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Confronting the Death of Prabhakaran By Nadesan Satyendra Confronting the Death of Prabhakaran Nadesan Satyendra Velupillai Prabhakaran I have never met Velupillai Prabhakaran. Neither have I ever spoken to him. I did not know him personally. Again, it is not that I have agreed with everything that he said or did. Yet, when he died on 17 May 2009, I felt a deep sense of personal loss. I grieved. In my grief I was moved to revisit the words of Fidel Castro Ruz at his trial in October 1953 – “…The man who abides by unjust l…

Damage done by emotionally immature parents can have a long-term impact on children ABC Health & Wellbeing By Sana Qadar and James Bullen for All in the Mind Posted 3ddays ago, updated 2ddays ago Mandy* says her mother has always had a controlling streak. In something of a nightmare scenario for most kids, when Mandy was 10, her mum got a job at her school. "My mother was telling me who I was and I wasn't allowed to be friends with. She was prohibiting most people I made friends with," Mandy says. "She would actually leave her post during my lunchtime to see who I was hanging out with and if I was following her order…

Dear Yarl Friends, I am Samuel from Tamilnadu, India. I am a Indian Tamilian. I started to visit this site one year before. First I thank for this site moderator. From this site only I can know more about Tamil’s problem and LTTE.The moderator are maintaining the site very well. They are giving chance to opposition side also. Here I mean to say the opposite side means, the people who against the Tamil people and LTTE. I don’t know why these people are taken a stand against LTTE and their Leader. Either due the LTTE leader is belongs to the higher caste; those opposing peoples are lower caste. Don’t misunderstand me. Here I not emphasize a …

Obvious discrimination by the International Community Source: TCHR/CTDH Ref : GJ098/PR/2006 25 May 2006 "It would seem to International Educational Development that the Tamil people are not viewed as worthy of attention and this must be viewed as rank and despicable discrimination. What other conclusion is possible when in the face of this long and protracted war, neither the Commission nor the Sub-Commission has issued a resolution since 1987? Have these bodies not paid any attention to the reports of the Commission's Working Groups and Rapporteurs? Are these bodies unaware that Sri Lanka is just behind Iraq in disappearances and that almost all the disapp…

Sri Lanka seeks foreign help to supply Jaffna civilians by Amal Jayasinghe Fri Nov 24, 6:48 AM ET COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president asked foreign relief agencies to help supply food and other essentials to half a million civilians trapped in the embattled northern Jaffna peninsula. ADVERTISEMENT President Mahinda Rajapakse said essentials had been shipped to the peninsula, 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of the capital, but distribution had hit serious snags because retailers had closed most of their outlets. "I urge local and international non-governmental organisations to get involved in the distribution of food," Rajapakse sai…

Sri Lanka Tourism today welcomed the arrival of 1,500,000th tourist for the year 2014 at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Sri Lanka Tourism officials including Managing Director Rumy Jauffer and representatives from travel and tourism industry warmly welcomed Torence Jimmy, who arrived with Qupika Hedwig, via UL 558 Sri Lankan Airlines flight from German, as the 1.5 millionth tourist in 2014 to Sri Lanka. http://www.dailymirror.lk/59849/the-1-5-millionth-tourist-arrives-in-sl#sthash.NfYzhPfk.dpuf

Exclusive: Activists say airline should not cooperate, but Qantas says it’s up to the government and courts Helen Davidson @heldavidson Email Fri 21 Sep 2018 21.00 BSTLast modified on Sat 22 Sep 2018 03.17 BST Shares 6,093 Rapper MIA: ‘The stories of how children, women and men are treated when they seek asylum in Australia are horrifying.’ Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Rapper MIA has called for Australian airlines to stop…

Are you a Duck or an Eagle? Life Lessons from a Taxi Driver-Inspirational Story by Simerjeet Singh

இலங்கை 2019 தேர்தல் முடிவுகளும் எமது கடமையும் பெரும்பான்மை ஈழ எம்மக்கள் சஜித்திற்கு ஆதரவளித்த நிலையில், எமது மக்களின் சனநாயக விருப்பை எவ்வாறு புலம்பெயர் மக்கள் நாம் பிரதிபலிக்கலாம். ஆககுறைந்தது ஒரு கடிதம் எழுதலாம், உங்கள் நாட்டின் தலைவருக்கு இல்லை ஐ.நா. விற்கு .... ======================== To UN Secretary General =========================================== Fome can be found here : https://www.un.org/en/contact-us/ Dear Secretary General, As you may be aware that Sri Lanka has elected a new president, Mr. Gothabaya Rajabakse. He was the defense secretary leading into last phases of civil war where it is believed thousands of civilians wer…

Pariskara Pooja for 3,500 Bhikkhunis A Pariskara Pooja Maha Pinkama for 3,500 Bhikkhunis was held at Manelwatta Maha Vihara in Kelaniya today. It was held under the instructions of Manelwatta Maha Vihara Chief Incumbent Ven. Dr. Bodagama Chandima Thera and sponsored by resident Bhikkhunis of Chio Hua Sun Temple in Taiwan. http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption_story/Pariskara-Pooja-for-3-500-Bhikkhunis/110-183321

Rights Lawyers Under Fire in Sri Lanka Ruki Fernando on 07/01/2020 Photo courtesy of northeastern.edu Last month (May 2020) a Magistrate in Jaffna had withdrawn quarantine orders against the organizers of end of war commemorations, based on appeals by lawyers.[1] At least three lawyers have faced reprisals in the days afterwards. Attorney-at-Law Mr. Roy Dilaksan’s house was reported to have been attacked by unknown persons.[2] Another lawyer who had appeared for the same case, saw a suspicious person hovering around his law office. Yet another lawyer who had appeared for the case was stopped by the Army while trav…

Published Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:51PM EST Last Updated Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:58PM EST CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's prime minister was under mounting pressure Monday to join his Indian and Canadian counterparts in boycotting a British Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week over concerns about the island nation's human rights record. India announced Sunday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the second leader after Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to boycott the Nov. 15-17 meeting. There are 54 members of the Commonwealth, a loose association of former British colonies. Australian Senator Lee Rhiannon called on Prime Mi…

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the U.S. response the global war on terrorism have changed the world, and the terrorist enterprise that we know as al-Qaeda has changed with it. The current status of al-Qaeda’s network remains unclear, but it is certain that it and other terrorist groups continue to threaten the lives and well-being of Americans, at home and abroad, and the security of our friends and allies. This continuing danger leads to ongoing U.S. and international efforts to monitor, disrupt, and dismantle terrorist groups before they can cause large-scale destruction to our people or our interests. The objective of this RAND Cor…

Security beefed up in Moneragala [TamilNet, Thursday, 07 February 2008, 01:12 GMT] Local officials have intensified security measures in the plantation sector in Moneragala, Buttala and Wokkapitiya following recent bomb blasts in these areas, residents said. Tension and fear still prevails in Moneragala district, civil society sources said. Stringent security measures were implemented after key officials in the province including A.N.Muthulingam, Vice president of Moneragala district Pradeshiya Sabha, Vijitha Muni Soyza, Chief Minister (CM) of Uva Province and the Superintendent of Police (SP) in charge of the security of the district were notified of the feelin…

[size=1] [size=5]It was a snowy Wednesday evening when the UN held a screening and panel discussion entitled "The Holocaust by Bullets: Uncovering the Reality of Genocide." [/size][/size] [size=1] [size=5]The event was sponsored by the French Mission to the UN; the short but moving films were on Holocaust killings of Jews in Ukraine and of Roma.[/size][/size] [size=1] [size=5]After the first film, UN official Gillian Kitley told the snow-limited audience that the UN's now combined Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect advises Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of development in which mass killing may become possible.[/size][/size] [size=1]…

Sri Lanka: opnieuw burgeroorlog? De Tamiltijgers op het eiland Sri Lanka dreigen de wapenstilstand stop te zetten De Tamiltijgers vormen een minderheid op Sri Lanka en willen meer autonomie. In 2002 maakte de wapenstilstand een einde aan de jarenlange burgeroorlog. http://www.vtm.be/nieuws/index_nieuwsbuite...and.shtml?p=124

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces thwartted a pre-dawn attempt by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers and paramilitary cadres of Karuna group from Chenkalady Black Bridge SLA camp in Batticaloa district Wednesday around 3:30 a.m, to advance into Koduvamadu area in LTTE held territory in Batticaloa, sources in Batticaloa said. LTTE recovered the bodies of two paramilitary members killed in the retaliation besides eight T-56 rifles, unconfirmed sources in Batticaloa said. The four injured paramilitary members were first rushed to Chenkalady hospital and later transferred to Batticaloa Teaching hospital. They were identified as Thutchan, Varman, Nesan …

TMVP to contest under ‘boat’ symbol The Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) has been accepted and registered as a political party by the Elections Commissioner and will contest the upcoming polls in the East under the ‘boat’ symbol, sources told the Daily Mirror yesterday. A meeting was held between TMVP officials and the Elections Commissioner at the office of the Elections Commissioner in Colombo yesterday where the outfit headed by Karuna Amman and Pillayan were told that their documents seeking registration as a political party had been accepted. Earlier the organisation had sought to register either under the name ‘TMVP’ or ‘National Par…

[size=5]Salma Yusuf in candid conversation with Shri Rahpal Malhotra, the distinguished mover-and-shaker in India’s Prime Minister’s Office having advised former Indian leaders including Indhira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. [/size] [size=5]He is Executive Vice-Chairman of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) in Chandigarh, of which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is Chairman. He currently provides suggestive advice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, both personally and institutionally.[/size] [size=5]-------------------------------------[/size] [size=5]Q: There have been three main schools of thought regarding India’s vote in favo…

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will adopt the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report on Sri Lanka during the 22nd session of the UNHRC which begins next month in Geneva. According to the agenda of the session Sri Lanka’s UPR report is among a list of UPR reports of countries listed to be adopted at the council session. The UPR on Sri Lanka was held last November in Geneva, during which, Sri Lanka rejected 98 and accepted 111 recommendations submitted by countries at the UPR. Sri Lanka is expected to face severe criticism during the UNHRC session in Geneva in February and March. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay had said last week that sh…

இந்த ஆவணப்படம் இந்த மாதம் 18 அல்லது 19ம் திகதி National Geographic channelலினால் வெளியிடபட இருக்கிறது.. I PODCAST I A Reckoning in Tulsa A century ago, Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood was a vibrant Black community. One spring night in 1921 changed all that: a white mob rioted, murdering as many as 300 Black residents and destroying their family homes and thriving businesses. In this episode of our podcast, Overheard, we follow archaeologists working to uncover one of the worst—and virtually unknown—incidents of racial violence in American history. A RECKONING IN TULSA LISTEN NOW On the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre,…

Underage paramilitary recruit attests to SLA-Karuna link [TamilNet, February 03, 2006 11:05 GMT] A 15-year-old boy, recruited by the paramilitary cadres of Karuna Group, later sent on vacation, and who managed to move with his family into the Liberation Tigers held area in Ayithiyamalai, addressed a press meet at Solayaham in LTTE controlled Kokkaddicholai Friday. The underage youth, Arulraj, has revealed details on how he was abducted, transported to Thivuchenai and trained at the training camp of the paramilitary group at Thivuchenai in Welikande. Arularj, who was on leave, managed to escape as his "guardian", an EPDP cadre Rama Ranjan, who accompanied him to Ba…

The murdered journalist was still active in his chosen profession at the time of the killing. But The Hindu has tried to soften & play down the murder of a journalist & the crime against free speech by titling him as an "ex-reporter". http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00320...00607021420.htm

Presidential anger against 'Subasetha' (LeN-2006 Dec. 22, 6.15 pm) A advisor to a newspaper dedicated to astrology published by Lake house has come under severe criticism from the top for publishing a forecast that a leading lady of Sri Lankan politics is to make a comeback and the life of a leader is to in danger. These forecasts have appeared in two issues of the said newspaper. First issue has published that a leading woman politician is to make a comeback. The second issue has warned of a danger to a top leader. After these appeared the President has summoned the director editorial Mr. Kongahage and lambasted him. Later Mr. Kongahage has called for explanat…