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Dear Friend, The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, one of the most powerful committees in the US legislature, will hold a hearing on Sri Lanka on Tuesday February 24 and 2:30 pm. The hearings will focus on recent developments in Sri Lanka-- specifically 1. The ongoing military conflict in the north and east 2. The deteriorating humanitarian situation and 3. Allegations of human rights violations by the Government against Tamils. The committee is chaired by Senator John Kerry, who once ran in a US presidential election about five years ago. Kerry just returned after a visit to Gaza. The Committee will hear three witnesses -- Anna Neistat (…

By Ron Ridenour - Orwell couldn’t have done it better: Sri Lanka’s genocidal government, client of genocidal Israel, exchanges honors with genocidal victim State of Palestine The government of Palestine presented Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa with the “Star of Palestine” the highest award of the State of Palestine, on January 6. “The relations between Sri Lanka and the State of Palestine are exceptional and we remain committed to extending our fullest support to the State of Palestine and the friendly people of Palestine,” President Rajapaksa said during the conferment ceremony. “President Rajapaksa, on behalf of the people of Sri Lanka, conferred…

Podcast #2 SL : Part 1 of 2 Podcast #2 SL: Part 2 of 2 Podcast SL Part 1 of 2 Podcast SL Part 2 of 2 Graduated with a B.A. in English/Literature with a minor in International Studies. Moving on to graduate school to attain a PhD in English with a concentration in Postcolonial theory and literature, preferably South Asian. Independent research interests geared towards Sri Lanka. I will continue to advocate Tamil Eelam and to inform others about the genocide SL government is committing on Tamils. This is something important to me. "Thamilan illatha Nadu illai - Thamilanuku endru Oru Nadu illai." --- "There is no sta…

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Vijaykant backs Tamil Eelam demand Search for More News Chennai, Dec 4: In his first open support of the LTTE's demand for Tamil Eelam (separate home land for Tamils) DMDK President and actor Vijaykanth today said the "struggle" would certainly succeed, though it would take time. Vijayakant, who had decided against celebrating his birth day till a solution was found to Sri Lankan Tamils problem, told reporters here that "though success in a struggle for the homeland is delayed, it will certainly succeed". He was replying when asked why there was a delay in a solution (to the Sri Lankan Tamils problem). He praised the militants saying "tho…

Vijitha Herath claims JVP ideology cannot be destroyed Despite intense speculation to the contrary, JVP front-liner Vijitha Herath vehemently denies any kind of fissures within the Marxist party in a wide ranging interview with The Nation this week. By Rathindra Kuruwita Following are excerpts: Q: The Indian Prime Minister has said that he will attend the 2008 Independence Day celebrations only if a proposal to solve the ethnic conflict is presented to the President, by the APRC. What do you feel about that demand? A: India or any other country does not have the right to tell us how we should settle our internal affairs. No one can tell us how and when we sho…

By The Associated Press 2 hours, 15 minutes ago Associated Press Correspondent Matthew Rosenberg is covering the new outburst of violence in Sri Lanka, where the government is facing off against rebels and many fear the country has slid back into war after four years of a shaky cease-fire. ADVERTISEMENT ___ MONDAY, June 19, 5 p.m. local KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka I've checked into the 1-9, one of the two places to stay (for my take on the other one, check the previous post) in Kilinochchi, the main city in Tamileelam, the de-facto mini-state set up the Tamil Tiger rebels in the swaths of territory they control in Sri Lanka's north and…

Link: ஈழத் தமிழர்கள் மீதான இலங்கை முஸ்லிம் ஊர்காவல்படை மற்றும் ஆயுத குழுக்களின் அட்டூழியங்கள் | ஆவணக்கட்டு Translation: Atrocities committed by Sri Lankan Muslim Home Guards and Armed Groups against Eelam Tamils | Documentary This is an extensive Tamil documentary of approximately 200 pages compiled by me, Nane Chozhan (நன்னிச் சோழன்). The work focuses on episodes of violence against Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, particularly in the Eastern Province, and attributes many of these incidents to armed groups identified as Muslim home guards and mobs during specific periods of the civil conflict. The documentary catalogues alleged incidents of mass killings, arson attacks, se…

Violence drags on in Sri Lanka Email|Print| Text size – + November 14, 2007 ONE OF THE world's most vicious and intractable conflicts has produced a spike in violence in recent days. After a bloody clash last week in the north of Sri Lanka between government forces and the rebel fighters known as the Tamil Tigers, the government boasted of killing 60 Tigers, while the Tigers claimed to have repulsed an attack by helicopter gunships, killing more than two dozen Sri Lankan troops. This battle came a week after government forces killed the Tigers' lead peace negotiator and three weeks after the Tigers attacked a government air base and destroyed several military aircraf…

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Sectarian violence between orthodox Muslims against the Islamic sect, Sufi, that preaches pantheism, resurfaced in Muslim town of Kattankudy in Batticaloa district Thursday following the death of M. S. Abdul Payilvan, one of the leaders of Sufi sect and the President of All Island Tharikathul Mufliheen, and his burial in Kattankudy. The orthodox Muslims observed a Hartal demanding the removal of the body from the burial grounds. Three houses belonging to the followers of Payilvan were set ablaze on Thursday night, Police sources said. M.S. Abdul Payilvan, 69, passed away in Colombo Apollo hospital Wednesday at 8:00 pm; his body was brought to Kattankudy in a private he…

VoT will rebounce from attack - Thamizhanpan [TamilNet, Sunday, 16 December 2007, 22:43 GMT] “Belligerent statements by close associates of Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa, threats against media personnel, and press censorship in the South, forewarned us of a possible attack on our media facilities. Fortunately, we took precautions against this, and our successful completion of the Heroes day program, inspite of Colombo violating international laws bombing our facility, is a testimony to the resilience of our staff,” said Thamizhanpan, director of Voice of Tigers, LTTE’s official broadcasting corporation, in an interview with a Australian Tamil Broadcasting Corporat…

Wakely Paul's letter to the UN Secretary General May 18 2006 The Secretary General, United Nations, NY, NY 10017 Sir, I write regarding the shocking possibility of Mr Jayantha Dhanapala, a representative of the Government of SRI LANKA, being considered as a candidate to succeed you as Secretary General. of this very august organization. Sri Lanka has for years been ruled by governments that have violated every concept of democracy. They have discriminated against the Tamils to such an extent, that the Tamils now have their own independent regime in a region of the Northeast of the island known as the Vanni. In short, there is no such entity a…

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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, …

WAR IN WANNI: WHY THE tIGERS ARE DOWN BUT NOT OUT D.B.S.Jeyaraj In writing about the ongoing war in the Wanni northern mainland, I have been regularly emphasising a salient point that goes against the view propagated by upper echelons of the power structure and dominant sections of society. According to this viewpoint, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) faces imminent destruction and the war would be over very soon. While subscribing to the opinion that the armed forces are indeed on the ascendant my take on the LTTE has been different. Regular readers would recall that I have been constantly asserting that the Tigers are not a …

Warscapes in conversation with Shobasakthi Translation by Anushiya Ramaswamy Bhakti Shringarpure: Do give us some political and personal context with regards to your novel Traitor. Shobasakthi: On July 25, 1983, the Sri Lankan government planned and killed thirty-five Tamil political prisoners at Welikade Prison, with eighteen other Tamil prisoners slaughtered a couple of days later. The prison authorities were thoroughly complicit in the massacre even though Sinhala prisoners carried out the murders. In fact, it was prison officers who distributed the weapons to the killers. Before the murders began, the Prison’s chief commissioner had been sent out…

We All Are Tamils, We All Are Sinhalese And We All Are Muslims April 19, 2013 | Filed under: Colombo Telegraph,Opinion | Posted by: COLOMBO_TELEGRAPH By Laksiri Fernando - Dr. Laksiri Fernando I am saying it should be the spirit. I am not asking anyone to shed away or denounce their ethnicity or religion. We all love the way we are and what we believe in or not believe in. In this small Island of ours we should live like brothers and sisters with equal rights and also equal responsibilities, without rancour or violence. Although I am not there bodily now, my ‘spirit’ appears to be haunting this Island all the time, day and night. I admit that it may be eas…

" We are Prepared to Pay for Freedom With Our Lives " Q: Why did you choose to go underground? A: I did not leave with the intention of going under ground. I had to attend to some work in my country. I had to discuss certain matters relating to the peace talks with my lieutenants. I also had to assess for myself the situation and reaction in the Tamil areas. While I was there certain incidents took place (referring to the deportation of A. S. Balasingham, official spokes man of the LTTE) so I continued to remain there. Q: What is the reaction of your lieutenants to the cease-fire? A: The cease-fire is a drama. Under its guise, the Sri Lankan armed f…

We can’t despair, we can’t abandon things, says Sri Lanka’s R. Sampanthan Meera Srinivasan TNA’s R. Sampanthan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sri Lanka’s seniormost politician on the government’s record on the political solution to the Tamil issue R. Sampanthan, leader of the Opposition in Sri Lanka’s Parliament, is also the country’s seniormost politician, having been in politics for more than six decades. In the January 2015 presidential poll, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) he leads backed the President Maithripala Sirisena–Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe combine that ousted former President Mahinda Rajapak…

Gary Anandasangaree The images of young children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border over the past several years was a shocking revelation of the cruelties faced by migrants, asylum seekers and those seeking a better life than the ones they were born into. The anguish they faced and their desperate cries for help made us weep for the world and the times we are living in. But not too long ago, Canada was at the centre of this cruelty. Since we never saw these stark images on our TV screens or Twitter feeds we did not think this could exist in our country, or so we believed. We are, by all accounts, a reasonable peop…

We had a systemic failure in SL-UN Dy Chief The United Nations said that it had a systemic failure of the UN system in Sri Lanka as a whole. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson briefing journalists in New York about the new “Rights up Front” initiative said: “You may recall in the IRP [internal Review Panel] Report on Sri Lanka, that we had a systemic failure of the UN system as a whole and that we need to show greater flexibilities and come up with speedier action.” Mr. Eliasson stressed, echoing his remarks to an informal meeting of the General Assembly earlier this week. There, he told delegations that the Panel’s report, issued last year, also concluded th…

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Stand-up Comedian! அதுவும் ஒரு தமிழர்.. எங்களில் மிகவும் அரிதாகவே இந்தமாதிரி விடயங்களில் பிரகாசிக்கிறார்கள்!! Weakest Link to return with Romesh Ranganathan and celebrities 2 minutes ago Image caption, Ranganathan said it was "an anxiety-inducing privilege" to host the show Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new celebrity version of The Weakest Link, the long-running BBC quiz show previously hosted by Anne Robinson. Ranganathan said it was an "honour" to bring back "a TV institution". Robinson hosted more than 1,690 editions of the show between 2000 and 2012, earnin…