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Pastor Shot Dead In Sri Lanka

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COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna Wednesday, January 17, after a pastor was shot dead by government security forces, triggering fears of more ethnic and religious clashes in the volatile region, local Christians and investigators said.

38-year old Nallathamby Gnanaseelan, who leads the Tamil Mission Church in Jaffna, was reportedly shot and killed January 13 by Sri Lankan security forces in Chapel Street after he had taken his wife and daughter to hospital.

In a statement, the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) said he was shot in the stomach and then in the head. His Bible, bag, identity card and motorcycle were apparently taken away and he was left alone on the road.

Sri Lankan security forces reportedly claimed he had been carrying explosives, and then said he was shot because "he failed to stop" when challenged.

Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said the attack came amid "a dramatic upsurge in violence in Sri Lanka, particularly in Jaffna, as the conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government has escalated.”

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINS

The NCEASL has reportedly said that extrajudicial killings, abductions and disappearances have been widespread, and "the civilian population has been facing a severe shortage of food and medicine, enduring immense hardship and suffering."

The group claimed that, "Thousands of people are arbitrarily arrested, tortured or ill-treated … We call upon the international community to raise their voices and prevent the massacre of the innocents in this country."

Sri Lankan Christians and human rights groups have also urged the authorities to establish a United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka. CSW said it was also concerned that violence against Christians will be encouraged as the Sri Lankan Parliament is considering a controversial anti-conversion law.

"While Rev. Gnanaseelan’s murder may not have been primarily motivated by religion, it will only increase the tension for Sri Lanka’s religious minorities,” said CSW Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas in a statement to BosNewsLife. "We urge all sides to the conflict, including the Sri Lankan Government, the LTTE and paramilitary forces, to cease the violations of human rights, and we urge the international community to take action to bring the escalating conflict in Sri Lanka to an end."

-BosNewsLife-

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna Wednesday, January 17, after a pastor was shot dead by government security forces, triggering fears of more ethnic and religious clashes in the volatile region, local Christians and investigators said.

38-year old Nallathamby Gnanaseelan, who leads the Tamil Mission Church in Jaffna, was reportedly shot and killed January 13 by Sri Lankan security forces in Chapel Street after he had taken his wife and daughter to hospital.

In a statement, the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) said he was shot in the stomach and then in the head. His Bible, bag, identity card and motorcycle were apparently taken away and he was left alone on the road.

Sri Lankan security forces reportedly claimed he had been carrying explosives, and then said he was shot because "he failed to stop" when challenged.

Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said the attack came amid "a dramatic upsurge in violence in Sri Lanka, particularly in Jaffna, as the conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government has escalated.”

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINS

The NCEASL has reportedly said that extrajudicial killings, abductions and disappearances have been widespread, and "the civilian population has been facing a severe shortage of food and medicine, enduring immense hardship and suffering."

The group claimed that, "Thousands of people are arbitrarily arrested, tortured or ill-treated … We call upon the international community to raise their voices and prevent the massacre of the innocents in this country."

Sri Lankan Christians and human rights groups have also urged the authorities to establish a United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka. CSW said it was also concerned that violence against Christians will be encouraged as the Sri Lankan Parliament is considering a controversial anti-conversion law.

"While Rev. Gnanaseelan’s murder may not have been primarily motivated by religion, it will only increase the tension for Sri Lanka’s religious minorities,” said CSW Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas in a statement to BosNewsLife. "We urge all sides to the conflict, including the Sri Lankan Government, the LTTE and paramilitary forces, to cease the violations of human rights, and we urge the international community to take action to bring the escalating conflict in Sri Lanka to an end."

-BosNewsLife-

உலகளாவியரீதியில் பரந்துபட்டிருக்கும் சமயங்களின் பாதிரியார்களை ஏன் குறிவைக்கிறீர்கள்?தங்கள் உயிரை துச்சமென மதித்து அவலகுரலுக்காக ஓடிஓடி சேவை செய்பவர்கள்.உடனடியாக நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படவேண்டிய விடயம்.
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SLA shoots dead youth in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 January 2007, 13:09 GMT]

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers shot dead a youth along First Cross Street near Vembadi High School and Jaffna Central College, inside the high security zone of Jaffna town at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, sources in Jaffna said. SLA soldiers allege that the youth was trying to flee from the area after attacking them when they shot him dead. The unidentified youth had a grenade inside his clothes, according to the soldiers.

Jaffna Acting District Court Judge, Mr M Thirunavukkarasu, who visited the scene, after inquiries directed the police to transfer the body to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital for postmortem examinations, sources said.

The body has not been identified until Saturday evening, hospital sources said.

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20912

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வேம்படியில் சுடப்பட்டவர் நேற்று இனங்காணப்பட்டார்

யாழ்.நகரப் பகுதியில் வேம்படி வீதியில் நேற்றுமுன்தினம் துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டுக்கு இலக்காகி மரணமானவரின் சடலம் நேற்று இனங்காணப்பட்டது.

கிறிஸ்தவ அமைப்பு ஒன்றைச் சேர்ந்த நல்லதம்பி ஞானசீலன் (வயது 38) திருநகர் என்பவரின் சடலம் என அவரது மனைவி நேற்று அடையாளம் காட்டியுள்ளார்.

அவரது மனைவி மேரி, சடலத்தை அடையாளம் காட்டினார் என்றும்

அவரிடம் சடலத்தைக் கையளிக்கும் படியும் யாழ்.பதில் நீதிவான் மு.திரு நாவுக்கரசு உத்தரவிட்டார்.

http://www.uthayan.com/pages/news/070115/10.htm

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