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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…

இரான் ஏவுகணை தாக்குதல்: வேண்டுமென்றே உயிர்பலிகள் வராமல் தாக்குதல் நடத்தப்பட்டதா? படத்தின் காப்புரிமை Getty Images Image caption அமெரிக்கா மீது ஏவுகணை தாக்குதல் நடத்திய இரான் இரானின் மூத்த ராணுவ தளபதி காசெம் சுலேமானீ கொல்லப்பட்டதற்கு, தகுந்த விலையை அமெரிக்கா அளிக்க வேண்டியிருக்கும் என கடும் சீற்றத்துடன் இரான் எச்சரித்திருந்தது. மேலும் எச்சரித்தது போலவே, கடந்த புதன்கிழமை இராக்கின் அல்-அசாத் பகுதியில் உள்ள அமெரிக்க ராணுவ தளத்தின் மீது பத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட ஏவுகணைகளை வீசி இரான் தாக்குதல் நடத்தியது. கடும்…

Conversations with Kishani Alanki | M.A Sumanthiran அண்மையில் கிஷானி அலங்கி அவர்களின் யு டியூப் தளத்திற்காக பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் கௌரவ M.A சுமந்திரன் அவர்களுடன் இடம்பெற்ற கலந்துரையாடலின் சுருக்கம் தமிழில் :ஐக்கிய நாடுகளின் உயர் ஸ்தானிகரின் அறிக்கையில் பொறுப்புக்கூறல் மற்றும் ஒப்புறவு போன்ற பல்வேறு விடயங்கள் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளன. ஆனாலும் இலங்கை அரசாங்கம் தமது இறைமையில் வெளி சக்திகள் தலையீடு செய்வதாக குற்றம் சுமத்துகிறது. இது தொடர்பாக உங்கள் நிலைப்பாடு என்ன என்று கேட்கப்பட்ட கேள்விக்கு பதிலளிக்கையில்இப்பிரச்சினையானது மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ச அவர்கள் ஜனாதிபதியாக இருந்த காலத்தில் இறுதி யுத்தத்தின் போது மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட மனித உரிமை மீறல் தொடர்பாக விசாரணைகளை முன…

Sri Lanka's main opposition party, the United National Party (UNP), once again reiterated their unwillingness to co-operate with an international inquiry into war crimes, on Monday. Stating that the government's LLRC was adequate enough to deal with the allegatios, the UNP general secretary, Tissa Attanayake stated, "We are opposed to any international inquiry. That has been our position". UNP united with government against foreign intervention – Premadasa (17 November 2013) http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=9278&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian Sumanthiran has cautioned that any law that replaces the Prevention of Terrorism Act with its draconian provisions is despicable. As of information available, the new Counter-terrorism law which will replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) has retained draconian and objectionable provisions in the PTA. He was addressing the House participating in the debate on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill and Law Commission (Amendment) Bill. He went on that if the PTA was going to come back with another name, that would have repercussions on the government when the legislation comes out. Serious concerns have been …

United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPF) member of Parliament and Government Minister S B Dissanayake today blamed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the loss suffered by the UPFA at the last election. Dissanayake said that Rajapaksa should not have contested the Parliamentary election which the UPFA eventually lost by a slim margin. He noted that Rajapaksa failed to get the full support of the Muslims, Tamils and Catholics. The Minister, speaking to reporters in Kandy today, said that if President Maithripala Sirisena led the UPFA campaign instead of Rajapaksa the UPFA would have secured more votes and regained the votes it lost even at the Presidential election. …

A documentary purporting to show the execution of civilians and other war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan army had its first public screening on Friday but was swiftly rejected by the government as part of an "orchestrated campaign" against it. The documentary "No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka" is the third by British journalist and director Callum Macrae about the final stages of the nearly 30-year civil war. "We see it as a film of record, but also a call to action," Macrae told a news briefing. "All of it is genuine. It is evidence of war crimes and I have to warn you it is pretty horrific." Tens of thousands of civilians were killed in 2009…

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“There were massive war crimes in the last phase which were probably the biggest bloodshed of the twenty first century” said Erik Solheim. He made above remark at the Global Tamil Forum conference yesterday. Erik Solheim was one of the key international speakers who participated at the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) third anniversary celebrations held at the Committee Room 14, Houses of Parliament in the UK yesterday. Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and former Conservative Party Chairman Baroness Warsi however referring to de-mining process, claimed progress had been made and international community could debate Sri Lanka’s achievement in…

CNN)A US Air Force helicopter was shot at near Manassas, Virginia, on Monday, injuring one of two pilots on board, according to an Air Force official. The UH-1N was flying 10 miles northwest of Manassas on a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet when the incident occurred. It landed safely at Manassas Regional Airport west of Washington, DC, and the pilot was taken to hospital where they were treated and released, the official said. The incident is now under FBI and Air Force investigation to determine if the helicopter was deliberately shot at or if someone was randomly shooting into the air. The aircraft will be closely inspected for other …

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Sri Lankan civil war Full and equal membership of a political community is called citizenship. Citizenship is not merely a legal concept. It is also closely related to larger notion of equality and rights. In modern times it shows the relationship between state and its members. Equality of rights and status is one of the basic right of citizenship. As T.H.Marshall mentioned in his book "CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL CLASS" a status bestowed on those who are full members of a community. All who possess the status are equal with respect to the rights and duties with which the status is endowed. In a democracy there is a huge role of protest and struggle in achieving ri…

In a landmark victory for the legal initiatives of Eezham Tamils, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ordered the Council of European Union on Thursday to annul the restrictive measures taken against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The case has been won by the LTTE on procedural grounds, said the lawyers representing the LTTE. Commenting on the judgement, Mr Lathan Suntharalingam, one of the initiators of the legal move against EU ban on LTTE said: “More than 40 countries in the world directly and indirectly abetted the Sri Lankan State in its genocidal onslaught on Eezham Tamils. The US paradigm of ‘War Against Terror’ was used to …

A reputed newspaper in the United Kingdom, “The Independent”, published a disturbing news item and an article on 18 February 2013, under the headlines, ““Handed a snack, and then executed: the last hours of the 12-year-old son of a Tamil Tiger” (Photographs show boy was held before he was killed at close range) and “This is proof, beyond reasonable doubt, of the execution of a child – not a battlefield death”. The author of this news item is Callum Macrae, director of “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. The article establishes how 12 year old Balachandran, an innocent child, son of the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – LTTE was brutally kil…

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will adopt the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report on Sri Lanka during the 22nd session of the UNHRC which begins next month in Geneva. According to the agenda of the session Sri Lanka’s UPR report is among a list of UPR reports of countries listed to be adopted at the council session. The UPR on Sri Lanka was held last November in Geneva, during which, Sri Lanka rejected 98 and accepted 111 recommendations submitted by countries at the UPR. Sri Lanka is expected to face severe criticism during the UNHRC session in Geneva in February and March. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay had said last week that sh…

Visiting top officials of the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) have expressed willingness to set up the third coal fired power plant in Sri Lanka, The Islandreliably learns. JBIC Managing Director Yagima Koichi, who visited Power and Energy Ministry has assured Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Senior ministry officials and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) high ranking officials, that the Japanese government will provide the latest technology to boost the country’s power sector. Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, while expressing major tie ups with the Japanese government, said she had been assured of best o…

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Tamil Eelam are prepared, up dated and posted for the benefit of those who are interested in the concept of Tamil Eelam, in Tamil Eelam studies and in the Tamil struggle of Sri Lanka. 1. What is Tamil Eelam ? 2. Why did Tamils in Sri Lanka want Tamil Eelam ? 3. Who is the leader of Tamil Eelam ? 4. Is Tamil Eelam a communist idea ? 5. What is the present state of Tamil Eelam ? 6. Is there religious freedom in Tamil Eelam ? 7. Can any one travel to Tamil Eelam ? 8. Who is LTTE ? 9. Where can I find more information ? 1. What is Tamil Eelam ? Tamil Eelam is a de facto state in Indian Ocean. It is locate…

[TamilNet, Friday, 25 October 2013, 12:21 GMT] Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, speaking at the inaugural session of the council on Friday, urged Colombo to confine the SL military in Jaffna to the barracks and suggested that Colombo should consider deputing its military to UN peace-keeping missions abroad. NPC will give full support for Colombo getting international assistance for the rehabilitation of the SL military into civilian life, he further said, linking the process with the rehabilitation of the LTTE cadres. In addition to usurping the right of forfeiting the independence claim of Eezham Tamils, Wigneswaran also went on record …

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யாழ்ப்பாணத்துக்கு ஒரு நதி' ( A River to Jaffna) அண்மையில் புகலிடத்தமிழரும், தொழில் அதிபருமான அஜித் கனகசுந்தரம் என்பவர் DailyFT என்னும் இணையத்தளத்துக்கு அளித்தநேர்காணலில் கூறிய விடயம் என் கவனத்தை ஈர்த்தது. அது யாழ்ப்பாணத்து விவசாயிகளுக்கான நீர் பற்றியது. அதில் அவர் "என்னிடம் ஒரு திட்டமுள்ளது. 'யாழ்ப்பாணத்துக்கு நதி' ( A River to Jaffna) என்பதுவே அது. யாழ்ப்பாண விவசாயிகள் எவ்விதம் நிலத்தை வளமாக்குவது என்பதை அறிந்தவர்கள். அவர்களுக்குத் தேவை நிலம் மட்டுமே. இராணுவம் சுவீகரித்த நிலத்தைப்பெறலாம். அடுத்தது 10,000 ஏக்கர் நிலத்தை நாம் ஆனையிறவுக் குடா நீரை நல்ல நீராக்குவதன் மூலம் பெறலாம். சிங்கப்பூர் செய்ததைப்போல் நாமும் கடலுடன் கலக்கும் ஆனையிறவுக் குடா நீரேரிகளைத் தடை செய்ய…

So called Professor Rohan Gunaratne, the international spy who is operating under different guises has got caught again. This time, the bogus authority on good governance, self righteousness and terrorism poses as adviser to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence and its Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He tells unsuspecting diplomats representing various countries from who he seeks personal favors that it is he who writes all the speeches of Defence Secretary Rajapaksa. He also tells that he is the personal advisor. We reveal exclusively today how the bogus Professori Gunaratne was in Sri Lanka, arranged by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) which he represent…

ER GRIFF EINER SCHÜLERIN (18) IN DEN SCHRITT – DOCH DIE RICHTERIN LIESS IHN LAUFEN: Nur 1 Monat auf Bewährung für Sex-Grabscher Düsseldorf – Es ist ein Fall, der wütend macht: Asylbewerber Sivapalan A. (26) aus Sri Lanka grapschte am 5. März um 3.25 Uhr in der Altstadt einer 18-jährigen Schülerin unter den Rock. Die gute Nachricht: Er wurde schnell gefasst, saß 5 Tage in U-Haft und stand schon Donnerstag vor Gericht. Die schlechte: Die Richterin ließ ihn gleich wieder laufen. Das Kuschel-Urteil: 1 Monat auf Bewährung wegen Beleidigung! Vor Gericht hatte der Staatsanwalt die Sex-Tat des Asylbewerbers (lebt seit dem 2. Juni 2015 in Deutschland) deutl…

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[size=6]The Onset Of Eelam War V[/size] [size=5]Successive diplomatic victories and the humiliation of both Rajapakse and elements of his military establishment in the West now ensure a steady flow of funds into organistaions, which are at the vanguard of confronting both. Furthermore, the diaspora have steadily built a formidable political infrastructure that the regime’s missions have failed to counter. Of particular note are posts in Washington DC and London whose senior cadre have been purged of capable professional diplomats. Morale which reached its lowest ebb within the diaspora on the 19[/size]th[size=5] of May 2009 is now buoyant once again.[/size] [si…