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இலங்கையில் பல்லாயிரக் கணக்கில் தமிழ்மக்களை படுகொலை செய்தும், போர்க்கைதிகளை சர்வதேச விதிகளுக்கு முரணாக சித்திரவதை செய்து படுகொலை செய்தும்,

தமிழின வரலாற்றுச் சான்றுகளை அழித்து தமிழர்கள் நிலம் என்பதை அடையாளம் இன்றி அழிக்கும் நடவடிக்கையில் இறங்கியுள்ளதுமான சிங்கள பேரினவாத அரசாங்கத்தை தலைமையேற்று கொடுங்கோல் ஆட்சி நடாத்திவரும் இலங்கையின் ஜனாதிபதியான மகிந்த ராஜபக்ச அவர்கள் இன்று பிரித்தானியா வரவுள்ளதாலும், அவர் எதிர்வரும் 02-12-2010 அன்று ஒக்ஸ்பேட் பல்கலைக் கழகத்தில் உரையாற்ற உள்ளதுமானது தடுக்கப் படவேண்டிய விடையமாகவும், அதே சமயம் இச்சந்தர்ப்பத்தை பயன்படுத்தி பிரித்தானிய சட்டங்களுக்கு அமைவாக அவரை கைது செய்யும் நடவடிக்கையையும் உலகெங்கும் வாழும் தமிழர்கள் முன்னெடுக்க வேண்டும்.

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( Please send letters to the addresses above immediately. Here is a sample letter for you.)

to: president@oxford-union.org, enquiries@oxford-union.org

cc: proctors.office@admin.ox.ac.uk

Dear Madam/Sir,

To whom it may concern,

Subject: President, accused of War Crimes, talks at Oxford

We Tamils are very disappointed to learn that a suspected war criminal from Sri Lanka and the president of that country, is addressing Oxford Union on 02.12.10. The INGO's are asking for an independent war crimes investigation where it is believed more than 40000 were perished. The UN has appointed a three member panel to investigate which Sri Lanka denies cooperation.

On other hand, no NGOs or free media is being permitted by Sri Lanka and minorities continue to face unimaginable prosecution.

If Oxford believes that providing a stage for Sri Lanan President would help "all Sri Lankans", that would be another false hope.

Yours sincerely,

Edited by akootha

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Act Now <actnow.a@googlemail.com>

Subject: SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL COMES TO SPEAK AT OXFORD UNION!

The President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse, is due to speak at the Oxford Union (at Oxford University) on Thursday 2nd December. Rumors abound that he will be met by a large demonstration from members of the Tamil community and human rights groups protesting at alleged War Crimes committed in Sri Lanka at the end of a Civil War in May 2009. The Tamils have proved in demonstrations outside Parliament over a year ago, their capacity to mobilise supporters.

The previous attempt by the Oxford Union to host the President was abandoned last month due to fears that the President would be arrested under 'War Crimes' charges. This is because under British laws it is possible to obtain an arrest warrant under the principle of universal jurisdiction which allows a prosecution in this country for alleged human rights abuses whether committed in the UK or overseas.

Such laws have met with growing controversy after Israel has objected strongly to those laws which meant that the deputy Israeli Prime Minister and its Opposition Leader have cancelled their planned visits to Britain fearing arrest. The laws were used most famously when Mrs Thatcher was in office, against General Augusto Pinochet an ex-President of Chile. He was arrested and held under house arrest on charges of crimes against humanity, before being released on health grounds without being charged.

WAR CRIME ALLEGATIONS

In President Rajapakse case he faces a large Tamil Diaspora here in the UK (up to 300,000) who have vowed to hound a man they believe was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians, the illegal incarceration under international law of over 300,000 in concentration camps for a year and the holding without trial in secret centers of over 8,000 rebels, all of which might be classed as a War Crime under various International Conventions. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has set up a three-man Committee to look at ways to deal with the War Crime allegations (whom have so far been refused visa's to investigate within Sri Lanka).

Until a decision is made by the UN and the International Community on these allegations private individuals are threatening to use the existing laws against the Sri Lankan President. The Pinochet case sets the precedent that it is possible to obtain an arrest warrant against such an individual, even a President. The reaction to the speech is likely to be a 'extremely lively' affair this coming Thursday.

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