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One Sunday morning last December, China’s defense ministry summoned military attachés from several embassies to its monolithic Beijing headquarters. To the foreigners’ surprise, the Chinese said that one of their nuclear-powered submarines would soon pass through the Strait of Malacca, a passage between Malaysia and Indonesia that carries much of world trade, say people briefed on the meeting. Two days later, a Chinese attack sub—a so-called hunter-killer, designed to seek out and destroy enemy vessels—slipped through the strait above water and disappeared. It resurfaced near Sri Lanka and then in the Persian Gulf, say people familiar with its movements, before return…

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Ban Ki-moon urges dialogue to halt violence in Sri Lanka following latest attacks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 16 January 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the attacks which occurred in Sri Lanka today, killing and injuring dozens – including children – and coinciding with the formal end of a truce between the Government and Tamil rebels. “The only way to stop further violence in Sri Lanka is through dialogue,” Mr. Ban said in a statement issued by his spokesperson. He also urged the parties concerned “to undertake genuine efforts to achieve a peaceful negotiated solution.” Earlier this month, Mr. Ban had expressed his c…

To this day the victims of #WARCRIMES & #CRIMESAGAINSTHUMANITY have not received #JUSTICE, most of the #disappeared never accounted for or found, but at least there was a tenuous peaceful, if not marginalized, existence for the #Tamil & #Muslim survivors of #CivilWar. Until today. Today's presidential election results are, needless to say, devastating for the Tamil & Muslim communities. #Rajapaksa et al return reign of terror is horrifyingly assured. Attached are #WarCriminal's #MahindaRajapaksa's media release announcing his brother, War Criminal #GotabhayaRajapksa, as #SriLanka's new president. You'll find the media release is insulting hypocrisy, …

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Act Now, Tamil Health Organisation (THO), Tamil Aid, White Pigeon, Technical Association of Tamils (TAOT) and The Tamil Support Foundation (TTSF), TSSA, Hindu Temples and Churches are preparing to send more than 500 tons of food, medicine and medical teams to help the civilians in the Vanni affected by the ongoing war in Sri Lanka. This mission aims to provide desperately needed medical supplies for thousands of sick and injured people, and raise awareness of the suffering of the civilians in the conflict zone.

 Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement on 13 March 2009 stated that bombing and shelling by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in th…

நாங்கள் மற்றவர்கள் வருத்தப்படகூடும் என்பதால் “ இல்லை/செய்ய முடியாது” என்ற சொல்லைபயன்படுத்த யோசிப்போம்.. ஆனால் அவற்றை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டிய இடத்தில் பயன்படுத்தாவிட்டால் கஷ்டங்களை அனுபவித்த சம்பவங்கள் அதிகமாக இருக்கலாம்.. ABC Everyday / By Megan Blandford Many of us struggle to say no, but writing a 'no list' could be the answer to setting those boundaries.(: Pexels: Tim Samuel) It's a tiny word, but it can be hard to say. 'No' is a challenge: like many people, I suffer from guilt when I say no, because I feel like I'm letting people down. In truth, thoug…

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…

Tamils need real autonomy For a peaceful settlement in Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese majority will have to agree to a meaningful level of self-determination for Tamils S.J.S. Chhatwal, Citizen Special Published: Monday, November 20, 2006 Sri Lanka, earlier known as Ceylon, won its independence from British rule in 1948. Since then, the Tamil minority in the country has faced discrimination by the Sinhalese majority. To understand the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, one has to realize that there are two categories of Tamils in that country, "Ceylon Tamils" (also referred to as "Jaffna Tamils") and "Indian Tamils." Ceylon Tamils have lived in Sri Lanka as long as …

IMAGE SOURCE,ISRO Image caption, One of the latest images sent by the Vikram lander By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi India's space agency has released images of the far side of the Moon as its third lunar mission attempts to locate a safe landing spot near the little-explored south pole. The pictures have been taken by Vikram, Chandrayaan-3's lander, which began the last phase of its mission on Thursday. Vikram, which carries a rover in its belly, is due to land on 23 August. The photos come a day aft…

17 November 2013 The international community must keep up pressure on the Sri Lankan government to address its human rights crisis, Amnesty International said as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo draws to a close. “Sri Lanka may well regret having hosted the Commonwealth summit which has proved a PR disaster for the government. Most of the focus has rightly been on the country’s appalling human rights record," Steve Crawshaw, Director of the Office of the Secretary General at Amnesty International, said from Colombo. “The challenge for the international community is now to keep up the pressure on the Sri Lankan government. Those r…

Leader of the LTTE General Information about Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is an tear shaped island located at the southern most tip of India. It is separated from the Indian subcontinent at its narrowest point by 22 miles of sea called Palk Strait. It lies between six and ten degrees north of the Equator, and on the longitude of 79 to 81 degrees east. Its total area is 25,332 square miles comprising Sri Lanka 18,042 and Tamil Eelam 7,290 sq miles. The total population is 17,103,000, according to latest population statistics (1991), consisting of 12,656,000 Sinhalese, 3,113,000 Tamils, 1,214,000 Muslims (mostly Tamil speaking) and others 120,000. Discri…

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…

[size=6]‘I am not the Sri Lankan government’s cheerleader’, says young MP who visited country four times in nine months![/size] [size=5]For a 28-year old backbench Tory MP it was a highlight of his young political career. James Wharton beamed for the camera as he accepted a ceremonial plate from the Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.[/size] [size=3][size=5]Wharton was the head of a delegation of nine UK parliamentarians on a journey to the South Asian nation in July and August of this year as guests of the Sri Lanka government – which is anxious to improve its international reputation in the wake of the bloody civil war that ended three years ago aft…

The recent impeachment of Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, has re-focused international attention on the country. Catherine Ashton, head of the EU’s External Action Service, has expressed “considerable concern”. However, the problem with Sri Lanka runs deeper than any single case. Despite the Sri Lankan Government’s claims of progress on human rights since the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the ‘Tamil Tigers’, ended in 2009, the reality is very different. Catherine Ashton: The EU has shown “considerable concern” about the situation in Sri Lanka. For 30 years Sri Lanka was ravaged by civil war betw…

November 18, 2013 The BBC has removed it’s Sinhala Service programme on the investigative report by former BBC correspondent in Colombo Frances Harrison. Writing to Colombo Telegraph the BBC said; “There was a serious editorial lapse in a programme on the BBC Sinhala Service on Friday 8 November. Responding to Colombo Telegraph story BBC Sinhala Head Suspended: Non Sinhala Bosses Appointed, Liyanage’s Reports On Frances Harison’s Documentary Removed From BBC Web , the BBC World Service spokesman Paul Rasmussen said; “There was a serious editorial lapse in a programme on the BBC Sinhala Service on Friday 8 November. We have removed the story from our websit…

Sri Lanka conflict More COLOMBO, July 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's only international airport is to resume night flights for the first time since air raids by Tamil Tiger rebels forced their suspension seven weeks ago, an airport official said on Sunday. "We have permitted all the airlines to operate 24 hours a day from today," the duty manager at Bandaranaike International Airport said by telephone, saying he was not authorised to give his name. "We are satisfied that the security situation is normal and we have permitted each and every airline to operate at night. The air force will provide all the facilities to operate." But it was not immediately clear…

Disclaimer: The following document was anonymously submitted to International Policy Digest (IPD) by The Social Architects (TSA). [size=4][size=5]The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Final Report contains many positive recommendations which merit immediate attention. This document is designed to capture the essence of those key positive recommendations and to come out with a meaningful action plan which will open the door to true reconciliation, sustainable peace, institutional reform and improved governance.[/size][/size] [size=4][size=5]Regrettably, the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has failed to act upon these constructive LLRC recommend…

India should lift ban on LTTE, says Kuldip Nayar PK Balachandran Colombo, November 2, 2006 Kuldip Nayar, the noted Indian journalist and head of the Indian Peace Mission to Sri Lanka said in Colombo on Thursday, that India should lift the ban on the LTTE and engage it politically in order to bring lasting peace to war-torn Sri Lanka. "I am of the view that the ban should be lifted," Nayar said when newsmen asked him how India could play a constructive role in the Sri Lankan conflict if it was barred from interacting with one of the two parties in the conflict - the LTTE - because that group was banned in India. Nayar went on to say that banning organ…

No confirmation: Sweden denies ‘Russian sub hunt’ report as military search ongoing Crew members onboard a Swedish Navy fast-attack craft stand guard at the Stockholm archipelago, in Sweden, October 18 2014. (Reuters/Pontus Lundahl) 1.6K4016 Tags Europe, Military, Navy, Russia, Security,Vessels The Swedish military did not confirm allegations that “a damaged Russian submarine” is being hunted for in waters east of Stockholm, while adding that a search for a “foreign vessel” is ongoing. Moscow said none of its military vessels have been damaged. Sweden deploys troops near Stockholm due to alleged underwater threat The official statement by …

The Sinhala Navy was enthusiastically arranging sporting and cultural events for the crew of Perekop, a naval training vessel of the Russian Baltic fleet, which docked at Hambantota port operated by China, a day after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as the SL President. “India is likely to welcome this decision since it has been concerned over the use of the strategically located port by the Chinese Navy and has been desirous of Russia expanding its presence in the Indo-Pacific region to make it more inclusive,” observed Mumbai-based The Economic Times in a news report published on Friday. Perekop, with the 399-member crew, started its four-ocean visit from Kronstadt…

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There has been no shortage of distressing images emerging from the final two or three years of Sri Lanka's awful civil war. But this footage is amongst the worst I have seen, writes Callum Macrae. Warning: viewers may find footage in the below video extremely disturbing. Not because of the scale of the deaths it depicts – five deaths is a small incident in a war which saw upwards of 40,000 civilians massacred in the last few months alone, mostly by government shelling. This footage is awful because of the behaviour of the soldiers towards the bodies of the female Tiger fighters, and because of the underlying culture of systematic brutality and sex…