Abductions, arrests spread to Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 March 2014, 17:43 GMT]
More than 10 Sri Lankan military operatives, who came in a white-van and motorbikes Thursday night abducted a 40-year-old father of three at Kottaavaththai in Ka'rana-vaay North in Vadamaraadchi. The abduction took place at gunpoint as neighbours gathered at the site in defence of the victim. At the same time, a 35-year-old fisherman was ‘abducted’ at Vettilaik-kea'ni in Vadamaraadchi East. The military operatives gave a note in Sinhala to his wife stating that the Sri Lankan Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) has detained him, news sources in Jaffna said.

Those arrested in ‘abduction’ style were Thurai Jeyakumar, who is a carpenter from Kara'na-vaay and Sabaratnam Jeyaramesh from Vettilaik-kea'ni.

The abductors had blamed that the victims were providing food and other material assistance to a ‘regrouping section’ of former LTTE cadres.

In the meantime, the SL military in Jaffna has said that all vehicles would be subjected to inspection.

A special investigation ‘Terrorist’ investigation division has come from Colombo, police officials told media.

Chronology:

21.03.14  Abductions, arrests spread to Jaffna

21.03.14  Key sabotage in US draft lies in withdrawal of dem..

21.03.14  Fear psychosis grips Vanni as SL military clamps d..

20.03.14  Geneva press conference to discuss nature of US re..

19.03.14  Colombo malicious in twisting Ananthi's Geneva spe..

19.03.14  UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justi..

19.03.14  Sri Lankan TID releases Fr. Praveen, Ruki Fernando..

17.03.14  SL military deploys terror in Vanni, Priest, NGO a..

15.03.14  Protesters demand immediate release of Jeyakumari

15.03.14  Genocidal Sri Lanka sends message to children and ..

14.03.14  Ananthi delivers another UNHRC address on genocide..

14.03.14  Ananthi addresses UNHRC in Geneva on continued gen..

14.03.14  Colombo stages 'LTTE regrouping' scene in Vanni

14.03.14  SLA sets arrest of teen girl and mother figured in..

13.03.14  New Delhi FM wants Tamils to talk to Colombo for I..

11.03.14  US draft ‘positive’ on many counts in making Tamil..

10.03.14  Dormant diaspora rises up against US draft, demand..

09.03.14  Emboldened Colombo ‘mobilizes’ Ampaa’rai Tamils in..

07.03.14  Weak resolutions embolden Colombo: civil society a..

06.03.14  IC has deceived Tamils on international investigat..

05.03.14  USA ignores requests of Mannaar Bishop on UNHRC Re..

03.03.14  US draft stops at Navi Pillai inquiry into HR crim..

25.02.14  Tamils cautioned against word trick of OHCHR

20.02.14  Beware of war crimes investigation leading to ‘rec..

18.02.14  Genocide Geography academic cites Tamil case, urge..

17.02.14  UN should deliver remedial justice to Eezham Tamil..

11.02.14  USA and India conspire to cripple genocide investi..

10.02.14  US Senators call for War Crimes investigations in ..

Key sabotage in US draft lies in withdrawal of demilitarisation

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 March 2014, 16:00 GMT]
The US draft resolution that will be tabled at the UNHCR, initially talking of demilitarisation and then deleting it, amounts to encouragement of Sinhala militarisation in the occupied country of Eezham Tamils, and the results are already showing in the SL military activities, said Tamil activists for alternative politics in the island. The removal of demilitarisation is done with the particular intention of nullifying even the weak investigative mechanism of the OHCHR brought out in the draft, as witnesses will have no freedom to facilitate a genuine investigation in a genocidal-militarised environment, the activists said.

The best example is the ‘witnessing’ that was staged by the SL military immediately after the war by bringing the three captive doctors who served in Mu’l’livaaykkaal during the war. The international Establishments silently accepted this brutal twist of truth at that time, the activists further said.

In the meantime, Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF) representative Kumaravadivel Guruparan, Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Councillor from the Norther Provincial Council M.K. Shivajingam, Professor Sri Ranjan and Krisna Saravanamuttu from National Council of Canadian Tamils (NCCT), Luxcy Alex Lambert from the country council of Eelam Tamils in Germany, Dr. Andrew Higginbottom from UK and exiled journalist Bashana Abeywardane addressed media and activists at a side event in Geneva discussing whether the resolution being tabled at Geneva would be a part of the solution or a part of the problem.



Chronology:

21.03.14  Abductions, arrests spread to Jaffna

21.03.14  Key sabotage in US draft lies in withdrawal of dem..

21.03.14  Fear psychosis grips Vanni as SL military clamps d..

20.03.14  Geneva press conference to discuss nature of US re..

19.03.14  Colombo malicious in twisting Ananthi's Geneva spe..

19.03.14  UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justi..

19.03.14  Sri Lankan TID releases Fr. Praveen, Ruki Fernando..

17.03.14  SL military deploys terror in Vanni, Priest, NGO a..

15.03.14  Protesters demand immediate release of Jeyakumari

15.03.14  Genocidal Sri Lanka sends message to children and ..

14.03.14  Ananthi delivers another UNHRC address on genocide..

14.03.14  Ananthi addresses UNHRC in Geneva on continued gen..

14.03.14  Colombo stages 'LTTE regrouping' scene in Vanni

14.03.14  SLA sets arrest of teen girl and mother figured in..

13.03.14  New Delhi FM wants Tamils to talk to Colombo for I..

11.03.14  US draft ‘positive’ on many counts in making Tamil..

10.03.14  Dormant diaspora rises up against US draft, demand..

09.03.14  Emboldened Colombo ‘mobilizes’ Ampaa’rai Tamils in..

07.03.14  Weak resolutions embolden Colombo: civil society a..

06.03.14  IC has deceived Tamils on international investigat..

05.03.14  USA ignores requests of Mannaar Bishop on UNHRC Re..

03.03.14  US draft stops at Navi Pillai inquiry into HR crim..

25.02.14  Tamils cautioned against word trick of OHCHR

20.02.14  Beware of war crimes investigation leading to ‘rec..

18.02.14  Genocide Geography academic cites Tamil case, urge..

17.02.14  UN should deliver remedial justice to Eezham Tamil..

11.02.14  USA and India conspire to cripple genocide investi..

10.02.14  US Senators call for War Crimes investigations in ..

Fear psychosis grips Vanni as SL military clamps down on Tamils

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 March 2014, 08:08 GMT]
The occupying SL military system, emboldened by the extension of one more year to continue its iron fist manoeuvrings to continue to engineer demographic, cultural and structural genocide on the nation of Eelam Tamils, has used 2014 March sessions in Geneva to project an enemy in its imagination, bringing again untold miseries for the thousands of families that have been affected by the genocidal onslaught in 2009. On Wednesday and Thursday, the districts of Ki'linochchi and Mullaiththeevu witnessed military round up operations as never before in recent years after the war. Several villagers were brought to open grounds, filtered one-by-one, arrests made and threats issued by Sinhala soldiers who are made to believe by Colombo that former LTTE members were regrouping to wage another armed struggle. A fear psychosis has gripped the people of Vanni.

A white-van team of the occupying SL military abducted two former LTTE members at Puthukkudiryiruppu in open day light on Tuesday.

According to the instructions from Colombo, the top officials of the occupying SL military in the North have made the Sinhala soldiers to believe that the LTTE was being re-grouped in Vanni.

On Wednesday and Thursday, several villages in Mullaiththeevu and Ki’linochchi districts were subjected to round-ups, search operations, public filtering of people and arrests. On top of that all former members or cadres of the LTTE have been instructed to present themselves in nearest SL military camps without delay on Friday.

While a section of the armed Sinhala soldiers were patrolling the streets surrounding the villages, another section gets deployed on house-to-house search operations as during the times of war in SLA controlled territories.

The people were coached towards public grounds and SL military men filter the people and arrest some of them.

Additional soldiers were being deployed at a random fashion during the nights restricting the movement of civilians completely.

Udaiyaar-kaddu, Chuthanthira-puram and Iruddu-madu in Mullaiththeevu district witnessed big search operations on Wednesday and Thursday. The SL military has detained at least 8 persons after a public filtering at Udaiyaar-kaddu, news sources in Mullaiththeevu district told TamilNet Thursday night.

Former LTTE members were being threatened. There should be no contact with the ‘regrouping’ section of ex-LTTE was the message.

Kanakapuram, Uthayanakar villages were rounded up on Wednesday. Village (GS) officers were instructed to be present to verify the identity of the families during the search operations.

Nobody should be housed without informing the SL military in advance, the villagers were told by the Sinhala soldiers.

The people are unable to move around in Vanni without having valid identity cards.

Chronology:

21.03.14  Abductions, arrests spread to Jaffna

21.03.14  Key sabotage in US draft lies in withdrawal of dem..

21.03.14  Fear psychosis grips Vanni as SL military clamps d..

20.03.14  Geneva press conference to discuss nature of US re..

19.03.14  Colombo malicious in twisting Ananthi's Geneva spe..

19.03.14  UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justi..

19.03.14  Sri Lankan TID releases Fr. Praveen, Ruki Fernando..

17.03.14  SL military deploys terror in Vanni, Priest, NGO a..

15.03.14  Protesters demand immediate release of Jeyakumari

15.03.14  Genocidal Sri Lanka sends message to children and ..

14.03.14  Ananthi delivers another UNHRC address on genocide..

14.03.14  Ananthi addresses UNHRC in Geneva on continued gen..

14.03.14  Colombo stages 'LTTE regrouping' scene in Vanni

14.03.14  SLA sets arrest of teen girl and mother figured in..

13.03.14  New Delhi FM wants Tamils to talk to Colombo for I..

11.03.14  US draft ‘positive’ on many counts in making Tamil..

10.03.14  Dormant diaspora rises up against US draft, demand..

09.03.14  Emboldened Colombo ‘mobilizes’ Ampaa’rai Tamils in..

07.03.14  Weak resolutions embolden Colombo: civil society a..

06.03.14  IC has deceived Tamils on international investigat..

05.03.14  USA ignores requests of Mannaar Bishop on UNHRC Re..

03.03.14  US draft stops at Navi Pillai inquiry into HR crim..

25.02.14  Tamils cautioned against word trick of OHCHR

20.02.14  Beware of war crimes investigation leading to ‘rec..

18.02.14  Genocide Geography academic cites Tamil case, urge..

17.02.14  UN should deliver remedial justice to Eezham Tamil..

11.02.14  USA and India conspire to cripple genocide investi..

10.02.14  US Senators call for War Crimes investigations in ..

Moongkilaa'ru victims slain by heavy weapons: forensic report

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 March 2014, 07:26 GMT]
A forensic team that inspected the skeletons of the victims from a bunker at Moongkilaa'ru have submitted their report to Mullaiththeevu District Court stating that they have found 11 pieces of shrapnel used in artillery and mortar shells. The 9 victims were slain in Sri Lanka Army fired shells during the mass exodus by the civilians from the so-called ‘No Fire Zone’ which was targeted by the SL military fire during the genocidal onslaught. Hundreds of civilians perished in the shelling along the road and the families and relatives were not able to conduct proper burial. Volunteers who helped to bury the victims say most of the victims buried at the said bunker belonged to a single family from Thiruvaiyaa’ru in Ki’inochchi district.

The victims were fleeing Sri Lankan military claimed ‘No Fire Zone’ towards LTTE held territory in Mullaiththeevu while they were targeted by Sri Lanka Army shelling as the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) drones were providing coordinates with clear knowledge that those being targeted were innocent civilians.

There was no gunshot wounds in the skeletons as the SL military was claiming, legal sources in Mullaiththeevu told TamilNet on Friday.

The shrapnel beheaded one of the victims, believed to be a woman, the report has further said.

The victims have targeted by different types of shells as the shrapnel pieces recovered belong to different types, the legal sources in Mullaiththeevu said.

Following the discovery of mass grave after mass grave in the occupied Tamil homeland in Sri Lankan military held former ‘security zones’, the SL military was staging a false propaganda that the LTTE was behind slaying of the 9 victims in Moongkilaa'ru.

Chronology:

21.03.14  Moongkilaa'ru victims slain by heavy weapons: fore..

09.03.14  NPC minister condemns Colombo for twisting facts o..

Geneva press conference to discuss nature of US resolution

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 March 2014, 20:24 GMT]
Civil society activists and Tamil politicians from the homeland join together with Diaspora activists and exiled journalists to look into the question whether the US draft resolution being framed at the Human Rights Council would be a part of the solution or part of the problem in bringing a solution to the 60-year-old genocide of Eezham Tamils in their homeland on Friday at a side event in Geneva addressing a press conference at Geneva Press Club on Friday, Professor R. Sri Ranjan from the University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada, told TamilNet on Thursday. The event would explore the multiple aspects of the resolution and whether UNHRC as a body failed in its mandate to protect a persecuted people who face a most brutal form of genocidal oppression in their homeland. The press conference will also be webcast at 11:00 a.m. CET.

Speaking to TamilNet from Geneva, TNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam said: "There is a misconception as regards to the US sponsored resolution. There is a deliberate orchestration of a particular form of narrative that gives an illusion that there is a significant improvement for the Tamils, and that there is something in this resolution tantamount to a Commission of Inquiry that would lead to prosecution of perpetrators in the Sri Lankan state in the standards of International Criminal Justice. But this is false, and the resolution has nothing to do with bringing any decent change for the Tamils in the island."

He further said that at the press conference tomorrow, he would be talking about the motivations behind the current resolution and what the Tamils believe ought to happen at the UNHRC if it is to remain relevant.



Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (TNPF), MK Shivajlingam (TNA) and Kumaravadivel Guruparan, Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF) activist, will be looking at the gap between Tamil people’s demands for an international investigation into genocide and the US-UK sponsored resolution. They will also be addressing the burning issue of genocidal land grabs taking place in the Tamil homeland and look at how international community could bring an effective mechanism to end the structural genocide of Eelam Tamils.

Professor Sri Ranjan will be looking at how the different articles of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights have been violated by successive Sri Lankan governments over several decades.

Dr. Andrew Higginbottom from UK will be summarizing the concluding argument put forward for the prosecution at the Permamant Peoples Tribunal session held in Bremen. He will also look into UK’s central role in the UN.

Bashana Abeywardane will be looking at why the US-UK backed resolution is giving Sri Lanka yet another year from a geopolitical perspective and on the reasons behind the US-UK axis and the Russia-Chinese nexus to give support to the unitary Sri Lankan state.

Krisna Saravanamuttu from Canada will be looking at the on-going international failure of the IC and its complicity in the genocide of the Tamil nation. Luxcy Alex Lambert from Germany will be arguing how her host country could set a new paradigm in addressing the imbalance prevailing in the international system.

Canadian students highlight genocide in letter to Harper

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 March 2014, 12:36 GMT]
Canada's largest student union, representing more than 50,000 students, in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Harper, expressed solidarity with "the Tamil people calling for justice and accountability for the victims of ongoing structural genocide," and said they join other several Rights organizations in "demanding a sustainable and just political solution for an indiscriminate right to Tamil autonomyh in Sri Lanka and and end to systemic and physical acts of genocide to the Tamil people by the Sri Lankan Government."

Canadian Students letter to Harper

Canadian Students letter to Harper (ctd)

தளையிடப்பட்ட இலங்கை மனித உரிமை ஆர்வலர்கள் விடுதலை

தளையிடப்பட்ட இலங்கை மனித உரிமை ஆர்வலர்கள் விடுதலை

 


இலங்கையில் பயங்கரவாதத் தடுப்பு சட்டங்களின் கீழ் கைதான இரு மனித உரிமை ஆர்வலர்களை அரசு விடுதலை செய்திருக்கிறது.
கத்தோலிகப் பாதிரியார் அருட்தந்தை பிரவீன் மகேசன், (உ)ருக்கி பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகிய இருவரும் கடந்த ஞாயிறன்று இலங்கை அரசால் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர். அவர்கள் சமூகங்களுக்கிடையே ஒற்றுமையைக் குலைக்க முயன்றதான  ஐயப்பாட்டில்  கைதானதாக அதிகாரிகள் கூறினர்.

அருட்தந்தை பிரவீன் மகேசன், (உ)ருக்கி பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகிய இருவரும் செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை இரவு  நீதிபதி உத்தரவின் பேரில் விடுதலை செய்யப்பட்டதாகக் காவல்துறையினர்  தெரிவித்தனர்.

    கைதான மனித உரிமை செயற்பாட்டாளர்களை விடுதலை செய்ய  உலக நாடுகள் வலியுறுத்தின.
  இந்த இருவரும் , கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டத்தில் முன்னதாகக் கைதான,  செயக்குமாரி பாலேந்திரன் தொடர்பாகத் தகவல்களைத் திரட்ட சென்றிருந்தபோது  தளையிடப்பட்டனர்.

செயக்குமாரி இன்னும் தடுப்புக் காவலிலேயே இருக்கிறார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

மதத்தலங்கள் இடித்து அழிக்கப்படுவதாக அக்கீம் அறிக்கை

மதத்தலங்கள் இடித்து அழிக்கப்படுவதாக  அக்கீம் அனுப்பிய அறிக்கை  பன்னாட்டுஏற்பைப் பெற்றுள்ளது : விசேதாச இராசபட்ச

Submitted by ceditor on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 10:30
அமைச்சரவை  தகுதியில் உள்ள நீதி அமைச்சர் இரவூப் அக்கீம் இலங்கையில் சிறுபான்மை மதத்தலங்கள் இடித்து அழிக்கப்படுவதாக  செனீவாவுக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்த அறிக்கையானது இலங்கை அரசாங்கத்தால் அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்ட  அலுவல்சார்வ அறிக்கையாக உலகநாடுகளின் ஏற்பைப் பெற்றிருப்பதாக நேற்று  அவையில் தெரிவித்த ஐ.தே.கட்சி  நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் விசேதாச இராசபட்ச,  இலங்கைக்கு எதிராக  செனீவாவில் மனித உரிமை மீறல் தொடர்பாக முன்வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள  முன்மொழிவு தொடர்பில் அரசாங்கமே முழுப்பொறுப்பையும் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ள வேண்டும் எனவும் அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

பாராளுமன்றத்தில் நேற்று செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை இடம் பெற்ற இலங்கை மனித உரிமை ஆணைக்குழுவின் தலைவருக்கான எரிபொருள் கொடுப்பனவை அதிகரிக்கும்  முன்மொழிவு மீதான விவாதத்தில் உரையாற்றும்போதே ஐ.தே.க.  நா.உ. விசேதாச இராசபட்ச இதனைத் தெரிவித்தார். 
 அவையில் அவர் தொடர்ந்து உரையாற்றுகையில்,

இலங்கையில் மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் உண்மையிலேயே இடம்பெற்றுள்ளதா அல்லது இல்லையா என்பதைவிட இலங்கையின் இந்த மீறல்கள் இடம்பெற்றதாகவே உலகில் இன்று ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளது.

உலகில் மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் இடம்பெற்ற முன்னணி நாடாக இலங்கை திகழ்கிறது.

ஆனால், நாம் யாரும் இதற்கு முன்னர்  செனிவா சென்று இலங்கையின் மனித உரிமை நிலைவரங்கள் தொடர்பாக முறைப்பாடு செய்ததில்லை, பேசியதில்லை.

தற்போதைய  அதிபர்  மகிந்த இராசபக்ச அமைச்சர்களான வாசுதேவ நாணயக்கார, எசு.பி திசாநாயக்க என்பவர்கள் என, அன்று  செனிவா சென்று பேசியவர்கள் அனைவரும் தற்போது அரசாங்கத்துடனேயே இருக்கின்றனர்.

இலங்கை மீதான மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் குற்றச் சாட்டுகளுக்கு தருசுமன் அறிக்கை ஒரு காரணமாக இருக்கும் அதேவேளை இலங்கையில் கோவில்கள், முசுலிம் பள்ளிவாசல்கள், கிறித்துவ தேவாலயங்கள் இடித்து அழிக்கப்படுவதாக அமைச்சரவை  தகுதியுள்ள நீதியமைச்சர் இரவூப் அக்கீம் அனுப்பி வைத்த அறிக்கை இன்னுமொரு காரணமாக இருக்கின்றது.

இதனை அக்கீமே வழங்கியுள்ளதாக அதிபரே அமைச்சரவை கூட்டத்தில் கூறியுள்ளார்.

எனவே இவற்றுக்கெல்லாம் ஒருபோதும் ஐ.தே.க பொறுப்பாக முடியாது. விரும்பியோ, விரும்பாமலோ இந்த அனைத்துக் குற்றச்சாட்டுகளையும் அரசாங்கம் தான் ஏற்க வேண்டும்.

அது மட்டுமல்லாது , 18 ஆவது அரசியலைமைப்புத் திருத்தங்களை நிறைவேற்றிக்கொள்ள தாம் கொடுத்த ஆதாரத்தினாலேயே அரசுக்கு மூன்றிலிரண்டு பெரும்பான்மை கிடைத்ததாகவும் இரவூப் அக்கீம் கூறியுள்ளார்.

தவறான வழியில் அதிகாரத்தைப் பெற்றுக்கொள்வதற்காக செயற்பட்டமைக்காக அரசு இதற்கு பொறுப்புக்கூற வேண்டும்.

இந்த தவறான போக்குக்கு ஆதரவளித்தவர்கள் முன்னிலையில் அரசாங்கம் தலைகுனிந்துதான் செல்ல வேண்டியிருக்கும் என்றார்.

- வீரகேசரி

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Submitted by ceditor on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:03

வடக்கில் இடம்பெற்ற கொடுமைகளை அரசாங்கம் இன்றும் நினைவுப்படுத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றது. சிங்கள பகுதிகளிலேயே அரசாங்கத்தின் செயற்பாடுகள் மோசமென்றால் வடக்கில் எவ்வாறு கையாண்டிருப்பார்கள் என ஐக்கிய தேசியக்கட்சி கேள்வி எழுப்பியுள்ளது. 

செனிவா மனித உரிமையின் பேரவையில் நாம் போய் முறையிட வேண்டிய அவசியமில்லை. இலங்கையின் நிலை என்னவென்பதைகெ நாடுகள் கவனித்துக்  கொண்டிருக்கின்றன எனவும் ஐ.தே.க. தெரிவித்துள்ளது. 

 

ஐக்கிய தேசியக்கட்சியினால்   சிரீகொத்தாவில் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்த செய்தியாளர் சந்திப்பின் போதே கட்சியின் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் ஃகரீன் பெர்ணான்டோ மேற்கண்டவாறு தெரிவித்தார். 

 

இது தொடர்பாக அவர் மேலும் தெரிவிக்கையில்; 

 

அரசாங்கம் தனது மோசமான கொள்கைகளையும் அடாவடித்தனத்தினையும் கைவிடுவதாகத் தெரியவில்லை. இரதுபசுவெல சம்பவம் தொடர்பில் அரசாங்கம் எவ்விதத் தீர்மானங்களும் தீர்வும் எடுக்காத நிலையில் தற்போது அதேபோலொரு சம்பவமாகவே துன்னலை பிரதேச சம்பவமும் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது. மக்களுக்கு அசெளகரியமான வகையில் அமைந்துள்ள தொழிற்சாலையினை அப்புறப்படுத்துவது அரசாங்கத்தின் பொறுப்பு. அதைவிடுத்து மக்கள் மீது தாக்குதல் நடத்தவோ, தண்ணீர், தடியடி தாக்குதல் நடத்தவோ காவல்துறையினருக்கு உரிமையில்லை. 

 

அரசாங்கத்தின் கையாட்கள் நாட்டில் எதைச் செய்தாலும் அவற்றைப் பொருட்படுத்தாது மக்களைக் கண்டிப்பதே இன்று  காவல்து றை யினரினதும் இராணுவத்தினதும் தொழிலாகிவிட்டது. இன்று இரு தரப்பு போராட்டத்திலும் அப்பாவி  காவல்துறை அதிகாரியொருவர் உயிரிழந்துவிட்டார். இவை அனைத்திற்குமான பொறுப்பினை அரசாங்கமே ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். நாட்டின் மக்களிடையே மோதல்களை உருவாக்கி அமைதியைக் குழப்பி இறுதியில் சர்வதேச தலையீடுகளை கொண்டுவரும் செயற்பாட்டினை அரசாங்கமே செய்து வருகின்றன.  

 

- வீரகேசரி

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அன்பு நண்பர்களே,

வணக்கம். இணையமும் செல்பேசிகளும் பரவலாகிவிட்ட இந்தக் காலக்கட்டத்தில், கடிதம் எழுதும் வழக்கம் அருகி வருகிறது. குறுஞ்செய்திகளில் நம் எண்ணங்களைச் சுருக்கி இரண்டு வரிகளில் அளிக்க வேண்டிய நிலையில், நம் உள்ளக் கிடக்கைகளை விலாவாரியாக விவரிக்கும் கடித இலக்கியம் இன்று பெரும்பாலும் மறைந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது. அந்த வகையில் அரிதான கடித இலக்கியத்தை ஊக்குவிக்கும் வகையில் நம் வல்லமையில் வருகிற மகளிர் தினத்தை முன்னிட்டு ‘அன்புள்ள மணிமொழிக்கு’ என்ற தலைப்பில் போட்டி அறிவிப்பதில் மகிழ்ச்சியடைகிறோம்.

இப்போட்டியை நடத்துவதற்கான பரிந்துரையும், பரிசுத் தொகையும் வழங்க, தானே முன்வந்து அறிவித்திருக்கும் திருமதி தேமொழி அவர்களுக்கு நம் மனமார்ந்த பாராட்டுதல்களும், வாழ்த்துகளும்.

பதினாறாம் அகவையில் தம் இலக்கியப் பயணத்தை ஆரம்பித்து, இன்று இலக்கிய உலகில் தனக்கென ஒரு தனிப்பட்ட இடத்தையும் பிடித்து, தமிழ், ஆங்கிலம் என இரு மொழிகளிலும் சொற்பொழிவாற்றலும், இலக்கிய மன்றங்கள், கவியரங்கம், தொலைக்காட்சித் தொடர்கள் என அனைத்துத் தளங்களிலும் சுறுசுறுப்பாக இயங்கிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் திரு இசைக்கவி இரமணன் அவர்கள் இப்போட்டியின் வெற்றியாளர்களை தேர்ந்தெடுக்கச் சம்மதித்துள்ளார். அவருக்கும் நம் மனமார்ந்த நன்றி.

போட்டிக்கான விதிமுறைகள்:

ஒருவர் எத்தனை கடிதங்கள் வேண்டுமானாலும் அனுப்பலாம்.

போட்டிக்கு அனுப்பும் கடிதங்கள், இதற்கு முன் அச்சிலோ, இணையத்திலோ வேறு எங்கும் வெளியாகாத ஆக்கமாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.

மணிமொழியை சகோதரி, மகள், மருமகள், பேத்தி, தோழி, காதலி என எந்த ஒரு கற்பனைப் பாத்திரமாகவும் வரித்துக் கொண்டு தங்கள் ஆக்கங்களைப் படைக்கலாம். இலக்கியப் பாத்திரங்கள் முதல் இல்லாத கற்பனைப் பாத்திரங்கள் வரை மணிமொழியை விளித்து தனது எண்ணத்தில் தோன்றுவதை எந்தவொரு வரையறையும் இன்றி வேண்டுகோள், அறிவுரை, தனது அன்பை சொல்லுதல், நாட்டு நடப்பை அலசுதல் என எந்த ஒரு கட்டுப்பாடும் இன்றி தமது கருத்தைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளலாம்.

கடிதங்களுக்குப் பக்க எண்ணிக்கை இல்லை.

போட்டிக்கான இறுதி நாளான மார்ச் 31ம் தேதி வரை வருகின்ற ஆக்கங்களிலிருந்து சிறந்த மூன்று ஆக்கங்களைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்து முதல், இரண்டாம், மூன்றாம் பரிசுகள் வழங்கப்படும்.

பரிசு பெறுவோர், அயல்நாட்டில் வசிப்பவர் எனில், தம் இந்திய முகவரியை அளிக்க வேண்டும்.

படைப்புகள் தமிழில் மட்டுமே இருக்க வேண்டும்.

படைப்புகள் தெளிவான நடையில், யுனிகோடில் இருப்பது அவசியம்.

போட்டிக்கான இறுதி நாள் மார்ச் (2014) 31ம் நாள்.

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இரண்டாம் பரிசு ரூ. 750
மூன்றாம் பரிசு ரூ. 500

பிப்ரவரி மாதம் 21ம் தேதியிலிருந்து வருகிற படைப்புகள் போட்டிக்கு ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படும்.

தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட பரிசுக்குரிய படைப்பின் விவரம் ஏப்ரல் மாதத்தில் அறிவிக்கப்படும். ஆசிரியரின் தீர்ப்பே இறுதியானது.

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Colombo malicious in twisting Ananthi's Geneva speech

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 16:01 GMT]
Responding to Sri Lankan delegation's accusation on her address at Geneva, Northern Provincial Council (NPC) member Ananthi Sasitharan on Wednesday defended her statements in Geneva saying that she didn't violate any protocol of the Provincial Council system or that of the Sri Lankan State. “In fact, I went to Geneva following the democratic decision by the NPC,” she said. Also, the Sri Lankan delegation was malicious in projecting that she was using the term “Tamil Eelam”. Ms Ananthi said she was only using the term “Eelam Tamils,” which is the cultural identity of the Tamils in the island. I don't want to go into the discussion of the term that they have twisted is lawful or not. But, I was only using the term “Eelam Tamils” and the full text of my speeches will be made available by the UN Human Rights Council if anyone want to verify it, she further said.

The Sri Lankan delegation maliciously told the Council on Tuesday that Ms. Sasitharan, was referring in her statements to the Council to ‘Tamil Eelam’ and that by doing so she had “failed to adhere to the agreed language of the United Nations, and is in violation of the Constitution she has pledged to uphold as a Provincial Councilor.”

“[D]espite being a member of a provincial administration,” Ananthi Sasitharan has “chosen to make statements in the Council using time allocated to two NGOs,” the Sri Lankan delegation was telling the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday.

Further the Sri Lankan delegation was condemning Ananthi for voicing against the arrest of 13-year-old girl and her 48-year-old mother who have been active in peaceful mobilisation demanding the whereabouts of missing persons.

“I have all the right to voice for the victims based on the news and reactions coming from the human rights activists and my council in the North,” Ananthi said pointing out that NPC Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran was also protesting against the arrest and detention of Jeyakumari and her daughter on Tuesday in Jaffna.

The Sri Lankan delegation was reacting to Ananthi's speeches in its right to reply session under Agenda Item 4 on Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention.

NPC Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran taking part in the protest demanding release of the right activists detained by the Sri Lankan TID

Chronology:

19.03.14  Colombo malicious in twisting Ananthi's Geneva spe..

19.03.14  UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justi..

14.03.14  Ananthi delivers another UNHRC address on genocide..

14.03.14  Ananthi addresses UNHRC in Geneva on continued gen..

13.03.14  New Delhi FM wants Tamils to talk to Colombo for I..

11.03.14  US draft ‘positive’ on many counts in making Tamil..

10.03.14  Dormant diaspora rises up against US draft, demand..

09.03.14  Emboldened Colombo ‘mobilizes’ Ampaa’rai Tamils in..

07.03.14  Weak resolutions embolden Colombo: civil society a..

06.03.14  IC has deceived Tamils on international investigat..

05.03.14  USA ignores requests of Mannaar Bishop on UNHRC Re..

03.03.14  US draft stops at Navi Pillai inquiry into HR crim..

25.02.14  Tamils cautioned against word trick of OHCHR

20.02.14  Beware of war crimes investigation leading to ‘rec..

18.02.14  Genocide Geography academic cites Tamil case, urge..

17.02.14  UN should deliver remedial justice to Eezham Tamil..

11.02.14  USA and India conspire to cripple genocide investi..

10.02.14  US Senators call for War Crimes investigations in ..

04.02.14  ‘If UK-USA do not stop genocide of Tamils, they ar..

30.01.14  UNHRC urged against considering PSC route

02.01.14  Transcend SA model, SL State and West’s mechanisms..

25.12.13  Genocide has to be compensated by separation: Sikh..

30.03.13  TN resolution needs to be legally and politically ..

29.03.13  TNA MP cautions on PC elections harped on by Genev..

27.03.13  Tamil Nadu Assembly resolves for UN referendum on ..

27.03.13  Sinhala military takes over UN demining following ..

27.03.13  Ambassador Blake cannot reverse Tamil genocide: Pr..

26.03.13  Tamils should resist being taken into current west..

24.03.13  New US Secretary of State responsible for Geneva i..

23.03.13  Tamil National People’s Front rejects Geneva resol..

22.03.13  Time to wage next stage of struggle

22.03.13  Australian Greens Senator criticizes support to em..

22.03.13  Genocidal double talk by India, US - Prof. Boyle

22.03.13  TN upsurge transcending establishments inspires NZ..

21.03.13  Diaspora youth join Tamil Nadu students in protest

21.03.13  Unprecedented demonstration in Tamil Nadu denounce..

21.03.13  Adopting draft resolution will violate Genocide Co..

20.03.13  German Left youth group conveys solidarity with Ta..

19.03.13  Confusion prevails among pro-Establishment lobbyis..

19.03.13  Karunanidhi pulls out from New Delhi Establishment

18.03.13  Jayalalithaa urging international investigation cu..

17.03.13  TN readies biers for US resolution, demands genoci..

16.03.13  Karunanidhi indicates quitting GOI if internationa..

16.03.13  US resolution burnt in front of US Embassy in Lond..

15.03.13  Gajendrakumar at UN calls for transitional adminis..

15.03.13  USA continues to harp on implementing Sri Lanka's ..

15.03.13  Colombo executing structural genocide, not reconci..

15.03.13  Tamil Nadu student upsurge gains momentum overcomi..

14.03.13  Kurdish leadership accuses imperialist powers for ..

14.03.13  UNHRC, CHOGM, Regime Change: people’s power has no..

14.03.13  Protest in Australia rejects LLRC-based US resolut..

13.03.13  Tamil Nadu students burn US draft resolution

11.03.13  Student protests across Tamil Nadu intensify again..

11.03.13  Fasting Loyola students arrested by police, protes..

08.03.13  Chennai college students on indefinite hunger-stri..

07.03.13  Learn Lesson and Respond Concretely: ‘LLRC’ for Ta..

07.03.13  USA releases draft resolution for discussion in Ge..

07.03.13  ‘US resolution will not give Tamils justice’: Vaik..

07.03.13  Colombo reaches ‘understanding’ with USA, claims S..

26.02.13  UNHRC heads for structural genocide if Tamil natio..

25.02.13  NZ Tamils raise question on applying SA model to E..

20.02.13  NZ Tamils accuse Obama for doing nothing to check ..

20.02.13  Host CHOGM in New Zealand: Tamil Action Front

05.02.13  TESO urges New Delhi to move for referendum at Gen..

04.02.13  Tamils will lose land forever by failing to addres..

03.02.13  Canadian minister fails to address genocide, annih..

02.02.13  Vanni visit ‘pleases’ British Under Secretary

01.02.13  ‘Slap on the face reception’ to UK Under Secretary..

28.01.13  Visiting US team continues ‘counting trees’ in Jaf..

27.01.13  TESO misrepresents Tamil cause by harping on UNHRC..

25.01.13  Soul searching in India, Obama wipes out tears

06.11.12  UNHRC resolution has failed to exert pressure on C..

14.09.12  ‘UN approach counts trees, conceals sight of fores..

24.04.12  The court of international public opinion

30.03.12  Post-UNHRC needs show of Fourth World solidarity

28.03.12  Norway plays with words on investigation, sees fai..

27.03.12  Eezham Tamil youth in Canada challenge connivance ..

26.03.12  LLRC centered resolution, an albatross around Tami..

25.03.12  Indian ‘cooperation’ stalls OHCHR acting on UNHRC ..

25.03.12  India placates Sri Lanka, claims it had ‘balanced’..

24.03.12  ICG acknowledges crisis but turns out cock-eyed on..

23.03.12  TNPF cautions ‘first step’ myth of UN resolution

22.03.12  Watered-down resolution passes in UNHRC, stops sho..

21.03.12  US-led World Bank loans to Rajapaksa, fortifies Co..

21.03.12  China card misleads Indian public

20.03.12  Centre for Peace and Reconciliation attacked in Ja..

19.03.12  Jayalalithaa blasts New Delhi supporting US-bailou..

19.03.12  India inclined to vote in favour of US resolution:..

19.03.12  Begin next stage of struggle by burning Sri Lankan..

18.03.12  Tamil civil society warned US officials on LLRC da..

18.03.12  ‘LLRC hollow, India must use pressure to secure ju..

16.03.12  Eezham Tamils demonstrate outside US Embassy in Lo..

15.03.12  US resolution offers bailout to Rajapaksa: Brian S..

14.03.12  New Delhi’s ‘historical’ Lanka relations outweigh ..

14.03.12  Onus focuses on India

13.03.12  Boyle warns Tamil diaspora against "Stall and Dela..

12.03.12  LLRC will only legitimise Sinhala occupation of Ta..

12.03.12  Win TV discussion sets Tamil perspective straight ..

11.03.12  Without international investigation accused will b..

11.03.12  We always requested international investigation: T..

11.03.12  LLRC-based resolution extremely disappointing: Gaj..

10.03.12  Tamil Nadu activists caution diaspora of the US-re..

09.03.12  US-resolution inadequate, India should seize oppor..

08.03.12  US-resolution binds Tamils to less than the 13th A..

07.03.12  World socialists reject both US-backed resolution ..

06.03.12  Thousands gather in Geneva denouncing deceptive de..

06.03.12  Tamil Nadu demands India to declare Rajapaksa guil..

06.03.12  Sumanthiran, Sritharan contradict reasoning Geneva..

05.03.12  West has to concede to Tamils its failure of ‘war ..

02.03.12  US demand on Sri Lanka is not enough: UNSG Panel o..

01.03.12  US, Sri Lanka squabble whether hang or slaughter E..

29.02.12  Enragement over US-India stand results in Sumanthi..

27.02.12  SL colonial governor coordinates anti-UN demonstra..

26.02.12  Peace academic denounces US-LLRC formula, urges al..

25.02.12  TNA plans boycotting UNHRC, requests people to rem..

25.02.12  US ‘tables’ Rajapaksa formula while pretending pre..

24.02.12  UNHRC sessions open on Monday amidst US–Sri Lanka ..

18.02.12  TNA tries to sell Indo-US pre-emption to Eezham Ta..

16.02.12  Sumanthiran comes forward to save Rajapaksa from i..

22.01.12  TNA should use its Tamil national mandate: Bishop ..

01.01.12  Majority ITAK members welcome civil society report..

13.12.11  TNA leadership faces admonition from civil society..

UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justice

UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justice to their genocide: Ananthi

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 12:42 GMT]
The Right to Protect (R2P) concept, accepted by the World Summit in 2005, has totally failed to save Eelam Tamils from the genocidal war in 2009, said NPC councillor, Ms Ananthi Sasitharan at the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday in Geneva. She addressed the council twice, one of them being in Tamil language. Although the United Nation, which has admitted its systemic failure on the conflict, chose to learn lessons from the failures in the island and came up with the Rights Up Front initiative, it has failed to deliver justice to the victims on whose fate these lessons were learned, Ms Ananthi told the Council. “As the victims of a continued genocide, we are disappointed with the resolutions being tabled at this respected assembly, year after year, failing to address the root-problem, which is genocide,” she told the Council.

At least three NGOs, including veteran human rights activist Karen Parker, demanded investigation on Tamil genocide at Geneva on Tuesday.

* * *

The full text of Ananthi Sasitharan's 3rd address on behalf of the Belgium-based Collectif des Femmes Africaines du Hainaut (CFAH), follows:

Thank you Chair,

We welcome the focus on mass atrocity crimes by this August assembly.

Today, I stand before this assembly, also as an elected representative of the Tamil National Alliance of the Northern Provincial Council from the island of Sri Lanka. I am also a victim, who lost her husband in the hands of the Sri Lankan military, after personally witnessing the surrender my husband at the end of war.

Following the genocidal war in the island, more than 146,000 Tamil people are still un-accounted for. The UN has said that tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed in 2009.

The 60-year-old genocide is still going on. We are subjected to cultural genocide, demographic genocide and structural genocide.

The democratic Northern Provincial Council has passed an important resolution demanding international investigation on situation akin to genocide.

The Tamil Nadu State Assembly in India has passed resolutions demanding independent international investigations into all crimes including genocide against Tamils. The Tamil Diaspora has also been demanding the same.

As the victims of a continued genocide, we are disappointed with the resolutions being tabled at this respected assembly, year after year, failing to address the root-problem, which is genocide.

In our opinion, it is not enough to look only at the war crimes of the final months. It is not enough to treat the whole affair, as something related to individual human rights violations alone. The approach of equating the crime-of-genocide in the North and East, with the individual human rights violations in the South, is not helping the victims on the ground.

The judges of the Permanent People’s Tribunal have found Sri Lanka guilty of genocide in their verdict given last December at Bremen in Germany.

In the opinion of Tamil victims, the R2P concept, accepted by the World Summit in 2005, has totally failed in saving Eelam Tamils from the genocidal war in 2009.

After 2009, following reports after reports, the UN has admitted its systemic failure on the conflict.

Learning lessons from the failure in our conflict, the UN has come up with Rights Up Front initiative.

However, Justice is not delivered to the victims, on whose fate these lessons were learned. Justice delayed is Justice denied.

Thank you very much for your attention!

* * *

Representing Vivekananda Sevakendra-O-Sishu Uddyan, an NGO with Special Consultative Status with United Nation-ECOSOC, Ms Ananthi Sasitharan gave an address in Tamil. The English version of the statement, released to media by the NPC concillor in Geneva, follows:

Thank you Chair,

We welcome the focus on mass atrocity crimes by this August assembly.

Today, I stand before this assembly, also as an elected representative of the Tamil National Alliance of the Northern Provincial Council from the island of Sri Lanka. I am also a victim, who lost her husband in the hands of the Sri Lankan military, after personally witnessing the surrender my husband at the end of war. I also represent thousands of people, who are still searching for their family members.

Following the genocidal war in the island, more than 146,000 Tamil people are still un-accounted for. The UN has said that tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were killed in 2009.

But after May 2009, genocide has intensified as a process in different forms.

The Sri Lankan military which is made of Sinhalese occupies our homeland. The number of military men occupying has increased year after year. We do not have rights to our land. Our land is taken away from us by the Sri Lankan military and Sinhala settlers. Due to the military occupation, there is no safety for women and girls. Rape and sexual violence happens regularly.

Even as I speak here today, two prominent human rights activists, Rev. Fr. Praveen and Mr Ruki Fernando who went to Kilinochchi to voice for the rights of a Tamil mother and her daughter have been put under arrest by the Sri Lankan State under the notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Several of our temples and churches are destroyed and Buddhist statues are built. Our culture is being destroyed day by day. We are not even allowed to light candles for our dead. The Sri Lankan state wants to erase our land, our culture, our history and our memory.

All of this can be read from several reports.

The Bremen-Permanent People’s Tribunal concluded that what happened to the Tamils during the war and what is on-going is genocide.

Yet, the UN has done nothing to stop it. It has not even recognized it. I can speak for the Tamils in the homeland that we are very disappointed with the earlier resolutions and this draft resolution. They do not address any of the problems we face. Even the word “Tamil” has not been mentioned.

The Sri Lankan state is incapable of reforming itself. It is a genocidal state and it cannot conduct an inquiry on itself. There must be a UN mechanism for independent international investigation into the genocide. There also should me measures to halt the on-going genocide.

I again speak as a mother and as a representative of Tamil mothers back home. We want our children, our future, to be secure in our homeland. With our identity. With peace. With dignity. With justice.

The world has this responsibility to our Tamil nation which has suffered brutal state persecution for over 60 years.

Thank you very much for your attention!

Chronology:

19.03.14  Colombo malicious in twisting Ananthi's Geneva spe..

19.03.14  UN uses Tamils to 'learn lessons' but denies justi..

14.03.14  Ananthi delivers another UNHRC address on genocide..

14.03.14  Ananthi addresses UNHRC in Geneva on continued gen..

13.03.14  New Delhi FM wants Tamils to talk to Colombo for I..

11.03.14  US draft ‘positive’ on many counts in making Tamil..

10.03.14  Dormant diaspora rises up against US draft, demand..

09.03.14  Emboldened Colombo ‘mobilizes’ Ampaa’rai Tamils in..

07.03.14  Weak resolutions embolden Colombo: civil society a..

06.03.14  IC has deceived Tamils on international investigat..

05.03.14  USA ignores requests of Mannaar Bishop on UNHRC Re..

03.03.14  US draft stops at Navi Pillai inquiry into HR crim..

25.02.14  Tamils cautioned against word trick of OHCHR

20.02.14  Beware of war crimes investigation leading to ‘rec..

18.02.14  Genocide Geography academic cites Tamil case, urge..

17.02.14  UN should deliver remedial justice to Eezham Tamil..

11.02.14  USA and India conspire to cripple genocide investi..

10.02.14  US Senators call for War Crimes investigations in ..

04.02.14  ‘If UK-USA do not stop genocide of Tamils, they ar..

30.01.14  UNHRC urged against considering PSC route

02.01.14  Transcend SA model, SL State and West’s mechanisms..

25.12.13  Genocide has to be compensated by separation: Sikh..

30.03.13  TN resolution needs to be legally and politically ..

29.03.13  TNA MP cautions on PC elections harped on by Genev..

27.03.13  Tamil Nadu Assembly resolves for UN referendum on ..

27.03.13  Sinhala military takes over UN demining following ..

27.03.13  Ambassador Blake cannot reverse Tamil genocide: Pr..

26.03.13  Tamils should resist being taken into current west..

24.03.13  New US Secretary of State responsible for Geneva i..

23.03.13  Tamil National People’s Front rejects Geneva resol..

22.03.13  Time to wage next stage of struggle

22.03.13  Australian Greens Senator criticizes support to em..

22.03.13  Genocidal double talk by India, US - Prof. Boyle

22.03.13  TN upsurge transcending establishments inspires NZ..

21.03.13  Diaspora youth join Tamil Nadu students in protest

21.03.13  Unprecedented demonstration in Tamil Nadu denounce..

21.03.13  Adopting draft resolution will violate Genocide Co..

20.03.13  German Left youth group conveys solidarity with Ta..

19.03.13  Confusion prevails among pro-Establishment lobbyis..

19.03.13  Karunanidhi pulls out from New Delhi Establishment

18.03.13  Jayalalithaa urging international investigation cu..

17.03.13  TN readies biers for US resolution, demands genoci..

16.03.13  Karunanidhi indicates quitting GOI if internationa..

16.03.13  US resolution burnt in front of US Embassy in Lond..

15.03.13  Gajendrakumar at UN calls for transitional adminis..

15.03.13  USA continues to harp on implementing Sri Lanka's ..

15.03.13  Colombo executing structural genocide, not reconci..

15.03.13  Tamil Nadu student upsurge gains momentum overcomi..

14.03.13  Kurdish leadership accuses imperialist powers for ..

14.03.13  UNHRC, CHOGM, Regime Change: people’s power has no..

14.03.13  Protest in Australia rejects LLRC-based US resolut..

13.03.13  Tamil Nadu students burn US draft resolution

11.03.13  Student protests across Tamil Nadu intensify again..

11.03.13  Fasting Loyola students arrested by police, protes..

08.03.13  Chennai college students on indefinite hunger-stri..

07.03.13  Learn Lesson and Respond Concretely: ‘LLRC’ for Ta..

07.03.13  USA releases draft resolution for discussion in Ge..

07.03.13  ‘US resolution will not give Tamils justice’: Vaik..

07.03.13  Colombo reaches ‘understanding’ with USA, claims S..

26.02.13  UNHRC heads for structural genocide if Tamil natio..

25.02.13  NZ Tamils raise question on applying SA model to E..

20.02.13  NZ Tamils accuse Obama for doing nothing to check ..

20.02.13  Host CHOGM in New Zealand: Tamil Action Front

05.02.13  TESO urges New Delhi to move for referendum at Gen..

04.02.13  Tamils will lose land forever by failing to addres..

03.02.13  Canadian minister fails to address genocide, annih..

02.02.13  Vanni visit ‘pleases’ British Under Secretary

01.02.13  ‘Slap on the face reception’ to UK Under Secretary..

28.01.13  Visiting US team continues ‘counting trees’ in Jaf..

27.01.13  TESO misrepresents Tamil cause by harping on UNHRC..

25.01.13  Soul searching in India, Obama wipes out tears

06.11.12  UNHRC resolution has failed to exert pressure on C..

14.09.12  ‘UN approach counts trees, conceals sight of fores..

24.04.12  The court of international public opinion

30.03.12  Post-UNHRC needs show of Fourth World solidarity

28.03.12  Norway plays with words on investigation, sees fai..

27.03.12  Eezham Tamil youth in Canada challenge connivance ..

26.03.12  LLRC centered resolution, an albatross around Tami..

25.03.12  Indian ‘cooperation’ stalls OHCHR acting on UNHRC ..

25.03.12  India placates Sri Lanka, claims it had ‘balanced’..

24.03.12  ICG acknowledges crisis but turns out cock-eyed on..

23.03.12  TNPF cautions ‘first step’ myth of UN resolution

22.03.12  Watered-down resolution passes in UNHRC, stops sho..

21.03.12  US-led World Bank loans to Rajapaksa, fortifies Co..

21.03.12  China card misleads Indian public

20.03.12  Centre for Peace and Reconciliation attacked in Ja..

19.03.12  Jayalalithaa blasts New Delhi supporting US-bailou..

19.03.12  India inclined to vote in favour of US resolution:..

19.03.12  Begin next stage of struggle by burning Sri Lankan..

18.03.12  Tamil civil society warned US officials on LLRC da..

18.03.12  ‘LLRC hollow, India must use pressure to secure ju..

16.03.12  Eezham Tamils demonstrate outside US Embassy in Lo..

15.03.12  US resolution offers bailout to Rajapaksa: Brian S..

14.03.12  New Delhi’s ‘historical’ Lanka relations outweigh ..

14.03.12  Onus focuses on India

13.03.12  Boyle warns Tamil diaspora against "Stall and Dela..

12.03.12  LLRC will only legitimise Sinhala occupation of Ta..

12.03.12  Win TV discussion sets Tamil perspective straight ..

11.03.12  Without international investigation accused will b..

11.03.12  We always requested international investigation: T..

11.03.12  LLRC-based resolution extremely disappointing: Gaj..

10.03.12  Tamil Nadu activists caution diaspora of the US-re..

09.03.12  US-resolution inadequate, India should seize oppor..

08.03.12  US-resolution binds Tamils to less than the 13th A..

07.03.12  World socialists reject both US-backed resolution ..

06.03.12  Thousands gather in Geneva denouncing deceptive de..

06.03.12  Tamil Nadu demands India to declare Rajapaksa guil..

06.03.12  Sumanthiran, Sritharan contradict reasoning Geneva..

05.03.12  West has to concede to Tamils its failure of ‘war ..

02.03.12  US demand on Sri Lanka is not enough: UNSG Panel o..

01.03.12  US, Sri Lanka squabble whether hang or slaughter E..

29.02.12  Enragement over US-India stand results in Sumanthi..

27.02.12  SL colonial governor coordinates anti-UN demonstra..

26.02.12  Peace academic denounces US-LLRC formula, urges al..

25.02.12  TNA plans boycotting UNHRC, requests people to rem..

25.02.12  US ‘tables’ Rajapaksa formula while pretending pre..

24.02.12  UNHRC sessions open on Monday amidst US–Sri Lanka ..

18.02.12  TNA tries to sell Indo-US pre-emption to Eezham Ta..

16.02.12  Sumanthiran comes forward to save Rajapaksa from i..

22.01.12  TNA should use its Tamil national mandate: Bishop ..

01.01.12  Majority ITAK members welcome civil society report..

13.12.11  TNA leadership faces admonition from civil society..