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தடைசெய்யப்பட்ட இரசாயன ஆயுதங்களை இலங்கை, இந்திய இராணுவங்கள் பாவித்துள்ளது என்பதை தற்போது போராட்டங்களில் செய்திதாபனங்கள் மூலம் வெளிவரச்செய்து மக்களை மேலும் அழிவிலிருந்து காப்பாற்றுங்கள்.

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தடைசெய்யப்பட்ட இரசாயன ஆயுதங்களை இலங்கை, இந்திய இராணுவங்கள் பாவித்துள்ளது என்பதை தற்போது போராட்டங்களில் செய்திதாபனங்கள் மூலம் வெளிவரச்செய்து மக்களை மேலும் அழிவிலிருந்து காப்பாற்றுங்கள்..

தடைசெய்யப்பட்ட இரசாயன ஆயுதங்களை இலங்கை, இந்திய இராணுவங்கள் பாவித்துள்ளது என்பதை தற்போது போராட்டங்களில் செய்திதாபனங்கள் மூலம் வெளிவரச்செய்து மக்களை மேலும் அழிவிலிருந்து காப்பாற்றுங்கள்.

இந்தப்போரட்டத்துடன் இலங்கை இந்திய கூட்டு சதிகளையும் தடைசெய்யப்பட்ட ஆயுதப்பாவனையையும் வெளி உலகிற்கு கொண்டுவந்தால் மிகப்பெரிய தாக்கத்தை கொண்டு வரலாம்....

உலகிற்கு முகத்திரையை கிழித்து காட்டுங்கள்..

தமிழ்னெட் இணையத்தளத்தின் செய்தியை ஆதாரமாக்குங்கள்...

இதன் மூலம் எம்மக்கள் போரட்டம் நியாயம் உலகிற்கு புரியும்...இது நல்ல சந்தர்ப்பம்...

  • கருத்துக்கள உறுப்பினர்கள்

Member Associations:

Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington

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AUSTRALASIAN FEDERATION OF TAMIL ASSOCIATIONS

INC.

Established 1984

PO Box 382, Mawson, ACT 2607, Australia

E-mail: chair.afta@gmail.com

Media Release 08.04.2009

Are the Sri Lankan forces using Chemical Weapons?

The Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA), the peak body representing the Tamil Australians

and New Zealanders, would like to bring to the attention of the Australian and New Zealand Governments,

Human Rights and Aid Agencies, the general public and the media about the possible use of chemical

weapons by the Sri Lankan security forces in their genocidal attacks on the Tamil people.

In a report on the 6th of April in the official website of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence

http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090406_01, there is a detail account of the last battle where 420

LTTE fighters were claimed to have been killed. Photographic evidence for this victory has been given in

this report. A close examination of the photographs of the supposedly dead LTTE cadres reveals that there

are no signs of usual gun fire wounds on their bodies. The faces and the exposed limbs of these dead

appear as if the bodies have been pulled out of a burnt out house. The only wounds on these bodies are

pealed out skin. The released photographs are enough for viewers with forensic expertise to ascertain the

use of chemical weapons in this instance.

In August 2001, Sri Lankan media claimed that the Sri Lanka Army has acquired an infantry weapon with a

chemical warhead whose use has been shunned internationally except by Russia due to the risk to civilians.

The weapon – along with other fuel air mixture weapons - has been used by Russian troops in Chechnya,

where human rights groups have long criticised the indiscriminate nature of the weapon which has resulted

in heavy civilian casualties and horrific injuries. Now LTTE sources claim that Sri Lankan forces extensively

used chemical weapons on LTTE combatants at Puthukkudiyiruppu during the weekend, quoting Lawrence,

a senior commander of the LTTE, who personally encountered the attack and escaped.

Sri Lankan commanders claim now that the rest of the LTTE cadres are hiding among the civilians in the 17

sq km narrow land strip along the eastern coast, supposed to have been declared a “safe zone” by the Sri

Lankan government. According to UN estimates, more than 150,000 civilians are caught up in this area for

several weeks now and the Sri Lankan security forces claim that it is a matter of days before they rescue

these civilians from the LTTE.

Sri Lanka had dropped cluster and phosphorous bombs in the past and continues to use multi-barrel

artillery shells on its ‘own’ citizens resulting in over 3000 civilians dead and over 10,000 injured since 20

January 2009. If Sri Lankan forces have now used chemical weapons in the latest battle, they have violated

all the international conventions governing the conduct of wars. Now there is the danger of the Sri Lankan

forces using the same tactic in their stated attempt to ‘finish’ the LTTE who are reported to have moved

into the ‘safety zone’ amongst civilians - Rwandan style massacre of civilians will be inevitable.

On behalf of the Tamil Australians and New Zealanders, AFTA appeals to the international

media to investigate this matter and give due exposure the heinous crimes committed by Sri

Lanka against the Tamil people.

AFTA calls on the governments of Australia and New Zealand and the international community

at large to pressure Sri Lanka to ensure they conform to international conventions on warfare

and the humanitarian law governing armed conflicts and agree to an immediate ceasefire,

allow humanitarian access to the civilians under siege and negotiate with the LTTE, a political

solution addressing the right to self-determination of the Tamil people.

Media inquiries:

Sydney: Dr. Victor Rajakulendran 0402 484 209

Melbourne: Mr. Mahen Mahendrarajah 0401 993 712

Canberra: Dr. Raga Ragavan 0402 387 920

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http://www.warwithoutwitness.com | Email : WitnessDesk@WarWithoutWitness.com

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Release Date: 08th April 2009

Sri Lankan Government Uses Chemical Weapons in Vanni Warfront

War Without Witness Report

For Immediate Release | 08th April 2009

Sri Lankan Government uses Chemical Weapons in Vanni (Northern part of Sri Lanka) Warfront

Initial results of Independent investigations conducted by “War Without Witness” confirms that Sri Lankan Government

uses Chemical Weapons in Vanni (Northern Part of Sri Lanka) war front both on civilians and its enemy combatants. Two

victims were examined by a qualified independent doctor in Vanni ‘Safe Zone’ on 05th April and the initial results have

been peer-reviewed by an experienced doctor in United Kingdom. Since the Government of Sri Lanka has banned access

for all the Independent monitors, Humanitarian Workers including UN and the media, the combat zone is being isolated

from the out side world, War Without Witness regrets that a comprehensive forensic/chemical analysis report could not be

produced at this point of time.

War Without Witness urgently urge silent partners of Sri Lankan Government’s war on innocent Tamil civilians including

United States of America, India, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Norway, Australia and United Nations to immediately

dispatch independent observers to the war zone and ensure the safety of civilians by way of an immediate ceasefire and

independent inquiry into this war crime.

War Without Witness urgently urge independent organisations like Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

(OPCW), US Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, UKs Department for Business, Enterprise &

Regulatory Reform (BERR) and all 186 OPCW Member States to immediately dispatch independent observers to the war

zone and ensure the safety of civilians by way of an immediate ceasefire and independent inquiry into this war crime.

Extracts of Medical/Chemical Report

Chemical Substances found on the wounds are,

1) Triethanolamine (C6H15NO3) 2) Phosgene (CCl2O)

Interview with those victims’ leads to the conclusion that these are type of Mustard Gas attack delivered via high explosive

rocket launchers and aerial bombing. Some of the observations among the victims are ‘high vomiting’, ‘mustard-coloured

blisters’, ‘closed throats’, ‘breathing difficulty’ and ‘extreme pain’.

Photographic Evidence of sample wounds

“War Without Witness” will continue to report on the Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and if you have any evidences etc

please email them to WitnessDesk@WarWithoutWitness.com

Executive Director,

War Without Witness

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நன்றி புனிதன்... இப்படியான சாட்சிகளை பிரதி பண்ணி ஈ மெயில் ஊடகவோ அல்லது கடிதங்கள், நோட்டிஸ் மூலமோ செய்தி தாபனங்கள், வெளி உலகமக்களின் கவனத்திற்கு கொண்டு வருவது எமது கடமை..

புலம் பெயர் மக்கள் ஒவ்வொருவரும் பரப்புரையாளர்களாக மாறுங்கள்..

எங்களுக்கு ஒரு நாட்டின் உதவியும் இல்லை அனாதைகளாக எம்மினத்தை மாறவிடமாட்டோம்..

இலங்கை, இந்திய பெரும் அரக்கர்களிலிருந்து எம்மக்களை காப்பது எம்கடமை..

ஒவ்வொரு கணமும் வீணக்காதீர்கள்... ஒவ்வொரு வழிகளிலும் வெளிக்கொண்டுவாருங்கள்..உலகிற

்கு..

தற்போதைய இடைவிடாத போரட்டங்கள் பாரியபலனை கொடுத்து வருகின்றன்..

தொடர்ந்து எம்மக்களுக்கு விடிவுகொடுக்கும் வரை தொடரட்டும்.....கடைசியில் உலகம் இலங்கை, இந்தியப்பேய்களை ஓட்டும்...

எமது பக்கம் 100வீதம் நியாயங்கள் உண்டு..

எமது ஒற்றுமையும் அர்ப்பணிப்புகளும் வீணாகமல் பார்ப்பது ஒவ்வொருவரின் கடப்பாடு...

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