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Newly sworn-in SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has denounced the existence of Eezham Tamils as a nation in the North and the East of the island. The wartime genocidaire Defense Secretary wants Tamils to become ‘Sri Lankans’ capitulating to the Sinhala Mahawansa doctrine, which possesses the requisite intent for Tamil genocide. The Tamils and their political leaders must unambiguously state now that there would be no engagement with genocidaire SL President and the SL State unless he openly and publicly declares Eezham Tamils as a nation entitled to the right of self-determination. The foreign state actors upholding the engagement paradigm are ultimately responsible for th…

Today marks 32 years since the death of Annai Poopathy, a Tamil woman who fasted unto death in protest against the atrocities committed by Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF). As member of the Navatkerny Mother's Front, Poopathy Kanapathipillai from Batticaloa, commenced a fast unto death on March 19, 1988 to protest the injustices and atrocities committed by the IPKF. She had called for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks between the IPKF and the LTTE. Her fast ended on April 19 with her death. Her 28 year old son was shot dead by the Sri Lankan army and another son randomly shot dead by the Special Task Force. Another son, arrested…

“…..to not to be a fanatic means to be, to some extent and in some way, a traitor in the eyes of the fanatic”. Amos Oz (How to cure a fanatic) What if after the defeat of the JVP insurgency, the Premadasa administration prevented Sinhala families from mourning their JVP-dead? What if every commemorative activity from the political to the religious was banned? What if Buddhists monks were told to stop preaching sermons (bana) and accepting alms (dane) on behalf of dead JVPers? Would such measures have caused reconciliation or a renewal of hatred? By turning mourning into a crime, are the Rajapaksas building-peace or seeding another conflict? The Tigers were …

INTERVIEW-Rescued sex slave writes to Indian PM with plea to free others "There were many girls like me there. I didn't see any of them escape or leave" By Roli Srivastava MUMBAI, Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 29-year-old Indian woman who was sold into sexual slavery as a teenager has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to rescue hundreds of thousands of other girls who are trapped in brothels and raped daily. In a two-page letter written in Hindi, the woman - who identifies herself as Tavi - described how she was duped and trafficked to a brothel in …

By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations | 22 July 2003 (revised 7/25/03) BERKELEY – Politically conservative agendas may range from supporting the Vietnam War to upholding traditional moral and religious values to opposing welfare. But are there consistent underlying motivations? Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance for inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include: * Fear and aggression * Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity * …

உங்கள் உறவுகளை சிங்கள நாட்டிலிருந்து மீட்க நினைத்தால், விரைவாக கூப்பிடலாம் The Spanish government has announced that residency permits will be issued to foreigners buying houses worth more than €160,000, in an attempt to reduce Spain´s surplus property stock. The plan is expected to be approved in the coming weeks and, according to the Secretary of State for commerce, Jaime García-Legaz, the new measure is aimed mainly at the Chinese and Russian markets, which are showing a strong demand for residency in Spain. Jaime García-Legaz also said that setting a lower price limit is not possible, since this would create a “massive demand” for residence permits. h…

LONDON (Reuters) - Reuters named a new chief photographer for the Middle East on Thursday and said it had tightened its editing procedures after the publication last year of two photographs that had been digitally altered. The measures were among several steps announced by David Schlesinger, editor-in-chief of the global news and information agency, following an internal investigation that he said had resulted in disciplinary action. The two photos, both of Israeli military action in Lebanon during the war there last August, were taken by a freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj. Reuters ended its relationship with Hajj following an initial inquiry soon after b…

Rice expensive for Mahinda; But not for Prabha Lanka-e-News, 2008 Feb 02, 5.15 AM) The rice price in Vanni dropped drastically as low as Rs. 20 per kilo since the LTTE issued the rice stocks of the Jordan ship abducted by the Tigers. Today, the livelihood of many of the people in Vanni is trading rice brought from Vanni in Vavuniya. The photo depicts people enter into Government controlled territory with bags of rice on their shoulders near Omanthai entry exit point. The LTTE checkpoint is in the backdrop. Rice is sold around Rs. 100 per kilo in south these days.

By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan government probe into the massacre last year of 17 aid workers that international truce monitors have blamed on the military is beset with shortcomings, an international rights group cautioned on Friday. Authorities are still probing the execution-style killings of local staff of French aid group Action Contre La Faim -- the worst attack on humanitarian workers since a 2003 suicide bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad killed 22 U.N. staff. But so far police have failed to properly explore the possibility that troops rather than Tamil Tiger rebels could have been responsible and forensic evidence was o…

Rights group wants S.Lanka ex-rebel charged in UK By Peter Apps LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Britain should look at trying ex-Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman, detained on immigration charges, for war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. The former eastern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander is accused by rights experts of child soldier recruitment, extortion and torture both before and after he split from the mainstream rebels in 2004. Britain's Home Office said late on Friday Karuna was detained after a joint operation between the police and immigration authorities, giving no further details. Human Rights Watch said the au…

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…

இன்று மன்னிப்பு கேட்டு அறிக்கை விட்டுள்ளார்கள்.. ஆனால் என்ன பிரயோசனம்.. Professor Stone, who is an expert on the significant cultural destruction during the Iraq war, compared the blast to the destruction of sacred artefacts by the Islamic State in recent years. The site included significant archaeological discoveries, including the oldest example of bone tools found in Australia. "They were not only extremely important sites for Aboriginal communities, but also they were extremely important sites for archaeological understanding of the distant past in Australia," Professor Stone said. The 'Arch of Triumph' at Palmyra was destroyed by Islamic State …

கடந்த மாதம் இவர்களுடைய போனஸை குறைத்து Rio Tinto’s non-executive board director வெளியிட்ட அறிக்கையில் “ கடந்த தசாப்தங்களின் வழியாக வந்த நடைமுறைகளின் தவறு என்பதால்தான் தலைமைப்பொறுப்பதிகாரிகளை பதவியிலிருந்து நீக்கப்படவில்லை என்று.. அதே நேரம் இந்த தீர்மானத்தைப்பற்றி Brynn O’Brien, (executive director of the shareholder action group, the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility) கூறியிருந்தார் இந்த நிறுவனங்கள் செயற்படும் கலாச்சாரம், நம்பிக்கையை கட்டியெழுப்புதல், பொறுப்புகூறலில் மாற்றம் வராவிட்டால் பங்குதாரர்களின் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலளிக்கவேண்டிவரும் என்று.. இன்று அதன் தாக்கம் தெரிகிறது BUSINESS Rio Tinto CEO, top executives resign amid cave blast crisis …

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,…

Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen who recently secured US$ 1 million (Rs 130 million) after a direct call for funding from Pakistan has also approached other foreign governments for money. The Minister has written to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan requesting funds to resettle displaced Muslims in the Northern Province, authoritative sources said. This is despite clear Finance Ministry instructions that foreign project funding must only be canvassed through its External Resources Department (ERD). According to the ERD, there are two ways to secure funding for projects. One is by export credit which is channeled through Exim Banks in vari…

வெள்ளிக்கிழமை 25 மே 2007 -priyan- கொழும்புத்துறைமுகத்திற்கு அருகில் இன்று இடம்பெற்ற குண்டுத் தாக்குதலுக்கும் விடுதலைப் புலிகளுக்கும் எதுவித தொடர்பும் இல்லை என விடுதலைப் புலிகள் அறிவித்துள்ளனர். இதுகுறித்து கருத்துரைத்திருக்கும் விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் படைத்துறைப் பேச்சாளர் இளந்திரையன்... சிறீலங்கா அரசாங்கமும் அரச படைகளும் விடுதலைப் புலிகளால் தான் இக்குண்டு வெடிப்பை நடத்தியுயுள்ளார்கள் என தவறான பரப்புரைகளை மேற்கொண்டு வருகிறார்கள். முப்படைகளும் வளச்சியடைந்த நிலையில் குறிப்பாக வான்படைகள் சிறீலங்கா படைத்துறையுடன் தொடர்புபட்ட இலக்குகள் மீது மிகவும் துல்லியமாக தாக்குதலைத் நடத்தும் போது இவ்வாறான சில்லறைத் தனமாக குண்டுத் தாக்குதல்களை விடுதலைப் புலிகள் நடத்தவேண்டிய தேவை இல்லை. அவ…

அமெரிக்க பெண்களின் உரிமையை பல நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்கு பின்தள்ளிய தீர்ப்பு!!! A half-century of reproduction rights upended by the Supreme Court. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision Linda C. McClain, Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University Published: June 24, 2022 10.48am EDT After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – handed down on June 24, 2022 – has far-reaching consequences. The Conversation asked Nicole Huberfeld and Linda C. McClain,…

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A Sinhala-language movie about Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has provoked a row between Indian Tamil activists and the film's director. The activists, who sympathise with the Tigers, were involved in a scuffle with the director, Tushara Peiris, in the south Indian city of Madras (Chennai). The scuffle broke out at a studio where the film, named Prabhakaran after the Tigers' leader, was being processed. Mr Peiris has now demanded government help to ensure his film rolls are safe. He told the BBC he was going on a hunger strike to make the Indian and Sri Lankan governments guarantee that the prints of his film - believed still to be at the studios -…

Ruling Sri Lanka is a family affair template_bas template_bas The four Rajapakse brothers occupy the most powerful jobs, and critics are incensed. By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 25, 2007 COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- The Rajapakse family business is virtually everyone's business on this island. That's because the family's line of work is running the country -- and fighting a civil war, to boot. Between them, the four Rajapakse brothers occupy the most powerful jobs in Sri Lanka's democratically elected government, including the biggest plum of all: the presidency. Indeed, by appointing his siblings to key posts, President Mahinda Rajap…

Russia And China Challenge The U.S. Dollar's Global Reserve Status If you’ve blinked over the last month, you may have missed it… China and Russia are taking their shot at the U.S. dollar. And as often happens with consequential news in the United States and the West, no one seems to notice or even care. Since the beginning of the year, I have been writing about the possibility of Russia and China challenging the US dollar’s global reserve status. Now, it’s happening. Source: Quoth The Raven It shouldn’t be any surpri…

Russia discusses debt, energy stability with Venezuela Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami speaks during a news conference on the Chevron deal, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo CARACAS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak met on Wednesday with Venezuela's oil minister in Caracas, where they discussed oil market volatility and the status of Venezuela's outstanding debts to Russia. Novak, who is also in charge of Moscow's ties with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), v…

Russia Duma speaker: Europe doomed by US to hunger, cold This picture taken on January 12, 2022 shows a gas-fired power plant in Lingen, Germany. (Photo by AFP) Europeans have been doomed to suffer hunger and cold to meet the United States' hegemonic demands, warns Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. The United States will “stop at nothing to cling to its power over the world as it throws under the bus the citizens’ welfare and the economies of European countries to achieve this end,” Volodin was quoted by RT on Friday as saying on social media. Volodin noted that natural gas in the US costs $333 …

Russia is now in control of much of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region By Josh Pennington, Irene Nasser and Jorge Engels, CNN Updated 10:46 AM ET, Sat June 11, 2022 CNN)Russian forces are now in control of most of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the bloody battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Street fighting continued to rage on Saturday in the eastern city, where Russian soldiers and Ukrainian troops are still locked in battle. "The situation rema…

Russia says US troops arriving in Poland pose threat to its security Early deployment of biggest American force in Europe since cold war may be attempt to lock Trump into strategy American soldiers during a welcome ceremony at the Polish-German border in Olszyna, Poland. Photograph: Natalia Dobryszycka/AFP/Getty Images First published on Thursday 12 January 2017 10.39 GMT View more sharing options …