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Statement by President von der Leyen on the occasion of her official visit to Serbia Mr President, dear Aleksandar, It is wonderful to be back here in Serbia. I am very glad to be at this very special place, which I think shows the profound bonds we do have and our great cooperation. Today, we are watching the progress of the interconnector between Serbia and Bulgaria. It is great to see that this important project is taking shape. Indeed, you have just mentioned the funding that is coming from the European Commission and the European Investment Bank. It is …

TGTE Wants UNHRC To Complete Its Mandate On Sri Lanka War Inquiry The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) Ministry of International Affairs has today written to all members of the UNHRC to strictly adhere to the mandate given to the OISL, stating that it is important that the March 2014 resolution for an international independent investigation is not compromised but completed and report presented to Council on 25 March 2015 as planned, with recommendations for further action and referral to the ICC with an action plan for implementation. Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran – PM – TGTE “On behalf of the victims of the Mullaivaikkal war and for the dependent…

12 surprisingly high-paying part-time jobs Making ends meet can be difficult, even with full-time work, particularly if you live in a big, expensive city like Toronto or Vancouver. Time magazine has just published a list of part time jobs “that pay lots of money,” something we have also done in the past, so we thought we would revisit the topic by sharing a couple from Time’s list (to be honest, some of their jobs don’t actually pay all that well) along with our own previous list, to give you a veritable cornucopia of part-time job options. Maybe your hours have been cut, or maybe your bills are already covered but you want more cash for vacations, shoes and ga…

Sri Lanka's Tamil party for political solution to ethnic issue www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-10 23:14:58 Print COLOMBO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The leader of Sri Lanka's major Tamil party said Monday that the country's ethnic issue could not be solved militarily and only a political solution can bring peace to the island. R. Sampanthan, the leader of the Tamil National Alliance told a gathering of foreign correspondents in Colombo that the Sri Lankan government was wrong in thinking that it could solve the issue by flushing out Tamil Tiger rebels from the northern Wanni district. He said peace would not come "unless the Tamil questi…

Sri Lanka's government is one of the world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, US-based pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. An HRW report accuses security forces and pro-government militias of abducting and "disappearing" hundreds of people since 2006. Many of the missing are young Tamil men targeted on suspicion of links to Tamil Tiger rebels, HRW says. Sri Lanka's government says HRW has exaggerated the scale of the problem. Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona says there has been a "steady decline in disappearances over the last 12 months" because of new measures taken by the government. "Unfortunately Human Rights Watch…

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr Vickramabahu <vamabahu@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:05 AM Subject: ARTICLE OF BAHU To: <srinissanka@gmail.com> The new Rajapaksa government will displease the human rights campaigners while Sinhala only fascistic campaigners rejoice expecting tough stand in UNHR discussions and end to this ‘anti terrorism left backs’. The families of Tamil and Sinhala civilians who are the victims of enforced disappearances and who remain missing during and after the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Lankan government have been holding awareness rally in public now for 1000 consecutiv…

Peace Fills a Vacuum by Hussein Aghe and Robert Malley, The New York Times Op-Ed page, June 3, 2008 Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself. In one case after another, the Bush administration has wagered on the losing party or on a lost cause... The United States has cut itself off from the region on the dubious assumption that it can somehow maximize pressure on its foes by withholding contact, choosing to flaunt its might in the most primitive and costly of ways. It has pushed its local allies toward civil wars — arming Fatah against Hamas; financing some Lebanese forces against Hezbollah — they could not…

8 May 2009 18:48:54 GMT Source: Human Rights Watch Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. (New York) -Â The Sri Lankan armed forces have repeatedly struck hospitals in the northern Vanni region in indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. Commanders responsible for ordering or conducting such attacks may be prosecuted for war crimes. Patients, medical staff, aid workers, and other witnesses have provided Human Rights Watch with information about at least 30 attacks on permanent and makeshift hospitals in the comb…

The far-right neo-Nazi group has expanded to become part of Ukraine’s armed forces, a street militia and a political party. A veteran of the Ukrainian national guard's Azov Battalion conducts military exercises for civilians in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 30, 2022 [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters] Published On 1 Mar 20221 Mar 2022 As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its sixth day, a Ukrainian far-right military regiment is back in the headlines. Russian President Vladimir Putin referenced the presence of such units within the Ukrainian military as one of the reasons for launching his so-called “special military operation … to…

US 'losing media war to al-Qaeda' The US is losing the propaganda war against al-Qaeda and other enemies, defence chief Donald Rumsfeld has said. It must modernise its methods to win the minds of Muslims in the "war on terror", as "enemies had skilfully adapted" to the media age, he said. Washington and the army must respond faster to events and learn to exploit the internet Separately, President Bush said the US should not be discouraged by setbacks in Iraq and must realise it is at war. "We shouldn't be discouraged... because we've seen democracy change the world in the past," George W Bush said. However, he also used his speech in …

சீன அரசு சார்பு ஊடகமான குலோபல் ரைம்ஸ் ல் இன்று வந்த கட்டுரை. எங்கள் பூகோள அரசியல், இராசதந்திர அறிவு விருத்திக்கும் புரிதலுக்காகவும் மட்டுமே இங்கே இணைக்கப்படுகிறது. (கோடிடுதல், Bold ஆக காட்டுதல் என்னால் மாற்றப்பட்டது) Indian mission to Sri Lanka's referral to Taiwan question reveals some politicians' speculative illusion: analysts China will not compromise on other issues while dealing with Taiwan Straits tensions By GT staff reporters Published: Aug 29, 2022 09:10 PM China India Photo:CFP It is wrong and a speculative illusion for a group of politicians in India to think that it…

The first draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka to be tabled at the UN Human Rights Council next week recommends a mechanism to address allegations of war time abuses that includes international judges and independent prosecutors, Daily FT learns. The initial draft was handed over to the Government of Sri Lanka yesterday, authoritative sources told Daily FT. The early draft appears to take into account the recommendation by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for a hybrid special court to try potential war crimes cases, Daily FT reliably learns. The Government, which obtained a draft of the OISL report last Friday (11), held discussions spearheaded by Foreign Minis…

On this day 11 years ago, thousands of Tamil protestors took to the streets of Toronto, demanding international action as the Sri Lankan military massacred tens of thousands of Tamils. As we mark the anniversary of the protest on the Gardiner Expressway, we share reflections from activists who were part of the demonstrations in Canada. 11 years have gone by since the Tamil diaspora community mobilized and took our voices to the streets. We raised our voices in an effort to raise awareness on the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. I was 15 at the time, but I remember that day so clearly. It was Mother’s Day, and I was sitting with my family at my grandmother’…

At its March 2013 session, the United Nations Human Rights Council should authorize an independent, international investigation into war crimes committed during the final months of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to council members today. Since the council adopted a resolution on Sri Lanka at its March 2012 session calling for action, the Sri Lankan government has taken no significant steps to provide justice for victims of abuse and accountability for those responsible. “Over the past year the Sri Lankan government has alternated between threatening activists who seek justice and making small, cynical gestures to keep the internation…

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Why the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam is not a Terrorist Organisation By: Karen Parker Karen Parker, J.D., San Francisco, USA Proceedings of International Conference On Tamil Nationhood & Search for Peace in Sri Lanka, Ottawa, Canada 1999 Canadians have asked me to set out my views on whether the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a "terrorist" organization. I state categorically that the LTTE is not a "terrorist" organization but rather an armed force in a war against the government of Sri Lanka. Characterization of the LTTE as a "terrorist" organization is politically motivated, having no basis in law or fact. This memoran…

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From rags to riches: BILD.de documents the progress of Hamburg’s flagship entrepreneur, Ian Karan Kiru’s career, as he becomes Hamburg’s Economic Senator. Ian Kiru Karan who was born in Point Pedro in 1939, moved to Germany in 1970 after studying in the United Kingdom — where he went on to build one of the world’s biggest container leasing companies in Hamburg. He was recently sworn in as Senator for Economic Affairs in Hamburg. As an orphan from Sri Lanka, Ian Kiru Karan obtained a scholarship to study at the London School of Economics and later worked for the English branch of the logistics company, Schenker. Later, Karan moved to Hamburg in 1970, with no more than 3,0…

The call by the United Nations’ top human rights officer for a domestic-international hybrid court to address allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka should receive strong endorsement by members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 16, 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, released a report on human rights abuses by Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during Sri Lanka’s civil war. His report calls for the establishment of a special court “integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators” …

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US-Funded Bio Labs in Ukraine Conducted Research Into Bat Coronavirus, Russian MoD Says lab Photo: CFP The American authorities previously admitted that Ukraine hosts "biological research facilities", expressing concerns they could come under the control of Russian forces. The Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday announced that the US-funded biological labs located in Ukraine were conducting experiments with bat coronavirus samples. "According to the documents, the American side planned to conduct work on pathogens of birds, bats, and reptiles in Ukraine in 2022, with a further transition to studying the pos…

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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…

16 August 2006 21:04 Sri Lankan army warns children can be targets By Justin Huggler, Asia Correspondent Published: 16 August 2006 The Sri Lankan government has defied growing condemnation and declared that it considered children and young people killed in an air strike to be combatants and legitimate targets. "If the children are terrorists, what can we do?" said a military spokesman, Brigadier Athula Jayawardana. The government claimed that children killed and injured in the bombing on Monday were child soldiers conscripted by the Tamil Tiger rebels. The United Nations children's organisation, Unicef, condemned the air strike as "shocki…

Mahinda, Mangala lock horns over appointment Kohona new Foreign Secretary? President Mahinda Rajapaksa is seriously considering the appointment of Peace Secretariat Chief Dr. Palith Kohona as the next Foreign Ministry Secretary. Present Foreign Ministry Secretary Siri Palihakkara will retire at the end of this year. Though the government had requested him to stay back Palikkara decided to retire on personal grounds. It is learnt there is going to be a difference of opinion between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera since Minister Samaraweera was in favour of appointing the Sri Lankan High commissioner in India, Romesh Jayasin…