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சனி, 28 டிசம்பர், 2013

CPJ calls for immediate release of Indian journalist

[TamilNet, Friday, 27 December 2013, 20:18 GMT]
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York based media rights group, on Friday called for the immediate release of an Indian journalist and film-maker, Maga Thamizh Prabhagaran who was arrested by the occupying Sri Lankan military and Police in Vanni on Wednesday.

"Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa continually insists that his administration has nothing to hide, yet time and time again, we see authorities harass and intimidate journalists in an effort to prevent them from doing their work," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon.

"Sri Lanka should release Tamil Prabhakaran immediately," Joel Simon said.

In the meantime, news sources in Colombo said that the journalist was being subjected to interrogation by the so-called Terrorist Investigation Department of SL Police.

The TID is manned by SL military intelligence operatives who receive direct instructions from the SL Defence Ministry in Colombo.

Chronology:

27.12.13 CPJ calls for immediate release of Indian journali..

27.12.13 Sri Lanka’s TID interrogates Indian journalist in ..

26.12.13 Colombo arrests Indian journalist touring Vanni

Sri Lanka’s TID interrogates Indian journalist in Colombo

[TamilNet, Friday, 27 December 2013, 13:19 GMT]
The journalist from Tamil Nadu, Maga Thamizh Prabhagaran, who was arrested by the occupying SL military and police in Vanni, while he was visiting Ki’linochchi was still under the custody of the ‘Terrorist Investigation Department’ as late as Thursday night, informed sources in Colombo said. Earlier, the SL police spokesman in Colombo had stated that the Mr Thamizh Prabhagaran was being handed over to the immigration authorities for deportation. But, Colombo's TID officers were interrogating the Indian journalist on his contact network in the island by going through his article series that has appeared in Junior Vikatan, the sources further said.

In the meantime, journalist community and the political parties in Tamil Nadu have demanded New Delhi to intervene and secure the safe return of Indian journalist.

MDMK leader Vaiko in an urgent letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged immediate and appropriate measures to be taken through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to release the Indian citizen from Colombo’s custody and to make sure his safe return to Tamil Nadu.

Journalist associations in Chennai were preparing for the next action after sending urgent appeals to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi.

The occupying SL military interfering in the civil affairs arrested the journalist Maga Thamizh Prabahagaran on Wednesday in Ki’linochchi district while the journalist was talking to the parish priest of St. Antony’s Church at the presence of Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian S. Sritharan and fellow TNA politicians who were on a tour visiting Ponnaave’li and meeting the people there.

The TID department is manned by military intelligence officers, who receive direct instructions from SL presidential sibling and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

Chronology:

27.12.13 CPJ calls for immediate release of Indian journali..

27.12.13 Sri Lanka’s TID interrogates Indian journalist in ..

26.12.13 Colombo arrests Indian journalist touring Vanni

ஞாயிறு, 19 மே, 2013

TNPF politicians, journalist released on bail

[TamilNet, Sunday, 19 May 2013, 10:59 GMT]
The SL police in Mannaar has released TNPF politicians Selvarasa Kajendren, Visvalingam Manivannan and a journalist, Joseph Fernando, together with 6 other males on personal bail Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. after producing them before the Judicial Medical Officer for examination.

The six women held in detention were relased earlier around 8:30 p.m.

The TNPF politicians were arrested by the Sri Lankan Police at Mannaar Saturday afternoon while they were attending a Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance Day function.

Chronology:

19.05.13 TNPF politicians, journalist released on bail

18.05.13 SL Police arrests TNPF politicians on Mu'l'livaayk..

சனி, 19 ஜனவரி, 2013

SL military deployed ex-LTTE member

SL military deployed ex-LTTE member, EPDP-journalist to frame Sritharan MP

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 January 2013, 23:41 GMT]
A former LTTE member, known as Premraj Vasanthan, allegedly recruited by the SL military intelligence for covert operations in the post-Mu’l’livaaykkal times, had visited the office of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Mr Sivagnanam Sritharan after a long time last Friday and was wandering around inside the office. On the following day, the SL “Terrorist” Investigation Department (TID) operatives raided the office of the TNA parliamentarian in Ki’linochchi, with Mr Vasanthan in their ‘custody’. The intelligence operative “located” explosives, while the SL military “discovered” pornography material and the EPDP journalist planted condoms in an apparent move to discredit and frame Mr Sritharan, who has been gaining public support from the people of Vanni.

Propaganda waged against Sritharan MP by SL military and EPDP elements in Ki'linochchi

A leaflet distributed by SL military operatives against Sritharan MP in Ki'linochchi

In the meantime, TNA sources in Vanni told TamilNet that they had spotted Mr. Vasanthan freely roaming around in Ki’linochchi market area after the episode at the TNA office in Ki’linochchi.

When the SL-TID operatives brought Vasanthan to Sritharan’s office last Saturday, he was in a handcuffed state.

The TID, deploying a ‘counterinsurgency’ (COIN) styled operation, also used a journalist, who has been hired by the EPDP parliamentarian Mr Chandrakumar as his propaganda manager.

The SL military intelligence has designed and distributed psyop leaflets among the people.

However, the leaflets exposed the intention behind the SL action against the TNA parliamentarian.

The leaflets blamed TNA MP Sritharan for having voiced against alleged sexual harassments of Tamil women conscripted by the SL military recently.

In the meantime, around 30 to 40 SL soldiers were deployed in a search operation to locate Mr Pon Kanthan, who was at the office of Sritharan MP.

Mr Veazhamaalikithan, who was in charge of the office, is being detained at the Vavuniyaa office of the TID and is being interrogated.

Kanthan was earlier released after a brief interrogation at the office of the TNA MP last Saturday.

With the ‘bomb’ episode at Sritharan MP's office in Ki'linochchi, the occupying SL military has sought to curb the political activities that were being carried out by the two activists who are close to the TNA MP.

On Friday, while commenting to the questions raised, Mr CVK Sivagnanam, a veteran civil and political activist, who is also a joint secretary of Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) said that a legal initiative is under way to protect Mr Sritharan.

Earlier, Mr Sritharan was telling media that he had been sidelined by the TNA hierarchy.

TNA leaders R Sampanthan and Maavai Senathirajah are yet to raise their voice in support of Mr Sritharan, who is being harassed by the “Terrorist” investigation department of Colombo.

There is a pattern in the modus operandi on who is protected and who is framed, political observers in the island said.

The US-based former GTF President appreciating the political line of Mr Sumanthiran MP has been given with an appointment letter to become the advisor to the Sinhala colonial governor in the North. But, Sritharan MP is framed by the TID.

The pattern makes many a Tamils to suspect that every act of Colombo, particularly the acts of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, are actually designed and consented by an articulating ‘group’ from the outside engaged in engineering a particular agenda, and that is why Colombo confidently carries out all its operations, the observers further said.

Chronology:

18.01.13 SL military deployed ex-LTTE member, EPDP-journali..

13.01.13 SLA ex-officer testifies on orders to plant bomb a..

12.01.13 Colombo’s military establishment steps up psyop wa..

12.01.13 SL “Terrorist” investigators allegedly plant bomb ..