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Patrick Brown , Patrick Brown (Mayor of Brampton City) UN estimates that up to 75,000 Tamil civilians were murdered during the Tamil Genocide. The destruction of the Mullivaikkal Memorial was an attempt by the Sri Lankan state to continue a cultural genocide, pretend the victims didn’t exist and rewrite history. Today, Brampton City Council unanimously voted to build our own Mullivaikkal Memorial. While the Sri Lankan regime attempts to whitewash their own blood stained histor…

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government will extend all help to the Centre to facilitate talks between Indian fishermen and their Sri Lankan counterparts in Chennai on January 20, 2014 to resolve the dispute over fishing rights in each other's territorial waters. She asked the Centre to reciprocate in a favorable manner. The frequent arrests of Tamil fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy for maritime violations have been a bone of contention between the Centre and the state and have also threatened to strain Indo-Lanka relations. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister wanted the Centre to take firm steps to s…

CHRONOLOGY-War and peace: S.Lanka's civil war 07 Jan 2006 04:21:07 GMT Source: Reuters Jan 7 (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked and sank a small naval boat before dawn on Saturday in the latest in a series of attacks on the military that have raised fears of a return to a two-decade civil war. Following is a chronology of key incidents in Sri Lanka's civil war, in which over 64,000 people have been killed since it erupted after an anti-Tamil riot in 1983. 1983-84 India trains and funds Tamil groups, including the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for a separate Tamil state in the island's north and east. …

Kogularamanan Arulanantham, 33, was granted refugee status in Canada in 2006 but has been waiting for years for permanent residency because he's deemed inadmissible for working at a retail story run by a terror group. As a “protected person,” Kogularamanan Arulanantham cannot be removed from Canada to Sri Lanka. As someone deemed “inadmissible” to Canada as an alleged member of the Tamil Tigers, the Brampton man cannot become a permanent resident and must renew his temporary permit to remain here every year – unless he is granted a reprieve from Public Safety Minister Steve Blaney. Border officials’ broad definition of membership means a person can be cons…

Failed Predictions about the Future of world famous personalities "It will be years --not in my time-- before a woman will become Prime Minister." --Margaret Thatcher, October 26th, 1969. She became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom only 10 years after saying that, holding her chair from 1979 to 1990. But she wasn’t all that wrong since she is the only woman to have held this post. Maybe she should have added the word “again.” ------------------------------------------------------------- “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943. It may sound ridiculous now, but the prediction …

The Sea Tigers have been in several battles recentl y The Sri Lankan air force says it has destroyed the headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels' sea force. An air force spokesman said the attack took place in the north-eastern district of Mullaitivu. The Tigers say a civilian area was bombed. "We now understand that the base was the headquarters of the Sea Tigers," Cap Ajantha Silva told the Associated Press news agency. On Monday the army said it had overrun four rebel bases in eastern Sri Lanka. 'Small boats' The headquarters of the Sea Tigers was still burning an hour after the attack, Cap Silva says. He said fighter jets had bombed th…

Country Information and Guidance Sri Lanka :Tamil Separatism -2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/348268/CIG_Sri_Lanka_Tamil_Separatism_v1_0e.pdf இந்த அறிக்கைகளின் பிரகாரமே அதிகம் அகதிகள் விண்ணப்பத்துக்கான முடிவுகள் எட்டப்படுகின்றன. எங்களை விட பிரித்தானிய அதிகாரிகளுக்கு நீதிமன்றங்களுக்கு அதிகம் தெரிஞ்சிருக்குது..!! அதுதான் வெள்ளைக்காரன்.

From V.Anandasangaree to V.Prabhakaran @ Gamini Viyangoda [03-11-2007] Certain Tamil political leaders, who in the past did their politics on behalf of Tamil people while living with them have now for some time started playing a new role. Unlike in the past, when they represented their people from among themselves and in direct association with them, these leaders now have come to the midst of the Sinhalese, addressing their own Tamil brethren of the North East from the Sinhala South, resulting in permanently making their political headquarters in Colombo. There was a time that some of them, like Douglas Devananda and Karuna Amman who did their politics throug…

Thailand has started sending Hmong asylum seekers back to neighbouring Laos, where they fear political persecution. Twelve Hmong were removed from a camp in Thailand's Petchabun province on Thursday. The camp is estimated to hold nearly 8,000 Hmong from Laos, most of whom say they fear for their safety in their communist homeland. Aid agency witnesses say they were sent back against their will, but Thailand insists they went voluntarily. The deportations began as Samak Sundaravej, the new Thai prime minister, made his first official visit to Laos on Friday to discuss energy deals as well as the fate of thousands of Hmong. Under a Laos-Thai repa…

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?…

Sri Lanka: would you holiday at a mass grave? The white sand of Sri Lanka's beaches is a lure for thousands of tourists every year - but dig a little deeper and there are many unanswered questions hanging over the country's tourist industry. Tourism is big business in Sri Lanka. Receipts from tourism nearly doubled between the end of Sri Lanka's civil war and the end of 2011 - up to $1.4bn. The direct contribution of tourism is estimated to be 3.8 per cent of Sri Lanka's total GDP, and is forecast to rise by 7.8 per cent in 2013. And the Sri Lankan government has big plans ahead for the industry. In the country's five-year plan for the sector it lists …

Colombo: In a significant move coinciding with the visit of a top US official probing war crimes, American embassy here today posted pictures of places where civilians had died allegedly during Sri Lanka's final war against rebel Tamil Tigers four years ago. The US embassy's official Twitter handle uploaded a photo with a caption saying, "St Anthany's Ground-site of Jan 2009 killing of hundreds of families by (Lankan) army shelling". Sri Lanka had for long dismissed accusations that army had fired shells at civilian locations. In May 2009, Sri Lankan military had defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels. Colombo has resisted calls to probe claims that over 40,000 …

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 …

ATTN- Tamil gangs tackled from 'within' ! By Debabani Majumdar BBC News, London Samurai swords are often the weapon of choice for gang members For a 26-year-old, Abhya's face seems to have too many scars. "That was someone trying to take my eye out with a broken beer bottle," he said pointing to the circular scar almost encircling his right eye. "And this here was a cut from a samurai sword," he added, showing a cut which extends from his hairline to his right eyebrow. The scar sent shivers down my spine, but Abhya, who did not want to be identified, describes a confrontation with a rival group at a wedding in 2005 in Ilford, east Lo…

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling party unveiled devolution proposals on Monday aimed at ending the island's two-decade civil war, but Tamil Tiger rebels dismissed them and analysts said they were doomed to fail. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) wants to devolve power at district rather than a higher level and insists on rebel disarmament, according to the text seen by Reuters. By contrast, Tamil Tiger rebels fighting for an independent state want a separate homeland for minority Tamils -- which Rajapaksa flatly rules out -- and have repeatedly warned they will not lay down arms. The rebels and the military are locked…

Sri Lanka 'apologises' for India story PRIU sad Narayanan and Menon are members of the said panel The Sri Lanka government has apologised for an incorrect statement that said a high-level defence panel has been established with India after a visit by senior officials. The Policy Research & Information Unit (PRIU) of the Presidential Secretariat said on Thursday the panel was established during a visit by three senior officials to Delhi from 3-4 September. "The PRIU is informed that there was no decision among those who participated in these discussions to establish an Indo-Lanka High Level Committee on defence," a statement issued by PRIU stated on …

UN and world bodies express disappointment over withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement UN and the international community have expressed disappointment over Sri Lanka's abrogation of ceasefire agreement. UN Secretary General's statement in this regard emphasizes that all parties should pay attention to solve the problem without bloodshed. He expressed concern over the abrogation of ceasefire while escalation of violence and urged the state to guarantee the security of the humanitarian workers and civilians. US, Canada and Norway have also expressed displeasure over the abrogation of ceasefire. However, India has not issued an official statement in this re…

The pilot snoozing in the business cabin made a passenger feel "unsafe" / Dawn/Twitter A business class passenger who noticed the snoozing pilot claimed he felt "unsafe" Pakistan International Airlines has come under fire after a pilot on a flight to London was caught napping in the business class cabin while his first officer and a “trainee” flew the plane. A concerned passenger snapped a photo of the snoozing pilot, Amir Akhtar Hashmi, and complained to cabin crew. The purser’s report, shared with Pakistani newspaper Dawn, said that the passenger did not “feel safe” while the captain was asleep nearby. “It had been explained that two other crew me…

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 …

Is $33 Billion in U.S. Funding to Ukraine Going To Nazi's? The Biden Administration is asking for an additional $33 Billion dollars for Ukraine, for weapons and armored vehicles, but its time someone tells the truth about where this money is really going, to some of the worst people in the world, in this case, actual Nazi's.

INTERNATIONAL SEBASTIAN DERUNGS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Spy cables reveal Sri Lanka hyped up Tamil Tiger postwar threat Exclusive: Sri Lanka played up concerns of LTTE regrouping in South Africa despite contrary intelligence report by Jyoti Thottam In November 2010, a Sri Lankan member of Parliament expressed his dismay when a small statue of a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was erected on private property in a Paris suburb. It was an alarming sign, said Sarath Weerasekara, a retired rear admiral in the Sri Lankan navy, that the LTTE, an armed separatist group that Sri Lanka defeated decisively in 2009, might be regrouping in oth…

The contemporary novel has become something of a showboat. It hinges more than ever on a grand concept, a spectacle to drive it: starving children battling in a post-apocalyptic landscape, a ripped-from-the-headlines murder scheme ever so slightly rejiggered to avoid exploitation. Given this, any astute reader or writer could be forgiven for believing the contemporary novel well-suited for tackling the divisiveness and violence of Sri Lanka’s recent history. The brutal quarter-century war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan government left thousands dead, dislocated and dispossessed. What could be meatier? After all, the novel’s inherent…

Interview with Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 27/09/2013 Reporter: Emma Alberici The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, joins Lateline live from New York to discuss her recent week-long fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka. EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: Our guest tonight is Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She was born and raised in South Africa where she rose to become the first non-white female judge of the high court. She's also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and president of the International Criminal Tribunal fo…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels broke through military defences in the island's far north and overran army bunkers on Saturday, truce monitors said, as the fiercest fighting since a 2002 truce spread. The Tigers and army exchanged intense artillery fire and government jets bombed near the rebels' forward defence lines in the northern Jaffna peninsula, residents said, as thousands of civilians fled to churches. The military said 27 of its personnel were killed and 80 injured, and estimated it killed more than 150 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels. It said it sank five Sea Tiger boats as they attacked army posts on t…

Pro SL Army website says... Take out "white tiger" observers from the mission! - JVP on SLMM [31st August 2006 - 13:30 S.L.T] The JVP in a communique issued to the media on the statement made by the outgoing Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission chief Ulf Henricson says that the SLMM has once again proved of their favoritism towards the Tigers. The communique adds even the judicial reports on the enquiry into the deaths of 17 employees of a non-government organisation has proved that the incident occurred in Muttur area which was under terrorist attack at the time. It should be mentioned that not only the 17 employees of the NGO but nearly 100 Muslim civilian…