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Convoy dispatched to eastern Sri Lanka with milk powder and medical supplies Monday, November 20, 2006, 12:19 GMT, Nov 20, Colombo: A convoy of 14 vehicles carrying milk powder and medical supplies along with five ambulances left the Kadjuwatte road block yesterday under the coordination of the Sri Lankan security forces. The convoy is headed towards LTTE-held Vakarai in eastern Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government’s Media Center for National Security said, “Fifteen organizations along with ICRC [international Committee of the Red Cross] and UNICEF had initiated these relief measures to bring trapped civilians to cleared areas from Vakarai and to take 63 s…

Anton Balasingham, whose death from cancer was announced on Thursday, was the ideologist of the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka. Officially know as the group's political adviser and theoretician, for over 25 years he played a unique role in the political struggle of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. Over the years, this normally reticent man was the public face of the Tamil Tigers. Living in London, it was his job to communicate with the outside world about the aspirations of his people. He was the main force in bringing the attention of the world to a forgotten war in this small island nation. Political solution Earlier in his life, Balasingham worked a…

Security forces chase fleeing rebels into jungle hideouts COLOMBO: At least 40 Tamil Tiger separatists were killed in clashes with government troops who routed several major rebel bases in the volatile east, the military said Sunday, amid a renewed push to break the insurgents’ hold on the district. Army troops killed at least 18 Tamil Tigers in fighting as they tried to flee into a rebel-held jungle in eastern Batticaloa district on Sunday morning, said military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe. Separately, he said troops found the bodies of 22 rebels, victims of an army assault on Saturday on several rebel bases in Kathiraveli, another rebel-stronghold in B…

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Combined by Nanni Chozhan from various sources and first released in Wikipedia. The Sea Tigers have been accused of hijacking 4 Sri Lankan supply vessels in the waters of Sri Lanka namely Irish Mona (in August 1995), Misen (in July 1997) Morong Bong (in July 1997) and Princess Kash (in August 1998) but it destroyed by Sri Lankan Navy's Airforce along with cargo in it. They have also dismantled equipment from a drifted vessel named MV Farah III (in December 2006). In the year 1996, Lawrence Thilakar, a member of the LTTE central committee, said that the Tigers would target both Sri Lankan military inside and outside supply lines.[38] A second development w…

Taking our University system to the next level With the release of the GCE Advanced Level results last week, the focus has again shifted to the 150,000 (approx.) aspiring students who cannot gain entry to State universities despite passing the examination. This is because the State universities can only take in around 30,000 students annually. The fate of the rest has become the subject of a debate that has been raging for years in the media, political circles and in the wider society. In fact, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa set asi…

சமத் பல்லபிட்டியா : வெற்றிகரமான முதலீட்டாளர், சமத்துவத்திற்காக போராடும் சிங்கள கனேடிய அமெரிக்கர் 1976ல் கொழும்பில் பிறந்தவர் ஓட்டாவா, கனடாவில் குடும்பத்துடன் வாழ்ந்தவர் அப்பா தூதுவராலயத்தில் வேலை செய்தவர் இலங்கையில் நடந்த யுத்தம் காரணமாக, தகப்பனாரின் உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து அகதி கோரிக்கை ஏற்கப்பட்டது வெற்றிகரமாக வாடர்லூ படிப்பை முடித்தார் ... அமெரிக்க சென்றார் இன்று உலகத்திற்கு சம உரிமை பற்றி அதிகம் பேசுகிறார்

While the UN says that after its inaction in Sri Lanka while 40,000 were killed in 2009 it is now studying the “lessons learned,” Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday morning met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Palitha Kohona and four other Permanent Representatives to accept a quite contrary report. Before Inner City Press was asked to leave the conference room, Japan's Permanent Representative Tsuneo Nishida told Ban that “Sri Lanka is an important country” and “this morning we would like to present our report.” Then the meeting was closed; in fact, no topic was ever listed for the meeting. Inner City Press was the only media there. See short YouTube video here…

5th LEAD Tigers overrun four SLA camps in Trincomalee, enter Muttur [TamilNet, August 02, 2006 02:35 GMT] Fighting formations of the Liberation Tigers have overrun four key locations in Trincomalee district after fierce artillery shelling since 2:00 a.m. Wednesday. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camps in Kaddaiparichchan, Palathoppu, Pachchanoor and Mahindapura have been overrun, civilian sources said. Heavily armed LTTE fighters were seen entering Muttur town. Military sources in Colombo remained tightlipped and declined to comment on the ground situation. Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir jets continued to bomb LTTE controlled Sampoor area. Fierce fighting is also reporte…

2007: The year in review [TamilNet, Thursday, 03 January 2008, 07:34 GMT] For the people of the NorthEast, 2007 was a grim year. Sri Lanka’s security forces and allied paramilitaries intensified their campaign of abductions (‘white van’ abductions), torture, and murder of Tamil civilians. Tamil civil society leaders bore the brunt of the counter-insurgency campaign. Jaffna remained an open prison with shortage of essential items, east falling under the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) control with thousands displaced as Colombo concocts colonization schemes to make east a Sinhala majority province. In the North, the paramilitary EPDP, which has been implicated over the las…

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have rejected government plans for peace talks in Geneva on February 15 because of reported abductions of pro-Tiger aid workers, and want talks in late February instead, a rebel source said on Sunday. The government said on Friday the talks, seen as vital to stop a rash of violence escalating into a return to a two-decade-old war that has already killed more than 64,000 people, would start in Switzerland on February15 for two days. "February 15 is completely out," the rebel source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "The Tigers are keen to go to Geneva for talks, but the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (T…

Military clears arms export to Lanka SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Indian armed forces have cleared military hardware for export to Sri Lanka, among other countries, after Colombo requested a number of items. The chief of naval staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, told The Telegraph in an interview here today that military items for export had been “cleared for security”. The clearance is not specifically for items requested by Sri Lanka but also covers them. “The policy so far has been not to give them (Sri Lanka) offensive weapons. But our instructions from the government are we must do everything to protect the sovereignty and integrity …

The United States called on the new president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to ensure human rights and accountability after a campaign in which he vowed to scrap a probe into alleged war crimes. “The United States congratulates the people of Sri Lanka on their democratic election and stands ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka. We call on President Rajapaksa to uphold Sri Lanka’s commitments to security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence of violence,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “Sri Lanka continued to show the strength and resiliency of its democracy with a free, fair, and transparent …

Deal or No Deal - Lebanon June 2008 An appearance of peace has returned to Lebanon; but as Hezbollah grows in power, political tensions are becoming palpable. Has the country finally entered a long-term settlement, or are we witnessing the preliminaries to a new conflict? Thanks to massive financial and military backing from Iran and Syria, Hezbollah has emerged as a powerhouse over the past years. Keen to display its power, it has repeatedly had the upper hand in skirmishes with government forces. A traditional enemy of Israel, Hezbollah has recently shifted its attention to Lebanon. Sunnis and supporters of the government have now become terrified to speak out …

Ranjan produced before Govt. Analyst for voice test - UPDATE (12:31 PM): UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has left the Government Analyst’s Department after carrying out a voice test as ordered by the court. UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who is in remand custody, has been produced before the Government Analyst for a voice test. He was brought to the Government Analyst’s Department in Pelawatte, Battaramulla at around 10.30 am this morning (07), according to Ada Derana reporter. This is with regard to the audio tapes of the series of controversial phone conversations that the parliamentarian …

[size=5]The government has launched a campaign through the Sri Lankan Embassy in the United States to lobby against a resolution presented by a US Congressman on Sri Lanka.[/size] [size=5]External Affairs Ministry sources told The Sunday Leader that the Sri Lankan Embassy had already managed to have the resolution withdrawn from the calendar for this year.[/size] [size=5]However there are fears the document, House Resolution 177, may be re-submitted and passed in Congress before January next year.[/size] [size=5]The resolution, first presented to Congress in March 2011 by Republican Representative Michael Grimm, seeks the establishment of an independent i…

17 November 2013 As the controversial Chogm in Sri Lanka comes to an end, Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear reveals why he is pulling his team of the country in the face of intimidation. Channel 4 News Editor, Ben de Pear (@bendepear) writes: Today, Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa closed what has been a controversial Chogm summit. The final communique avoided any mention of human rights - one of the central principles of the Commonwealth - instead agreeing to cooperate on a number of issues, including poverty reduction, trade and youth affairs. Tonight there will be no report from Channel 4 News on this important summit from Colombo, as despite hav…

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[TamilNet, Sunday, 31 December 2006, 04:11 GMT] The indefinite extension of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) curfew on Thenmaradchi from Thursday 9:00 p.m continued for more than 24 hours, causing untold difficulties to the residents of the area, confining them indoors, sources from Chavakacheri said. There had been no clashes or extraordinary circumstances calling for search operation in the area where the curfew is being imposed by the SLA, the sources added. People travelling to Chavakacheri and Kodikamam from the Jaffna peninsula were stopped at Kaithady Nunavil junction and sent back. The roads to Kachchai, Poonery, Kerathivu and Sangupitty in the Chavakacheri Munici…

"The Burning of the Jaffna Public Library by the Police in 1981" In 1933, the same year the Nazis burnt large numbers of books that they considered ‘anti-German’, the idea of setting up a library in Jaffna was born. The Jaffna Public Library (JPL) would have celebrated its golden jubilee in 1983 had it not been burned down in 1981. Instead, June 2023 marked the 42 nd anniversary of that tragedy. 1933 was a difficult time in Sri Lanka. The economy was slow and unemployment was very high. Amid the gloom, one K M Chellappah, who worked for the district court in Jaffna, circulated an appeal in English and Tamil for “A Central Free Tamil Lib…

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 -…

It is that time of the year. As the heat builds up in an otherwise wintry Geneva, capital cities of the world are abuzz with preparations for the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions to be held in February-March 2013. While UNHRC sessions in general are important for Sri Lanka, the upcoming sessions in February-March 2013 are uniquely important for Sri Lanka for four reasons: first, it is the first time that Sri Lanka will come before the UNHRC after the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) review meeting; second, it is the first time that Sri Lanka sits at the UNHRC after the first ever UN Resolution has been adopted and passed on Sri Lanka; third, ther…

Sikh-American civil rights advocate Valarie Kaur's plea to her country in the times of Donald J. Trump.

Tamil diaspora group wants Sri Lanka to pay a heavy price The Global Tamil Forum (GTF), an influential Tamil diaspora group says Sri Lanka should be made to understand, in no uncertain terms, that the country will pay a heavy price if it continues its negative trajectory. The GTF also noted that it is time for the international community to rethink its engagement approach towards Sri Lanka. “Sri Lanka should be made to understand in no uncertain terms that the country will pay a heavy price if it continues its negati…

இன்று மக்கள் படையின் அதிர்ச்சி வைத்தியம் இனவாதம் பேசி ஆட்ச்சிக்கு வந்தவர்களை குத்துக்கரணம் அடிக்க வைக்கிறதா? வாலைச்சுருட்டிக் கொண்டு மீண்டும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைக்கு வர வைக்கிறதா? http://www.tamilguardian.com/beta/news_det....asp?newsid=460 அன்று சிறீலங்கா விமானப்படை அதிர்ச்சி வைத்தியம் கொடுத்து ஈழவிடுதலைப் போராட்டத்தை அடிபணிய வைக்க முடிந்ததா? http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=15023