really at his job. But, unfortunately, you guys seems to be having the same kind of mentality and ideas, which quite astonishes me to realize that AI USA actually has a brain drain – no body to think beyond their nostrils and see the bigger picture.

    You Say “Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Professor G.L. Peiris, is currently on a public relations tour through the United States, touting his country as the new paradise for foreign investment, and dismissing war crimes allegations on the way. “

    The GOSL is a legal entity – elected by the people of the country through a democratic process – election. So does the GOUSA. So why cannot two legal entities meet up and discuss matters to iron out things ?? What is your problem with it ?? Why cannot Prof. Peiris meet Hilary or anyone else in any country for that matter???

    As a representative of the GOSL, he also has all the right to defend the country of any unwarranted allegations set forth by groups who flourish by misleading people world over. Let me take an example – you – AI – I see you listening to the LTTE Diaspora which is considered a mentally challenged Terrorist group than listening to a legally elected government of Sri Lanka. The GOSL stand for all the citizens of this country immaterial of religious practices or Ethnicity. You are listening to a group who has their own agenda and not the likes of the citizens of the country including the Tamil people whom this diaspora Sells in the corner streets of the west to obtain sympathy. If you want to know what the Tamil people feel, you come here and listen to what our Tamil brotheren has to say, not what some Terrorist has to say !!

    You also say “One year after Sri Lanka’s civil war came to a bloody end, the evidence that both parties to the conflict committed serious human rights violations, including war crimes, continues to pile up.”

    If you feel that both parties have committed crimes, you treat both parties equally. As my friend rightly mentioned above, why not start in your own back yard and campaign for arrest of Adele Bitchsingham ?? You are talking of GOSL committing crimes ssince the final battle started in 2007, Adel has done damage to Innocent Tamil Children since 1985. Start with her.

    We see that you are kind of trying to get some kind of sanctions going against SL. This is very disturbing to come from a group who say that they stand for HR. What will happen to 20 million people of SL if such thing happens ?? Does AI’s HR agenda allow starvation to death for innocent people ???

    The people of Sri Lanka will decide when to oust the government and elect a new government. At the moment they are happy with what the government has achieved – getting rid of the mentally sick terrorists off this soil. You talk of Suicide bombing in other countries, forgetting the fact that the other terrorist groups were trained by these very people you tend to stand for. It will be pathetic if you only would get to realize it when your own HQ is bombarded by one of these Terrorists.

    The main issue the world faces today in the 21st century is Terrorism in many forms. Sri Lanka taught how to eliminate it and you need to take que from it. I still not have got an answer to the question on your idea of eliminating terrorism – how do u propose to do so ??

    Sri Lanka is trying to get up on its feet after 30 years of brutality – what you are doing to bring her down again is pitiful and shameful by all standards – is this what you call Human Rights ???

  91. Dear Supreme Moral Arbiters at Amnesty International,

    I hope you like this counter-blast to by Prof. Peiris, (SF Foreign Minister) to your patronising, hectoring and absurd demands to the SL govt and people. http://tinyurl.com/3xddztc

    A few relevant snippets:

    "saying these groups don't constitute the "international community," and hence don't have the moral authority "to tell us what to do."

    Peiris said, "Everybody talks of the international community–what is the international community? There are 196 countries in the United Nations. Now these matters have been taken up in appropriate fora in the United Nations. The Human Rights Council debated this matter for three long days. There were representatives from all six continents and 29 people thought there was no need to take any action, 11 countries thought otherwise, with six abstentions. A couple of NGOs do not constitute the international community," he argued.

    When the sustained questions continued and an Amnesty International representative called for an independent, international body, alleging that the credibility of various government appointed human rights and investigative commissions were suspect, Peiris shot back, "Don't forget that only one year has elapsed since the end of the war."

    "Look at the experience of other countries in similar situations. How long have they taken? I won't mention countries (but) some of them have taken 30 years. So, why are you applying double standards? Why isn't Amnesty International in a mood to apply these same standards universally? Why single out Sri Lanka. Is it because Sri Lanka is a poor country, Sri Lanka can be pushed around–kicked around like a football? Certainly not! We won't allow that by Amnesty International or anybody else."

    Peiris said, "If you believe in a set of values, at the very least, apply those values across the board. Do not be selective. Do not be discriminatory," and continuing to pillory Amnesty International and the other human rights groups, asked, "Are those values applied with any iota of consistency. What about the performance of other countries in comparable situations? I think we have done a great deal within a very short period."

    Now repeat after me:
    "Amnesty International is NOT the international community"
    "The international community is NOT just the Western powers"

    I hope you enjoyed that spanking as much as I did.

  92. Dear Supreme Moral Arbiters at Amnesty International,

    I hope you like this counter-blast to by Prof. Peiris, (SF Foreign Minister) to your patronising, hectoring and absurd demands to the SL govt and people. http://tinyurl.com/3xddztc

    A few relevant snippets:

    "saying these groups don't constitute the "international community," and hence don't have the moral authority "to tell us what to do."

    Peiris said, "Everybody talks of the international community–what is the international community? There are 196 countries in the United Nations. Now these matters have been taken up in appropriate fora in the United Nations. The Human Rights Council debated this matter for three long days. There were representatives from all six continents and 29 people thought there was no need to take any action, 11 countries thought otherwise, with six abstentions. A couple of NGOs do not constitute the international community," he argued.

    When the sustained questions continued and an Amnesty International representative called for an independent, international body, alleging that the credibility of various government appointed human rights and investigative commissions were suspect, Peiris shot back, "Don't forget that only one year has elapsed since the end of the war."

    "Look at the experience of other countries in similar situations. How long have they taken? I won't mention countries (but) some of them have taken 30 years. So, why are you applying double standards? Why isn't Amnesty International in a mood to apply these same standards universally? Why single out Sri Lanka. Is it because Sri Lanka is a poor country, Sri Lanka can be pushed around–kicked around like a football? Certainly not! We won't allow that by Amnesty International or anybody else."

    Peiris said, "If you believe in a set of values, at the very least, apply those values across the board. Do not be selective. Do not be discriminatory," and continuing to pillory Amnesty International and the other human rights groups, asked, "Are those values applied with any iota of consistency. What about the performance of other countries in comparable situations? I think we have done a great deal within a very short period."

    Now repeat after me:
    "Amnesty International is NOT the international community"
    "The international community is NOT just the Western powers"

    I hope you enjoyed that spanking as much as I did.

  93. Interesting picture in the above article. The placard holders seem to cover their eyes and faces – LOL – Chicken to show their faces I guess – if someone is standing for a true cause why fear anyone ?? And for what reason ??

    This again goes on to prove that they themselves know that they are doing something illegal with the blessings of AI. – Shameful !!

    Also I again see our apes of the LTTE diaspora posting articles which are quite irrelavent to the topic posted – INTERESTING !!

  94. Eelam delenda est

    I hope you enjoyed that spanking as much as I did.
    Do you have some kind of feelings for AI ? Because it sounds a bit kinky 🙂

  95. The price of impunity

    When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country's civil war.

    Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called "No Fire Zones" where they had been promised safety.

    Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives.

    You would not know this, however, from the resolution the council passed. Drafted by the Sri Lankan delegation, it "commended" the government of Sri Lanka for its treatment of civilian victims of the war.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052

  96. The price of impunity

    When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country's civil war.

    Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called "No Fire Zones" where they had been promised safety.

    Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives.

    You would not know this, however, from the resolution the council passed. Drafted by the Sri Lankan delegation, it "commended" the government of Sri Lanka for its treatment of civilian victims of the war.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052

  97. Justice gap

    Amnesty's annual global human rights assessment,released on Thursday, says the Sri Lankan case offers a perfect example of a growing threat to the application of international law – the so-called "justice gap" between the powerful and the weak.

    "We see governments holding themselves above the law," says Brown. "A lot of countries are working in regional blocs to shield themselves from criticism."

    The problem is not restricted to a single country or region. Brown says that powerful countries are undermining justice efforts all over the world by refusing to submit themselves to the laws that protect civilians in conflict.

    She cites US support for Israel as another manifestation of the same problem, predicting that if the situation arises, Washington will use its UN security council veto to prevent any meaningful action against Israel for possible crimes committed in Gaza.

    "China, Russia and US, as permanent members of the security council, are holding themselves above the law," she says. "It's so fundamentally unfair for victims that will be denied justice."

    "It was a low point in the short history of the Human Rights Council," says Widney Brown, the director of the international law programme at Amnesty International, describing how Asian countries allowed the resolution to pass unopposed.

    Double standards

    Meanwhile less powerful countries, particularly in Africa, feel aggrieved when they find that they are being held accountable for human rights abuseswhile more powerful countries act with impunity.

    "Repression and injustice are flourishing in the global justice gap"

    Claudio Cordone, acting Secretary General, Amnesty International

    It is, Brown says, an understandable resentment at a double standard that undermines efforts to make international justice the norm rather than the exception.

    "The hypocrisy and double standards undermine calls for justice that are legitimate."

    She wants to see the levels of scrutiny applied to Africa extended to all countries.

    "It's not a bad thing that victims in Africa have a chance of justice. We want to extend that accountability."

    For many, such accountability will come too late. The Amnesty report paints a disturbing picture of human rights violations that have gone unpunished because powerful nations are unwilling to submit to international human rights standards. Rather than setting an example, campaigners say they are creating a culture of impunity.

    From the failure to implement the recommendations of the Goldstone report into possible war crimes committed during the Gaza conflict, to the refusal of some of the world's most powerful countries to sign up to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the report catalogues example after example of rights abuses for which there has been no justice.

    "Repression and injustice are flourishing in the global justice gap, condemning millions of people to abuse, oppression and poverty," says Claudio Cordone, Amnesty's interim secretary general.

  98. Dear Christophe Kettle !

    You have mentioned in the post about SL committing war crimes.

    May I ask you,

    1. Is ending a 30 year old Terrorism a HR crime ?
    2. During the War, SL Army managed to save 300,000 + Civilians from a branded terrorist group – is this a crime ??
    3. When these people crossed over after being used as a Human Shield by the LTTE, and shot at when trying to escape, GOSL provided them with shelter, food, Medicine, Banking facilities etc, free of charge, that were praised by chief of UN and many other parties including LTTE supporting Tamil Nadu chief ministers daughter – is that a crime ??
    4. When wounded people, elders, pregnant mothers, little children crossed over, they were air lifted to hospitals and given medical treatment by the GOSL free of charge – Is this a Crime ??
    5. The Sri Lankan public, immaterial of ethnicity, colour, religion, wealth provided clothing, food, medicine etc. to the IDP’s – Is this a crime ??

    Now let’s see,

    1. LTTE killed innocent people who tried to run away from them during the war and killed them as per Daya and George master (the 2 LTTE senior members who surrendered) is this a crime ??
    2. LTTE used the civilians as human shields during war – is that a crime ?
    3. LTTE used these innocent people’s houses as Bunkers and shelters to fire from – is that a crime ?
    4. LTTE used all government buildings including Schools, Medical institutes, and also Temples, Kovils and Churches as bunkers and their offices – is this a crime ?
    5. LTTE on an ad-hoc base, used civilians who they used as human shields to fire at SL army by providing them with guns of their wounded or dead carders. These people did not even know how to use guns and were opposing war – is that a crime ??
    6. LTTE used many children to fight and gave them cyanide capsules and did not let them study or go to schools – is that a crime ??

    Well the list is unlimited, however, what’s the use of me telling you or anyone about what an Illegal, mentally sick group of people did ?? But it would be more credible when I tell you what a legal government did. Your mission is to discredit such honorable government and armed force who lost thousands in lives and billions in dollars to bring peace to a tiny Island with a great history. How can you sleep peacefully at night thinking of the damage you are doing to innocent lives in disguise of HR ??

  99. Political Activist, 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport , Sri Lanka, for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman , on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany.

    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/

  100. Janka,

    Spanking was used for its innocent meaning, without any other connotations whatsoever ! 🙂

  101. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Your comments never show any meaningful values !!!

    They are full of hatred, enmity, distrust of others who hold free ideas, violence hidden in one form or another, myopic ideas, temper and all the other negative feelings.

    Do you think that you or those clouding together with you will create the values for the breakthrough in communication channels with the Tamils?

    s a misguided Sinhalese you have to churn out deceptive comments against those who write comments of values and about the true situation in Sri Lanka.

    The reason is that you are a brainwashed man.

    Why don’t you take up the empty position of your Sri Lankan Racist Regime ?

    Again the ghosts within you are dancing. See Muniyandi Pitchumuthu for Hindu pooja rituals.

    Drive away these ghosts before they take hold of your sense and sensibility.

    We know that you do not have any original ideas to challenge our writings.

    You people can not fool the Tamils and the global citizens any more. 🙂

  102. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe

    Sri Lanka president rejects war crimes probe
    (AFP) – 1 hour ago

    COLOMBO — Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

    In an interview with the Al-Jazeera television news network on Thursday, Rajapakse said he would not tolerate any outside review of a campaign that he insisted was solely aimed at “defeating terrorism”.

    “I don’t want my internal matters to be inquired by any other country or any other NGOs. Rajapakse said.

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5htHo_XYjFQlVqo04bEgJMXbeXW9w

  103. Demand justice for war survivors and an independent war crimes investigation

    It’s been a tragic year for Sri Lankans inside and outside the country, and one year after the end of the conflict, tens of thousands of innocent civilians are still suffering.

    – 82,000 people – children, women, the elderly – are languishing in squalid camps
    – many of those who have ‘returned home’ came back to rubble and poverty
    – while the shelling has stopped, attacks on lawyers, journalists and aid workers haven’t
    – more than 10,000 alleged insurgents, including former child soldiers are held in camps where torture has been documented
    – and despite its claims and commissions, the ruling regime has done nothing to bring about justice for victims or promote reconciliation
    Act now!

    Sign our new urgent action petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
    http://www.srilankacampaign.org/takeaction.htm

    We are asking all Campaign supporters to help us push for a credible, independent and effective war crimes investigation.

    The Government of Sri Lanka is keen to pacify the international community by setting up its own ‘Commission into Lessons Learnt’. Let’s remind Mr Ban that no Sri Lankan inquiry has ever yielded results and that gross human rights abuses still occur every day.

    Once you’ve signed, please forward the link to others by email or share through your Facebook page.

    There can be no lasting peace without justice.

  104. a.savage

    A Shocking News-Diaspora Tamil woman arrested in Sri Lanka

    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany
    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/2010/05/28/g

  105. Dear Super-Intelligent Scholars of Eelam,

    Why wait for others to falsify history? You can start the process straightaway.

    Some of the more deranged Tamil racists are even claiming an entire continent for Tamil Eelam – a sort of Eelam-on-Atlantis.

    “THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature.” http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    Truly, this stuff is more than insane, it’s seriously out of this world. If you thought that the Sinhala racists were mad, Eelamists can certainly beat them in the race to the bottom.  But, if that floats your Eelamish boat.

    Here are some fake genocides for you to be getting on with whilst waiting for Eelam to be established, preferably on the Antarctic.

    Silent Genocide
    Structural Genocide
    Monsoon Genocide
    Cholesterol Genocide
    Land Genocide
    Airport Genocide
    Copycat Genocide
    Plagiarism Genocide
    Military Genocide

  106. I think, there is a God !!!

    ______________________

    4 SLA soldiers killed by lightning during preparation for ‘War Victory Day’ in Colombo

    Sri Lanka government failed to reveal the deaths of four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and others injured by lightning at Galle Face Green in Colombo while decorating the area for the War Victory Day celebrations, on 17, 18 April, two days prior to the event, sources in Colombo said. Though the government had concealed this incident from the public so as not to spoil the sprit of the first annual victory celebrations over Liberation Tigers, news of it had leaked through the employees of government and private offices and other establishments in Galle Face, the sources added. Tamil National Alliance and the other opposition parties had requested the government to cancell the celebration while the people was suffering but the government did celebrate the event.

    Meanwhile, it is alleged that the government has not revealed the true number of soldiers killed in the war even after an year has passed, the sources added.

    The torrents of rain had begun on 14 April and had persisted on the next three days with thunder and lightning.

    Soldiers from the three armed forces of the government were engaged in elaborate decorative arrangements for the War Victory Day.

    The actual number of soldiers injured in the lightning remains unknown.

  107. a.savage

    I was surprised about this news
    ———————————————–
    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    Sri Lanka once again they are breaking every international norm.

    Vindictive and petty and breaking international law.
    ———————————————————————
    We should help out a bit the AI
    http://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/now-is-the-time-f

  108. Demand justice for war survivors and an independent war crimes investigation

    It’s been a tragic year for Sri Lankans inside and outside the country, and one year after the end of the conflict, tens of thousands of innocent civilians are still suffering.

    – 82,000 people – children, women, the elderly – are languishing in squalid camps
    – many of those who have ‘returned home’ came back to rubble and poverty
    – while the shelling has stopped, attacks on lawyers, journalists and aid workers haven’t
    – more than 10,000 alleged insurgents, including former child soldiers are held in camps where torture has been documented
    – and despite its claims and commissions, the ruling regime has done nothing to bring about justice for victims or promote reconciliation
    Act now!

    Sign our new urgent action petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
    http://www.srilankacampaign.org/takeaction.htm

    We are asking all Campaign supporters to help us push for a credible, independent and effective war crimes investigation.

    The Government of Sri Lanka is keen to pacify the international community by setting up its own ‘Commission into Lessons Learnt’. Let’s remind Mr Ban that no Sri Lankan inquiry has ever yielded results and that gross human rights abuses still occur every day.

    Once you’ve signed, please forward the link to others by email or share through your Facebook page.

    There can be no lasting peace without justice.

  109. Demand justice for war survivors and an independent war crimes investigation

    It’s been a tragic year for Sri Lankans inside and outside the country, and one year after the end of the conflict, tens of thousands of innocent civilians are still suffering.

    – 82,000 people – children, women, the elderly – are languishing in squalid camps
    – many of those who have ‘returned home’ came back to rubble and poverty
    – while the shelling has stopped, attacks on lawyers, journalists and aid workers haven’t
    – more than 10,000 alleged insurgents, including former child soldiers are held in camps where torture has been documented
    – and despite its claims and commissions, the ruling regime has done nothing to bring about justice for victims or promote reconciliation
    Act now!

    Sign our new urgent action petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
    http://www.srilankacampaign.org/takeaction.htm

    We are asking all Campaign supporters to help us push for a credible, independent and effective war crimes investigation.

    The Government of Sri Lanka is keen to pacify the international community by setting up its own ‘Commission into Lessons Learnt’. Let’s remind Mr Ban that no Sri Lankan inquiry has ever yielded results and that gross human rights abuses still occur every day.

    Once you’ve signed, please forward the link to others by email or share through your Facebook page.

    There can be no lasting peace without justice.

  110. Dear Supreme Moral Arbiters at Amnesty International,

    I hope you like this counter-blast to by Prof. Peiris, (SF Foreign Minister) to your patronising, hectoring and absurd demands to the SL govt and people. http://tinyurl.com/3xddztc

    A few relevant snippets:

    “saying these groups don’t constitute the “international community,” and hence don’t have the moral authority “to tell us what to do.”

    Peiris said, “Everybody talks of the international community–what is the international community? There are 196 countries in the United Nations. Now these matters have been taken up in appropriate fora in the United Nations. The Human Rights Council debated this matter for three long days. There were representatives from all six continents and 29 people thought there was no need to take any action, 11 countries thought otherwise, with six abstentions. A couple of NGOs do not constitute the international community,” he argued.

    When the sustained questions continued and an Amnesty International representative called for an independent, international body, alleging that the credibility of various government appointed human rights and investigative commissions were suspect, Peiris shot back, “Don’t forget that only one year has elapsed since the end of the war.”

    “Look at the experience of other countries in similar situations. How long have they taken? I won’t mention countries (but) some of them have taken 30 years. So, why are you applying double standards? Why isn’t Amnesty International in a mood to apply these same standards universally? Why single out Sri Lanka. Is it because Sri Lanka is a poor country, Sri Lanka can be pushed around–kicked around like a football? Certainly not! We won’t allow that by Amnesty International or anybody else.”

    Peiris said, “If you believe in a set of values, at the very least, apply those values across the board. Do not be selective. Do not be discriminatory,” and continuing to pillory Amnesty International and the other human rights groups, asked, “Are those values applied with any iota of consistency. What about the performance of other countries in comparable situations? I think we have done a great deal within a very short period.”

    Now repeat after me:
    “Amnesty International is NOT the international community”
    “The international community is NOT just the Western powers”

    I hope you enjoyed that spanking as much as I did.

  111. Sri Lanka: New Panel Doesn’t Satisfy US Concerns http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/27/sri-lanka-n

    Sri Lanka has geared up its propaganda machine to dissuade the United States from supporting an international investigation. Clinton should not accept this blatant attempt to avoid accountability, but instead should endorse an international investigation.

  112. Eelam delenda est

    I hope you enjoyed that spanking as much as I did.
    Do you have some kind of feelings for AI ? Because it sounds a bit kinky 🙂

  113. The price of impunity

    When the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on Sri Lanka last May, many were hoping for meaningful discussion about possible war crimes committed during the final phase of the country’s civil war.

    Thousands of civilians, who had been trapped between the Sri Lankan military and increasingly desperate Tamil rebels, were dead. Reports allege they were shelled by the military whilst sheltering in so-called “No Fire Zones” where they had been promised safety.

    Hospitals and food distribution points had also been hit, and as the council convened in Geneva, tens of thousands of survivors huddled in sprawling internment camps in the north of the island, unable to leave and rebuild their shattered lives.

    You would not know this, however, from the resolution the council passed. Drafted by the Sri Lankan delegation, it “commended” the government of Sri Lanka for its treatment of civilian victims of the war.

    http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/2010526123230844176.html

  114. War Crimes

    When you can, please sigh AI petition

    Call on UN to investigate Sri Lanka rights violations.

    Amnesty International need at least 50,000 signatuares, but so far only 5446 signatures obtained.

    Please forward this link to all your contacts and encourage them to sign.
    http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/call

    Thanks

  115. Justice gap

    Amnesty’s annual global human rights assessment,released on Thursday, says the Sri Lankan case offers a perfect example of a growing threat to the application of international law – the so-called “justice gap” between the powerful and the weak.

    “We see governments holding themselves above the law,” says Brown. “A lot of countries are working in regional blocs to shield themselves from criticism.”

    The problem is not restricted to a single country or region. Brown says that powerful countries are undermining justice efforts all over the world by refusing to submit themselves to the laws that protect civilians in conflict.

    She cites US support for Israel as another manifestation of the same problem, predicting that if the situation arises, Washington will use its UN security council veto to prevent any meaningful action against Israel for possible crimes committed in Gaza.

    “China, Russia and US, as permanent members of the security council, are holding themselves above the law,” she says. “It’s so fundamentally unfair for victims that will be denied justice.”

    “It was a low point in the short history of the Human Rights Council,” says Widney Brown, the director of the international law programme at Amnesty International, describing how Asian countries allowed the resolution to pass unopposed.

    Double standards

    Meanwhile less powerful countries, particularly in Africa, feel aggrieved when they find that they are being held accountable for human rights abuseswhile more powerful countries act with impunity.

    “Repression and injustice are flourishing in the global justice gap”

    Claudio Cordone, acting Secretary General, Amnesty International

    It is, Brown says, an understandable resentment at a double standard that undermines efforts to make international justice the norm rather than the exception.

    “The hypocrisy and double standards undermine calls for justice that are legitimate.”

    She wants to see the levels of scrutiny applied to Africa extended to all countries.

    “It’s not a bad thing that victims in Africa have a chance of justice. We want to extend that accountability.”

    For many, such accountability will come too late. The Amnesty report paints a disturbing picture of human rights violations that have gone unpunished because powerful nations are unwilling to submit to international human rights standards. Rather than setting an example, campaigners say they are creating a culture of impunity.

    From the failure to implement the recommendations of the Goldstone report into possible war crimes committed during the Gaza conflict, to the refusal of some of the world’s most powerful countries to sign up to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the report catalogues example after example of rights abuses for which there has been no justice.

    “Repression and injustice are flourishing in the global justice gap, condemning millions of people to abuse, oppression and poverty,” says Claudio Cordone, Amnesty’s interim secretary general.

  116. a.savage

    A Shocking News-Diaspora Tamil woman arrested in Sri Lanka

    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany
    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/2010/05/28/g

  117. a.savage

    A Shocking News-Diaspora Tamil woman arrested in Sri Lanka

    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany
    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/2010/05/28/g

  118. Tamils for Obama to Clinton: Three Things to Discuss with Minister Peiris

    "The first item was sexual violence as a tool of government. This is a subject on which Mrs. Clinton has taken a forceful position in the past, so we expect she will want to address it when she meets with Mr. Peiris."

    The second topic that Tamils for Obama urged Mrs. Clinton to bring up was the Colombo government's apparent policy of destroying landmarks of Tamil culture. "The Sri Lankan government calls it "redevelopment" of Tamil areas," the spokesman said. "But the Colombo government is finding one pretext after another for obliterating Tamil cultural and historical landmarks. As the government builds roads they destroy historic buildings, including temples, schools, and presses. They want to make it look like Tamils have no history here.

    "And then there is the matter of Colombo's 'scorched earth' warfare," the Tamils for Obama spokesman continued. "Every bloodthirsty dictator in the world will see the success they had and will be ready to use the Sri Lankan method of unlimited killing to put down a popular uprising. If it is allowed to stand as an example of how to manage a civil conflict, the world will see endless bloodshed as a result.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100525/bs_prweb/p

  119. '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”.

  120. 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.

  121. 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.

  122. Journalist, Fauziah Ibrahim:
    You inherited this long drawn out war. You ended this war. Do you think, in your mind, was it inevitable to lose that many civilian lives, especially towards the end of the war?

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa:
    I deny it, because we never killed any civilians.
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/05/trust_is_the_

  123. a.savage

    I was surprised about this news
    ———————————————–
    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    Sri Lanka once again they are breaking every international norm.

    Vindictive and petty and breaking international law.
    ———————————————————————
    We should help out a bit the AI
    http://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/now-is-the-time-f

  124. a.savage

    I was surprised about this news
    ———————————————–
    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    Sri Lanka once again they are breaking every international norm.

    Vindictive and petty and breaking international law.
    ———————————————————————
    We should help out a bit the AI
    http://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/now-is-the-time-f

  125. Sri Lanka: New Panel Doesn’t Satisfy US Concerns http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/27/sri-lanka-n

    Sri Lanka has geared up its propaganda machine to dissuade the United States from supporting an international investigation. Clinton should not accept this blatant attempt to avoid accountability, but instead should endorse an international investigation.

  126. Sri Lanka: New Panel Doesn’t Satisfy US Concerns http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/27/sri-lanka-n

    Sri Lanka has geared up its propaganda machine to dissuade the United States from supporting an international investigation. Clinton should not accept this blatant attempt to avoid accountability, but instead should endorse an international investigation.

  127. War Crimes

    When you can, please sigh AI petition

    Call on UN to investigate Sri Lanka rights violations.

    Amnesty International need at least 50,000 signatuares, but so far only 5446 signatures obtained.

    Please forward this link to all your contacts and encourage them to sign.
    http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/call

    Thanks

  128. War Crimes

    When you can, please sigh AI petition

    Call on UN to investigate Sri Lanka rights violations.

    Amnesty International need at least 50,000 signatuares, but so far only 5446 signatures obtained.

    Please forward this link to all your contacts and encourage them to sign.
    http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/call

    Thanks

  129. Tamils for Obama to Clinton: Three Things to Discuss with Minister Peiris

    "The first item was sexual violence as a tool of government. This is a subject on which Mrs. Clinton has taken a forceful position in the past, so we expect she will want to address it when she meets with Mr. Peiris."

    The second topic that Tamils for Obama urged Mrs. Clinton to bring up was the Colombo government's apparent policy of destroying landmarks of Tamil culture. "The Sri Lankan government calls it "redevelopment" of Tamil areas," the spokesman said. "But the Colombo government is finding one pretext after another for obliterating Tamil cultural and historical landmarks. As the government builds roads they destroy historic buildings, including temples, schools, and presses. They want to make it look like Tamils have no history here.

    "And then there is the matter of Colombo's 'scorched earth' warfare," the Tamils for Obama spokesman continued. "Every bloodthirsty dictator in the world will see the success they had and will be ready to use the Sri Lankan method of unlimited killing to put down a popular uprising. If it is allowed to stand as an example of how to manage a civil conflict, the world will see endless bloodshed as a result.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100525/bs_prweb/p

  130. Tamils for Obama to Clinton: Three Things to Discuss with Minister Peiris

    "The first item was sexual violence as a tool of government. This is a subject on which Mrs. Clinton has taken a forceful position in the past, so we expect she will want to address it when she meets with Mr. Peiris."

    The second topic that Tamils for Obama urged Mrs. Clinton to bring up was the Colombo government's apparent policy of destroying landmarks of Tamil culture. "The Sri Lankan government calls it "redevelopment" of Tamil areas," the spokesman said. "But the Colombo government is finding one pretext after another for obliterating Tamil cultural and historical landmarks. As the government builds roads they destroy historic buildings, including temples, schools, and presses. They want to make it look like Tamils have no history here.

    "And then there is the matter of Colombo's 'scorched earth' warfare," the Tamils for Obama spokesman continued. "Every bloodthirsty dictator in the world will see the success they had and will be ready to use the Sri Lankan method of unlimited killing to put down a popular uprising. If it is allowed to stand as an example of how to manage a civil conflict, the world will see endless bloodshed as a result.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100525/bs_prweb/p

  131. Janka,

    Spanking was used for its innocent meaning, without any other connotations whatsoever ! 🙂

  132. Journalist, Fauziah Ibrahim:
    You inherited this long drawn out war. You ended this war. Do you think, in your mind, was it inevitable to lose that many civilian lives, especially towards the end of the war?

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa:
    I deny it, because we never killed any civilians.
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/05/trust_is_the_

  133. Journalist, Fauziah Ibrahim:
    You inherited this long drawn out war. You ended this war. Do you think, in your mind, was it inevitable to lose that many civilian lives, especially towards the end of the war?

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa:
    I deny it, because we never killed any civilians.
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/05/trust_is_the_

  134. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Your comments never show any meaningful values !!!

    They are full of hatred, enmity, distrust of others who hold free ideas, violence hidden in one form or another, myopic ideas, temper and all the other negative feelings.

    Do you think that you or those clouding together with you will create the values for the breakthrough in communication channels with the Tamils?

    s a misguided Sinhalese you have to churn out deceptive comments against those who write comments of values and about the true situation in Sri Lanka.

    The reason is that you are a brainwashed man.

    Why don’t you take up the empty position of your Sri Lankan Racist Regime ?

    Again the ghosts within you are dancing. See Muniyandi Pitchumuthu for Hindu pooja rituals.

    Drive away these ghosts before they take hold of your sense and sensibility.

    We know that you do not have any original ideas to challenge our writings.

    You people can not fool the Tamils and the global citizens any more. 🙂

  135. Tamil Kovil,

    Of course civilians were killed. The responsibility for their deaths lies at the hands of the LTTE and their diaspora supporters.

    Have you forgotten how Fat Boy VP and his super-intelligent cohorts were hoping to use their death for international intervention to save their skins?

    All those deaths could've been avoided if the LTTE had let the civilians go. It did not. It wanted their deaths.

    In those stupid demos held by the LTTE diaspora, there wasn't a single voice or poster asking the LTTE to free the civilians.

    Someone else wrote this:

    "…And yet again, when the protests were stalling traffic in Toronto and Ottawa, in London and Berlin, you had the chance to show the world you were a Tamil Nation and not a gang of sycophants waving pictures of a mass murderer. And yet again, what did you do with your Tamil self-determination? You stayed at home and watched it on TV, and showed the world that the Tigers were more important than the thousands of women, children, and old people dying as human shields."

    And more from this poor lady who couldn't run away, unlike the pro-LTTE diaspora, who did and wanted the war to continue from the safety of the West. http://tinyurl.com/399wuqb

    "Sellamma lives in the camps with her sick husband and their grandchild. She lost her elder son, a LTTE cadre, two years ago. Then she lost her granddaughter during the last stage of the war as she was conscripted by the LTTE to strengthen the outfit's " baby brigade".

    She also lost her son-in-law, who was shot dead by the LTTE while the family was crossing the defense line built by the LTTE to prevent civilians from fleeing. "Our lives are shattered," she said. Her husband is suffering from a heart ailment.

    Despite her agony, Sellamma is relieved that there is no war any more. She said most of the families living in the center were happy and don't want to suffer again.

  136. Tamil Kovil,

    Of course civilians were killed. The responsibility for their deaths lies at the hands of the LTTE and their diaspora supporters.

    Have you forgotten how Fat Boy VP and his super-intelligent cohorts were hoping to use their death for international intervention to save their skins?

    All those deaths could've been avoided if the LTTE had let the civilians go. It did not. It wanted their deaths.

    In those stupid demos held by the LTTE diaspora, there wasn't a single voice or poster asking the LTTE to free the civilians.

    Someone else wrote this:

    "…And yet again, when the protests were stalling traffic in Toronto and Ottawa, in London and Berlin, you had the chance to show the world you were a Tamil Nation and not a gang of sycophants waving pictures of a mass murderer. And yet again, what did you do with your Tamil self-determination? You stayed at home and watched it on TV, and showed the world that the Tigers were more important than the thousands of women, children, and old people dying as human shields."

    And more from this poor lady who couldn't run away, unlike the pro-LTTE diaspora, who did and wanted the war to continue from the safety of the West. http://tinyurl.com/399wuqb

    "Sellamma lives in the camps with her sick husband and their grandchild. She lost her elder son, a LTTE cadre, two years ago. Then she lost her granddaughter during the last stage of the war as she was conscripted by the LTTE to strengthen the outfit's " baby brigade".

    She also lost her son-in-law, who was shot dead by the LTTE while the family was crossing the defense line built by the LTTE to prevent civilians from fleeing. "Our lives are shattered," she said. Her husband is suffering from a heart ailment.

    Despite her agony, Sellamma is relieved that there is no war any more. She said most of the families living in the center were happy and don't want to suffer again.

  137. Tamil Kovil,

    Of course civilians were killed. The responsibility for their deaths lies at the hands of the LTTE and their diaspora supporters.

    Have you forgotten how Fat Boy VP and his super-intelligent cohorts were hoping to use their death for international intervention to save their skins?

    All those deaths could've been avoided if the LTTE had let the civilians go. It did not. It wanted their deaths.

    In those stupid demos held by the LTTE diaspora, there wasn't a single voice or poster asking the LTTE to free the civilians.

    Someone else wrote this:

    "…And yet again, when the protests were stalling traffic in Toronto and Ottawa, in London and Berlin, you had the chance to show the world you were a Tamil Nation and not a gang of sycophants waving pictures of a mass murderer. And yet again, what did you do with your Tamil self-determination? You stayed at home and watched it on TV, and showed the world that the Tigers were more important than the thousands of women, children, and old people dying as human shields."

    And more from this poor lady who couldn't run away, unlike the pro-LTTE diaspora, who did and wanted the war to continue from the safety of the West. http://tinyurl.com/399wuqb

    "Sellamma lives in the camps with her sick husband and their grandchild. She lost her elder son, a LTTE cadre, two years ago. Then she lost her granddaughter during the last stage of the war as she was conscripted by the LTTE to strengthen the outfit's " baby brigade".

    She also lost her son-in-law, who was shot dead by the LTTE while the family was crossing the defense line built by the LTTE to prevent civilians from fleeing. "Our lives are shattered," she said. Her husband is suffering from a heart ailment.

    Despite her agony, Sellamma is relieved that there is no war any more. She said most of the families living in the center were happy and don't want to suffer again.

  138. Demand justice for war survivors and an independent war crimes investigation

    It’s been a tragic year for Sri Lankans inside and outside the country, and one year after the end of the conflict, tens of thousands of innocent civilians are still suffering.

    – 82,000 people – children, women, the elderly – are languishing in squalid camps
    – many of those who have ‘returned home’ came back to rubble and poverty
    – while the shelling has stopped, attacks on lawyers, journalists and aid workers haven’t
    – more than 10,000 alleged insurgents, including former child soldiers are held in camps where torture has been documented
    – and despite its claims and commissions, the ruling regime has done nothing to bring about justice for victims or promote reconciliation
    Act now!

    Sign our new urgent action petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

    http://www.srilankacampaign.org/takeaction.htm

    We are asking all Campaign supporters to help us push for a credible, independent and effective war crimes investigation.

    The Government of Sri Lanka is keen to pacify the international community by setting up its own ‘Commission into Lessons Learnt’. Let’s remind Mr Ban that no Sri Lankan inquiry has ever yielded results and that gross human rights abuses still occur every day.

    Once you’ve signed, please forward the link to others by email or share through your Facebook page.

    There can be no lasting peace without justice.

  139. a.savage

    A Shocking News-Diaspora Tamil woman arrested in Sri Lanka

    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    GoSL arrested a Tamil Woman on her arrival in Colombo at Katunayake Airport in Colombo. She is accused of taking part in demonstrations against the Sri Lankan Government in Germany

    http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/2010/05/28/germany-based-50-year-old-tamil-woman-arrested-at-katunayake-airport-for-taking-part-in-demonstrations-in-germany/

  140. ‘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”.

  141. 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.

  142. 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.

  143. Tamils all over the world call upon the academics and political institutions especially in the West to open areas of studies on the suppression of Tamils from the Colonial times.

    They should find out the facts and the implications generated by the administrative amalgamation of the Tamil areas with the Sinhala areas, thus creating such catastrophe.

    The Tamil kingdoms existed at the time of Colonial conquer never returned to the same structure but artificially handed over to the majority Sinhala administration.

    The Western academia and political think-tanks should brush away the agenda of Sinhala revisionists; rather rely on the independent media outlets, like The Times, U.K, and Guardian U.K. The Telegraph, U.K. Boston Globe, France24 News, Washington Post, New York Times, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Asian Human Rights Commission, media rights groups such as RSF, CPJ, and many other rights organizations around the world.

    Though the human history is dotted with evilness hatched in the darker corners of human minds, the Tamil genocide opens a prickly awakening chapter in the modern times.

    The world powers simply stood silently, though the news coming out of the screaming souls of Mullivaikal was relayed instantly to world governments.

    The world so far has stayed mum, if not for the voices trickling out of the UN offices for an independent ‘war crimes’ inquiry.

    The Tamils through their precious sacrifice has given an opportunity to the world to remind, that no government should be given a license to kill its own citizens en-mass under any circumstances.

    What’s the point in drafting and celebrating human rights universally, when in fact Sri Lankan Government is still free, despite killing 40,000 of its citizens intentionally?

    What’s the difference in the gazing of Iraqi Kurds in their own villages and the mass murder of Tamil civilians in their own habitats?

    The Justice cannot be different to two sets of people!

  144. a.savage

    I was surprised about this news
    ———————————————–
    Germany-based 50 year old Tamil woman arrested at Katunayake airport for taking part in ‘Anti War’ Demonstrations in Germany.

    Sri Lanka once again they are breaking every international norm.

    Vindictive and petty and breaking international law.
    ———————————————————————
    We should help out a bit the AI

    http://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/now-is-the-time-for-sri-lankas-parliament-to-drop-emergency-laws/

  145. Dear Tamil Kovil,

    The western academics have other matters to worry about (like losing their jobs) to waste time looking at the dregs of failed racist, terrorist movement. Again and again, you presume that all Tamils are in accordance with your long and ultimately fruitless attempt to carve out a separate state in SL.

    The fact that you're still moaning on about 'Tamil Homelands' from pre-colonial eras only proves my point about the level of delusion typically exhibited by your group.

    Here's a continent claimed for a Tamil Homeland:
    “THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature.” http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    The 40,000 civilian death toll is a completely bogus figure. Each time you mention it, it goes up by another 10,000.

    If you and your fellow travellers had shown as much determination and will to fight with Fat Boy (remember his manpower shortage?), as you do in creating on-line campaigns, you might've achieved your Eelam. But you didn't. And now you whine for your 'human rights'.

    And even worse, you do nothing for the war-victims in SL, whatever their ethnicity. Now that's worth an academic study.

    p.s. the only group which deliberately targeted civilians (and hence designated as terrorists) and engaged in mass murder of civilians including Tamil civilians is the LTTE. A proud achievement indeed.

  146. Tamils for Obama to Clinton: Three Things to Discuss with Minister Peiris

    “The first item was sexual violence as a tool of government. This is a subject on which Mrs. Clinton has taken a forceful position in the past, so we expect she will want to address it when she meets with Mr. Peiris.”

    The second topic that Tamils for Obama urged Mrs. Clinton to bring up was the Colombo government’s apparent policy of destroying landmarks of Tamil culture. “The Sri Lankan government calls it “redevelopment” of Tamil areas,” the spokesman said. “But the Colombo government is finding one pretext after another for obliterating Tamil cultural and historical landmarks. As the government builds roads they destroy historic buildings, including temples, schools, and presses. They want to make it look like Tamils have no history here.

    “And then there is the matter of Colombo’s ‘scorched earth’ warfare,” the Tamils for Obama spokesman continued. “Every bloodthirsty dictator in the world will see the success they had and will be ready to use the Sri Lankan method of unlimited killing to put down a popular uprising. If it is allowed to stand as an example of how to manage a civil conflict, the world will see endless bloodshed as a result.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100525/bs_prweb/prweb4040494_1

  147. Dear Tamil Kovil,

    The western academics have other matters to worry about (like losing their jobs) to waste time looking at the dregs of failed racist, terrorist movement. Again and again, you presume that all Tamils are in accordance with your long and ultimately fruitless attempt to carve out a separate state in SL.

    The fact that you're still moaning on about 'Tamil Homelands' from pre-colonial eras only proves my point about the level of delusion typically exhibited by your group.

    Here's a continent claimed for a Tamil Homeland:
    “THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature.” http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    The 40,000 civilian death toll is a completely bogus figure. Each time you mention it, it goes up by another 10,000.

    If you and your fellow travellers had shown as much determination and will to fight with Fat Boy (remember his manpower shortage?), as you do in creating on-line campaigns, you might've achieved your Eelam. But you didn't. And now you whine for your 'human rights'.

    And even worse, you do nothing for the war-victims in SL, whatever their ethnicity. Now that's worth an academic study.

    p.s. the only group which deliberately targeted civilians (and hence designated as terrorists) and engaged in mass murder of civilians including Tamil civilians is the LTTE. A proud achievement indeed.

  148. Dear Tamil Kovil,

    The western academics have other matters to worry about (like losing their jobs) to waste time looking at the dregs of failed racist, terrorist movement. Again and again, you presume that all Tamils are in accordance with your long and ultimately fruitless attempt to carve out a separate state in SL.

    The fact that you're still moaning on about 'Tamil Homelands' from pre-colonial eras only proves my point about the level of delusion typically exhibited by your group.

    Here's a continent claimed for a Tamil Homeland:
    “THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature.” http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    The 40,000 civilian death toll is a completely bogus figure. Each time you mention it, it goes up by another 10,000.

    If you and your fellow travellers had shown as much determination and will to fight with Fat Boy (remember his manpower shortage?), as you do in creating on-line campaigns, you might've achieved your Eelam. But you didn't. And now you whine for your 'human rights'.

    And even worse, you do nothing for the war-victims in SL, whatever their ethnicity. Now that's worth an academic study.

    p.s. the only group which deliberately targeted civilians (and hence designated as terrorists) and engaged in mass murder of civilians including Tamil civilians is the LTTE. A proud achievement indeed.

  149. Tamil Kovil,

    Of course civilians were killed. The responsibility for their deaths lies at the hands of the LTTE and their diaspora supporters.

    Have you forgotten how Fat Boy VP and his super-intelligent cohorts were hoping to use their death for international intervention to save their skins?

    All those deaths could’ve been avoided if the LTTE had let the civilians go. It did not. It wanted their deaths.

    In those stupid demos held by the LTTE diaspora, there wasn’t a single voice or poster asking the LTTE to free the civilians.

    Someone else wrote this:

    “…And yet again, when the protests were stalling traffic in Toronto and Ottawa, in London and Berlin, you had the chance to show the world you were a Tamil Nation and not a gang of sycophants waving pictures of a mass murderer. And yet again, what did you do with your Tamil self-determination? You stayed at home and watched it on TV, and showed the world that the Tigers were more important than the thousands of women, children, and old people dying as human shields.”

    And more from this poor lady who couldn’t run away, unlike the pro-LTTE diaspora, who did and wanted the war to continue from the safety of the West. http://tinyurl.com/399wuqb

    “Sellamma lives in the camps with her sick husband and their grandchild. She lost her elder son, a LTTE cadre, two years ago. Then she lost her granddaughter during the last stage of the war as she was conscripted by the LTTE to strengthen the outfit’s ” baby brigade”.

    She also lost her son-in-law, who was shot dead by the LTTE while the family was crossing the defense line built by the LTTE to prevent civilians from fleeing. “Our lives are shattered,” she said. Her husband is suffering from a heart ailment.

    Despite her agony, Sellamma is relieved that there is no war any more. She said most of the families living in the center were happy and don’t want to suffer again.

  150. Tamils all over the world call upon the academics and political institutions especially in the West to open areas of studies on the suppression of Tamils from the Colonial times.

    They should find out the facts and the implications generated by the administrative amalgamation of the Tamil areas with the Sinhala areas, thus creating such catastrophe.

    The Tamil kingdoms existed at the time of Colonial conquer never returned to the same structure but artificially handed over to the majority Sinhala administration.

    The Western academia and political think-tanks should brush away the agenda of Sinhala revisionists; rather rely on the independent media outlets, like The Times, U.K, and Guardian U.K. The Telegraph, U.K. Boston Globe, France24 News, Washington Post, New York Times, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Asian Human Rights Commission, media rights groups such as RSF, CPJ, and many other rights organizations around the world.

    Though the human history is dotted with evilness hatched in the darker corners of human minds, the Tamil genocide opens a prickly awakening chapter in the modern times.

    The world powers simply stood silently, though the news coming out of the screaming souls of Mullivaikal was relayed instantly to world governments.

    The world so far has stayed mum, if not for the voices trickling out of the UN offices for an independent ‘war crimes’ inquiry.

    The Tamils through their precious sacrifice has given an opportunity to the world to remind, that no government should be given a license to kill its own citizens en-mass under any circumstances.

    What’s the point in drafting and celebrating human rights universally, when in fact Sri Lankan Government is still free, despite killing 40,000 of its citizens intentionally?

    What’s the difference in the gazing of Iraqi Kurds in their own villages and the mass murder of Tamil civilians in their own habitats?

    The Justice cannot be different to two sets of people!

  151. Dear Tamil Kovil,

    The western academics have other matters to worry about (like losing their jobs) to waste time looking at the dregs of failed racist, terrorist movement. Again and again, you presume that all Tamils are in accordance with your long and ultimately fruitless attempt to carve out a separate state in SL.

    The fact that you’re still moaning on about ‘Tamil Homelands’ from pre-colonial eras only proves my point about the level of delusion typically exhibited by your group.

    Here’s a continent claimed for a Tamil Homeland:
    “THE LOST CONTINENT OF TAMILS (Kumari Kandam Kumarikkaṇṭam) is the name of an alleged sunken landmass referred to in medieval Tamil literature.” http://tinyurl.com/348p4pj

    The 40,000 civilian death toll is a completely bogus figure. Each time you mention it, it goes up by another 10,000.

    If you and your fellow travellers had shown as much determination and will to fight with Fat Boy (remember his manpower shortage?), as you do in creating on-line campaigns, you might’ve achieved your Eelam. But you didn’t. And now you whine for your ‘human rights’.

    And even worse, you do nothing for the war-victims in SL, whatever their ethnicity. Now that’s worth an academic study.

    p.s. the only group which deliberately targeted civilians (and hence designated as terrorists) and engaged in mass murder of civilians including Tamil civilians is the LTTE. A proud achievement indeed.

  152. Before surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders were shot to death last year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's chief of staff Vijay Nambiar says he was assured they would be treated like normal prisoners of war by Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Palitha Kohona, currently Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN. On May 28, Mr. Kohona told Inner City Press that he never provided such assurance. Since this differs from what Vijay Nambiar told Al Jazeera — see Al Jazeera transcript below — Inner City Press inquired further. Kohona said that he spoke to Nambiar "the day after" — presumably, the day after Nambiar conveyed the two Rajapaksas' assurances to the LTTE leaders, leading to their surrender and death http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1kohona052810.ht

  153. Before surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders were shot to death last year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's chief of staff Vijay Nambiar says he was assured they would be treated like normal prisoners of war by Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Palitha Kohona, currently Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN. On May 28, Mr. Kohona told Inner City Press that he never provided such assurance. Since this differs from what Vijay Nambiar told Al Jazeera — see Al Jazeera transcript below — Inner City Press inquired further. Kohona said that he spoke to Nambiar "the day after" — presumably, the day after Nambiar conveyed the two Rajapaksas' assurances to the LTTE leaders, leading to their surrender and death http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1kohona052810.ht

  154. Before surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders were shot to death last year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's chief of staff Vijay Nambiar says he was assured they would be treated like normal prisoners of war by Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Palitha Kohona, currently Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN. On May 28, Mr. Kohona told Inner City Press that he never provided such assurance. Since this differs from what Vijay Nambiar told Al Jazeera — see Al Jazeera transcript below — Inner City Press inquired further. Kohona said that he spoke to Nambiar "the day after" — presumably, the day after Nambiar conveyed the two Rajapaksas' assurances to the LTTE leaders, leading to their surrender and death http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1kohona052810.ht

  155. South Indian film associations to boycott IIFA http://ibnlive.in.com/news/south-indian-film-asso

    The South Indian film associations have decided to boycott any actor who participates in the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) this year in Sri Lanka.
    The movies of the actors who participate, will not be allowed to screen down south – in all four states. Neither will the film fraternity extend any cooperation to them.

    IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide’

    IIFA venue shift: Tamil film lobby mounts pressure
    Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/iifa-venue-shift-t

  156. South Indian film associations to boycott IIFA http://ibnlive.in.com/news/south-indian-film-asso

    The South Indian film associations have decided to boycott any actor who participates in the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) this year in Sri Lanka.
    The movies of the actors who participate, will not be allowed to screen down south – in all four states. Neither will the film fraternity extend any cooperation to them.

    IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide’

    IIFA venue shift: Tamil film lobby mounts pressure
    Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/iifa-venue-shift-t

  157. South Indian film associations to boycott IIFA http://ibnlive.in.com/news/south-indian-film-asso

    The South Indian film associations have decided to boycott any actor who participates in the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) this year in Sri Lanka.
    The movies of the actors who participate, will not be allowed to screen down south – in all four states. Neither will the film fraternity extend any cooperation to them.

    IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide’

    IIFA venue shift: Tamil film lobby mounts pressure
    Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/iifa-venue-shift-t

  158. Before surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders were shot to death last year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s chief of staff Vijay Nambiar says he was assured they would be treated like normal prisoners of war by Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Palitha Kohona, currently Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN. On May 28, Mr. Kohona told Inner City Press that he never provided such assurance. Since this differs from what Vijay Nambiar told Al Jazeera — see Al Jazeera transcript below — Inner City Press inquired further. Kohona said that he spoke to Nambiar “the day after” — presumably, the day after Nambiar conveyed the two Rajapaksas’ assurances to the LTTE leaders, leading to their surrender and death
    http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1kohona052810.html

  159. South Indian film associations to boycott IIFA
    http://ibnlive.in.com/news/south-indian-film-association-to-boycott-iifa/116514-8-68.html?from=tn

    The South Indian film associations have decided to boycott any actor who participates in the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) this year in Sri Lanka.
    The movies of the actors who participate, will not be allowed to screen down south – in all four states. Neither will the film fraternity extend any cooperation to them.

    IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide’

    IIFA venue shift: Tamil film lobby mounts pressure
    Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/iifa-venue-shift-tamil-film-lobby-mounts-pressure-28518.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ndtv%2FLsgd+%28NDTV+News+-+India%29&cp

  160. Supporting Rajakpakse means that we are surrendering our rights to a murderer who ignored all moral and human values.

    This regime that killed over 150,000 of our Tamil brothers, sisters and children and put over 300,000 in the concentration camps without any basic human rights.

    The whole Tamil community is now living in a open-air prison in the North

  161. Dear Kanagaratnam,

    Thanks for the history lesson. In case you've missed it, we're now in AD 2010.

    In other news, Sinhaloids are invading Jaffna! 🙂
    http://indi.ca/2010/05/the-sinhalese-visit-jaffna

    Also, please explain the situation in Colombo where Tamil people also live. Is this also a ‘Homeland’? I’d appreciate your super-smart intelligence to be brought to bear on this vital question 🙂

    The war is over. It’s finished. Trying to re-start it is futile. There will be no Tamil-only homeland in SL, because it is home to all of its’ citizens.

    p.s. feel free to answer my questions, in your own time 🙂 This is the internet and your identity is perfectly safe.

  162. Dear Thiruvengadam

    This is what you should have written.

    "Supporting Prabhakaran’s means that we are surrendering our rights to a murderer who ignored all moral and human values.
    This regime group that killed over 40,000 of our Tamil brothers, sisters and children and put over used as hostages over 300,000 to prevent the LTTE being attacked. The LTTE kept people in the Vanni in the concentration camps without any basic human rights.
    The whole Tamil community is now in a open-air prison in the North living free of murderous attentions of the LTTE."

    Always glad to help the dim bulbs of the pro-LTTE diaspora. No charge, think of it as a public service.

  163. This island cannot hold its populace to ransom anymore. The people have suffered enough thanks to its politicians pitting one ethnic group against another for their own selfish interests.

    The majority Sinhala Buddhists and minority Hindu Tamils lived together in peace and harmony until independence.

    Both of us fought British imperialism and both of us strove to maintain independence.

    The opportunist politicians who managed to wrest power from the departing colonialists sowed the seeds of discontent among the two ethnic groups to enrich their respective clans disregarding the sovereignty of Sri Lankas as a whole.

    From the Bandaranaikes to the senanayakes, from JR to his protégée Premadasa, Sinhalese drummed up Sinhala Buddhism to whip up hatred of their minority indigenous Tamils.

    They also spawned the JVP a disgruntled Sinhala youth from the working classes who were betrayed by the Sinhala hierarchy who only fuelled their youthful insurgence in propagating Sinhala nationalism and later abandoned their hopes of being included in the polity that would bring them a semblance of equality.

  164. Dear Kanagaratnam,

    Thanks for the history lesson. In case you've missed it, we're now in AD 2010.

    In other news, Sinhaloids are invading Jaffna! 🙂
    http://indi.ca/2010/05/the-sinhalese-visit-jaffna

    Also, please explain the situation in Colombo where Tamil people also live. Is this also a ‘Homeland’? I’d appreciate your super-smart intelligence to be brought to bear on this vital question 🙂

    The war is over. It’s finished. Trying to re-start it is futile. There will be no Tamil-only homeland in SL, because it is home to all of its’ citizens.

    p.s. feel free to answer my questions, in your own time 🙂 This is the internet and your identity is perfectly safe.

  165. Dear Kanagaratnam,

    Thanks for the history lesson. In case you've missed it, we're now in AD 2010.

    In other news, Sinhaloids are invading Jaffna! 🙂
    http://indi.ca/2010/05/the-sinhalese-visit-jaffna

    Also, please explain the situation in Colombo where Tamil people also live. Is this also a ‘Homeland’? I’d appreciate your super-smart intelligence to be brought to bear on this vital question 🙂

    The war is over. It’s finished. Trying to re-start it is futile. There will be no Tamil-only homeland in SL, because it is home to all of its’ citizens.

    p.s. feel free to answer my questions, in your own time 🙂 This is the internet and your identity is perfectly safe.

  166. It is time for Sinhalese public to realize the real cost of the "heroism" they created to the nation.

    The sinhala public should come out of the myth that they hold about other communities within the island.

    Since independence Sinhala political leaders lead their politics creating a fear among poor sinhala public that Tamils are our enemies and they are invaders to this country.

    It is the sinhala only nation policy that leads to Tamils to take arms to fight the oppression of Sinhala. Today Rajapakse can claim heroism but the real cost of the war to the nation is irreparable.

    Today, under the current regime, the image of our nation has fallen to the depth that cannot be easily recovered.

    1. A nation accused of war crimes by UN.
    2. Worst human right abusing country.
    3. Dangerous country for journalists.
    4. Highest Unlawful abductions and disappearance in the world.

    Within the country our anti Tamil policy caused thousands of Tamil and sinhala people being killed unlawfully during the riots and wars.

    Hundreds of people become disabled. Hundreds of people are living as refugees without a place to live.

    My dear brothers and sisters, please think twice.

    Are we victorious?

    The war may be over temporarily.

    What guarantee that there will be no wars in future?

    What the election violence level tell us?

    It is the power hungry politics that lead to wars not the threat from Tamils.

    We can build hundreds of military camps but we need peace and love.

    Every citizen should feel they are part of the nation.

    The nation needs change now.

    We should establish law and order that is equal to everyone and freedom of speech.

    We need a system that allows people to express their opinion and electing their representative free of violence.

    It is now the decision time for true Buddhists that they love peace or violence!

  167. The Sri Lankan government & military junta is committed only to a law of impunity!!

    61 yrs of self-rule (since independence from Britain in 1948) has but fuelled a pseudo-Buddhist dictatorship that has eliminated its Tamil population to second-class citizens.

    Dharmeratnam Sivaram
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    make up a long list of Tamil writers killed by government death squads.

    Why, even Lasantha Wickrematunge, a leading Sinhalese journalist was assassinated early this year

    His crime, being a conscience of truth!

    Lasantha Wickrematunge also gave voice to the struggles of the oppressed, knowing the risks to his own life.

    As others before him, he too has paid a huge price!

    Until the international community takes strong action against Sri Lanka, for long immune due to regional geo-politics, it will continue to brazenly violate human rights at will.

  168. It is called 'White-van syndrome' in Sri Lanka. Last journalist who was abducted is from Sinhalese 'Siyarata' Mr. P. Ekaneligoda.

    It is a shock for the Sri Lankan government which enforced the stringent media blackout and expelled aid groups for the same purpose.

    All the killings, threatning and detaining journalists in a Chinese template still do not seem to work.

  169. Supporting Rajakpakse means that we are surrendering our rights to a murderer who ignored all moral and human values.

    This regime that killed over 150,000 of our Tamil brothers, sisters and children and put over 300,000 in the concentration camps without any basic human rights.

    The whole Tamil community is now living in a open-air prison in the North

  170. Dear Thiruvengadam

    This is what you should have written.

    “Supporting Prabhakaran’s means that we are surrendering our rights to a murderer who ignored all moral and human values.
    This regime group that killed over 40,000 of our Tamil brothers, sisters and children and put over used as hostages over 300,000 to prevent the LTTE being attacked. The LTTE kept people in the Vanni in the concentration camps without any basic human rights.
    The whole Tamil community is now in a open-air prison in the North living free of murderous attentions of the LTTE.”

    Always glad to help the dim bulbs of the pro-LTTE diaspora. No charge, think of it as a public service.

  171. This island cannot hold its populace to ransom anymore. The people have suffered enough thanks to its politicians pitting one ethnic group against another for their own selfish interests.

    The majority Sinhala Buddhists and minority Hindu Tamils lived together in peace and harmony until independence.

    Both of us fought British imperialism and both of us strove to maintain independence.

    The opportunist politicians who managed to wrest power from the departing colonialists sowed the seeds of discontent among the two ethnic groups to enrich their respective clans disregarding the sovereignty of Sri Lankas as a whole.

    From the Bandaranaikes to the senanayakes, from JR to his protégée Premadasa, Sinhalese drummed up Sinhala Buddhism to whip up hatred of their minority indigenous Tamils.

    They also spawned the JVP a disgruntled Sinhala youth from the working classes who were betrayed by the Sinhala hierarchy who only fuelled their youthful insurgence in propagating Sinhala nationalism and later abandoned their hopes of being included in the polity that would bring them a semblance of equality.

  172. Dear Kanagaratnam,

    Thanks for the history lesson. In case you’ve missed it, we’re now in AD 2010.

    In other news, Sinhaloids are invading Jaffna! 🙂

    http://indi.ca/2010/05/the-sinhalese-visit-jaffna/

    Also, please explain the situation in Colombo where Tamil people also live. Is this also a ‘Homeland’? I’d appreciate your super-smart intelligence to be brought to bear on this vital question 🙂

    The war is over. It’s finished. Trying to re-start it is futile. There will be no Tamil-only homeland in SL, because it is home to all of its’ citizens.

    p.s. feel free to answer my questions, in your own time 🙂 This is the internet and your identity is perfectly safe.

  173. It is time for Sinhalese public to realize the real cost of the “heroism” they created to the nation.

    The sinhala public should come out of the myth that they hold about other communities within the island.

    Since independence Sinhala political leaders lead their politics creating a fear among poor sinhala public that Tamils are our enemies and they are invaders to this country.

    It is the sinhala only nation policy that leads to Tamils to take arms to fight the oppression of Sinhala. Today Rajapakse can claim heroism but the real cost of the war to the nation is irreparable.

    Today, under the current regime, the image of our nation has fallen to the depth that cannot be easily recovered.

    1. A nation accused of war crimes by UN.
    2. Worst human right abusing country.
    3. Dangerous country for journalists.
    4. Highest Unlawful abductions and disappearance in the world.

    Within the country our anti Tamil policy caused thousands of Tamil and sinhala people being killed unlawfully during the riots and wars.

    Hundreds of people become disabled. Hundreds of people are living as refugees without a place to live.

    My dear brothers and sisters, please think twice.

    Are we victorious?

    The war may be over temporarily.

    What guarantee that there will be no wars in future?

    What the election violence level tell us?

    It is the power hungry politics that lead to wars not the threat from Tamils.

    We can build hundreds of military camps but we need peace and love.

    Every citizen should feel they are part of the nation.

    The nation needs change now.

    We should establish law and order that is equal to everyone and freedom of speech.

    We need a system that allows people to express their opinion and electing their representative free of violence.

    It is now the decision time for true Buddhists that they love peace or violence!

  174. The Sri Lankan government & military junta is committed only to a law of impunity!!

    61 yrs of self-rule (since independence from Britain in 1948) has but fuelled a pseudo-Buddhist dictatorship that has eliminated its Tamil population to second-class citizens.

    Dharmeratnam Sivaram
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    make up a long list of Tamil writers killed by government death squads.

    Why, even Lasantha Wickrematunge, a leading Sinhalese journalist was assassinated early this year

    His crime, being a conscience of truth!

    Lasantha Wickrematunge also gave voice to the struggles of the oppressed, knowing the risks to his own life.

    As others before him, he too has paid a huge price!

    Until the international community takes strong action against Sri Lanka, for long immune due to regional geo-politics, it will continue to brazenly violate human rights at will.

  175. It is called ‘White-van syndrome’ in Sri Lanka. Last journalist who was abducted is from Sinhalese ‘Siyarata’ Mr. P. Ekaneligoda.

    It is a shock for the Sri Lankan government which enforced the stringent media blackout and expelled aid groups for the same purpose.

    All the killings, threatning and detaining journalists in a Chinese template still do not seem to work.

  176. Dear Rajah and the other Apes of Eelam

    First of all let me tell you why the Honorary name 'Ape" is in front of you Eelamists – It is because I firmly believe that you have not evolved from the times of the Apes to Homo Sapience of 21st century. I in fact calling you Neanderthal's, but realized that Neanderthal's started learning stuff to improve them selves which you have failed miserably to do as yet.

    Anyways, Coming to the subject,

    Rajah Says:
    May 28th, 2010 at 8:19 am

    Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Your comments never show any meaningful values !!!

    Ane, Please tell me which comment of mine would not have any meaningful value – I am quite open for criticism and conversation. Look at my posts, I have answered every question thrown at me.

    Also, please show me a few meaningful stuff that your fellow apes post please, because I don't see any constructive thoughts, but cut and paste articles from different web sites. At least I can be happy that it's be and not some other joker who is writing here.

    They are full of hatred, enmity, distrust of others who hold free ideas, violence hidden in one form or another, myopic ideas, temper and all the other negative feelings.

    Do you think that you or those clouding together with you will create the values for the breakthrough in communication channels with the Tamils?

    I very much do communicate with a load of Tamils (Fellow Sri Lankans as I call them) and I have a few hundreds of them that I constantly keep in touch with. We have very fruitful relationships. So I have no doubt of my intentions or Values which has already been quite welcomed in all communities of SL. How about U ??

    As a misguided Sinhalese you have to churn out deceptive comments against those who write comments of values and about the true situation in Sri Lanka.

    I am a Sri Lanka. I actually don't belong to the category "Singhalees" due to a DNA based Technical reason. I live in Sri Lanka. So I actually know the situation here than most of you apes who are out side Sri Lanka. hence, I am in the best position to talk about SL than any of you. How about you ?

    The reason is that you are a brainwashed man.

    Not necessarily. I mean I obviously was not taught to hang a Cyanide capsule around my neck – now that is what I call brain washed.

    Why don’t you take up the empty position of your Sri Lankan Racist Regime ?

    I am quite happy with what I do now and I do not have any political intentions… Don't like politics much – How about U ??

    Again the ghosts within you are dancing. See Muniyandi Pitchumuthu for Hindu pooja rituals.

    I still prefer the ghosts dancing within me than a Mentalli Challenged Terrorist Dancing in front of me. I mean, I hate to see people being killed for nothing. How about you ??

    Drive away these ghosts before they take hold of your sense and sensibility.
    As long as I don't get a Terrorist in me, I don't mind. Considering you Apes who I presume do not have Ghost within you, I would love to have the ghost I have now than be a Terrorist.

    We know that you do not have any original ideas to challenge our writings.
    Quite astonishing when it comes from "Cut and Paste" brigade members. I would actually love to see some of your ideas posted here instead of cutting and pasting from another web site. At least I type my own stuff and if you don't call that original and if you cannot see what your own fellow terrorists does, I would most gladly extend my claim of LTTE Apes to you too…. I again clearly mention that term apes is used for none evolved Terrorists of LTTE.

    You people can not fool the Tamils and the global citizens any more.
    Tamils are not fools – Gee – who said that – Do U say that ?? Are you implying it ?? If Tamils were fools, they would have joined the LTTE – Majority did not join because they are wise. unfortunately, LTTE killed such intelligent people.

    Adios – going to watch F1

  177. Oh.. I was dying to comment on this post !!

    Amalanathan Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 11:24 am

    The Sri Lankan government & military junta is committed only to a law of impunity!! 61 yrs of self-rule (since independence from Britain in 1948) has but fuelled a pseudo-Buddhist dictatorship that has eliminated its Tamil population to second-class citizens.

    This government has only been in power for 6 years now. How did U manage to put a 1 in front of the 6 to make it 61 ???

    If you consider the past 61 years, you would also realize that there was an Opposition leader, a second in command of Army and Navy, a commander in Police several ministers holding high portfolio's and many Heads of companies etc. who were Tamil Sri Lankans who did not get eliminated as you claim. Hence, it proves that your claim is a baseless, false claim belonging to the sorry Apes of the mentally challenged terrorist group of LTTE.

    Now let's take the past 30 years, If we take all the Tamil Sri Lankans who dies during this period and keep 80& off as those who died of natural causes and age, out of the balance 20%, 19% would have been killed by the LTTE. i.e. those who opposed and those who were shot at when escaping LTTE during the last battle.

    Dharmeratnam Sivaram
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    make up a long list of Tamil writers killed by government death squads.

    Can you please tell me who is responsible for the deaths of Great Tamil Sri Lankans as,
    Alfred Doraiappa
    Ponnambalam
    Lakshman K
    Neelan T
    For a full list click – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    Is this GOSL discrimination against Tamils or LTTE discrimination against Tamils ???? How come even an Ape with a spine lie through their rear ends when evidence is out there clear cut ???

    Why, even Lasantha Wickrematunge, a leading Sinhalese journalist was assassinated early this year His crime, being a conscience of truth!
    Lasantha Wickrematunge also gave voice to the struggles of the oppressed, knowing the risks to his own life. As others before him, he too has paid a huge price!

    Have your Ape brains forgotten that you terrorists your selves were aiming to gun Lasantha down not too long ago ???? I in fact wonder whether it was you apes who did it to frame the government !!!!

    Not only Lasantha, many people paid the price of their lives because of the mentally challenged apes. We tend to throw known names at forums forgetting that there were thousands of innocent civilians who paid the highest price by loosing there freedom because of you apes.

    Until the international community takes strong action against Sri Lanka, for long immune due to regional geo-politics, it will continue to brazenly violate human rights at will.

    Whom do you call the International community ?? AI ??
    If you want to know the true feeling of the International community and their thoughts to Sri Lanka, check UN reports where majority of the countries were on SL's side. Also check the last press conference of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's speech.

    That will show you the real intentions of the IC…

    Good luck in reading and fathoming out the out come. Hope your Ape brains would just suffice to understand it !!

  178. Oh.. I was dying to comment on this post !!

    Amalanathan Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 11:24 am

    The Sri Lankan government & military junta is committed only to a law of impunity!! 61 yrs of self-rule (since independence from Britain in 1948) has but fuelled a pseudo-Buddhist dictatorship that has eliminated its Tamil population to second-class citizens.

    This government has only been in power for 6 years now. How did U manage to put a 1 in front of the 6 to make it 61 ???

    If you consider the past 61 years, you would also realize that there was an Opposition leader, a second in command of Army and Navy, a commander in Police several ministers holding high portfolio's and many Heads of companies etc. who were Tamil Sri Lankans who did not get eliminated as you claim. Hence, it proves that your claim is a baseless, false claim belonging to the sorry Apes of the mentally challenged terrorist group of LTTE.

    Now let's take the past 30 years, If we take all the Tamil Sri Lankans who dies during this period and keep 80& off as those who died of natural causes and age, out of the balance 20%, 19% would have been killed by the LTTE. i.e. those who opposed and those who were shot at when escaping LTTE during the last battle.

    Dharmeratnam Sivaram
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    make up a long list of Tamil writers killed by government death squads.

    Can you please tell me who is responsible for the deaths of Great Tamil Sri Lankans as,
    Alfred Doraiappa
    Ponnambalam
    Lakshman K
    Neelan T
    For a full list click – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    Is this GOSL discrimination against Tamils or LTTE discrimination against Tamils ???? How come even an Ape with a spine lie through their rear ends when evidence is out there clear cut ???

    Why, even Lasantha Wickrematunge, a leading Sinhalese journalist was assassinated early this year His crime, being a conscience of truth!
    Lasantha Wickrematunge also gave voice to the struggles of the oppressed, knowing the risks to his own life. As others before him, he too has paid a huge price!

    Have your Ape brains forgotten that you terrorists your selves were aiming to gun Lasantha down not too long ago ???? I in fact wonder whether it was you apes who did it to frame the government !!!!

    Not only Lasantha, many people paid the price of their lives because of the mentally challenged apes. We tend to throw known names at forums forgetting that there were thousands of innocent civilians who paid the highest price by loosing there freedom because of you apes.

    Until the international community takes strong action against Sri Lanka, for long immune due to regional geo-politics, it will continue to brazenly violate human rights at will.

    Whom do you call the International community ?? AI ??
    If you want to know the true feeling of the International community and their thoughts to Sri Lanka, check UN reports where majority of the countries were on SL's side. Also check the last press conference of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's speech.

    That will show you the real intentions of the IC…

    Good luck in reading and fathoming out the out come. Hope your Ape brains would just suffice to understand it !!

  179. Oh.. I was dying to comment on this post !!

    Amalanathan Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 11:24 am

    The Sri Lankan government & military junta is committed only to a law of impunity!! 61 yrs of self-rule (since independence from Britain in 1948) has but fuelled a pseudo-Buddhist dictatorship that has eliminated its Tamil population to second-class citizens.

    This government has only been in power for 6 years now. How did U manage to put a 1 in front of the 6 to make it 61 ???

    If you consider the past 61 years, you would also realize that there was an Opposition leader, a second in command of Army and Navy, a commander in Police several ministers holding high portfolio's and many Heads of companies etc. who were Tamil Sri Lankans who did not get eliminated as you claim. Hence, it proves that your claim is a baseless, false claim belonging to the sorry Apes of the mentally challenged terrorist group of LTTE.

    Now let's take the past 30 years, If we take all the Tamil Sri Lankans who dies during this period and keep 80& off as those who died of natural causes and age, out of the balance 20%, 19% would have been killed by the LTTE. i.e. those who opposed and those who were shot at when escaping LTTE during the last battle.

    Dharmeratnam Sivaram
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    make up a long list of Tamil writers killed by government death squads.

    Can you please tell me who is responsible for the deaths of Great Tamil Sri Lankans as,
    Alfred Doraiappa
    Ponnambalam
    Lakshman K
    Neelan T
    For a full list click – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

    Is this GOSL discrimination against Tamils or LTTE discrimination against Tamils ???? How come even an Ape with a spine lie through their rear ends when evidence is out there clear cut ???

    Why, even Lasantha Wickrematunge, a leading Sinhalese journalist was assassinated early this year His crime, being a conscience of truth!
    Lasantha Wickrematunge also gave voice to the struggles of the oppressed, knowing the risks to his own life. As others before him, he too has paid a huge price!

    Have your Ape brains forgotten that you terrorists your selves were aiming to gun Lasantha down not too long ago ???? I in fact wonder whether it was you apes who did it to frame the government !!!!

    Not only Lasantha, many people paid the price of their lives because of the mentally challenged apes. We tend to throw known names at forums forgetting that there were thousands of innocent civilians who paid the highest price by loosing there freedom because of you apes.

    Until the international community takes strong action against Sri Lanka, for long immune due to regional geo-politics, it will continue to brazenly violate human rights at will.

    Whom do you call the International community ?? AI ??
    If you want to know the true feeling of the International community and their thoughts to Sri Lanka, check UN reports where majority of the countries were on SL's side. Also check the last press conference of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's speech.

    That will show you the real intentions of the IC…

    Good luck in reading and fathoming out the out come. Hope your Ape brains would just suffice to understand it !!

  180. Dear Rajah and the other Apes of Eelam

    First of all let me tell you why the Honorary name ‘Ape” is in front of you Eelamists – It is because I firmly believe that you have not evolved from the times of the Apes to Homo Sapience of 21st century. I in fact calling you Neanderthal’s, but realized that Neanderthal’s started learning stuff to improve them selves which you have failed miserably to do as yet.

    Anyways, Coming to the subject,

    Rajah Says:
    May 28th, 2010 at 8:19 am

    Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Your comments never show any meaningful values !!!

    Ane, Please tell me which comment of mine would not have any meaningful value – I am quite open for criticism and conversation. Look at my posts, I have answered every question thrown at me.

    Also, please show me a few meaningful stuff that your fellow apes post please, because I don’t see any constructive thoughts, but cut and paste articles from different web sites. At least I can be happy that it’s be and not some other joker who is writing here.

    They are full of hatred, enmity, distrust of others who hold free ideas, violence hidden in one form or another, myopic ideas, temper and all the other negative feelings.

    Do you think that you or those clouding together with you will create the values for the breakthrough in communication channels with the Tamils?

    I very much do communicate with a load of Tamils (Fellow Sri Lankans as I call them) and I have a few hundreds of them that I constantly keep in touch with. We have very fruitful relationships. So I have no doubt of my intentions or Values which has already been quite welcomed in all communities of SL. How about U ??

    As a misguided Sinhalese you have to churn out deceptive comments against those who write comments of values and about the true situation in Sri Lanka.

    I am a Sri Lanka. I actually don’t belong to the category “Singhalees” due to a DNA based Technical reason. I live in Sri Lanka. So I actually know the situation here than most of you apes who are out side Sri Lanka. hence, I am in the best position to talk about SL than any of you. How about you ?

    The reason is that you are a brainwashed man.

    Not necessarily. I mean I obviously was not taught to hang a Cyanide capsule around my neck – now that is what I call brain washed.

    Why don’t you take up the empty position of your Sri Lankan Racist Regime ?

    I am quite happy with what I do now and I do not have any political intentions… Don’t like politics much – How about U ??

    Again the ghosts within you are dancing. See Muniyandi Pitchumuthu for Hindu pooja rituals.

    I still prefer the ghosts dancing within me than a Mentalli Challenged Terrorist Dancing in front of me. I mean, I hate to see people being killed for nothing. How about you ??

    Drive away these ghosts before they take hold of your sense and sensibility.
    As long as I don’t get a Terrorist in me, I don’t mind. Considering you Apes who I presume do not have Ghost within you, I would love to have the ghost I have now than be a Terrorist.

    We know that you do not have any original ideas to challenge our writings.
    Quite astonishing when it comes from “Cut and Paste” brigade members. I would actually love to see some of your ideas posted here instead of cutting and pasting from another web site. At least I type my own stuff and if you don’t call that original and if you cannot see what your own fellow terrorists does, I would most gladly extend my claim of LTTE Apes to you too…. I again clearly mention that term apes is used for none evolved Terrorists of LTTE.

    You people can not fool the Tamils and the global citizens any more.
    Tamils are not fools – Gee – who said that – Do U say that ?? Are you implying it ?? If Tamils were fools, they would have joined the LTTE – Majority did not join because they are wise. unfortunately, LTTE killed such intelligent people.

    Adios – going to watch F1

  181. Oh.. I was dying to comment on this post !!

    Amalanathan Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 11:24 am

    The Sri Lankan government & military junta is committed only to a law of impunity!! 61 yrs of self-rule (since independence from Britain in 1948) has but fuelled a pseudo-Buddhist dictatorship that has eliminated its Tamil population to second-class citizens.

    This government has only been in power for 6 years now. How did U manage to put a 1 in front of the 6 to make it 61 ???

    If you consider the past 61 years, you would also realize that there was an Opposition leader, a second in command of Army and Navy, a commander in Police several ministers holding high portfolio’s and many Heads of companies etc. who were Tamil Sri Lankans who did not get eliminated as you claim. Hence, it proves that your claim is a baseless, false claim belonging to the sorry Apes of the mentally challenged terrorist group of LTTE.

    Now let’s take the past 30 years, If we take all the Tamil Sri Lankans who dies during this period and keep 80& off as those who died of natural causes and age, out of the balance 20%, 19% would have been killed by the LTTE. i.e. those who opposed and those who were shot at when escaping LTTE during the last battle.

    Dharmeratnam Sivaram
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    make up a long list of Tamil writers killed by government death squads.

    Can you please tell me who is responsible for the deaths of Great Tamil Sri Lankans as,
    Alfred Doraiappa
    Ponnambalam
    Lakshman K
    Neelan T
    For a full list click – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    Is this GOSL discrimination against Tamils or LTTE discrimination against Tamils ???? How come even an Ape with a spine lie through their rear ends when evidence is out there clear cut ???

    Why, even Lasantha Wickrematunge, a leading Sinhalese journalist was assassinated early this year His crime, being a conscience of truth!
    Lasantha Wickrematunge also gave voice to the struggles of the oppressed, knowing the risks to his own life. As others before him, he too has paid a huge price!

    Have your Ape brains forgotten that you terrorists your selves were aiming to gun Lasantha down not too long ago ???? I in fact wonder whether it was you apes who did it to frame the government !!!!

    Not only Lasantha, many people paid the price of their lives because of the mentally challenged apes. We tend to throw known names at forums forgetting that there were thousands of innocent civilians who paid the highest price by loosing there freedom because of you apes.

    Until the international community takes strong action against Sri Lanka, for long immune due to regional geo-politics, it will continue to brazenly violate human rights at will.

    Whom do you call the International community ?? AI ??
    If you want to know the true feeling of the International community and their thoughts to Sri Lanka, check UN reports where majority of the countries were on SL’s side. Also check the last press conference of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s speech.

    That will show you the real intentions of the IC…

    Good luck in reading and fathoming out the out come. Hope your Ape brains would just suffice to understand it !!

  182. No comment needed here — the use of "Apes" from the Sinhalese person above make all comments redundant.

    The Afroamerican peoples, likened to apes & monkeys by the white supremacists even in the case of Obama, & all other peoples of the world, will know how to read the above statements.

    It reminds me of Gillo Pontecorvo's classic anticolonial film "Quemada", where the rebelling black slave leader, Jose Dolores, is screamed at as " you black ape !" by Marlon Brando playing Sir William Walker, the British mastermind of the counterinsurgency expedition.

    Pontecorvo intended those words to show how the mask of "civilisation" slips from the face of even a "cultured" British man of the world, revealing the naked racism, the "master race's" supremacism, underneath.

    In response to this, the slave leader gives William Walker the only answer he deserves.

    He spits full in his face.

    ************

    Dear Tamil sisters & brothers,

    You have created, through your various responses, the VERY BEST BLOG SITE available here.

    No other oppressed group has fielded as able, as articulate spokespersons on as wide & rich a range of aspects of racism & colonialism as you have .

    You are continuing to enlighten & illuminate us.

    You lack only one thing here — opponents worthy of you.

    Instead of opponents or critics or doubters, you have only agents provocateurs to face.

    Please don't fall for their baiting, their provocations.

    Please don't address them at all — address us, the world's peoples, & address the future generations.

    We are all listening to every word you say.

  183. Dear Buddhist,

    Thank you, thank you !!

    You represent the best of your people !

    You understand the history of your own, & how it affects all others' !

    We can all unite with thinking , sensitive Sinhalese relatives like yourself.

    Please continue to build your bridges & pathways on behalf of all oppressed peoples, Sinhalese as well Tamils.

    The struggle is together.

    With deepest love & respect.

  184. A(ss) Savage,

    What more can I say than you have once again proven my point of calling you 'Apes' for the simple reason of "not evolved in to modern Humans" ?? You still couldn't understand the explanation and have taken as the whites calling the blacks apes – Nothing to do with the colour or race, but the under developed mentality of the Terrorist LTTE !! – Feel sorry for you "Ape" !!

    However, with the same liking to reply me calling you Apes, can you also please tell me and the others who read the post about your views on the list of Tamil Sri Lankans killed by the LTTE ??

    I bet you are doing number 2 in your pants when such questions are posted at you !!!!

    For easy reference, here is the link again – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

  185. A(ss) Savage,

    What more can I say than you have once again proven my point of calling you 'Apes' for the simple reason of "not evolved in to modern Humans" ?? You still couldn't understand the explanation and have taken as the whites calling the blacks apes – Nothing to do with the colour or race, but the under developed mentality of the Terrorist LTTE !! – Feel sorry for you "Ape" !!

    However, with the same liking to reply me calling you Apes, can you also please tell me and the others who read the post about your views on the list of Tamil Sri Lankans killed by the LTTE ??

    I bet you are doing number 2 in your pants when such questions are posted at you !!!!

    For easy reference, here is the link again – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

  186. A(ss) Savage,

    What more can I say than you have once again proven my point of calling you 'Apes' for the simple reason of "not evolved in to modern Humans" ?? You still couldn't understand the explanation and have taken as the whites calling the blacks apes – Nothing to do with the colour or race, but the under developed mentality of the Terrorist LTTE !! – Feel sorry for you "Ape" !!

    However, with the same liking to reply me calling you Apes, can you also please tell me and the others who read the post about your views on the list of Tamil Sri Lankans killed by the LTTE ??

    I bet you are doing number 2 in your pants when such questions are posted at you !!!!

    For easy reference, here is the link again – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki

  187. The post by
    Buddhist Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Really amazes me and I wonder whether it actually comes from a person living in Sri Lanka or another pathetic mentally challenged poser. I have seen other articles by the same person using the same handle which also could be considered quite sickening and proves the sick mentality of the person.

    The sinhala public should come out of the myth that they hold about other communities within the island.

    I am not quite sure how the writer got this idea or who gave him this idea ??? If we go to Tamilnadu where there is a majority of Tamils, I think they hold an upper hand over the other ethnic groups living in TN. If you heard 'I am an Alien, I'm an Englishman in New York" you would still realize that it is common where when there is a majority of people gathered in a place, some others would feel aliens. Take a 'party" a 'funeral' or any other public gathering for example. Some you would be comfortable with and others you wont. Now, if we look deeper in to this idea, we would also realise that it is us our selves who have made it uncomfortable for us by alienating our selves – This is exactly what a few of you have done to your selves. Alienating your selves, because those who have comfortably mixed around are quite happy and living in peace, you aliens have distanced you selves and formed LTTE. Again, due to lack of mental development I guess !!

    Since independence Sinhala political leaders lead their politics creating a fear among poor sinhala public that Tamils are our enemies and they are invaders to this country.

    Utter Rubbish – if so, how come there be so many Tamil Sri Lankans who are doing great among the other Sri Lankans ??? How did Lakshman K hold one of the best ministerial portfolio's that the country had to offer ??? Why did you kill him ???????? Because you feared you "So Called own" ??

    Today, under the current regime, the image of our nation has fallen to the depth that cannot be easily recovered.

    1. A nation accused of war crimes by UN.
    2. Worst human right abusing country.
    3. Dangerous country for journalists.
    4. Highest Unlawful abductions and disappearance in the world.

    1. UN has not accused SL of such crime – you are trying to, but UN is not bowing down – remember, UN is not B.K. Moon or USA or UK – it consists of 180+ countries (if I am correct) and best of all, USA has agreed with Sri Lankan policies and are continuing to help the progress of the country
    2. I don't think you have heard of countries as Afghanistan, Iraq, Siriya, Lebanon etc…. and I also feel that you do not know the meaning of HR.
    3. LOL – Dangerous for those who write in favour of Terrorists !!
    4. Can you please let us know the world stats and how SL head it please !!

    Within the country our anti Tamil policy caused thousands of Tamil and sinhala people being killed unlawfully during the riots and wars.

    Did Amirthalingam become the opposition leader because of SL's anti-Tamil policies ??
    Did Ken Balendra become CEO of John Keells group because of the Anti-Tamil Policies ??
    Did Lakshman K become foreign minister and opt to be the next PM because of Anti-Tamil policies ??

    Now let's see, Amirthalingam was killed by who ???? LK was killed by who ?? – fingers point out at you the mentally sick LTTE – so who are the real killers of Tamils ???????? Who are Anti-Tamil ????? Let the modern man decide that whilst the Apes keep thinking of how to peel a banana !!

    Hundreds of people become disabled. Hundreds of people are living as refugees without a place to live.
    Who chased them out of their houses to make bunkers ??? Who shot their limbs when they tried to escape brutal terrorism ?? Who planted land mines in their living areas ???? GOSL ???

    Who gave them temporary shelters immediately and are building houses at their own cost ?? LTTE ????
    Don't talk none sense men – if you want to argue, come with the truth and the facts that are truthful – what you post is utter rubbish not even fit to be thrown to a dust bin !!

    Are we victorious?

    The war may be over temporarily.

    We indeed are victorious over terrorists – and it is for ever, not temporally – you might love to think that it is temporary, but, the world know that it is forever !!

    What guarantee that there will be no wars in future?

    The Tamil Sri Lankan citizens of this country who are living peacefully after all these years will guarantee this – not you Apes !!

    What the election violence level tell us?

    Which election are we talking of ???? there was no violence in the previous 2 elections and everyone knows it – I am not a fan of some of the people in the government my self, but, I have no issues with the elections – No one in SL had issues and the Main opposition guarantees it too – so who the Ape are you to say else wise ??

    You are a rubbish writer. You also tend to forget that there are Tamil Sri Lankan brotheren who are Buddhists and also Tamils world over (as in Malaysia, Thailand, India etc) who are Buddhists. We all still remember with great respect the Great venerable Sivali Thero of Wellawatte – a true Tamil Monk and there are many other Tamil Buddhist monks. With your posts, you are disgracing all of them !! Don't think that you are doing any of them a favour – But then again, I am telling this to an Ape and what can I expect ???? 🙁 🙁 🙁

  188. No comment needed here — the use of “Apes” from the Sinhalese person above make all comments redundant.

    The Afroamerican peoples, likened to apes & monkeys by the white supremacists even in the case of Obama, & all other peoples of the world, will know how to read the above statements.

    It reminds me of Gillo Pontecorvo’s classic anticolonial film “Quemada”, where the rebelling black slave leader, Jose Dolores, is screamed at as ” you black ape !” by Marlon Brando playing Sir William Walker, the British mastermind of the counterinsurgency expedition.

    Pontecorvo intended those words to show how the mask of “civilisation” slips from the face of even a “cultured” British man of the world, revealing the naked racism, the “master race’s” supremacism, underneath.

    In response to this, the slave leader gives William Walker the only answer he deserves.

    He spits full in his face.

    ************

    Dear Tamil sisters & brothers,

    You have created, through your various responses, the VERY BEST BLOG SITE available here.

    No other oppressed group has fielded as able, as articulate spokespersons on as wide & rich a range of aspects of racism & colonialism as you have .

    You are continuing to enlighten & illuminate us.

    You lack only one thing here — opponents worthy of you.

    Instead of opponents or critics or doubters, you have only agents provocateurs to face.

    Please don’t fall for their baiting, their provocations.

    Please don’t address them at all — address us, the world’s peoples, & address the future generations.

    We are all listening to every word you say.

  189. Dear Buddhist,

    Thank you, thank you !!

    You represent the best of your people !

    You understand the history of your own, & how it affects all others’ !

    We can all unite with thinking , sensitive Sinhalese relatives like yourself.

    Please continue to build your bridges & pathways on behalf of all oppressed peoples, Sinhalese as well Tamils.

    The struggle is together.

    With deepest love & respect.

  190. A(ss) Savage,

    What more can I say than you have once again proven my point of calling you ‘Apes’ for the simple reason of “not evolved in to modern Humans” ?? You still couldn’t understand the explanation and have taken as the whites calling the blacks apes – Nothing to do with the colour or race, but the under developed mentality of the Terrorist LTTE !! – Feel sorry for you “Ape” !!

    However, with the same liking to reply me calling you Apes, can you also please tell me and the others who read the post about your views on the list of Tamil Sri Lankans killed by the LTTE ??

    I bet you are doing number 2 in your pants when such questions are posted at you !!!!

    For easy reference, here is the link again – http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

  191. The post by
    Buddhist Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Really amazes me and I wonder whether it actually comes from a person living in Sri Lanka or another pathetic mentally challenged poser. I have seen other articles by the same person using the same handle which also could be considered quite sickening and proves the sick mentality of the person.

    The sinhala public should come out of the myth that they hold about other communities within the island.

    I am not quite sure how the writer got this idea or who gave him this idea ??? If we go to Tamilnadu where there is a majority of Tamils, I think they hold an upper hand over the other ethnic groups living in TN. If you heard ‘I am an Alien, I’m an Englishman in New York” you would still realize that it is common where when there is a majority of people gathered in a place, some others would feel aliens. Take a ‘party” a ‘funeral’ or any other public gathering for example. Some you would be comfortable with and others you wont. Now, if we look deeper in to this idea, we would also realise that it is us our selves who have made it uncomfortable for us by alienating our selves – This is exactly what a few of you have done to your selves. Alienating your selves, because those who have comfortably mixed around are quite happy and living in peace, you aliens have distanced you selves and formed LTTE. Again, due to lack of mental development I guess !!

    Since independence Sinhala political leaders lead their politics creating a fear among poor sinhala public that Tamils are our enemies and they are invaders to this country.

    Utter Rubbish – if so, how come there be so many Tamil Sri Lankans who are doing great among the other Sri Lankans ??? How did Lakshman K hold one of the best ministerial portfolio’s that the country had to offer ??? Why did you kill him ???????? Because you feared you “So Called own” ??

    Today, under the current regime, the image of our nation has fallen to the depth that cannot be easily recovered.

    1. A nation accused of war crimes by UN.
    2. Worst human right abusing country.
    3. Dangerous country for journalists.
    4. Highest Unlawful abductions and disappearance in the world.

    1. UN has not accused SL of such crime – you are trying to, but UN is not bowing down – remember, UN is not B.K. Moon or USA or UK – it consists of 180+ countries (if I am correct) and best of all, USA has agreed with Sri Lankan policies and are continuing to help the progress of the country
    2. I don’t think you have heard of countries as Afghanistan, Iraq, Siriya, Lebanon etc…. and I also feel that you do not know the meaning of HR.
    3. LOL – Dangerous for those who write in favour of Terrorists !!
    4. Can you please let us know the world stats and how SL head it please !!

    Within the country our anti Tamil policy caused thousands of Tamil and sinhala people being killed unlawfully during the riots and wars.

    Did Amirthalingam become the opposition leader because of SL’s anti-Tamil policies ??
    Did Ken Balendra become CEO of John Keells group because of the Anti-Tamil Policies ??
    Did Lakshman K become foreign minister and opt to be the next PM because of Anti-Tamil policies ??

    Now let’s see, Amirthalingam was killed by who ???? LK was killed by who ?? – fingers point out at you the mentally sick LTTE – so who are the real killers of Tamils ???????? Who are Anti-Tamil ????? Let the modern man decide that whilst the Apes keep thinking of how to peel a banana !!

    Hundreds of people become disabled. Hundreds of people are living as refugees without a place to live.
    Who chased them out of their houses to make bunkers ??? Who shot their limbs when they tried to escape brutal terrorism ?? Who planted land mines in their living areas ???? GOSL ???

    Who gave them temporary shelters immediately and are building houses at their own cost ?? LTTE ????
    Don’t talk none sense men – if you want to argue, come with the truth and the facts that are truthful – what you post is utter rubbish not even fit to be thrown to a dust bin !!

    Are we victorious?

    The war may be over temporarily.

    We indeed are victorious over terrorists – and it is for ever, not temporally – you might love to think that it is temporary, but, the world know that it is forever !!

    What guarantee that there will be no wars in future?

    The Tamil Sri Lankan citizens of this country who are living peacefully after all these years will guarantee this – not you Apes !!

    What the election violence level tell us?

    Which election are we talking of ???? there was no violence in the previous 2 elections and everyone knows it – I am not a fan of some of the people in the government my self, but, I have no issues with the elections – No one in SL had issues and the Main opposition guarantees it too – so who the Ape are you to say else wise ??

    You are a rubbish writer. You also tend to forget that there are Tamil Sri Lankan brotheren who are Buddhists and also Tamils world over (as in Malaysia, Thailand, India etc) who are Buddhists. We all still remember with great respect the Great venerable Sivali Thero of Wellawatte – a true Tamil Monk and there are many other Tamil Buddhist monks. With your posts, you are disgracing all of them !! Don’t think that you are doing any of them a favour – But then again, I am telling this to an Ape and what can I expect ???? 🙁 🙁 🙁

  192. Dear Ape Mylnayagam,

    In what right mid do you call your self Pro-Tamil Bloggers ????? You are un-evolved Terrorists with racist mindsets. You call your selves HR activists ?? Then what on earth were you doing during the times LTTE went on killing sprees ?
    Where were you when these happened ???
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    Does that not fall under your Human Rights Activities ????????????????

    Your free ideas ?????????? Please – Your ideas are the same as the mentally challenged none evolved Piribaharans ideas – you call it free ideas ? is the idea of killing Tamils who oppose you called "Free Ideas" ??? Get a life man !!!

    I support Sri Lankan because it is my motherland and is governed by a Legally elected government with the consent of the majority of the people. Don't tell me you expect me to support a mentally challenged terrorist group who killed their own kind. No person in a right mindset would have an issue with a person supporting a legal entity ha ??

    War victims ??? The Victims of the War was the whole population of Sri Lankan immaterial of race or religion. Go through the second link I posted. See how many Singhales, Tamils and Muslims were killed due to your "WAR". How about the innocent children who were stolen of their childhood ?? They are the victims – In heart we all know that they all are thanking the GOSL for getting rid of the Mentally challenged Ape and bringing them peace – at least there are no more victims any more.

    Look deep in to the pond, you will see that it's you who are throwing stones to the water…. Do you think that calling "Genocide" for the situation you created in SL is the truth ??? LOL !! Whilst millions of Tamils are happy and a few thousands of you created havoc and got massacred in the process, you cannot call it "Genocide" ??? So who is lying to get sympathy votes ??

    Also, please note that I don't speak for any particular ethnic group, but, Sri Lankans as a whole. This is not like you trying to remove your label of Terrorists and close it with a Tamils label – because your saviors of Tamils truth is out in the public as per the above link 1 i posted..

    Adios (and thanks for the conversation)

  193. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    If we ( Pro-Tamil bloggers and human rights activists ) write our independent and free ideas in the web site, we are branded as Apes, LTTE and so on.

    You have a right to write your comments in support of Sri Lanka savagely repressive regime . You think that it is your right.

    Likewise others have a right to write their free ideas seeking justice for the war victims

    Why do you feel disgruntled ?

    If you throw stone into the still water of a pond, the stone creates ripples of volatilities distorting the sight of objects deep inside the water.

    This is comparable to the situation from th Sri Lankan government is distorting the Truth

    Scholars have said in their writings ‘if you live in a glass house, you should NEVER throw stone’.

    If you do, your glass house will be broken.

    This is typical of Sinhalese mindset. Separate the individual from the community and deprive him or her of her fundamental rights to express the free ideas.

  194. Dear Ape Mylnayagam,

    In what right mid do you call your self Pro-Tamil Bloggers ????? You are un-evolved Terrorists with racist mindsets. You call your selves HR activists ?? Then what on earth were you doing during the times LTTE went on killing sprees ?
    Where were you when these happened ???
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    Does that not fall under your Human Rights Activities ????????????????

    Your free ideas ?????????? Please – Your ideas are the same as the mentally challenged none evolved Piribaharans ideas – you call it free ideas ? is the idea of killing Tamils who oppose you called "Free Ideas" ??? Get a life man !!!

    I support Sri Lankan because it is my motherland and is governed by a Legally elected government with the consent of the majority of the people. Don't tell me you expect me to support a mentally challenged terrorist group who killed their own kind. No person in a right mindset would have an issue with a person supporting a legal entity ha ??

    War victims ??? The Victims of the War was the whole population of Sri Lankan immaterial of race or religion. Go through the second link I posted. See how many Singhales, Tamils and Muslims were killed due to your "WAR". How about the innocent children who were stolen of their childhood ?? They are the victims – In heart we all know that they all are thanking the GOSL for getting rid of the Mentally challenged Ape and bringing them peace – at least there are no more victims any more.

    Look deep in to the pond, you will see that it's you who are throwing stones to the water…. Do you think that calling "Genocide" for the situation you created in SL is the truth ??? LOL !! Whilst millions of Tamils are happy and a few thousands of you created havoc and got massacred in the process, you cannot call it "Genocide" ??? So who is lying to get sympathy votes ??

    Also, please note that I don't speak for any particular ethnic group, but, Sri Lankans as a whole. This is not like you trying to remove your label of Terrorists and close it with a Tamils label – because your saviors of Tamils truth is out in the public as per the above link 1 i posted..

    Adios (and thanks for the conversation)

  195. Dear Ape Mylnayagam,

    In what right mid do you call your self Pro-Tamil Bloggers ????? You are un-evolved Terrorists with racist mindsets. You call your selves HR activists ?? Then what on earth were you doing during the times LTTE went on killing sprees ?
    Where were you when these happened ???
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    Does that not fall under your Human Rights Activities ????????????????

    Your free ideas ?????????? Please – Your ideas are the same as the mentally challenged none evolved Piribaharans ideas – you call it free ideas ? is the idea of killing Tamils who oppose you called "Free Ideas" ??? Get a life man !!!

    I support Sri Lankan because it is my motherland and is governed by a Legally elected government with the consent of the majority of the people. Don't tell me you expect me to support a mentally challenged terrorist group who killed their own kind. No person in a right mindset would have an issue with a person supporting a legal entity ha ??

    War victims ??? The Victims of the War was the whole population of Sri Lankan immaterial of race or religion. Go through the second link I posted. See how many Singhales, Tamils and Muslims were killed due to your "WAR". How about the innocent children who were stolen of their childhood ?? They are the victims – In heart we all know that they all are thanking the GOSL for getting rid of the Mentally challenged Ape and bringing them peace – at least there are no more victims any more.

    Look deep in to the pond, you will see that it's you who are throwing stones to the water…. Do you think that calling "Genocide" for the situation you created in SL is the truth ??? LOL !! Whilst millions of Tamils are happy and a few thousands of you created havoc and got massacred in the process, you cannot call it "Genocide" ??? So who is lying to get sympathy votes ??

    Also, please note that I don't speak for any particular ethnic group, but, Sri Lankans as a whole. This is not like you trying to remove your label of Terrorists and close it with a Tamils label – because your saviors of Tamils truth is out in the public as per the above link 1 i posted..

    Adios (and thanks for the conversation)

  196. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators.

    There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL !!!!!

  197. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    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 and called all Tamils-terrorists

  198. Dear hilarious Eelamists – especially Puligal,

    Think before you type.

    "Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life."

    Thank you for neatly summarising everything bad about the LTTE and its diaspora supporters. Brilliant. 🙂

    I commend you for your Eelamish honesty. Especially the 'defecating' part. But you omitted the other things for which the LTTE gained international notoriety.

    Lest we forget:

    Suicide bombing, child murdering, child abusing (senior LTTE commanders with their child soldiers), credit card scamming, people-trafficking, vote-rigging, fake hunger-striking, mass-defecating, traffic blocking and of course murdering civilians by the thousand!

    If that is 'strait-laced' behaviour, I'd hate to see deviant behaviour by Eelamists!

  199. Eelam delenda est

    You could use incongruous proverbs?

    You post too many junk words here …

    The proverb, "Too much of anything is good for nothing" should be applicable in your case.

  200. Persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka is more to do with an attempt by the Sinhala Buddhists leaders to fulfil the myths and fantasies written in an ancient book called Mahavamsa.

    Mahavamsa was originally written in Pali language because the Sinhala language was not well developed at that time.

    Mahavamsa is considered as a kind of bible by the Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka. Although this book has historical records, there are many fabricated stories, myths and fantasies that make this book completely unreliable.

    It talks about a pure Sinhala race that descended from a lion which is obviously a four leg animal. No wonder why the minorities find the Sri Lankan lion flag very offensive.

    great importance is given for flying the Sri Lankan lion flags in Tamil concentration camps , than feeding the hungry or treating the wounded. Even the Nazi regime in Germany was very serious about displaying swastika flags in the Jewish concentration camps.

    Mahavamsa also preaches hatred against the minority Tamils.

    Sinhala Buddhist politicians and military leaders of Sri lanka believe every word in this book and they are on a mission to fulfil the desires of the kings and queens that are portrayed in this book.

    This is a sample text from Mahavamsa which was written in the 6th Century. This verse talks about a desire of a Sinhala queen who wanted drink water, mixed with the blood of a Tamil warrior.

    “Then she longed to drink the water that had served to cleanse the sword with which the head of the first warrior among Tamil king Elära’s warriors had been struck off, and she longed to drink it standing on this very head, and moreover she longed to adorn herself with garlands of unfaded lotus-blossoms brought from the lotus marshes of Anuradhapura”

    No wonder why the extremists act like the way they act, when they meditate such verses. Words of many racist politicians and military leaders in Sri Lanka are spoken straight out this book. Even some of the well known former presidents of Sri Lanka are not the exceptions.

    They want to make Sri Lanka as a Sinhala Buddhist nation by wiping out the minority Tamils.

    For more than sixty years, successive Sri Lankan governments backed by racist Sinhala extremists have been oppressing the Tamil minorities. They brutally killed thousands of innocent Tamils, burnt their properties and sent the rest in ships as refugees to the North of the country in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties.

  201. White Madam Clinton fails to support Eelam

    Despite having spent tens of thousands of Dollars in lobbying Mrs Clinton, US Eelamists' investment has been wasted.

    Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks at the press conference with SL Foreign Minister did not contain a single reference to Tamil political autonomy or any equivalent, showing the near irrelevance of all these efforts.

    Read some of the distraught comments made by Eelamists ("we Tamils) about White Madam Clinton's ingratitude despite the fundraising for her during her nomination battle. http://tinyurl.com/3annlcs

    "Hillary Clinton has no gratitude for what we Tamil did to her"

    My favourite comment:
    "If Piraba with all his military p[o]wer couldn’t deliver Thaileelam how can ruthirakumar with his balding oldies get eelam?"

    Haven't you Eelamists learnt anything yet? Don't trust the White Masters and White Madams. They'll take your money and ignore you.

    Yes, the Old Bald Tigers of Eelam-in-Exile will now fight to the last drop of blood of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1450

    Change that I can believe in. 🙂

  202. Dear Puligal,
    "incongruous proverbs?" What are you talking about?

    I've told you guys before, I don't give free English tuition.

    Now what exactly bothered you about my reply?

    It always helps to give examples when making accusations or counter-arguments, otherwise everyone reading this will think you're partially-educated ! 🙂

    I see that 'Buddhist' is on one of his Mahavamsa rants.

  203. Eelam delenda est

    Go and refresh your English !!

    I'm true gentle man never deviate from his path of good moral conducts in any circumstances.

    I never digressed from truth and morality.

    But,I know you were the one who inaugurated this indecent passion one day.

    You are here with pack of lies.

    You are really a cold blooded racist and macabre murderer

    I'm always speaking irrefutable truths.

    But,I never say that speaking harsh words in a right thing.however.

    We are human beings,not ferocious animals to commit atrocious acts.

    I have got a different lesson from war.I'm purely involved in pacifism and the most powerful weapon is Ahimsa.

  204. White Madam Clinton fails to support Eelam

    Despite having spent tens of thousands of Dollars in lobbying Mrs Clinton, US Eelamists' investment has been wasted.

    Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks at the press conference with SL Foreign Minister did not contain a single reference to Tamil political autonomy or any equivalent, showing the near irrelevance of all these efforts.

    Read some of the distraught comments made by Eelamists ("we Tamils) about White Madam Clinton's ingratitude despite the fundraising for her during her nomination battle. http://tinyurl.com/3annlcs

    "Hillary Clinton has no gratitude for what we Tamil did to her"

    My favourite comment:
    "If Piraba with all his military p[o]wer couldn’t deliver Thaileelam how can ruthirakumar with his balding oldies get eelam?"

    Haven't you Eelamists learnt anything yet? Don't trust the White Masters and White Madams. They'll take your money and ignore you.

    Yes, the Old Bald Tigers of Eelam-in-Exile will now fight to the last drop of blood of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1450

    Change that I can believe in. 🙂

  205. White Madam Clinton fails to support Eelam

    Despite having spent tens of thousands of Dollars in lobbying Mrs Clinton, US Eelamists' investment has been wasted.

    Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks at the press conference with SL Foreign Minister did not contain a single reference to Tamil political autonomy or any equivalent, showing the near irrelevance of all these efforts.

    Read some of the distraught comments made by Eelamists ("we Tamils) about White Madam Clinton's ingratitude despite the fundraising for her during her nomination battle. http://tinyurl.com/3annlcs

    "Hillary Clinton has no gratitude for what we Tamil did to her"

    My favourite comment:
    "If Piraba with all his military p[o]wer couldn’t deliver Thaileelam how can ruthirakumar with his balding oldies get eelam?"

    Haven't you Eelamists learnt anything yet? Don't trust the White Masters and White Madams. They'll take your money and ignore you.

    Yes, the Old Bald Tigers of Eelam-in-Exile will now fight to the last drop of blood of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1450

    Change that I can believe in. 🙂

  206. Dear Professor Puligal,

    What is this 'indecent passion' that you speak of of? Is it the 'love that dare not speak its name'?

    Anyway, I'm quite certain that you're not a 'We Thamiz'. I think you're probably a racist Sinhala provocateur writing on the AI blog to make pro-LTTE Tamils look bad.

    Admittedly not a difficult job 🙂 Utterly bonkers and completely hilarious.

  207. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    If we ( Pro-Tamil bloggers and human rights activists ) write our independent and free ideas in the web site, we are branded as Apes, LTTE and so on.

    You have a right to write your comments in support of Sri Lanka savagely repressive regime . You think that it is your right.

    Likewise others have a right to write their free ideas seeking justice for the war victims

    Why do you feel disgruntled ?

    If you throw stone into the still water of a pond, the stone creates ripples of volatilities distorting the sight of objects deep inside the water.

    This is comparable to the situation from th Sri Lankan government is distorting the Truth

    Scholars have said in their writings ‘if you live in a glass house, you should NEVER throw stone’.

    If you do, your glass house will be broken.

    This is typical of Sinhalese mindset. Separate the individual from the community and deprive him or her of her fundamental rights to express the free ideas.

  208. Dear Ape Mylnayagam,

    In what right mid do you call your self Pro-Tamil Bloggers ????? You are un-evolved Terrorists with racist mindsets. You call your selves HR activists ?? Then what on earth were you doing during the times LTTE went on killing sprees ?
    Where were you when these happened ???

    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE

    Does that not fall under your Human Rights Activities ????????????????

    Your free ideas ?????????? Please – Your ideas are the same as the mentally challenged none evolved Piribaharans ideas – you call it free ideas ? is the idea of killing Tamils who oppose you called “Free Ideas” ??? Get a life man !!!

    I support Sri Lankan because it is my motherland and is governed by a Legally elected government with the consent of the majority of the people. Don’t tell me you expect me to support a mentally challenged terrorist group who killed their own kind. No person in a right mindset would have an issue with a person supporting a legal entity ha ??

    War victims ??? The Victims of the War was the whole population of Sri Lankan immaterial of race or religion. Go through the second link I posted. See how many Singhales, Tamils and Muslims were killed due to your “WAR”. How about the innocent children who were stolen of their childhood ?? They are the victims – In heart we all know that they all are thanking the GOSL for getting rid of the Mentally challenged Ape and bringing them peace – at least there are no more victims any more.

    Look deep in to the pond, you will see that it’s you who are throwing stones to the water…. Do you think that calling “Genocide” for the situation you created in SL is the truth ??? LOL !! Whilst millions of Tamils are happy and a few thousands of you created havoc and got massacred in the process, you cannot call it “Genocide” ??? So who is lying to get sympathy votes ??

    Also, please note that I don’t speak for any particular ethnic group, but, Sri Lankans as a whole. This is not like you trying to remove your label of Terrorists and close it with a Tamils label – because your saviors of Tamils truth is out in the public as per the above link 1 i posted..

    Adios (and thanks for the conversation)

  209. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Your post proves that you live in fantasy world and repeatedly BS to compromise with Sri Lankan gov. killers and dictators.

    There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL !!!!!

  210. Eelam delenda est

    I'm old but not bald !

    You are whiping leather whip on Tamils too much, ruthless duffer !!

    There is a proverb,The one whom god likes die young".

    I know god really likes me for my honesty and decency.

    But,I have to tell one thing that Tamils never act as vindictive as Sinhalese.

    The revengeful Sinhalese want to endure the resources for the sake of their own benefits

    But, we want to pour oil in troubled waters.

  211. Impeccable Jim Gona !

    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 and called all Tamils-terrorists

  212. Dear hilarious Eelamists – especially Puligal,

    Think before you type.

    “Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.”

    Thank you for neatly summarising everything bad about the LTTE and its diaspora supporters. Brilliant. 🙂

    I commend you for your Eelamish honesty. Especially the ‘defecating’ part. But you omitted the other things for which the LTTE gained international notoriety.

    Lest we forget:

    Suicide bombing, child murdering, child abusing (senior LTTE commanders with their child soldiers), credit card scamming, people-trafficking, vote-rigging, fake hunger-striking, mass-defecating, traffic blocking and of course murdering civilians by the thousand!

    If that is ‘strait-laced’ behaviour, I’d hate to see deviant behaviour by Eelamists!

  213. Eelam delenda est

    You could use incongruous proverbs?

    You post too many junk words here …

    The proverb, “Too much of anything is good for nothing” should be applicable in your case.

  214. Persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka is more to do with an attempt by the Sinhala Buddhists leaders to fulfil the myths and fantasies written in an ancient book called Mahavamsa.

    Mahavamsa was originally written in Pali language because the Sinhala language was not well developed at that time.

    Mahavamsa is considered as a kind of bible by the Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka. Although this book has historical records, there are many fabricated stories, myths and fantasies that make this book completely unreliable.

    It talks about a pure Sinhala race that descended from a lion which is obviously a four leg animal. No wonder why the minorities find the Sri Lankan lion flag very offensive.

    great importance is given for flying the Sri Lankan lion flags in Tamil concentration camps , than feeding the hungry or treating the wounded. Even the Nazi regime in Germany was very serious about displaying swastika flags in the Jewish concentration camps.

    Mahavamsa also preaches hatred against the minority Tamils.

    Sinhala Buddhist politicians and military leaders of Sri lanka believe every word in this book and they are on a mission to fulfil the desires of the kings and queens that are portrayed in this book.

    This is a sample text from Mahavamsa which was written in the 6th Century. This verse talks about a desire of a Sinhala queen who wanted drink water, mixed with the blood of a Tamil warrior.

    “Then she longed to drink the water that had served to cleanse the sword with which the head of the first warrior among Tamil king Elära’s warriors had been struck off, and she longed to drink it standing on this very head, and moreover she longed to adorn herself with garlands of unfaded lotus-blossoms brought from the lotus marshes of Anuradhapura”

    No wonder why the extremists act like the way they act, when they meditate such verses. Words of many racist politicians and military leaders in Sri Lanka are spoken straight out this book. Even some of the well known former presidents of Sri Lanka are not the exceptions.

    They want to make Sri Lanka as a Sinhala Buddhist nation by wiping out the minority Tamils.

    For more than sixty years, successive Sri Lankan governments backed by racist Sinhala extremists have been oppressing the Tamil minorities. They brutally killed thousands of innocent Tamils, burnt their properties and sent the rest in ships as refugees to the North of the country in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties.

  215. Dear Puligal,
    “incongruous proverbs?” What are you talking about?

    I’ve told you guys before, I don’t give free English tuition.

    Now what exactly bothered you about my reply?

    It always helps to give examples when making accusations or counter-arguments, otherwise everyone reading this will think you’re partially-educated ! 🙂

    I see that ‘Buddhist’ is on one of his Mahavamsa rants.

  216. Eelam delenda est

    Go and refresh your English !!

    I’m true gentle man never deviate from his path of good moral conducts in any circumstances.

    I never digressed from truth and morality.

    But,I know you were the one who inaugurated this indecent passion one day.

    You are here with pack of lies.

    You are really a cold blooded racist and macabre murderer

    I’m always speaking irrefutable truths.

    But,I never say that speaking harsh words in a right thing.however.

    We are human beings,not ferocious animals to commit atrocious acts.

    I have got a different lesson from war.I’m purely involved in pacifism and the most powerful weapon is Ahimsa.

  217. White Madam Clinton fails to support Eelam

    Despite having spent tens of thousands of Dollars in lobbying Mrs Clinton, US Eelamists’ investment has been wasted.

    Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks at the press conference with SL Foreign Minister did not contain a single reference to Tamil political autonomy or any equivalent, showing the near irrelevance of all these efforts.

    Read some of the distraught comments made by Eelamists (“we Tamils) about White Madam Clinton’s ingratitude despite the fundraising for her during her nomination battle.
    http://tinyurl.com/3annlcs

    “Hillary Clinton has no gratitude for what we Tamil did to her

    My favourite comment:
    “If Piraba with all his military p[o]wer couldn’t deliver Thaileelam how can ruthirakumar with his balding oldies get eelam?”

    Haven’t you Eelamists learnt anything yet? Don’t trust the White Masters and White Madams. They’ll take your money and ignore you.

    Yes, the Old Bald Tigers of Eelam-in-Exile will now fight to the last drop of blood of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

    http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1450

    Change that I can believe in. 🙂

  218. Dear Professor Puligal,

    What is this ‘indecent passion’ that you speak of of? Is it the ‘love that dare not speak its name’?

    Anyway, I’m quite certain that you’re not a ‘We Thamiz’. I think you’re probably a racist Sinhala provocateur writing on the AI blog to make pro-LTTE Tamils look bad.

    Admittedly not a difficult job 🙂 Utterly bonkers and completely hilarious.

  219. Dear Prof Puligal,

    I'm deeply respectful of my elders, with or without hair. The old, bald and useless comment only applies to the TGTE.

    I know why the key members of the Transsexual Government of Tamil Eelam are bald. They were tearing their hair out at each and every LTTE loss and reversal until the whole rotten edifice was destroyed in May 2009 and they were left completely bald.

    Nobody in SL is looking for revenge. If they were, why are surrendered LTTE cadres still alive, being rehabilitated and released? The only people looking for revenge are the pro-LTTE diaspora fools who ran away instead of staying to defend Prabhakaran's Eelam.

  220. The atrocities were committed by the Sri Lankan Army and those responsible for these crimes should be brought before the law.

    No matter who it is, as a victim to the spell of atrocity for one reason or another, should have recourse to the law and order to demand justice.

    Unless and until social justice is reinstated in a society, flare-up of such atrocities as these will continue to erode the country

  221. Eelam delenda est

    I’m old but not bald !

    You are whiping leather whip on Tamils too much, ruthless duffer !!

    There is a proverb,The one whom god likes die young”.

    I know god really likes me for my honesty and decency.

    But,I have to tell one thing that Tamils never act as vindictive as Sinhalese.

    The revengeful Sinhalese want to endure the resources for the sake of their own benefits

    But, we want to pour oil in troubled waters.

  222. Dear Prof Puligal,

    I’m deeply respectful of my elders, with or without hair. The old, bald and useless comment only applies to the TGTE.

    I know why the key members of the Transsexual Government of Tamil Eelam are bald. They were tearing their hair out at each and every LTTE loss and reversal until the whole rotten edifice was destroyed in May 2009 and they were left completely bald.

    Nobody in SL is looking for revenge. If they were, why are surrendered LTTE cadres still alive, being rehabilitated and released? The only people looking for revenge are the pro-LTTE diaspora fools who ran away instead of staying to defend Prabhakaran’s Eelam.

  223. The atrocities were committed by the Sri Lankan Army and those responsible for these crimes should be brought before the law.

    No matter who it is, as a victim to the spell of atrocity for one reason or another, should have recourse to the law and order to demand justice.

    Unless and until social justice is reinstated in a society, flare-up of such atrocities as these will continue to erode the country

  224. Alainaatham Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:01 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.

    There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL !!!!!

    I saw this post in another blog Column too ?? Have you Apes really run out of ideas or do you get a script writer to write these for you and only constitute to the responsibility of posting it here??? Whichever way, it shows the bankruptcy of the Apes of Eelam.

    Anyways, 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

    Also Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland = Fantasy Land
    Peter Pan – neverland – neverland = Fantasy land
    Apes Eelamland = Fantasy land

    I live in Sri Lanka – Existing and tangible !!

    Eat a Banana to figure it out !!

  225. Puligal Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:19 am

    Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.

    I think Eelam Delanda Est. has answered you very well on this – couldn't have explained my self better – So rest my case !!

    See these links for further explanation !!
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.

    ROLMAO – What can I say – check out your very own Original posts and you will realise – OH, I am sorry, you apes cannot reason out things – tell someone else in your neighborhood to explain it for you !!

    So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils and called all Tamils-terrorists

    Has eating too many banana's spoilt your brains or are you guys worse than Apes 🙁 🙁 🙁 ???????????? Me so so Sad !!

    May be you should change your diets to Mango's from bananana's. I see that you have an issue on not knowing how to peel the bananas. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Do you see me call Lakshman Kadiragamar or Neelan Thiruchelvan or Alfred Doraiappa A terrorist ???????? I call you mentally not developed Apes Terrorists.

    See another misconception – Adel balasingham is not a Tamil, but another mentally challenged Terrorist. There were 50 + Singhalees in LTTE – Not Tamil – but terrorists. So when I call Terrorists, it is you mentally challenged Apes of Eelam immaterial of Ethnicity. Nothing to do with Tamils. As I mentioned many times before, We love our Tamil Brotheren !!

    If you cannot fathom this out, I will have to put you several steps further down in the ladder of evolution to mmmm… May be Micro Organisms ???? Is it OK ??

  226. Alainaatham Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:01 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.

    There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL !!!!!

    I saw this post in another blog Column too ?? Have you Apes really run out of ideas or do you get a script writer to write these for you and only constitute to the responsibility of posting it here??? Whichever way, it shows the bankruptcy of the Apes of Eelam.

    Anyways, 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

    Also Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland = Fantasy Land
    Peter Pan – neverland – neverland = Fantasy land
    Apes Eelamland = Fantasy land

    I live in Sri Lanka – Existing and tangible !!

    Eat a Banana to figure it out !!

  227. Alainaatham Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:01 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.

    There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL !!!!!

    I saw this post in another blog Column too ?? Have you Apes really run out of ideas or do you get a script writer to write these for you and only constitute to the responsibility of posting it here??? Whichever way, it shows the bankruptcy of the Apes of Eelam.

    Anyways, 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

    Also Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland = Fantasy Land
    Peter Pan – neverland – neverland = Fantasy land
    Apes Eelamland = Fantasy land

    I live in Sri Lanka – Existing and tangible !!

    Eat a Banana to figure it out !!

  228. Puligal Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:19 am

    Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.

    I think Eelam Delanda Est. has answered you very well on this – couldn't have explained my self better – So rest my case !!

    See these links for further explanation !!
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.

    ROLMAO – What can I say – check out your very own Original posts and you will realise – OH, I am sorry, you apes cannot reason out things – tell someone else in your neighborhood to explain it for you !!

    So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils and called all Tamils-terrorists

    Has eating too many banana's spoilt your brains or are you guys worse than Apes 🙁 🙁 🙁 ???????????? Me so so Sad !!

    May be you should change your diets to Mango's from bananana's. I see that you have an issue on not knowing how to peel the bananas. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Do you see me call Lakshman Kadiragamar or Neelan Thiruchelvan or Alfred Doraiappa A terrorist ???????? I call you mentally not developed Apes Terrorists.

    See another misconception – Adel balasingham is not a Tamil, but another mentally challenged Terrorist. There were 50 + Singhalees in LTTE – Not Tamil – but terrorists. So when I call Terrorists, it is you mentally challenged Apes of Eelam immaterial of Ethnicity. Nothing to do with Tamils. As I mentioned many times before, We love our Tamil Brotheren !!

    If you cannot fathom this out, I will have to put you several steps further down in the ladder of evolution to mmmm… May be Micro Organisms ???? Is it OK ??

  229. Puligal Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:19 am

    Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.

    I think Eelam Delanda Est. has answered you very well on this – couldn't have explained my self better – So rest my case !!

    See these links for further explanation !!
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.

    ROLMAO – What can I say – check out your very own Original posts and you will realise – OH, I am sorry, you apes cannot reason out things – tell someone else in your neighborhood to explain it for you !!

    So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils and called all Tamils-terrorists

    Has eating too many banana's spoilt your brains or are you guys worse than Apes 🙁 🙁 🙁 ???????????? Me so so Sad !!

    May be you should change your diets to Mango's from bananana's. I see that you have an issue on not knowing how to peel the bananas. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Do you see me call Lakshman Kadiragamar or Neelan Thiruchelvan or Alfred Doraiappa A terrorist ???????? I call you mentally not developed Apes Terrorists.

    See another misconception – Adel balasingham is not a Tamil, but another mentally challenged Terrorist. There were 50 + Singhalees in LTTE – Not Tamil – but terrorists. So when I call Terrorists, it is you mentally challenged Apes of Eelam immaterial of Ethnicity. Nothing to do with Tamils. As I mentioned many times before, We love our Tamil Brotheren !!

    If you cannot fathom this out, I will have to put you several steps further down in the ladder of evolution to mmmm… May be Micro Organisms ???? Is it OK ??

  230. Alainaatham Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:01 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.

    There is NO FREEDOM FOR ANY ONE in SL !!!!!

    I saw this post in another blog Column too ?? Have you Apes really run out of ideas or do you get a script writer to write these for you and only constitute to the responsibility of posting it here??? Whichever way, it shows the bankruptcy of the Apes of Eelam.

    Anyways, 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

    Also Alice in Wonderland – Wonderland = Fantasy Land
    Peter Pan – neverland – neverland = Fantasy land
    Apes Eelamland = Fantasy land

    I live in Sri Lanka – Existing and tangible !!

    Eat a Banana to figure it out !!

  231. Puligal Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:19 am

    Impeccable Jim Gona !

    Barbarian, child abuse, racial abuse, bribery, plot, graft, torture, espionage, defalcating, assassination and corruption are the part and parcel of your life.

    I think Eelam Delanda Est. has answered you very well on this – couldn’t have explained my self better – So rest my case !!

    See these links for further explanation !!

    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE

    You are the one who hitch the wagon of others to the star and finally leave them in the lurch.

    ROLMAO – What can I say – check out your very own Original posts and you will realise – OH, I am sorry, you apes cannot reason out things – tell someone else in your neighborhood to explain it for you !!

    So, you must Stop blaming the strait-laced Tamils and called all Tamils-terrorists

    Has eating too many banana’s spoilt your brains or are you guys worse than Apes 🙁 🙁 🙁 ???????????? Me so so Sad !!

    May be you should change your diets to Mango’s from bananana’s. I see that you have an issue on not knowing how to peel the bananas. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Do you see me call Lakshman Kadiragamar or Neelan Thiruchelvan or Alfred Doraiappa A terrorist ???????? I call you mentally not developed Apes Terrorists.

    See another misconception – Adel balasingham is not a Tamil, but another mentally challenged Terrorist. There were 50 + Singhalees in LTTE – Not Tamil – but terrorists. So when I call Terrorists, it is you mentally challenged Apes of Eelam immaterial of Ethnicity. Nothing to do with Tamils. As I mentioned many times before, We love our Tamil Brotheren !!

    If you cannot fathom this out, I will have to put you several steps further down in the ladder of evolution to mmmm… May be Micro Organisms ???? Is it OK ??

  232. 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

  233. Eelam delenda est

    Ayubovan EDE aiye, it seems that the time has struck to nail the colours to the mast.

    I Thank you for calling me a professor

    Your school must be "Royal Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya" in Kalutara.

    May be your teacher hesitated to go beyond "cat" and "dog" after knowing your grasp of English was rudimentary and you had to buck up a lot with your lessons to grasp more.

    You can't blame your teacher. You must have given up your lackadaisical attitude.

    So, you can no longer turn back the clock. You must stop moaning about the past.

  234. 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

  235. 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

  236. Eelam delenda est

    Ayubovan EDE aiye, it seems that the time has struck to nail the colours to the mast.

    I Thank you for calling me a professor

    Your school must be “Royal Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya” in Kalutara.

    May be your teacher hesitated to go beyond “cat” and “dog” after knowing your grasp of English was rudimentary and you had to buck up a lot with your lessons to grasp more.

    You can’t blame your teacher. You must have given up your lackadaisical attitude.

    So, you can no longer turn back the clock. You must stop moaning about the past.

  237. Dear Prof Puligal,

    Actually my school is the non-ethnic, non-sectarian, multi-lingual D. S. Senanayake College, whose baseball team was murdered by a female LTTE suicide bomber in February 2008. Typical of the LTTE.
    http://www.dssenanayake.org/news/bogus-martyrs-pr

    The kids who were murdered included the following:

    Kolitha Kumara Mahamudalige (A/L 2007 Commerce),
    Rajarathnem Radeeswaran (O/L Tamil),
    Vimukthi Sajan Thewarpperuma (A/L Maths),
    Supun Hallala (A/L Commerce),
    Dinuth Priyasanka (After O/L),
    Thiwanka Thisera (A/L Arts),
    N.M. Eranda Chaturanga (After O/L), Malinda Arumadura (BaseBall Coach & Old Boy)

    I hope you're proud of the work done by the LTTE in furthering ethnic integration and reconciliation in SL by murdering school kids.

    Anyway, please display your fine command of English by answering any of my previous questions, if you have the courage and intellectual ability to do so.

  238. 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

  239. The torch carrying young ambassadors of the TGTE http://tinyurl.com/3yjvmby

    Thanks for the much needed amusement. What these blowhards did not do was to carry a T-56 and help Fat Boy when he really needed it. Odd, also that there's no sign of an LTTE flag. Are they embarrassed?

    "The hope which shone like the sun through morning mist on that bright spring day in…"

    and more.. "Now shedding light on the slow and rolling genocide of Tamils"

    A 'rolling genocide'? I thought the Eelamists had exhaused every permutation of 'genocide' and they surprise us yet again (like they used to surprise us suicide bra-bombers) with a Rolling Genocide. What the hell is a 'rolling genocide'?

    I'm reminded of the lyrics to The Smiths's 'Hand in Glove'

    "The sun shines out of our behinds
    No, it's not like any other love
    This one is different – because it's us"

  240. Dear Prof Puligal,

    Actually my school is the non-ethnic, non-sectarian, multi-lingual D. S. Senanayake College, whose baseball team was murdered by a female LTTE suicide bomber in February 2008. Typical of the LTTE.
    http://www.dssenanayake.org/news/bogus-martyrs-pr

    The kids who were murdered included the following:

    Kolitha Kumara Mahamudalige (A/L 2007 Commerce),
    Rajarathnem Radeeswaran (O/L Tamil),
    Vimukthi Sajan Thewarpperuma (A/L Maths),
    Supun Hallala (A/L Commerce),
    Dinuth Priyasanka (After O/L),
    Thiwanka Thisera (A/L Arts),
    N.M. Eranda Chaturanga (After O/L), Malinda Arumadura (BaseBall Coach & Old Boy)

    I hope you're proud of the work done by the LTTE in furthering ethnic integration and reconciliation in SL by murdering school kids.

    Anyway, please display your fine command of English by answering any of my previous questions, if you have the courage and intellectual ability to do so.

  241. Dear Prof Puligal,

    Actually my school is the non-ethnic, non-sectarian, multi-lingual D. S. Senanayake College, whose baseball team was murdered by a female LTTE suicide bomber in February 2008. Typical of the LTTE.
    http://www.dssenanayake.org/news/bogus-martyrs-pr

    The kids who were murdered included the following:

    Kolitha Kumara Mahamudalige (A/L 2007 Commerce),
    Rajarathnem Radeeswaran (O/L Tamil),
    Vimukthi Sajan Thewarpperuma (A/L Maths),
    Supun Hallala (A/L Commerce),
    Dinuth Priyasanka (After O/L),
    Thiwanka Thisera (A/L Arts),
    N.M. Eranda Chaturanga (After O/L), Malinda Arumadura (BaseBall Coach & Old Boy)

    I hope you're proud of the work done by the LTTE in furthering ethnic integration and reconciliation in SL by murdering school kids.

    Anyway, please display your fine command of English by answering any of my previous questions, if you have the courage and intellectual ability to do so.

  242. Dear Prof Puligal,

    You wrote (with any sense of irony): "So, you can no longer turn back the clock. You must stop moaning about the past."

    The only group stuck in the past, (often 2000 years in the past) is the pro-LTTE diaspora crowd. Impeccable Jim, myself and other pro-united SL people want to forgive, understand and move forward.

    There is no future for Eelam or anything like it. Eelam and 'Tamil homelands' will remain in stuck the past, with an axe embedded in its' skull as a permanent reminder of its stupidity and unattainability!

  243. The torch carrying young ambassadors of the TGTE http://tinyurl.com/3yjvmby

    Thanks for the much needed amusement. What these blowhards did not do was to carry a T-56 and help Fat Boy when he really needed it. Odd, also that there's no sign of an LTTE flag. Are they embarrassed?

    "The hope which shone like the sun through morning mist on that bright spring day in…"

    and more.. "Now shedding light on the slow and rolling genocide of Tamils"

    A 'rolling genocide'? I thought the Eelamists had exhaused every permutation of 'genocide' and they surprise us yet again (like they used to surprise us suicide bra-bombers) with a Rolling Genocide. What the hell is a 'rolling genocide'?

    I'm reminded of the lyrics to The Smiths's 'Hand in Glove'

    "The sun shines out of our behinds
    No, it's not like any other love
    This one is different – because it's us"

  244. The torch carrying young ambassadors of the TGTE http://tinyurl.com/3yjvmby

    Thanks for the much needed amusement. What these blowhards did not do was to carry a T-56 and help Fat Boy when he really needed it. Odd, also that there's no sign of an LTTE flag. Are they embarrassed?

    "The hope which shone like the sun through morning mist on that bright spring day in…"

    and more.. "Now shedding light on the slow and rolling genocide of Tamils"

    A 'rolling genocide'? I thought the Eelamists had exhaused every permutation of 'genocide' and they surprise us yet again (like they used to surprise us suicide bra-bombers) with a Rolling Genocide. What the hell is a 'rolling genocide'?

    I'm reminded of the lyrics to The Smiths's 'Hand in Glove'

    "The sun shines out of our behinds
    No, it's not like any other love
    This one is different – because it's us"

  245. Dear Prof Puligal,

    Actually my school is the non-ethnic, non-sectarian, multi-lingual D. S. Senanayake College, whose baseball team was murdered by a female LTTE suicide bomber in February 2008. Typical of the LTTE.

    http://www.dssenanayake.org/news/bogus-martyrs-prey-ds-fawns

    The kids who were murdered included the following:

    Kolitha Kumara Mahamudalige (A/L 2007 Commerce),
    Rajarathnem Radeeswaran (O/L Tamil),
    Vimukthi Sajan Thewarpperuma (A/L Maths),
    Supun Hallala (A/L Commerce),
    Dinuth Priyasanka (After O/L),
    Thiwanka Thisera (A/L Arts),
    N.M. Eranda Chaturanga (After O/L), Malinda Arumadura (BaseBall Coach & Old Boy)

    I hope you’re proud of the work done by the LTTE in furthering ethnic integration and reconciliation in SL by murdering school kids.

    Anyway, please display your fine command of English by answering any of my previous questions, if you have the courage and intellectual ability to do so.

  246. Dear Prof Puligal,

    You wrote (with any sense of irony): “So, you can no longer turn back the clock. You must stop moaning about the past.

    The only group stuck in the past, (often 2000 years in the past) is the pro-LTTE diaspora crowd. Impeccable Jim, myself and other pro-united SL people want to forgive, understand and move forward.

    There is no future for Eelam or anything like it. Eelam and ‘Tamil homelands’ will remain in stuck the past, with an axe embedded in its’ skull as a permanent reminder of its stupidity and unattainability!

  247. Ayyo – I was expecting a lot of answers to the questions I posted yesterday – and my cuddly Apes haven't even mentioned me in any of the new posts 🙁 🙁 🙁

    EDE – yes, I remember the incident very well, I attended one of the funerals of the boys my self – very sad situ – Donno what the Ape boys have to say about the killed Tamil Student ??????

    Interesting fact about the Transsexual government is that the so called False Monarchy of Jaffna has been overlooked – LOL.. It either proves that the Apes do not respect their Monarchy or the other fact which I trust is the truth is that there is no Monarchy as it is a False claim…

    Anyways….. I think the Shifting from Bananas to Mangoes is working for them !!

  248. The torch carrying young ambassadors of the TGTE
    http://tinyurl.com/3yjvmby

    Thanks for the much needed amusement. What these blowhards did not do was to carry a T-56 and help Fat Boy when he really needed it. Odd, also that there’s no sign of an LTTE flag. Are they embarrassed?

    “The hope which shone like the sun through morning mist on that bright spring day in…”

    and more.. “Now shedding light on the slow and rolling genocide of Tamils”

    A ‘rolling genocide’? I thought the Eelamists had exhaused every permutation of ‘genocide’ and they surprise us yet again (like they used to surprise us suicide bra-bombers) with a Rolling Genocide. What the hell is a ‘rolling genocide’?

    I’m reminded of the lyrics to The Smiths’s ‘Hand in Glove’

    “The sun shines out of our behinds
    No, it’s not like any other love
    This one is different – because it’s us”

  249. 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??

  250. Remorse

    Rada is a 41 years old labourer from Killinochchi. He was married with four children. In 1990, to escape from the terrible war they had sought refuge in India . When there was relative improvement in the 26

    situation in 1996, they had returned. He was a heart patient taking treatment but was able to educate his children. They were living happily when the war broke out again. Shells started falling and exploding in their area. To safeguard his children they moved to several places with some their belongings. Their life was spent mainly in bunkers. The noise of artillery shells, firearms and bombs terrorized ordinary civilians. People ran helter-skelter seeking safety. On that 4.2.2009 when his wife (3y years) and son (7 years) had just come out of the bunker, when they were badly injured by a shell attack and lay in a pool of blood. Son died there. In the hope of at least saving the life of his wife, they took her to hospital. As the treatment was not successful, she left this world the next morning. When Rada learned of this he did not know what to do, he became benumbed. In the midst of heavy shelling they could not carry out the burial of his wife and son properly. Returning to their shelter with his remaining three children, Rada could not control his mind. He found all his belongings had been destroyed. In this terrible state, on an impulse he tried to consume poison and also give to his children. The children cried loudly. His 16 year old son thwarted the suicidal attempt. Then Rada decided to save the lives of at least his remaining children, joined a crowd of escaping refugees on 7.2.2009 and reached Vavuniya. They are now at the Gamini school camp. Having lost two lives to the horrible war, those thoughts came recurring daily to Rada. He was found to have lack of appetite, sleep, crying without realizing it, unable to socialize with others, suicidal ideation, not knowing what to do next, headache, numbing of the head, worry about the future of his three children and a deep depression. He felt remorse about not doing the funeral rites of his wife and son.

  251. Rohan de Alfonso Shoba – Answer to your Question Again !!

    Rohan Says:
    June 1st, 2010 at 11:40 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??

    Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 – the best example to say that you are lying is that the Security counsel indeed met and voted 29 in favour of SL and 12 against with 6 abstaining. – So either you don't have your fact right or you are lying through your rear end !!!

    If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.

    Wonder why still ?? Go have a Banana like a good boy and get your English neighbor to explain it to you…

  252. Rohan de Alfonso Shoba – Answer to your Question Again !!

    Rohan Says:
    June 1st, 2010 at 11:40 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??

    Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 – the best example to say that you are lying is that the Security counsel indeed met and voted 29 in favour of SL and 12 against with 6 abstaining. – So either you don't have your fact right or you are lying through your rear end !!!

    If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.

    Wonder why still ?? Go have a Banana like a good boy and get your English neighbor to explain it to you…

  253. Rohan de Alfonso Shoba – Answer to your Question Again !!

    Rohan Says:
    June 1st, 2010 at 11:40 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??

    Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 – the best example to say that you are lying is that the Security counsel indeed met and voted 29 in favour of SL and 12 against with 6 abstaining. – So either you don't have your fact right or you are lying through your rear end !!!

    If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.

    Wonder why still ?? Go have a Banana like a good boy and get your English neighbor to explain it to you…

  254. Impeccable Jim Gona

    I denunciate your meaningless views.

    None other than The Devil could have these puerile remarks.

    Your intention is to cause a rift or cleft.

    You must stop throwing your silly tantrums.

    You have the knack of cajoling people into what you want to do.

    But the answer is quite lucid and clear.

    But, the Tamil problem must be approached systematically and discreetfully.

    If the inalienable rights of the Tamils are respected and protected, thus the accusation of denying equal rights for minority will be turned down.

    If not, a separate nation will be demanded in order to ensure the establishment of their rights.

    It will be the ultimate solution too.

  255. Ayyo – I was expecting a lot of answers to the questions I posted yesterday – and my cuddly Apes haven’t even mentioned me in any of the new posts 🙁 🙁 🙁

    EDE – yes, I remember the incident very well, I attended one of the funerals of the boys my self – very sad situ – Donno what the Ape boys have to say about the killed Tamil Student ??????

    Interesting fact about the Transsexual government is that the so called False Monarchy of Jaffna has been overlooked – LOL.. It either proves that the Apes do not respect their Monarchy or the other fact which I trust is the truth is that there is no Monarchy as it is a False claim…

    Anyways….. I think the Shifting from Bananas to Mangoes is working for them !!

  256. Vanakkam Dear Prof. Puligal,

    Why so silent? Have you nothing to say about the The torch carrying young ambassadors of the TGTE and their forefathers who enabled the murders of countless thousands of Sri Lankan children?

    Lots of 'denounciations' from you, but never any counter-arguments. How very typical of the pro-LTTE supporters.

    Rohan, to add to what Jim Gona's said: everybody agrees that the Israel/Palestine problem will be solved with a two-state solution. No-one however will support a two-state solution in Sri Lanka. i.e. No 'Tamil homolands'.

    Also look how the Sri Lanka Navy dealt with that LTTE ship, VM Wanga Machan. It was stopped and diverted to India. No Eelamists were hurt and the aid, eventually got to the IDPs.

  257. Eelam delenda est

    Ayubovan EDE

    Do you mean that displaying your barbaric nature and talking impolitely with Tamils -will win them over ?

    The Tamils can't be kept in captivity or servitude or bondage all the time.

    They should be paid ways to overcome their difficulties and to stop writhing with pain.

    The cardinal idea that should be inculcated in your mind is that the number of refugees is not vital.

    Figuring out the exact amount of refugees can't spell out things more explicitly.

    If you tell that they can count on the GOSL to be settled down in their past houses reestablishing their rights instead of continuing to struggle with in the barbed wire, it should be praise worthy.

    You must therefore create it as your aptitude to treat every human being whatever religion they belong to, in the equal manner.

  258. 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??

  259. Ayubowan Mico Puli !!!!!

    Puligal Says:
    June 2nd, 2010 at 2:37 am

    Thanks for the post !!

    I "denunciate" your meaningless views.

    I should denounce every word you say if that is the case – No one would find falut with me for doing so to a Terrorist group !!

    I am trying to get in to some kind of decent discussion, but, then again, you guys don't seem to want to discuss, but post rubbish !!

    None other than The Devil could have these puerile remarks. Your intention is to cause a rift or cleft. You must stop throwing your silly tantrums. You have the knack of cajoling people into what you want to do.

    Not exactly !!! This again goes to show your incapability to read and understand what anyone is trying to say.

    1. You don't seem to understand what AI is trying to say as you guys keep posting off topic
    2. You don't seem to understand what we say, as we hardly get answers to our question or again get thrown back with Rubbish as Racists or Delis etc… I mean, give the reason as to why we are racists ?? Give us proof of any racist comments we have made… We give many examples of you being resists and terrorists – so why can't you ?????

    I agree that my remarks would be hard on you. But, that is the intention. What do you expect me to do when you are trying to take away the much anticipated peace that the whole country was longing for ?????

    But, the Tamil problem must be approached systematically and discreetfully.

    IF there is such problem, it is definitely being handled by the relevant people at their levels. War is not the answer nor a separate state with ulterior motives is not the answer.. What you and I can do is to get together and ensure that they do it and build harmony where ever it is disrupted – not try to cut throats which you are doing…. (You see my initial posts where I have pleaded enough and more for you guys to denounce Terrorism and be a part of this peaceful community)

    We see Sri Lankans of all ethnic groups living quite happily over here – so this "Problem" you are talking of does not exist as far as we are concerned… It is a made up problem by LTTE. LTTE = Terrorists. I have no regard for them !!

    If the inalienable rights of the Tamils are respected and protected, thus the accusation of denying equal rights for minority will be turned down.

    All Sri Lankans share the same rights all over. There is no discrimination for any party as you try to show. May be you are misinformed, but there is nothing like that here. You tell that you have an issue going to a police station, trust me we have worse problem going to a cop shed where you feel like smashing the fellows teeth !!

    So your claim is utter rubbish and not valid.

    If not, a separate nation will be demanded in order to ensure the establishment of their rights.

    Keep dreaming bro !!!!

    It will never come for false claims !!! If there actually is such discrimination, I will join you too… But, I know how we live with our fellow Tamils, it is you who need to learn from those tamil brothers of ours on how you could live with the other Sri Lankans – if not you will never be able to live with any body and the day that extends to your own family, you are in deep SH#$.

  260. Puligal Says:
    June 2nd, 2010 at 4:27 am

    I can't write on behalf of others and our thoughts could differ from each other, but,

    Do you mean that displaying your barbaric nature and talking impolitely with Tamils -will win them over ?

    Whom are you trying to win over by displaying your inability to live in peace with other communities ?? Whom are you trying to win over by supporting LTTE who killed thousands of tamils ?? Are you trying to Win the Tamils over by killing them or supporting a group that kill them ??

    The Tamils can’t be kept in captivity or servitude or bondage all the time.

    Is Karuna, Pillayan, Mano Ganeshan, Douglas devanandan in captivity ???
    Was Lakshman K killed in captivity ???
    Who says that Tamils are kept captive ??? Your mentally challenged LTTE did keep many Tamils who did not support them in captive, but not anyone else !!

    They should be paid ways to overcome their difficulties and to stop writhing with pain.

    If at all the few who are in pain and difficulty in the north due to brutal terrorism, you yourself can start helping them out than write checks to more terrorist groups – Why not help the de-mining effort ?? Why not send some cash for them to buy some new stuff to their newly built house ???

    The cardinal idea that should be inculcated in your mind is that the number of refugees is not vital.
    Indeed, that's why they are being taken out from that misery ASAP. We all agree that 30 years of destruction cannot be put right over night. That's where people use their brains to see how the "Effort" behind such reconciliation is made..

    If you tell that they can count on the GOSL to be settled down in their past houses reestablishing their rights instead of continuing to struggle with in the barbed wire, it should be praise worthy.

    Why not you see what is happening than jumping in to conclusions – Hillary Clinton is happy with what the GOSL is doing – Why not you see it your self ??

    Everyone who starts thinking like a human will be treated human. Rest, we will have to put under Animal rights – not bad as there is so much done to protect them these days !!

  261. Remorse

    Rada is a 41 years old labourer from Killinochchi. He was married with four children. In 1990, to escape from the terrible war they had sought refuge in India . When there was relative improvement in the 26

    situation in 1996, they had returned. He was a heart patient taking treatment but was able to educate his children. They were living happily when the war broke out again. Shells started falling and exploding in their area. To safeguard his children they moved to several places with some their belongings. Their life was spent mainly in bunkers. The noise of artillery shells, firearms and bombs terrorized ordinary civilians. People ran helter-skelter seeking safety. On that 4.2.2009 when his wife (3y years) and son (7 years) had just come out of the bunker, when they were badly injured by a shell attack and lay in a pool of blood. Son died there. In the hope of at least saving the life of his wife, they took her to hospital. As the treatment was not successful, she left this world the next morning. When Rada learned of this he did not know what to do, he became benumbed. In the midst of heavy shelling they could not carry out the burial of his wife and son properly. Returning to their shelter with his remaining three children, Rada could not control his mind. He found all his belongings had been destroyed. In this terrible state, on an impulse he tried to consume poison and also give to his children. The children cried loudly. His 16 year old son thwarted the suicidal attempt. Then Rada decided to save the lives of at least his remaining children, joined a crowd of escaping refugees on 7.2.2009 and reached Vavuniya. They are now at the Gamini school camp. Having lost two lives to the horrible war, those thoughts came recurring daily to Rada. He was found to have lack of appetite, sleep, crying without realizing it, unable to socialize with others, suicidal ideation, not knowing what to do next, headache, numbing of the head, worry about the future of his three children and a deep depression. He felt remorse about not doing the funeral rites of his wife and son.

  262. Impeccable Jim Gona

    You and your people are not trustworthy and always go back on your words and just inflate the problems although the innocent Tamils still string along with myriad of hopes to lead a placid life out here with dignity.

    You must stop touching upon the topic.

    Otherwise you must be trying to toy with our feelings.

    You must first pluck up your courage to admit your faults of repudiating Tamil rights purely to pull through this ordeal and emerge with an accurate and practicable solution.

    In pith and marrow, there is no point going on like this.

    The juxtaposition of both of your options clearly reveals that both of them are nearly same.

    If the first solution becomes unsuccessful, Tamils will have no other options than choosing the second.

    I think I have ladled out the words of wisdom representing the whole Tamils.

  263. Rohan de Alfonso Shoba – Answer to your Question Again !!

    Rohan Says:
    June 1st, 2010 at 11:40 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??

    Because everyone know that what you mentally challenged Ape posted here is untrue !!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 – the best example to say that you are lying is that the Security counsel indeed met and voted 29 in favour of SL and 12 against with 6 abstaining. – So either you don’t have your fact right or you are lying through your rear end !!!

    If there was a remote truth in it, there would be even people in SL who would try an investigate.

    Wonder why still ?? Go have a Banana like a good boy and get your English neighbor to explain it to you…

  264. Impeccable Jim Gona

    I denunciate your meaningless views.

    None other than The Devil could have these puerile remarks.

    Your intention is to cause a rift or cleft.

    You must stop throwing your silly tantrums.

    You have the knack of cajoling people into what you want to do.

    But the answer is quite lucid and clear.

    But, the Tamil problem must be approached systematically and discreetfully.

    If the inalienable rights of the Tamils are respected and protected, thus the accusation of denying equal rights for minority will be turned down.

    If not, a separate nation will be demanded in order to ensure the establishment of their rights.

    It will be the ultimate solution too.

  265. Vanakkam Dear Prof. Puligal,

    Why so silent? Have you nothing to say about the The torch carrying young ambassadors of the TGTE and their forefathers who enabled the murders of countless thousands of Sri Lankan children?

    Lots of ‘denounciations’ from you, but never any counter-arguments. How very typical of the pro-LTTE supporters.

    Rohan, to add to what Jim Gona’s said: everybody agrees that the Israel/Palestine problem will be solved with a two-state solution. No-one however will support a two-state solution in Sri Lanka. i.e. No ‘Tamil homolands’.

    Also look how the Sri Lanka Navy dealt with that LTTE ship, VM Wanga Machan. It was stopped and diverted to India. No Eelamists were hurt and the aid, eventually got to the IDPs.

  266. Eelam delenda est

    Ayubovan EDE

    Do you mean that displaying your barbaric nature and talking impolitely with Tamils -will win them over ?

    The Tamils can’t be kept in captivity or servitude or bondage all the time.

    They should be paid ways to overcome their difficulties and to stop writhing with pain.

    The cardinal idea that should be inculcated in your mind is that the number of refugees is not vital.

    Figuring out the exact amount of refugees can’t spell out things more explicitly.

    If you tell that they can count on the GOSL to be settled down in their past houses reestablishing their rights instead of continuing to struggle with in the barbed wire, it should be praise worthy.

    You must therefore create it as your aptitude to treat every human being whatever religion they belong to, in the equal manner.

  267. Ayubowan Mico Puli !!!!!

    Puligal Says:
    June 2nd, 2010 at 2:37 am

    Thanks for the post !!

    I “denunciate” your meaningless views.

    I should denounce every word you say if that is the case – No one would find falut with me for doing so to a Terrorist group !!

    I am trying to get in to some kind of decent discussion, but, then again, you guys don’t seem to want to discuss, but post rubbish !!

    None other than The Devil could have these puerile remarks. Your intention is to cause a rift or cleft. You must stop throwing your silly tantrums. You have the knack of cajoling people into what you want to do.

    Not exactly !!! This again goes to show your incapability to read and understand what anyone is trying to say.

    1. You don’t seem to understand what AI is trying to say as you guys keep posting off topic
    2. You don’t seem to understand what we say, as we hardly get answers to our question or again get thrown back with Rubbish as Racists or Delis etc… I mean, give the reason as to why we are racists ?? Give us proof of any racist comments we have made… We give many examples of you being resists and terrorists – so why can’t you ?????

    I agree that my remarks would be hard on you. But, that is the intention. What do you expect me to do when you are trying to take away the much anticipated peace that the whole country was longing for ?????

    But, the Tamil problem must be approached systematically and discreetfully.

    IF there is such problem, it is definitely being handled by the relevant people at their levels. War is not the answer nor a separate state with ulterior motives is not the answer.. What you and I can do is to get together and ensure that they do it and build harmony where ever it is disrupted – not try to cut throats which you are doing…. (You see my initial posts where I have pleaded enough and more for you guys to denounce Terrorism and be a part of this peaceful community)

    We see Sri Lankans of all ethnic groups living quite happily over here – so this “Problem” you are talking of does not exist as far as we are concerned… It is a made up problem by LTTE. LTTE = Terrorists. I have no regard for them !!

    If the inalienable rights of the Tamils are respected and protected, thus the accusation of denying equal rights for minority will be turned down.

    All Sri Lankans share the same rights all over. There is no discrimination for any party as you try to show. May be you are misinformed, but there is nothing like that here. You tell that you have an issue going to a police station, trust me we have worse problem going to a cop shed where you feel like smashing the fellows teeth !!

    So your claim is utter rubbish and not valid.

    If not, a separate nation will be demanded in order to ensure the establishment of their rights.

    Keep dreaming bro !!!!

    It will never come for false claims !!! If there actually is such discrimination, I will join you too… But, I know how we live with our fellow Tamils, it is you who need to learn from those tamil brothers of ours on how you could live with the other Sri Lankans – if not you will never be able to live with any body and the day that extends to your own family, you are in deep SH#$.

  268. Puligal Says:
    June 2nd, 2010 at 4:27 am

    I can’t write on behalf of others and our thoughts could differ from each other, but,

    Do you mean that displaying your barbaric nature and talking impolitely with Tamils -will win them over ?

    Whom are you trying to win over by displaying your inability to live in peace with other communities ?? Whom are you trying to win over by supporting LTTE who killed thousands of tamils ?? Are you trying to Win the Tamils over by killing them or supporting a group that kill them ??

    The Tamils can’t be kept in captivity or servitude or bondage all the time.

    Is Karuna, Pillayan, Mano Ganeshan, Douglas devanandan in captivity ???
    Was Lakshman K killed in captivity ???
    Who says that Tamils are kept captive ??? Your mentally challenged LTTE did keep many Tamils who did not support them in captive, but not anyone else !!

    They should be paid ways to overcome their difficulties and to stop writhing with pain.

    If at all the few who are in pain and difficulty in the north due to brutal terrorism, you yourself can start helping them out than write checks to more terrorist groups – Why not help the de-mining effort ?? Why not send some cash for them to buy some new stuff to their newly built house ???

    The cardinal idea that should be inculcated in your mind is that the number of refugees is not vital.
    Indeed, that’s why they are being taken out from that misery ASAP. We all agree that 30 years of destruction cannot be put right over night. That’s where people use their brains to see how the “Effort” behind such reconciliation is made..

    If you tell that they can count on the GOSL to be settled down in their past houses reestablishing their rights instead of continuing to struggle with in the barbed wire, it should be praise worthy.

    Why not you see what is happening than jumping in to conclusions – Hillary Clinton is happy with what the GOSL is doing – Why not you see it your self ??

    Everyone who starts thinking like a human will be treated human. Rest, we will have to put under Animal rights – not bad as there is so much done to protect them these days !!

  269. 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.

  270. Dear Prof Puligal,

    I see no sign of any willingness by the pro-LTTE diaspora to recognise the following self-evident truths:

    – The LTTE has been completely militarily eradicated.

    – The military solution is simply not viable in SL. i.e. creating Eelam by force of arms against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of Lankans.

    Of course, the post-War SL govt re-settlement & reconciliation process has been very imperfect, with many injustices remaining unaddressed, slow pace of settlement etc..

    Instead of engaging with the SL govt, the pro-LTTE diaspora behave as if they are still in the driving seat to influence political change in SL and in a position to dictate terms to the SL govt. Their absurd and counterproductive pursuit of various 'war crimes', 'genocide' and the rest of the drivel is clear proof of this fact.

    Remember what Rajapakse told Fatty Prabha, warning him not to start Eelam War IV? "gahuwoth gahanawa" (if-you-hit-me-I'll-hit-you). Fatty scoffed at Rajapakse's warning, resulting in the Eelam project's key architects all getting a one-way ticket to Eelam-in-the-Underworld.

    But I still don't exactly understand what you're talking about. Can you please explain without using flowery language?

  271. Impeccable Jim Gona

    You and your people are not trustworthy and always go back on your words and just inflate the problems although the innocent Tamils still string along with myriad of hopes to lead a placid life out here with dignity.

    You must stop touching upon the topic.

    Otherwise you must be trying to toy with our feelings.

    You must first pluck up your courage to admit your faults of repudiating Tamil rights purely to pull through this ordeal and emerge with an accurate and practicable solution.

    In pith and marrow, there is no point going on like this.

    The juxtaposition of both of your options clearly reveals that both of them are nearly same.

    If the first solution becomes unsuccessful, Tamils will have no other options than choosing the second.

    I think I have ladled out the words of wisdom representing the whole Tamils.

  272. 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.

  273. 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.

  274. Dear Prof Puligal,

    I see no sign of any willingness by the pro-LTTE diaspora to recognise the following self-evident truths:

    – The LTTE has been completely militarily eradicated.

    – The military solution is simply not viable in SL. i.e. creating Eelam by force of arms against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of Lankans.

    Of course, the post-War SL govt re-settlement & reconciliation process has been very imperfect, with many injustices remaining unaddressed, slow pace of settlement etc..

    Instead of engaging with the SL govt, the pro-LTTE diaspora behave as if they are still in the driving seat to influence political change in SL and in a position to dictate terms to the SL govt. Their absurd and counterproductive pursuit of various ‘war crimes’, ‘genocide’ and the rest of the drivel is clear proof of this fact.

    Remember what Rajapakse told Fatty Prabha, warning him not to start Eelam War IV? “gahuwoth gahanawa” (if-you-hit-me-I’ll-hit-you). Fatty scoffed at Rajapakse’s warning, resulting in the Eelam project’s key architects all getting a one-way ticket to Eelam-in-the-Underworld.

    But I still don’t exactly understand what you’re talking about. Can you please explain without using flowery language?

  275. 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.

  276. <More problems for the Trans-Global Eelam Rabble</b>

    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?

  277. 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/

  278. 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/

  279. 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/

  280. Puligal Says:
    June 2nd, 2010 at 6:38 am

    You and your people are not trustworthy and always go back on your words and just inflate the problems although the innocent Tamils still string along with myriad of hopes to lead a placid life out here with dignity.

    I don't see how you should know whether to trust me or not cause we don't know each other. I certainly cannot talk on behalf of others, but I see that your problem is trust.

    See, if we usually have a trust problem, what we do is go through a trustworthy channel, then Build the trust etc. I strongly suggest that you do the same – I mean this is a practice world over which you easily can follow.

    As for the GOSL, they are on a mission to build trust (as they say), so why not give it a try, after all, they are reaching out with the arms of trust and friendship – won't be a bad start to iron things out…..

    You must stop touching upon the topic. Will stop the day you guys & the hooligans of AI & HRW stop..

    Otherwise you must be trying to toy with our feelings.

    Not at all… Why should I ?

    You must first pluck up your courage to admit your faults of repudiating Tamil rights purely to pull through this ordeal and emerge with an accurate and practicable solution.

    I trust that when you mean "YOU" you meant the GOSL ??
    If so, I would proudly say that GOSL, under many leaderships including the current president Rajapakse has told sorry in many instances for some of the stuff that has happened before – as we all know the incident in 83' which we all condemn.

    Now, has the LTTE ever done this ?????? Even admitted a mistake they did ??? No !!! So what are you talking of here ???

    The accurate practical solutions were thrown since 87' with constitutional changes 'Palath Sabha" – Local Governments (is it?) etc. But what did the mentally sick LTTE do ???????? Didn't even start on anything… What happened to the Peace Accord with Ranil ??? They used it to bring down planes and Kill more Tamils as Lakshma K, Neelan T etc…

    So what are we talking of here ????? You (LTTE) don't even get involved in building the foundations… how do you expect to build the house of peace ???

    In pith and marrow, there is no point going on like this.

    Indeed, if you don't understand where we are coming from and what our intentions are, indeed it is useless… If you can see from above posts, I trust you can fathom out the Rubbish your guys have posted here – nothing related to topic, no discussion, no argument, but just cut and paste stuff.. And what do we do ?? Just write counter arguments…. Indeed no point !!! Most importantly, this site is useless actually, very little people visit this site and it attracts few traffic… But, still we do it for the love of our country and unity and peace of the country !!

    The juxtaposition of both of your options clearly reveals that both of them are nearly same.
    Obviously Noh ??? We stand for the same cause….

    If the first solution becomes unsuccessful, Tamils will have no other options than choosing the second.

    You should give a chance to any solution… You did not give the chance for the first, second, third or n th solution, so the final solution was Terrorist Piribaharan swimming in Nandikadal Lagoon in his Jangi !!!

    I think I have ladled out the words of wisdom representing the whole Tamils.

    As far as I am concerned, this is a discussion, and your content posted is pretty normal and nothing serious. It is normal stuff and I fail to identify the "Wisdom" part of it. I know how wise my fellow Tamils are, so, if you intend to keep using their good ethnicity, I expect you to come up with stronger points on how we could get together to develop the country where all of us could live in peace…

    Anyways, thanks so much for the post and sorry for calling you names before… I indeed enjoy discussing stuff like this than just throw stuff at pointless arguments… I hope the rest of the clan would also get in to conversations like you and not post rubbish..
    Thanks again !!

  281. Hello there Jim MD,

    It is interesting to see that in your post (June 2nd, 2010 at 8:35 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 !!!!

  282. EDE,

    I don't quite agree with your post
    Of course, the post-War SL govt re-settlement & reconciliation process has been very imperfect, with many injustices remaining unaddressed, slow pace of settlement etc.

    I think the GOSL is doing the best possible. They do not have Aladdin's Magic lamp to do it over night. It is actually going at a great pace compared to some of the other projects we see dragging in the south. I mean, check the Colombo – Matara Highway, more than 5 years. But within a year, they did the road from Anuradhpura to Jaffa – which is twice the distance… I am overwhelmed with what has happened in the East – I wen to Bati recently, and, trust me, the roads are far better than what we drive in Colombo on…

    See, we know that we cannot compare our selves to some of the so called democracies in the world. We have our own way and pace of doing things (Which I agree is not right) – but what's happening with regard to this particular issue we are talking of is Amazingly fast & good by SL standards. – 🙂

  283. <More problems for the Trans-Global Eelam Rabble

    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?

  284. Puligal Says:
    June 2nd, 2010 at 6:38 am

    You and your people are not trustworthy and always go back on your words and just inflate the problems although the innocent Tamils still string along with myriad of hopes to lead a placid life out here with dignity.

    I don’t see how you should know whether to trust me or not cause we don’t know each other. I certainly cannot talk on behalf of others, but I see that your problem is trust.

    See, if we usually have a trust problem, what we do is go through a trustworthy channel, then Build the trust etc. I strongly suggest that you do the same – I mean this is a practice world over which you easily can follow.

    As for the GOSL, they are on a mission to build trust (as they say), so why not give it a try, after all, they are reaching out with the arms of trust and friendship – won’t be a bad start to iron things out…..

    You must stop touching upon the topic. Will stop the day you guys & the hooligans of AI & HRW stop..

    Otherwise you must be trying to toy with our feelings.

    Not at all… Why should I ?

    You must first pluck up your courage to admit your faults of repudiating Tamil rights purely to pull through this ordeal and emerge with an accurate and practicable solution.

    I trust that when you mean “YOU” you meant the GOSL ??
    If so, I would proudly say that GOSL, under many leaderships including the current president Rajapakse has told sorry in many instances for some of the stuff that has happened before – as we all know the incident in 83′ which we all condemn.

    Now, has the LTTE ever done this ?????? Even admitted a mistake they did ??? No !!! So what are you talking of here ???

    The accurate practical solutions were thrown since 87′ with constitutional changes ‘Palath Sabha” – Local Governments (is it?) etc. But what did the mentally sick LTTE do ???????? Didn’t even start on anything… What happened to the Peace Accord with Ranil ??? They used it to bring down planes and Kill more Tamils as Lakshma K, Neelan T etc…

    So what are we talking of here ????? You (LTTE) don’t even get involved in building the foundations… how do you expect to build the house of peace ???

    In pith and marrow, there is no point going on like this.

    Indeed, if you don’t understand where we are coming from and what our intentions are, indeed it is useless… If you can see from above posts, I trust you can fathom out the Rubbish your guys have posted here – nothing related to topic, no discussion, no argument, but just cut and paste stuff.. And what do we do ?? Just write counter arguments…. Indeed no point !!! Most importantly, this site is useless actually, very little people visit this site and it attracts few traffic… But, still we do it for the love of our country and unity and peace of the country !!

    The juxtaposition of both of your options clearly reveals that both of them are nearly same.
    Obviously Noh ??? We stand for the same cause….

    If the first solution becomes unsuccessful, Tamils will have no other options than choosing the second.

    You should give a chance to any solution… You did not give the chance for the first, second, third or n th solution, so the final solution was Terrorist Piribaharan swimming in Nandikadal Lagoon in his Jangi !!!

    I think I have ladled out the words of wisdom representing the whole Tamils.

    As far as I am concerned, this is a discussion, and your content posted is pretty normal and nothing serious. It is normal stuff and I fail to identify the “Wisdom” part of it. I know how wise my fellow Tamils are, so, if you intend to keep using their good ethnicity, I expect you to come up with stronger points on how we could get together to develop the country where all of us could live in peace…

    Anyways, thanks so much for the post and sorry for calling you names before… I indeed enjoy discussing stuff like this than just throw stuff at pointless arguments… I hope the rest of the clan would also get in to conversations like you and not post rubbish..
    Thanks again !!

  285. Hello there Jim MD,

    It is interesting to see that in your post (June 2nd, 2010 at 8:35 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 !!!!

  286. EDE,

    I don’t quite agree with your post
    Of course, the post-War SL govt re-settlement & reconciliation process has been very imperfect, with many injustices remaining unaddressed, slow pace of settlement etc.

    I think the GOSL is doing the best possible. They do not have Aladdin’s Magic lamp to do it over night. It is actually going at a great pace compared to some of the other projects we see dragging in the south. I mean, check the Colombo – Matara Highway, more than 5 years. But within a year, they did the road from Anuradhpura to Jaffa – which is twice the distance… I am overwhelmed with what has happened in the East – I wen to Bati recently, and, trust me, the roads are far better than what we drive in Colombo on…

    See, we know that we cannot compare our selves to some of the so called democracies in the world. We have our own way and pace of doing things (Which I agree is not right) – but what’s happening with regard to this particular issue we are talking of is Amazingly fast & good by SL standards. – 🙂

  287. Dear Jim Gona,

    You highlight something that's completely ignored by our HR masters on their nice fat salaries. That SL is doing all of this despite being a very poor country with a huge budget deficit and having had its growth curtailed by decades of LTTE terrorism.

    We should commend countries like Japan, China, India, Iran giving massive financial help for the IDPs including de-mining machines etc. Hell, even the UK is grudgingly giving some assistance.

    There's this bizarre expectation that SL should achieve a Swiss-like standard of living, overnight within a year of the war being won.

    The most ironic aspect in all of this is the actions of the pro-LTTE diaspora simply delay the necessary reconciliation and re-building. But they never returned to live in their Peelam when it existed, so they're simply using the suffering of the IDPs to use against the SL govt.

    By 'injustices' I mean the political thing, on which the SL govt is vulnerable simply because whatever efforts are being made, aren't being clearly showcased.

  288. EDE

    The Sinhalese are experienced in acting as backbiters.

    That deceiving nature helps them to retain in power and progress by and by.

    They can glide between others furtively to obtain their goals.

    This deceiving kind should be deceived kindlessly.

  289. Hey there EDE,

    Indeed !!

    As much as there are HR organization ready to bite a leg when they are let off the chains, this is where I wonder whether there are any decent HR organizations who would actually commend a good job done for HR by any party ??????

    This probably is the difference between a government, UN and a HR organization. You cannot give brains to those who live by a book – they have tunnel vision and do not look beyond a situation and try to understand or reason out the situation. A government that experiences it surely understands. hence, the support from the governments of USA & UK + the others who have always been with us. Specially India and recently China and Russia !!

    I will be honest with you, I am utterly amused and glad about the development happening in the area – OK, I curse at time when my vehicle is driven over pot holes in Colombo streets, but, I know that it is being held back because there are much needed areas elsewhere than Colombo – I know that many others think that way too… Anyways, Sad to know that some are so blind to appreciate such facts and also sad that some will never get to see that !!!

  290. Puli Puli Puli !!!!!!!!!!

    You are changing colours again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁

    I see one right post from you and think that we could actually start a decent conversation, and see what you go and post 🙁 !!!

    The Sinhalese are experienced in acting as backbiters.That deceiving nature helps them to retain in power and progress by and by. They can glide between others furtively to obtain their goals.This deceiving kind should be deceived kindlessly.

    Very stupid post – Takes you back to the Neanderthal age 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Dude, where would the trust start ?? I had a long post about trust not few days ago explaining all about trust !!

    If at all someone should be mistrusted, it is you and the clan noh ??? The GOSL and the Sri Lankans trusted that the LTTE matter could be sorted by talking on several occasions and agreed for cease fires and had many discussions. But, what happened ? During that time, they re-grouped, re-armed and killed many people including a load of Tamils. So, you tell me why you guys should be trusted for a change ?????????

  291. Dear Jim Gona,

    You highlight something that’s completely ignored by our HR masters on their nice fat salaries. That SL is doing all of this despite being a very poor country with a huge budget deficit and having had its growth curtailed by decades of LTTE terrorism.

    We should commend countries like Japan, China, India, Iran giving massive financial help for the IDPs including de-mining machines etc. Hell, even the UK is grudgingly giving some assistance.

    There’s this bizarre expectation that SL should achieve a Swiss-like standard of living, overnight within a year of the war being won.

    The most ironic aspect in all of this is the actions of the pro-LTTE diaspora simply delay the necessary reconciliation and re-building. But they never returned to live in their Peelam when it existed, so they’re simply using the suffering of the IDPs to use against the SL govt.

    By ‘injustices’ I mean the political thing, on which the SL govt is vulnerable simply because whatever efforts are being made, aren’t being clearly showcased.

  292. EDE

    The Sinhalese are experienced in acting as backbiters.

    That deceiving nature helps them to retain in power and progress by and by.

    They can glide between others furtively to obtain their goals.

    This deceiving kind should be deceived kindlessly.

  293. 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 Al Jazeera 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.

  294. Hey there EDE,

    Indeed !!

    As much as there are HR organization ready to bite a leg when they are let off the chains, this is where I wonder whether there are any decent HR organizations who would actually commend a good job done for HR by any party ??????

    This probably is the difference between a government, UN and a HR organization. You cannot give brains to those who live by a book – they have tunnel vision and do not look beyond a situation and try to understand or reason out the situation. A government that experiences it surely understands. hence, the support from the governments of USA & UK + the others who have always been with us. Specially India and recently China and Russia !!

    I will be honest with you, I am utterly amused and glad about the development happening in the area – OK, I curse at time when my vehicle is driven over pot holes in Colombo streets, but, I know that it is being held back because there are much needed areas elsewhere than Colombo – I know that many others think that way too… Anyways, Sad to know that some are so blind to appreciate such facts and also sad that some will never get to see that !!!

  295. Puli Puli Puli !!!!!!!!!!

    You are changing colours again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁

    I see one right post from you and think that we could actually start a decent conversation, and see what you go and post 🙁 !!!

    The Sinhalese are experienced in acting as backbiters.That deceiving nature helps them to retain in power and progress by and by. They can glide between others furtively to obtain their goals.This deceiving kind should be deceived kindlessly.

    Very stupid post – Takes you back to the Neanderthal age 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Dude, where would the trust start ?? I had a long post about trust not few days ago explaining all about trust !!

    If at all someone should be mistrusted, it is you and the clan noh ??? The GOSL and the Sri Lankans trusted that the LTTE matter could be sorted by talking on several occasions and agreed for cease fires and had many discussions. But, what happened ? During that time, they re-grouped, re-armed and killed many people including a load of Tamils. So, you tell me why you guys should be trusted for a change ?????????

  296. 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 Al Jazeera 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.

  297. More Global Injustice from Pres. Obama's government!

    Our old friend, Prof Philip Alston doesn't like the CIA assassinating suspected Al-Quaeda leaders (away from the 'battlefield') via unmanned drone strikes.

    "Thus, rather than using drone strikes, US forces should, wherever and whenever possible, conduct arrests or use less-than-lethal force to restrain." http://tinyurl.com/332wo8g

    Yup, I can really see that happening in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan and Yemen.

    Hundreds of innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in these CIA-controlled drone strikes.

    We demand an immediate UN investigation, fully supported by AI, HRW and the rest into this terrible breach of International Law and senior Al-Quaeda leaders' right to go about their business planning attacks on Western & allied civilian and military targets.

    Oh. Wait a minute. The US isn't party to the ICC so cannot be prosecuted. But the UK is and they also use drone strikes.

    Come on Amnesty, justify your high operating costs in London and launch a legal action against the UK Armed Forces operating in Afghanistan (under US command) for these injudicious drone strikes.

    If you don't, people may suspect that you simply don't have the courage to take on Western countries' HR abuses and instead concentrate on the easier-to-bully, poorer countries like SL.

    There's nothing so morally uplifting as having our wise teachers (the Western governments and their HR agencies) providing stern examples of "Global Justice" to encourage us to emulate their selfless behaviour.

  298. More Global Injustice from Pres. Obama's government!

    Our old friend, Prof Philip Alston doesn't like the CIA assassinating suspected Al-Quaeda leaders (away from the 'battlefield') via unmanned drone strikes.

    "Thus, rather than using drone strikes, US forces should, wherever and whenever possible, conduct arrests or use less-than-lethal force to restrain." http://tinyurl.com/332wo8g

    Yup, I can really see that happening in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan and Yemen.

    Hundreds of innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in these CIA-controlled drone strikes.

    We demand an immediate UN investigation, fully supported by AI, HRW and the rest into this terrible breach of International Law and senior Al-Quaeda leaders' right to go about their business planning attacks on Western & allied civilian and military targets.

    Oh. Wait a minute. The US isn't party to the ICC so cannot be prosecuted. But the UK is and they also use drone strikes.

    Come on Amnesty, justify your high operating costs in London and launch a legal action against the UK Armed Forces operating in Afghanistan (under US command) for these injudicious drone strikes.

    If you don't, people may suspect that you simply don't have the courage to take on Western countries' HR abuses and instead concentrate on the easier-to-bully, poorer countries like SL.

    There's nothing so morally uplifting as having our wise teachers (the Western governments and their HR agencies) providing stern examples of "Global Justice" to encourage us to emulate their selfless behaviour.

  299. More Global Injustice from Pres. Obama's government!

    Our old friend, Prof Philip Alston doesn't like the CIA assassinating suspected Al-Quaeda leaders (away from the 'battlefield') via unmanned drone strikes.

    "Thus, rather than using drone strikes, US forces should, wherever and whenever possible, conduct arrests or use less-than-lethal force to restrain." http://tinyurl.com/332wo8g

    Yup, I can really see that happening in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan and Yemen.

    Hundreds of innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in these CIA-controlled drone strikes.

    We demand an immediate UN investigation, fully supported by AI, HRW and the rest into this terrible breach of International Law and senior Al-Quaeda leaders' right to go about their business planning attacks on Western & allied civilian and military targets.

    Oh. Wait a minute. The US isn't party to the ICC so cannot be prosecuted. But the UK is and they also use drone strikes.

    Come on Amnesty, justify your high operating costs in London and launch a legal action against the UK Armed Forces operating in Afghanistan (under US command) for these injudicious drone strikes.

    If you don't, people may suspect that you simply don't have the courage to take on Western countries' HR abuses and instead concentrate on the easier-to-bully, poorer countries like SL.

    There's nothing so morally uplifting as having our wise teachers (the Western governments and their HR agencies) providing stern examples of "Global Justice" to encourage us to emulate their selfless behaviour.

  300. ‘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.

  301. 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

  302. ‘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.

  303. ‘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.

  304. More Global Injustice from Pres. Obama’s government!

    Our old friend, Prof Philip Alston doesn’t like the CIA assassinating suspected Al-Quaeda leaders (away from the ‘battlefield’) via unmanned drone strikes.

    “Thus, rather than using drone strikes, US forces should, wherever and whenever possible, conduct arrests or use less-than-lethal force to restrain.” http://tinyurl.com/332wo8g

    Yup, I can really see that happening in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan and Yemen.

    Hundreds of innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in these CIA-controlled drone strikes.

    We demand an immediate UN investigation, fully supported by AI, HRW and the rest into this terrible breach of International Law and senior Al-Quaeda leaders’ right to go about their business planning attacks on Western & allied civilian and military targets.

    Oh. Wait a minute. The US isn’t party to the ICC so cannot be prosecuted. But the UK is and they also use drone strikes.

    Come on Amnesty, justify your high operating costs in London and launch a legal action against the UK Armed Forces operating in Afghanistan (under US command) for these injudicious drone strikes.

    If you don’t, people may suspect that you simply don’t have the courage to take on Western countries’ HR abuses and instead concentrate on the easier-to-bully, poorer countries like SL.

    There’s nothing so morally uplifting as having our wise teachers (the Western governments and their HR agencies) providing stern examples of “Global Justice” to encourage us to emulate their selfless behaviour.

  305. 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

  306. 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

  307. EDE,

    You know what I feel ?? I think it is only 2 Mentally challenged LTTE guys who are posting here… This guy Rohan comes with several handles (Shoba, Hari, etc) and pastes stuff from other web sites and then the Puligal guy get's someone else to write rubbish on behalf of him and post here.

    See, the reason is that All Rohan and his Poser handles posts are kind of in line and Puligal's writing style and replyins do not have any connection to any posts or anything he says before – utterly confused in nature. Reminds me of the cartoon character wired scientist – LOL !!!

    Take for example the post of Rajapakse completing 4 years from Hari and Army commander instated as GA of Vavuniya – you will see what I mean…
    If I ask what happened to the singhalees who were there in Vavuni before Apes of LTTE chased them out, he will never reply – They are more or less like rusted robots of 1950's. No Brains, but programmed to do stuff like carrying shit buckets. – LOL

    If the AI guys do an IP check, possibly they would be able to track all IP's to one location. However, I don't trust the AI system my self as you can experience from the Thumbs Up and Down system. Change in location of login to the net, you can vote even 100 times. No wonder these 2 Terrorists are repeat voting !!!

  308. ‘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.

  309. 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

  310. EDE,

    You know what I feel ?? I think it is only 2 Mentally challenged LTTE guys who are posting here… This guy Rohan comes with several handles (Shoba, Hari, etc) and pastes stuff from other web sites and then the Puligal guy get’s someone else to write rubbish on behalf of him and post here.

    See, the reason is that All Rohan and his Poser handles posts are kind of in line and Puligal’s writing style and replyins do not have any connection to any posts or anything he says before – utterly confused in nature. Reminds me of the cartoon character wired scientist – LOL !!!

    Take for example the post of Rajapakse completing 4 years from Hari and Army commander instated as GA of Vavuniya – you will see what I mean…
    If I ask what happened to the singhalees who were there in Vavuni before Apes of LTTE chased them out, he will never reply – They are more or less like rusted robots of 1950’s. No Brains, but programmed to do stuff like carrying shit buckets. – LOL

    If the AI guys do an IP check, possibly they would be able to track all IP’s to one location. However, I don’t trust the AI system my self as you can experience from the Thumbs Up and Down system. Change in location of login to the net, you can vote even 100 times. No wonder these 2 Terrorists are repeat voting !!!

  311. 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

  312. 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.

    Alston wants foreign probe http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-als

  313. 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

  314. 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

  315. 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.

    Alston wants foreign probe http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-als

  316. 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.

    Alston wants foreign probe http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-als

  317. Murugan,

    Thanks for that hilarious and bonkers piece on Eelam. Since Eelam now only exists in your mind, it can be as large as you like. Why restrict it to a postage stamp size?

    The rest is the usual whiny list of Eelamish grievances. I'm very re-assured that you and the rest of the Eelam crowd still refuse to engage in any serious self-examination and self-criticism as to why the LTTE failed so miserably to attain Eelam and condemned all of SL to live in terror and misery for so long.

    Let me help you (so don't say I don't think of you guys) on making a start. Read this brilliant piece by Dr Dayan (Hammer of the LTTE) Jayatilleka.
    http://tinyurl.com/38e3ns9

    "In hard science when an experiment repeatedly fails and finally blows up the lab with it, the very assumptions which form the basis of the experiment are reassessed and often abandoned. The empirically evident track record of Tamil nationalist politics in Sri Lanka is that of repeated failure capped by defeat."

    Actually, perhaps its better if you keep blaming everyone (the nasty Moda Chingalams, India, Pakistani pilots, UNHRC, US, UK etc) but your own selves.

    If you're feeling nostalgic, have a look here at the now-defunct 'Eelam Court System'.
    http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7

    Ahhhh.. the good old days for you, no? 🙂

  318. Sinhalese Greed

    There is a saying in Tamil about "A dog and the haystack". It is about a dog that preventing a calf from eating from a haystack yet hay is not a diet for this dog. Likewise the Sinhalese went to great length to prevent from Tamil's having their rights restored in their own homeland. It clearly gives a snap shot into the inner workings of their demented mind.

    The Eelam is probably one of the smallest of all nations of the world and it is a historic homeland of the Tamils. Although many historical proof exists concerning Tamils being the first inhabitants of Ceylon, the Tamils only wanted a free Tamil homeland that is a size of a postage stamp in all of Ceylon.

    Contrary to what the Tamils call as their homeland, the Sinhalese occupy one of the most fertile portion of Ceylon. Yet they could not control their GREED and executed one of the worst kind of genocide against the Tamils who only wanted their rights restored in their homeland.

    The Tamils resorted to armed struggle only after when all kinds of peaceful political protest against the majority failed over a period 40 years. The Sinhalese were unwilling for a negotiated settlement that would have saved over 200,000 Tamil lives and about 20,000 Sinhalese lives. Instead they waged a war with borrowed money and lethal weapons that cost over 40,000 innocent Tamils, They herded away the remnant into concentration camps. After all these carnage, what these Sinhalese is beyond our capability to understand how human beings could be so evil. They went to great length hide their evidence of crime against humanity (It is reported in a Tamil weekly magazine recently that China has provided a sophisticated equipment to burn the corpses so, majority of the dead could be burned without a trace. It explains why the Sinhalese general public gives approval for not letting the the Tamil survivors back to their villages. The government is letting the Sinhala criminals to occupy tamil land even at the cost of ecological disaster to some areas closer to Mullaitivu yet the Tamils are barred. From Jaffna to Pulmodai the Sinhalese are extracting minerals to limestone under the protection from Sinhala army and the world has no word to explain the greed of the Sinhalese.

    The Sinhalese have Buddhist temples virtually everywhere you see a Bo tree in the South (The attendance rate in these temples are at all time low) Yet they want to build Buddist temple evevry where you see an army camp in North and East (Buddha needs protection from LTTE).

  319. Murugan,

    Thanks for that hilarious and bonkers piece on Eelam. Since Eelam now only exists in your mind, it can be as large as you like. Why restrict it to a postage stamp size?

    The rest is the usual whiny list of Eelamish grievances. I'm very re-assured that you and the rest of the Eelam crowd still refuse to engage in any serious self-examination and self-criticism as to why the LTTE failed so miserably to attain Eelam and condemned all of SL to live in terror and misery for so long.

    Let me help you (so don't say I don't think of you guys) on making a start. Read this brilliant piece by Dr Dayan (Hammer of the LTTE) Jayatilleka.
    http://tinyurl.com/38e3ns9

    "In hard science when an experiment repeatedly fails and finally blows up the lab with it, the very assumptions which form the basis of the experiment are reassessed and often abandoned. The empirically evident track record of Tamil nationalist politics in Sri Lanka is that of repeated failure capped by defeat."

    Actually, perhaps its better if you keep blaming everyone (the nasty Moda Chingalams, India, Pakistani pilots, UNHRC, US, UK etc) but your own selves.

    If you're feeling nostalgic, have a look here at the now-defunct 'Eelam Court System'.
    http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7

    Ahhhh.. the good old days for you, no? 🙂

  320. Murugan,

    Thanks for that hilarious and bonkers piece on Eelam. Since Eelam now only exists in your mind, it can be as large as you like. Why restrict it to a postage stamp size?

    The rest is the usual whiny list of Eelamish grievances. I'm very re-assured that you and the rest of the Eelam crowd still refuse to engage in any serious self-examination and self-criticism as to why the LTTE failed so miserably to attain Eelam and condemned all of SL to live in terror and misery for so long.

    Let me help you (so don't say I don't think of you guys) on making a start. Read this brilliant piece by Dr Dayan (Hammer of the LTTE) Jayatilleka.
    http://tinyurl.com/38e3ns9

    "In hard science when an experiment repeatedly fails and finally blows up the lab with it, the very assumptions which form the basis of the experiment are reassessed and often abandoned. The empirically evident track record of Tamil nationalist politics in Sri Lanka is that of repeated failure capped by defeat."

    Actually, perhaps its better if you keep blaming everyone (the nasty Moda Chingalams, India, Pakistani pilots, UNHRC, US, UK etc) but your own selves.

    If you're feeling nostalgic, have a look here at the now-defunct 'Eelam Court System'.
    http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7

    Ahhhh.. the good old days for you, no? 🙂

  321. To Eelam delenda est

    EDE, we both know the score and, in any case, you really shouldn't get so vexed by my comments here.

    Apart from the fact that it's not good for your blood pressure, if you can't bear the heat, why must you always place yourself so close to the oven?

  322. Murugan,

    I didn't realise that copy-pasting news items now counted as 'comment'. But, hey, times are tough and you need to get ammunition from wherever you can. I understand that.

    Judging by the noise and postings, I'd say the only people suffering from high blood pressure are the Eelamists. 🙂 There's simply no way to keep up with the Eelam News Service, so think of my efforts as a small counter-blast.

    On the 'keeping score' front, a neutral observer would have to say that the Eelamists comprehensively lost the series. A bit of a whitewash, no?

    I mean, I really hate to bring this up, but as you mentioned 'scores', I think its only fair to recall the final battle of encirclement at Aanandapuram. Hell, even SL MOD (defence.lk) were complimentary about the LTTE's performance.

    But as they say, there's nothing so tragic as dying for nothing. http://tinyurl.com/3ama3lj

    The diaspora of course did everything but the 'dying' bit…

  323. Murugan,

    I didn't realise that copy-pasting news items now counted as 'comment'. But, hey, times are tough and you need to get ammunition from wherever you can. I understand that.

    Judging by the noise and postings, I'd say the only people suffering from high blood pressure are the Eelamists. 🙂 There's simply no way to keep up with the Eelam News Service, so think of my efforts as a small counter-blast.

    On the 'keeping score' front, a neutral observer would have to say that the Eelamists comprehensively lost the series. A bit of a whitewash, no?

    I mean, I really hate to bring this up, but as you mentioned 'scores', I think its only fair to recall the final battle of encirclement at Aanandapuram. Hell, even SL MOD (defence.lk) were complimentary about the LTTE's performance.

    But as they say, there's nothing so tragic as dying for nothing. http://tinyurl.com/3ama3lj

    The diaspora of course did everything but the 'dying' bit…

  324. Murugan,

    I didn't realise that copy-pasting news items now counted as 'comment'. But, hey, times are tough and you need to get ammunition from wherever you can. I understand that.

    Judging by the noise and postings, I'd say the only people suffering from high blood pressure are the Eelamists. 🙂 There's simply no way to keep up with the Eelam News Service, so think of my efforts as a small counter-blast.

    On the 'keeping score' front, a neutral observer would have to say that the Eelamists comprehensively lost the series. A bit of a whitewash, no?

    I mean, I really hate to bring this up, but as you mentioned 'scores', I think its only fair to recall the final battle of encirclement at Aanandapuram. Hell, even SL MOD (defence.lk) were complimentary about the LTTE's performance.

    But as they say, there's nothing so tragic as dying for nothing. http://tinyurl.com/3ama3lj

    The diaspora of course did everything but the 'dying' bit…

  325. 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

  326. 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.

    Alston wants foreign probe
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/4134-alston-wants-independent-probe.html

  327. Sinhalese Greed

    There is a saying in Tamil about “A dog and the haystack”. It is about a dog that preventing a calf from eating from a haystack yet hay is not a diet for this dog. Likewise the Sinhalese went to great length to prevent from Tamil’s having their rights restored in their own homeland. It clearly gives a snap shot into the inner workings of their demented mind.

    The Eelam is probably one of the smallest of all nations of the world and it is a historic homeland of the Tamils. Although many historical proof exists concerning Tamils being the first inhabitants of Ceylon, the Tamils only wanted a free Tamil homeland that is a size of a postage stamp in all of Ceylon.

    Contrary to what the Tamils call as their homeland, the Sinhalese occupy one of the most fertile portion of Ceylon. Yet they could not control their GREED and executed one of the worst kind of genocide against the Tamils who only wanted their rights restored in their homeland.

    The Tamils resorted to armed struggle only after when all kinds of peaceful political protest against the majority failed over a period 40 years. The Sinhalese were unwilling for a negotiated settlement that would have saved over 200,000 Tamil lives and about 20,000 Sinhalese lives. Instead they waged a war with borrowed money and lethal weapons that cost over 40,000 innocent Tamils, They herded away the remnant into concentration camps. After all these carnage, what these Sinhalese is beyond our capability to understand how human beings could be so evil. They went to great length hide their evidence of crime against humanity (It is reported in a Tamil weekly magazine recently that China has provided a sophisticated equipment to burn the corpses so, majority of the dead could be burned without a trace. It explains why the Sinhalese general public gives approval for not letting the the Tamil survivors back to their villages. The government is letting the Sinhala criminals to occupy tamil land even at the cost of ecological disaster to some areas closer to Mullaitivu yet the Tamils are barred. From Jaffna to Pulmodai the Sinhalese are extracting minerals to limestone under the protection from Sinhala army and the world has no word to explain the greed of the Sinhalese.

    The Sinhalese have Buddhist temples virtually everywhere you see a Bo tree in the South (The attendance rate in these temples are at all time low) Yet they want to build Buddist temple evevry where you see an army camp in North and East (Buddha needs protection from LTTE).

  328. Murugan,

    Thanks for that hilarious and bonkers piece on Eelam. Since Eelam now only exists in your mind, it can be as large as you like. Why restrict it to a postage stamp size?

    The rest is the usual whiny list of Eelamish grievances. I’m very re-assured that you and the rest of the Eelam crowd still refuse to engage in any serious self-examination and self-criticism as to why the LTTE failed so miserably to attain Eelam and condemned all of SL to live in terror and misery for so long.

    Let me help you (so don’t say I don’t think of you guys) on making a start. Read this brilliant piece by Dr Dayan (Hammer of the LTTE) Jayatilleka.

    http://tinyurl.com/38e3ns9

    “In hard science when an experiment repeatedly fails and finally blows up the lab with it, the very assumptions which form the basis of the experiment are reassessed and often abandoned. The empirically evident track record of Tamil nationalist politics in Sri Lanka is that of repeated failure capped by defeat.”

    Actually, perhaps its better if you keep blaming everyone (the nasty Moda Chingalams, India, Pakistani pilots, UNHRC, US, UK etc) but your own selves.

    If you’re feeling nostalgic, have a look here at the now-defunct ‘Eelam Court System’.

    http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7865

    Ahhhh.. the good old days for you, no? 🙂

  329. To Eelam delenda est

    EDE, we both know the score and, in any case, you really shouldn’t get so vexed by my comments here.

    Apart from the fact that it’s not good for your blood pressure, if you can’t bear the heat, why must you always place yourself so close to the oven?

  330. Murugan,

    I didn’t realise that copy-pasting news items now counted as ‘comment’. But, hey, times are tough and you need to get ammunition from wherever you can. I understand that.

    Judging by the noise and postings, I’d say the only people suffering from high blood pressure are the Eelamists. 🙂 There’s simply no way to keep up with the Eelam News Service, so think of my efforts as a small counter-blast.

    On the ‘keeping score’ front, a neutral observer would have to say that the Eelamists comprehensively lost the series. A bit of a whitewash, no?

    I mean, I really hate to bring this up, but as you mentioned ‘scores’, I think its only fair to recall the final battle of encirclement at Aanandapuram. Hell, even SL MOD (defence.lk) were complimentary about the LTTE’s performance.

    But as they say, there’s nothing so tragic as dying for nothing. http://tinyurl.com/3ama3lj

    The diaspora of course did everything but the ‘dying’ bit…

  331. EDE

    I laughed up to my sleeves after seeing your comment.

    Don't lust to capture Justice even?

    You are an opportunist.

    You lick Rajapaksa masters' legs.

    May be why you are now trying to butter up Tamils is you have got the whole from your master.

  332. EDE

    I laughed up to my sleeves after seeing your comment.

    Don’t lust to capture Justice even?

    You are an opportunist.

    You lick Rajapaksa masters’ legs.

    May be why you are now trying to butter up Tamils is you have got the whole from your master.

  333. EDE – Bravo !!

    Excellent post !!!

    And for Dr. Dayan J – absolutely brilliant…

    I see that Puli is back in – I though he was gibberish about being careful when posting about what he posts -LOL !! and see what he has gone and done !!!!!!!!! – Post more laughing material for us – I guess Puligal is the Joker of court in the kingdom of Transsexual Eelam Government – LOL !!!

    I guess licking Rajapakse's legs ( i guess he meant feet) is better than getting the rear end pumped by mentally challenged Piribaharan – I mean, Puligal yet seems to enjoy the rear end pumping sessions – LOL !!!

    His underdeveloped brain has still failed to understand the Smashing Terrorists all over to buttering Tamils – no need to butter tamils – they are already on our side. Hooo Hooo …..

    * We are the champions my friends – We have won the battle in the end – We are the Champions, We are the champions, No time for loosers cause we are the champions………………… of the WORLD !!!!!*

    All you mentally under developed Terrorists of Eeelam !!!!!!!!!!

    Woooooo Hooooooo !!!!

  334. Jim Gona (JG)

    As an analyst, I made some intractable remarks about JG which are insightful and extremely perceptive.

    I know many racists such as JG who is most commonly known as a thief titters nervously and pretends to laugh the matter off in a bid to hide the defeat and his real agitation in some cases.

    He is finding ways to wake up the dacoits, hooligans, extortionate people, knaves, shoplifters, bullies and dealers to rake up the passion of driving the people out of the arena through backstair influence.

    The honest people who always go through channels such as me will be kept in bondage or servitude.

    It's cruel to take delight in others' misfortune.

  335. Puligal Says:
    June 5th, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    Pukeeeeeeeeeeee !!

    As an analyst, I made some intractable remarks about JG which are insightful and extremely perceptive.

    Do I see someone trying to boost his Ego by calling him self an analyst ??? I feel sorry for the company or organization you analyze for – I mean you really suck at it !!!! Oh – I forgot, you analyze for the Transsexual Government of Eelam ha ?? No wonder they knocked their rear end on the floor trying to get in to good books of UN and Legally elected governments – only to be "Disqualified" !!

    Why not try to use your brain to analyse on how to peel a banana ???

    I know many racists such as JG who is most commonly known as a thief titters nervously and pretends to laugh the matter off in a bid to hide the defeat and his real agitation in some cases.

    You Pathetic Moron – Give me a single example where I could be called a racist !!!!!!! Give me Proof – I can give you plenty of proof on you being a racist Ape !!

    People defeated usually don't laugh – like what I see in your posts – you sound down, desperate, pitiful and most importantly pathetic. All you apes sound like you are being dragged down a raging river and would hang on to even a broom stick if thrown at you !!! – Utterly Pathetic and full of lies and nonsense !!! Get a life man – It's over – live with it and try take it to your ape brains !! You at least are in the safe heavens of the west – start a new chapter in your pathetic lives – don't try to distract the innocent Tamil people in Sri Lanka who are finally happy !!

    He is finding ways to wake up the dacoits, hooligans, extortionate people, knaves, shoplifters, bullies and dealers to rake up the passion of driving the people out of the arena through backstair influence.

    You are describing all what you LTTE Apes did in the west – This is exactly what you did for the very people who gave you amnesty / asylum in those countries – Act like Hooligans, Shoplift and send the money to LTTE, Steel Credit cards, Money laundering, etc….

    You sound Old – May be your son (if you are not as Impotent as I feel and have one) should be able to explain all you have listed above (Shop Lifting, Credit card scandals, Hooliganism and clowning around (What U missed out)

    The honest people who always go through channels such as me will be kept in bondage or servitude.

    Channels as you ????? You need to channel a psychiatrist ASAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me on this !!!! All the Bondage I see you doing is inserting that unpeeled banana up your @$$ 🙂 !!!

    It’s cruel to take delight in others’ misfortune.

    Others misfortune ???? The only misfortune you have is an under developed brain to fathom out right from wrong – actually, there are a handful of you who are a curse to this world. Hope you die and rot in hell soon. This is for the sake of the whole world – We need to see a world free from Terrorists be it Piribaharan, Adela Balawedam, Bin Laden or Puligan !!

  336. EDE – Bravo !!

    Excellent post !!!

    And for Dr. Dayan J – absolutely brilliant…

    I see that Puli is back in – I though he was gibberish about being careful when posting about what he posts -LOL !! and see what he has gone and done !!!!!!!!! – Post more laughing material for us – I guess Puligal is the Joker of court in the kingdom of Transsexual Eelam Government – LOL !!!

    I guess licking Rajapakse’s legs ( i guess he meant feet) is better than getting the rear end pumped by mentally challenged Piribaharan – I mean, Puligal yet seems to enjoy the rear end pumping sessions – LOL !!!

    His underdeveloped brain has still failed to understand the Smashing Terrorists all over to buttering Tamils – no need to butter tamils – they are already on our side. Hooo Hooo …..

    * We are the champions my friends – We have won the battle in the end – We are the Champions, We are the champions, No time for loosers cause we are the champions………………… of the WORLD !!!!!*

    All you mentally under developed Terrorists of Eeelam !!!!!!!!!!

    Woooooo Hooooooo !!!!

  337. Jim Gona (JG)

    As an analyst, I made some intractable remarks about JG which are insightful and extremely perceptive.

    I know many racists such as JG who is most commonly known as a thief titters nervously and pretends to laugh the matter off in a bid to hide the defeat and his real agitation in some cases.

    He is finding ways to wake up the dacoits, hooligans, extortionate people, knaves, shoplifters, bullies and dealers to rake up the passion of driving the people out of the arena through backstair influence.

    The honest people who always go through channels such as me will be kept in bondage or servitude.

    It’s cruel to take delight in others’ misfortune.

  338. Puligal Says:
    June 5th, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    Pukeeeeeeeeeeee !!

    As an analyst, I made some intractable remarks about JG which are insightful and extremely perceptive.

    Do I see someone trying to boost his Ego by calling him self an analyst ??? I feel sorry for the company or organization you analyze for – I mean you really suck at it !!!! Oh – I forgot, you analyze for the Transsexual Government of Eelam ha ?? No wonder they knocked their rear end on the floor trying to get in to good books of UN and Legally elected governments – only to be “Disqualified” !!

    Why not try to use your brain to analyse on how to peel a banana ???

    I know many racists such as JG who is most commonly known as a thief titters nervously and pretends to laugh the matter off in a bid to hide the defeat and his real agitation in some cases.

    You Pathetic Moron – Give me a single example where I could be called a racist !!!!!!! Give me Proof – I can give you plenty of proof on you being a racist Ape !!

    People defeated usually don’t laugh – like what I see in your posts – you sound down, desperate, pitiful and most importantly pathetic. All you apes sound like you are being dragged down a raging river and would hang on to even a broom stick if thrown at you !!! – Utterly Pathetic and full of lies and nonsense !!! Get a life man – It’s over – live with it and try take it to your ape brains !! You at least are in the safe heavens of the west – start a new chapter in your pathetic lives – don’t try to distract the innocent Tamil people in Sri Lanka who are finally happy !!

    He is finding ways to wake up the dacoits, hooligans, extortionate people, knaves, shoplifters, bullies and dealers to rake up the passion of driving the people out of the arena through backstair influence.

    You are describing all what you LTTE Apes did in the west – This is exactly what you did for the very people who gave you amnesty / asylum in those countries – Act like Hooligans, Shoplift and send the money to LTTE, Steel Credit cards, Money laundering, etc….

    You sound Old – May be your son (if you are not as Impotent as I feel and have one) should be able to explain all you have listed above (Shop Lifting, Credit card scandals, Hooliganism and clowning around (What U missed out)

    The honest people who always go through channels such as me will be kept in bondage or servitude.

    Channels as you ????? You need to channel a psychiatrist ASAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me on this !!!! All the Bondage I see you doing is inserting that unpeeled banana up your @$$ 🙂 !!!

    It’s cruel to take delight in others’ misfortune.

    Others misfortune ???? The only misfortune you have is an under developed brain to fathom out right from wrong – actually, there are a handful of you who are a curse to this world. Hope you die and rot in hell soon. This is for the sake of the whole world – We need to see a world free from Terrorists be it Piribaharan, Adela Balawedam, Bin Laden or Puligan !!

  339. Moderators and AI !!!!!!!!!!

    Seriously what's the use of having a voting system (Thumbs up / down) system on this blog if people can repeat vote ??? Is it that you want to make it like American Idol ??? I mean, I go to a public hotspot, log in several times with different NAT IP's, I get to vote over and over – What's the use ??????? Do U still wish to continue with the voting system for the benefit of the LTTE as you usually do ?? I would prefer an answer for this !!

  340. Esteemed Prof. Puligal,

    Thanks for the weekend's laughs. 🙂 Your postings become more surreal and brilliant by the day. I don't for a moment believe that you're a pro-Eelamist, rather someone who likes to provoke to get a reaction! Long may you continue to befuddle and confuse the LTTE diaspora. 🙂 🙂 {admittedly not the most difficult task in the world)

    Great new words. I particularly liked "nullifidian". although 'ambiguous' might be better word than 'tergiversate'. Now, don't show off your English skills 🙂

    Jim Gonna's been battling the Eelam nutters long before I turned my attention to AI's devious neo-colonial edicts to SL.

    Pathivu,

    India helping SL to crush the LTTE was payback for your idiot Fat Boy murdering Rajiv. Do you think they'd forgotten ?

    And to show Tamil Nadu not to get any ideas about breaking the Indian Union. In fact, Indians being such good businessmen got two-for-the price of one. Smart, no?

    Tamil Nadu fools can protest and defecate as much as they like, but when it mattered, they did NOT march in their millions and offer their lives to save Fat Boy from meeting his destiny as an axe juggler.

  341. 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

  342. 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

  343. 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

  344. 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

  345. 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

  346. 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

  347. 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

  348. 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

  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

  350. Moderators and AI !!!!!!!!!!

    Seriously what’s the use of having a voting system (Thumbs up / down) system on this blog if people can repeat vote ??? Is it that you want to make it like American Idol ??? I mean, I go to a public hotspot, log in several times with different NAT IP’s, I get to vote over and over – What’s the use ??????? Do U still wish to continue with the voting system for the benefit of the LTTE as you usually do ?? I would prefer an answer for this !!

  351. Esteemed Prof. Puligal,

    Thanks for the weekend’s laughs. 🙂 Your postings become more surreal and brilliant by the day. I don’t for a moment believe that you’re a pro-Eelamist, rather someone who likes to provoke to get a reaction! Long may you continue to befuddle and confuse the LTTE diaspora. 🙂 🙂 {admittedly not the most difficult task in the world)

    Great new words. I particularly liked “nullifidian”. although ‘ambiguous’ might be better word than ‘tergiversate’. Now, don’t show off your English skills 🙂

    Jim Gonna’s been battling the Eelam nutters long before I turned my attention to AI’s devious neo-colonial edicts to SL.

    Pathivu,

    India helping SL to crush the LTTE was payback for your idiot Fat Boy murdering Rajiv. Do you think they’d forgotten ?

    And to show Tamil Nadu not to get any ideas about breaking the Indian Union. In fact, Indians being such good businessmen got two-for-the price of one. Smart, no?

    Tamil Nadu fools can protest and defecate as much as they like, but when it mattered, they did NOT march in their millions and offer their lives to save Fat Boy from meeting his destiny as an axe juggler.

  352. 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

  353. 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

  354. 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

  355. Found a very interesting and Hilarious post, However, let me not waste my time on the whole post, but the last sentence !

    Murugan Says:
    June 4th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    The Sinhalese have Buddhist temples virtually everywhere you see a Bo tree in the South (The attendance rate in these temples are at all time low) Yet they want to build Buddist temple evevry where you see an army camp in North and East (Buddha needs protection from LTTE).

    Indeed Buddha, Christ, Shiva and Allah – All needs protection from the Terrorist Apes of LTTE !!!!

    During the war, LTTE killed so many Buddhist monks including the venerable Thero of Aranthalawa. The Kurukkal of Jaffna Shiva Kovil, Many Christian clergy, Many Muslms including Lebbe's (Remember Kaththankudi??)

    You wanna refresh your memory, here is the list !!
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    Interesting noh ????? I know that Apes kind of remember things for sometime, where as it is fish that are suppose to forget things within seconds. However, your brain seems to not have evolved even to the standards of a fish – Madakariya ??

    Also, as the war finished, we found out that some of the ancient stone carvings (Sell Lipi) were destroyed by the LTTE. Some have painted over these invaluable historical monuments. The Ancient Temples and even certain Kovils that bro anti-Eelam evidence were destroyed…. So indeed all religious matter needs protection from the Terrorist mentality Apes of LTTE and it's decendent supporters.

    Also, I don't know for how long you have been in the west. But, if you could remember your roots right, you would know that religion is a part of us living in the Indian continent. We will have Temples and Kovils almost all over the place – at least a stature around the corner. Take for example the beautiful Tamilnadu… You will find at least a stature of a Horse that they worship under every pillar and post. So it is our culture to which you belong too. How can you say anyone not to do so ??? As much as you criticize having temples, why not talk about the new Kovils that have come up around the Island ???? You don't see the Sinhalees shouting or writing on these blogs opposing the new Kovil that is coming up in Kelaniya – Especially when it is close the the most sacred Buddhist Temple of Keleniya. Also, Mervyn Silva is sponsoring this Kovil !! What Rubbish are you talking of ????

    We don't mind shrines of all kinds around every corner of Sri Lanka – Why you worried ?? Low mentality or no mental at all ??

  356. 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 !!!

  357. Rohan Says:
    June 6th, 2010 at 9:42 am

    If at all Arundathi Roy made that comment, She definitely would have been high on Cocaine at that time !! LOL – Corporate gimmick ????? Common !!!

  358. EDE !!

    Great new words. I particularly liked “nullifidian”. although ‘ambiguous’ might be better word than ‘tergiversate’. Now, don’t show off your English skills

    LOL !!

    Indeed – hey you think what I think ??

    I think Prof Pukee (Puligal) types something on MS word and then Shift+F7 all the words – LOL – that's why it sounds so off balance – He might be thinking that each word in it's own context would exactly mean the same and could be used as it is – LOL !!!!

  359. Found a very interesting and Hilarious post, However, let me not waste my time on the whole post, but the last sentence !

    Murugan Says:
    June 4th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    The Sinhalese have Buddhist temples virtually everywhere you see a Bo tree in the South (The attendance rate in these temples are at all time low) Yet they want to build Buddist temple evevry where you see an army camp in North and East (Buddha needs protection from LTTE).

    Indeed Buddha, Christ, Shiva and Allah – All needs protection from the Terrorist Apes of LTTE !!!!

    During the war, LTTE killed so many Buddhist monks including the venerable Thero of Aranthalawa. The Kurukkal of Jaffna Shiva Kovil, Many Christian clergy, Many Muslms including Lebbe's (Remember Kaththankudi??)

    You wanna refresh your memory, here is the list !!
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    Interesting noh ????? I know that Apes kind of remember things for sometime, where as it is fish that are suppose to forget things within seconds. However, your brain seems to not have evolved even to the standards of a fish – Madakariya ??

    Also, as the war finished, we found out that some of the ancient stone carvings (Sell Lipi) were destroyed by the LTTE. Some have painted over these invaluable historical monuments. The Ancient Temples and even certain Kovils that bro anti-Eelam evidence were destroyed…. So indeed all religious matter needs protection from the Terrorist mentality Apes of LTTE and it's decendent supporters.

    Also, I don't know for how long you have been in the west. But, if you could remember your roots right, you would know that religion is a part of us living in the Indian continent. We will have Temples and Kovils almost all over the place – at least a stature around the corner. Take for example the beautiful Tamilnadu… You will find at least a stature of a Horse that they worship under every pillar and post. So it is our culture to which you belong too. How can you say anyone not to do so ??? As much as you criticize having temples, why not talk about the new Kovils that have come up around the Island ???? You don't see the Sinhalees shouting or writing on these blogs opposing the new Kovil that is coming up in Kelaniya – Especially when it is close the the most sacred Buddhist Temple of Keleniya. Also, Mervyn Silva is sponsoring this Kovil !! What Rubbish are you talking of ????

    We don't mind shrines of all kinds around every corner of Sri Lanka – Why you worried ?? Low mentality or no mental at all ??

  360. Found a very interesting and Hilarious post, However, let me not waste my time on the whole post, but the last sentence !

    Murugan Says:
    June 4th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    The Sinhalese have Buddhist temples virtually everywhere you see a Bo tree in the South (The attendance rate in these temples are at all time low) Yet they want to build Buddist temple evevry where you see an army camp in North and East (Buddha needs protection from LTTE).

    Indeed Buddha, Christ, Shiva and Allah – All needs protection from the Terrorist Apes of LTTE !!!!

    During the war, LTTE killed so many Buddhist monks including the venerable Thero of Aranthalawa. The Kurukkal of Jaffna Shiva Kovil, Many Christian clergy, Many Muslms including Lebbe's (Remember Kaththankudi??)

    You wanna refresh your memory, here is the list !!
    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_ki
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attr

    Interesting noh ????? I know that Apes kind of remember things for sometime, where as it is fish that are suppose to forget things within seconds. However, your brain seems to not have evolved even to the standards of a fish – Madakariya ??

    Also, as the war finished, we found out that some of the ancient stone carvings (Sell Lipi) were destroyed by the LTTE. Some have painted over these invaluable historical monuments. The Ancient Temples and even certain Kovils that bro anti-Eelam evidence were destroyed…. So indeed all religious matter needs protection from the Terrorist mentality Apes of LTTE and it's decendent supporters.

    Also, I don't know for how long you have been in the west. But, if you could remember your roots right, you would know that religion is a part of us living in the Indian continent. We will have Temples and Kovils almost all over the place – at least a stature around the corner. Take for example the beautiful Tamilnadu… You will find at least a stature of a Horse that they worship under every pillar and post. So it is our culture to which you belong too. How can you say anyone not to do so ??? As much as you criticize having temples, why not talk about the new Kovils that have come up around the Island ???? You don't see the Sinhalees shouting or writing on these blogs opposing the new Kovil that is coming up in Kelaniya – Especially when it is close the the most sacred Buddhist Temple of Keleniya. Also, Mervyn Silva is sponsoring this Kovil !! What Rubbish are you talking of ????

    We don't mind shrines of all kinds around every corner of Sri Lanka – Why you worried ?? Low mentality or no mental at all ??

  361. 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 !!!

  362. Rohan Says:
    June 6th, 2010 at 9:42 am

    If at all Arundathi Roy made that comment, She definitely would have been high on Cocaine at that time !! LOL – Corporate gimmick ????? Common !!!

  363. EDE !!

    Great new words. I particularly liked “nullifidian”. although ‘ambiguous’ might be better word than ‘tergiversate’. Now, don’t show off your English skills

    LOL !!

    Indeed – hey you think what I think ??

    I think Prof Pukee (Puligal) types something on MS word and then Shift+F7 all the words – LOL – that’s why it sounds so off balance – He might be thinking that each word in it’s own context would exactly mean the same and could be used as it is – LOL !!!!

  364. Found a very interesting and Hilarious post, However, let me not waste my time on the whole post, but the last sentence !

    Murugan Says:
    June 4th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    The Sinhalese have Buddhist temples virtually everywhere you see a Bo tree in the South (The attendance rate in these temples are at all time low) Yet they want to build Buddist temple evevry where you see an army camp in North and East (Buddha needs protection from LTTE).

    Indeed Buddha, Christ, Shiva and Allah – All needs protection from the Terrorist Apes of LTTE !!!!

    During the war, LTTE killed so many Buddhist monks including the venerable Thero of Aranthalawa. The Kurukkal of Jaffna Shiva Kovil, Many Christian clergy, Many Muslms including Lebbe’s (Remember Kaththankudi??)

    You wanna refresh your memory, here is the list !!

    http://www.spur.asn.au/prominent_tamil_leaders_killed.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE

    Interesting noh ????? I know that Apes kind of remember things for sometime, where as it is fish that are suppose to forget things within seconds. However, your brain seems to not have evolved even to the standards of a fish – Madakariya ??

    Also, as the war finished, we found out that some of the ancient stone carvings (Sell Lipi) were destroyed by the LTTE. Some have painted over these invaluable historical monuments. The Ancient Temples and even certain Kovils that bro anti-Eelam evidence were destroyed…. So indeed all religious matter needs protection from the Terrorist mentality Apes of LTTE and it’s decendent supporters.

    Also, I don’t know for how long you have been in the west. But, if you could remember your roots right, you would know that religion is a part of us living in the Indian continent. We will have Temples and Kovils almost all over the place – at least a stature around the corner. Take for example the beautiful Tamilnadu… You will find at least a stature of a Horse that they worship under every pillar and post. So it is our culture to which you belong too. How can you say anyone not to do so ??? As much as you criticize having temples, why not talk about the new Kovils that have come up around the Island ???? You don’t see the Sinhalees shouting or writing on these blogs opposing the new Kovil that is coming up in Kelaniya – Especially when it is close the the most sacred Buddhist Temple of Keleniya. Also, Mervyn Silva is sponsoring this Kovil !! What Rubbish are you talking of ????

    We don’t mind shrines of all kinds around every corner of Sri Lanka – Why you worried ?? Low mentality or no mental at all ??

  365. 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

  366. 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

  367. 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

  368. 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

  369. 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

  370. 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

  371. 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

  372. 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

  373. 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

  374. 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

  375. Dear Rohan & the other Tamil observers,

    Thank you for the Boyle interview, the Arundhati Roy comments, & for all of your own testimonies to the contining genocide.

    Boyle's ideas on a transnational government & a national council to represent the unrepresented & voiceless Tamil people is a platform for unification.

    The Tamil boycott of the Colombo film fest is the first important step towards a campaign of sanctions against the genocidal regime of lanka.

  376. 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/

  377. 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

  378. A(ss) Savage !

    Are you not going to complement me on the reply post ?? 🙁 🙁 🙁

    Impeccable Jim Gona ! Says:
    June 6th, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    Check it please !!

  379. Rohan Says:
    June 7th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
    (one minute delay between these posts on 3 blog posts – pretty Interesting – may be ROHAN wrote it on MS word and pasted on the 3 blogs – LOL)

    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 !!

  380. Dear Rohan & the other Tamil observers,

    Thank you for the Boyle interview, the Arundhati Roy comments, & for all of your own testimonies to the contining genocide.

    Boyle’s ideas on a transnational government & a national council to represent the unrepresented & voiceless Tamil people is a platform for unification.

    The Tamil boycott of the Colombo film fest is the first important step towards a campaign of sanctions against the genocidal regime of lanka.

  381. Eelam delenda est (EDE)

    As i said to Jim Gona (JG)

    As irresolute persons, we can no longer mull over it.

    We need to expedite the investigation, international panel must come and spread out to cover the whole area where the war took place.

    It will be also remarkable, if they are able to press on in spite of the obstacles.

    We also must not be self-abandoned, self-centered and self-opinionated over this matter.

    We cannot just let down the topic about the people who unnecessarily lost their lives for the cannon-balls and bullets.

    We should look into every aspect instead of shirking the responsibilities and grappling with the problem.

    You are only trying to hold behind the mistakes.

    It only shows how you are trying to arraign the unrelated people attributing them the criminals.

    Now, it seems your accusation has reduced to absurdity.

  382. Rohan Says:
    June 7th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
    (one minute delay between these posts on 3 blog posts – pretty Interesting – may be ROHAN wrote it on MS word and pasted on the 3 blogs – LOL)

    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 !!

  383. 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

  384. 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

  385. 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

  386. Eelam delenda est (EDE)

    As i said to Jim Gona (JG)

    As irresolute persons, we can no longer mull over it.

    We need to expedite the investigation, international panel must come and spread out to cover the whole area where the war took place.

    It will be also remarkable, if they are able to press on in spite of the obstacles.

    We also must not be self-abandoned, self-centered and self-opinionated over this matter.

    We cannot just let down the topic about the people who unnecessarily lost their lives for the cannon-balls and bullets.

    We should look into every aspect instead of shirking the responsibilities and grappling with the problem.

    You are only trying to hold behind the mistakes.

    It only shows how you are trying to arraign the unrelated people attributing them the criminals.

    Now, it seems your accusation has reduced to absurdity.

  387. 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

  388. Gunalan at 11 a.m. May 27th writes: "The Sri Lankan method of unlimited slaughter of civilians will almost certainly be imitated and the entire world will be aghast at it."

    The U,S. attack on Fallujah and the Israeli attack on Gaza 2008/9 both involved "unlimited slaughter of civilians." So did the bombing of Dresden, not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What the Rajamugabe regime did was to bring such methods to Sri Lanka.

  389. 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

  390. Param Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 12:07 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 !!

  391. 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

  392. 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

  393. 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

  394. Puligal Says:
    June 8th, 2010 at 7:32 am

    Dear Pukegal !

    As irresolute persons, we can no longer mull over it.

    You might be irresolute, but we definitely know what to do and we are doing it at present – LOL !! and I don't know the relationship it has to Mulling (if you take it in the right context) – Stop using MS word shift F7 functionality you mule – it doesn't do you good – LOL !! Anyways, Mull over what ? LOL – U R a hilarious Chimp man – good for you – at least you can get a job at the Zoo !

    We need to expedite the investigation, international panel must come and spread out to cover the whole area where the war took place.

    Why ??? Does this happen in Gaza ? Does it happen in Afghanistan and Iraq ? Why Sri Lanka only ???? If it happens elsewhere, the GOSL will actually have no choice to allow – but we can't let double standards demean the standards of Sri Lankans. We are a proud nation too – why get kicked around like a football ??

    It will be also remarkable, if they are able to press on in spite of the obstacles.

    No Luck 🙁 🙁 🙁 !! will never happen as we have a load of guys on our side (including USA)

    We also must not be self-abandoned, self-centered and self-opinionated over this matter.

    Unfortunately you are my dear Ape !!

    You don't seem to understand the freedom people in the north are enjoying after all these years…. it is because of your self-centered, self-opinionated attitude. If you have a little bit of concern to these poor people, you would try to help them than to destroy them – At least open your eyes and see the good that's happening to them – then start commenting.

    We cannot just let down the topic about the people who unnecessarily lost their lives for the cannon-balls and bullets.

    Dude, we all saw the footage of LTTE shooting them down – Now it is over – Whom are you going to prosecute ?? You are trying to put the blame on to the government because you have different motives. We all know that there would have been many unwarranted deaths during the final battle – but that happens in any war situation and how do we differentiate as to who was killed by whom ? We all saw LTTE doing it, but not the SLA – for all you know, all deaths could be the cause of LTTE – what's the use ? it is over – let's move on and make the life of those who are living happy – It is not about punishing people for the past – this is not a normal situation to treat it a normal situation – it was a cancer that had to be cured those you would loose a bit of hair – but, the hair will grow back and most importantly, the person will live – what do we want ?? To save the hair and kill the person or save the person so that hair can grow back ?????

    (Now I know that you will take this in the wrong context and tell that I will compare people to hair – but, for those with brains, they will know exactly what I mean and it is not a comparison, but an example)

    You are only trying to hold behind the mistakes.

    Did you, for a second, look back to realize this is exactly what you are doing ?? Holding back a load of things including prosperity of innocent people battered by war ??

    It only shows how you are trying to arraign the unrelated people attributing them the criminals.

    What r u doing ????? U R trying to white wash a World Renowned Terrorist group your self noh??

    Now, it seems your accusation has reduced to absurdity.

    That – I will let the readers decide !!!!

  395. Param Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 12:07 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 !!

  396. Param Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 12:07 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 !!

  397. Rohan, Susan, Param, Thamil nadu Etc, Etc. Etc… Please use one handle – it would not make any difference as your cut and paste posting work anyways looks stupid and impotent !!

  398. Gunalan at 11 a.m. May 27th writes: “The Sri Lankan method of unlimited slaughter of civilians will almost certainly be imitated and the entire world will be aghast at it.”

    The U,S. attack on Fallujah and the Israeli attack on Gaza 2008/9 both involved “unlimited slaughter of civilians.” So did the bombing of Dresden, not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What the Rajamugabe regime did was to bring such methods to Sri Lanka.

  399. Impeccable Jim Gona

    Another brazen faced racist post !!

    You always talk imprudently and indiscreetfully.

    I can only pity for you 🙁 🙁 🙁

  400. 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

  401. 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

  402. Puligal Says:
    June 8th, 2010 at 7:32 am

    Dear Pukegal !

    As irresolute persons, we can no longer mull over it.

    You might be irresolute, but we definitely know what to do and we are doing it at present – LOL !! and I don’t know the relationship it has to Mulling (if you take it in the right context) – Stop using MS word shift F7 functionality you mule – it doesn’t do you good – LOL !! Anyways, Mull over what ? LOL – U R a hilarious Chimp man – good for you – at least you can get a job at the Zoo !

    We need to expedite the investigation, international panel must come and spread out to cover the whole area where the war took place.

    Why ??? Does this happen in Gaza ? Does it happen in Afghanistan and Iraq ? Why Sri Lanka only ???? If it happens elsewhere, the GOSL will actually have no choice to allow – but we can’t let double standards demean the standards of Sri Lankans. We are a proud nation too – why get kicked around like a football ??

    It will be also remarkable, if they are able to press on in spite of the obstacles.

    No Luck 🙁 🙁 🙁 !! will never happen as we have a load of guys on our side (including USA)

    We also must not be self-abandoned, self-centered and self-opinionated over this matter.

    Unfortunately you are my dear Ape !!

    You don’t seem to understand the freedom people in the north are enjoying after all these years…. it is because of your self-centered, self-opinionated attitude. If you have a little bit of concern to these poor people, you would try to help them than to destroy them – At least open your eyes and see the good that’s happening to them – then start commenting.

    We cannot just let down the topic about the people who unnecessarily lost their lives for the cannon-balls and bullets.

    Dude, we all saw the footage of LTTE shooting them down – Now it is over – Whom are you going to prosecute ?? You are trying to put the blame on to the government because you have different motives. We all know that there would have been many unwarranted deaths during the final battle – but that happens in any war situation and how do we differentiate as to who was killed by whom ? We all saw LTTE doing it, but not the SLA – for all you know, all deaths could be the cause of LTTE – what’s the use ? it is over – let’s move on and make the life of those who are living happy – It is not about punishing people for the past – this is not a normal situation to treat it a normal situation – it was a cancer that had to be cured those you would loose a bit of hair – but, the hair will grow back and most importantly, the person will live – what do we want ?? To save the hair and kill the person or save the person so that hair can grow back ?????

    (Now I know that you will take this in the wrong context and tell that I will compare people to hair – but, for those with brains, they will know exactly what I mean and it is not a comparison, but an example)

    You are only trying to hold behind the mistakes.

    Did you, for a second, look back to realize this is exactly what you are doing ?? Holding back a load of things including prosperity of innocent people battered by war ??

    It only shows how you are trying to arraign the unrelated people attributing them the criminals.

    What r u doing ????? U R trying to white wash a World Renowned Terrorist group your self noh??

    Now, it seems your accusation has reduced to absurdity.

    That – I will let the readers decide !!!!

  403. Param Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 12:07 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 !!

  404. Rohan, Susan, Param, Thamil nadu Etc, Etc. Etc… Please use one handle – it would not make any difference as your cut and paste posting work anyways looks stupid and impotent !!

  405. Puligal Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 4:28 am

    Dear Pukegal !!

    Another brazen faced racist post !!

    You always talk imprudently and indiscreetfully.

    I can only pity for you

    Can you please tell me which post you are referring to and what comment I made is racist ??

    Do you insult to baboon, mentally sick idiot know what being a racist is ???

    I would still appreciate if you could point out the racist comment I made or shut the hell up forever if you don't have the brain capacity to fathom out stuff posted here.

    I pity you for a change – try to eat a banana soon – may be the Gala stuck in you might come out and you will start seeing things clearly !

  406. Impeccable Jim Gona

    Eelam delenda est

    State terrorism has seeped down into the communal life in Sri Lanka. Rather than ruling the island nation Sri Lanka by the law and order to achieve neutrality in the implementation of its constitution, irrespective of ethnicity and religiosity, the rule today under the helm of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, has witnessed anarchy and deviation from the constitutional enshrinement of basic human rights.

    Ruling a country in contravention of the tenets of nationally and internationally established norms is a precursor of omen. The country’s present political litmus test is not promising at all.

    It has become an anathema to the power-embedded high-ranking government ministers to seek democratic ways and means to solve the problems of the minority community Tamils.

  407. Impeccable Jim Gona

    Another brazen faced racist post !!

    You always talk imprudently and indiscreetfully.

    I can only pity for you 🙁 🙁 🙁

  408. Param Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 6:00 am

    State terrorism has seeped down into the communal life in Sri Lanka. Rather than ruling the island nation Sri Lanka by the law and order to achieve neutrality in the implementation of its constitution, irrespective of ethnicity and religiosity, the rule today under the helm of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, has witnessed anarchy and deviation from the constitutional enshrinement of basic human rights.

    How can u say that ??? The people don't have an issue?? Why do you think that MR was re-elected with a huge majority ???

    R U at least in SL to make such comment on behalf of us ???

    Don't talk of things that you don't know – mind your business where ever you are – All Sri Lankans are very happy with how the things are going – so mind your business without barking at the moon !

  409. Puligal Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 4:28 am

    Dear Pukegal !!

    Another brazen faced racist post !!

    You always talk imprudently and indiscreetfully.

    I can only pity for you

    Can you please tell me which post you are referring to and what comment I made is racist ??

    Do you insult to baboon, mentally sick idiot know what being a racist is ???

    I would still appreciate if you could point out the racist comment I made or shut the hell up forever if you don’t have the brain capacity to fathom out stuff posted here.

    I pity you for a change – try to eat a banana soon – may be the Gala stuck in you might come out and you will start seeing things clearly !

  410. Impeccable Jim Gona

    Eelam delenda est

    State terrorism has seeped down into the communal life in Sri Lanka. Rather than ruling the island nation Sri Lanka by the law and order to achieve neutrality in the implementation of its constitution, irrespective of ethnicity and religiosity, the rule today under the helm of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, has witnessed anarchy and deviation from the constitutional enshrinement of basic human rights.

    Ruling a country in contravention of the tenets of nationally and internationally established norms is a precursor of omen. The country’s present political litmus test is not promising at all.

    It has become an anathema to the power-embedded high-ranking government ministers to seek democratic ways and means to solve the problems of the minority community Tamils.

  411. '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

  412. '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

  413. '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

  414. Param Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 6:00 am

    State terrorism has seeped down into the communal life in Sri Lanka. Rather than ruling the island nation Sri Lanka by the law and order to achieve neutrality in the implementation of its constitution, irrespective of ethnicity and religiosity, the rule today under the helm of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, has witnessed anarchy and deviation from the constitutional enshrinement of basic human rights.

    How can u say that ??? The people don’t have an issue?? Why do you think that MR was re-elected with a huge majority ???

    R U at least in SL to make such comment on behalf of us ???

    Don’t talk of things that you don’t know – mind your business where ever you are – All Sri Lankans are very happy with how the things are going – so mind your business without barking at the moon !

  415. ‘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

  416. A delegation of 21 MPs from Tamil Nadu led by T.R. Baalu failed to secure concrete assurances on political settlement, release of Prisoners of War or resettlement of Tamils after meeting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi on Wednesday. In a televised comment in Sun News, Mr. T.R. Balu said that there was some progress, but added he was not satisfied with the output of the meeting. The Sri Lankan delegation headed by Mr. Rajapaksa and the Indian delegation led by Dr. Manmohan Singh inked seven agreements, which included bilateral counter-insurgency and corporate deals. In the meantime, fifteen Tamil Nadu fishermen from Rameswaram were admitted to hospital after they were stripped off their clothes, tortured with ice on their heads and were forced to eat salt and raw fish by the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday off Kachchatheevu in Palk Strait, media reports in Tamil Nadu said. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  417. Did you guys here what the Tamil Nadu MP had to say ??

    The people who are trying to distract the Sri Lankan presidents vist are few in numbers. Viko and Nadumaran didn't even get enough votes to get in to Lok Sabha.

    Good to know that Tamilnadu people are against Terrorism noh ?

  418. 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 ??

  419. A delegation of 21 MPs from Tamil Nadu led by T.R. Baalu failed to secure concrete assurances on political settlement, release of Prisoners of War or resettlement of Tamils after meeting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi on Wednesday. In a televised comment in Sun News, Mr. T.R. Balu said that there was some progress, but added he was not satisfied with the output of the meeting. The Sri Lankan delegation headed by Mr. Rajapaksa and the Indian delegation led by Dr. Manmohan Singh inked seven agreements, which included bilateral counter-insurgency and corporate deals. In the meantime, fifteen Tamil Nadu fishermen from Rameswaram were admitted to hospital after they were stripped off their clothes, tortured with ice on their heads and were forced to eat salt and raw fish by the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday off Kachchatheevu in Palk Strait, media reports in Tamil Nadu said. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  420. A delegation of 21 MPs from Tamil Nadu led by T.R. Baalu failed to secure concrete assurances on political settlement, release of Prisoners of War or resettlement of Tamils after meeting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi on Wednesday. In a televised comment in Sun News, Mr. T.R. Balu said that there was some progress, but added he was not satisfied with the output of the meeting. The Sri Lankan delegation headed by Mr. Rajapaksa and the Indian delegation led by Dr. Manmohan Singh inked seven agreements, which included bilateral counter-insurgency and corporate deals. In the meantime, fifteen Tamil Nadu fishermen from Rameswaram were admitted to hospital after they were stripped off their clothes, tortured with ice on their heads and were forced to eat salt and raw fish by the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday off Kachchatheevu in Palk Strait, media reports in Tamil Nadu said. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  421. Rohan Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    In a televised comment in Sun News, Mr. T.R. Balu said that there was some progress, but added he was not satisfied with the output of the meeting.

    The problem with you Insult to Baboons are that you are not satisfied with anything. You don't know even a simple tactic of laying foundations and building on it. You need to start from somewhere and you will never achieve anything the way you are going with that stupid attitudes of yours.

    May be Balu is not the MP of Tamilnadu who said that the discussions were fruitful and that Viko and the clan are idiots who can't even get sufficient votes to enter Lok Sabha…

    I don't cut and paste – Hence, I shall not paste that comment !

  422. Did you guys here what the Tamil Nadu MP had to say ??

    The people who are trying to distract the Sri Lankan presidents vist are few in numbers. Viko and Nadumaran didn’t even get enough votes to get in to Lok Sabha.

    Good to know that Tamilnadu people are against Terrorism noh ?

  423. 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 ??

  424. A delegation of 21 MPs from Tamil Nadu led by T.R. Baalu failed to secure concrete assurances on political settlement, release of Prisoners of War or resettlement of Tamils after meeting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi on Wednesday. In a televised comment in Sun News, Mr. T.R. Balu said that there was some progress, but added he was not satisfied with the output of the meeting. The Sri Lankan delegation headed by Mr. Rajapaksa and the Indian delegation led by Dr. Manmohan Singh inked seven agreements, which included bilateral counter-insurgency and corporate deals. In the meantime, fifteen Tamil Nadu fishermen from Rameswaram were admitted to hospital after they were stripped off their clothes, tortured with ice on their heads and were forced to eat salt and raw fish by the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday off Kachchatheevu in Palk Strait, media reports in Tamil Nadu said.
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31939

  425. Rohan Says:
    June 9th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    In a televised comment in Sun News, Mr. T.R. Balu said that there was some progress, but added he was not satisfied with the output of the meeting.

    The problem with you Insult to Baboons are that you are not satisfied with anything. You don’t know even a simple tactic of laying foundations and building on it. You need to start from somewhere and you will never achieve anything the way you are going with that stupid attitudes of yours.

    May be Balu is not the MP of Tamilnadu who said that the discussions were fruitful and that Viko and the clan are idiots who can’t even get sufficient votes to enter Lok Sabha…

    I don’t cut and paste – Hence, I shall not paste that comment !

  426. 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”

  427. 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”

  428. 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”

  429. Rohan !

    I don't like the cut and paste business. But, if I start it, I can cut and paste stuff that was told out by your honorable Apes for the past 50 + years.

    Some of these racist comments include getting the power of the north, then Sri Lanka, Kill all Singhales, then get hold of Tamil Nadu, Move on to India and get back your Mythical Homes lands from Madagascar to Indonesia and Guinea.

    This mentality is what actually have been the curse for you few idiots – See, the Tamils who are without this idiotic idea are living peacefully all over the world.

  430. 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”

  431. 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,"

  432. Rohan !

    I don’t like the cut and paste business. But, if I start it, I can cut and paste stuff that was told out by your honorable Apes for the past 50 + years.

    Some of these racist comments include getting the power of the north, then Sri Lanka, Kill all Singhales, then get hold of Tamil Nadu, Move on to India and get back your Mythical Homes lands from Madagascar to Indonesia and Guinea.

    This mentality is what actually have been the curse for you few idiots – See, the Tamils who are without this idiotic idea are living peacefully all over the world.

  433. 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,”

  434. 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&amp

    Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co

  435. 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&amp

    Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co

  436. 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&amp

    Kohona treats hired ‘agitators’ http://www.lankatruth.com/index.php?option=com_co

  437. 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

    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

  438. 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

  439. 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

  440. 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

  441. 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

  442. 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.

  443. 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. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/06/sri-lanka

  444. 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.

  445. 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.

  446. 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. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/06/sri-lanka

  447. 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. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/06/sri-lanka

  448. 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.

  449. 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.
    http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/06/sri-lanka-government-must-stop-bashing.html

  450. 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

  451. 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

  452. Dinamalar Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 4:05 am

    ly 2 Billion for resettlement but 201 Billion For defence: Indicator of the future Tamils can expect under Rajapakse regime

    Again another misinformed stupid cut and paste comments by the mentally under developed apes who prostitute for eelam !!!!

    If this idiot just had sufficient brains to fact find, he would have known that this budget goes for development activities though under defense as UDA comes under the defense ministry now……..

    Already part of it has been kept aside for the re-building of government buildings used by the Apes as bunkers not too long ago…

    Boooo for the Idiots !!

    Find a Job – you have too much time to waste on nothing and beg on streets of the west for doles !

  453. Dinamalar Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 4:05 am

    ly 2 Billion for resettlement but 201 Billion For defence: Indicator of the future Tamils can expect under Rajapakse regime

    Again another misinformed stupid cut and paste comments by the mentally under developed apes who prostitute for eelam !!!!

    If this idiot just had sufficient brains to fact find, he would have known that this budget goes for development activities though under defense as UDA comes under the defense ministry now……..

    Already part of it has been kept aside for the re-building of government buildings used by the Apes as bunkers not too long ago…

    Boooo for the Idiots !!

    Find a Job – you have too much time to waste on nothing and beg on streets of the west for doles !

  454. 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

  455. 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

  456. 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

  457. 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

  458. 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

  459. 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

  460. 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.

    in 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.

  461. Jim Gona

    The lowlife !!

    Why are you stealing the Tamil blogger name again ????

    This sick criminal mentality to steal from Tamils wth impunity ?

  462. 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

  463. 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

  464. 53 Tamil women were Raped Yesterday with the blessings of the Sri lankan government. President's son Namal Rajapakse and Bollywood Bimbo Vivek Oberoi witnessed in a ceremony in the morning where these girls were legally handed over to the Rapists – night would have been carnage !

    Any kind of Intercourse activity happening anywhere in the world should stop – re-production is a word that we the Impotent LTTE's do not commend. This is Rape – intercourse is Rape !
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-forme

    Se this – is this a joke ?

  465. 53 Tamil women were Raped Yesterday with the blessings of the Sri lankan government. President's son Namal Rajapakse and Bollywood Bimbo Vivek Oberoi witnessed in a ceremony in the morning where these girls were legally handed over to the Rapists – night would have been carnage !

    Any kind of Intercourse activity happening anywhere in the world should stop – re-production is a word that we the Impotent LTTE's do not commend. This is Rape – intercourse is Rape !
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-forme

    Se this – is this a joke ?

  466. 53 Tamil women were Raped Yesterday with the blessings of the Sri lankan government. President's son Namal Rajapakse and Bollywood Bimbo Vivek Oberoi witnessed in a ceremony in the morning where these girls were legally handed over to the Rapists – night would have been carnage !

    Any kind of Intercourse activity happening anywhere in the world should stop – re-production is a word that we the Impotent LTTE's do not commend. This is Rape – intercourse is Rape !
    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-forme

    Se this – is this a joke ?

  467. 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.

    in 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.

  468. Jim Gona

    The lowlife !!

    Why are you stealing the Tamil blogger name again ????

    This sick criminal mentality to steal from Tamils wth impunity ?

  469. 53 Tamil women were Raped Yesterday with the blessings of the Sri lankan government. President’s son Namal Rajapakse and Bollywood Bimbo Vivek Oberoi witnessed in a ceremony in the morning where these girls were legally handed over to the Rapists – night would have been carnage !

    Any kind of Intercourse activity happening anywhere in the world should stop – re-production is a word that we the Impotent LTTE’s do not commend. This is Rape – intercourse is Rape !

    http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/06/13/53-former-ltte-cadres-married-in-vavuniya/

    Se this – is this a joke ?

  470. A question to Jim McDonald about indefinite detention</i.

    Jim, you'll recall the heated discussion we had last year about Sri Lanka's so-called 'indefinite detention' of IDPs fleeing the war zone. By common agreement, it seems that most IDPs will be released in the next few months. The vast majority have returned to their original homes — most of which are still war-damaged.

    I'm glad to have been proved correct in my definition of their detention not being indefinite. Don't worry, I'm not looking for an apology. 🙂

    The US, on the other hand appear to have no intention of shutting down Guantánamo Bay and releasing those held on genuine 'indefinite detention'. Some of these poor sods have been there for almost eight years, without any charges being brought against them.

    Is AI and its' fellow 'concerned' INGOs planning on filing war crimes charges and pressing for UN investigations against Bush, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Attorney General, Obama et al?

    I know that AI's been pressing for Guantánamo Bay's closure, but why just stop at closing the camp? Why also your marked reticence to pursue and punish the Americans responsible for creating and maintaining this illegal prison? You have no hesitation in pushing for this type of action against Sri Lanka.

    Could it be that AI dare not bite the hand that feeds it?

    Or will we see an AI blog posting headlined "Sec. Clinton’s shot at uncovering justice for the USA's war crimes?"

  471. 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&art

  472. 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 world remained silent when thousands of women and children experienced painful slow death in the killing fields of Sri Lanka

  473. 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

  474. 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&art

  475. 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&art

  476. A question to Jim McDonald about indefinite detention</i.

    Jim, you’ll recall the heated discussion we had last year about Sri Lanka’s so-called ‘indefinite detention’ of IDPs fleeing the war zone. By common agreement, it seems that most IDPs will be released in the next few months. The vast majority have returned to their original homes — most of which are still war-damaged.

    I’m glad to have been proved correct in my definition of their detention not being indefinite. Don’t worry, I’m not looking for an apology. 🙂

    The US, on the other hand appear to have no intention of shutting down Guantánamo Bay and releasing those held on genuine ‘indefinite detention’. Some of these poor sods have been there for almost eight years, without any charges being brought against them.

    Is AI and its’ fellow ‘concerned’ INGOs planning on filing war crimes charges and pressing for UN investigations against Bush, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Attorney General, Obama et al?

    I know that AI’s been pressing for Guantánamo Bay’s closure, but why just stop at closing the camp? Why also your marked reticence to pursue and punish the Americans responsible for creating and maintaining this illegal prison? You have no hesitation in pushing for this type of action against Sri Lanka.

    Could it be that AI dare not bite the hand that feeds it?

    Or will we see an AI blog posting headlined “Sec. Clinton’s shot at uncovering justice for the USA’s war crimes?”

  477. 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 world remained silent when thousands of women and children experienced painful slow death in the killing fields of Sri Lanka

  478. 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 world remained silent when thousands of women and children experienced painful slow death in the killing fields of Sri Lanka

  479. 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

  480. 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

  481. Two drowned Tamil asylum seekers were ‘desperate’

    Two Tamil asylum seekers believed drowned last week on a perilous sea trip from Indonesia to Australia were “desperate to find safety”, says a friend.

    The asylum seekers believed to have drowned when their small fishing boat capsized in rough Indonesian waters as they tried to rendezvous with a larger Australia-bound boat.

    The pair had made the attempt a second time because their original bid was thwarted by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in October last year.

    They were among the 254 Tamils on a boat bound for Australia when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had his Indonesian counterpart stop them in Indonesian waters, sparking a six-month stand-off at the Javan port of Merak.

    A fellow Tamil asylum seeker and close friend of the pair today said they had tried the doomed journey, feeling they had to take the risk.

    “Malaysia and Indonesia had instilled in them fears of deportation that led to taking such huge risks,” the friend, who did not want to be named, told AAP.

    “That is mostly the case with all asylum seekers who remain in middle countries seeking resettlement.”

    News of their deaths came via two other Tamils – also involved in the Merak stand-off – who survived the capsizing and later made contact with other refugees.

    Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor today said Australian authorities had no information about the incident and would check with Indonesian authorities.

    But Indonesian immigration and foreign ministry officials told AAP they, too, had no information on the incident.

    Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the tragedy showed that desperate people would continue to jump on people smuggling boats, regardless of the dangers.

    “When people who have already been assessed as refugees are left languishing for years in Indonesian detention, they are going to look for a way to find a country to resettle them, regardless of how dangerous that choice may be,” she said.

    Australian Tamil activist Sara Nathan said the Federal Government must take responsibility for the deaths.

    “These people were 45 nautical miles (83km) from Australia when Kevin Rudd’s phone call put them in a dangerous situation where they have to get on leaky boats on a death journey .”

  482. 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

  483. 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

  484. 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

    The world remained silent when thousands of women and children experienced painful slow death in the killing fields of Sri Lanka

  485. 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

  486. Two drowned Tamil asylum seekers were ‘desperate’

    Two Tamil asylum seekers believed drowned last week on a perilous sea trip from Indonesia to Australia were “desperate to find safety”, says a friend.

    The asylum seekers believed to have drowned when their small fishing boat capsized in rough Indonesian waters as they tried to rendezvous with a larger Australia-bound boat.

    The pair had made the attempt a second time because their original bid was thwarted by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in October last year.

    They were among the 254 Tamils on a boat bound for Australia when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had his Indonesian counterpart stop them in Indonesian waters, sparking a six-month stand-off at the Javan port of Merak.

    A fellow Tamil asylum seeker and close friend of the pair today said they had tried the doomed journey, feeling they had to take the risk.

    “Malaysia and Indonesia had instilled in them fears of deportation that led to taking such huge risks,” the friend, who did not want to be named, told AAP.

    “That is mostly the case with all asylum seekers who remain in middle countries seeking resettlement.”

    News of their deaths came via two other Tamils – also involved in the Merak stand-off – who survived the capsizing and later made contact with other refugees.

    Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor today said Australian authorities had no information about the incident and would check with Indonesian authorities.

    But Indonesian immigration and foreign ministry officials told AAP they, too, had no information on the incident.

    Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the tragedy showed that desperate people would continue to jump on people smuggling boats, regardless of the dangers.

    “When people who have already been assessed as refugees are left languishing for years in Indonesian detention, they are going to look for a way to find a country to resettle them, regardless of how dangerous that choice may be,” she said.

    Australian Tamil activist Sara Nathan said the Federal Government must take responsibility for the deaths.

    “These people were 45 nautical miles (83km) from Australia when Kevin Rudd’s phone call put them in a dangerous situation where they have to get on leaky boats on a death journey .”

  487. 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

  488. 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

  489. 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

  490. 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

  491. 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

  492. 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

  493. Ayyo – why are these uncivilized Apes of Peelam posting the same thing on all the blogs ????

    The replies to all your posts are on AI blog posts

    lessons-learnt-or-not-in-sri-lanka

    and

    tissas-pardon-were-still-waiting

    Would you Apes seriously consider conversing than behave like animals ?? Ever ??

  494. 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

  495. 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

  496. Ayyo – why are these uncivilized Apes of Peelam posting the same thing on all the blogs ????

    The replies to all your posts are on AI blog posts

    lessons-learnt-or-not-in-sri-lanka

    and

    tissas-pardon-were-still-waiting

    Would you Apes seriously consider conversing than behave like animals ?? Ever ??

  497. 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

  498. 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-

  499. 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-

  500. 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-

  501. JG

    I will not to allow a fanatically puritanical person, you, to dominate the argument while he fences off AI as a grave !!

    I think, it's useless to tear down the argument for the sake of one's own benefits.

    I may simply summarize his characteristics by saying that he is a round peg in a square hole.

    Every quarrel grows from word to blow, less obvious, but rather as significant, behind his contrivance to strike up the conversation, there are many urging factors.

    Anyway, I am longing to handle him as I have the patience of fob and if we opt out in the middle, the proverb "Meek are blessed: so they shall inherit the world" will become false and it will add discredit to our elders as well.

    I therefore will not leave him to load the dice and do away with our customs and formalities.

    JG's views have been bastardized and proved to be illegitimate and also make sure you have no doubt that if his schemed plans are brought into the laws of our country, we will fade into oblivion.

    It's our onerous responsibility to go against these mischief and they are not completing to the accepted rules and standards.

    We also must be clear in the statement that exploitation in any form whatsoever is a punishable crime.

    I honestly doubt whether he has any furtive aims to be fulfilled by writing the lengthy posts, worming out the secrets of our country perhaps.

    I have slight doubts over this issue and I am sure that even some Sinhala racists will also not agree withJG on whole.

    At a first glance this might not seem to matter.

    But it is not so simple as it sounds.

    Here am I, working against him; in my spare time I want to do something "creative".

    So I chose to write a bit outright remarks-to make himself think over these specific matters, for instance.

    Notice from the very start there is something contrary about his whole posts, for me I can easily make a far better post with some applicable and discreetful suggestions than his passing remarks.

    But, even when I get to the work of writing replies, it is not possible for me to feel towards him the affection and love that I feel towards every human being because he has more than one string in his bow to deceive us and it specks the morality of the honest citizens.

    JG has been defeated utterly and trounced by my replies.

    But he must stop conjuring up his tricks and making his demands clear without any obscurity and state to which racial group he belongs to, so that my work will be reduced to very few and I may finish it off as quick as possible.

    And if this is true at present, in the even more machinised future where there will be less human conscience, the hatred will be enormously more so, with the weapons available then, there will not be a slightest opportunity of apologizing for his sins, and this will surely mean that there is no room for innocents to scrape through.

    So, we all must put our shoulders to the wheels to make sure that there is not much cry and less wool and to alleviate the tear away men wrought with mischief.

  502. 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

  503. JG

    I will not to allow a fanatically puritanical person, you, to dominate the argument while he fences off AI as a grave !!

    I think, it’s useless to tear down the argument for the sake of one’s own benefits.

    I may simply summarize his characteristics by saying that he is a round peg in a square hole.

    Every quarrel grows from word to blow, less obvious, but rather as significant, behind his contrivance to strike up the conversation, there are many urging factors.

    Anyway, I am longing to handle him as I have the patience of fob and if we opt out in the middle, the proverb “Meek are blessed: so they shall inherit the world” will become false and it will add discredit to our elders as well.

    I therefore will not leave him to load the dice and do away with our customs and formalities.

    JG’s views have been bastardized and proved to be illegitimate and also make sure you have no doubt that if his schemed plans are brought into the laws of our country, we will fade into oblivion.

    It’s our onerous responsibility to go against these mischief and they are not completing to the accepted rules and standards.

    We also must be clear in the statement that exploitation in any form whatsoever is a punishable crime.

    I honestly doubt whether he has any furtive aims to be fulfilled by writing the lengthy posts, worming out the secrets of our country perhaps.

    I have slight doubts over this issue and I am sure that even some Sinhala racists will also not agree withJG on whole.

    At a first glance this might not seem to matter.

    But it is not so simple as it sounds.

    Here am I, working against him; in my spare time I want to do something “creative”.

    So I chose to write a bit outright remarks-to make himself think over these specific matters, for instance.

    Notice from the very start there is something contrary about his whole posts, for me I can easily make a far better post with some applicable and discreetful suggestions than his passing remarks.

    But, even when I get to the work of writing replies, it is not possible for me to feel towards him the affection and love that I feel towards every human being because he has more than one string in his bow to deceive us and it specks the morality of the honest citizens.

    JG has been defeated utterly and trounced by my replies.

    But he must stop conjuring up his tricks and making his demands clear without any obscurity and state to which racial group he belongs to, so that my work will be reduced to very few and I may finish it off as quick as possible.

    And if this is true at present, in the even more machinised future where there will be less human conscience, the hatred will be enormously more so, with the weapons available then, there will not be a slightest opportunity of apologizing for his sins, and this will surely mean that there is no room for innocents to scrape through.

    So, we all must put our shoulders to the wheels to make sure that there is not much cry and less wool and to alleviate the tear away men wrought with mischief.

  504. Crime against Humanity Says:
    June 16th, 2010 at 11:55 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 ?????????

  505. Fake Crime Against Humanity !

    Are you stealing the other AI blogger names again?

    BTW what a pathetic attempt to whitewash the Sri Lankan Stare Terror !!

  506. Pukegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    U R back – was wondering whether you went in for a surgery to remove "you know what" !! Good to have you back machan !

    Puligal Says:
    June 16th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    I will not to allow a fanatically puritanical person, you, to dominate the argument while he fences off AI as a grave !!

    Though I don't quite understand this sentence, I wish to say that it is absurd for you to call me Puritanical as it is you and your fellow Apes who seem to be stuck on to beliefs that are from yesteryear's. See, you go on about, 10,000 years back we were still there, that is our land, we are older than the red Indians, we were the first to crawl earth, blah blah blah…. LOL – so, it is kind of you looking to the sky and spitting !!

    I actually don't understand what you mean by "HE" fences off AI ?? doesn't sound right nor has any relation to first part of the sentence.

    I think, it’s useless to tear down the argument for the sake of one’s own benefits. – Machan – this is all what you do – and the others, they don't even argue, but, cut and paste !! At least I respect you for being original – others – Pathetic !!

    I may simply summarize his characteristics by saying that he is a round peg in a square hole. What's the problem if the peg is comfortable inside the square and the square is OK with it 🙂 !!

    Every quarrel grows from word to blow, less obvious, but rather as significant, behind his contrivance to strike up the conversation, there are many urging factors.

    Please come up with the URGING factors – You have so many your selves too noh ? I mean, getting eaten by sharks while swimming the Aussie canal etc.. LOL !!

    Anyway, I am longing to handle him as I have the patience of fob

    Ane – thank you for opting to handle me – Hereon, I will eagerly await to see how your mysterious hand works on Me – LOL !! And I am sure that you have the patience and all other qualities of a SOB… 🙂 🙂 🙂 !!

    I therefore will not leave him to load the dice and do away with our customs and formalities.

    Your customs & formalities are pretty hilarious for us humans…. For example ..
    Lie,
    Cry,
    Lie again,
    Cry again,
    use a set of words, Rape, genocide, racist, kill, looked down on, mistreated…
    lie & cry again and again,
    cut and paste a few articles off the web without knowing the meanings of it etc…

    So, there is nothing to "Roll" a dice on your formalities – the dice rolled over and got flushed down the toilet some time back !!

    JG’s views have been bastardized and proved to be illegitimate and also make sure you have no doubt that if his schemed plans are brought into the laws of our country, we will fade into oblivion.

    LOL – I am pretty sure about my parents – How about you ?? Oh, I forgot, you are like Mr. bean noh ?? Fallen from no where with a bump on the rear end – LOL !!

    Laws of our country – U mean Canada ???? I am not sure about your situation in Canada, but I know that you Apes of LTTE are slowly, but steadily fading away….. You don't get the little bit of International recognition you got a few months back !! BTW, I will be in Canada in August, do you like to meet up for a coffee or something like that ?? Cafe Bristo du Cap ?? I like the place…. !!

    It’s our onerous responsibility to go against these mischief and they are not completing to the accepted rules and standards.

    Rules and Standards of who ???? You Apes ?? LOL !! I'd rather die….
    Do you have and standards or rules in the first place ??? Under what such Rule or Standard did you kill Lakshman Kadiragamar ???

    We also must be clear in the statement that exploitation in any form whatsoever is a punishable crime.

    Funny to hear the words "punishable Crime" coming from a Terrorist !!!!!!
    However, your statements are so scattered, I have forgotten what you started to say and where you are going now – R U seriously on drugs or something like that ??

    I honestly doubt whether he has any furtive aims to be fulfilled by writing the lengthy posts, worming out the secrets of our country perhaps.

    Yep – several Aims, but main aim is to educate others of your lies. No. 2 would be to have a load of fun at your expense as you are the most pathetic bunch of people I ever interact with. No. 3. would be to actually, save my motherland which has provided me with so much as free education etc. from a Bunch of Mentally sick Terrorists with ulterior motives. – How about you ??? What's the motive behind Cut and Paste ??

    I have slight doubts over this issue and I am sure that even some Sinhala racists will also not agree withJG on whole.

    You having doubts is quite understood – first of all, I am happy that you have at least of tiny winy bit of brain which creates some kind of doubt in it… throughout these posts, you have clearly showcased your levels of intelligence and thinking capacity – which again is understood by virtue of you supporting a Terrorist organization. Well as for others, I believe in democracy and I actually don't mind people having ideas that are different from mine. I respect the fact that people are different – I don't do shoot them or Bomb them off like you apes do for not agreeing with you… That is the difference between you mentally sick terrorist Apes and normal Humans !!!

    Here am I, working against him; in my spare time I want to do something “creative”.

    I would tell you to do something productive whilst being creative – I think that would help you and the cause of making the world a better place !!!

    So I chose to write a bit outright remarks-to make himself think over these specific matters, for instance.

    Unfortunately, I don't see such remarks in your posts – it is scattered all over and quite meaningless – no beginning – no end – just like your LTTE – no Aim !!

    Notice from the very start there is something contrary about his whole posts, for me I can easily make a far better post with some applicable and discreetful suggestions than his passing remarks.

    Please make those posts you claim you can – Also please tell your fellow Apes to do so – Why Cut and Paste when you can "make FAR BETTER POSTS" ?? Where are the Suggestions ??? Shark eating when crossing the Canel – LOL – is this what you guys call far better posts, Good Suggestion & creative thinking ?? LOL

    But, even when I get to the work of writing replies, it is not possible for me to feel towards him the affection and love that I feel towards every human being because he has more than one string in his bow to deceive us and it specks the morality of the honest citizens.

    Oh… Poor you… did I hurt your feeling ?? So, you have a soft corner in you ??
    You remember the post I wrote to you dearly ???? The one which thaked you for writing back and coming in to a conversation and apologized by saying sorry for calling you names ???? Ha ??? remember ??

    Then, Now remember how you shot me down and fired back with some of the most unbelievable racist comments ????

    So dear sensitive Ape, please do not expect any mercy from me here on !!!

    JG has been defeated utterly and trounced by my replies.
    ROLMAO !!!
    I anticipate your writing – I am glad when you write – U Wanna Know Why ??
    Because you showcase the Pathetic situation of you Terrorist far better than anyone else… Why should I feel defeated to your posts which mainly contain Shift+F7 remarks from MS Word ???? LOL !! – Trounced ?? – LOL !!!

    Please keep replying if you feel that you are defeating me with them – I would rather be defeated with your comments whilst it showcases your mentality and capability to the world !!!!!!

    But he must stop conjuring up his tricks and making his demands clear without any obscurity and state to which racial group he belongs to, so that my work will be reduced to very few and I may finish it off as quick as possible.

    So now you are feeling tired after working So hard for the Peelam ??

    I don't demand anything from you guys !! For you terrorists, the word demand might be the word to use, but, we humans, do not use that word. We Humbly request from you…..Well, to be clear again – so that you will have your work cut out.,

    1. I am a Sri Lankan
    2. I wish to have a unitary Sri Lanka where people immaterial of their Ethnicity or religious belief could live in peace and enjoy them selves in their day to day lives
    3. I like to see inter racial marriages promoting a nation called Sri Lankans

    Now, I would like to Humbly request from you to,

    1. Denouce Terrorism
    2. Stop killing people who oppose your way of thinking
    3. Stop recruiting child soldiers (I don't know whether it's happening yet in other countries)
    4. Please stop killing Tamil people who oppose you.
    5. If you have a serious issue, talk with the Sri Lankan government to sort them out – the international community will be right behind you if you do so and so will we, the Sri Lankan public.
    6. Stop lying for heaven's sake – there is no Genocide as we both know.
    7. The war is over. Please let the innocent people in the north start a new life – Please – they have suffered enough and they really need to start their lives and there is tremendous opportunity for them start a life now. So let them.
    8. Help them in what ever way you can – we do it and so can you.
    9. Form a political group / party of you do not agree with the current Tamil ministers and politicians – come spread your word and get elected to parliament legally – this carries a long way – Devanandan was not taken notice of when he was holding a gun, but see the recognition he has now – it takes you a long way..
    10. Try to think out of the box….you are thinking like people of 1,000 A.D. time you change and think like modern humans. There are so many ways of getting things done in the modern world. Try to settle with an acceptable solution.
    11. Help build the trust between Ethnic groups of Sri Lanka – we will never prosper as a nation if not. You are currently taking some people away from the process.
    12. Seriously, come have a cup of coffee with me – I hold no grudge !!

    Hope you will understand the content I posted for all our sake !!

    Take care Anna !!

  507. Mathavan Says:
    June 17th, 2010 at 4:07 am

    Hooooo Hooooo Hoooo Hooooo Hoooooo !!!

  508. JG

    EDE

    JG also must understand that repetition of same words doesn't denote one's talents or skills.

    But he also has used same words more than one time despite pointing the finger at me to be the defaulter.

    This is also a wonderful testimony to sniff out his belligerent nature and insubordination.

    I found that he was not really worth to his salts. 🙁

    However I will strive my self, writing more and more, until JG understands the irrefutable truth

    In my work my boss chooses me frequently to give an advice in the prayer and thus resulted in a slight change in the honesty of the devotees .

    That's what I have been doing here as well.

    Furthermore, there is something called "learned helplessness".

    Of course it is the act of giving up trying as a result of consistent failures to be rewarded.

    JG refuses to give up though he has lost this argument and it's quite embarrassing.

    However, I would like to bolt out nepotism and bigotry from SL.

    This will screw up the development of our country in each and every sector.

    I believe the main reason why EDE talks about LTTE is the ignorance because he is conceited, and thinks people will admire his courage in conquering me, in fact, I hustled his entire dreams and made my way through.

    Of course, there are some who genuinely believe that EDE is good for nothing and writing replies to him is a futile attempt and it's not important, and that his chief pleasure lies in the joy of picking faults and getting at others.

    You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly.

    No doubt I am after my goal of making my demands lucid and clear while making EDE a laughing stock.

    No longer we can let him fight for loaves and fishes and let the message hammer in all teetotallers especially JG and EDE, " Don't fuss over a small matter and turn it a disaster".

  509. Crime against Humanity Says:
    June 16th, 2010 at 11:55 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 ?????????

  510. Fake Crime Against Humanity !

    Are you stealing the other AI blogger names again?

    BTW what a pathetic attempt to whitewash the Sri Lankan Stare Terror !!

  511. Pukegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    U R back – was wondering whether you went in for a surgery to remove “you know what” !! Good to have you back machan !

    Puligal Says:
    June 16th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    I will not to allow a fanatically puritanical person, you, to dominate the argument while he fences off AI as a grave !!

    Though I don’t quite understand this sentence, I wish to say that it is absurd for you to call me Puritanical as it is you and your fellow Apes who seem to be stuck on to beliefs that are from yesteryear’s. See, you go on about, 10,000 years back we were still there, that is our land, we are older than the red Indians, we were the first to crawl earth, blah blah blah…. LOL – so, it is kind of you looking to the sky and spitting !!

    I actually don’t understand what you mean by “HE” fences off AI ?? doesn’t sound right nor has any relation to first part of the sentence.

    I think, it’s useless to tear down the argument for the sake of one’s own benefits. – Machan – this is all what you do – and the others, they don’t even argue, but, cut and paste !! At least I respect you for being original – others – Pathetic !!

    I may simply summarize his characteristics by saying that he is a round peg in a square hole. What’s the problem if the peg is comfortable inside the square and the square is OK with it 🙂 !!

    Every quarrel grows from word to blow, less obvious, but rather as significant, behind his contrivance to strike up the conversation, there are many urging factors.

    Please come up with the URGING factors – You have so many your selves too noh ? I mean, getting eaten by sharks while swimming the Aussie canal etc.. LOL !!

    Anyway, I am longing to handle him as I have the patience of fob

    Ane – thank you for opting to handle me – Hereon, I will eagerly await to see how your mysterious hand works on Me – LOL !! And I am sure that you have the patience and all other qualities of a SOB… 🙂 🙂 🙂 !!

    I therefore will not leave him to load the dice and do away with our customs and formalities.

    Your customs & formalities are pretty hilarious for us humans…. For example ..
    Lie,
    Cry,
    Lie again,
    Cry again,
    use a set of words, Rape, genocide, racist, kill, looked down on, mistreated…
    lie & cry again and again,
    cut and paste a few articles off the web without knowing the meanings of it etc…

    So, there is nothing to “Roll” a dice on your formalities – the dice rolled over and got flushed down the toilet some time back !!

    JG’s views have been bastardized and proved to be illegitimate and also make sure you have no doubt that if his schemed plans are brought into the laws of our country, we will fade into oblivion.

    LOL – I am pretty sure about my parents – How about you ?? Oh, I forgot, you are like Mr. bean noh ?? Fallen from no where with a bump on the rear end – LOL !!

    Laws of our country – U mean Canada ???? I am not sure about your situation in Canada, but I know that you Apes of LTTE are slowly, but steadily fading away….. You don’t get the little bit of International recognition you got a few months back !! BTW, I will be in Canada in August, do you like to meet up for a coffee or something like that ?? Cafe Bristo du Cap ?? I like the place…. !!

    It’s our onerous responsibility to go against these mischief and they are not completing to the accepted rules and standards.

    Rules and Standards of who ???? You Apes ?? LOL !! I’d rather die….
    Do you have and standards or rules in the first place ??? Under what such Rule or Standard did you kill Lakshman Kadiragamar ???

    We also must be clear in the statement that exploitation in any form whatsoever is a punishable crime.

    Funny to hear the words “punishable Crime” coming from a Terrorist !!!!!!
    However, your statements are so scattered, I have forgotten what you started to say and where you are going now – R U seriously on drugs or something like that ??

    I honestly doubt whether he has any furtive aims to be fulfilled by writing the lengthy posts, worming out the secrets of our country perhaps.

    Yep – several Aims, but main aim is to educate others of your lies. No. 2 would be to have a load of fun at your expense as you are the most pathetic bunch of people I ever interact with. No. 3. would be to actually, save my motherland which has provided me with so much as free education etc. from a Bunch of Mentally sick Terrorists with ulterior motives. – How about you ??? What’s the motive behind Cut and Paste ??

    I have slight doubts over this issue and I am sure that even some Sinhala racists will also not agree withJG on whole.

    You having doubts is quite understood – first of all, I am happy that you have at least of tiny winy bit of brain which creates some kind of doubt in it… throughout these posts, you have clearly showcased your levels of intelligence and thinking capacity – which again is understood by virtue of you supporting a Terrorist organization. Well as for others, I believe in democracy and I actually don’t mind people having ideas that are different from mine. I respect the fact that people are different – I don’t do shoot them or Bomb them off like you apes do for not agreeing with you… That is the difference between you mentally sick terrorist Apes and normal Humans !!!

    Here am I, working against him; in my spare time I want to do something “creative”.

    I would tell you to do something productive whilst being creative – I think that would help you and the cause of making the world a better place !!!

    So I chose to write a bit outright remarks-to make himself think over these specific matters, for instance.

    Unfortunately, I don’t see such remarks in your posts – it is scattered all over and quite meaningless – no beginning – no end – just like your LTTE – no Aim !!

    Notice from the very start there is something contrary about his whole posts, for me I can easily make a far better post with some applicable and discreetful suggestions than his passing remarks.

    Please make those posts you claim you can – Also please tell your fellow Apes to do so – Why Cut and Paste when you can “make FAR BETTER POSTS” ?? Where are the Suggestions ??? Shark eating when crossing the Canel – LOL – is this what you guys call far better posts, Good Suggestion & creative thinking ?? LOL

    But, even when I get to the work of writing replies, it is not possible for me to feel towards him the affection and love that I feel towards every human being because he has more than one string in his bow to deceive us and it specks the morality of the honest citizens.

    Oh… Poor you… did I hurt your feeling ?? So, you have a soft corner in you ??
    You remember the post I wrote to you dearly ???? The one which thaked you for writing back and coming in to a conversation and apologized by saying sorry for calling you names ???? Ha ??? remember ??

    Then, Now remember how you shot me down and fired back with some of the most unbelievable racist comments ????

    So dear sensitive Ape, please do not expect any mercy from me here on !!!

    JG has been defeated utterly and trounced by my replies.
    ROLMAO !!!
    I anticipate your writing – I am glad when you write – U Wanna Know Why ??
    Because you showcase the Pathetic situation of you Terrorist far better than anyone else… Why should I feel defeated to your posts which mainly contain Shift+F7 remarks from MS Word ???? LOL !! – Trounced ?? – LOL !!!

    Please keep replying if you feel that you are defeating me with them – I would rather be defeated with your comments whilst it showcases your mentality and capability to the world !!!!!!

    But he must stop conjuring up his tricks and making his demands clear without any obscurity and state to which racial group he belongs to, so that my work will be reduced to very few and I may finish it off as quick as possible.

    So now you are feeling tired after working So hard for the Peelam ??

    I don’t demand anything from you guys !! For you terrorists, the word demand might be the word to use, but, we humans, do not use that word. We Humbly request from you…..Well, to be clear again – so that you will have your work cut out.,

    1. I am a Sri Lankan
    2. I wish to have a unitary Sri Lanka where people immaterial of their Ethnicity or religious belief could live in peace and enjoy them selves in their day to day lives
    3. I like to see inter racial marriages promoting a nation called Sri Lankans

    Now, I would like to Humbly request from you to,

    1. Denouce Terrorism
    2. Stop killing people who oppose your way of thinking
    3. Stop recruiting child soldiers (I don’t know whether it’s happening yet in other countries)
    4. Please stop killing Tamil people who oppose you.
    5. If you have a serious issue, talk with the Sri Lankan government to sort them out – the international community will be right behind you if you do so and so will we, the Sri Lankan public.
    6. Stop lying for heaven’s sake – there is no Genocide as we both know.
    7. The war is over. Please let the innocent people in the north start a new life – Please – they have suffered enough and they really need to start their lives and there is tremendous opportunity for them start a life now. So let them.
    8. Help them in what ever way you can – we do it and so can you.
    9. Form a political group / party of you do not agree with the current Tamil ministers and politicians – come spread your word and get elected to parliament legally – this carries a long way – Devanandan was not taken notice of when he was holding a gun, but see the recognition he has now – it takes you a long way..
    10. Try to think out of the box….you are thinking like people of 1,000 A.D. time you change and think like modern humans. There are so many ways of getting things done in the modern world. Try to settle with an acceptable solution.
    11. Help build the trust between Ethnic groups of Sri Lanka – we will never prosper as a nation if not. You are currently taking some people away from the process.
    12. Seriously, come have a cup of coffee with me – I hold no grudge !!

    Hope you will understand the content I posted for all our sake !!

    Take care Anna !!

  512. Mathavan Says:
    June 17th, 2010 at 4:07 am

    Hooooo Hooooo Hoooo Hooooo Hoooooo !!!

  513. JG

    EDE

    JG also must understand that repetition of same words doesn’t denote one’s talents or skills.

    But he also has used same words more than one time despite pointing the finger at me to be the defaulter.

    This is also a wonderful testimony to sniff out his belligerent nature and insubordination.

    I found that he was not really worth to his salts. 🙁

    However I will strive my self, writing more and more, until JG understands the irrefutable truth

    In my work my boss chooses me frequently to give an advice in the prayer and thus resulted in a slight change in the honesty of the devotees .

    That’s what I have been doing here as well.

    Furthermore, there is something called “learned helplessness”.

    Of course it is the act of giving up trying as a result of consistent failures to be rewarded.

    JG refuses to give up though he has lost this argument and it’s quite embarrassing.

    However, I would like to bolt out nepotism and bigotry from SL.

    This will screw up the development of our country in each and every sector.

    I believe the main reason why EDE talks about LTTE is the ignorance because he is conceited, and thinks people will admire his courage in conquering me, in fact, I hustled his entire dreams and made my way through.

    Of course, there are some who genuinely believe that EDE is good for nothing and writing replies to him is a futile attempt and it’s not important, and that his chief pleasure lies in the joy of picking faults and getting at others.

    You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly.

    No doubt I am after my goal of making my demands lucid and clear while making EDE a laughing stock.

    No longer we can let him fight for loaves and fishes and let the message hammer in all teetotallers especially JG and EDE, ” Don’t fuss over a small matter and turn it a disaster”.

  514. 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.

  515. 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.

  516. 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

  517. 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.

  518. 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.”

  519. 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.

  520. 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.

  521. 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.

  522. 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.

  523. 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

  524. 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

  525. 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.

  526. 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.

  527. 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.”

  528. 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.”

  529. 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.

  530. 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.

  531. 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

  532. 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.

  533. 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.”

  534. 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

  535. 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

  536. 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

  537. 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

  538. 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.

  539. 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.


  540. Puligal Says:
    June 17th, 2010 at 5:46 am

    Pukegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I trust you have Puke Kalu Gal considering your last post !!

    I see that you are trying to get a moral victory over a debate that never happens here with me – please do make your self happy thinking so as I would not give a damn.

    Let me not even go to talk of the rubbish you have posted in the post on June 17th, 2010 at 5:46 am .

    Please go back and try to get your English literate neighbour to read the previous post of yours on June 16th, 2010 at 2:42 pm and check my reply to it on June 17th, 2010 at 4:42 am .

    1. I am still waiting for you to Handle me, whee as you seem to be writing about me to others – So wonder how you could Win an argument you never have with me – shows that you are really a "Manda Buddika" Mongal case !

    2. I am still waiting to see the Far better posts from you and your fellow Apes, but I still see only "Cut and Paste" articles from the Tamil.nut of Peelam Die Ass Pora Apes !

    3. Also, I took some time to put down some of my Humble Thoughts expecting for you to reply to them as you have mentioned that I don't put my DEMANDS down. What do I get instead of a reply ?? Another post without heads of tails with a lot of Shift+F7 from MS word which has no meaning at all

    In fact, it is again one of your hilarious posts good for a Rajinikanth movie where people laugh from their A$$E$ than face….

    In my work my boss chooses me frequently to give an advice in the prayer and thus resulted in a slight change in the honesty of the devotees .

    Don't tell me that you are a minister in some church – LOL – I would feel so sorry for the attendees. In fact, I can understand the slight change in them – ROLMAO !!!
    Why the "Slight Change" ?? LOL In no time, there will be a massive change for sure and there will be no one left. If your boss is Sockinlingam, I would be glad that you would loose this crowd – LOL !!!

    U R hilarious man !! Trust me – you would do well in a circus as a clown !!

    I believe the main reason why EDE talks about LTTE is the ignorance because he is conceited, and thinks people will admire his courage in conquering me, in fact, I hustled his entire dreams and made my way through.

    LOL – what is the meaning of this sentence ?????? LOL !!

    Dude – get your English Speaking neighbour to read your posts and EDE's posts – I am sure he will Roll Over and Laugh off reading your posts…. Dude get a job in the circus, I am telling you – u can earn a lot with the sense of humor you have – trust me you are far more greater than Charlie Chaplin !!

    No doubt I am after my goal of making my demands lucid and clear while making EDE a laughing stock.

    What R your demands ?? LOL
    We never saw any demand of yours than stupid posts that do not have a beginning, an end or any meaning for that matter – U R so so stupid, if there was a land of Stupids, you will definitely beat Sockinlingam, Rohan and Even Piribaharan to be the leader of that government !!!

    I actually did a mistake before by calling you someone like Mr. Bean – fallen from nowhere to the ground. You are even better – you are the type where the mother gets pregnant when the Father Farts and then fall off the mom's A$$ when she farts – LOL !! You do not have a clue about anything – at least Mr. Bean does some brainy stuff !!!! LOL

    Have fun Fart boy !!!

  541. 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.


  542. Puligal Says:
    June 17th, 2010 at 5:46 am

    Pukegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I trust you have Puke Kalu Gal considering your last post !!

    I see that you are trying to get a moral victory over a debate that never happens here with me – please do make your self happy thinking so as I would not give a damn.

    Let me not even go to talk of the rubbish you have posted in the post on June 17th, 2010 at 5:46 am .

    Please go back and try to get your English literate neighbour to read the previous post of yours on June 16th, 2010 at 2:42 pm and check my reply to it on June 17th, 2010 at 4:42 am .

    1. I am still waiting for you to Handle me, whee as you seem to be writing about me to others – So wonder how you could Win an argument you never have with me – shows that you are really a “Manda Buddika” Mongal case !

    2. I am still waiting to see the Far better posts from you and your fellow Apes, but I still see only “Cut and Paste” articles from the Tamil.nut of Peelam Die Ass Pora Apes !

    3. Also, I took some time to put down some of my Humble Thoughts expecting for you to reply to them as you have mentioned that I don’t put my DEMANDS down. What do I get instead of a reply ?? Another post without heads of tails with a lot of Shift+F7 from MS word which has no meaning at all

    In fact, it is again one of your hilarious posts good for a Rajinikanth movie where people laugh from their A$$E$ than face….

    In my work my boss chooses me frequently to give an advice in the prayer and thus resulted in a slight change in the honesty of the devotees .

    Don’t tell me that you are a minister in some church – LOL – I would feel so sorry for the attendees. In fact, I can understand the slight change in them – ROLMAO !!!
    Why the “Slight Change” ?? LOL In no time, there will be a massive change for sure and there will be no one left. If your boss is Sockinlingam, I would be glad that you would loose this crowd – LOL !!!

    U R hilarious man !! Trust me – you would do well in a circus as a clown !!

    I believe the main reason why EDE talks about LTTE is the ignorance because he is conceited, and thinks people will admire his courage in conquering me, in fact, I hustled his entire dreams and made my way through.

    LOL – what is the meaning of this sentence ?????? LOL !!

    Dude – get your English Speaking neighbour to read your posts and EDE’s posts – I am sure he will Roll Over and Laugh off reading your posts…. Dude get a job in the circus, I am telling you – u can earn a lot with the sense of humor you have – trust me you are far more greater than Charlie Chaplin !!

    No doubt I am after my goal of making my demands lucid and clear while making EDE a laughing stock.

    What R your demands ?? LOL
    We never saw any demand of yours than stupid posts that do not have a beginning, an end or any meaning for that matter – U R so so stupid, if there was a land of Stupids, you will definitely beat Sockinlingam, Rohan and Even Piribaharan to be the leader of that government !!!

    I actually did a mistake before by calling you someone like Mr. Bean – fallen from nowhere to the ground. You are even better – you are the type where the mother gets pregnant when the Father Farts and then fall off the mom’s A$$ when she farts – LOL !! You do not have a clue about anything – at least Mr. Bean does some brainy stuff !!!! LOL

    Have fun Fart boy !!!

  543. 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.

  544. 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

  545. 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

  546. 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.

  547. Dear Distraught Donkeys of Eelam (and their 'Human Rights' supporters),

    White Masters are unable to take revenge against Sri Lanka, on behalf of Donkey Diaspora 🙂

    A good summary of the failure of morally compromised Western bloc and its hysterical 'human rights' groups to punish SL for having dared to vapourise the LTTE, albeit with heavy civilian casualties.

    As always, 'facts on the ground', (the term favoured by the LTTE when it held all the cards) do not favour the West and the INGO HR circus.
    http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe2.htm

    "Akashi made Japan’s position on war crimes allegations clear on Monday, in comments to media after his meeting with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. The international community should not dwell on the past, he said. If there were reasonable allegations that international norms of combat were violated, it was for Sri Lanka to define the precise role of an inquiry. “It is not for other governments or international organizations to dictate to Sri Lanka what it should be doing in this highly complicated and sensitive area,” he said.

    Lynn Pascoe’s visit to Sri Lanka had been in the pipeline for some months. At the UN headquarters in New York, journalists grilled Ban Ki-moon’s spokespersons about reports that Sri Lanka was deliberately blocking Pascoe’s trip. But at a press conference on Thursday, Pascoe showed no signs of tension with the government. He said he was “very impressed” by the government’s efforts to provide basic facilities for the internally displaced and showed appreciation for the difficult task Sri Lanka faced in recovering from the trauma of a 25-year-old war.

    Pascoe confirmed … Ban Ki-moon will set up a panel next week to advise him on international standards and comparative experiences with accountability. He said it will also be available as a resource Sri Lankans can turn to. He indicated that the panel’s members would have a broad mandate. The indication was that the panel would be more of a body that Sri Lanka could rely on for assistance rather than one that would query the military’s actions during the final stages of the war.

    In Pascoe’s own words last week, there have been “many misunderstandings about what the panel will do”. He said there was “no cause for concern” and that it would be “very useful for the government”. So much for Ban Ki-moon’s sensational panel.

    Meanwhile, Pascoe, when questioned about Sarath Fonseka’s detention, emphasised that it was an internal matter that should be left to the Sri Lankan legal system. This, it is understood, is also the position of the US which is now placing great emphasis on domestic process.

    So repeat after me: it is a domestic matter. Once that's penetrated your Eelamish mindset, you'll lead much happier and more fulfilling lives.

    And also, Oh, you might want to remember these perceptive words from Mahinda Mama:

    "One cannot succeed in liberating the motherland by keeping your son at home and getting another's son to fight. When we came forward to liberate the motherland, it was not done thinking that the leader, the people and the country were separate from each other, but was a single entity."

    That is the failure of the pro-LTTE diaspora distilled into 12 words. Keeping your son at home and getting another's son to fight.

  548. What more can I say ??? Your comments are noted down and understood. But I am still waiting for you to answer my previous posts… As mentioned in my previous post, I don't intent to write back on your posts. But I must say that your last post is as hilarious as your previous posts.

  549. Dear Distraught Donkeys of Eelam (and their 'Human Rights' supporters),

    White Masters are unable to take revenge against Sri Lanka, on behalf of Donkey Diaspora 🙂

    A good summary of the failure of morally compromised Western bloc and its hysterical 'human rights' groups to punish SL for having dared to vapourise the LTTE, albeit with heavy civilian casualties.

    As always, 'facts on the ground', (the term favoured by the LTTE when it held all the cards) do not favour the West and the INGO HR circus.
    http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe2.htm

    "Akashi made Japan’s position on war crimes allegations clear on Monday, in comments to media after his meeting with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. The international community should not dwell on the past, he said. If there were reasonable allegations that international norms of combat were violated, it was for Sri Lanka to define the precise role of an inquiry. “It is not for other governments or international organizations to dictate to Sri Lanka what it should be doing in this highly complicated and sensitive area,” he said.

    Lynn Pascoe’s visit to Sri Lanka had been in the pipeline for some months. At the UN headquarters in New York, journalists grilled Ban Ki-moon’s spokespersons about reports that Sri Lanka was deliberately blocking Pascoe’s trip. But at a press conference on Thursday, Pascoe showed no signs of tension with the government. He said he was “very impressed” by the government’s efforts to provide basic facilities for the internally displaced and showed appreciation for the difficult task Sri Lanka faced in recovering from the trauma of a 25-year-old war.

    Pascoe confirmed … Ban Ki-moon will set up a panel next week to advise him on international standards and comparative experiences with accountability. He said it will also be available as a resource Sri Lankans can turn to. He indicated that the panel’s members would have a broad mandate. The indication was that the panel would be more of a body that Sri Lanka could rely on for assistance rather than one that would query the military’s actions during the final stages of the war.

    In Pascoe’s own words last week, there have been “many misunderstandings about what the panel will do”. He said there was “no cause for concern” and that it would be “very useful for the government”. So much for Ban Ki-moon’s sensational panel.

    Meanwhile, Pascoe, when questioned about Sarath Fonseka’s detention, emphasised that it was an internal matter that should be left to the Sri Lankan legal system. This, it is understood, is also the position of the US which is now placing great emphasis on domestic process.

    So repeat after me: it is a domestic matter. Once that's penetrated your Eelamish mindset, you'll lead much happier and more fulfilling lives.

    And also, Oh, you might want to remember these perceptive words from Mahinda Mama:

    "One cannot succeed in liberating the motherland by keeping your son at home and getting another's son to fight. When we came forward to liberate the motherland, it was not done thinking that the leader, the people and the country were separate from each other, but was a single entity."

    That is the failure of the pro-LTTE diaspora distilled into 12 words. Keeping your son at home and getting another's son to fight.

  550. Dear Distraught Donkeys of Eelam (and their 'Human Rights' supporters),

    White Masters are unable to take revenge against Sri Lanka, on behalf of Donkey Diaspora 🙂

    A good summary of the failure of morally compromised Western bloc and its hysterical 'human rights' groups to punish SL for having dared to vapourise the LTTE, albeit with heavy civilian casualties.

    As always, 'facts on the ground', (the term favoured by the LTTE when it held all the cards) do not favour the West and the INGO HR circus.
    http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe2.htm

    "Akashi made Japan’s position on war crimes allegations clear on Monday, in comments to media after his meeting with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. The international community should not dwell on the past, he said. If there were reasonable allegations that international norms of combat were violated, it was for Sri Lanka to define the precise role of an inquiry. “It is not for other governments or international organizations to dictate to Sri Lanka what it should be doing in this highly complicated and sensitive area,” he said.

    Lynn Pascoe’s visit to Sri Lanka had been in the pipeline for some months. At the UN headquarters in New York, journalists grilled Ban Ki-moon’s spokespersons about reports that Sri Lanka was deliberately blocking Pascoe’s trip. But at a press conference on Thursday, Pascoe showed no signs of tension with the government. He said he was “very impressed” by the government’s efforts to provide basic facilities for the internally displaced and showed appreciation for the difficult task Sri Lanka faced in recovering from the trauma of a 25-year-old war.

    Pascoe confirmed … Ban Ki-moon will set up a panel next week to advise him on international standards and comparative experiences with accountability. He said it will also be available as a resource Sri Lankans can turn to. He indicated that the panel’s members would have a broad mandate. The indication was that the panel would be more of a body that Sri Lanka could rely on for assistance rather than one that would query the military’s actions during the final stages of the war.

    In Pascoe’s own words last week, there have been “many misunderstandings about what the panel will do”. He said there was “no cause for concern” and that it would be “very useful for the government”. So much for Ban Ki-moon’s sensational panel.

    Meanwhile, Pascoe, when questioned about Sarath Fonseka’s detention, emphasised that it was an internal matter that should be left to the Sri Lankan legal system. This, it is understood, is also the position of the US which is now placing great emphasis on domestic process.

    So repeat after me: it is a domestic matter. Once that's penetrated your Eelamish mindset, you'll lead much happier and more fulfilling lives.

    And also, Oh, you might want to remember these perceptive words from Mahinda Mama:

    "One cannot succeed in liberating the motherland by keeping your son at home and getting another's son to fight. When we came forward to liberate the motherland, it was not done thinking that the leader, the people and the country were separate from each other, but was a single entity."

    That is the failure of the pro-LTTE diaspora distilled into 12 words. Keeping your son at home and getting another's son to fight.

  551. 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.

  552. What more can I say ??? Your comments are noted down and understood. But I am still waiting for you to answer my previous posts… As mentioned in my previous post, I don’t intent to write back on your posts. But I must say that your last post is as hilarious as your previous posts.

  553. Dear Distraught Donkeys of Eelam (and their ‘Human Rights’ supporters),

    White Masters are unable to take revenge against Sri Lanka, on behalf of Donkey Diaspora 🙂

    A good summary of the failure of morally compromised Western bloc and its hysterical ‘human rights’ groups to punish SL for having dared to vapourise the LTTE, albeit with heavy civilian casualties.

    As always, ‘facts on the ground’, (the term favoured by the LTTE when it held all the cards) do not favour the West and the INGO HR circus.

    http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe2.htm

    “Akashi made Japan’s position on war crimes allegations clear on Monday, in comments to media after his meeting with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. The international community should not dwell on the past, he said. If there were reasonable allegations that international norms of combat were violated, it was for Sri Lanka to define the precise role of an inquiry. “It is not for other governments or international organizations to dictate to Sri Lanka what it should be doing in this highly complicated and sensitive area,” he said.

    Lynn Pascoe’s visit to Sri Lanka had been in the pipeline for some months. At the UN headquarters in New York, journalists grilled Ban Ki-moon’s spokespersons about reports that Sri Lanka was deliberately blocking Pascoe’s trip. But at a press conference on Thursday, Pascoe showed no signs of tension with the government. He said he was “very impressed” by the government’s efforts to provide basic facilities for the internally displaced and showed appreciation for the difficult task Sri Lanka faced in recovering from the trauma of a 25-year-old war.

    Pascoe confirmed … Ban Ki-moon will set up a panel next week to advise him on international standards and comparative experiences with accountability. He said it will also be available as a resource Sri Lankans can turn to. He indicated that the panel’s members would have a broad mandate. The indication was that the panel would be more of a body that Sri Lanka could rely on for assistance rather than one that would query the military’s actions during the final stages of the war.

    In Pascoe’s own words last week, there have been “many misunderstandings about what the panel will do”. He said there was “no cause for concern” and that it would be “very useful for the government”. So much for Ban Ki-moon’s sensational panel.

    Meanwhile, Pascoe, when questioned about Sarath Fonseka’s detention, emphasised that it was an internal matter that should be left to the Sri Lankan legal system. This, it is understood, is also the position of the US which is now placing great emphasis on domestic process.

    So repeat after me: it is a domestic matter. Once that’s penetrated your Eelamish mindset, you’ll lead much happier and more fulfilling lives.

    And also, Oh, you might want to remember these perceptive words from Mahinda Mama:

    “One cannot succeed in liberating the motherland by keeping your son at home and getting another’s son to fight. When we came forward to liberate the motherland, it was not done thinking that the leader, the people and the country were separate from each other, but was a single entity.”

    That is the failure of the pro-LTTE diaspora distilled into 12 words. Keeping your son at home and getting another’s son to fight.

  554. 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/

  555. 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.

  556. 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/

  557. 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/

  558. 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.

  559. 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.

  560. 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/

  561. 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.

  562. Sri Lanka celebrates victory anniversary with foreign VIPs: Tamils still victims of State terrorism http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&i

    Last week was a remarkable one for the Sri Lankan government. They celebrated the first year of victory over the Tamils, what Sri Lanka is calling peace and reconciliation celebrations. The envoys from the U.S. and Japan, as well as the UN, made a surprise visit to the island last week. Although Sri Lanka announced its victory in the war against the LTTE in May last year, the government was not able to hold the event as earlier scheduled on May 18 due to inclement weather. Torrential rain that caused flooding made hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

    After the Sri Lankan president’s first visit to neighbouring India, where several agreements including monetary aid from that country were signed with Indian leaders, Rajapaksa returned home just few weeks ago. On his return home, he met with the Chinese deputy prime minister in Sri Lanka. Both leaders signed six agreements.

    The Sri Lankan government seemed to be very excited over the last few weeks, especially at a time when international pressure was mounting on Sri Lanka to conduct an impartial third party investigation into last year’s war abuses, as it is getting widespread support unlike in the past few years. In the outset, the Sri Lankan president was doubly happy last week with the diplomats’ visits and the victory celebrations which took place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Galle Face green in Colombo.

    When speaking at the event, Rajapaksa said: “The people should have complete faith and confidence that the land that was liberated from terrorism through great sacrifice of life will not be handed over to the forces of separatism again…As long as we remember that those who sacrificed their lives now rest in the soil of our land, I declare with pride that our people shall not leave room for anyone to divide this motherland of ours.”

    All the words from Mr. President are just to win the hearts of the diplomatic community. There are some sections of the diplomatic community who do buy the words of those who caused deaths to tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Mr. President and the Sinhala successive governments declared war against the Tamil community in general, and killed their own citizens using internationally banned chemical bombs. Just as Bosnia, Cambodia, Congo, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Sudan have done against civilians. This was the exact wording from former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He further said, in order to stop such genocidal war, it is mandatory to educate through elementary schools.

    In this context, it is significant to discuss the visit of senior diplomats of the U.S., Japan, and United Nations.

    What is the message?

    The U.S. National Defence Council’s war crime and National Security Director, David Bushman, as well as the U.S. President Barak Obama’s special envoy, Samantha Power, who is the special advisor to Obama, the Senior Director for the Human Rights and National Defence Council, were the two envoys landed in Colombo on Monday (June 14).

    Both envoys, along with U.S. high commissioner for Sri Lanka, Patricia Putninaz, met with the Sri Lankan President on June 15 where they discussed various issues including bilateral relations between the U.S. and Sri Lanka. They both discussed the recent bitter events between the two countries over the war crime abuses. The U.S. is putting pressure on Sri Lanka to accept an international team to investigate the last year’s war abuses while Sri Lanka is adamant not to appoint international team, but is willing to appoint its own team of experts to go into the ‘Reconciliation and lessons learned in terms of recent conflict’.

    Also, Japanese special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, landed at Colombo on the evening of June 15. He stayed in Sri Lanka until June 20. During his five-day official visit, he met Sinhala and Tamil-speaking leaders and he paid a visit to Jaffna to oversee the projects initiated by the Japanese government for the war-affected people. Akashi has made numerous visits to Sri Lanka after he was appointed by the Japanese government for Sri Lanka as a special envoy to facilitate talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government after they entered into peace agreement in 2002.

    Akashi made several unsuccessful attempts to stop the war against the Tamils when governments led by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa were in power. As a special envoy, he was not able to influence the Sri Lankan leaders. In this backdrop, he made another visit last week.

    Before he left Sri Lanka, Akashi held a press conference and gave contradictory statements. Once, he admitted that the UN should cooperate with Sri Lanka in investigating last year’s abuses through the investigative team appointed by Sri Lanka itself. Also, he said that the panel of experts should be allowed to investigate the matter and they should provide the advice to Ban-ki Moon. Akashi advised Sri Lanka to cooperate with the U.N. He also asked Sri Lanka to work with the UN in the reconciliation process and offer a meaningful political solution to Tamil-speaking people.

    The next important visit was by the United Nation Organization’s political division Deputy Secretary, Lyne Pascoe, who arrived on June 16 for a two-day official visit. He met with Sinhala and Tamil politicians. On the day he arrived in Sri Lanka, he paid a visit to Mullaitheevu where the final days of the last phase of the war took place. He met with the relocated people. Soon after, when he returned to Colombo from Vanni, he met with the Sri Lankan President and discussed the efforts of resettlement, political reconciliation, and the human rights abuse issues.

    There is no doubt that Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo and other areas received the senior diplomats well. The Sri Lankan government appears desperate to do anything possible to curb the international community’s move to establish international war investigations against Sri Lanka.

    Victory parade a showcase to visitors

    Some of the visiting diplomats got the chance to see the ‘victory parade’ commemorating the victory over the LTTE last year. Nearly 10,000 Sri Lankan soldiers, who directly participated in the war with the LTTE, took part in the parade.

    This parade was a showpiece to the world that the Sri Lankan government is in a good position with the support of two giants of Asia, neighbouring India and its rival China. Sri Lanka is getting enormous monetary and material support from both countries. Each of these countries has a vested economic interest in Sri Lanka. Although these senior diplomats did not take part directly in the parade as guests, they had a great view of the parade preparations and how the decorations were done in Colombo and its suburbs to mark the victory parade.

    China is also planning a massive investment in the fishery industry which is to be inaugurated in Mullaitheevu where the final days of the war took place. Former southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa leaked out shocking news that over 25,000 Chinese nationals, who were held in jails in China for crimes, have been brought to Sri Lanka under the guise of working in Sri Lanka. She said these Chinese nationals are a direct threat to South India in particular and throughout India in general. Jayalalithaa further said if these criminal elements, who are the spies of China, launch criminal activities against Tamils in Sri Lanka, tens of thousands of Tamils would be victimized.

    Obviously, the reason for the parade was to bring credibility to Sri Lanka by showing the might of Sri Lankan military. Due to the victory day event, Sri Lanka announced a public holiday so that people would get the chance to see the event and to pay their respect to their fallen ‘heroes’ who killed over 150,000 Tamil civilians in the three-decade war as well as they conducted numerous rights abuses against Tamils.

    However, this was a good showpiece for the Sri Lankan government to show the world that the people are with the government and they are happy that their government succeeded to crush the Tamil Tigers who, as it was said, were posing threat to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka for more than three decades.

    Mr. President said at the parade event that some countries which were being battered by terrorism had gathered strength from Sri Lanka’s victories over the menace and it was time that they looked back to see what had gone wrong with their strategies while Sri Lanka had succeeded.

    He further said: “It is a grave error of judgment to think, while being opposed to terrorism targeting you, that terrorism that is no threat to you is good. The world has so far trodden this wrong path. Terrorism remains unvanquished because of this incorrect thinking. The countries that show sympathy towards terrorism and separatism will be the victims of terrorism. This is the lesson of history.”

    Political observers argue that Mr. President must also be aware that the modern political scientists have come up with the three types of terrorism; one of which is State Terrorism. Also, Tamils are feeling alienated as the war brought nothing to them but sorrow. Tamils are still in grief after the war. The war left hundreds of thousands of people killed and same number of people still in camps despite the government’s claims that below 50,000 civilians are sequestered in camps, and they, too, will be released soon. All these statements are rubbish and have no validity at all.

    Tamils argue that despite Sri Lanka failing to acknowledge how many Tamils are living as internally displaced persons (IDPs), how can they receive justice from this Sinhalese-dominated State which has no clear mandate in solving the political aspirations of Tamils? In a liberal account, over half a million Tamils are living under pathetic conditions, still living in the houses of their relatives and friends or in temporary shelters, as they cannot even move to their traditional villages, because they are declared by the Sri Lankan State as High Security Zones (HSZs), which are now being used by the Sinhalese from the South. This is the ground reality but the government gives contradictory account of the IDPs.

    Hence, the special envoys from the U.S., Japan, and the UN are another milestone of political success. The question is whether these envoys will keep up their mandates or will they fall into the trap of the Sri Lankan leaders whose hands are soaked in the blood of Tamils

  563. Sri Lanka celebrates victory anniversary with foreign VIPs: Tamils still victims of State terrorism http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&i

    Last week was a remarkable one for the Sri Lankan government. They celebrated the first year of victory over the Tamils, what Sri Lanka is calling peace and reconciliation celebrations. The envoys from the U.S. and Japan, as well as the UN, made a surprise visit to the island last week. Although Sri Lanka announced its victory in the war against the LTTE in May last year, the government was not able to hold the event as earlier scheduled on May 18 due to inclement weather. Torrential rain that caused flooding made hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

    After the Sri Lankan president’s first visit to neighbouring India, where several agreements including monetary aid from that country were signed with Indian leaders, Rajapaksa returned home just few weeks ago. On his return home, he met with the Chinese deputy prime minister in Sri Lanka. Both leaders signed six agreements.

    The Sri Lankan government seemed to be very excited over the last few weeks, especially at a time when international pressure was mounting on Sri Lanka to conduct an impartial third party investigation into last year’s war abuses, as it is getting widespread support unlike in the past few years. In the outset, the Sri Lankan president was doubly happy last week with the diplomats’ visits and the victory celebrations which took place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Galle Face green in Colombo.

    When speaking at the event, Rajapaksa said: “The people should have complete faith and confidence that the land that was liberated from terrorism through great sacrifice of life will not be handed over to the forces of separatism again…As long as we remember that those who sacrificed their lives now rest in the soil of our land, I declare with pride that our people shall not leave room for anyone to divide this motherland of ours.”

    All the words from Mr. President are just to win the hearts of the diplomatic community. There are some sections of the diplomatic community who do buy the words of those who caused deaths to tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Mr. President and the Sinhala successive governments declared war against the Tamil community in general, and killed their own citizens using internationally banned chemical bombs. Just as Bosnia, Cambodia, Congo, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Sudan have done against civilians. This was the exact wording from former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He further said, in order to stop such genocidal war, it is mandatory to educate through elementary schools.

    In this context, it is significant to discuss the visit of senior diplomats of the U.S., Japan, and United Nations.

    What is the message?

    The U.S. National Defence Council’s war crime and National Security Director, David Bushman, as well as the U.S. President Barak Obama’s special envoy, Samantha Power, who is the special advisor to Obama, the Senior Director for the Human Rights and National Defence Council, were the two envoys landed in Colombo on Monday (June 14).

    Both envoys, along with U.S. high commissioner for Sri Lanka, Patricia Putninaz, met with the Sri Lankan President on June 15 where they discussed various issues including bilateral relations between the U.S. and Sri Lanka. They both discussed the recent bitter events between the two countries over the war crime abuses. The U.S. is putting pressure on Sri Lanka to accept an international team to investigate the last year’s war abuses while Sri Lanka is adamant not to appoint international team, but is willing to appoint its own team of experts to go into the ‘Reconciliation and lessons learned in terms of recent conflict’.

    Also, Japanese special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, landed at Colombo on the evening of June 15. He stayed in Sri Lanka until June 20. During his five-day official visit, he met Sinhala and Tamil-speaking leaders and he paid a visit to Jaffna to oversee the projects initiated by the Japanese government for the war-affected people. Akashi has made numerous visits to Sri Lanka after he was appointed by the Japanese government for Sri Lanka as a special envoy to facilitate talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government after they entered into peace agreement in 2002.

    Akashi made several unsuccessful attempts to stop the war against the Tamils when governments led by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa were in power. As a special envoy, he was not able to influence the Sri Lankan leaders. In this backdrop, he made another visit last week.

    Before he left Sri Lanka, Akashi held a press conference and gave contradictory statements. Once, he admitted that the UN should cooperate with Sri Lanka in investigating last year’s abuses through the investigative team appointed by Sri Lanka itself. Also, he said that the panel of experts should be allowed to investigate the matter and they should provide the advice to Ban-ki Moon. Akashi advised Sri Lanka to cooperate with the U.N. He also asked Sri Lanka to work with the UN in the reconciliation process and offer a meaningful political solution to Tamil-speaking people.

    The next important visit was by the United Nation Organization’s political division Deputy Secretary, Lyne Pascoe, who arrived on June 16 for a two-day official visit. He met with Sinhala and Tamil politicians. On the day he arrived in Sri Lanka, he paid a visit to Mullaitheevu where the final days of the last phase of the war took place. He met with the relocated people. Soon after, when he returned to Colombo from Vanni, he met with the Sri Lankan President and discussed the efforts of resettlement, political reconciliation, and the human rights abuse issues.

    There is no doubt that Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo and other areas received the senior diplomats well. The Sri Lankan government appears desperate to do anything possible to curb the international community’s move to establish international war investigations against Sri Lanka.

    Victory parade a showcase to visitors

    Some of the visiting diplomats got the chance to see the ‘victory parade’ commemorating the victory over the LTTE last year. Nearly 10,000 Sri Lankan soldiers, who directly participated in the war with the LTTE, took part in the parade.

    This parade was a showpiece to the world that the Sri Lankan government is in a good position with the support of two giants of Asia, neighbouring India and its rival China. Sri Lanka is getting enormous monetary and material support from both countries. Each of these countries has a vested economic interest in Sri Lanka. Although these senior diplomats did not take part directly in the parade as guests, they had a great view of the parade preparations and how the decorations were done in Colombo and its suburbs to mark the victory parade.

    China is also planning a massive investment in the fishery industry which is to be inaugurated in Mullaitheevu where the final days of the war took place. Former southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa leaked out shocking news that over 25,000 Chinese nationals, who were held in jails in China for crimes, have been brought to Sri Lanka under the guise of working in Sri Lanka. She said these Chinese nationals are a direct threat to South India in particular and throughout India in general. Jayalalithaa further said if these criminal elements, who are the spies of China, launch criminal activities against Tamils in Sri Lanka, tens of thousands of Tamils would be victimized.

    Obviously, the reason for the parade was to bring credibility to Sri Lanka by showing the might of Sri Lankan military. Due to the victory day event, Sri Lanka announced a public holiday so that people would get the chance to see the event and to pay their respect to their fallen ‘heroes’ who killed over 150,000 Tamil civilians in the three-decade war as well as they conducted numerous rights abuses against Tamils.

    However, this was a good showpiece for the Sri Lankan government to show the world that the people are with the government and they are happy that their government succeeded to crush the Tamil Tigers who, as it was said, were posing threat to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka for more than three decades.

    Mr. President said at the parade event that some countries which were being battered by terrorism had gathered strength from Sri Lanka’s victories over the menace and it was time that they looked back to see what had gone wrong with their strategies while Sri Lanka had succeeded.

    He further said: “It is a grave error of judgment to think, while being opposed to terrorism targeting you, that terrorism that is no threat to you is good. The world has so far trodden this wrong path. Terrorism remains unvanquished because of this incorrect thinking. The countries that show sympathy towards terrorism and separatism will be the victims of terrorism. This is the lesson of history.”

    Political observers argue that Mr. President must also be aware that the modern political scientists have come up with the three types of terrorism; one of which is State Terrorism. Also, Tamils are feeling alienated as the war brought nothing to them but sorrow. Tamils are still in grief after the war. The war left hundreds of thousands of people killed and same number of people still in camps despite the government’s claims that below 50,000 civilians are sequestered in camps, and they, too, will be released soon. All these statements are rubbish and have no validity at all.

    Tamils argue that despite Sri Lanka failing to acknowledge how many Tamils are living as internally displaced persons (IDPs), how can they receive justice from this Sinhalese-dominated State which has no clear mandate in solving the political aspirations of Tamils? In a liberal account, over half a million Tamils are living under pathetic conditions, still living in the houses of their relatives and friends or in temporary shelters, as they cannot even move to their traditional villages, because they are declared by the Sri Lankan State as High Security Zones (HSZs), which are now being used by the Sinhalese from the South. This is the ground reality but the government gives contradictory account of the IDPs.

    Hence, the special envoys from the U.S., Japan, and the UN are another milestone of political success. The question is whether these envoys will keep up their mandates or will they fall into the trap of the Sri Lankan leaders whose hands are soaked in the blood of Tamils

  564. Sri Lanka celebrates victory anniversary with foreign VIPs: Tamils still victims of State terrorism http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&i

    Last week was a remarkable one for the Sri Lankan government. They celebrated the first year of victory over the Tamils, what Sri Lanka is calling peace and reconciliation celebrations. The envoys from the U.S. and Japan, as well as the UN, made a surprise visit to the island last week. Although Sri Lanka announced its victory in the war against the LTTE in May last year, the government was not able to hold the event as earlier scheduled on May 18 due to inclement weather. Torrential rain that caused flooding made hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

    After the Sri Lankan president’s first visit to neighbouring India, where several agreements including monetary aid from that country were signed with Indian leaders, Rajapaksa returned home just few weeks ago. On his return home, he met with the Chinese deputy prime minister in Sri Lanka. Both leaders signed six agreements.

    The Sri Lankan government seemed to be very excited over the last few weeks, especially at a time when international pressure was mounting on Sri Lanka to conduct an impartial third party investigation into last year’s war abuses, as it is getting widespread support unlike in the past few years. In the outset, the Sri Lankan president was doubly happy last week with the diplomats’ visits and the victory celebrations which took place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Galle Face green in Colombo.

    When speaking at the event, Rajapaksa said: “The people should have complete faith and confidence that the land that was liberated from terrorism through great sacrifice of life will not be handed over to the forces of separatism again…As long as we remember that those who sacrificed their lives now rest in the soil of our land, I declare with pride that our people shall not leave room for anyone to divide this motherland of ours.”

    All the words from Mr. President are just to win the hearts of the diplomatic community. There are some sections of the diplomatic community who do buy the words of those who caused deaths to tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Mr. President and the Sinhala successive governments declared war against the Tamil community in general, and killed their own citizens using internationally banned chemical bombs. Just as Bosnia, Cambodia, Congo, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Sudan have done against civilians. This was the exact wording from former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He further said, in order to stop such genocidal war, it is mandatory to educate through elementary schools.

    In this context, it is significant to discuss the visit of senior diplomats of the U.S., Japan, and United Nations.

    What is the message?

    The U.S. National Defence Council’s war crime and National Security Director, David Bushman, as well as the U.S. President Barak Obama’s special envoy, Samantha Power, who is the special advisor to Obama, the Senior Director for the Human Rights and National Defence Council, were the two envoys landed in Colombo on Monday (June 14).

    Both envoys, along with U.S. high commissioner for Sri Lanka, Patricia Putninaz, met with the Sri Lankan President on June 15 where they discussed various issues including bilateral relations between the U.S. and Sri Lanka. They both discussed the recent bitter events between the two countries over the war crime abuses. The U.S. is putting pressure on Sri Lanka to accept an international team to investigate the last year’s war abuses while Sri Lanka is adamant not to appoint international team, but is willing to appoint its own team of experts to go into the ‘Reconciliation and lessons learned in terms of recent conflict’.

    Also, Japanese special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, landed at Colombo on the evening of June 15. He stayed in Sri Lanka until June 20. During his five-day official visit, he met Sinhala and Tamil-speaking leaders and he paid a visit to Jaffna to oversee the projects initiated by the Japanese government for the war-affected people. Akashi has made numerous visits to Sri Lanka after he was appointed by the Japanese government for Sri Lanka as a special envoy to facilitate talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government after they entered into peace agreement in 2002.

    Akashi made several unsuccessful attempts to stop the war against the Tamils when governments led by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa were in power. As a special envoy, he was not able to influence the Sri Lankan leaders. In this backdrop, he made another visit last week.

    Before he left Sri Lanka, Akashi held a press conference and gave contradictory statements. Once, he admitted that the UN should cooperate with Sri Lanka in investigating last year’s abuses through the investigative team appointed by Sri Lanka itself. Also, he said that the panel of experts should be allowed to investigate the matter and they should provide the advice to Ban-ki Moon. Akashi advised Sri Lanka to cooperate with the U.N. He also asked Sri Lanka to work with the UN in the reconciliation process and offer a meaningful political solution to Tamil-speaking people.

    The next important visit was by the United Nation Organization’s political division Deputy Secretary, Lyne Pascoe, who arrived on June 16 for a two-day official visit. He met with Sinhala and Tamil politicians. On the day he arrived in Sri Lanka, he paid a visit to Mullaitheevu where the final days of the last phase of the war took place. He met with the relocated people. Soon after, when he returned to Colombo from Vanni, he met with the Sri Lankan President and discussed the efforts of resettlement, political reconciliation, and the human rights abuse issues.

    There is no doubt that Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo and other areas received the senior diplomats well. The Sri Lankan government appears desperate to do anything possible to curb the international community’s move to establish international war investigations against Sri Lanka.

    Victory parade a showcase to visitors

    Some of the visiting diplomats got the chance to see the ‘victory parade’ commemorating the victory over the LTTE last year. Nearly 10,000 Sri Lankan soldiers, who directly participated in the war with the LTTE, took part in the parade.

    This parade was a showpiece to the world that the Sri Lankan government is in a good position with the support of two giants of Asia, neighbouring India and its rival China. Sri Lanka is getting enormous monetary and material support from both countries. Each of these countries has a vested economic interest in Sri Lanka. Although these senior diplomats did not take part directly in the parade as guests, they had a great view of the parade preparations and how the decorations were done in Colombo and its suburbs to mark the victory parade.

    China is also planning a massive investment in the fishery industry which is to be inaugurated in Mullaitheevu where the final days of the war took place. Former southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa leaked out shocking news that over 25,000 Chinese nationals, who were held in jails in China for crimes, have been brought to Sri Lanka under the guise of working in Sri Lanka. She said these Chinese nationals are a direct threat to South India in particular and throughout India in general. Jayalalithaa further said if these criminal elements, who are the spies of China, launch criminal activities against Tamils in Sri Lanka, tens of thousands of Tamils would be victimized.

    Obviously, the reason for the parade was to bring credibility to Sri Lanka by showing the might of Sri Lankan military. Due to the victory day event, Sri Lanka announced a public holiday so that people would get the chance to see the event and to pay their respect to their fallen ‘heroes’ who killed over 150,000 Tamil civilians in the three-decade war as well as they conducted numerous rights abuses against Tamils.

    However, this was a good showpiece for the Sri Lankan government to show the world that the people are with the government and they are happy that their government succeeded to crush the Tamil Tigers who, as it was said, were posing threat to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka for more than three decades.

    Mr. President said at the parade event that some countries which were being battered by terrorism had gathered strength from Sri Lanka’s victories over the menace and it was time that they looked back to see what had gone wrong with their strategies while Sri Lanka had succeeded.

    He further said: “It is a grave error of judgment to think, while being opposed to terrorism targeting you, that terrorism that is no threat to you is good. The world has so far trodden this wrong path. Terrorism remains unvanquished because of this incorrect thinking. The countries that show sympathy towards terrorism and separatism will be the victims of terrorism. This is the lesson of history.”

    Political observers argue that Mr. President must also be aware that the modern political scientists have come up with the three types of terrorism; one of which is State Terrorism. Also, Tamils are feeling alienated as the war brought nothing to them but sorrow. Tamils are still in grief after the war. The war left hundreds of thousands of people killed and same number of people still in camps despite the government’s claims that below 50,000 civilians are sequestered in camps, and they, too, will be released soon. All these statements are rubbish and have no validity at all.

    Tamils argue that despite Sri Lanka failing to acknowledge how many Tamils are living as internally displaced persons (IDPs), how can they receive justice from this Sinhalese-dominated State which has no clear mandate in solving the political aspirations of Tamils? In a liberal account, over half a million Tamils are living under pathetic conditions, still living in the houses of their relatives and friends or in temporary shelters, as they cannot even move to their traditional villages, because they are declared by the Sri Lankan State as High Security Zones (HSZs), which are now being used by the Sinhalese from the South. This is the ground reality but the government gives contradictory account of the IDPs.

    Hence, the special envoys from the U.S., Japan, and the UN are another milestone of political success. The question is whether these envoys will keep up their mandates or will they fall into the trap of the Sri Lankan leaders whose hands are soaked in the blood of Tamils

  565. Sri Lanka celebrates victory anniversary with foreign VIPs: Tamils still victims of State terrorism
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&id=5921

    Last week was a remarkable one for the Sri Lankan government. They celebrated the first year of victory over the Tamils, what Sri Lanka is calling peace and reconciliation celebrations. The envoys from the U.S. and Japan, as well as the UN, made a surprise visit to the island last week. Although Sri Lanka announced its victory in the war against the LTTE in May last year, the government was not able to hold the event as earlier scheduled on May 18 due to inclement weather. Torrential rain that caused flooding made hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

    After the Sri Lankan president’s first visit to neighbouring India, where several agreements including monetary aid from that country were signed with Indian leaders, Rajapaksa returned home just few weeks ago. On his return home, he met with the Chinese deputy prime minister in Sri Lanka. Both leaders signed six agreements.

    The Sri Lankan government seemed to be very excited over the last few weeks, especially at a time when international pressure was mounting on Sri Lanka to conduct an impartial third party investigation into last year’s war abuses, as it is getting widespread support unlike in the past few years. In the outset, the Sri Lankan president was doubly happy last week with the diplomats’ visits and the victory celebrations which took place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Galle Face green in Colombo.

    When speaking at the event, Rajapaksa said: “The people should have complete faith and confidence that the land that was liberated from terrorism through great sacrifice of life will not be handed over to the forces of separatism again…As long as we remember that those who sacrificed their lives now rest in the soil of our land, I declare with pride that our people shall not leave room for anyone to divide this motherland of ours.”

    All the words from Mr. President are just to win the hearts of the diplomatic community. There are some sections of the diplomatic community who do buy the words of those who caused deaths to tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Mr. President and the Sinhala successive governments declared war against the Tamil community in general, and killed their own citizens using internationally banned chemical bombs. Just as Bosnia, Cambodia, Congo, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Sudan have done against civilians. This was the exact wording from former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He further said, in order to stop such genocidal war, it is mandatory to educate through elementary schools.

    In this context, it is significant to discuss the visit of senior diplomats of the U.S., Japan, and United Nations.

    What is the message?

    The U.S. National Defence Council’s war crime and National Security Director, David Bushman, as well as the U.S. President Barak Obama’s special envoy, Samantha Power, who is the special advisor to Obama, the Senior Director for the Human Rights and National Defence Council, were the two envoys landed in Colombo on Monday (June 14).

    Both envoys, along with U.S. high commissioner for Sri Lanka, Patricia Putninaz, met with the Sri Lankan President on June 15 where they discussed various issues including bilateral relations between the U.S. and Sri Lanka. They both discussed the recent bitter events between the two countries over the war crime abuses. The U.S. is putting pressure on Sri Lanka to accept an international team to investigate the last year’s war abuses while Sri Lanka is adamant not to appoint international team, but is willing to appoint its own team of experts to go into the ‘Reconciliation and lessons learned in terms of recent conflict’.

    Also, Japanese special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, landed at Colombo on the evening of June 15. He stayed in Sri Lanka until June 20. During his five-day official visit, he met Sinhala and Tamil-speaking leaders and he paid a visit to Jaffna to oversee the projects initiated by the Japanese government for the war-affected people. Akashi has made numerous visits to Sri Lanka after he was appointed by the Japanese government for Sri Lanka as a special envoy to facilitate talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government after they entered into peace agreement in 2002.

    Akashi made several unsuccessful attempts to stop the war against the Tamils when governments led by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa were in power. As a special envoy, he was not able to influence the Sri Lankan leaders. In this backdrop, he made another visit last week.

    Before he left Sri Lanka, Akashi held a press conference and gave contradictory statements. Once, he admitted that the UN should cooperate with Sri Lanka in investigating last year’s abuses through the investigative team appointed by Sri Lanka itself. Also, he said that the panel of experts should be allowed to investigate the matter and they should provide the advice to Ban-ki Moon. Akashi advised Sri Lanka to cooperate with the U.N. He also asked Sri Lanka to work with the UN in the reconciliation process and offer a meaningful political solution to Tamil-speaking people.

    The next important visit was by the United Nation Organization’s political division Deputy Secretary, Lyne Pascoe, who arrived on June 16 for a two-day official visit. He met with Sinhala and Tamil politicians. On the day he arrived in Sri Lanka, he paid a visit to Mullaitheevu where the final days of the last phase of the war took place. He met with the relocated people. Soon after, when he returned to Colombo from Vanni, he met with the Sri Lankan President and discussed the efforts of resettlement, political reconciliation, and the human rights abuse issues.

    There is no doubt that Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo and other areas received the senior diplomats well. The Sri Lankan government appears desperate to do anything possible to curb the international community’s move to establish international war investigations against Sri Lanka.

    Victory parade a showcase to visitors

    Some of the visiting diplomats got the chance to see the ‘victory parade’ commemorating the victory over the LTTE last year. Nearly 10,000 Sri Lankan soldiers, who directly participated in the war with the LTTE, took part in the parade.

    This parade was a showpiece to the world that the Sri Lankan government is in a good position with the support of two giants of Asia, neighbouring India and its rival China. Sri Lanka is getting enormous monetary and material support from both countries. Each of these countries has a vested economic interest in Sri Lanka. Although these senior diplomats did not take part directly in the parade as guests, they had a great view of the parade preparations and how the decorations were done in Colombo and its suburbs to mark the victory parade.

    China is also planning a massive investment in the fishery industry which is to be inaugurated in Mullaitheevu where the final days of the war took place. Former southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa leaked out shocking news that over 25,000 Chinese nationals, who were held in jails in China for crimes, have been brought to Sri Lanka under the guise of working in Sri Lanka. She said these Chinese nationals are a direct threat to South India in particular and throughout India in general. Jayalalithaa further said if these criminal elements, who are the spies of China, launch criminal activities against Tamils in Sri Lanka, tens of thousands of Tamils would be victimized.

    Obviously, the reason for the parade was to bring credibility to Sri Lanka by showing the might of Sri Lankan military. Due to the victory day event, Sri Lanka announced a public holiday so that people would get the chance to see the event and to pay their respect to their fallen ‘heroes’ who killed over 150,000 Tamil civilians in the three-decade war as well as they conducted numerous rights abuses against Tamils.

    However, this was a good showpiece for the Sri Lankan government to show the world that the people are with the government and they are happy that their government succeeded to crush the Tamil Tigers who, as it was said, were posing threat to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka for more than three decades.

    Mr. President said at the parade event that some countries which were being battered by terrorism had gathered strength from Sri Lanka’s victories over the menace and it was time that they looked back to see what had gone wrong with their strategies while Sri Lanka had succeeded.

    He further said: “It is a grave error of judgment to think, while being opposed to terrorism targeting you, that terrorism that is no threat to you is good. The world has so far trodden this wrong path. Terrorism remains unvanquished because of this incorrect thinking. The countries that show sympathy towards terrorism and separatism will be the victims of terrorism. This is the lesson of history.”

    Political observers argue that Mr. President must also be aware that the modern political scientists have come up with the three types of terrorism; one of which is State Terrorism. Also, Tamils are feeling alienated as the war brought nothing to them but sorrow. Tamils are still in grief after the war. The war left hundreds of thousands of people killed and same number of people still in camps despite the government’s claims that below 50,000 civilians are sequestered in camps, and they, too, will be released soon. All these statements are rubbish and have no validity at all.

    Tamils argue that despite Sri Lanka failing to acknowledge how many Tamils are living as internally displaced persons (IDPs), how can they receive justice from this Sinhalese-dominated State which has no clear mandate in solving the political aspirations of Tamils? In a liberal account, over half a million Tamils are living under pathetic conditions, still living in the houses of their relatives and friends or in temporary shelters, as they cannot even move to their traditional villages, because they are declared by the Sri Lankan State as High Security Zones (HSZs), which are now being used by the Sinhalese from the South. This is the ground reality but the government gives contradictory account of the IDPs.

    Hence, the special envoys from the U.S., Japan, and the UN are another milestone of political success. The question is whether these envoys will keep up their mandates or will they fall into the trap of the Sri Lankan leaders whose hands are soaked in the blood of Tamils

  566. Vanni is a Tamil land in the north eastern region of Sri Lanka that was once flowing with milk and honey. People prospered in every thing. Many of them did farming and deep sea fishing. They were not poor. Their barns were filled with grains throughout the year. These people ate a very healthy diet and lived in homes that were located in unpolluted areas. In our terms, people of Vanni ate organic grains, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish all their lives.

    one year ago, all of a sudden, Skis of Vanni became darkened. Children stopped playing. Dancing was turned into mourning. Chinese F7s, Russian MIGs f lied over Vanni and bombed homes, hospitals, schools and farms. Cluster bombs, phosphorous bombs and other banned weapons were used against innocent civilians.

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  567. Tax payers of the donors/western/other coutries have to think whether money reach the poor or militray in sri lanka.

    Sri Lankan rulers no longer tell the truth. According to them, the Sun raises in the West and the rooster crows only in the evenings. While murdering civilians with heavy weapons including tanks and missiles with unconventional war heads, Sri Lanka was lying to the world that they were only using light weapons.

    Sri Lanka is the most militarised among the South Asian countries with 13000 military personnel per one million population. Every street corner of Sri Lanka is guarded by armed soldiers. Sri Lanka has 266K active armed personal (Total Troops 374K) which is much higher than many developed countries. [Australia (54k), Canada (65K), South Africa (56K), Norway (28K), United Kingdom (188K), Germany (248K), France (260K), Italy (230K)]

    In terms of military expenditure as percentage of GDP, Sri Lanka spends the most in South Asia. The figure is 6% in Sri Lanka which is much higher than the amount spent by its neighbours. (3.5% in Pakistan; 2.5% in India and Nepal; and 1.5% in Bangladesh)

    Sri Lanka has now become like another Myanmar in the region. Close associations with nuclear armed China and Pakistan and friendships with Iran, Libya, and Myanmar are already giving the danger signs. Iran has indicated that it is willing to share nuclear technologies with Sri Lanka for peaceful purposes. Those who follow the current trend in the world, very well know what these peaceful purposes are.

    Sri Lanka is trying to get hold of nuclear technology (to supplement its power needs). Having been turned away by India, Sri Lanka is turning to States like Iran to fulfil its nuclear ambitions. This is why Sri Lanka always backs Iran’s nuclear program

    It may not be well known that Sri Lanka was instrumental in Iran acquiring nuclear technology. Some Sri Lankan businessmen and engineers are among those whose names appear in a United States blacklist over the alleged involvement in the world’s worst illicit nuclear proliferation racket, the British media reported recently.

    Although, Sri Lanka is a democratic country, the majority Sinhala people support Nazi Style right wing parties. Racist politicians and military leaders are looked upon as heroes and saviours of the country. Tamils who once had their own nation are now considered as aliens and invaders even though the majority of the Tamils are the original inhabitants of this land. Politics is driven by the powers of ignorance, greed, lies and deceptions.

  568. Plight of babies born and unborn http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    A 20-days old baby succumbed to injuries of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelling on Sunday in the makeshift hospital at Puthumaaththa'lan within the safety zone. Recently, a pregnant mother whose abdomen was torn open and in the condition of the hand of the foetus coming out was admitted to the hospital, after the SLA shelling. Meanwhile, as a result of the food shortage, children were seen standing in a long queue to receive gruel from a distribution centre run by the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation on the Easter Sunday noon. The photos published here are self explanatory, but we caution readers of their strong content.

    Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War Crimes of Colombo http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  569. Vanni is a Tamil land in the north eastern region of Sri Lanka that was once flowing with milk and honey. People prospered in every thing. Many of them did farming and deep sea fishing. They were not poor. Their barns were filled with grains throughout the year. These people ate a very healthy diet and lived in homes that were located in unpolluted areas. In our terms, people of Vanni ate organic grains, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish all their lives.

    one year ago, all of a sudden, Skis of Vanni became darkened. Children stopped playing. Dancing was turned into mourning. Chinese F7s, Russian MIGs f lied over Vanni and bombed homes, hospitals, schools and farms. Cluster bombs, phosphorous bombs and other banned weapons were used against innocent civilians.

    14.05.10 Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War..
    20.05.09 Fears mount for safety of doctors arrested by SLA
    16.05.09 Doctors quit safety zone, volunteer medics remain ..
    16.05.09 SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16.05.09 Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allo..
    15.05.09 More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC sus..
    15.05.09 ‘Safety zone’ in smoke, close-quarter fighting is ..
    14.05.09 LTTE urges IC to save civilians in the name of hum..
    13.05.09 SLA barrage inflicts carnage, makeshift hospital r..
    13.05.09 SLA shells hospital again, several killed includin..
    12.05.09 US, UK want UN to facilitate ’safe evacuation’ of ..
    12.05.09 SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    11.05.09 SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10.05.09 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, a..
    10.05.09 LTTE urges IC to act in the international way
    10.05.09 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single nig..
    09.05.09 SLA artillery barrage hits ’safety zone’ as ICRC s..
    09.05.09 Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatit..
    08.05.09 SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    05.05.09 US responsible, least humanitarian is dropping foo..
    05.05.09 TRO: Food shortage in Safe Zone, critical
    05.05.09 ‘Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian’: Va..
    03.05.09 Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    02.05.09 SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 ..
    01.05.09 SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount am..
    29.04.09 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminen..
    29.04.09 Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery..
    28.04.09 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach..
    28.04.09 SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    28.04.09 IC makes history in experimenting ‘genocide bomb’
    28.04.09 Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    27.04.09 Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapon..
    27.04.09 Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own anno..
    26.04.09 Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hou..
    26.04.09 Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal t..
    26.04.09 SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26.04.09 Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, ca..
    26.04.09 LTTE announces unilateral ceasefire
    26.04.09 Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 3..
    25.04.09 Starvation: Colombo deploys the worst genocidal we..
    25.04.09 Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, ’safe zone’ bom..
    25.04.09 Another carnage imminent as the two Indian mandari..
    24.04.09 165,000 civilians face imminent starvation, LTTE u..
    24.04.09 Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as wea..
    24.04.09 Civilian casualties top 20,000 in Vanni: Leaked UN..
    23.04.09 SLN crafts encircle ICRC ship in Vanni
    23.04.09 SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Van..
    22.04.09 SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously woun..
    22.04.09 SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pat..
    21.04.09 SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Va..
    21.04.09 ‘SLA advances behind human shield, act fast to res..
    20.04.09 Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colom..
    20.04.09 Casualties cross 1000 in SLA’s attempt to capture ..
    20.04.09 SLA fires cluster bombs on ’safety zone’
    20.04.09 Chaos and carnage as SLA enters ’safety zone’
    19.04.09 SLA launches ground push targeting ’safety zone’
    19.04.09 SLA attacks continue to target ’safety zone’
    18.04.09 ‘Starvation poised for worse killings than shellin..
    16.04.09 UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16.04.09 Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 kil..
    16.04.09 SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zon..
    15.04.09 SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15.04.09 Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civi..
    14.04.09 Mass human tragedy possible any moment in ’safety ..
    14.04.09 SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of ’safe z..
    13.04.09 SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hour..
    13.04.09 SLA steps up ground offensive targeting ’safety zo..
    12.04.09 Plight of babies born and unborn
    12.04.09 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in ’s..
    11.04.09 SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 30..
    11.04.09 SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian securi..
    11.04.09 599 killed, 3350 injured inside ’safety zone’ sinc..
    11.04.09 69 percent kids malnourished: Vanni health officia..
    10.04.09 Stop shelling say Co-chairs, attack continues amid..
    09.04.09 Carnage continues in Vanni
    08.04.09 SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in ’sa..
    08.04.09 SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 2..
    07.04.09 Colombo turns firepower onto ’safety zone’
    07.04.09 Threat of starvation haunts “Safe Zone” families
    06.04.09 Medical official reports on pattern of shelling in..
    05.04.09 Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medi..
    05.04.09 SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 71 civilians..
    04.04.09 Recognize our freedom: Vanni civilian leader
    03.04.09 SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 ..
    03.04.09 Eyewitness reports horrific experiences at makeshi..
    02.04.09 SLA fired artillery shells create havoc inside saf..
    31.03.09 SLA fires cluster shells, 45 civilians killed, 120..
    31.03.09 SLA attacks kill 88 Tamils, including 21 children ..
    30.03.09 SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside ’safety zone’..
    29.03.09 ‘Global order’ experiments with body and mind of V..
    28.03.09 179 civilians including 76 children killed within ..
    26.03.09 SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in hu..
    26.03.09 SLA attacks hospital, 5 patients killed, 11 wounde..
    26.03.09 Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 chil..
    24.03.09 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on ..
    24.03.09 SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22.03.09 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21.03.09 SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days ins..
    17.03.09 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling o..
    17.03.09 18 civilians reported missing in ’safe-zone’ borde..
    17.03.09 ‘Safe zone’ under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3..
    15.03.09 Makeshift-hospital struggles without medicines
    15.03.09 Shelling doesn’t spare even babies in wombs
    15.03.09 Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and s..
    13.03.09 SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital,..
    13.03.09 SLA shelling targets humanitarian supplies in ’saf..
    12.03.09 SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside ’safe zone’..
    12.03.09 50,000 families affected by floods in ’safe zone’
    11.03.09 SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 chil..
    10.03.09 Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians wi..
    10.03.09 Colombo’s shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians,..
    09.03.09 Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, th..
    07.03.09 Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 ho..
    06.03.09 Doctors warn severe shortage of medicines in Vanni
    06.03.09 Acid test for international actors
    06.03.09 Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni i..
    05.03.09 Perpetrating civilian starvation is violation of a..
    05.03.09 SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wou..
    05.03.09 Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04.03.09 SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in ’safe..
    04.03.09 ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04.03.09 SLA in killing spree in the ’safety zone’, 73 kill..
    04.03.09 Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04.03.09 Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from sh..
    03.03.09 RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to..
    03.03.09 SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including ..
    03.03.09 Skin rash breaks among children in Vanni
    03.03.09 Vanni IDPs starving due to acute shortage of food
    02.03.09 SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaithth..
    02.03.09 Hunger claims lives in Vanni
    02.03.09 Colombo killed 700 children in 2 months – LTTE Rad..
    28.02.09 Newborn babies bereft of milk, humanitarian situat..
    27.02.09 Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    24.02.09 Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA ba..
    24.02.09 Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new ’safe z..
    22.02.09 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 h..
    21.02.09 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Fri..
    21.02.09 SLA barrages Mullaiththeevu after Tiger air attack..
    19.02.09 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday,..
    18.02.09 Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores kil..
    18.02.09 SLA artillery fire hits new ’safety zone’, 108 kil..
    16.02.09 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preven..
    16.02.09 Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian tar..
    14.02.09 75 feared killed in SLA shelling, elders home
    13.02.09 Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead b..
    10.02.09 Relentless shelling expels civilians from ’safety ..
    08.02.09 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside ‘..
    08.02.09 More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment wit..
    07.02.09 SLAF bombs Ponnampalam hospital, 61 patients kille..
    05.02.09 SLA attacks ’safety zone’ using short-range mortar..
    05.02.09 Hospital attacked, 7 killed, dozens wounded
    04.02.09 Deliberate massacre, not ‘crossfire’ killing Tamil..
    02.02.09 SLAF bombers attack Vanni, deploy cluster bombs
    02.02.09 Nurse killed in Udaiyaarkaddu hospital, ICRC staff..
    02.02.09 More than 5,000 shells fired on ’safety zone’, cas..
    02.02.09 SLA fires MBRL rockets on IDP camp, several feared..
    02.02.09 SLA shells PTK hospital, 9 killed, 15 wounded
    01.02.09 Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks contin..
    01.02.09 Shelling hits hospital, ICRC shocked
    31.01.09 Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on ..
    31.01.09 SLA shelling continues on ’safety zone’, Colombo r..
    30.01.09 Only international-sponsored ceasefire can lead to..
    29.01.09 Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wounded ..
    28.01.09 Brutal attack on civilians, assurance to Mukherjee..
    28.01.09 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded surv..
    28.01.09 Hospitals, ambulances hit by shelling, hundreds ki..
    27.01.09 300,000 civilians face hunger, Colombo, abettors r..
    27.01.09 Norway breaks silence, condemns war
    27.01.09 Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – med..
    27.01.09 Artillery barrage continues on ’safety zone’, no s..
    26.01.09 Targeting civilians in safety zone, premeditated w..
    26.01.09 ‘Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitt..
    26.01.09 More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to s..
    26.01.09 TNA seeks IC to stop carnage, urges medical help t..
    26.01.09 More than 300 civilians feared killed, people blee..
    26.01.09 Does IC know no human dignity of civilians, asks a..
    26.01.09 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, ar..
    25.01.09 SLA shelling kills 22 civilians, wounds 60, target..
    24.01.09 12 civilians killed, 87 wounded, SLA continues art..
    23.01.09 ‘Safety zone’ shelled again, 5 civilians killed, 8..
    23.01.09 Artillery barrage continues, 3 killed, 33 wounded
    22.01.09 2 medical staff wounded in artillery barrage on ho..
    22.01.09 Military was provided with exact coordinates of ho..
    22.01.09 Hospital bombed, 5 killed, 15 wounded
    22.01.09 66 civilians killed within 3 days – Mullai RDHS
    22.01.09 SLA attacks civilians in ’secure zone’, several ki..
    21.01.09 IC urged to act on humanitarian grounds to safegua..
    20.01.09 Unprecedented civilian carnage in Vanni
    18.01.09 Vanni civilians under deadly siege
    18.01.09 Artillery barrage kills several civilians, dozens ..
    18.01.09 Sri Lankan shelling kills 4 civilians, children am..
    17.01.09 Catholic priests appeal to UN to intervene in Vann..
    16.01.09 5 civilians killed, 7 injured in Sri Lankan artill..
    16.01.09 Jaffna Bishop urges SL President to stop bombardme..
    16.01.09 Humanitarian tragedy in Vanni enters deadlier phas..
    16.01.09 “Which norms of liberal democracy preclude IC atte..
    13.01.09 Doctors call for attack free zones surrounding dis..
    13.01.09 Humanitarian tragedy unfolds in Vanni http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  570. Vanni is a Tamil land in the north eastern region of Sri Lanka that was once flowing with milk and honey. People prospered in every thing. Many of them did farming and deep sea fishing. They were not poor. Their barns were filled with grains throughout the year. These people ate a very healthy diet and lived in homes that were located in unpolluted areas. In our terms, people of Vanni ate organic grains, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish all their lives.

    one year ago, all of a sudden, Skis of Vanni became darkened. Children stopped playing. Dancing was turned into mourning. Chinese F7s, Russian MIGs f lied over Vanni and bombed homes, hospitals, schools and farms. Cluster bombs, phosphorous bombs and other banned weapons were used against innocent civilians.

    14.05.10 Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War..
    20.05.09 Fears mount for safety of doctors arrested by SLA
    16.05.09 Doctors quit safety zone, volunteer medics remain ..
    16.05.09 SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16.05.09 Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allo..
    15.05.09 More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC sus..
    15.05.09 ‘Safety zone’ in smoke, close-quarter fighting is ..
    14.05.09 LTTE urges IC to save civilians in the name of hum..
    13.05.09 SLA barrage inflicts carnage, makeshift hospital r..
    13.05.09 SLA shells hospital again, several killed includin..
    12.05.09 US, UK want UN to facilitate ’safe evacuation’ of ..
    12.05.09 SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    11.05.09 SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10.05.09 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, a..
    10.05.09 LTTE urges IC to act in the international way
    10.05.09 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single nig..
    09.05.09 SLA artillery barrage hits ’safety zone’ as ICRC s..
    09.05.09 Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatit..
    08.05.09 SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    05.05.09 US responsible, least humanitarian is dropping foo..
    05.05.09 TRO: Food shortage in Safe Zone, critical
    05.05.09 ‘Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian’: Va..
    03.05.09 Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    02.05.09 SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 ..
    01.05.09 SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount am..
    29.04.09 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminen..
    29.04.09 Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery..
    28.04.09 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach..
    28.04.09 SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    28.04.09 IC makes history in experimenting ‘genocide bomb’
    28.04.09 Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    27.04.09 Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapon..
    27.04.09 Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own anno..
    26.04.09 Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hou..
    26.04.09 Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal t..
    26.04.09 SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26.04.09 Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, ca..
    26.04.09 LTTE announces unilateral ceasefire
    26.04.09 Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 3..
    25.04.09 Starvation: Colombo deploys the worst genocidal we..
    25.04.09 Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, ’safe zone’ bom..
    25.04.09 Another carnage imminent as the two Indian mandari..
    24.04.09 165,000 civilians face imminent starvation, LTTE u..
    24.04.09 Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as wea..
    24.04.09 Civilian casualties top 20,000 in Vanni: Leaked UN..
    23.04.09 SLN crafts encircle ICRC ship in Vanni
    23.04.09 SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Van..
    22.04.09 SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously woun..
    22.04.09 SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pat..
    21.04.09 SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Va..
    21.04.09 ‘SLA advances behind human shield, act fast to res..
    20.04.09 Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colom..
    20.04.09 Casualties cross 1000 in SLA’s attempt to capture ..
    20.04.09 SLA fires cluster bombs on ’safety zone’
    20.04.09 Chaos and carnage as SLA enters ’safety zone’
    19.04.09 SLA launches ground push targeting ’safety zone’
    19.04.09 SLA attacks continue to target ’safety zone’
    18.04.09 ‘Starvation poised for worse killings than shellin..
    16.04.09 UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16.04.09 Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 kil..
    16.04.09 SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zon..
    15.04.09 SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15.04.09 Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civi..
    14.04.09 Mass human tragedy possible any moment in ’safety ..
    14.04.09 SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of ’safe z..
    13.04.09 SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hour..
    13.04.09 SLA steps up ground offensive targeting ’safety zo..
    12.04.09 Plight of babies born and unborn
    12.04.09 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in ’s..
    11.04.09 SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 30..
    11.04.09 SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian securi..
    11.04.09 599 killed, 3350 injured inside ’safety zone’ sinc..
    11.04.09 69 percent kids malnourished: Vanni health officia..
    10.04.09 Stop shelling say Co-chairs, attack continues amid..
    09.04.09 Carnage continues in Vanni
    08.04.09 SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in ’sa..
    08.04.09 SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 2..
    07.04.09 Colombo turns firepower onto ’safety zone’
    07.04.09 Threat of starvation haunts “Safe Zone” families
    06.04.09 Medical official reports on pattern of shelling in..
    05.04.09 Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medi..
    05.04.09 SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 71 civilians..
    04.04.09 Recognize our freedom: Vanni civilian leader
    03.04.09 SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 ..
    03.04.09 Eyewitness reports horrific experiences at makeshi..
    02.04.09 SLA fired artillery shells create havoc inside saf..
    31.03.09 SLA fires cluster shells, 45 civilians killed, 120..
    31.03.09 SLA attacks kill 88 Tamils, including 21 children ..
    30.03.09 SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside ’safety zone’..
    29.03.09 ‘Global order’ experiments with body and mind of V..
    28.03.09 179 civilians including 76 children killed within ..
    26.03.09 SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in hu..
    26.03.09 SLA attacks hospital, 5 patients killed, 11 wounde..
    26.03.09 Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 chil..
    24.03.09 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on ..
    24.03.09 SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22.03.09 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21.03.09 SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days ins..
    17.03.09 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling o..
    17.03.09 18 civilians reported missing in ’safe-zone’ borde..
    17.03.09 ‘Safe zone’ under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3..
    15.03.09 Makeshift-hospital struggles without medicines
    15.03.09 Shelling doesn’t spare even babies in wombs
    15.03.09 Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and s..
    13.03.09 SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital,..
    13.03.09 SLA shelling targets humanitarian supplies in ’saf..
    12.03.09 SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside ’safe zone’..
    12.03.09 50,000 families affected by floods in ’safe zone’
    11.03.09 SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 chil..
    10.03.09 Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians wi..
    10.03.09 Colombo’s shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians,..
    09.03.09 Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, th..
    07.03.09 Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 ho..
    06.03.09 Doctors warn severe shortage of medicines in Vanni
    06.03.09 Acid test for international actors
    06.03.09 Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni i..
    05.03.09 Perpetrating civilian starvation is violation of a..
    05.03.09 SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wou..
    05.03.09 Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04.03.09 SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in ’safe..
    04.03.09 ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04.03.09 SLA in killing spree in the ’safety zone’, 73 kill..
    04.03.09 Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04.03.09 Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from sh..
    03.03.09 RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to..
    03.03.09 SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including ..
    03.03.09 Skin rash breaks among children in Vanni
    03.03.09 Vanni IDPs starving due to acute shortage of food
    02.03.09 SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaithth..
    02.03.09 Hunger claims lives in Vanni
    02.03.09 Colombo killed 700 children in 2 months – LTTE Rad..
    28.02.09 Newborn babies bereft of milk, humanitarian situat..
    27.02.09 Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    24.02.09 Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA ba..
    24.02.09 Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new ’safe z..
    22.02.09 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 h..
    21.02.09 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Fri..
    21.02.09 SLA barrages Mullaiththeevu after Tiger air attack..
    19.02.09 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday,..
    18.02.09 Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores kil..
    18.02.09 SLA artillery fire hits new ’safety zone’, 108 kil..
    16.02.09 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preven..
    16.02.09 Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian tar..
    14.02.09 75 feared killed in SLA shelling, elders home
    13.02.09 Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead b..
    10.02.09 Relentless shelling expels civilians from ’safety ..
    08.02.09 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside ‘..
    08.02.09 More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment wit..
    07.02.09 SLAF bombs Ponnampalam hospital, 61 patients kille..
    05.02.09 SLA attacks ’safety zone’ using short-range mortar..
    05.02.09 Hospital attacked, 7 killed, dozens wounded
    04.02.09 Deliberate massacre, not ‘crossfire’ killing Tamil..
    02.02.09 SLAF bombers attack Vanni, deploy cluster bombs
    02.02.09 Nurse killed in Udaiyaarkaddu hospital, ICRC staff..
    02.02.09 More than 5,000 shells fired on ’safety zone’, cas..
    02.02.09 SLA fires MBRL rockets on IDP camp, several feared..
    02.02.09 SLA shells PTK hospital, 9 killed, 15 wounded
    01.02.09 Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks contin..
    01.02.09 Shelling hits hospital, ICRC shocked
    31.01.09 Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on ..
    31.01.09 SLA shelling continues on ’safety zone’, Colombo r..
    30.01.09 Only international-sponsored ceasefire can lead to..
    29.01.09 Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wounded ..
    28.01.09 Brutal attack on civilians, assurance to Mukherjee..
    28.01.09 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded surv..
    28.01.09 Hospitals, ambulances hit by shelling, hundreds ki..
    27.01.09 300,000 civilians face hunger, Colombo, abettors r..
    27.01.09 Norway breaks silence, condemns war
    27.01.09 Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – med..
    27.01.09 Artillery barrage continues on ’safety zone’, no s..
    26.01.09 Targeting civilians in safety zone, premeditated w..
    26.01.09 ‘Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitt..
    26.01.09 More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to s..
    26.01.09 TNA seeks IC to stop carnage, urges medical help t..
    26.01.09 More than 300 civilians feared killed, people blee..
    26.01.09 Does IC know no human dignity of civilians, asks a..
    26.01.09 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, ar..
    25.01.09 SLA shelling kills 22 civilians, wounds 60, target..
    24.01.09 12 civilians killed, 87 wounded, SLA continues art..
    23.01.09 ‘Safety zone’ shelled again, 5 civilians killed, 8..
    23.01.09 Artillery barrage continues, 3 killed, 33 wounded
    22.01.09 2 medical staff wounded in artillery barrage on ho..
    22.01.09 Military was provided with exact coordinates of ho..
    22.01.09 Hospital bombed, 5 killed, 15 wounded
    22.01.09 66 civilians killed within 3 days – Mullai RDHS
    22.01.09 SLA attacks civilians in ’secure zone’, several ki..
    21.01.09 IC urged to act on humanitarian grounds to safegua..
    20.01.09 Unprecedented civilian carnage in Vanni
    18.01.09 Vanni civilians under deadly siege
    18.01.09 Artillery barrage kills several civilians, dozens ..
    18.01.09 Sri Lankan shelling kills 4 civilians, children am..
    17.01.09 Catholic priests appeal to UN to intervene in Vann..
    16.01.09 5 civilians killed, 7 injured in Sri Lankan artill..
    16.01.09 Jaffna Bishop urges SL President to stop bombardme..
    16.01.09 Humanitarian tragedy in Vanni enters deadlier phas..
    16.01.09 “Which norms of liberal democracy preclude IC atte..
    13.01.09 Doctors call for attack free zones surrounding dis..
    13.01.09 Humanitarian tragedy unfolds in Vanni http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&art

  571. Plight of babies born and unborn http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    A 20-days old baby succumbed to injuries of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelling on Sunday in the makeshift hospital at Puthumaaththa'lan within the safety zone. Recently, a pregnant mother whose abdomen was torn open and in the condition of the hand of the foetus coming out was admitted to the hospital, after the SLA shelling. Meanwhile, as a result of the food shortage, children were seen standing in a long queue to receive gruel from a distribution centre run by the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation on the Easter Sunday noon. The photos published here are self explanatory, but we caution readers of their strong content.

    Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War Crimes of Colombo http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  572. Plight of babies born and unborn http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art
    A 20-days old baby succumbed to injuries of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelling on Sunday in the makeshift hospital at Puthumaaththa'lan within the safety zone. Recently, a pregnant mother whose abdomen was torn open and in the condition of the hand of the foetus coming out was admitted to the hospital, after the SLA shelling. Meanwhile, as a result of the food shortage, children were seen standing in a long queue to receive gruel from a distribution centre run by the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation on the Easter Sunday noon. The photos published here are self explanatory, but we caution readers of their strong content.

    Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War Crimes of Colombo http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&art

  573. Tax payers of the donors/western/other coutries have to think whether money reach the poor or militray in sri lanka.

    Sri Lankan rulers no longer tell the truth. According to them, the Sun raises in the West and the rooster crows only in the evenings. While murdering civilians with heavy weapons including tanks and missiles with unconventional war heads, Sri Lanka was lying to the world that they were only using light weapons.

    Sri Lanka is the most militarised among the South Asian countries with 13000 military personnel per one million population. Every street corner of Sri Lanka is guarded by armed soldiers. Sri Lanka has 266K active armed personal (Total Troops 374K) which is much higher than many developed countries. [Australia (54k), Canada (65K), South Africa (56K), Norway (28K), United Kingdom (188K), Germany (248K), France (260K), Italy (230K)]

    In terms of military expenditure as percentage of GDP, Sri Lanka spends the most in South Asia. The figure is 6% in Sri Lanka which is much higher than the amount spent by its neighbours. (3.5% in Pakistan; 2.5% in India and Nepal; and 1.5% in Bangladesh)

    Sri Lanka has now become like another Myanmar in the region. Close associations with nuclear armed China and Pakistan and friendships with Iran, Libya, and Myanmar are already giving the danger signs. Iran has indicated that it is willing to share nuclear technologies with Sri Lanka for peaceful purposes. Those who follow the current trend in the world, very well know what these peaceful purposes are.

    Sri Lanka is trying to get hold of nuclear technology (to supplement its power needs). Having been turned away by India, Sri Lanka is turning to States like Iran to fulfil its nuclear ambitions. This is why Sri Lanka always backs Iran’s nuclear program

    It may not be well known that Sri Lanka was instrumental in Iran acquiring nuclear technology. Some Sri Lankan businessmen and engineers are among those whose names appear in a United States blacklist over the alleged involvement in the world’s worst illicit nuclear proliferation racket, the British media reported recently.

    Although, Sri Lanka is a democratic country, the majority Sinhala people support Nazi Style right wing parties. Racist politicians and military leaders are looked upon as heroes and saviours of the country. Tamils who once had their own nation are now considered as aliens and invaders even though the majority of the Tamils are the original inhabitants of this land. Politics is driven by the powers of ignorance, greed, lies and deceptions.

  574. Vanni is a Tamil land in the north eastern region of Sri Lanka that was once flowing with milk and honey. People prospered in every thing. Many of them did farming and deep sea fishing. They were not poor. Their barns were filled with grains throughout the year. These people ate a very healthy diet and lived in homes that were located in unpolluted areas. In our terms, people of Vanni ate organic grains, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish all their lives.

    one year ago, all of a sudden, Skis of Vanni became darkened. Children stopped playing. Dancing was turned into mourning. Chinese F7s, Russian MIGs f lied over Vanni and bombed homes, hospitals, schools and farms. Cluster bombs, phosphorous bombs and other banned weapons were used against innocent civilians.

    14.05.10 Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War..
    20.05.09 Fears mount for safety of doctors arrested by SLA
    16.05.09 Doctors quit safety zone, volunteer medics remain ..
    16.05.09 SLA continues intense barrage of heavy weapons
    16.05.09 Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allo..
    15.05.09 More than 100,000 civilians in safe zone, ICRC sus..
    15.05.09 ‘Safety zone’ in smoke, close-quarter fighting is ..
    14.05.09 LTTE urges IC to save civilians in the name of hum..
    13.05.09 SLA barrage inflicts carnage, makeshift hospital r..
    13.05.09 SLA shells hospital again, several killed includin..
    12.05.09 US, UK want UN to facilitate ’safe evacuation’ of ..
    12.05.09 SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
    11.05.09 SLA continues to inflict carnage
    10.05.09 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, a..
    10.05.09 LTTE urges IC to act in the international way
    10.05.09 2,000 civilians feared slaughtered in a single nig..
    09.05.09 SLA artillery barrage hits ’safety zone’ as ICRC s..
    09.05.09 Malnutrition in mothers triggers Jaundice, Hepatit..
    08.05.09 SLA steps up carnage on civilians
    05.05.09 US responsible, least humanitarian is dropping foo..
    05.05.09 TRO: Food shortage in Safe Zone, critical
    05.05.09 ‘Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian’: Va..
    03.05.09 Colombo builds up for imminent massacre
    02.05.09 SLA massacres patients with targeted shelling, 64 ..
    01.05.09 SLA steps up attacks, civilian casualties mount am..
    29.04.09 300 feared killed, worst spurt of massacre imminen..
    29.04.09 Hospital attacked, SLN naval crafts fire artillery..
    28.04.09 500 grams rice, 20 grams sugar per person to reach..
    28.04.09 SLA fired 5,600 shells within 15 hours: LTTE
    28.04.09 IC makes history in experimenting ‘genocide bomb’
    28.04.09 Unprecedented carnage unfolds in Vanni
    27.04.09 Sri Lanka steps up intense barrage of heavy weapon..
    27.04.09 Sri Lanka continues air strikes violating own anno..
    26.04.09 Several civilians killed, 200 wounded within 5 hou..
    26.04.09 Inaction may cause 10,000 casualties: SOS appeal t..
    26.04.09 SLA poised for all-out-carnage
    26.04.09 Sri Lankan Defence Secretary rejects ceasefire, ca..
    26.04.09 LTTE announces unilateral ceasefire
    26.04.09 Colombo steps up air strikes, safe zone targeted 3..
    25.04.09 Starvation: Colombo deploys the worst genocidal we..
    25.04.09 Sri Lanka intensifies bombardment, ’safe zone’ bom..
    25.04.09 Another carnage imminent as the two Indian mandari..
    24.04.09 165,000 civilians face imminent starvation, LTTE u..
    24.04.09 Colombo uses starvation, denial of medicine as wea..
    24.04.09 Civilian casualties top 20,000 in Vanni: Leaked UN..
    23.04.09 SLN crafts encircle ICRC ship in Vanni
    23.04.09 SLA shelling on church kills 14, Caritas-HUDEC Van..
    22.04.09 SLA fire hampers ICRC evacuation of seriously woun..
    22.04.09 SLA shells Church in Valaignarmadam, Fr. James Pat..
    21.04.09 SLA cluster bombs kill doctor, medical staff at Va..
    21.04.09 ‘SLA advances behind human shield, act fast to res..
    20.04.09 Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Colom..
    20.04.09 Casualties cross 1000 in SLA’s attempt to capture ..
    20.04.09 SLA fires cluster bombs on ’safety zone’
    20.04.09 Chaos and carnage as SLA enters ’safety zone’
    19.04.09 SLA launches ground push targeting ’safety zone’
    19.04.09 SLA attacks continue to target ’safety zone’
    18.04.09 ‘Starvation poised for worse killings than shellin..
    16.04.09 UN and IC signal civilian carnage
    16.04.09 Onslaught of civilians continues, more than 57 kil..
    16.04.09 SLA, SLAF intensify offensive targeting safety zon..
    15.04.09 SLA offensive on civilian zone continues
    15.04.09 Unprecedented carnage, SLA turns firepower on civi..
    14.04.09 Mass human tragedy possible any moment in ’safety ..
    14.04.09 SLA continues offensive at the doorstep of ’safe z..
    13.04.09 SLA attacks kill 23 Tamil civilians within 12 hour..
    13.04.09 SLA steps up ground offensive targeting ’safety zo..
    12.04.09 Plight of babies born and unborn
    12.04.09 31 civilians killed in SLA shelling, gunfire in ’s..
    11.04.09 SLA embarks upon capturing attack on civilians, 30..
    11.04.09 SLA buildup poses severe threat to civilian securi..
    11.04.09 599 killed, 3350 injured inside ’safety zone’ sinc..
    11.04.09 69 percent kids malnourished: Vanni health officia..
    10.04.09 Stop shelling say Co-chairs, attack continues amid..
    09.04.09 Carnage continues in Vanni
    08.04.09 SLA attacks kill 129 civilians, 282 wounded in ’sa..
    08.04.09 SLA bombs child nutrition centre in safety zone, 2..
    07.04.09 Colombo turns firepower onto ’safety zone’
    07.04.09 Threat of starvation haunts “Safe Zone” families
    06.04.09 Medical official reports on pattern of shelling in..
    05.04.09 Mangled bodies, torn limbs litter Safe Zone – medi..
    05.04.09 SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 71 civilians..
    04.04.09 Recognize our freedom: Vanni civilian leader
    03.04.09 SLA attacks kill 90 civililans within 3 days, 195 ..
    03.04.09 Eyewitness reports horrific experiences at makeshi..
    02.04.09 SLA fired artillery shells create havoc inside saf..
    31.03.09 SLA fires cluster shells, 45 civilians killed, 120..
    31.03.09 SLA attacks kill 88 Tamils, including 21 children ..
    30.03.09 SLA attacks kill 53 civilians inside ’safety zone’..
    29.03.09 ‘Global order’ experiments with body and mind of V..
    28.03.09 179 civilians including 76 children killed within ..
    26.03.09 SLA attacks kill Mullai DS officials engaged in hu..
    26.03.09 SLA attacks hospital, 5 patients killed, 11 wounde..
    26.03.09 Carnage continues, 131 civilians including 32 chil..
    24.03.09 62 civilians killed, SLA, SLAF step up attacks on ..
    24.03.09 SLA attacks kill 128 civilians in 48 hours
    22.03.09 42 civilians killed, 80 wounded in Vanni Saturday
    21.03.09 SLA shelling kills 102 civilians within 3 days ins..
    17.03.09 84 killed, 182 wounded in SLAF attacks, shelling o..
    17.03.09 18 civilians reported missing in ’safe-zone’ borde..
    17.03.09 ‘Safe zone’ under encircling fire, 137 killed in 3..
    15.03.09 Makeshift-hospital struggles without medicines
    15.03.09 Shelling doesn’t spare even babies in wombs
    15.03.09 Civilian casualties mount as intense bombing and s..
    13.03.09 SLA shelling targets relief supplies and hospital,..
    13.03.09 SLA shelling targets humanitarian supplies in ’saf..
    12.03.09 SLA shelling kills 82 civilians inside ’safe zone’..
    12.03.09 50,000 families affected by floods in ’safe zone’
    11.03.09 SLA shelling kills 133 civilians including 49 chil..
    10.03.09 Sri Lankan cluster shelling kills 129 civilians wi..
    10.03.09 Colombo’s shelling carnage of flood-hit civilians,..
    09.03.09 Shelling amidst mini-cyclone and lashing rains, th..
    07.03.09 Sri Lankan attacks kill 208 civilians within 72 ho..
    06.03.09 Doctors warn severe shortage of medicines in Vanni
    06.03.09 Acid test for international actors
    06.03.09 Only 2.2% of humanitarian supplies reached Vanni i..
    05.03.09 Perpetrating civilian starvation is violation of a..
    05.03.09 SLA fires cluster shells near hospital, scores wou..
    05.03.09 Diarrhea claims 13 lives in Vanni within 14 days
    04.03.09 SLA shelling kills more children, carnage in ’safe..
    04.03.09 ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
    04.03.09 SLA in killing spree in the ’safety zone’, 73 kill..
    04.03.09 Shell landed on a civilian saves others
    04.03.09 Deputy ZDE of Mullaiththeevu dies of shock from sh..
    03.03.09 RDHS confirms 13 hunger deaths, urges officials to..
    03.03.09 SLA shells hospital environs, 13 killed including ..
    03.03.09 Skin rash breaks among children in Vanni
    03.03.09 Vanni IDPs starving due to acute shortage of food
    02.03.09 SLA shelling kills 122 within 3 days in Mullaithth..
    02.03.09 Hunger claims lives in Vanni
    02.03.09 Colombo killed 700 children in 2 months – LTTE Rad..
    28.02.09 Newborn babies bereft of milk, humanitarian situat..
    27.02.09 Downed SLAF aircraft was engaged in carpet-bombing
    24.02.09 Heavy fighting in PTK, civilians trapped in SLA ba..
    24.02.09 Children vulnerable to SLA shelling in new ’safe z..
    22.02.09 50 Tamil civilians killed, 130 wounded within 48 h..
    21.02.09 13 civilians killed, 70 wounded in SLA barrage Fri..
    21.02.09 SLA barrages Mullaiththeevu after Tiger air attack..
    19.02.09 30 families wiped out in massive attack Wednesday,..
    18.02.09 Massive air attack on civilian targets, scores kil..
    18.02.09 SLA artillery fire hits new ’safety zone’, 108 kil..
    16.02.09 260 killed, SLA shells and boxes civilians, preven..
    16.02.09 Colombo uses firebombs setting ablaze civilian tar..
    14.02.09 75 feared killed in SLA shelling, elders home
    13.02.09 Herding people by terror: Intense shelling, dead b..
    10.02.09 Relentless shelling expels civilians from ’safety ..
    08.02.09 80 killed, 200 wounded, carnage continues inside ‘..
    08.02.09 More than 180 killed in Sri Lankan bombardment wit..
    07.02.09 SLAF bombs Ponnampalam hospital, 61 patients kille..
    05.02.09 SLA attacks ’safety zone’ using short-range mortar..
    05.02.09 Hospital attacked, 7 killed, dozens wounded
    04.02.09 Deliberate massacre, not ‘crossfire’ killing Tamil..
    02.02.09 SLAF bombers attack Vanni, deploy cluster bombs
    02.02.09 Nurse killed in Udaiyaarkaddu hospital, ICRC staff..
    02.02.09 More than 5,000 shells fired on ’safety zone’, cas..
    02.02.09 SLA fires MBRL rockets on IDP camp, several feared..
    02.02.09 SLA shells PTK hospital, 9 killed, 15 wounded
    01.02.09 Civilian casualties rise, SLA, SLAF attacks contin..
    01.02.09 Shelling hits hospital, ICRC shocked
    31.01.09 Artillery-fired cluster shells, aerial bombing on ..
    31.01.09 SLA shelling continues on ’safety zone’, Colombo r..
    30.01.09 Only international-sponsored ceasefire can lead to..
    29.01.09 Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wounded ..
    28.01.09 Brutal attack on civilians, assurance to Mukherjee..
    28.01.09 46 more civilians killed Tuesday, few wounded surv..
    28.01.09 Hospitals, ambulances hit by shelling, hundreds ki..
    27.01.09 300,000 civilians face hunger, Colombo, abettors r..
    27.01.09 Norway breaks silence, condemns war
    27.01.09 Dead bodies decomposed beyond identification – med..
    27.01.09 Artillery barrage continues on ’safety zone’, no s..
    26.01.09 Targeting civilians in safety zone, premeditated w..
    26.01.09 ‘Biased UN official misleads humanity, safely sitt..
    26.01.09 More than 1,000 wounded, Mullai RDHS urges IC to s..
    26.01.09 TNA seeks IC to stop carnage, urges medical help t..
    26.01.09 More than 300 civilians feared killed, people blee..
    26.01.09 Does IC know no human dignity of civilians, asks a..
    26.01.09 100 civilians feared killed, countless wounded, ar..
    25.01.09 SLA shelling kills 22 civilians, wounds 60, target..
    24.01.09 12 civilians killed, 87 wounded, SLA continues art..
    23.01.09 ‘Safety zone’ shelled again, 5 civilians killed, 8..
    23.01.09 Artillery barrage continues, 3 killed, 33 wounded
    22.01.09 2 medical staff wounded in artillery barrage on ho..
    22.01.09 Military was provided with exact coordinates of ho..
    22.01.09 Hospital bombed, 5 killed, 15 wounded
    22.01.09 66 civilians killed within 3 days – Mullai RDHS
    22.01.09 SLA attacks civilians in ’secure zone’, several ki..
    21.01.09 IC urged to act on humanitarian grounds to safegua..
    20.01.09 Unprecedented civilian carnage in Vanni
    18.01.09 Vanni civilians under deadly siege
    18.01.09 Artillery barrage kills several civilians, dozens ..
    18.01.09 Sri Lankan shelling kills 4 civilians, children am..
    17.01.09 Catholic priests appeal to UN to intervene in Vann..
    16.01.09 5 civilians killed, 7 injured in Sri Lankan artill..
    16.01.09 Jaffna Bishop urges SL President to stop bombardme..
    16.01.09 Humanitarian tragedy in Vanni enters deadlier phas..
    16.01.09 “Which norms of liberal democracy preclude IC atte..
    13.01.09 Doctors call for attack free zones surrounding dis..
    13.01.09 Humanitarian tragedy unfolds in Vanni
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=28924

  575. Plight of babies born and unborn
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29024
    A 20-days old baby succumbed to injuries of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelling on Sunday in the makeshift hospital at Puthumaaththa’lan within the safety zone. Recently, a pregnant mother whose abdomen was torn open and in the condition of the hand of the foetus coming out was admitted to the hospital, after the SLA shelling. Meanwhile, as a result of the food shortage, children were seen standing in a long queue to receive gruel from a distribution centre run by the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation on the Easter Sunday noon. The photos published here are self explanatory, but we caution readers of their strong content.

    Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War Crimes of Colombo
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31753

  576. I thought that Jim Gona was the defeated one ?? From the looks of it, Puligal who has got Puke Gal is missing !!!!

  577. I thought that Jim Gona was the defeated one ?? From the looks of it, Puligal who has got Puke Gal is missing !!!!

  578. Today, what remains of democracy and the rule of law in Sri Lanka is no different to the dream that amputees have about the continued existence of their lost limbs. The phantom limb complex prevails, while in reality, justice is impossible for those who have been victims of political crimes, as well as those who have suffered serious crimes, such as murder or rape. One story which recently came to the surface was of a man traveling with his wife on a motorbike. The couple was stopped and the woman’s arm was cut off so that the thieves could steal her gold bangles, and her finger was cut off so they could take her gold ring. When her husband tried to resist, he was shot. Last week, a CID inspector who dumped the dead body of a murdered person into the sea was discovered. The magistrate had to issue a warrant to get the Deputy Inspector General arrested because he was avoiding court. Such difficulties which face ordinary Sri Lankans do not attract the attention of international journalists.

    The collective failure of the international press has aided Sri Lankan authorities in consolidating an authoritarian regime in which the norms that were established to protect citizens have been broken down. Those journalists who believe in the importance of their role in disseminating information must question why the international media has failed to discuss and analyze the situation in Sri Lanka. There are many similar cases going on in other Asian countries and countries around the world. However, the issue remains that the international press has failed to reflect the depth of the crisis that ordinary Sri Lankan citizens continue to face.

  579. Today, what remains of democracy and the rule of law in Sri Lanka is no different to the dream that amputees have about the continued existence of their lost limbs. The phantom limb complex prevails, while in reality, justice is impossible for those who have been victims of political crimes, as well as those who have suffered serious crimes, such as murder or rape. One story which recently came to the surface was of a man traveling with his wife on a motorbike. The couple was stopped and the woman’s arm was cut off so that the thieves could steal her gold bangles, and her finger was cut off so they could take her gold ring. When her husband tried to resist, he was shot. Last week, a CID inspector who dumped the dead body of a murdered person into the sea was discovered. The magistrate had to issue a warrant to get the Deputy Inspector General arrested because he was avoiding court. Such difficulties which face ordinary Sri Lankans do not attract the attention of international journalists.

    The collective failure of the international press has aided Sri Lankan authorities in consolidating an authoritarian regime in which the norms that were established to protect citizens have been broken down. Those journalists who believe in the importance of their role in disseminating information must question why the international media has failed to discuss and analyze the situation in Sri Lanka. There are many similar cases going on in other Asian countries and countries around the world. However, the issue remains that the international press has failed to reflect the depth of the crisis that ordinary Sri Lankan citizens continue to face.

  580. Rajapaksa has two ministers and thirty nine “doormats”

    Rajapaksa’s new cabinet comprises two ministers and thirty nine “doormats” for the “family” to wipe their feet on.

    The Rajapakse administration has shown an uncanny ability to create world records in the last few years; prior to the General Election, Sri Lanka had the dubious honour of having the world’s largest number of Ministers and now we have created yet another world record by having the world’s smallest cabinet of two ministers.

    As some say, the new cabinet consists of 2 Ministers and 39 door mats for the family, especially for the young Mr. Rajapakse to wipe his feet on while receiving on job training at the expense of the senior and experienced politicians holding the rest of the name board Ministries.

    The Rajapakse triad consisting of the President as Minister of several key Ministries along with his super Minister Brother and his super secretary brother control over 63% of the annual budget. According to the report presented to Parliament, out of the total expenditure of Rs.1.9 T, Rs.1.2 T comes under the direct purview of the Rajapakse triad.

    However, due to the limited time available, I am not going to discuss the economics of the heads, which come under the Rajapakse triad. At a time when a three member panel of experts has been appointed to advise the UN Secretary General on Sri Lanka, I feel that it is appropriate to talk about the short sighted acts of commission and omission of some of the Ministries under discussion today, which has led to the sorry state of affairs, our country is facing today.

    The appointment of the expert’s panel is the culmination of nearly four years of governance by the Rajapakse regime where the rule of law in our country was systematically undermined, using the war against terrorism as a basis or a justification for doing so.

    The emergence of the white van culture of abductions and extra-judicial killings, political assassinations of MPs like Joseph Pararajasingham, Ravi Raj and Maheswaran and the increasing number of attacks on journalists and as a result of the defence Ministries stubborn refusal to investigate such crimes and the government’s inability to respond to serious allegations in a credible manner, the country started to lose the international goodwill we had harnessed. Hurling abuse in the style of a sarong raised village thug became the hallmark of this government in the face of mounting criticism both locally and internationally.
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/07/mahindas_new_

  581. Rajapaksa has two ministers and thirty nine “doormats”

    Rajapaksa’s new cabinet comprises two ministers and thirty nine “doormats” for the “family” to wipe their feet on.

    The Rajapakse administration has shown an uncanny ability to create world records in the last few years; prior to the General Election, Sri Lanka had the dubious honour of having the world’s largest number of Ministers and now we have created yet another world record by having the world’s smallest cabinet of two ministers.

    As some say, the new cabinet consists of 2 Ministers and 39 door mats for the family, especially for the young Mr. Rajapakse to wipe his feet on while receiving on job training at the expense of the senior and experienced politicians holding the rest of the name board Ministries.

    The Rajapakse triad consisting of the President as Minister of several key Ministries along with his super Minister Brother and his super secretary brother control over 63% of the annual budget. According to the report presented to Parliament, out of the total expenditure of Rs.1.9 T, Rs.1.2 T comes under the direct purview of the Rajapakse triad.

    However, due to the limited time available, I am not going to discuss the economics of the heads, which come under the Rajapakse triad. At a time when a three member panel of experts has been appointed to advise the UN Secretary General on Sri Lanka, I feel that it is appropriate to talk about the short sighted acts of commission and omission of some of the Ministries under discussion today, which has led to the sorry state of affairs, our country is facing today.

    The appointment of the expert’s panel is the culmination of nearly four years of governance by the Rajapakse regime where the rule of law in our country was systematically undermined, using the war against terrorism as a basis or a justification for doing so.

    The emergence of the white van culture of abductions and extra-judicial killings, political assassinations of MPs like Joseph Pararajasingham, Ravi Raj and Maheswaran and the increasing number of attacks on journalists and as a result of the defence Ministries stubborn refusal to investigate such crimes and the government’s inability to respond to serious allegations in a credible manner, the country started to lose the international goodwill we had harnessed. Hurling abuse in the style of a sarong raised village thug became the hallmark of this government in the face of mounting criticism both locally and internationally.
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/07/mahindas_new_

  582. Rajapaksa has two ministers and thirty nine “doormats”

    Rajapaksa’s new cabinet comprises two ministers and thirty nine “doormats” for the “family” to wipe their feet on.

    The Rajapakse administration has shown an uncanny ability to create world records in the last few years; prior to the General Election, Sri Lanka had the dubious honour of having the world’s largest number of Ministers and now we have created yet another world record by having the world’s smallest cabinet of two ministers.

    As some say, the new cabinet consists of 2 Ministers and 39 door mats for the family, especially for the young Mr. Rajapakse to wipe his feet on while receiving on job training at the expense of the senior and experienced politicians holding the rest of the name board Ministries.

    The Rajapakse triad consisting of the President as Minister of several key Ministries along with his super Minister Brother and his super secretary brother control over 63% of the annual budget. According to the report presented to Parliament, out of the total expenditure of Rs.1.9 T, Rs.1.2 T comes under the direct purview of the Rajapakse triad.

    However, due to the limited time available, I am not going to discuss the economics of the heads, which come under the Rajapakse triad. At a time when a three member panel of experts has been appointed to advise the UN Secretary General on Sri Lanka, I feel that it is appropriate to talk about the short sighted acts of commission and omission of some of the Ministries under discussion today, which has led to the sorry state of affairs, our country is facing today.

    The appointment of the expert’s panel is the culmination of nearly four years of governance by the Rajapakse regime where the rule of law in our country was systematically undermined, using the war against terrorism as a basis or a justification for doing so.

    The emergence of the white van culture of abductions and extra-judicial killings, political assassinations of MPs like Joseph Pararajasingham, Ravi Raj and Maheswaran and the increasing number of attacks on journalists and as a result of the defence Ministries stubborn refusal to investigate such crimes and the government’s inability to respond to serious allegations in a credible manner, the country started to lose the international goodwill we had harnessed. Hurling abuse in the style of a sarong raised village thug became the hallmark of this government in the face of mounting criticism both locally and internationally.
    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/07/mahindas_new_

  583. Rajapaksa has two ministers and thirty nine “doormats”

    Rajapaksa’s new cabinet comprises two ministers and thirty nine “doormats” for the “family” to wipe their feet on.

    The Rajapakse administration has shown an uncanny ability to create world records in the last few years; prior to the General Election, Sri Lanka had the dubious honour of having the world’s largest number of Ministers and now we have created yet another world record by having the world’s smallest cabinet of two ministers.

    As some say, the new cabinet consists of 2 Ministers and 39 door mats for the family, especially for the young Mr. Rajapakse to wipe his feet on while receiving on job training at the expense of the senior and experienced politicians holding the rest of the name board Ministries.

    The Rajapakse triad consisting of the President as Minister of several key Ministries along with his super Minister Brother and his super secretary brother control over 63% of the annual budget. According to the report presented to Parliament, out of the total expenditure of Rs.1.9 T, Rs.1.2 T comes under the direct purview of the Rajapakse triad.

    However, due to the limited time available, I am not going to discuss the economics of the heads, which come under the Rajapakse triad. At a time when a three member panel of experts has been appointed to advise the UN Secretary General on Sri Lanka, I feel that it is appropriate to talk about the short sighted acts of commission and omission of some of the Ministries under discussion today, which has led to the sorry state of affairs, our country is facing today.

    The appointment of the expert’s panel is the culmination of nearly four years of governance by the Rajapakse regime where the rule of law in our country was systematically undermined, using the war against terrorism as a basis or a justification for doing so.

    The emergence of the white van culture of abductions and extra-judicial killings, political assassinations of MPs like Joseph Pararajasingham, Ravi Raj and Maheswaran and the increasing number of attacks on journalists and as a result of the defence Ministries stubborn refusal to investigate such crimes and the government’s inability to respond to serious allegations in a credible manner, the country started to lose the international goodwill we had harnessed. Hurling abuse in the style of a sarong raised village thug became the hallmark of this government in the face of mounting criticism both locally and internationally.

    http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/07/mahindas_new_cabinet_comprises.html#more

  584. U.S., EU and others condemn Sri Lanka over U.N. spat http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6683WZ20100

    The European Union and nine countries Friday warned Sri Lanka that a protest against a U.N. war crimes panel that blocked the world body's office could harm its international reputation. "We are deeply dismayed by the blockade of the UN-compound this week in Colombo and the role played in it by a government minister," a joint statement said. "Peaceful protest is part of any democracy, but blocking access to the United Nations … as well as intimidating and harassing U.N. personnel is a breach of international norms and harmful to Sri Lanka's reputation in the world," it said.

    Sri Lanka's feud with the UN turns acrimonious http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/10536434.st

    On a leafy Colombo corner, surrounded by hundreds of his nationalist supporters and Buddhist monks, Sri Lankan cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa burns an effigy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

  585. One time shotgun terrorist is now terrorising the UN http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?actio

    “Let the UN panel do their job and if it matters let it progress to the War Crimes Tribunal. What we need is real justice and perpetrators of war crimes apprehended and punished to ensure the curse of Sri Lanka progressing from democratic dictatorship into a well planned family tyranny of the Rajapakses is brought to an end.”

    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”

  586. U.S., EU and others condemn Sri Lanka over U.N. spat http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6683WZ20100

    The European Union and nine countries Friday warned Sri Lanka that a protest against a U.N. war crimes panel that blocked the world body's office could harm its international reputation. "We are deeply dismayed by the blockade of the UN-compound this week in Colombo and the role played in it by a government minister," a joint statement said. "Peaceful protest is part of any democracy, but blocking access to the United Nations … as well as intimidating and harassing U.N. personnel is a breach of international norms and harmful to Sri Lanka's reputation in the world," it said.

    Sri Lanka's feud with the UN turns acrimonious http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/10536434.st

    On a leafy Colombo corner, surrounded by hundreds of his nationalist supporters and Buddhist monks, Sri Lankan cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa burns an effigy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

  587. U.S., EU and others condemn Sri Lanka over U.N. spat http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6683WZ20100

    The European Union and nine countries Friday warned Sri Lanka that a protest against a U.N. war crimes panel that blocked the world body's office could harm its international reputation. "We are deeply dismayed by the blockade of the UN-compound this week in Colombo and the role played in it by a government minister," a joint statement said. "Peaceful protest is part of any democracy, but blocking access to the United Nations … as well as intimidating and harassing U.N. personnel is a breach of international norms and harmful to Sri Lanka's reputation in the world," it said.

    Sri Lanka's feud with the UN turns acrimonious http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/10536434.st

    On a leafy Colombo corner, surrounded by hundreds of his nationalist supporters and Buddhist monks, Sri Lankan cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa burns an effigy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

  588. One time shotgun terrorist is now terrorising the UN http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?actio

    “Let the UN panel do their job and if it matters let it progress to the War Crimes Tribunal. What we need is real justice and perpetrators of war crimes apprehended and punished to ensure the curse of Sri Lanka progressing from democratic dictatorship into a well planned family tyranny of the Rajapakses is brought to an end.”

    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”

  589. One time shotgun terrorist is now terrorising the UN http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?actio

    “Let the UN panel do their job and if it matters let it progress to the War Crimes Tribunal. What we need is real justice and perpetrators of war crimes apprehended and punished to ensure the curse of Sri Lanka progressing from democratic dictatorship into a well planned family tyranny of the Rajapakses is brought to an end.”

    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”

  590. U.S., EU and others condemn Sri Lanka over U.N. spat
    http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6683WZ20100709

    The European Union and nine countries Friday warned Sri Lanka that a protest against a U.N. war crimes panel that blocked the world body’s office could harm its international reputation. “We are deeply dismayed by the blockade of the UN-compound this week in Colombo and the role played in it by a government minister,” a joint statement said. “Peaceful protest is part of any democracy, but blocking access to the United Nations … as well as intimidating and harassing U.N. personnel is a breach of international norms and harmful to Sri Lanka’s reputation in the world,” it said.

    Sri Lanka’s feud with the UN turns acrimonious
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/10536434.stm

    On a leafy Colombo corner, surrounded by hundreds of his nationalist supporters and Buddhist monks, Sri Lankan cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa burns an effigy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

  591. One time shotgun terrorist is now terrorising the UN
    http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=14120

    “Let the UN panel do their job and if it matters let it progress to the War Crimes Tribunal. What we need is real justice and perpetrators of war crimes apprehended and punished to ensure the curse of Sri Lanka progressing from democratic dictatorship into a well planned family tyranny of the Rajapakses is brought to an end.”

    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”

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