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All Tamil acitivist please send all your emails to following to defeta G L Peiries's attempt to brain wash the Botswana ! Also note that Botswana already aligned with West over Syrian issue! MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Email Address: mofaic-admin@lists.gov.bw ... PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC BOTSWANA TO THE UNITED NATIONS Email: botswana@un.int Office of the President http://www.gov.bw/en/Help--Support/Contact-us/?FromPageID=1655 The Botswana Centre for Human Rights admin.ditshwanelo@info.bw or landrights.ditshwanelo@micro.co.bw While Tigers and Lions are at Geneva war - Jackal is focusing on A…

I have got a sms. SL Preseident ordered army 2 use chemical weapon 2 destroy LTTE who have been surrounded in 10 sq km. if army explodes chemical bombs then a massive human genocide occurscausing 15,000 tamils losing their life. Media is not telecasting cos of political issues.Pls forward it to everone so that pressure from every corner arises against SL govt. For the very first in the history of textin, u r going TO SAVE A LIFE. Pls forward

There would be a demonstration organized by the National Council of Canadian Tamils (NCCT) calling for the arrest of war criminal Mahinda Rajapakse who is on a private visit to the United States of America. We call upon our members to attend this emergency rally. Date: Friday January 21st Venue: US Consulate 360 University Ave Time: 2 pm to 7 pm Regards Raj Suthan "Lets voice for Tamil Freedom" <suthan777@yahoo.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajapaks…

Urgent Request! To Stop the Genocide of Tamil Civilians in Sri Lanka! We Kindly Request every Canadian individuals to sign and fax the current petition listed below to Our Prime Minster Stephen Harper and the Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to the numbers listed below. If you are not a resident of Canada we kindly request to sign and fax the petition to the President of the United States of America Barack Obama! இலங்ைகயில் இனப்ப

இன்றைய தேர்தலுக்கு பின் 'Bloodbath' மிகப் பெரிய பேரவல வெள்ளமாக பெருக்கெடுக்கும் அபாயம் உள்ளதென பொதுவான பயம் எங்கும் நிறைந்து காணப்படுகிறது. பாதுகாப்புச்சபை உடனடியாகத் தலையிட்டு போரை நிறுத்த வேண்டும் என உலக மன்னிப்புச் சபை கேட்டுள்ளது. இதே நேரம் இலங்கையிலிருந்து வரும் செய்திகளிலிருந்து இந்திய தேர்த்தல் முடிவு வெளிவர முன்னர் விரைந்து போரை முன்னெடுத்து அடுத்த 48 மணித்தியாலத்தினுள் பாதுகாப்பு வலயத்தை முழுமையான கட்டுப்பாட்டில் கொண்டு வர இலங்கையும் முடிவெடுத்துள்ளதாம். Source: Fear of 'bloodbath' turning into flood of misery after today, AI calls Security Council to act immediately

CTV.ca News Staff Date: Wed. Aug. 11 2010 4:17 PM ET Senior government sources believe Tamil Tigers organized the voyage of a cargo ship that is heading towards the B.C. coast with as many as several hundred people on board. CTV's Chief Political Correspondent Craig Oliver said senior government sources have informed him that the MV Sun Sea is closing in on the B.C. coast and it has reached the 200-mile (320-kilometre) radius that is considered Canada's exclusive economic zone. "These sources are telling me that through intelligence, Canada now knows that it has become a target for international people smugglers…and in this case, they believe that th…

விடுதலைப்புலிகளின் மீதான தடையால் இலங்கைத் தமிழர்களுக்கு கொடுந்துன்பமும், துயரமும் நேர்கிறது என்று மதிமுக பொதுச் செயலாளர் வைகோ வாதிட்டார். மேலும், புலிகள் அமைப்பு மீதான தடையை நீட்டிக்க நீதிமன்றத்தில் மத்திய அரசு கூறிய காரணங்கள் உண்மைக்கு புறம்பானவை என்றும் அவர் குற்றம்சாட்டினார். தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகள் இயக்கம் மீதான தடையை மேலும் 2 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு நீட்டித்து, மத்திய உள்துறை அமைச்சகம் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்து இருந்தது. இதற்கு தடை விதிக்கக்கோரி, டெல்லி உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் உள்ள தீர்ப்பாயத்தில் மனுதாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவ்வழக்கில், தன்னையும் ஒருதரப்பாக சேர்த்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று ம.தி.மு.க. பொதுச்செயலாளர் வைகோ மிக விரிவான விண்ணப்பத்தை தாக்கல் செய்தார். அதில், 'கு…

US backs Sri Lanka, urges talks and access for humanitarian agencies [TamilNet, Monday, 29 January 2007, 14:23 GMT] The United States, reiterating its strong support for Sri Lanka's efforts "to combat terror," Monday called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's government to also forge a power-sharing proposal as the basis for negotiations with the LTTE. Pointing out development can only take place amid peace, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert Blake told a meeting of Sri Lanka's donor community that 'transparency, good governance, and respect for human rights and the rule of law are essential preconditions for economic development and indispensable prerequ…

The US Congress has called on the United States and the international community to establish an independent international accountability mechanism to evaluate reports of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights violations committed by both sides during and after the war in Sri Lanka. A resolution on Sri Lanka has been presented by Senator Richard Burr to the US Congress on February 6th The resolution introduced to the Congress has been forwarded to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The resolution expressing support for the internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace has also ca…

US keeps sharp focus on Tiger killings In May 2009, hell was a strip of sand on the north-east coast of Sri Lanka where a surrounding government army was raining shells, bullets and bombs on a cut-off rebel army, the Tamil Tigers, and thousands of trapped civilians. As the end came near, three Tiger leaders tried to save themselves and their families, arranging a surrender in mobile phone calls and text messages involving the government's foreign secretary in the capital Colombo, Norwegian diplomats, a British journalist and others. They were told to advance across to government lines in a non-threatening manner, raising their hands, and bearing a white cl…

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US President-elect Barack Obama: Sri Lanka afflicted with "problem of the other" Characterizing the conflict in Sri Lanka as a "vicious civil war" President-elect Barack Obama said during an interview that "the problem of the 21st century is the problem of the other." He described this phenomenon as the inability of people to accommodate others "who are not like us " and mentioned Sri Lanka as an example pointing out that war rages even when "everybody there looks exactly the same." Characterization of conflicts in the 21st century this way Obama said is an extention to the American Civil Rights era activist W.E. Dubois' quote "The problem of the 20th century…

US resolution offers bailout to Rajapaksa: Brian Senewiratne [TamilNet, Thursday, 15 March 2012, 17:42 GMT] The US-tabled resolution, which has more to do with geopolitics than human rights, “effectively offers Rajapaksa a way of ending international criticism and the danger of government leaders and its Armed Forces facing war crimes charges,” says Brian Senewiratne, a renowned physician and an Australia based Sinhala expatriate in a 41-page long document released on Thursday. “Concerned people, in particular the expatriate Tamil community, waiting for the UN ‘to do something’, are living in a dream world. The UN and its bodies do not act this way. They neve…

The US government has accepted a petition filed by an American trade union requesting a review of worker rights in Sri Lanka. The move also means a review of the US GSP benefits for Sri Lanka, the US Embassy in Colombo said. In 2008, as part of the annual review process, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), an American trade union, filed a petition with the US Government requesting a review of worker rights in Sri Lanka. The AFL-CIO resubmitted an updated petition last year. Any person may file a request to review the designation of any beneficiary country with respect to any of the designation criteria The US …

US military satellites secretly monitored Sri Lanka's conflict zone through the latter stages of the war against the Tamil Tigers, and American officials are examining images for evidence of war crimes. The images are of a higher resolution than any that are available commercially and could bolster the case for an international war-crimes inquiry when the UN Human Rights Council holds a session on Sri Lanka next week. They were acquired by the National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency, based in Bethesda, Maryland, which is part of the Department of Defence but provides services for other government agencies. NGA spokesman Marshall Hudson said the agency ha…

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her comments to Michael Tomasky of Britain �s �The Guardian� newspaper in an interview which covered Iraq the legacy of the Cold War and ceding executive powers. When asked do you think that the terrorists hate us for our freedoms or do you think they have specific geopolitical objectives?she replied: Well I believe that terrorism is a tool that has been utilized throughout history to achieve certain objectives. Some have been ideological others territorial. There are personality-driven terroristic objectives.� The bottom line is you can't lump all terrorists together. And I think we've got to do a much better …

A key US Senator warned Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday that his government's failure to protect civilians in government safe zones was hurting the country's global standing. "While the Tamil Tigers have committed egregious acts, I am also alarmed by reports about actions taken by the government of Sri Lanka," Democrat John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote Rajapaksa. Kerry said he had "grave concern" about reports that government forces had shelled civilians and hospitals in government-designated safe zones amid a fierce push to crush the rebel force, that humanitarian aid was not reaching civilians, and that the…

US Senators demand Secretary Hillary Clinton to take action against Sri Lanka‏ The Honorable Hillary Clinton Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC 20520 Dear Madam Secretary: The defeat of the LTTE in Sri Lanka was a welcome and long awaited end to a vicious insurgency that targeted civilians and combatants alike. The Sri Lankan government has taken some initial steps toward reconciliation between Sri Lanka’s divided ethnic communities, but many of its actions appear to undermine that goal. While We support continued U.S. aid in furtherance of Sri Lanka’s recovery, we are concerned that in the more than two years since the end of the…

Pranab Dhal Samanta Tags : Mirza Himayat Baig, German Bakery blast, LTTE, Lashkar e Toiba Posted: Sun Sep 19 2010, 04:27 hrs Updated: Sun Sep 19 2010, 08:04 hrs New Delhi: Days after it was revealed that German Bakery blast-accused Mirza Himayat Baig allegedly met his Lashkar-e-Toiba contact in Sri Lanka to avoid detection, US agencies have passed on intelligence inputs to India that the LeT already has some 200 cadres present in the island nation who plan to use the country as a “staging ground” to enter India. It’s learnt that Washington has also informed Colombo about this after Lankan authorities denied that LeT had training facilities there…

Chennai/Colombo, July 23 (TruthDive): Sri Lanka is rattled with the US blocking financial aid due to human rights violation and war crimes. Earlier reacting to Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution seeking economic sanction against Sri Lanka , the island nation dismissed it as a provincial government but now its High Commissioner has invited TN CM Jayalalitha to visit the country. President Rajapaksa in an interview to” The Hindu” has said that Jayalalitha was welcome to come with Parliamentarians from India and see for her self the progress in the Northern regions for the rehabilitation of displaced Tamils. He has said that a Parliamentary select committee will give a pol…

Wed May 4, 10:39 am ET COLOMBO (AFP) – The United States called on Sri Lanka Wednesday to bring to justice anyone responsible for war crimes committed as the island crushed a decades-long insurgency. US diplomat Robert Blake said Colombo should carry out its own investigation into allegations contained in a United Nations report of atrocities during the 2009 offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels. "The international mechanism can become appropriate in case of states that are unable or unwilling to meet their obligations," the assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia told reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Sri Lanka. Colombo has rej…

The United States on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to move quickly to address allegations of war crimes, warning of rising pressure for international action if it does not. The State Department stopped short of endorsing calls for an international investigation into the bloody finale of the island's civil war in 2009, saying that domestic authorities have primary responsibility to ensure accountability. 'We continue to urge the government of Sri Lanka to quickly demonstrate that it is able and willing to meet these obligations as it seeks reconciliation,' a State Department statement said. 'We hope the Sri Lankans will themselves do this, but if they do not, ther…

அமெரிக்க அதிகாரிக்கும் முன்னாள் தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலி போராளிகளுக்கும் இடையில் இரகசிய பேச்சுவார்த்தை நடாத்த ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் அமைப்பு ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்தது என குற்றம் சுமத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் அமைப்பின் துணை நிறுவனமான சர்வதேச குடிபெயர்வு அமைப்பு இந்த இரகசிய ஏற்பாடுகளை செய்திருந்ததாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. கிளிநொச்சியில் இந்த இரகசிய சந்திப்பு நடத்தப்பட்டுள்ளதாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. சர்வதேச குற்றச் செயல்கள் தொடர்பிலான அமெரிக்காவின் விசேட பிரதிநிதி ஸ்டீவன் ரெப், தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலி உறுப்பினர்களை சந்தித்து பேச்சுவார்த்தை நடத்தியுள்ளார். இந்த சந்திப்பில் இலங்கைக்கான அமெரிக்கத் தூதுவர் மிச்சல் ஜே சிசனும் பங்கேற்றிருந்தார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் அப…

பொருட்கள் மீதான பெறுமதி சேர் வரி (VAT) பற்றிய தவறான கருத்துக்கள் வரிசைப்படுத்தப்படாவிட்டால், நாடளாவிய ரீதியில் VAT இல்லா கடைகளை அறிமுகப்படுத்த அரசாங்கம் தேவையான நடவடிக்கைகளை எடுக்கும் என போக்குவரத்து அமைச்சர் பந்துல குணவர்தன தெரிவித்துள்ளார். அனைத்து நுகர்வோர் பொருட்களும் VAT வரிக்கு தகுதியானவை என பொதுமக்கள் மத்தியில் தவறான கருத்து நிலவுவதாகவும், அதுவே விலை உயர்வுக்கு காரணம் என்றும் அமைச்சர் கூறினார். VAT இல்லா கடைகளை நிறுவுவதற்கு பொருத்தமான இடங்களை வீதி அபிவிருத்தி அதிகாரசபைக்கு (RDA) தெரிவு செய்வதற்கு இது தொடர்பான சாத்தியக்கூறு ஆய்வை மேற்கொள்ள ஏற்கனவே அறிவுறுத்தல் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக அமைச்சர் மேலும் தெரிவித்தார். அதனடிப்படையில், போட்டி மற்றும் நியாயமான முற…