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Ecuador’s president ready to allow Julian Assange to be extradited to US By Mike Head 31 July 2018 Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno yesterday made his most explicit statement yet of his government’s willingness to hand over WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange to the British authorities to be imprisoned and then extradited to the United States. Moreno’s comments indicate that negotiations with Britain’s Conservative Party government are at an advanced stage, with the intent of forcing Assange to leave Ecuador’s London embassy on the terms being demanded by the British and US administrations. Ecuador granted Assange political asylum six years ago to protect …

சற்று முன்னர் டெய்லிமிரர் ஆங்கிலப்பத்திரிகையில் வந்த செய்தி.... Air Force today claimed that their fighter jets bombed a LTTE training base in Kollanwillu in Killinochchi-Mannar divisional boarder. Pilots had confirmed that the targets were accurately attacked. http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections...spx?ARTID=14753

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= Women activists decry public apathy to curb increase in incidents = More police posts to be set up in tourist areas Last week’s alleged rape of a 47-year old woman in Wijerama and an attempted rape of a 25-year old German tourist in Chilaw, have once again raised the question, how safe are women in our country—both local and foreign.�According to statistics, five rapes are reported daily while the unreported cases could make the figure higher. Among the women’s’ group workers and activists who spoke to the Sunday Times, Lak Vanitha Front president Shanthini Kongahage voicing concern said many women relied on three-wheeler drivers to ask for road directions. …

M. A. Sumanthiran on Daily Mirror's 'On Fire with Easwaran Rutnam' discussed, inter alia, the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the continued need for transitional justice in Sri Lanka and the prospects for it under the current Government, the ongoing consitution-drafting process, Sri Lanka's political relations with India and its impact on the Geneva sessions

தமிழ் மக்களின் நன்மை கருதி புலிகளிற்கு அறிவுரை வழங்கும் இந்த பேனா விபச்சாரி கொளசல்யன் அண்ணா கொலை செய்யப்பட்ட போது Karuna is back with vengence என்றும் ஒரு வருட பூர்த்திக்கு முன்னர் (சித்திரை 2005இல்) இரத்த ஆறு ஓடப்போகிறது என்று துரோகியின் பெயரால் சிங்கள இனவாதிகளதும் பிராந்தி மேலாண்மைவாதிகளதும் சார்பில் போர் முரசு கொட்டியவர். அது மாத்திரமல்ல தை 2005 இல் P-TOMS பற்றிய ஆரம்பப் பேச்சுக் காலப் பகுதியிலோயே LTTE is not a liberation organisation concerned about the people they claim to represent, they are a greedy multi-million dollar conglomerate என்றும் அவர்கள் in the name of reconstruction & rehabilitation பெருந்தொகை பணத்தைச் சுறுட்டப்போகிறார்கள் என்று உலக நாடுகளுக்கு அறிவ…

India's foreign policy is very clear and will not agree to any foreign power interfering in Sri Lanka's internal matters, a senior leader of India's governing Bharatha Janatha Party (BJP) Dr. Subramanian Swamy said. Speaking at the last day sessions of Sri Lanka's three-day defense meet, Defense Seminar 2014, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo on the topic 'India - Sri Lanka Relations' , Dr. Swamy said India's 'national interests' are the most prioritized and India will not favor one particular ethnic group. "India's foreign policy is very clear and will not agree to any foreign power interfering Sri Lanka's internal matters, nor it will intervene in any such…

Whither Karuna, three years on? Tamil Guardian 07 March 2007 Amid changing political and military dynamics, the former LTTE commander contends with his backers´dislliusionment. When Karuna (Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan), then one of the Tamil Tigers’ top commanders, broke away from the LTTE, exactly three years ago, his rebel yell was ‘freeing the east from the domination of the north.’ At the time, the expectation amongst many - not just his fellow rebels - was that Karuna, as leader of a new Tamil outfit in the east, was going to play a role comparable to LTTE leader Veluppillai Pirapaharan. Karuna attempted to gain recognition as another par…

SCO says not against any country as it expands reach, welcomes Iran [1/2]Leaders of states and officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are seen on a screen during a summit via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 4, 2023. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Kremlin via REUTERS Summary SCO opposes bl…

Internet failure hits two continents 1/31/2008 8:22:07 PM DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- - One major telecommunications provider blamed the outage, which started Wednesday, on a major undersea cable failure in the Mediterranean. India's Internet bandwidth has been sliced in half, The Associated Press reported, leaving its lucrative outsourcing industry trying to reroute traffic to satellites and other cables through Asia. Reports say that Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain are also experiencing severe problems. Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a d…

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet today expressed regret over the new Sri Lankan Government’s decision to withdraw from the UN Resolution 30/1 and said she was not convinced of yet another Commission of Inquiry as domestic processes have consistently failed to deliver accountability in the past. In her oral updates and introduction to country reports of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner at the UN Human Rights Council’s 43rd Session, Ms. Bachelet said she regretted that the new Government has announced a very different approach to the commitments previously made in the resolution. “This move risks setting back efforts to advance re…

India trains 1,400 SL security forces personnel amidst increasing western boycott Govt. thanks New Delhi for assistance in crushing LTTE Amidst some western countries curtailing training opportunities for Sri Lankan security forces personnel, India says that it has offered Colombo maximum exposure. Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha responding to a query by The Island said that around 1,400 Lankan armed forces personnel were trained annually by his country which was bigger than what any one provided. When asked if India would similarly consider increasing the supply of arms and ammunition to its closest neighbour across the Palk Strait, he smiled and r…

2021 வரவுசெலவுத்திட்ட விவாதத்தில் தமிழர் தரப்பு குரலாக தமிழ் தேசிய மக்கள் முன்னணி தலைவர் திரு கஜேந்திரகுமார் பொன்னம்பலம் https://www.facebook.com/friendsofgajen/videos/2751782321713178

Dr Hugh McDermott, a member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly, has called on both the Premier and Opposition leader in New South Wales, Australia, to follow the lead of Ontario in recognising Sri Lanka’s genocide against Tamils and to refer the perpetrators of the genocide to the International Criminal Court. McDermott’s statement comes in advance of Mullivaikkal remembrance on 18 May. 12 years have passed since the end of the armed conflict however no military official has been held accountable for grievous war crimes that took place. In his statement, McDermott highlights report UN reports which revealed that in the last stages of the war; He fur…

Best Untranslated Writers: Shobasakthi V. V. Ganeshananthan The Best Untranslated Writers series – in which established writers select and showcase fellow writers from their own languages who are not yet widely translated or read – began with a trio of Brazilians on the writers they love most but are yet to make the leap into English. Today V.V. Ganeshananthan introduces us to Shobaskathi, also known as Anthony X, who writes about Sri Lanka and its diaspora communities, and who was previously involved in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Shobasakthi is also known as Anthony X; he is an ex-militant; he is an expatriate. Based in France, he writes about Sri Lanka…

சிறிலங்காவிற்கான இராணுவ உதவிகளை மறைக்க விரும்பும் இந்திய அரசு. India ready to help Lanka but wants no publicity Pranab Dhal Samanta Posted online: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email NEW DELHI, MAY 8: With Sri Lanka raising doubts over LTTE’s commitment to the peace talks and urging India to strengthen defence cooperation, New Delhi has indicated continued engagement on Colombo’s defence requirements with the understanding that discussions will not be brought into the public domain. It’s learnt that the issue of defence supplies came up during discussions between Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Defence Minister Pranab Mukher…

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has cancelled his visit to Pakistan that was scheduled for later this week due to the political unrest in the Pakistani capital city of Islamabad, Pakistani Foreign Office has said. During the Sri Lankan President's visit to Islamabad which was scheduled for August 22, the President was to meet the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, President Mamnoon Hussain and Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif. President Rajapaksa was to accompany a delegation of 20 government officials and a30-member private sector business delegation to Islamabad. A Joint Press Statement issued on the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Foreign…

Dayan new Geneva Ambassador Well known political analyst Dayan Jayatilleka is tipped to be appointed as the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Geneva shortly, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Jayatilleka was a lecturer in political science at the Colombo University, a journalist and a maverick politician who was a member of the North-East Provincial Council. He was closely associated with the election campaign of President Mahinda Rajapksa during the last election. Also, Pradeep Gunawardena, the Consul in Los Angeles is nominated to be made the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Washington. Gunawardena was appointed the Consul in Los Angeles by former Foreign Minister Tyronne Ferna…

New York (CNN Business)After running a year-long competition that drew interest from hundreds of cities and a number of states, Amazon has chosen New York City and Northern Virginia to split duty as its second headquarters. On Tuesday, Amazon announced it has chosen New York's Long Island City and Virginia's Arlington for HQ2. Both locations will receive a $2.5 billion investment from Amazon, and each will have more than 25,000 workers over time. Hiring begins next year. The development projects promise to bring the cities a giant infusion of high-paying jobs and tax revenue, but are almost certain to draw fire from critics concerned about their impact on inf…

U.N. official says human rights not being protected in Sri Lanka's protracted civil war By Bharatha Mallawarachi ASSOCIATED PRESS 10:03 a.m. October 13, 2007 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The large numbers of people reported killed, abducted and disappeared in Sri Lanka's protracted civil war underscores the need for greater protection of human rights in the country, the top U.N. rights official said Saturday. Meanwhile, government troops sank a Tamil Tiger rebel boat and the insurgents downed an army vessel in a battle off northern Sri Lanka, a defense official said. Three rebels died and three soldiers were missing, the official said. Advertiseme…

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general secretary Vaiko on Tuesday said that the Indian Government’s approach to the Sri Lanka situation amounted to `assisting the genocidal Sri Lankan Government.’ Even as the Tamils in Lanka were dying of starvation, the chief of Lankan Army, Sarath Fonseka was given a red carpet welcome by Indian Government, “with all undeserving honours,” said Vaiko in his letter to the Prime Minister. Indian Navy officials were suppressing the real facts about firing at Indian fishermen, he charged, adding that the failure of the Government to protect fishermen from Tamil Nadu was a betrayal of Tamils. Hitting out at the training given to the armed personnel of Lankan…

தேசவிரோதி துரோகி கருணா பற்றி இலண்டன் கார்டியன் பத்திரிகையில்........ Karuna Amman, the Sri Lankan warlord jailed for entering Britain on a falsified visa and diplomatic passport, will not be prosecuted for war crimes and is likely to be deported soon. The former Tamil Tigers leader would not face further charges, the Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday. Karuna, 45, whose real name is Vinayagmoorthy Muralitharan, has been accused by human rights groups of forcing teenagers to serve as child soldiers, torturing prisoners and killing hundreds of civilians. He was released from prison last Friday after serving three months for immigration offences. Karuna…

The Singhalese-dominated government of Sri Lanka has been engaged in a “structural genocide” of the Tamils ever since the British left in 1948, says Tamils for Obama. The sexual oppression of Tamil women in the northeast is the latest part of this genocide, and Tamils for Obama asks Mrs. Obama to use her influence to take action to stop it. New York, New York (PRWEB) December 30, 2012 “The Sri Lankan government has been running a structural genocide of the Tamils ever since the British left in 1948,” said a press spokesman for Tamils for Obama. “The sexual violence against Tamil women in northeastern Sri Lanka is just the latest form it has taken. “We sent Mrs…