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Sri Lanka, the “pearl” of the Indian Ocean, is strategically located within the east-west international shipping passageway. Like the old Silk Road that stretched from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian all the way to ancient Rome, modern China’s strategic and commercial supply line extends over the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea to include the focal transit port of Sri Lanka at the southern tip of India. Today, over 85 percent of China’s energy imports from the Middle East and mineral resources from Africa transit through Sri Lanka and other so-called “string of pearls” ports. Beijing seeks to protect these “pearls” as strategic economic arteries anchored all…

It's exactly two years today (15DEC06) since Prof Ravindranath disappeared in Colombo. Our thoughts & prayers are with his family.

The United States will deliver a sharp public rebuke to Sri Lanka at the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March for failing to pursue those responsible for abuses as government forces were crushing Tamil rebels in 2009, officials said on Monday. A three-member U.S. delegation is in Colombo on a five-day visit to discuss issues including progress in implementing the recommendations of Sri Lanka's own official investigation into the war, which called for the prosecution of soldiers suspected of killing civilians. But Washington appeared dissatisfied enough to announce that it would repeat its action of last March, when it sponsored a resolution at the UNHRC urging…

Sri Lanka may face a tight situation at the April meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in London with the likelihood of the country being included in the Agenda for the meeting, informed sources said yesterday. As a preemptive measure External Affairs Minister G.L Peries met Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on Tuesday in London with the intention of warding off such an inclusion. However, he received no confirmation from Mr. Sharma that Sri Lanka will not be included in the agenda. The situation has worsened for Sri Lanka because of heightened pressure from Canada, which is part of the present cycle of the CMAG and the threat …

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…

SLA informant shot dead in Point Pedro [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 12:52 GMT] Sinnarasa Rasaiah, 47, from Vinayaga Mudaliyar (VM) Road in Point Pedro town, and owner of a bakery, was shot and killed at 3.30 pm.m Sunday by unknown gunmen who forced entry into the bakery located within 100 meters of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) 52-4 Brigade Head Quarters within the High Security Zone (HSZ) encompassing the Point-Pedro harbor, sources said. Residents allege that Rasaiah was a military informant. Point Pedro Police has taken the body to the Point Pedro General Hospital in Manthikai for postmortem examinations. The brazen killing within the HSZ, the third murder to …

AN OPEN LETTER Dear Mr Jayadevan In TBC news which now you control, I heard you saying you are prepared to meet anyone in a forum to put your points across and answer questions as long as it is civilised. He are the questions? 1. You have invested funds on two occasions in the production of “Thiruvasakam” with the music of Ilayarajah. The purpose was to by CD’s and sell them at a profit which will go to trhe charitable purposes. On the first occasion you invested Ind. Rs 425,000 and on the second occasion Ind. Rs 35,000. Please tell us whether this is monies collected from the Temple or your private funds. Assuming it is temple fund who made …

With all these; there is also another player which seems more dangerous than the others. That is the RAW-backed former militant group ENDLF, which is to here to create problems. Two incidents reported relate to their 'power' in Mutur. In one incident close to a SLA camp, the army captain of the camp approached them not to do anything in the presence of military. In reply they have said 'we will do whatever we want to do, nobody can question us, even, we can transfer you within 24 hours.' In another incident , some cadres have crossed the premises of a Muslim family where a lady was taking bath. The husband has said, "Don't behave like this." They replied in the sam…

United Sri Lanka," cannot be accepted as a pre-negotiation parameter - Rudrakumaran During peace negotiations in South Sudan, Northern Ireland, Montenegro and Bougainville, the international community did not set "united country" as a pre-negotiation parameter for the expected outcome of a negotiated solution. The international community's stand that solution to the Tamil national question should be found within a united Sri Lanka, runs contrary to the current international practice, and to the law of self-determination, argued Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, legal advisor to the Liberation Tigers, in a paper presented at a conference held in Zurich in April. The…

Bazeer declares Jihad on Tamil Editors Written by Administrator Wednesday, 26 July 2006 The leader of an Islamic group in the United Kingdom, and the alleged "political theorist" of Sri Lanka based Islamic extremist Jihad Group, Mr. SMM Bazeer has declared Jihad on TamilEditors.com via a paramilitary websites operated by temple thief "Undiyalaan" Rajasingham Jayadevan. Recently Bazeer was contacted by TamilEditors? Islamic Affairs Correspondent Mr. NK. Navaratnam for comments on violent demonstrations held by Muslims in Sri Lanka against the United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Bazeer while refusing to make direct comments to o…

Why do Hindus Worship Bell? I have already written about Hindus’ worship of Cows (Go Puja), Elephants (Gaja Puja), Snakes (Naga Panchami), Scorpions, Sandals (Paduka Puja), Fossils (Salagrama Puja), Gem Stones(Spatika/crystal), Conches (Shanka Puja) and flowers (Pushpanchali). I have also written that the calling bell was invented by the Hindus in my post ‘’Hindus invented the Calling Bell’’. Now I give some details about Bell Puja! Yes, Hindus worship bells as well. You know the story of Manu Neethi Choza who followed Manu Dharma Shastra during his rule. When the palace bell was rung by the cow which lost its calf under the wheels of his son’s chariot he killed his…

Only CFA can save Sri Lanka: Thamilchelvan. S.P Thamilchelvan, head of the Political Division of the LTTE, in an interview with TamilNet on Monday said that to bring peace and pave the way for talks, the international community should come forward to "support the struggle for rights of the Tamil people and force the Sri Lankan Government to implement the ceasefire agreement in full. Characterizing the efforts to bring a united position among the southern parties as the "same old drama," that has gone on throughout the Tamil people’s struggle for their rights, he said only the CFA can save the island from the disaster. Welcoming the timely meeting by the Co-chai…

Captain Hewage is known among the Ukrainian soldiers as ‘Dentist’ By Sunil Jayasiri The body of Sri Lankan-born Captain Ranish Hewage, who served as the Commander of the First Special Forces of the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine killed in a Russian military attack on Monday (4th), was found by the Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, according to official sources. On Monday, three Sri Lankan nationals, including Captain Hewage, were killed in Bakhmut, a city in Ukraine, during a rescue operation. However, the bodies of the two other Sri Lankan nationals who were killed along with Captain Hewage are yet to be recovered. The …

Iqbal Athas – Journalist Who Exposed MiG Deal Turns Gota Propagandist Inexplicably the journalist that first exposed the 2006 MiG-27 deal, Iqbal Athas has turned propagandist for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa even after he recalled the horrific threats to his life and being forced to flee Sri Lanka as a result of exposing the shady aircraft purchase as recently as January this year. Iqbal Athas In 2006 Iqbal Athas exposed the irregular procurement in the Sunday Times causing ripples in the defence establishment then headed by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. By his own admission i…

The Reign of Terror The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Jaffna would like to bring to the attention of the peace and freedom-loving people, the fact that people in the North of Sri Lanka continue to be tormented by ‘State Terrorism’. Of late the situation has worsened. Since November 2012 the repressive measures of the Sri Lankan government unleashed on the people, and the arbitrary arrests of the Jaffna University students and other youngsters, have reached new heights. We have earlier pointed out four months back that the lasting peace we longed for still remains elusive, and that the measures taken by the Sri Lankan Government do not in …

Exactly seven years ago as of last Wednesday, five young boys had gathered for a chat in Trincomalee close to the beach. A grenade was lobbed towards the area where the students were seated and the ensuing explosion injured several people. The five young boys, who were among those injured, were later found dead with gunshot wounds. The incident sent shockwaves not only in Trincomalee, but around the country. While the incident occurred when the war was at its peak, the shooting drew the attention of human rights groups and the international community at large, with fingers being pointed at various elements over the murder. Subsequently amidst growing …

Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara had pinned his statement of faith to a map used to brief journalists visiting Sri Lanka: "It's the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press," it began. It went on to say the soldier, not politicians, "ensures our right to Life, Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness". I was recently in Sri Lanka to report on the final stages of a civil war that has been raging for a quarter of a century. As I write, 200,000 civilians are caught between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers. Unfortunately, it became a story about the difficulty of reporting at all and, in the case of local journalists, about its per…

இந்தக்கட்டுரை அவுஸ்ரேலிய ஆண்கள் எதிர்நோக்கும் உடல், உளம் மற்றும் பாலியல் ரீதியான வன்முறைகளைப்பற்றி கூறுகிறது.. அவர்கள் ஓரளவிற்கேனும் வெளியிலே வந்து தங்களது பிரச்சனைகளை கூறி உதவி கேட்கிறார்கள். அத்துடன் ஆண்களின் இந்தப்பிரச்சனைகள் அரசியல், சமூக காரணிகளால் எவ்வாறு நோக்கப்படுகிறது என்பதையும் கூறுகிறது. ஆனால் எங்களது சமூகத்தில் இப்படியான பிரச்சனைகளை எதிர்நோக்கும் ஆண்கள் எப்படி இந்தப் பிரச்சனைகளை கையாளுகிறார்கள்? அவர்களைப்பற்றி எங்களது சமூகம் என்ன கூறுகிறது? இணையத்தில் பலவருடங்களிற்கு முன் ஒரு ஆண் தனது பிரச்சனைகளை கூறிய எழுதிய கடிதம் ஒன்றும் அதற்கு வந்த விமர்சனங்களும் என்னையறியாமல் நினைவிற்கு வந்து போகிறது.. Male victims of domestic violence have few…

Tamil Canadians fear for Sri Lankan homes SARAH ELTON From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Tamil Canadians who arrived as refugees from Sri Lanka's civil war fear they will lose the homes they left behind after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam announced last week that they will seize expatriates' property. In a Voice of Tigers radio interview that was widely published in Tamil community papers last week in Toronto, an LTTE legal official with the nom de guerre Sudar revealed the plan to take over property belonging to Tamils who left more than 10 years ago and redistribute it to the landless. "It's quite draconian," said one Toronto Tamil who believes …

US Seeks to Eventually Partition Sri Lanka. Humanitarian R2P Intervention Contemplated Interview with Tamara Kunanayakam By Global Research News Global Research, March 31, 2015 Ceylon Today The United States has no genuine interest in accountability or reconciliation in Sri Lanka, but is seeking a strategic military base in Asia, says Tamara Manimekhalai Kunanayakam, onetime Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Holy See. In a wide ranging interview with Ceylon Today, Kunanayakam said, the US would demand more concessions using the resolution as a tool and charged the UN Human Rights Commissi…

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan security forces are to blame for the murder of 700 civilians in Jaffna, a rights body said yesterday, holding both Colombo and the Tamil Tigers accountable for the island nation’s misery. The University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) also said in its latest report that “war-like ideologies” were leading the Sri Lankan government as well as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to a destructive future. “Making due allowance for the LTTE’s share in killings, we estimate that the government and its security forces are responsible for murdering in cold blood upwards of a base figure of 700 unarmed civilians in Jaffna during 2006 and 2007,” sa…

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…

The Law Society of South Africa called on President Zuma and the South African Government to consider boycotting the CHOGM. Issuing a statement today the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) expresses its grave concerned that members of an International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) high-level delegation have been denied entry into Sri Lanka during this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo. The delegation included the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, and the first UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Param Cumaraswamy. Entry for th…