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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…

[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 …

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…

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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…

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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Negative wealth effect By TN Ninan, editor and publisher of Business Standard Published: June 20 2006 06:20 | Last updated: June 20 2006 06:20 The key question to be asked is what effect the gyrations on the stock market will have on the real economy. Will the sharp drop in share prices mean that the real economy too will slow down? That is easy, and the answer is “Yes”. The tricky part is figuring out by how much. To take the macro picture first, a net outflow of portfolio investment means that the dollar inflow, which helped pay for the large deficit on trade in goods and services (more than $20bn a year), is no longer there. This puts pressure on the …

2ND LEAD Sea Tigers battle navy, complete mission - LTTE [TamilNet, Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:23 GMT] A large number of Sea Tiger vessels completed an unspecified mission Sunday night, despite a five hour battle with the Sri Lanka navy (SLN). Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman Irasaiah Ilanthirayan, confirming fierce fighting between 25 boats of a Sea Tiger squadron and more than 20 SLN gunboats in the seas off Pulmoddai, dismissed the SLN claims that it had inflicted "heavy casualties" on the LTTE. Three Sea Tigers were killed. "Sea Tiger squadrons would continue their patrol missions as usual," the military spokesman of the LTTE said. Military Sp…

Ready for talks with LTTE anytime: Sri Lankan govt. Colombo, March 28 (AP): Sri Lanka's Government said it was ready to hold peace talks anytime with the Tamil Tigers, following two days of dramatic attacks by the rebels, including their first airstrike and a suicide bombing outside a military camp. The attacks Monday and Tuesday killed 11 people and wounded 36. ``We must try to bring a comprehensive and substantial peace,'' Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogolagama told reporters Tuesday. ``Our government believes that we need to talk, we need to explore all avenues,'' he said, adding that if the rebels agreed to negotiation, ``we can have it tomorrow.'' …

Japan keenly interested in investing in Sri Lanka in several sectors Measures will be taken to further strengthen long-standing bilateral relations between Japan and Sri Lanka, Japanese State Minister for Regional Revitalization Kozo Yamamoto said. Minister Yamamoto made these remarks when he paid a courtesy call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat Monday (13). Sri Lanka is secured and stable under the current government. The economy is also progressing. In this context, a conducive investment environment had been created in Sri Lanka for the Japanese investors, the State Minister a…

Jamaat-e-Islami leader on why young Muslims turn to extremism - The spread of extremist ideas cannot be controlled due to the use of social media, according to the Leader of Jamaat-e-Islami organization Moulavi Rashid Hajjul Akbar. The moulavi expressed these views at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the Easter Sunday attacks. He was grilled for nearly 6 hours when he appeared before the Commission, yesterday (11). Moulavi Rashid Hajjul Akbar is the brother of Moulavi Ibrahim, who is the father of the main suspects of the case of vandalizing several Buddhist statues in Mawanella area, Saadik and Shahid. H…

Migrant ship's passengers deserve 'due process': lawyer By DHARM MAKWANA, QMI Agency VANCOUVER – More than 200 migrants aboard cargo ship MV Sun Sea apparently bound for B.C. are entitled to due process of their refugee claims, said a Toronto-based lawyer. Gary Anandasangaree, who was in Vancouver last October to provide legal counsel to 76 Tamil men aboard the MV Ocean Lady, said Canadians should ask why these people have taken such an “extraordinary risk” in crossing the Pacific Ocean. “The danger that we face here is that there’s significant generalization as to who and what they are,” he said. “First and foremost, we have to look at these people as…

The Rediff Interview/AIADMK senior leader K Kalimuthu 'Amma wants unity of all Tamils' March 17, 2006 When Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Vaiko inked a poll pact with J Jayalalithaa, K Kalimuthu was in a hospital bed. But it was the former Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam presidium chairman who openly invited Vaiko to sever ties with the seven-party Democratic Progressive Alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and join the AIADMK fold. He is also the only member of the AIADMK who speaks to the press. Vaiko ditches DMK, takes 35 seats from Jaya Back at his official residence and still recup…

Is Tamil Blood Cheap in the Eyes of Indian Government? TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2007 (ID. 2007-04-u1-a-x) (This is an update to Reference 1 that discussed the killings of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy and Indian Government's refusal to take any effective action to stop it or even register a diplomatic protest with the Sri Lankan Government.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan Maritime Security Agency shot and killed a fisherman from northern India, twenty-one year old Shantilal Mangal, off the coast of Gujarat on Monday February 13, 2006. Indian External Affairs Ministry called Pakistan's…

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