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தற்போதைய படை நடவடிக்கைளால் இடம்பெயர்ந்து படைக்கட்டுப்பாட்டுப் பகுதிக்குச் சென்ற மக்கள் தங்கியுள்ள முகாம்களிற்கு ஆயுதங்களுடன் கறுணா கும்பலைச் சேர்ந்தோர் ஊடுருவுவதாக சர்வதேச மன்னிப்புச் சபை தெரிவித்துள்ளது. Sri Lanka: Armed groups infiltrating refugee camps Press release, 03/14/2007 Armed groups, some identified as part of a breakaway group of Tamil Tigers known as the Karuna faction, are infiltrating camps for newly displaced people and abducting residents, according to sources known to Amnesty International. Tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes after intense fighting in the eastern region of Batticaloa over the weekend, pushing the n…

Sack The Political Thug! The year 2007 ended for the country in a tragicomedy. Tragic it was because the scenes at the Rupavahini studios on Thursday involving a minister of state accompanied by his 'bodyguard' - a double murder suspect released on bail - was a disgrace to any self-respecting nation, particularly one which boasts of an ancient civilisation and culture. The comedy was that the pint-sized comedian and his bodyguard were served their just desserts however unpalatable it may have been by the staff of the government's main propaganda institution which has the most trusted personnel of the ruling party. While violence in any form cannot be condoned …

ecretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says that each time he meets the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka she asked him why he had not taken steps to punish Sri Lankan soldiers. Speaking at a presentation ceremony at the National Chamber of Commerce yesterday Rajapaksa said that he always responds to Ambassador Michele Sison that soldiers cannot be punished without due procedure being followed. The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence referred to remarks made by Ambassador Sison in Matara on Wednesday when he claimed she criticized the impeachment process against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. “The biggest threat the US can pose to Sri Lanka’s…

Three IT professionals from Tamil Nadu are camping in New Delhi, trying to knock on the corridors of power to impress upon the government to stop playing second fiddle on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue and vote in favour of the US-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council resolution. Sheela Bhatt reports "Do you know thousands of students from over 200 Tamil educational institutions are protesting against Sri Lanka's ill-treatment of ethnic Tamils since the last many weeks?" "Do you know that thousands of students are on a token fast today (Thursday) across Tamil Nadu to put pressure on the UPA government in New Delhi to vote in favour of the US-sponsored United…

How do I love thee, tree? Let me count the ways; you change carbon dioxide into the oxygen we breathe, you sequester carbon, and you provide shelter for countless critters. There are many reasons for which we should all be tree-hugging hippies, but within the scope of this article, all we’ll focus on is how amazing some of them look. Granted, not all of these amazing beautiful trees are trees (the Wisteria is a vine, Rhododendrons are shrubs, and bamboo technically belongs to the grass family), but we’ll give them a pass because they are amazing, huge and beautiful. So once you step outside and take a breath of fresh air, hug the nearest tree and say thank you! If you…

[TamilNet, Thursday, 03 October 2013, 23:38 GMT] The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) should learn from history, and from the experience of their predecessors, on what should NOT be done, writes Tamil Nadu political activist Poonkuzhali Nedumaran in a feature sent to TamilNet this week. She cited the history of TNA’s predecessor TULF failing in upholding the responsibility it was vested with by the people in 1977, compromising with District Councils and how that triggered the Tamil youth to lose confidence in parliamentary methods. The NPC election results mean communication of a will than participation in governance. With the Eezham Tamils rejecting the polity and rule of …

மூன்று நாட்களில் 20 மில்லியன் பார்வையாளர்களைக் கவர்ந்த நேர்காணல் : Russell Brand vs. Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight 2013 [Full Interview] பிரித்தானியாவின் ஆளும் கூட்டரசாங்கத்தின் பிரதான கட்சியான பழமைவாதக் கட்சியின் ஸ்டார்போட்ஷேர் என்ற தொகுதிக்கான பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் கெட்டவார்த்தைகளால் பிரித்தானியாவின் பிரபல நகைச்சுவை நடிகர் ஒருவரை பிபிசி வானொலி நிகழ்ச்சி ஒன்றில் தூற்றினார் என்பது இன்றைய செய்தி. ரஸல் பிராண் என்ற அந்த நகைச்ச்சுவை நடிகர் செய்த தவறு என்ன? பிபிசியின் பிரபல ஊடகவியலாளர் ஜெரமி பக்ஸ்மன் உடனான நேர்காணல் குறித்து பிரித்தான அரசியல் வாதிகள் ஆத்திரமடைந்தது ஏன். யூரியூப்பில் ரஸல் பிரண்டின் நேர்காணல் 20 மில்லியன் பார்வையாளர்களை மூன்றே நாட்களில் கவர்ந்தத்து ஏன்? இது…

10 January 2014 The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) would be releasing the official judgement of its investigations against the Sri Lankan State and its accomplices on the charge of Genocide against Eelam Tamils at press conference in Geneva on 22 January, the PPT said in a press statement on Friday. Dr. Denis Halliday, the former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, Dr. Haluk Gerger, a renowned Turkish academic and middle east analyst and Dr. Gianni Tognoni, the secretary general of the PPT would be present at the function. The event will take place on Wednesday 22 January, 10 am, at the 'Geneva Press Club' Club Suisse de la Presse, Route de Ferney…

libreal failure to advance Human Rights in Sri Lanka.

'A UN mission is imperative' Mano Ganesan The prevailing human rights situation requires direct intervention of the international community to curb violations that often target the Tamil ethnic minority and in this regard, a UN human rights monitoring mission is a dire necessity says Colombo District Parliamentarian, Mano Ganesan. The leader of the Western People's Front (WPP) and Convenor, Civil Monitoring Commission (CMC), Ganesan in an interview with The Sunday Leader said that international surveillance on the island's fast deteriorating human rights situation was a necessity. He blamed the authorities for lack of investigations, failure to appr…

AT 8 A.M. on December 11, 2015, Rosemarie Junor walked through the doors of Medcan, the private medical clinic at York and Adelaide where she worked. As always, her makeup and nail polish were perfectly applied, her dark hair carefully styled. Junor was the youngest of four children born to immigrant parents—her father was Trinidadian, her mother Guyanese—and she was the family’s high achiever. She had started at Medcan in 2011 as a secretary; three years later, she was promoted to co-ordinator of an ultrasound test that screens for early signs of plaque buildup in the carotid artery, the only employee qualified to operate the machine. Junor cared deeply about her work. S…

In May 2009, as the civil war was drawing to a close, the Sri Lankan executed influential Tamil leaders even though they had already surrendered. Frances Harrison spoke to two Tamil fighters who witnessed the incident and revealed the atrocity to the world. The stocky Tamil man twisted himself nervously inside his thin black anorak, ill suited to one of the iciest days of winter, as he explained how he turned informer, betraying the very man he was supposed to protect, in order to save his own life. We endured the bone-chilling cold sitting outdoors on a deserted verandah sipping coffee in a café in Victoria Station, interrupted occasionally by the peremptory platform …

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Around the world events are being held to demand that the Sri Lankan government free displaced persons being held in detention camps, and allow them to go back to their homes. November 21st marks 180 days after the Government of Sri Lanka pledged that the refugees would be resettled within 180 days. Yet tens of thousands of Tamils families are languishing in camps with no sign of repatriation. Amnesty International released a report in August entitled “Unlock the Camps”. Join Amnesty, Canadians Concerned about Sri Lanka, and other human rights organizations to mark this day. www.canadianscsl.ca

Russia's Seaborne Oil Flows Jump to 4 Million Barrels a Day Crude flows from Russian ports soared in the week to April 22 The Kremlin’s revenue from crude oil export duty jumped by 25% Source: Getty Images By Julian Lee Asia is still snapping up cheap Russian oil that European buyers don’t want. Seaborne exports of the nation’s crude rebounded in the seven days to April 22. One-fifth of the volume shipped from ports on the Black Sea, Baltic and Arctic coasts is on tank…

Urgent Appeal from Jaffna nandmana@sltnet.lk to ajeevan An independent group of Catholic Priest (who wish to remain anonymous) who are working with the people in dire need on a humanitarian basis regardless of the curfew imposed would like to disseminate the following information and would like to place an urgent appeal to the international community especially the European Union, Co-Chairs, and Peace envoys of Norway and Japan. This urgent appeal comes to the conscience of the world from the war-torn Jaffna city. The present critical situation started on the 11th Friday at 06.45 p.m. Within the last six days the situation deteriorated drastically and …

The LTTE defense spokesperson Ilanthirayan speaking about the allegations made by the Government of Sri Lanka re the two bomb blasts on Friday and Saturday said, “Government of Sri Lanka is trying to blame the LTTE for the two bomb blasts in the south of the island on Friday and Saturday. This is a baseless allegation made without any evidence to support it. GoSL attempt at blaming the LTTE is aimed at discrediting the LTTE”. “This is a feeble attempt by the GoSL which stands accused of horrendous and repeated crimes against humanity carried out against the Tamil people in the Tamil homeland”, Ilanthirayan added.

No tsunami threat from earthquake in Indian Ocean south east of SL - An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 been recorded at 2.34 am today (12) in the Indian Ocean off the South East coast of Sri Lanka, says the Department of Meteorology. The Department, however, noted that there is no tsunami threat to the island owing to the earthquake which was of 10km depth. Therefore, the coastal areas of Sri Lanka have been declared safe. The Meteorology Department mentioned that this alert was issued in consultation with relevant national and international agencies. http://www.adaderana.lk/news/60743/no-tsunami-threat-from-earthq…

The deadly coronavirus which has killed more than 2800 people across the world is rapidly spreading outside China. Italy, Japan, and South Korea are three major countries that are deeply affected by the virus. This spread has affected global investors as well. Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia has lost 590 crores this year alone. The chairman of the Reliance Industries according to a Bloomberg report has lost about 590 crores which have made his net worth come down to $53.05 billion this year so far. The shares of Reliance Industries has fallen to 11% in the global market. The major fall has happened only in the last 15 days assuming after the widespread impact …

World Bank population data from Sri Lanka indicates up to a hundred thousand Tamils are unaccounted for after the final war against the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, raising questions about whether they could be dead. A UN report cited a death toll of forty thousand for the climax of the war in 2009 but a UN internal inquiry last month acknowledged for the first time that up to seventy thousand civilian deaths were possible. The leaked World Bank spreadsheets broken down by village for the north of the island estimate numbers of returnees to the former conflict area in mid 2010. The Bank also cites Statistical Handbook Numbers for population in 2007 - before the fighting …

Publishing a book about a highly charged ethnic conflict in which tens of thousands have died is no path to a peaceful life. You only need to look at the racial abuse and filthy language in the comments sections of online sites frequented by Sri Lankans to see how intense the emotions still are. Like anyone who writes on Sri Lanka I’ve had my share of abuse from both sides. I’ve been told I am covered in the blood of the babies who perished in the killing fields, that I’ve been making money out of the dead, and am a terrorist or “white Tiger” not to mention, a hysterical liar. But what the public doesn’t see are the private messages from readers around the world. Ev…

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New Delhi The day Sri Lanka backed out of the joint partnership with India and Japan for the much-hyped East Container Terminal (ECT) project at Colombo port, a move that shocked both New Delhi and Tokyo, Sri Lanka’s Central Bank (CBSL) also returned the US $400 million currency swap to India, foreclosing a key debt, IBN reported. Sri Lanka had availed this facility in July 2020 to meet some immediate expenses during the Covid-induced lockdown. However, both the nations kept quiet about it. After a section of the media and opposition politicians started talking about a “pissed off” India asking Sri Lanka to return its money, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)…

25 December 2013 Simranjit Singh Mann “Tamils can’t live [in a united Sri Lanka] after the perpetration of the crime of genocide. I think the wounds are too deep historically there to be reconciliation. After a State has committed genocide, there can’t be any reconciliation,” says Simranjit Singh Mann, the president of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar party, who advocates the formation of Khalistan as an independent and sovereign State for Sikhs, in an exchange of views with Tamil Nadu based May 17 Movement. “Pirapaharan and his movement was too powerful for the Sri Lankan government,” he said, adding that “it was under the collaboration of UPA-led Congress go…

“ Boyer Lectures” சுவராசியமானதும் அதே சமயம் பல விடயங்களை அறிந்து கொள்ளவும் கூடிய ஒரு நிகழ்ச்சி. 2020ல் “ Rebooting Australia: How ethical entrepreneurs can help shape a better future” என்ற தலைப்பின் கீழ் Dr Andrew Forrest AO கருத்துகளை வழங்கியிருந்தார். 2021ல் Shakespeareரிடமிருந்து நாங்கள் படிக்கவேண்டியதை பற்றி Soul of the Ageன் கீழ் John Bell AO OBE.. உரையாடுகிறார்.. Audioல் கேட்கும் பொழுது நன்றாக இருக்கும் ஆனால் இணைக்கமுடியாது என்பதால், அதற்கான linkம் அதன் transcriptம் கீழே இணைத்துள்ளேன்.. நன்றி. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures/2021-boyer-lecture-one:-john-bell/13543452 01| Soul of the …