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Anandhi Sasitharan the Vibrant Wife of Senior Tiger Leader Ezhilan 18 January 2014, 10:20 pm By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Controversial Northern Provincial Councillor Anandhi Sasitharan is once again in the news. Sections of the media reported that the Defence ministry was pondering on the possibility of making the 42 year old wife of former senior tiger leader Ezhilan undergo a period of rehabilitation in order to “prevent her from propagating separatist sentiments”. Anandhi responded to the news reports by convening a press conference in Jaffna and stating that she could not be forced into rehabilitation as she had never been a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E…

The first picture won a prize and the second one became controversial VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL A controversy has arisen on Sweden because of the Paul Hansen’s picture, which won in the Swedish Picture of the Year Awards 2011, in the picture we can see Fabienne, a 14 year old girl who was murdered by the police after she was caught stealing two chairs and some paintings from a store after earthquake hits Haiti.. (Photo Paul Hansen) Now is know that there were 14 journalist in the scene at the moment of the girl’s death, which has unleashed critics and a debate about the photographers’ ethic. The controversy became when the photograph Nathan Weber published a picture of …

Warscapes in conversation with Shobasakthi Translation by Anushiya Ramaswamy Bhakti Shringarpure: Do give us some political and personal context with regards to your novel Traitor. Shobasakthi: On July 25, 1983, the Sri Lankan government planned and killed thirty-five Tamil political prisoners at Welikade Prison, with eighteen other Tamil prisoners slaughtered a couple of days later. The prison authorities were thoroughly complicit in the massacre even though Sinhala prisoners carried out the murders. In fact, it was prison officers who distributed the weapons to the killers. Before the murders began, the Prison’s chief commissioner had been sent out…

Four steps to secure lasting peace in Sri Lanka By Maha Hosain Aziz, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Maha Hosain Aziz is a professor of politics (adjunct) in the MA program of NYU’s Politics Department, a senior analyst at geopolitical consultancy Wikistrat and advisory board chairwoman of Afghanistan’s first university e-mentoring program (New Silk Road Generation). The views expressed are her own. “While building the nation, we have set aside all differences and divisions. As a result there is today a new political and development culture before the country,” Sri Lanka’s media reported President Mahinda Rajapaksa as saying in his New Year’s message. “Further consolida…

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…

09 January 2014 After having caused massive deaths and disappearances on the Tamil civilian population during the times of war, the Sri Lankan State now continues to commit acts of structural genocide in the Tamil land. This aims at causing demographic and identity change, ethnic subordination and dilution of Tamils political power, the Bishop of Mannaar Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph told the visiting US diplomat on Wednesday. The visiting delegation was primarily interested in the details of the ‘war crimes’ during the final months of the war, according to Mannaar Bishop. Mr Rapp was told that an international investigation was necessary, not to punish any individual, …

January 9, 2014 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the government would in the coming days reveal its strategy to tackle “big ticket corruption” in light of questions raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party that the AAP government has gone slow in taking action in cases related to the previous Sheila Dikshit-led government. “Many people including Dr. Harsh Vardhan have been asking me repeatedly about big corruption cases. We will soon start action against big ticket corruption. We are preparing backend for it.” Earlier this week, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Harsh Vardhan questioned the Aam Aadmi Party government if it intends to “send corrupt M…

The success of the Aam Aadmi Party at Delhi Legislative assembly elections has spread the hope for honest politics throughout the country. Lakhs of people want to be a member of the party and work for change. Therefore the party has decided to run a special membership drive without fee,“Main Bhi Aam Aadmi”, from 10th to 26th January. You can become a member or help others become a member in the following ways: 1) You can fill out the form at Aam Aadmi Party website aamaadmiparty.org/join-us 2) You can directly SMS your Name, STD code, Assembly constituency, from your mobile to 07798220033. Your membership number will be sent to your mobile through SMS. 3)…

Colombo: In a significant move coinciding with the visit of a top US official probing war crimes, American embassy here today posted pictures of places where civilians had died allegedly during Sri Lanka's final war against rebel Tamil Tigers four years ago. The US embassy's official Twitter handle uploaded a photo with a caption saying, "St Anthany's Ground-site of Jan 2009 killing of hundreds of families by (Lankan) army shelling". Sri Lanka had for long dismissed accusations that army had fired shells at civilian locations. In May 2009, Sri Lankan military had defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels. Colombo has resisted calls to probe claims that over 40,000 …

SRINAGAR //JammuKashmir liberation front (JKLF) Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has termed the massacreand burning down of Sopore town on 6th January 1993 by Indian forcesas a black day in the history of kashmir and said that Indian occupation onKashmir is written by these kind of brutal massacres and brutalities. Yasin Malikwhile paying rich tributes to Sopore martyrs, expressed solidarity with theirbereaved families. A JKLF delegation comprising of Adv. Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Sheikh AbdulRashid, and Mohammad Sidiq Shah and Abdul Rashid Magloo visited the martyr’sgraveyard Sopare and participated in a condolence meeting held for the martyrs. Meanwhile chairman JKLF in …

By Ron Ridenour - Orwell couldn’t have done it better: Sri Lanka’s genocidal government, client of genocidal Israel, exchanges honors with genocidal victim State of Palestine The government of Palestine presented Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa with the “Star of Palestine” the highest award of the State of Palestine, on January 6. “The relations between Sri Lanka and the State of Palestine are exceptional and we remain committed to extending our fullest support to the State of Palestine and the friendly people of Palestine,” President Rajapaksa said during the conferment ceremony. “President Rajapaksa, on behalf of the people of Sri Lanka, conferred…

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said there will be no compromise on corruption, and sought time for taking action against it. "It has just been eight days, give us some time. We will not spare anyone who is corrupt," Kejriwal told reporters. "There is no question of compromising on corruption. I will put my life at stake, but will not compromise on the issue," he said. Kejriwal was responding to a question on whether the Aam Aadmi Party-Congress tie-up would result in letting off the Congress, which AAP charged of corruption in the run-up to the Delhi polls. "Whether it is Sheila Dikshit, or some minister from the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, or my…

Members of the TYOUK Voice their determination and resoluteness to continue to fight for the freedom of the Eelam Tamil nation. As 2013 comes to an end and we all welcome the new year of 2014 members of Tamil Youth Organisation United Kingdom show their determination and resoluteness to continue voicing against the genocide faced by the Eelam Tamil nation. A video consisting of fifteen youth was released by TYO UK on the early hours of New Year’s Day. 2014 marks the fifth year anniversary of Mullivaikkaal Massacre and the Eelam Tamil nation is still waiting for justice to be served. May 2009 is undoubtedly an unforgettable date in the Tamil history and still the Tam…

2014 01 01 For New Democrats, standing in solidarity with Canadians of Tamil heritage on matters of human rights is part of our shared values as Canadians. I recently arrived in Sri Lanka to visit my extended family and visit the places that were once home for me, during the earlier stages of my life and the civil war in Sri Lanka; but was subject to political intimidation. I was warned I could be subject to arrest and deportation, as several commonwealth MPs from New Zealand and Australia recently faced. I have received word from the Canadian High Commission in Colombo that the Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed that their previous claims of an arrest warr…

Today marks the 8 years since the murder of five Tamil students, committed by Sri Lanka's Special Task Force, whilst they spent an afternoon on the beach in Trincomalee. The five slain students, who were all 21-years-old when killed, are: Manoharan Ragihar (22.09.1985) Yogarajah Hemachchandra (04.03.1985) Logitharajah Rohan (07.04.1985) Thangathurai Sivanantha (06.04.1985) Shanmugarajah Gajendran (16.09.1985) Photograph: TamilNet To this day, no-one has been brought to justice for the murders. Earlier this year 12 people, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police, were remanded over the killings. To date, none have been b…

01 January 2014 In its new year message, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF), called on all members of the international community "to back the demand for an independent, international inquiry" and "to support the initiation of a comprehensive political settlement." Adding that a 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' was suggested with a "clear intent to hoodwink the international community," the GTF asserted that "President Rajapaksa’s regime should be given no further allowances at the 25th Session of the UNHRC in March 2014 to subvert, deliberately prolong or undermine the accountability and reconciliation processes". See full statement here http://www.tamilguardian.c…

BEIRUT, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria's civil war has risen to at least 130,433, more than a third of them civilians on both sides of the conflict, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The conflict in Syria began in March 2011 as peaceful protests against four decades of rule by President Bashar al-Assad's family, but turned into an armed insurgency whose sectarian dimensions have reverberated across the Middle East. The anti-Assad Observatory, based in Britain but with a network of sources across Syria, put the number of women and children killed in the conflict so far at 11,709. It said …

56 Tamil organisations from across the world have rejected a domestic Sri Lankan inquiry into human rights abuses and called for an international investigation into genocide, in a joint New Year message. The signatories to the statement, which span across 10 different countries, jointly noted there was an overwhelming mandate for an international investigation expressed in the recent Northern Provincial Council elections, and fully committed themselves to working towards an independent investigation into the crime of genocide. The statement, signed by many youth organisations, is released as talk of a South African style ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ have emer…

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government will extend all help to the Centre to facilitate talks between Indian fishermen and their Sri Lankan counterparts in Chennai on January 20, 2014 to resolve the dispute over fishing rights in each other's territorial waters. She asked the Centre to reciprocate in a favorable manner. The frequent arrests of Tamil fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy for maritime violations have been a bone of contention between the Centre and the state and have also threatened to strain Indo-Lanka relations. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister wanted the Centre to take firm steps to s…

Clouds of strawberry mist and peach snow fell on revellers in London as Edinburgh saw a more traditional display. Up to 250,000 have gathered by the Thames to watch London's fireworks Revellers in London were being treated to the world's first "multi-sensory" fireworks display as people around the world welcomed in the New Year. More than 250,000 people lined the Thames for the display, which saw peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles descend on a section of the crowd. Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle In Scotland, about 80,000 were in Edinburgh city centre for the famous Hogmanay street party. There was music from th…

Prime minister entreats Scotland to vote no to independence during televised statement that includes vow of austerity David Cameron says immigration, cutting the welfare bill, protecting the economy and raising school standards are also priorities in 2014. Photograph: Isopix/Rex Features David Cameron has used his new year's message to plead with the Scots to stay in the UK, while also warning there is still difficult work ahead when it comes to repairing the economy. In a televised statement, the prime minister said 2014 was a historic year because of the vote on Scottish independence, which could "change our country for ever". "Our family of nations is at…

The government is planning a proposal to oust Tamil National Alliance MP S Sritharan from parliament, according to Sinhala newspaper Divaina. The report accused Sritharan of being involved in anti-government activities and is supposedly attempting to rouse communal unrest, including for praising LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in parliament. Minister calls for TNA ban (18 December 2013) TG View: Representing 'extremism' (01 December 2013) TNA sabotaging reconciliation - Gotabhaya (28 November 2013) http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=9623&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

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…

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Commander of the Security Forces in Jaffna Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe laughed off reports of abductions, torture and rape committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces, dismissing them as ‘lies’. Speaking on the documentary ‘Scars of Sri Lanka’, which aired on Thursday, Hathurusinghe dismissed claims of abductions, stating, “I flatly deny... None we do not. We don’t have anyone and we don’t abduct. Because there is no reason, why should we abduct? We have no terrorism.” See interview from 14:00 When questioned about individual reports of abductions by reporter Evan Williams, Hathurusinghe laughed before respo…