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A political grouping pushing for devolution of power to the provinces yesterday estimated the number of LTTE cadres killed during eelam war IV at 15,000. Dr. Wickremabahu Karunaratne, of the Nava Samasamaja Party (NSSP), claimed that they were among 150,000 persons that perished in the war (July 2006 to May 2009). Karunaratne was responding to a query by The Island, at a media briefing called by former Deputy Mayor of the CMC, Azath Sally at No 122, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Sally was acting on behalf of recently formed Muslim-Tamil National Alliance. Karunaratne lambasted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government for subjecting Tamil speaking people to military op…

Sri Lankan Muslims Are Low Caste Tamil Hindu Converts Not Arab Descendants By Rifat Halim – The recent execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia has underlined the bogus claim of Arab ancestry by Sri Lankan Muslims (formerly known as Ceylon Moors). Ms. Nafeek, a domestic worker from a poor family in the East of Sri Lanka, spoke no language but Tamil. She requested a Tamil translator but was provided with a Malayalam-speaking minor employee whose command of the Tamil language was said to be insufficient. The Saudi authorities showed no clemency. Also, they refused to recognize her as a person of Arab descent. Her status was indistinguishab…

France said Thursday that there are signs of communal tensions in northern Sri Lanka, particularly in the town of Mannar. French Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Christine Robichon, in a statement said that she had toured the areas where both the Tamil and Muslim communities displaced by the war, are being resettled including recently reopened part of the former high security zone in Jaffna. The purpose of the tour was to see the progress in development activities conducted by the Sri Lankan government and to have a better understanding of the needs and the aspirations of the people, with a specific focus on the fishermen. She said the briefings of the…

UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda is “cruel” and “immoral” say critics - BBC News ஒருவர்: அதெப்படி யூக்ரேனியர்களை வரவேற்கும் பெ.பி எம்மை ருவாண்டாவுக்கு அனுப்ப நினைக்கிறது??

Navaneetham Pillai, Former HC for UNHRC sends us a kind robust message for Tamil Remembrance Day.

பார்லியில் தொடங்கி பின்பு மாட்டிறைச்சி, வைனில் தரும் தலையிடி போதாது என்று இப்பொழுது அவுஸ்ரேலியவிற்கு இன்னொரு விதமாக தலையிடியைத்தரப்போகிறது இந்த PNG விவகாரம். As the Australia-China relationship deteriorates, a $200m PNG 'fishery' deal raises eyebrows 7.30 /By Laura TinglePosted Friday 11 December2020 at 6:00pm, updated Friday11 December 2020 at 11:25pm Amid the din and racket of politics at the end of what has been, by any measure, an extraordinary year, the continuing and growing deterioration in our trade relationship with China has lost its novelty value. More tariffs on Australian wines this week? More restrictions on meat and timber?…

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…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Government attacks on the judiciary and political dissent have accelerated Sri Lanka’s authoritarian turn and threaten long-term stability and peace. The government’s politically motivated impeachment of the chief justice reveals both its intolerance of dissent and the weakness of the political opposition. By incapacitating the last institutional check on the executive, the government has crossed a threshold into new and dangerous terrain, threatening prospects for the eventual peaceful transfer of power through free and fair elections. Strong international action should begin with Sri Lanka’s immediate referral to the Commonwealth M…

Ecuador’s president ready to allow Julian Assange to be extradited to US By Mike Head 31 July 2018 Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno yesterday made his most explicit statement yet of his government’s willingness to hand over WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange to the British authorities to be imprisoned and then extradited to the United States. Moreno’s comments indicate that negotiations with Britain’s Conservative Party government are at an advanced stage, with the intent of forcing Assange to leave Ecuador’s London embassy on the terms being demanded by the British and US administrations. Ecuador granted Assange political asylum six years ago to protect …

Press releases 14 November 2012 Sri Lanka: How UN failed during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict The UN failed to protect civilians during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict according its own report, released today, prompting Amnesty International to renew its call for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). The Report of the UN Secretary-General’s Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka, submitted to Ban Ki-moon and made public today, offers a strong indictment of the UN’s response to Sri Lanka’s armed conflict. It deals with a period of conflict in Sri Lanka when very grave violations of …

Tamil Women Coerced into Joining the Military- A Statement of Concern by the Women’s Action Network Women’s Action Network (WAN), as a collective of 11 women's groups from the North and the East, is deeply concerned by the recent efforts to recruit women into the military in the districts of Killinochchi and Mullaitheevu. Post-war development has failed to provide the most basic needs for those who live in Killinochchi and Mullaitheevu, especially the women of the area. People continue to live in vulnerable situations without sufficient security and independence, so may even lack the basics such as a safe place to sleep. After the war over 60% of families in Van…

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…

COLOMBO: There are indications that under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka will see India as its “main security provider” given India’s proximity and its status as the regional power. On the other hand, China will be seen as a key source of funds for big infrastructure projects, given its deep pocket and willingness to lend. Sources close to Gotabaya say that given neighboring India’s strategic concerns, and the stormy history of Sri Lanka-India relations, Gotabaya will not take China as a strategic ally but only as an important source of funds for the many large infrastructure projects he has in mind. Investments from India and other countries will also be w…

Saturday, September 6, 2014 By Chris Slee The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought for an independent Tamil homeland in the north and east of the island of Sri Lanka. The group was formed in response to discrimination against the Tamil people by the Sri Lankan government, after peaceful protests had been repeatedly met with violent repression. It waged an armed struggle for nearly three decades. The LTTE was militarily defeated in 2009, and no longer exists. Yet people are still being penalised for alleged links with the group. This is happening in Sri Lanka, in Australia, and in other countries. In Australia, Tamils who have been officially re…

By the time the morning sun had crept above the city’s Soviet-era apartment blocks, the crowd-control barriers lining Suvorov Square in downtown Tiraspol were already three-deep with families dressed in their Sunday (in this case, Monday) best. Their collective excitement was almost palpable on this surprisingly warm September day; anyone would have thought a royal wedding was on the cards. But in Transnistria (also spelled Trans-Dniester), a sliver of land tracing Moldova’s border with Ukraine for 400km, the capital’s Independence Day celebrations are the highlight of the year. Never mind that the tiny Eastern European nation, formally called the Pridnestrovian Mold…

How each state will be enforcing the two-person rule on gatherings Updated 30 Mar 2020 1:38pm AEDT As of midnight tonight, gatherings in Australia will be restricted to two people in a further attempt to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The two-person limit does not apply to people within your own household. But gatherings with other friends or family, outdoor or indoor, will need to comply with the new restriction. What happens if you don't comply will depend on which state you are in. Coronavirus update: Follow all the latest news in our daily wrap Here's what penalties you could face in each state: New South Wales Premier Gladys…

After War Comes Peace, Not Prosperity Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Feb 12 2014 (IPS) - Sri Lanka’s war-battered Northern Province had reason to celebrate when the results of a countrywide exam were announced last December. Of the 16,604 students from the province who sat for the exam, 63.8 percent secured the required marks for entry into prestigious national universities. It was a spectacular performance for a region wrecked by three decades of sectarian conflict that ended in May 2009 with a military offensive. The region has endured a tedious reconstruction effort since then. “It is a national high,” Sivalingam Sathyaseelan, Secretary to the provincial Ministry of Ed…

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 BY DINITHA RATHNAYAKE 0 COMMENTS Allegedly makes LTTE suspects kneel at gunpoint Beauty queen among earlier Welikada revellers BY Dinitha Rathnayake State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte who, as exclusively reported by The Morning on Monday (13) had allegedly forcibly entered the Welikada Prison premises with a group of his friends whilst under the influence of liquor, had allegedly similarly entered the Anuradhapura Prison on Sunday (12) evening. According to sources, the State Minister, who hails from an influential political family, had attempted to degrade and punish…

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…

Breaking ranks with EU, Hungary says ready to pay for Russian gas in roubles By Krisztina Than , Gergely Szakacs and Nina Chestney …

மூன்று நாட்களில் 20 மில்லியன் பார்வையாளர்களைக் கவர்ந்த நேர்காணல் : Russell Brand vs. Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight 2013 [Full Interview] பிரித்தானியாவின் ஆளும் கூட்டரசாங்கத்தின் பிரதான கட்சியான பழமைவாதக் கட்சியின் ஸ்டார்போட்ஷேர் என்ற தொகுதிக்கான பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் கெட்டவார்த்தைகளால் பிரித்தானியாவின் பிரபல நகைச்சுவை நடிகர் ஒருவரை பிபிசி வானொலி நிகழ்ச்சி ஒன்றில் தூற்றினார் என்பது இன்றைய செய்தி. ரஸல் பிராண் என்ற அந்த நகைச்ச்சுவை நடிகர் செய்த தவறு என்ன? பிபிசியின் பிரபல ஊடகவியலாளர் ஜெரமி பக்ஸ்மன் உடனான நேர்காணல் குறித்து பிரித்தான அரசியல் வாதிகள் ஆத்திரமடைந்தது ஏன். யூரியூப்பில் ரஸல் பிரண்டின் நேர்காணல் 20 மில்லியன் பார்வையாளர்களை மூன்றே நாட்களில் கவர்ந்தத்து ஏன்? இது…

Khalil Rafati, the 46-year-old owner of the juice bar chain SunLife Organics, is telling his success story, and sharing the hardships he went through to become a multi-millionaire. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Mr Rafati fled his hometown to Los Angeles to escape years of sexual abuse. He wound up selling cars to high-profile clients but his new life was quickly shattered when he tried heroin, The New York Times reports. In 2001, he nearly died while intentionally overdosing at a house party in Malibu. Mr Rafati struggled to kick the drug for the next few years and finally found sobriety in 2003 when he was introduced to superfoods. Check out the SunLife brand…

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 July 2013, 17:15 GMT] Hindustan Times carrying out an interview of CV Wigneswaran on Friday highlighted his statement against Tamil Nadu polity in the title. The highlight shows the priority in New Delhi’s polity and media in diffusing and detracting the uprising in Tamil Nadu for the independence of Eezham Tamils that is denied primarily by New Delhi and Washington. Hindustan Times just follows The Hindu, The Times of India and The New Indian Express in this regard. The gang up of Indian’s mainstream media behind the agenda of the genocidal partners has to be vigilantly perused by the peoples’ polity in Tamil Nadu as it is a re-enactment of the tim…

TamilCulture June 29, 2017 AddThis Sharing 0460 SHARES Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to MoreMore The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Canada’s largest financial institution, has acquired Wiser Investments, headed by CEO Ajantha Ganeshalingam. The acquisition is part of a $20 million investment that RBC is making towards establishing an in-house Innovation Lab of which Wiser is a foundational component. Wiser’s CEO Ajantha shared the following statement on his LinkedIn page followi…

If anyone asked to explain Tamil freedom struggle in Eelam, these two leader's pictures can tell the full history. Since 1948, Tamil leader Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam resisted Sri Lanka's genocide against Tamils using non-violent protests but in 1976, he and Tamils democratically decided to form a separate State Tamil Eelam and reclaim their sovereignty. SJV Chelva also known as Thanthai Selva asked youths to come forward and use force to protect Eelam Tamils. Since 1976, Tamil National leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran, his freedom fighters and people implemented Tamils democratic will and achieved it's goal Tamil Eelam in 2002... The history of Eelam Ta…