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இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான யுத்தக் குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கள் சம்ப்ந்தப்பட்ட விடயங்களில் கனடா பேசாமடந்தையாக உள்ளது என கனேடிய ஆங்கில பத்திரிகைகளில் ஒன்றான த ஸ்ரார் பத்தி ஒன்றை பிரசுரித்து உள்ளது.

இப்பத்தியை Wilfrid Laurier பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் கலாநிதிப் பட்டத்துக்கான ஆய்வை மேற்கொண்டு வரும் தமிழ் தேசியவாதிகளில் ஒருவரான அமர்நாத் அமரசிங்கம் என்பவர் எழுதி உள்ளார்.

இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான யுத்தக் குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கள் சர்வதேச மட்டத்தில் விசாரிக்கப்பட வேண்டும் என்று ஏனைய உலக நாடுகளுடன் சேர்ந்து கனடாவும் குரல் கொடுக்க வேண்டும் என இவர் இப்பத்தியில் கோரி உள்ளார்

http://www.tamilcnn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15849:2010-12-17-09-38-24&catid=54:2009-12-16-09-39-33&Itemid=410

Canada silent on Sri Lankan war crimes

Amarnath Amarasingam

Why do some conflicts attract more attention than others? Why, for example, did throngs of celebrities hold rallies and concerts to shed light on the atrocities occurring in Darfur, while dozens of other conflicts and human rights violations are ignored by the international community?

The Tibetan fight against Chinese domination is, for example, a cause célèbre around the world. Northwest of Tibet, the Uighurs, numbering around 7 million people, have been waging a similar struggle against the Chinese government for centuries.

However, as Clifford Bob writes in his award-winning book Marketing Rebellion, “No Hollywood stars or corporate moguls write fat checks for the Uighurs. No Uighur leader has visited with a U.S. president or won the Nobel Peace Prize.” In stark contrast to the Tibetans, many do not even know they exist.

The Uighurs, Bob argues, have essentially failed a marketing contest, a game which only a handful of social movements have learned to play well. While I am not equating the Uighur cause with that of the Tamils, both communities have spent years attempting to gain international legitimacy.

Scholars like Bob have argued that social movements must market their struggle if they are to gain the support and backing of non-governmental organizations, as well as the compassion of people around the world. Individuals lead busy lives, and read about many social ills throughout the course of their day, so social movements must compete for their attention just as they compete for all other resources. The conflict in Sri Lanka is no different.

In early 2009, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. President Barack Obama, and U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband all called for an end to hostilities in Sri Lanka, noting that civilian lives were being “lost on a large scale.” Members of the Tamil diaspora around the world also took to the streets to shed light on the conflict, but the international community remained largely silent. As if recognizing the need for the marketing of conflicts in today’s geopolitical landscape, Miliband stated that civilians in Sri Lanka are the victims of “what at the moment is a war without witness.”

While many human rights organizations sounded the alarm about war crimes committed by both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government during the final push of the war, new evidence is coming to light. Though there may never be a full record of the abuses carried out by the Sri Lankan government or the Tamil Tigers against civilian populations in Sri Lanka, a particularly disturbing video of what appears to be Sri Lankan soldiers indiscriminately shooting Tamils was broadcast by Britain’s Channel 4 News on Nov. 30.

This video is not new. A few months after the end of the long and bloody Sri Lankan civil war in May 2009, Channel 4 News broadcast footage “apparently showing government troops summarily executing Tamils.” The Sri Lankan government swiftly declared the video to be a fake, but a United Nations investigation later concluded that it “appeared authentic.” Now, a year and a half later, another video is available. The new video shows the same incident, according to Channel 4 News, “but rather than stopping after the execution of a second bound man, it continues and the camera pans left to reveal the naked and dead bodies of at least seven women” and several other blindfolded individuals.

About three minutes into the disturbing video, the camera fixes on the body of a deceased, unidentified woman. She is blindfolded, her hands appear bound behind her back, her breasts are draped with a white cloth, and her underwear has been pulled down to her thighs. The camera stays on her for close to a minute, during which a soldier walks by and removes the cloth covering her breasts. The soldiers are heard laughing, while the camera remains on her nude body. One soldier can be heard saying, “She has fallen in a nice way. It looks new. Looks like no one has even touched her thighs.” As Channel 4 news pointed out, many of the comments heard in the background suggest that these women were sexually abused before being shot.

With the broadcasting of what has come to be called the “Channel 4 video,” the international community has renewed its call for an independent investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka. Human Rights Watch recently repeated its call “for the United Nations to undertake a full investigation into wartime abuses by both government forces and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.”

War crimes lawyer Julian Knowles told Channel 4 News that the newly broadcast video “is clear evidence of the execution of unarmed combatants or civilians.” According to Knowles, “It doesn’t matter which they are, they’re both prohibited under the Geneva Convention and they are both ranked as what we call a grave breach of the Geneva Convention so they are crimes in international law.”

Canada, on the other hand, has remained woefully silent on the issue of war crimes in Sri Lanka. The revelation of the Channel 4 video as well as any subsequent evidence deserves international attention. Canada should join the international community in calling for an independent investigation into war crimes and reaffirm its commitment to human rights.

Amarnath Amarasingam is a doctoral candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University, and is currently completing his dissertation titled, “Pain, Pride, and Politics: Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism in Canada.”

www.thestar.com

Canadian Tamil submission to UN focuses on international investigation

The submission was endorsed by following groups and individuals:

•Canadian Federation of Students

•Canadian Federation of Students Ontario- Hamid Osman, National Executive Representative

•Canadian Labour Congress

•Canadian Peace Alliance

•Canadian Tamil Youth Alliance

•Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1281

•Conservative MP Patrick Brown

•Liberal MPP Glen Murray

•New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) Leader MP Jack Layton

•New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) MP Paul Dewar (Foreign Affairs Critic)

•Ryerson Students Union, Local 24 Canadian Federation of Students

•Toronto Coaltion to Stop the War

•University of Toronto Students Union, Local 98 Canadian Federation of Students

•Waterloo STAND (Student Coalition for Genocide Intervention)

•Waterloo Young Liberals

•York Federation of Students, Local 68 Canadian federation of Students

•Tamil Students Association Carleton University/ University of Ottawa

•Tamil Students Association Guelph University/Humber College

•Tamil Students Association McMaster University

•Tamil Students Association Ryerson University

•Tamil Students Association Seneca College

•Tamil Students Association University of Toronto Missassagua Campus

•Tamil Students Association University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

•Tamil Students Association University of Toronto St. George Campus

•Tamil Students Association University of Waterloo

•Tamil Students Association York University

http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33239

கனடாவின் தற்போதைய அரசு ஒரு பேசா மடந்தை அரசு தான். அமெரிக்காவுக்கு ஆமா போடுவதிலும், பிரித்தானிய ராணிக்கு கொடி பிடிப்பதிலும், தேவையற்ற வம்பை விலைக்கு வாங்ககூடாது என்பதிலும் தான் இவர்கள் கவனம். இங்கிருக்கும் தமிழர்கள் இவர்களுக்கு வோட்டு போடுவதில்லை என்பதும் அவர்களுக்கு தெரியும்.

போன தேர்தலில் இவர்களை வீட்டுக்கு அனுப்பி இருக்க வேணும். கனடாவில் உள்ள பிரச்சினை இங்குள்ள இளம் சமுதாயம் வோட்டு போடுவதில் அக்கறை கொள்ளுவதில்லை. பலருக்கு கனடாவில் என்ன நடக்குது எண்டு கூட தெரியாது (Ignorance). எடுத்து சொன்னாலும் "Is it?" என்று ஆச்சரியமாக கேட்பார்கள். தமிழ் மக்கள் எல்லாரும் சேர்ந்து ஒரே கட்சிக்கு வோட்டு போட்டால் சில தொகுதிகளில் வெற்றியை தீர்மானிக்கலாம்.

பி.கு.: இங்கையும் ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க மாதிரி ஒரு எதிர் கட்சி தலைவர் "வளர்ந்து" கொண்டு இருக்கிறார் (Unfortunately).

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