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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…

OCCUPATION 101 http://youtu.be/dwpvI8rX72o Occupation 101 – Voices of the silenced majority என்பது பலஸ்தீனப் போராட்டம் பற்றியதொரு ஆவணப்படம். இப்படத்தின் உள்ளடக்கம் பற்றிப் பேசுவதற்கு முன்னால் அது பற்றியதொரு சிறிய அறிமுகம். சுபியான் ஒமைஸ் மற்றும் அப்துல்லாஹ் ஒமைஸின் தயாரிப்பு எழுத்து மற்றும் இயக்கத்தில் 2006ம் ஆண்டு வெளியானது. பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பலஸ்தீன மக்கள் தமது அனுபவங்களை பேச்சு அறபு மொழியில் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் போது அதற்கான ஆங்கில மொழி உபதலைப்பு வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. தவிர அனைத்து நேர்காணல்களும் ஆங்கில மொழியிலானது. பலஸ்தீன் மீதான இஸ்ரேலின் ஆக்கிரமிப்பினால் மேற்குக்கரை மற்றும் காஸாவில் ஏற்பட்ட பாதிப்புக்கள், அநியாயங்களை உலகுக்கு எடுத்துச்சொல்வதே இப்படத்தின் நோ…

Ocean Lady migrants from Sri Lanka still struggling 5 years later Of the 76 men found on the Ocean Lady, 30 have been accepted as refugees Journalist Maran Nagarasa still recalls vividly the sense of elation aboard the Ocean Lady five years ago this week when he saw a plane flying overhead with a Canadian flag. “I was sure God had arrived to save us,” he said. But that feeling soon turned to fear as he and the 75 other Sri Lankan Tamils on board faced armed border guards and RCMP officers. On Oct. 17, 2009, they were arrested, jailed and interrogated. Eventually, most were released to await hearings before Canada’s refugee board. Nagarasa ope…

Official guide to media training for Tamil journalists in Sri Lanka 1 August 2014 Can civil society conduct media training workshops for Tamil journalists? No, it’s suspect and leads to some citizens exercising their democratic right to protest. Why is the Government opposed to media training workshops for Tamil journalists? Because training focussed on Tamil journalists is inherently suspect. Can Tamil journalists travel for training? No, because they are usually suspected drug addicts. Can journalists work freely in Jaffna? Completely, so long as they follow the Army’s understanding of media freedom. Can Tamil journalists…

UNHRCThe Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has strengthened its investigation on the war in Sri Lanka by adding more clauses to the terms of reference which includes a clause on the assistance expected for foreign governments and the basis under which findings of the investigation will be accepted. The new clauses note that consistent with the practice of other United Nations fact-finding bodies, the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) will base its findings on a "reasonable grounds to believe" standard of proof. The terms of reference states that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an incident or pattern of violations or…

Oil prices plunged 30% in early trading Sunday night as OPEC’s failure to strike a deal with its allies regarding production cuts sparked fears of a price war as Saudi Arabia reportedly gets set to ramp up production. International benchmark Brent crude futures plummeted 30% to $32.05 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 27% to $30.00 per barrel, its lowest level since Feb. 22, 2016. “This has turned into a scorched Earth approach by Saudi Arabia, in particular, to deal with the problem of chronic over production,” Again Capital’s John Kilduff said. “The Saudis are the lowest cost producer by far. There is a reckoning ahead for all other produ…

Oil sanctions are only hurting us and helping Putin — there’s a better way The sanctions policies have created a bizarre situation in which the United States and its allies are paying more at the pump, while Russian is earning more money.Getty Images After Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Western nations, including the United States and those in Europe, were quick to slap punitive sanctions on the country. The idea was to punish Russia for the invasion by collapsing its economy. President Biden told the public the goal was to “reduce the ruble to rubble.” Eight months later, it is cle…

OLD VIOLATIONS IN THE NO FIRE ZONE The CHOGM must seek a way between the world’s discomfort with Sri Lanka’s rights abuses and the need for reconciliation, writes Rudra Chaudhuri “Our guilt is killing us,” argued a middle-aged and self-described Tamil-British woman. She lost 17 members of her family to what she claimed were targeted disappearances, an all-too-familiar feature in Sri Lanka’s post-war landscape, at least according to the many Tamil, Sinhala, and Muslim journalists and activists both within and outside the Island state. The lady in question was the last to make her plea. She was one of 200-odd attendees at the London premier of No-…

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The son of the most-wanted man in the world spoke Sunday to CNN in a quiet, middle-class suburb about an hour outside Cairo, Egypt. Omar bin Laden, who works as a contractor, said he is talking publicly because he wants an end to the violence his father has inspired -- violence that has killed innocent civilians in a spate of attacks around the world, including those of September 11, 2001. மேலதிக விபரங்களுக்கு http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/21/....son/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/21/...tml#cnnSTCVideo

On Sri Lanka Murder of 12 Year Old, Ban's UN is Aware, Calls for National Process As news of the summary execution of a 12 year old boy by the Sri Lankan Army in May 2009 spreads worldwide, Inner City Press on Wednesday asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman about it, citing Ban's “two reports and a third one still ongoing. Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky began with a correction, saying that this third report “is an internal task force looking at how recommendations will be carried out in the UN... it's not to do with looking into the actual events in Sri Lanka.” Some wonder how the UN can fully assess its inaction in Sri Lanka without taking in…

Way back in 1983, Velupillai Prabhakaran, on the alert, rode a bicycle through Jaffna to oversee a spot near the university his colleagues had picked to ambush Sri Lankan troops. Few people knew him then, and fewer had heard of the Tamil Tigers. A quarter century later, the same man, now a legend, has made history by using Tamil ingenuity to transform two light aircraft into stealthy bombers to target the air base of his enemy right in the heart of Sri Lanka. From the humble bicycle then to the breathless display of air power in 2007 - this is the extraordinary achievement of a man who has presided over a sharp and intelligent growth of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…

The on-arrival visa facility for visitors has been suspended, with regard to four African countries, with immediate effect. This has been done as a precautionary measure to prevent the entry of Ebola virus, the External Affairs Ministry said. External Affairs Ministry Public Relations Officer Satya Rodrigo said the privilege to obtain visas on arrival will not be offered to the four African countries- Nigeria, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia until further notice. He said this decision had been taken in order to reduce the likelihood of persons infected with Ebola virus from entering the country. This action is consequent on a request by the Health Ministry. 'But people c…

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 …

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One year forward for Rajapakse, twelve years backward for Sri Lanka [by Admin , Nov 25,2006] As he completes his first year as President, Mahinda Rajapakse has taken the country back to its bad and dangerous past that many of us thought ended for good in 1994. The People’s Alliance victory in 1994, after a decade of war and violence, had signaled a sea change in the Sinhala political leadership. The change was best exemplified by President Chandrika Kumaratunga who demonstrated a sincere readiness to address the Tamil question through a constitutional change. Alas, the sincerity and readiness could not be translated into peace as fighting between the army a…

hi everyone how r u? i was thinking about bringing a Cyber force to fight against Srilanka. atleast 10000 gmails togeather.(if we have 50000 emails and everyone spent 10 min online and send 3 emails we will be sending 150k email) its purly for the purpose for our freedom strugle. (Face book,Google group,Youtube,Any news papers (online and others) 1) send SMS to members about 1)call news papers and complaine about Srilanka. 2) write feed back on news papers . 3)sign online petitions fax and emails. 4) if we have to call the news papers on the phone we will sms the phone numbers and details to call. 2)De…

Dear all, please sign on this online petition Please follow the link. http://www.petitiononline.com/TAMEELAM/petition.html

Only CFA can save Sri Lanka: Thamilchelvan. S.P Thamilchelvan, head of the Political Division of the LTTE, in an interview with TamilNet on Monday said that to bring peace and pave the way for talks, the international community should come forward to "support the struggle for rights of the Tamil people and force the Sri Lankan Government to implement the ceasefire agreement in full. Characterizing the efforts to bring a united position among the southern parties as the "same old drama," that has gone on throughout the Tamil people’s struggle for their rights, he said only the CFA can save the island from the disaster. Welcoming the timely meeting by the Co-chai…

SINCE 1976, more than 70,000 people have been killed in what has been one of the world's most intractable conflicts, that of the separatist rebellion by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. In 2002, a ceasefire agreement was reached in the hope of moving towards a peace deal, but last week the Government of Sri Lanka unilaterally withdrew from the ceasefire, marking a likely return to full-scale war. The tragedies of Sri Lanka are manifold. Until the 1970s, Sri Lanka was a leader among the most advanced developing countries, democratic and with high education and life expectancy and low infant and maternal mortality rates. Today it is a country of conflict, going backwards, its…

By P.K. Balachandran. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 01:02 PM IST The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has indicated that only a demonstration of its military might will change the present international climate in its favour. V. Balakumaran, a senior member of the LTTE, said in an interview to the National Television of Tamileelam (NTT) last week: 'The international community has been vacillating in taking decisive actions on Sri Lanka because they are unable to relate their own interests to the chaotically unfolding political and military situation in Sri Lanka.' 'Only the demonstration of military strength by the Tigers can bring clarity to the situation for …

Open letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa S. V. Kirubaharan, France “Don’t trust too much. Don’t love too much. Don’t hope too much. Because that too much can hurt you so much” – Gautama Buddha Dear Mr President Gotabaya Rajapaksa - GR I doubt whether I need any introduction! In brief, I am still here to write this letter to you! Regarding your recent victory in becoming the Executive President of Sri Lanka, my conscience does not allow me to congratulate you - it is the same with many of my fellow Tamils. I am sure you must be aware that in July 2019, I predicted your victory. If you have not gone through my article, “Sa…

மூலம்: http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Operation_Unceasing_Waves_III/en-en/ இந்தச் சிங்களவன் விக்கியில் எழுதப்பட்டிருந்த கீழக்கண்ட கட்டுரையை அழித்துவிட்டான். ஆகையால் வேறொரு இடத்தில் இருந்து கிடைத்த அதே கட்டுரையை இங்கு இணைக்கிறேன். இது முன்னொரு காலத்தில் விக்கியில் எழுதப்பட்டது. இப்போது புலி ஆதரவெனச் சொல்லி சிங்களவன் நீக்கிவிட்டான். From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள்-III in Tamil) was a major military operation launched by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam between late 1999 to May 2000. The offensive can be said to be the largest and longest military operation carried out by the Tamil Tig…

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