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Proving Sirisena’s attempts to whitewash himself of his direct culpability in Easter attacks IGP Pujith Jayasundara – who has been sent on compulsory leave – in his Fundamental Rights petition has revealed the Police was instructed on April 08, 2018 to stop investigating into extremist Muslim groups. Content of Jayasundara’s FR petition filed a few days ago, note the State Intelligence Service (SIS) in a letter, specifically instructed the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) to suspend all investigations into extremist Muslim factions linked with international terrorist organisations. He particularly mentions in petition that an investigation was open into th…

Columns - Situation Report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Army holds jaya pirith, Tigers warn of bloodbath Both sides accuse each other of intensifying hostilities Foreign Ministry issues tough guidelines for visits by diplomats to North, East How the German envoy took Italian Ambassador to hospital By Iqbal Athas The LTTE mortar attack on diplomats, United Nations and Government officials twelve days ago has had its sequel. Colombo-based foreign diplomats have now been banned from undertaking visits to operational areas in the North and East without the express permission of the Ministry o…

Real heroes and mock heroics Galle Navy Commanders transferred after Wednesday's attack by LTTE Habarana horror could have been avoided if warnings were heeded Super heroes make media scapegoat for their blunders By Iqbal Athas Hardly had the nation recovered from the devastating debacle in the battlefields of Muhamalai on October 11. From the puny and the poor to the high and the mighty in the land reacted with shock and awe at the deaths of more than 138 brave officers and men of the Army. If their supreme sacrifice came as a sad loss to their families and friends, they were pained by those injured. The latest computation of figures placed the i…

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Sivajiganesan english interview

I am one of the Councillor Candidates for Ward 41, Scarborough Rouge River, in the upcoming City of Toronto municipal election. Election Day is on Monday, October 27, 2014. Scarborough Rouge River residents have the opportunity to exercise their rights and responsibilities to elect the right Councillor for their ward. Please make sure you Vote! Because don't forget your Vote is your Voice! I am anxious to share my vision for the City of Toronto with all of you. I know if I am granted with this opportunity that I can bring our ward to greater heights. However, in order to elect me as the Candidate you need to know who I am and why I am the right candidate for you. …

விக்கியில் சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்னர் போட்டது. ஆதாரங்கள் திரட்டி எழுதினது வீணாகப் போய்விடக் கூடாது என்பதால் இங்கே இதனை இணைத்து விடுகிறேன். Improvised Aircrafts: The LTTE had modified 2 of their 5 Zlín Z 43 to carry 4 x 60kg (132 lb) un-guided bombs. The explosives payload consisted of 55 kg of C-4 with ball bearings. The bomb rack and arming mechanism were believed to have been locally produced. {https://cupdf.com/document/dossier-on-ltte-weapons.html} They also diverted the exhaust pipe of their planes to the front side of the plane, in such a manner that the IR-guided air-to-air missiles of SLAF jet attack aircraft could not detect the heat signature from…

என்னெண்டு சொன்னால், இப்பதான் இதை விக்கியில் இற்றைப்படுத்தினான். இதைச் சிங்களவன் கண்டானென்டால் அழிச்சுப்போடுவான். ஆதாரங்கள் திரட்டி எழுதினது வீணாகப் போய்விடக் கூடாது என்பதால் இங்கே இதனை இணைத்து விடுகிறேன். Alleged air attack on Palali On August 11, 2006, quoting unidentified sources in Jaffna, Tamilnet reported {http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19186} that “at least one unidentified aircraft” had flown over the Sri Lankan military base at Palali, firing “rockets” at government forces. “Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery fire being directed from the base stopped after the attack…,” the report said. When contacted by the Tamilnet to c…

Kanni Wignaraja, who is from Sri Lanka, is set to assume duties as UNDP’s Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific on December 1, UNDP Sri Lanka said. Ms. Wignaraja was earlier appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The UNDP said Ms.Wignaraja brings to the Asia-Pacific Bureau and region a wealth of experience in the field of development that includes a long and distinguished career with the UN system. Ms. Wignaraja said the Asia-Pacific region is an economic powerhouse, a driver of innovation and invent…

His Excellency John Kerry Secretary of State United States of America Excellency, I wish to extend my warm congratulations to Your Excellency, on your appointment as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. You bring to your office the wisdom and experience gained during a long and distinguished political and professional career. I am confident that your pragmatic outlook, particularly having been the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will stand in good stead in steering the foreign relations of your country in these challenging times. I recall with pleasure that Sri Lanka has…

SL Foreign Minister to visit India Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama will be visiting India on Sunday. The two sides are expected to discuss ways for more effective patrolling of the maritime border. Bogollagama’s three-day visit will include talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on a wide range of issues, particularly relating to the security situation in the island nation which has a bearing on India. The Lankan Minister will update India about the steps being taken by his government to ensure survival of the peace process in the face of upsurge in violence by LTTE. Sri Lanka has been concerned over LTTE rebels …

[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 July 2011, 16:08 GMT] Sri Lanka’s colonial governor for the country of Eezham Tamils in the north, Maj. Gen. Chandrasri is now completely obsessed with building Buddhist stupas, Sinhala colonisation and Sinhalicisation of administration, news sources in Jaffna said. Building Buddhist stupas at Old Park in Jaffna, where the provincial administration is located, and at Mullaiththeevu town, the occupying SL governor threatens the NGOs working in Vanni to pay ‘unaccounted’ money for his projects. NGOs working in Vanni have to get annual clearance from the SL president’s ‘special task force’ and the colonial governor makes use of this situation to fle…

SL Intelligence, paramilitaries responsible for Manipay, Kodikamam killings - NESOHR [TamilNet, January 25, 2006 01:07 GMT] NorthEast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESOHR) in the case histories of Manipay killing of three members of the same family and the killing of a 15 year old youth in Kodikamam, released this week, provides details of involvement of Sri Lanka Intellligence operatives and paramilitary cadres belonging to Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) in the killings. With several Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers wearing black bands covering their faces, clearing Kanagasabai Road leading to Bojan's family, nine members of EPDP paramilitaries scaled …

Sri Lanka may face a tight situation at the April meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in London with the likelihood of the country being included in the Agenda for the meeting, informed sources said yesterday. As a preemptive measure External Affairs Minister G.L Peries met Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on Tuesday in London with the intention of warding off such an inclusion. However, he received no confirmation from Mr. Sharma that Sri Lanka will not be included in the agenda. The situation has worsened for Sri Lanka because of heightened pressure from Canada, which is part of the present cycle of the CMAG and the threat …

23 November 2013 The intelligence operatives of the occupying Sri Lankan military have threatened Tamil Catholic priests in Mannaar and Jaffna, who have been active in exposing the genocide of Eezham Tamils by the Sri Lankan State. The threats against the priests in escalated following the visit by UN Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights and have topped after British PM visited North on 15 November. The Catholic priests were active in exposing the recent genocidal experiment of birth control carried out by the Sri Lankan authorities and the priests joined the peaceful march by the kith and kin of the missing persons when they wanted to berate their plight to the…

SL Navy soldiers order Trinco residents to hoist white flags [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 18:51 GMT] Several Tamil residents of Trincomalee and its suburbs Sunday complained to civil right leaders and parliamentarians that soldiers of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) manning checkpoints in the eastern port town are harassing them to hoist white flags to observe mourning for the SNL personnel who died in the Dvora gunboat blast, sources said. More soldiers have been deployed in the town following the explosion of the SLN gunboat in Trincomalee harbor in the early morning of Saturday. Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer of the Dvora gunboat sunk in Trincomalee Sea foll…

By KELUM BANDARA Colombo, April 18 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka is still at a loss to thwart the efforts by a city council in Canada to construct what it called a Tamil genocide monument, and to counter the allegations by the Canadian politicians, an informed source said . Brampton city council in Canada has approved the final design for the Tamil Genocide Memorial, a monument the city promised three years ago, according to foreign media. The media said it is a 4.8-metre tall stainless steel monument built in Chinguacousy Park in the Bramalea area to commemorate the lives lost in the Sri Lankan civil war — what many people in the Tamil community call a…

The government has borrowed a total of US$ 2.6 billion (US$ 2,665 million) from the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of China during the period 2009-2013 for various development projects in the country.This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Sarath Amunugama in Parliament yesterday. These funds were mainly utilized for the Hambantota Port, Katunayake Expressway, Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, Railway projects, Northern Province electricity and road development projects, Southern Expressway, electricity projects in the Uva and Eastern Provinces. While the first phase of the Hambantota Port and the Katunayake Expressway were given loans at …

A local politician will appear when an election is close by: Krishnasamy “If we work we will be able to earn a living,” said T. Krishnasamy. “When an election is close by, a local politician would appear from nowhere and distribute some items for us. But if we go to get something done they won’t even remember us. This is what we have experienced and there will be no change even if a new candidate is elected as president.” No hopes on any politician : Sheela “It’s quite challenging to live inside these line rooms,” said Sheela. “We don’t have water and around six of us have to stay in two blocks. Life itself is a challenge, but we need to educate o…

SLA artillery attacks on Eachchilampattu villages continue [TamilNet, July 30, 2006 16:46 GMT] Major General Nanda Mallawarachchi, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), remains at Kallaru army camp in the Serunuwara police division directing the military operation to capture Mavilaru area amid announcement by Defence Ministry spokesman and Minister Mr.Keheliya Rambukwella in Colombo Sunday that Sri Lankan troops are now about one km away from the controversial site, military sources in Colombo said. Sources in Serunuwara area said that there is a likelihood of troop movement from Kallaru to Mavilaru area early Monday morning. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has been …

SLA artillery fire kills further 12 Muslim civilians in school refuge [TamilNet, August 03, 2006 13:20 GMT] Twelve Muslim villagers in Al Nuriah Muslim school in Thoppur were killed Thursday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells hit the school, civilian sources in Thoppur said. At least five persons were wounded. Meanwhile, Police sources in Trincomalee said the policemen entrapped in Muttur town were evacuated to Trincomalee. One policeman was killed and fourteen policemen were wounded, according to initial reports. Six wounded policemen were airlifted to Colombo. The policemen had sought refuge inside the bunkers at the Police station in Mu…

SLA attacks Vavuniya Mannar border villages [TamilNet, Thursday, 15 March 2007, 11:02 GMT] Sri Lanka Army Thursday morning launched heavy artilery and mortar fire towards Mannar Vavuniya border villages Mullikulam, Keerisuddan and Periya Pandivirichchan causing hundreds of civilian families to flee the villages, according to initial reports in Vanni. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) have carried out three aerial attaks in Mullaithivu district till Thursday noon. Artillery and mortar fire from Iranai Iluppaikulam, 20 km northwest of Vavuniya targeted villages surrounding Mullikulam, 10 km north inside Liberation Tigers controlled territory in Madu DS divisi…

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 …

SLA dumps dead soldiers in the stretches of Arippu [TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 17:34 GMT] Sri Lanka Army in Mannaar, while under-reporting their casualties in the fighting, has been dumping tractor-loads of dead soldiers in the delta of Aruvi Aa'ru (Malwattu Oya), the area emptied of people after capturing it from the LTTE last year. Two Sri Lanka Army soldiers, escaping from the battlefield with the help of local residents have said that their fellow troopers killed in the battle were being dumped near a coconut palm grove at Ooral, a locality 1 km south of Aruvi Aa'ru and few kilometers east of the coastline between Arippu and Chilaavatturai. Hun…

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) embarked upon intense attack on the 'safety zone', in the early hours of Sunday, targeting a place called Pachchaip-pulmoaddai, aiming for bifurcating and capturing the northern part of the 'safety zone', initial reports from Vanni said. Heavy shelling and gunfire by the SLA started around 3:15 a.m. in the morning, and within 45 minutes, more than 300 shells exploded inside the civilian area of the safety zone around Pachchaip-pulmoaddai. Heavy civilian casualties are feared. Because of the rains, people are even unable to hide in the bunkers which are flooded, reports said. Meanwhile, since Friday, the SLA was building up heavily on the other side of…