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War Crimes in Sri Lanka
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 17 May 2010 15:35 GMT ]
A UN-mandated international inquiry should be the priority, and those countries that have jurisdiction over alleged crimes – including countries such as the U.S. where dual nationals or residents may be suspected – should vigorously pursue investigations.
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Impossible Dream - Sri Lanka’s elections repeat the lessons of 1956
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 10 May 2010 09:17 GMT ]
The core driver of Sri Lankan politics is Sinhala nationalism, a mass ideology that predates independence, and which has since been entrenched in the state. It is the central obstacle to the constitutional recognition of the Tamils, and other Tamil speaking peoples, as having a rightful place, equal to the Sinhalese, on the island.
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General election 2010: Why British foreign policy will not change
[ Financial Times UK ] [ 05 May 2010 10:11 GMT ]
It (UN) overwhelmingly endorsed the principle of Responsibility to Protect (to prevent atrocities) in 2005 but has been paralysed when political and diplomatic intervention has been required, for example to protect Tamil civilians in the Sri Lankan government campaign.
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Sri Lanka's war: time for accountability
[ Open Democracy ] [ 29 April 2010 08:16 GMT ]
The end of Sri Lanka’s post-war electoral cycle makes it even more important for the world to stand for justice over the country’s human-rights abuses.
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Sri Lanka: Beyond Triumphalism
[ Eurasia Review ] [ 27 April 2010 06:10 GMT ]
Both Colombo and the international communities must be conscious of the promises of the present moment and the unacceptable costs of undermining the opportunity to resolve, fully and finally, one of South Asia's longest and fiercest conflicts.
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Tamils have no voice in Sri Lanka
[ National Times ] [ 26 April 2010 07:42 GMT ]
The view of the Tamil diaspora is that they need to press for and represent Tamil claims, because Tamils in Sri Lanka have lost their voice.
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Sri Lanka in need of statesmanship
[ The Asian Age ] [ 24 April 2010 11:19 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan leader has the unique opportunity to bring much-needed normality and stability to his country, which will continue to elude Sri Lanka if the ethnic Tamil issue is not brought to a satisfactory close.
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Tamils seek political solution
[ Gulf Times ] [ 23 April 2010 10:22 GMT ]
“To work towards a just, reasonable and durable political arrangement within the framework of a united country that would address the legitimate political aspirations of our people”.
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South Indians in Roman Egypt?
[ Frontline ] [ 07 April 2010 09:58 GMT ]
Evidence that “inhabitants from Tamil South India were living in Berenike, at least in the early Roman period”.
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Classical Tamil Award for Asko Parpola
[ The Hindu ] [ 04 April 2010 15:51 GMT ]
He was selected for his work on the Dravidian hypothesis in interpreting the Indus script because the Dravidian, as described by him, was very close to Old Tamil.
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Sri Lanka's traitorous politics
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 03 April 2010 13:34 GMT ]
The end of the civil war has seen an authoritarian culture take hold in which the term 'traitor' is flung about with wild abandon.
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Sri Lanka elections: Will Tamil rights be upheld?
[ The Christian Science Monitor ] [ 02 April 2010 12:12 GMT ]
Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka April 8 could mark progress for the whole country – if the government ends discrimination and embraces the rights of war-weary Tamils.
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Tormenting the Tamils with our terror laws
[ ABC ] [ 31 March 2010 09:37 GMT ]
In the end, the anti-terrorism laws that we have passed, and the large agencies which have been staffed to enforce them, have resulted in Australia taking sides with war criminals and adding to the misery of a terrible humanitarian crisis.
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'Engaging' Tamil diaspora to elude the cause
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 29 March 2010 11:14 GMT ]
Engaging sections of vested interests in the diaspora to elude righteous causes of struggling people, in order to achieve imperialist goals in war and peace, is a long time strategy of powers.
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Tamil forum calls for boycott of Sri Lanka
[ Reuters ] [ 25 March 2010 08:14 GMT ]
It is hoped that all donors including China, Japan and India will follow precedence set by Britain and the U.S. in persuading Sri Lanka to address its human rights record.
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Sri Lanka's forgotten Tamils
[ The Morung Express ] [ 20 March 2010 09:33 GMT ]
Tea workers who migrated from Tamil Nadu centuries ago are exploited in the plantations of the Sri Lankan highlands.
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Free the Tamil refugees
[ The Socialist Party ] [ 18 March 2010 10:49 GMT ]
'WE WILL not remain silent while Tamil refugees suffer out of the sight of the world's media'.
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EU: Sri Lanka could avoid trade rights loss
[ AP ] [ 17 March 2010 09:22 GMT ]
An EU report last year says Sri Lanka is breaching United Nations commitments to respect civil and political rights and violating a convention against torture and a charter on children's rights.
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Rights experts to advise UN's Ban on Sri Lanka
[ Reuters ] [ 07 March 2010 17:38 GMT ]
"I am convinced that Sri Lanka should undertake a full reckoning of the grave violations committed by all sides during the war, and that the international community can be helpful in this regard,"
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A New Sri Lanka?
[ AT ] [ 06 March 2010 00:16 GMT ]
The new Sri Lanka is likely to be a more unjust and less democratic place than the old one.
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U.N. rights chief slams abuses in Sri Lanka
[ Reuters ] [ 05 March 2010 09:57 GMT ]
Critics of the council who argue that the 47-member body often fails to deal with human rights violations as countries unite in regional alliances to shield each other from scrutiny.
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Shaping Western policy on Sri Lanka
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 04 March 2010 09:39 GMT ]
From Palestine to Iran, from Ireland to Argentina, an oppressed people will always resist by whatever means are available to them.
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Sri Lanka faces sanctions
[ The Catholic Leader ] [ 03 March 2010 10:55 GMT ]
"Despite claims of freedom of movement for those in camps, the truth is that people cannot leave without gaining approval and they must report regularly to police.
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No signs of reconciliation
[ Gulf News ] [ 01 March 2010 09:57 GMT ]
This amounts to yet more bad news for the Tamil minority, which has already grown weary of repressive measures on civil society.
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Future of Sri Lanka
[ Foreign & Commonwealth Office ] [ 24 February 2010 17:41 GMT ]
The struggle for equality and democracy is one that should unite all Sri Lankans and all Governments around the world.
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The Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora after the LTTE
[ The International Crisis Group ] [ 23 February 2010 19:02 GMT ]
The Tigers’ humiliating defeat, the enormous death toll in the final months of the war and the internment of more than a quarter million Tamils left the diaspora feeling powerless, betrayed by the West, demanding justice and, in some cases, wanting revenge.
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Terrorism and Free Speech
[ The New York Times ] [ 23 February 2010 09:33 GMT ]
Americans should be able to make arguments to a court on the behalf of terrorist groups. That is crucial for the legal system to work and for the constitutionality of laws of this kind to be tested.
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Checkmate!
[ Forbes ] [ 21 February 2010 18:07 GMT ]
With Tamils in Sri Lanka beaten on all fronts, the time has come for India to intervene decisively.
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Freedom under threat in Sri Lanka
[ The Financial Times UK ] [ 18 February 2010 10:10 GMT ]
The island needs to get its political house in order. Otherwise the Jaffna Peninsula may one day again hear the sound of gunfire.
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China's Sri Lanka port raises concern
[ UPI ] [ 18 February 2010 09:55 GMT ]
A Chinese admiral's suggestion Beijing build a naval base in the Gulf of Aden has raised fears in the Middle East that a confrontation between China and India is looming along vital energy export routes.
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EU suspends Sri Lanka trade preferences
[ European Voice ] [ 15 February 2010 15:43 GMT ]
The member states of the European Union decided today to suspend trade preferences for Sri Lanka because of violations of human-rights agreements.
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THE TRAGEDY IN SRI LANKA
[ UNN ] [ 13 February 2010 09:25 GMT ]
The most crucial reason for breakdown of ceasefire was the attitude of US Government which insisted on excluding LTTE from advanced talks in Washington.
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Rights group: Rights of Tamil suspects violated
[ The Washington Post ] [ 02 February 2010 08:55 GMT ]
A report by New-York based Human Rights Watch said the government should identify which detainees with suspected rebel links present a genuine threat and release the rest.
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The 2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election and Beyond
[ TC ] [ 26 January 2010 10:03 GMT ]
A good example is the promise to end the Executive Presidency and return political power to Parliament. This was promised by both Mahinda Rajapaksa and his predecessor, Chandrika Kumaratunga. Once in power, they exploited it to the full.
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War crimes pressure on new S.Lanka chief: analysts
[ AFP ] [ 25 January 2010 10:52 GMT ]
The minority Tamil community in the north, on whose behalf the Tigers waged their war for independence, must be integrated economically and politically to prevent the re-emergence of a popular armed resistance movement, analysts say.
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PLEASE CALL YOUR KIN AND KITH IN SRI LANKA TODAY!
[ TWG ] [ 24 January 2010 19:05 GMT ]
As somebody who is concerned about the interests of the oppressed and degraded Tamils of the North-East, please make that URGENT call to your relatives and friends to vote for Sarath Fonseka, as recommended by the TNA in order to bring about a positive change to the suffering of Tamils.
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Uncovering Sri Lanka's war crimes
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 22 January 2010 00:08 GMT ]
The ball is now in Ban Ki-moon's court: he should establish an independent international investigation to establish the truth of what happened in Sri Lanka, an essential step toward accountability for the serious crimes committed there.
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Swords crossed in Sri Lanka
[ The Japan Times ] [ 21 January 2010 10:21 GMT ]
Whichever "hero" wins, however, building enduring peace and stability in war-scarred Sri Lanka requires a genuine process of national reconciliation and healing.
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Sri Lanka 'guilty' of war crimes
[ BBC ] [ 17 January 2010 16:55 GMT ]
In its preliminary findings, the People’s Tribunal on Sri Lanka (PTSL) that conducted hearings from 14 to 16 January in Dublin has also concluded that the Sri Lanka government is also guilty of crimes against humanity.
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Refugees Are Not Bargaining Chips
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 14 January 2010 09:11 GMT ]
Almost three months later, one of the boats, holding more than 250 Sri Lankans, remains moored in the West Javan port of Merak.
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Jailed Sri Lankan journalist released on bail
[ Amnesty International USA ] [ 13 January 2010 10:32 GMT ]
"Tissainayagam was arrested and sentenced solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and for his legitimate activities as a journalist. His conviction should be struck down and he should be released unconditionally," said Yolanda Foster.
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Sri Lanka's Choice, and the World's Responsibility
[ The New York Times ] [ 12 January 2010 13:47 GMT ]
Now, put yourself in a Tamil’s shoes, and decide whom to vote for in the presidential election: Choose either the head of the government that ordered the attacks against you and your family, or the head of the army that carried it all out.
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Sri Lanka: A Bitter Peace
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 12 January 2010 08:01 GMT ]
No matter which of the two main Sinhalese candidates wins Sri Lanka's 26 January presidential election, the international community must take steps to ensure he addresses the marginalisation of Tamils and other minorities in the interest of peace and stability.
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Thousands pay last respects to Pirapaharan’s father
[ TamilNet ] [ 10 January 2010 13:55 GMT ]
Despite the intimidating presence of Sri Lanka intelligence personnel, people poured in their thousands from all parts of the peninsula to pay their last respects to the remains of late Tiruvengadam Vellupillai.
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TNA Statement on Presidential Elections
[ TNA ] [ 09 January 2010 11:55 GMT ]
In view of the unanimous opposition of the TNA to President Mahinda Rajapaksa securing fresh term, the members of the Parliament of the TNA appeal to the Tamil Speaking People to vote for the Common Opposition Candidate General Sarath Fonseka.
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Human Rights Group Challenges Terrorism Law
[ AHN ] [ 07 January 2010 10:15 GMT ]
"Cutting off aid to terrorism is undoubtedly an important government interest, but criminalizing legitimate peace building and humanitarian work including advocacy to end terrorism and violence does nothing to further that interest and actually makes it more difficult to achieve."
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Self Determination: Principle & The Law
[ Tamil Nation ] [ 06 January 2010 09:51 GMT ]
'The inviolability of a country's borders against invasion from the outside must be clearly separated from the right to statehood of any people within a state's borders.'
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S.Lanka's main Tamil party backs ex-general
[ AFP ] [ 05 January 2010 08:17 GMT ]
"Full restoration of all institutions of civil administration from the office of village headman upwards will be free from military, police and political interference," the letter to the TNA said.
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Cultural Genocide
[ Sangam ] [ 04 January 2010 11:32 GMT ]
Establishing these colonies will go hand in hand with ‘development’ projects aiming to open the conquered territory to the conquerors and eventually to change of demography so that Tamils can never fight for their national rights on the island.
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Govt. 'misled' world powers
[ BBC ] [ 31 December 2009 08:33 GMT ]
"This government will never offer a political solution for the Tamil people in the north and east. Although the war is over, there will never be a political solution for the national question,"
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'Sri Lanka cannot escape war crime charges'
[ EB ] [ 30 December 2009 10:01 GMT ]
A Spanish court heard a case against Israeli Generals under the “universal jurisdiction theory under a private plaint by relatives of the affected parties (Geneva Convention).”
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Tsunami's appalling aftermath
[ The Australian ] [ 28 December 2009 09:51 GMT ]
It would be a tragedy if the whiff of corruption deterred individuals, organisations and governments from responding generously to natural disasters in the future.
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Statement on Issues and Principles Concerning Reconstruction and Development in the Post-War North-East
[ Sangam ] [ 27 December 2009 17:01 GMT ]
The efforts of the Tamils from within Sri Lanka and the Diaspora to fulfill their needs fully, and secure the full Human Rights of the Tamil people, should be based on clear principles, namely those which are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which include the inherent right of the Tamils, as a distinct people and inhabiting a historical homeland, to the right of self-determination.
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‘Tamil girls in camps abused by troops’
[ The Times of India ] [ 20 December 2009 19:22 GMT ]
Not only military guards traded sex for food with Tamil women but prisoners were also being made to kneel for hours in the sun, the Observer reported.
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The road ahead for Sri Lanka
[ MeriNews ] [ 19 December 2009 13:49 GMT ]
There are the women and children being victimised because of barbaric acts of military committed under government directives.
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Humanitarian and political situation in Sri Lanka
[ FCO ] [ 16 December 2009 08:09 GMT ]
The Foreign Secretary also confirmed that UK will continue to work directly with the Government of Sri Lanka and with international partners for an inclusive political process that addresses legitimate grievances and aspirations of all communities.
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'Defence secretary ordered war crimes' say Fonseka
[ BBC ] [ 13 December 2009 17:12 GMT ]
General Sarath Fonseka alleges that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who’s Sri Lanka’s defence secretary, ordered that all the Tamil Tiger rebel leaders be killed and not allowed to surrender at the time the civl war ended in May.
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Sri Lanka’s war on journalists
[ CPJ ] [ 12 December 2009 14:36 GMT ]
On World Press Freedom Day in May, President Barack Obama cited the prosecution of J.S. Tissainayagam as “emblamatic” of press freedom abuses worldwide.
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"Never Again? What the Holocaust can't teach us about modern-day genocide"
[ The International Crisis Group ] [ 06 December 2009 00:12 GMT ]
In recent years, governments have not necessarily been exterminating entire subgroups en masse with crystal-clear intent. Yet some governments show no qualms about shelling huge numbers of ethnic minority civilians trapped in confined war zones, as we saw in Sri Lanka earlier this year.
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Commonwealth vetoes Sri Lanka bid to hold 2011 gathering
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 29 November 2009 19:57 GMT ]
A Downing Street source said on Thursday: "We simply cannot be in a position where Sri Lanka – whose actions earlier this year had a huge impact on civilians, leading to thousands of displaced people without proper humanitarian access – is seen to be rewarded for its actions."
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The Elders call on Sri Lankan government to protect rights of civilians displaced by conflict
[ The Elders ] [ 28 November 2009 10:51 GMT ]
Chair of The Elders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, signed the letter on behalf of his fellow Elders, Martti Ahtisaari, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Brundtland, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter, Graça Machel and Mary Robinson.
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Commonwealth leaders must focus on Sri Lanka crisis
[ Amnesty International ] [ 27 November 2009 22:07 GMT ]
The organization has called on the Sri Lankan authorities to abide by the principles of international humanitarian law and ensure that displaced people are supported to make voluntary and informed decisions about their future.
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Sri Lanka's promise to free displaced must be followed by concrete action
[ Amnesty International ] [ 25 November 2009 08:59 GMT ]
"Humanitarian and human rights organizations should be given unimpeded access to displaced people and those attempting to resettle to monitor their safety and wellbeing and ensure their needs are being met, including that they are protected against further human rights violations," said Madhu Malhotra.
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Sri Lanka: Free All Unlawfully Detained
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 25 November 2009 08:57 GMT ]
"By denying access of international aid organizations to those returning home, the government is putting the health and well-being of these people at additional risk," said Adams.
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Reconciliation cannot come without parity and dignity
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 19 November 2009 09:05 GMT ]
Present day International Community will register a point of progress in the polity of human civilization by collectively eradicating baneful states like Sri Lanka that habitually blackmails, using the card of geopolitics, to resist restructure.
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Tamil Eelam: Historical Right to Nationhood
[ Dissident Voice ] [ 18 November 2009 00:09 GMT ]
The percentage of Tamils in Sri Lanka has been reduced from 30% to 12.6%. Tens of thousands have been murdered before and during the recent war, and as many as one million have fled the country, part of a massive Diaspora, like the Jews.
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Denial is not effective
[ Online ] [ 16 November 2009 10:53 GMT ]
Denial is no solution to the repression of people, sooner or later the boil will burst and the consequences will have to be dealt with.
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Sampanthan slams resettlement ‘sham’
[ SL ] [ 15 November 2009 14:41 GMT ]
In the name of settlement, the government simply takes the people out of the camps and abandons them without providing proper infrastructure facilities.
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UN Chief - Sri Lanka "resisting" investigations
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 14 November 2009 11:44 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, criticized the Sri Lankan Government on the issue of "accountability" and for refusing to co-operate “to our many requests for an international investigation of what we say is widespread acts of killing of civilians."
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Situation in Sri Lanka Absolutely Grim
[ Tamil Sangam ] [ 07 November 2009 10:41 GMT ]
Speaking about war in Sri Lanka which has ended last May, Ms. Roy suggested, “I believe that the Government of Sri Lanka should be investigated for committing war crimes.”
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US wants Fonseka 'to testify against Gotabhaya'
[ BBC ] [ 01 November 2009 15:15 GMT ]
The possibility of the US government questioning the Chief of the Sri Lankan Defence Staff comes 10 days after the State Department produced a report outlining what it said was credible evidence of possible war crimes committed by government forces .
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Report to Congress on Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka
[ U.S. Department of State ] [ 27 October 2009 11:23 GMT ]
This report is submitted pursuant to the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32), which directed the Secretary of State to submit a report detailing incidents during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka that may constitute violations of international humanitarian law or crimes against humanity, and, to the extent practicable, identifying the parties responsible.
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Gaza-style inquiry needed - UN
[ BBC ] [ 25 October 2009 13:22 GMT ]
The allegations were so serious that the fighting in Sri Lanka required an inquiry similar to that recently carried out into the Gaza conflict.
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Report on Sri Lanka to US congress
[ BBC News ] [ 23 October 2009 08:51 GMT ]
The information contains "first-hand accounts communicated by persons from within the government-declared No Fire Zones and locations close to the fighting".
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Unlock the Camps in Sri Lanka
[ Amnesty International ] [ 21 October 2009 09:22 GMT ]
A quarter of a million displaced Sri Lankans who are being held in de facto detention camps are facing a humanitarian disaster as monsoon rains threaten to flood camps.
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INDIA'S 'LOST LEVERAGE'
[ NE ] [ 19 October 2009 09:41 GMT ]
If India is not prepared to positively respond to the reality, someone else is going to do that. Even China may do it, making further inroads into India’s own people in the South,.
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UK Lanka deportations 'under review'
[ BBC ] [ 18 October 2009 15:39 GMT ]
A British court has called upon the authorities to consider accusations of human rights violations in Sri Lanka while reviewing deportation of failed asylum seekers to the island.
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Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka
[ Foreign Policy In Focus ] [ 17 October 2009 00:09 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's nervousness about its international standing has not yet triggered any significant improvement on human rights matters, and there is no indication that the government is genuinely rethinking its policies.
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A Precarious Peace
[ The Journal ] [ 16 October 2009 08:39 GMT ]
If the fragile situation isn't handled carefully, Sri Lanka might very well see a greatly feared return to terrorist insurgencies and sectarian violence.
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EU peace support work 'failing'
[ BBC ] [ 15 October 2009 07:56 GMT ]
Dealing with failed or failing states - identifying their problems early on and applying appropriate remedies - will be crucial.
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Great Expectations
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 13 October 2009 08:23 GMT ]
However, the tipping point will come - again - when Tamil hopelessness replaces expectations.
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SRI LANKA WAR CRIMES – THE WEST NOT DELHI WILL DELIVER JUSTICE TO THE VICTIMS
[ Ground Report ] [ 11 October 2009 19:38 GMT ]
To Sri Lanka and Delhi the May resolution was a license to commit more heinous crimes, namely to intern civilians in massive numbers in sub human conditions to induce their death through hunger, disease and disappearances. These events spread a sense of doom and gloom amongst the Tamils worldwide.
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TWG Editorial: THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER!
[ TWG ] [ 11 October 2009 00:03 GMT ]
But the long suffering Tamils, both in Sri Lanka and abroad do know that it's not all over for them yet and ultimately, their lost freedom will be restored! Whether their freedom and dignity will be brought about by an internal or external power is the question that time will answer.
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Behind The Sri Lankan Bloodbath
[ Forbes ] [ 10 October 2009 09:38 GMT ]
The manner in which Colombo played the China and Pakistan cards in recent years to outsmart India is likely to remain an enduring feature of Sri Lankan diplomacy, making Sri Lanka a potential springboard for anti-India maneuvers. [Full Story]
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Why is the Vatican silent on SL Tamils’ plight ?
[ DM ] [ 07 October 2009 10:55 GMT ]
The present Archbishop Most Rev. Dr. Malcolm Ranjith who was serving in the Vatican at that time intervened and secured the opportunity for the President to meet the Pope. Since , then the Pope made no mention of the SL war in his subsequent announcements.
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The Situation in Sri Lanka
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 03 October 2009 10:14 GMT ]
The EU and its member states should speak publicly, clearly and often about the need for the displaced to have freedom of movement immediately.
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Justices to review Patriot Act provision
[ CNN ] [ 01 October 2009 07:11 GMT ]
"Congress has banned a broad range of material support -- regardless of whether the terrorist group claims to engage in otherwise lawful activities, and regardless of whether the support is ostensibly given to assist those supposedly lawful activities,"
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UN in Tamil 'bitterness' warning
[ BBC ] [ 30 September 2009 08:02 GMT ]
Mr Ban said further suffering under harsh conditions in the camps could lead to growing discontent in the government-run camps in the north.
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Propaganda war: Truth is first casualty
[ Jewish Tribune ] [ 19 September 2009 08:12 GMT ]
When Sri Lanka killed about 20,000 Tamil civilians in the brutal end game to its civil war, the UNHRC did not see fit to condemn the Sinhalese regime.
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Fears for human rights in Sri Lanka
[ The Financial Times ] [ 16 September 2009 13:31 GMT ]
The UN sent a senior envoy to Sri Lanka on Tuesday amid international concern over alleged human rights violations on the island in spite of the end of its 26-year civil war.
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The Tamils of Sri Lanka
[ The Daily Star ] [ 13 September 2009 00:08 GMT ]
Treating Tamils badly, as in the matter of those in the camps, can only keep alive the very reasons for which Prabhakaran went to war.
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UN patience wears thin in S Lanka
[ BBC ] [ 11 September 2009 14:59 GMT ]
The UN says it cannot continue indefinitely to fund the main refugee camp in Sri Lanka where the government is keeping nearly 300,000 people.
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Sri Lanka: Survivors must be allowed home
[ CAFOD ] [ 10 September 2009 09:17 GMT ]
We are calling on the government of Sri Lanka to end the forced confinement of hundreds of thousands of survivors of the country’s long and bloody conflict and allow them to go home.
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Sri Lanka: Access denied
[ The Guardian UK - Editorial ] [ 09 September 2009 09:32 GMT ]
It is time that the donor nations and the agencies formed a united front to resist this unreasonable and ungrateful attitude.
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Footage reveals Sri Lanka camp conditions
[ Channel4 ] [ 08 September 2009 08:41 GMT ]
The plight of Tamil children was raised by Unicef spokesman James Elder, who has just been expelled from the country after being accused by the government of spreading Tamil Tiger propaganda.
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Tamils convene in Paris for Global mobilisation
[ GTF ] [ 07 September 2009 09:58 GMT ]
Global Tamil Forum exists with the aim of alleviating the sufferings of the Tamil community in the Island of Sri Lanka and to further their right to self determination within a democratic frame work under pinned by international law, its covenants and conventions.
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Sri Lanka expels Unicef official
[ BBC ] [ 06 September 2009 14:55 GMT ]
Mr Elder had raised UN concerns over the fate of children and civilians regularly during the final stages of the government assault in northern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Tamils fear UK deportation
[ BBC ] [ 06 September 2009 13:41 GMT ]
Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers in the UK have accused the British government of double standards - trying to send them back to Sri Lanka on the one hand while accusing the island's authorities of human rights violations on the other.
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Harper government's silence on Sri Lanka unacceptable
[ The Liberal ] [ 05 September 2009 08:14 GMT ]
"Our foreign policy has to be based on a principled engagement with our partners and friends in attempting to deal with a government like Sri Lanka, which is ignoring humanitarian law and the rights of its citizens".
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U.N. investigator wants Sri Lanka executions probe
[ Reuters ] [ 02 September 2009 08:55 GMT ]
His comments came in reaction to video footage aired last week by Britain's Channel 4 television, which it said showed Sri Lankan forces executing a group of unarmed, naked, bound and blindfolded Tamils during the army's final assault.
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Politics of "Terrorism"
[ The Palestine Telegraph ] [ 01 September 2009 09:14 GMT ]
Dealing with poverty, racism, the dis-proportionate distribution of power, abuse of power and the debilitating effect of corruption would enable the causes of terrorism to be addressed before violence is embraced as a course of action against injustice.
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State Terrorism and Absolute Animalism
[ Sangam ] [ 30 August 2009 19:11 GMT ]
The international community has plainly failed its obligations to protect the Tamils from severe human catastrophe when the war hit its zenith, and through inaction let the government achieve its desired outcome, no matter how unjust.
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"We Don't Want Development, We Want Our Rights!"
[ Huffington Post ] [ 28 August 2009 00:08 GMT ]
It seems that only when the international community recognizes the limits of "development" will Tamil civilians, inadvertently, be granted the most basic of rights- the right of return.
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Is this evidence of Sri Lankan 'war crimes'?
[ Channel4 ] [ 26 August 2009 07:51 GMT ]
Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, which obtained the material, said it was filmed in January - when the international media were prevented by the Sri Lankan government from covering the conflict zone.
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US warns of Sri Lankan violence
[ BBC ] [ 18 August 2009 08:27 GMT ]
The warning by the US assistant secretary of state is a clear sign that Western nations are getting increasingly frustrated with the delay in the political reconciliation process in Sri Lanka.
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The urgency of bearing witness
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 14 August 2009 09:21 GMT ]
It is now more important than ever that the outside world demands to be allowed in, to provide help that is so obviously needed and to see the uncensored reality.
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Dark triumphalism clouds Sri Lanka
[ The Financial Times ] [ 12 August 2009 00:09 GMT ]
Unless the Sinhala majority shows magnanimity and gives the Tamils control over their lives, their cause will surely reignite from the embers of this war.
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War crime trials 'impunity gap'
[ BBC ] [ 11 August 2009 10:06 GMT ]
In its report, the human rights committee says that international conventions meant the UK's courts should help to bring war criminals and others to justice.
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Unlock the camps in Sri Lanka
[ Amnesty International ] [ 11 August 2009 00:24 GMT ]
The organization's Secretary General, Irene Khan, launched the Unlock the Camps campaign at the start the organization's International Council Meeting, a gathering of international delegates in Turkey.
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The Way Ahead
[ Sangam ] [ 10 August 2009 09:12 GMT ]
If it is possible to convince the oppressor to give the oppressed their dues peacefully, then there is no room for violence.
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Tamils Seek Link and Common Cause with Jews
[ PRWeb ] [ 06 August 2009 08:41 GMT ]
"The most important point: Jews were the victims of a recent attempt, the holocaust, to exterminate them. Sri Lankan Tamils have been the victims of a similar attempt that began in 1948 and is still going on. We hope that this painful connection gives us enough common experience that we Tamils may call on Jews for help."
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Sri Lanka: The Urgency of Bearing Witness
[ Medical Foundation ] [ 01 August 2009 10:19 GMT ]
With the people of Sri Lanka increasingly cut off from the outside world, it is now more important than ever that the outside world demands to be allowed in, to provide help that is so obviously needed and to see the uncensored reality.
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US concerned over Sri Lankan camps
[ AP ] [ 28 July 2009 08:21 GMT ]
Foreign diplomats and aid workers fear that the camps are actually internment camps where the displaced people are being held indefinitely.
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TNA MP hits out at opportunistic leaders
[ Express News Service ] [ 27 July 2009 08:41 GMT ]
“Though we urged foreign countries to impress on Sri Lanka to stop the war, they still continued their silence, leading to loss of thousands of lives,”
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"War Without End"
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 22 July 2009 08:18 GMT ]
Many of the restrictions appear designed to prevent the disclosure of conditions in the camps or the situation that civilians faced during the final months of the war.
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Editorial: Tamil Camps
[ The New York Times ] [ 16 July 2009 09:31 GMT ]
The time for silence is over. The best way to help the Tamils is by demanding their freedom and an end to their long ordeal.
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Power before peace in Sri Lanka
[ Asia Times ] [ 15 July 2009 08:02 GMT ]
Rights activists have accused the government of keeping Tamils as "prisoners behind barbed wire in camps where conditions are in many cases abysmal".
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Ethnic cleansing in Sri Lanka
[ Institute of Race Relations ] [ 11 July 2009 08:17 GMT ]
A nation bound together by the effete ties of language, race and religion has arrived at the cross-roads between parliamentary dictatorship and fascism.
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No welfare for Sri Lanka's Tamils
[ Al Jazeera ] [ 09 July 2009 08:09 GMT ]
Governments and aid organisations have remained silent for a variety of reasons and the people living in the squalid camps of Sri Lanka have paid the price for that silence.
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President Obama Urged to Act on Sri Lanka by Six Rights Groups
[ Amnesty International ] [ 08 July 2009 09:11 GMT ]
The failure of the international community to take concrete action to protect civilians in Sri Lanka has given the green light to regimes around the world and has signaled that there is nothing that the international community will do when a government kills its own people under the cover of sovereignty.
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War crime suspects may see UK immunity loophole closed
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 07 July 2009 08:08 GMT ]
The news comes days after a report by the Aegis Trust anti-genocide group revealed that 18 suspected war criminals from countries including Sri Lanka, Iraq and Sierra Leone were living with impunity in the UK.
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Sri Lanka’s Judiciary: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 01 July 2009 08:32 GMT ]
Court also intervened at crucial moments in the political process to strike down negotiated agreements designed to address Tamil concerns, thereby strengthening political hardliners among Sinhala nationalist parties and deepening the ethnic divide.
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War's End Hasn't Stilled the World's Young Tamil Voices
[ TIME ] [ 01 July 2009 08:02 GMT ]
While many youth would still like to see the eventual creation of an independent Tamil homeland, their short-term grass-roots lobbying is intended to get Western governments to influence Sri Lanka into resettling the internally displaced Tamils today.
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TIME TO RESOLVE ‘NATIONAL’ CONFLICTS
[ NLP ] [ 28 June 2009 10:25 GMT ]
If an indigenous people are being discriminated against and are unable to preserve their differences e.g. language or worship then the creation of a nation-state within ancient territories is a logical answer.
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Setting the hands of the clock right
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 23 June 2009 09:41 GMT ]
The Tamil request to the civilised world at this juncture is to support their democratic experiment and to listen to their democratic voices.
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The making of a liberal quagmire
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 21 June 2009 15:02 GMT ]
The fiction the Sri Lankan state wanted meaningful political engagement with the Tamils has been destroyed, along with 20,000 more Tamil bodies.
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Sri Lanka 'will face UN inquiry'
[ BBC ] [ 20 June 2009 09:31 GMT ]
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC discusses on the Today programme whether the UN should hold an investigation to find out what really happened.
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The disappeared
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 14 June 2009 16:58 GMT ]
At the head of the most recent document from Eaton House Immigration Service in London the words "Liability to Detention" glare out bleakly from the page.
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Humanity failed in Sri Lanka
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 13 June 2009 09:27 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan government has carried out atrocities with impunity – and is now allowed to investigate itself for war crimes
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UN concern over Sri Lanka camps
[ BBC ] [ 11 June 2009 12:11 GMT ]
Bulldozers were working constantly to clear jungle and that phone lines, schools, banks and even a cash machine had been built. He said this was "phenomenal" but described government plans to replace tents with more permanent structures as a "big worry".
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TAMIL RANKS 15TH LINGUISTIC GROUP IN THE WORLD!
[ TCHR ] [ 11 June 2009 07:57 GMT ]
It is surprising that the people who speak one of the oldest languages in the World, which ranks in fifteenth position as most spoken language, do not even have any fundamental political rights in the Island of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka deports Canadian MP: Officials
[ Ottawa Citizen ] [ 10 June 2009 10:18 GMT ]
Canada gave asylum to more than 300,000 ethnic Tamils who left Sri Lanka in the 1980s, and members of the diaspora have held angry anti-Sri Lankan rallies there in recent months.
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Tamil campaigner Euro vote boost
[ BBC ] [ 09 June 2009 18:21 GMT ]
A Tamil rights campaigner won more than 50,000 votes in the European elections - making her one of the most successful independent candidates ever.
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S Lanka turns away Tamil aid ship
[ BBC ] [ 08 June 2009 18:24 GMT ]
Sri Lanka has turned away a ship which came from Europe carrying aid for Tamil civilians displaced in the final months of the civil war
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What price victory?
[ Japan Times ] [ 08 June 2009 10:42 GMT ]
The laws of war and the notion of crimes against humanity are premised on the belief that there are limits to how combatants conduct themselves in conflict.
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UN chief urges Sri Lanka inquiry
[ Al Jazeera ] [ 06 June 2009 11:11 GMT ]
"Whenever and wherever there are credible allegations for the violations of international humanitarian law there should be a proper investigation,"
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Sri Lanka doctors 'to be tried'
[ BBC ] [ 05 June 2009 10:43 GMT ]
Two of them were senior local health directors and the United States has said they "helped save many lives" while the UN called them "heroic".
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'IDPs not protected by law' - CJ
[ BBC ] [ 05 June 2009 10:38 GMT ]
Over two hundred thousand people in refugee camps are not treated according to the law of the land, says the Chief Justice (CJ) of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lankan Puppets in the Hands of Emerging Superpowers
[ Telegraph UK ] [ 03 June 2009 08:56 GMT ]
Now it is time for the civilized to world to decide whether to allow the Sri Lankan government and its friends who had caused so many thousands of deaths, to run these controversial Nazi style concentration camps.
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Slaughter in Sri Lanka
[ The Times UK ] [ 29 May 2009 00:04 GMT ]
The UN has no right to collude in suppressing the appalling evidence of the cost. The truth must be told.
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U.N. urged to press rights of Sri Lanka war survivors
[ Reuters ] [ 25 May 2009 12:00 GMT ]
Amnestry also said the government needed to be held accountable for abuses committed by state forces, who have been accused of killing and mistreating civilians in their quest to destroy LTTE separatists over a long time period.
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EU states sell arms to Sri Lanka while condemning violence
[ EU Observer ] [ 20 May 2009 00:05 GMT ]
A number of EU member states - including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland - have however continuined to arm the Sri Lankan government since the election of hardline president Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2005.
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United Nations urges 'essential' war crimes probe
[ Reuters ] [ 16 May 2009 10:34 GMT ]
Britain, France and other EU states are pushing for the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session on the conflict, as it has done in the past to examine the occupied Palestinian territories, Burma and Sudan's Darfur region.
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Bloody Sri Lanka
[ Financial Times UK ] [ 15 May 2009 09:32 GMT ]
The Tamil cause will reignite from the embers of this war.
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Britain warns Sri Lankan government
[ BBC ] [ 14 May 2009 21:21 GMT ]
Politicians from all parties urged for harsher measures against Sri Lanka including suspension from the Commonwealth, the withdrawal of the diplomats, direct peace-keeping intervention, a boycott of Sri Lankan made goods and a travel ban on government members and their relatives.
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UN 'grave concern' over Sri Lanka
[ BBC ] [ 14 May 2009 09:16 GMT ]
The United Nations Security Council has asked the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels to ensure the safety of civilians trapped in the conflict.
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Sri Lanka Puts Obama to the Test — and He's Failing
[ TIME ] [ 13 May 2009 08:51 GMT ]
By intervening on behalf of Sri Lanka's civilians, Obama would do more than just save lives — he could help to save the doctrine of liberal interventionism before it ends up in history's warehouse of good intentions.
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UN: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's Statement
[ UN Webcast ] [ 12 May 2009 00:17 GMT ]
“I am appalled by the reports that have come out of Sri Lanka over the weekend of mass civilian casualties. The UN Spokesman said that there had been a "blood bath" in the North East of Sri Lanka on Saturday and Sunday,”.
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Crossing the line in Sri Lanka
[ Channel4 ] [ 10 May 2009 20:29 GMT ]
The government is intolerant of a critical press. Journalists get killed, most notoriously Lasantha Wickrematunge, an editor assassinated in January.
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Sri Lanka arrests 3 UK television journalists
[ AP ] [ 09 May 2009 18:24 GMT ]
"The report contained claims that dead bodies were left where they fell, shortages of food and water, and sexual abuse."
ITN said it would seek an explanation from the Sri Lankan government for the decision to expel the journalists.
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Sri Lanka: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 09 May 2009 07:24 GMT ]
Human Rights Watch reiterated its call for the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka to be urgently taken up by a formal meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York and by a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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The plight of Sri Lankan refugees
[ BBC ] [ 08 May 2009 11:21 GMT ]
Tamil Tiger rebels holding out in a tiny sliver of north-east Sri Lanka have accused the government of stepping up heavy weapons attacks on them.
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An Urgent Need for UN Action on Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 07 May 2009 08:58 GMT ]
The failures of the past few months are clear, including the naive or cynical ability of politicians to boast of Sri Lankan "reassurances" that all will now be well.
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Grim scenes at Sri Lankan camps
[ Channel4 ] [ 06 May 2009 09:36 GMT ]
Shocking claims have emerged of shortages of food and water, dead bodies left where they have fallen, women separated from their families, and even sexual abuse.
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Tigers End Game in Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 04 May 2009 16:11 GMT ]
The bloody fighting on the sandy strip will not be marking the end of the current war, but sowing the seeds of the next one.
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The world must respond to Sri Lanka
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 29 Apr 2009 09:41 GMT ]
The lack of an international response has emboldened Sri Lanka to continue killing Tamil civilians. Britain must act to change this.
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We cannot Ignore Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 28 Apr 2009 09:11 GMT ]
Instead of applying pressure, the international community has dithered over Sri Lanka. As a result, civilians continue to die.
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Sri Lanka - the only possible action
[ TWG ] [ 26 Apr 2009 20:23 GMT ]
As the entire civilized world, with the exception of 'patriotic' Sinhalese, is aghast at the mass murder of Tamil civilians in Northern Sri Lanka, by the politico-military junta the 'Sri Lankan Government'.
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Sri Lanka Statement
[ The Parliament UK ] [ 23 Apr 2009 09:20 GMT ]
The fate of the civilians in the conflict area is our most pressing concern.
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Sri Lanka Suffering "Unbearable"
[ Caritas Internationalis ] [ 22 Apr 2009 09:47 GMT ]
"The international community must wake up to the suffering we're witnessing in Sri Lanka. We call on the U.N. to put Sri Lanka on top of its agenda and to use every means to press the warring parties to seek an end to the fighting through negotiation."
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Tamil civilians slaughtered as army shells 'no-fire zone'
[ The Observer ] [ 19 Apr 2009 19:02 GMT ]
Determined to resist international pressure to stop the fighting before it has finished off the hardcore rump of the Tamil Tigers cornered by the military, the Sri Lankan government has kept casualties away from the eyes of the world.
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Is the World Ignoring Sri Lanka’s Srebrenica?
[ The New York Times ] [ 18 Apr 2009 09:10 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan government has “rebuffed international appeals to protect civilians trapped in a war zone in its northeast.” Now some visual evidence of the damage that fighting has caused is coming to light.
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Lankan echo at AIADMK front rally
[ EB ] [ 17 Apr 2009 09:39 GMT ]
“When we come to power, we will take up the Lankan issue as the primary issue and provide immediate relief to Lankan Tamils. It is a key issue in this election,”
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Call for an End to Hostilities in Sri Lanka
[ US State Department ] [ 16 Apr 2009 21:24 GMT ]
The United States government is deeply concerned about the current danger to civilian lives and the dire humanitarian situation created by the fighting in the Mullaittivu area in Sri Lanka.
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Silence on Sri Lanka
[ Tamil Week ] [ 16 Apr 2009 08:58 GMT ]
The very least that Britain can do is halt tourism and any strategic weapons supplies to Sri Lanka and assist in promoting talks and recognition of the Tamil people.
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Colombo uses chemical weapons: LTTE
[ TamilNet ] [ 08 Apr 2009 09:06 GMT ]
Diaspora observers believe that by setting an agenda to finish the war before mid-April to suit its electoral ambitions, the Indian Establishment and a biased few behind it, are largely responsible for Colombo adopting such foul means to win the war.
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Tamils rally outside Parliament
[ BBC ] [ 07 Apr 2009 08:08 GMT ]
The United Nations says more than 2,800 civilians may have been killed and 7,000 others injured in the fighting in the north-east in the last two months.
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Traumatised Tamils live in fear of new crackdown in Sri Lanka
[ The Observer UK ] [ 05 Apr 2009 21:21 GMT ]
The prognosis is likely to be bleak. Charu Hogg, associate director at the international thinktank Chatham House, believes that the destruction of the Tigers as a fighting force will only mark the beginning of a new and ugly phase of civil repression.
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UN appoints Gaza war-crimes team
[ BBC ] [ 04 Apr 2009 16:54 GMT ]
Mr Goldstone is a former UN chief prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He is also a former judge at the South African constitutional court.
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Forum to brief Pope on Tamils’ plight
[ ENS ] [ 03 Apr 2009 10:48 GMT ]
“The international community should intervene and stop the inhuman rape of women and young girls. They should not be silent anymore. They should immediately act and stop this torture of Tamils.”
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The silent horror of the war in Sri Lanka
[ The Times of India ] [ 29 Mar 2009 21:22 GMT ]
There are disturbing but unconfirmed reports that the Indian government is lending material and logistical support to the Sri Lankan government in these crimes against humanity.
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Jesse Jackson calls for ceasefire
[ TamilNet ] [ 28 Mar 2009 15:31 GMT ]
When we fight these battles, there are some rules of the game, he said. “We must affirm international law, human rights, self-determination and economic justice.”
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UN in call for Sri Lanka 'pause'
[ BBC ] [ 27 Mar 2009 10:21 GMT ]
The UN, backed by the US and Britain, has urged the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels to back a "humanitarian pause" in fighting.
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Jaffna Bishops
[ TWG ] [ 22 Mar 2009 18:00 GMT ]
First of all, the Bishop should have asked the Government (GoSL) to halt the attacks on innocent civilians including children, whom the GoSL treat as combatants, in order to allow much needed humanitarian aid into Vanni.
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State Security
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 20 Mar 2009 08:07 GMT ]
The Tamils’ security depends on their own efforts and nothing else.
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PLIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
[ CanadianHART ] [ 19 Mar 2009 09:47 GMT ]
Background to Humanitarian Issues in Sri Lanka: The Government of Sri Lanka has implemented a genocidal strategy.
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Sri Lanka: dispute over how to help civilians in war zone
[ The Christian Science Monitor ] [ 18 Mar 2009 21:18 GMT ]
Far from pressing hard for action, some United Nations officials have muffled internal reporting from the war zone, to the frustration of aid workers and human rights activists who accuse the UN of cowardice in the face of a belligerent government.
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Sri Lanka children 'being killed'
[ BBC ] [ 18 Mar 2009 08:59 GMT ]
The conflict in Sri Lanka has killed hundreds of children and left many more injured, United Nations' children's agency, Unicef, has said.
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Sri Lanka- An Island of Fear
[ TWG ] [ 15 Mar 2009 20:09 GMT ]
The International Community, particularly Japan, US, EU and India, has watched while the Tamils are slaughtered, kidnapped, raped and bled to death due to lack of medical care, like Nero watching from the Tower of Maecenas on the Esquiline Hill singing and playing the lyre while Rome burnt.
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The Diaspora as genocide resistors
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 14 Mar 2009 18:02 GMT ]
But it is the International community’s wilful refusal to prevent genocide, their obstruction of Tamil efforts to resist genocide, their willingness to benefit from the proceeds and even active collusion in it, that remains the real crime.
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EU calls for immediate ceasefire
[ BBC ] [ 13 Mar 2009 09:32 GMT ]
The parliamentarians request that international and national humanitarian organisations, as well as journalists, be granted full and unhindered access to the combat zone and to refugee camps.
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Get tough on Sri Lanka
[ The Ottawa Citizen ] [ 11 Mar 2009 09:59 GMT ]
Canada needs to tell one of its major aid recipients that dispatching thugs to take care of media critics is unacceptable.
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Conflict Risk Alert: Sri Lanka
[ Crisis Group ] [ 09 Mar 2009 17:05 GMT ]
Unable to fire their weapons in a manner that respects the distinction between combatant and non-combatant, most government attacks at this point are by their very nature indiscriminate.
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China fuels Sri Lankan war
[ The Japan Times ] [ 08 Mar 2009 14:14 GMT ]
The United Nations estimates that some 1,200 noncombatants are getting killed each month in a civil war that continues to evoke a muted international response even as hundreds of thousands of minority Tamils have fled their homes or remain trapped behind the front line.
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Warrant issued for Sudan's leader
[ BBC ] [ 05 Mar 2009 12:58 GMT ]
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
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UN: Sri Lanka war causing civilian 'catastrophe'
[ AP ] [ 04 Mar 2009 16:05 GMT ]
Civilians trapped in the war zone in northern Sri Lanka are dying of hunger and are desperately in need of medicine in what the United Nations described Wednesday as an "unfolding humanitarian catastrophe."
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US troops planning evacuation in Sri Lanka
[ PTI ] [ 03 Mar 2009 09:51 GMT ]
These people have been bombed for months by this genocidal government; evacuating them from Vanni and delivering them to the Sri Lankan government is equivalent to being an accomplice to genocide," PEARL representative Rosha Hebsur charged.
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EU urges humanitarian truce in Sri Lanka
[ EU Business ] [ 23 Feb 2009 21:41 GMT ]
European Union foreign ministers issued a joint call Monday for an immediate ceasefire between Sri Lankan security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels to allow aid in and civilians out of the conflict zone.
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The Will to Resist
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 23 Feb 2009 11:48 GMT ]
Despite the massacres, the Tamils will not submit to Sinhala rule.
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AR Rahman: Global tunesmith
[ BBC ] [ 23 Feb 2009 09:59 GMT ]
No wonder he discovered the music of MIA, aka Maya Arulpragasam, the war child turned feisty alternative rapper, who very few people in India had heard before Slumdog.
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India’s connivance in Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka
[ TWG ] [ 22 Feb 2009 00:05 GMT ]
India plays petty politics in the lives of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians who have been caught in the middle of fighting between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the LTTE in Vanni of northern Sri Lanka.
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Civilian 'slaughter' in Sri Lanka
[ BBC ] [ 20 Feb 2009 11:11 GMT ]
The campaign group, Human Rights Watch, has accused the Sri Lankan military of "slaughtering" civilians with artillery fire in the north-east.
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Killing Fields to Creative Solution
[ Sangam ] [ 17 Feb 2009 11:51 GMT ]
The Tamil homelands have been turned into killing fields as the armed forces of Sri Lanka rampage through them in a monstrous conspiracy to suppress the Tamils' aspirations.
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Genocide in Sri Lanka
[ Boston Globe ] [ 15 Feb 2009 19:51 GMT ]
The United States should be no less scrupulous in prosecuting suspected genocide by its own citizens or permanent residents.
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British envoy banned in war without witnesses
[ The Independent ] [ 14 Feb 2009 11:38 GMT ]
President Rajapaksa is an arch Sinhalese nationalist who talks about the "final elimination of terror" from the northeast but appears to be bent on crushing the Tamil community as a whole.
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AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW TERROR IN SRI LANKA
[ The Telegraph ] [ 10 Feb 2009 11:55 GMT ]
As the country turns into a police State to quell the threat perception, each citizen will become suspect in the eyes of the administration and of his neighbour unless he can prove his nationalist credentials.
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Sri Lanka crisis reveals India not ready for global security role
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 09 Feb 2009 11:59 GMT ]
As the ‘Global’ ‘War on Terror’ disintegrates and ceases to be the cornerstone for global security, Delhi’s inability to uphold International Humanitarian Law in the region, impose peace and security and, above all, ensure the protection of populations, minorities and peoples is being exposed.
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Russia, UK protect Colombo's international impunity
[ TamilNet ] [ 08 Feb 2009 18:39 GMT ]
“What is taking place in the island of Sri Lanka for decades is a clear case of a liberation war of the Tamil ethnicity, responded with genocide by the Sinhala government. Reducing it as something between a ‘proscribed’ organization and a government ‘blighted’ by it, doesn’t make any difference in outlook between Colombo and Britain”
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SLAF bombs Ponnampalam hospital, 61 patients killed
[ TamilNet ] [ 07 Feb 2009 17:34 GMT ]
"Fixed establishments and mobile medical units of the Medical Service may in no circumstances be attacked, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the Parties to the conflict," states the First Geneva Convention.
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Fonseka, Gotabaya Genocide charges filed with US Justice Dept
[ TAG ] [ 07 Feb 2009 16:28 GMT ]
The Counsel urged the Department to open a grand jury investigation into the crimes, based evidence amassed in the three volume 1000-page document which the Counsel said "amply satisfies the Department?s threshold for commencing a criminal investigation."
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The anguish of Sri Lanka
[ Boston Globe editorial ] [ 04 Feb 2009 23:19 GMT ]
The Obama administration ought to ask for a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire, and the Asian powers providing military assistance to Sri Lanka - China, India, and Pakistan - should exert their influence on the government to halt the shooting.
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Sri Lankan officials in the firing line
[ Asia Times ] [ 28 Jan 2009 11:41 GMT ]
The US criminal code punishes genocide, torture, or war crimes perpetrated by United States nationals and non-nationals. Extra-judicial killings may also be sanctioned in US courts under the Torture Victims Protection Act.
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Massacre in the Sri Lanka 'safe zone'
[ The Independent UK ] [ 28 Jan 2009 11:05 GMT ]
Journalists have been blocked from entering much of the conflict zone and media organisations questioning the military's tactics have been intimidated and even killed, meaning that the government's efforts to crush the Tigers is a largely hidden conflict.
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More than 300 civilians feared killed, people bleed to death on streets
[ TamilNet ] [ 26 Jan 2009 18:06 GMT ]
In a scene of carnage of untold proportion on civilian targets hit by hundreds of Sri Lanka Army fired artillery shells, more than 300 people have died and several hundreds are bleeding to death within the last 24 hours, amidst pouring rain inside the 'saftey zone' declared by the Colombo government.
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Unprecedented civilian carnage in Vanni
[ TamilNet ] [ 21 Jan 2009 14:52 GMT ]
Fifteen civilians including 5 children were killed and 29 seriously injured in the relentless artillery barrage that Sri Lanka Amy (SLA) kept pounding the internally displaced persons (IDPs)
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Civilians 'killed' in Sri Lanka
[ BBC ] [ 19 Jan 2009 12:57 GMT ]
Medical staff in Sri Lanka say at least 18 civilians have been killed as the military continues its offensive on the northern bases of Tamil Tiger rebels.
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The Agonising Cry of the People of Wanni, Sri-Lanka
[ TWG ] [ 16 Jan 2009 14:06 GMT ]
We earnestly urge your Excellency to take immediate action to stop this senseless war and put an end to the untold sufferings of the innocent civilians in Wanni whose life has become a real struggle for survival.
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Lies, Damn Lies and Ministerial Protestations
[ TWG ] [ 15 Jan 2009 13:27 GMT ]
Either you or your officials have not researched this conflict sufficiently or you have readily fallen for the GOSL's obfuscations. In 1976, all Tamil parties joined together and passed a resolution asking their Parliamentarians to seek the formation of a separate Tamil state in the homelands of the earlier Tamil Kingdoms.
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A tale of two distant war zones
[ The Star ] [ 14 Jan 2009 09:59 GMT ]
During four years in the Middle East, I also covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on my doorstep. And there are eerie similarities between the two conflict zones, despite the unequal attention they command.
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The slow genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
[ Tamils for Obama ] [ 14 Jan 2009 00:08 GMT ]
By year's end extra-judicial killings occurred in Jaffna nearly on a daily basis and were allegedly perpetrated by military intelligence units or associated paramilitaries.”
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Sunday Leader Editor assassinated
[ TamilNet ] [ 09 Jan 2009 16:02 GMT ]
Harassments and attacks on media has been stepped up after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has brought the Media Ministry under him on the New Year Day.
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Fall of Killinochchi
[ WSN ] [ 08 Jan 2009 09:22 GMT ]
Today, many world countries practice double standards. While Israel is bombarding Gaza and killing hundreds, a section of the world community has formed a chorus of protest.
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Sri Lanka and the dark side of democracy
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 04 Jan 2009 17:01 GMT ]
The island’s conflict is one of the last race wars of the 21st century, a violent manifestation of the “problem of the other” as President-Elect Barak Obama has described it. Until this is accepted, there will be no solution, only bloodshed and suffering.
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The end of Prabhakaran?
[ Rediff ] [ 03 Jan 2009 11:12 GMT ]
Turning points in unconventional warfare are brought about not through the force of arms, but through the force of wisdom.
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The high price of Sri Lanka’s war
[ Sunday Leader ] [ 30 Dec 2008 10:55 GMT ]
As the government's war against the LTTE enters the bloodiest phase in the country's history, our research has found that the costly war of attrition is irreparably scarring an entire generation of Sri Lanka's youth.
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GSP plus extended amidst spiraling rights violations
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 28 Dec 2008 18:02 GMT ]
Despite Sri Lanka refusing to cooperate with European Union’s (EU) investigations into human rights violations, it was announced that a European trade concession scheme for the garments industry in Sri Lanka would be extended for a year whilst the probe take place.
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Besieged, displaced, and detained, the plight of civilians in Sri Lanka's Vanni region
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 22 Dec 2008 11:31 GMT ]
This report details the Sri Lankan government's responsibility for the plight of displaced civilians in the Vanni, focusing on the humanitarian crisis created by sweeping government restrictions on humanitarian access and the government's policy of indefinitely detaining virtually all civilians fleeing from LTTE-controlled areas in military-guarded camps.
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Human rights and state power
[ The Boston Globe ] [ 22 Dec 2008 10:58 GMT ]
It is about how willing the governments of the world are to protect vulnerable populations from their own governments.
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Genocide Prevention Task Force Releases Report
[ United States Institute of Peace ] [ 21 Dec 2008 00:27 GMT ]
“The world agrees that genocide is unacceptable and yet genocide and mass killings continue,” said Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State and Co-Chair of the Genocide Prevention Task Force.
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Plight of Sri Lanka's war widows
[ BBC ] [ 20 Dec 2008 12:17 GMT ]
Ms Puwanendran is among an estimated 33,000 women who have been widowed in Eastern Province during nearly three decades of war between the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Sri Lanka - House of Commons - 18 Dec 2008
[ Parliament Publications ] [ 19 Dec 2008 09:01 GMT ]
I deplore the attacks made on the hon. Gentleman and other hon. Members just because they raised that matter in the House. Is there not now a case for considering the proscription issue and doing what has happened with the People's Mujahedeen: raising partially the ban in this country, not to stop condemnation of terrorism-we all condemn terrorism-but for the British Tamil citizens who wish to raise humanitarian and social concerns? They face a lot of harassment.
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Sri Lanka Air Force bombs Tamil refugee camp
[ iReport ] [ 18 Dec 2008 00:17 GMT ]
As with all other genocides, in twenty years, when the ethnic Tamil population has been fully wiped out, international media like CNN will make documentaries on what went wrong.
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The Tamil people’s right to self-determination
[ Cambridge Review of International Affairs ] [ 17 Dec 2008 11:18 GMT ]
This article provides an overview of the crisis in Sri Lanka and states why an armed conflict has developed in the northern and eastern parts (north-east) of the country.
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A BRIEF ANALYSIS ON SRI LANKA
[ TCHR ] [ 14 Dec 2008 18:02 GMT ]
Considering the emphasis of articles in the UDHR, it is important to analyse how far the UDHR has been respected
by the governments of Sri Lanka regarding the human rights of Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka.
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Where is the world today?
[ ML ] [ 12 Dec 2008 08:05 GMT ]
With all these hurdles, the NGOs have been successful to a certain extent in their human rights advocacy, "naming and shaming" the states which are violating human rights.
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Conditions in Sri Lanka's north 'like Somalia'
[ Telegraph UK ] [ 11 Dec 2008 10:42 GMT ]
The trouble is, if the agencies speak out, they risk losing the scant amount of co-operation they do receive from the Sri Lankan authorities and on which those 230,000 people depend for their the food convoys.
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UN Must Focus on Genocide Prevention, Group Says
[ International Herald Tribune ] [ 11 Dec 2008 10:38 GMT ]
The United Nations must put more effort into prevention of genocide through diplomacy and must also be prepared to defend civilians from mass killings when necessary, an anti-genocide group advised Tuesday.
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S Lanka's 'Somalia conditions'
[ BBC ] [ 10 Dec 2008 09:21 GMT ]
Mr Campbell said that many of internally displaced people in Dharmapuram were living in flimsy shelters soaked by recent heavy rainfall.
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33 countries face possible genocide, says report
[ CNS ] [ 09 Dec 2008 08:08 GMT ]
"Red alert" countries include Afghanistan and Iraq alongside commonly known regions currently experiencing genocidal conflict such as Sudan's Darfur and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These and Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka all made the list's top eight because they appear in each of the five "expert" indexes.
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SRI LANKA: No Calm After the Storm
[ IPS ] [ 06 Dec 2008 11:29 GMT ]
According to the Disaster Management Centre, over 370,000 persons were affected by gale force winds and rains, and more than 50,000 houses were damaged -- 11,000 of them completely destroyed -- in nine districts in the country between Nov. 22 - 30 when Nisha struck.
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Lanka not among cluster bomb signatories
[ BBC ] [ 04 Dec 2008 07:02 GMT ]
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian S. Gajendran reportedly, urged the International community to condemn the Sri Lankan government for deploying cluster bombs against civilians in Vanni.
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Flood-hit Sri Lankans 'need help'
[ BBC ] [ 02 Dec 2008 12:55 GMT ]
Tens of thousands of people in flooded areas of northern Sri Lanka are without adequate shelter and need help now, the Human Rights Watch campaign group says.
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Sri Lanka's 'white van syndrome'
[ BBC ] [ 01 Dec 2008 09:52 GMT ]
The government's human rights record during the war, and TMVP's unsavoury activities in the east, will not have helped build much needed trust among the Tamil minority.
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Sri Lanka: Allow Aid Groups to Help Cyclone Victims
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 30 Nov 2008 19:01 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan government should stop playing games with aid organizations and let them get on with their life-saving work. Tens of thousands of people in flooded areas of the Vanni are without adequate shelter and need help now.
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Crossing Continents
[ BBC Radio 4 ] [ 29 Nov 2008 00:12 GMT ]
Roland Buerk investigates the lengths to which the Sri Lankan army and its proxies have gone to ensure victory in their war against the Tamil Tigers. With victory now in sight, Roland uncovers a trail of civilian massacres and abductions.
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India is our friend, we are not against any country, remove the hindrance of ban: Pirapaharan
[ TamilNet ] [ 27 Nov 2008 20:02 GMT ]
The Sinhala state shut tight the gates to peace and waged its war again on the Tamil nation. The cease-fire agreement facilitated by the international community was abrogated unilaterally by Sinhala Sri Lanka. Strangely no voice of protest was registered by any peace sponsor. Not even as a formality. Nor was any concern expressed. In contrast, some countries from the international community are providing an abundant supply of war materials, military training and expert advice, all for free. This has encouraged the Sinhala state to aggravate its genocidal war against the Tamils with a terrorist audacity [Full Story]
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Vaiko urges British Parliament to restore Eezham Tamil sovereignty
[ TamilNet ] [ 27 Nov 2008 10:14 GMT ]
When the Jews were subjected to discrimination and genocide, the United Kingdom contributed to the creation of the Israel, Vaiko said. Having a peace loving and resourceful Tamil diaspora, which struggles for the freedom of its homeland, the UK has a moral obligation to see that Tamil Eelam is established. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka: Human Rights Situation Deteriorating in the East
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 25 Nov 2008 07:09 GMT ]
“Instead of holding the group accountable, the Rajapakse government has provided unqualified support. The government needs to open independent investigations into all serious human rights violations and hold perpetrators accountable.”
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Indian aid 'still in storage'
[ BBC ] [ 25 Nov 2008 00:06 GMT ]
The International committee of Red Cross (ICRC) says that the humanitarian aid consignment donated by the Indian government is yet to be delivered to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the Wanni region.
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Writers observe fast for Lankan Tamils
[ Express Buzz ] [ 23 Nov 2008 18:23 GMT ]
Tamil enthusiasts including writers, poets, publishers and lawyers came down heavily on the Sri Lankan government for its lackadaisical attitude in ending the killings.
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Amnesty in urgent Sri Lanka plea
[ BBC ] [ 19 Nov 2008 19:52 GMT ]
Amnesty International has appealed to Sri Lanka's government to allow aid to reach more than 300,000 people displaced by fighting in the north.
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We are India's true friends
[ The Week ] [ 19 Nov 2008 07:59 GMT ]
The oppressive action of the government has enraged not only the people of Tamil Nadu but also the Tamil diaspora.
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Plight of persecuted Tamils worsens
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 17 Nov 2008 00:04 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan Government's economic embargo, involving the closure of roads and ports of access for food, medicines, and fuel for an already destitute population, has been compounded by its eviction of aid agencies from the north-east as it has increased the tempo of war in an apparent attempt to put a military end to Tamil aspirations for some kind of self-government.
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Sri Lanka to tackle Indian anger at rebel war
[ Financial Times UK ] [ 13 Nov 2008 10:35 GMT ]
If Delhi was seen to be ignoring the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils, it could excite independence sentiments in Tamil Nadu, which are "always lurking just below the surface"
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United House against Lanka
[ News Today ] [ 12 Nov 2008 09:59 GMT ]
The State Assembly also urged the Centre to take efforts to ensure that peace prevails in places where Tamils resided and address their grievances through a dialogue process.
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Will Obama's America stop exporting fear?
[ UPI ] [ 07 Nov 2008 13:02 GMT ]
“Anti-terrorism” initiatives from the world’s most powerful country were exploited to the maximum by cynical leaders in other countries, mainly to deprive their own populations of basic freedoms and democracy.
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It’s the Tamil Economy, Stupid
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 06 Nov 2008 10:38 GMT ]
If the Tamil industrial base took generations to build before it was destroyed by a 1-week pogrom, then the 25 years or more to be spent building the pre-requisite state, that will lay the foundation for the next generation of industrial base is not unacceptable.
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World leaders hail Obama triumph
[ BBC ] [ 05 Nov 2008 19:47 GMT ]
Americans have made two fundamental statements about themselves - that they are profoundly unhappy with the status quo, and that they are slamming the door on the country's racial past.
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13th Amendment: arousing a zombie
[ TamilNet ] [ 04 Nov 2008 12:19 GMT ]
The Sinhalese leadership chose to exploit the Indian concerns for blackmailing India and to achieve their chauvinistic goals in Sri Lanka, which has now reached the stage of systematic genocide.
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‘Impose economic sanctions on Lanka’
[ ENS ] [ 03 Nov 2008 07:12 GMT ]
India could exert pressure for a ceasefire in there by threatening to cancel the trade agreements with that country and imposing economic sanctions, Vaiko said.
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Film actors fast on Sri Lankan Tamils issue
[ PTI ] [ 01 Nov 2008 16:52 GMT ]
Almost the entire Tamil cinema actors on Saturday turned up for the day-long fast to express their solidarity with the "affected Tamils" in the ongoing offensive in Sri Lanka.
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Enough is Enough
[ Sangam ] [ 31 Oct 2008 00:09 GMT ]
It is about time that the carnage and destruction taking place in the island, now called Sri Lanka, is stopped.
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India to send supplies to Vanni
[ BBC ] [ 27 Oct 2008 06:01 GMT ]
As a gesture of goodwill, India has decided to send around 800 tons of relief material to Sri Lanka for the affected civilians in the North.
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Improving the Tamils
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 26 Oct 2008 15:53 GMT ]
Our demand for an independent Tamil Eelam is based on two distinct aspects: firstly that the Tamils are being violently oppressed by a chauvinistic Sinhala state and have been since 1948 and, secondly, that we are a people versed in the philosophical, conceptual and practical dimensions of modern governance and are thus inferior to none.
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SUBVERSE: Change course in Lanka
[ The Times of India ] [ 23 Oct 2008 08:58 GMT ]
Tamil Nadu had a history of demanding secession from the Indian Union. Yet, over time, it has chosen to integrate itself fully with the national mainstream. If New Delhi does not change course in its Sri Lankan policy, it may plant the seeds towards a reversal of such history. That will be India's misfortune.
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How India can resolve the Sri Lankan crisis
[ IANS ] [ 22 Oct 2008 19:07 GMT ]
Given the close links and relation between the peoples of the countries, India must intervene as a regional power, which could take shape in the enforcing a no-fly zone and similar restrictions.
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EU 'to continue' GSP+ probe
[ BBC ] [ 21 Oct 2008 06:02 GMT ]
“During the investigation the Commission invites all interested parties to make their views known in writing and provides the country under investigation with every opportunity to cooperate in the investigation,” a Commission official told BBC
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Letters: Tamil Writers Guild UK Salutes You!
[ TWG ] [ 18 Oct 2008 12:00 GMT ]
We look to the leadership of Tamil Nadu to prevent the imminent and genocidal consequences of the Sri Lankan government's unbridled thirst for the wholesale massacre of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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West urged not to ignore Sri Lanka
[ BBC ] [ 18 Oct 2008 11:10 GMT ]
"We have one of the biggest humanitarian problems emerging in the north at the moment. Unfortunately it's not attracting enough international attention," the diplomat, who's familiar with the Sri Lankan situation, told the BBC.
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Tamil Nadu being forced to go the Eelam way? -- III
[ MeriNews ] [ 17 Oct 2008 00:09 GMT ]
Ignoring Nov 1 'ultimatum' by TN politicos to stop ‘atrocities’ by Colombo or face en-masse resignation will force important Union ministers, including P Chidambaram, and all MPs from the state to quit. If it happens, UPA government might fall.
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Kanimozhi quits Rajya Sabha over Lankan crisis
[ PTI ] [ 15 Oct 2008 21:43 GMT ]
Her resignation comes a day after the all-party meeting on the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils passed its resolution that all members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu would quit within a fortnight to press the demand.
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Sri Lanka - House of Commons - 14 Oct 2008
[ Hansard ] [ 15 Oct 2008 06:14 GMT ]
There is increasing recognition of the urgency of the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka, so I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the subject at this crucial time.
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Tamil Nadu Forced to Go the Eelam Way?
[ MeriNews ] [ 14 Oct 2008 00:03 GMT ]
Yet, if the fictitious concept of placing “country’s interests above human rights, ethnic pride and identity” continues to be promoted for long, it will be a matter of time for India too to meet the fate of USSR or Yugoslavia or now Sri Lanka.
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Tamil film industry joins protests on Lanka
[ The Statesman ] [ 13 Oct 2008 06:17 GMT ]
Tamil film industry joined the protests on the Sri Lankan Tamils’ issue and announced that all the film stars and technicians would wear black badges “condemning the genocide of island Tamils”.
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Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka
[ FI ] [ 12 Oct 2008 19:01 GMT ]
The reason for this is the utter failure of ‘majority rule’ because of the misconception that in democracy minorities must accept the agreed majority decisions.
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'Civilians killed' in air raids
[ BBC ] [ 11 Oct 2008 13:12 GMT ]
“The whole country is making sacrifices to defeat terrorism therefore those Tamil people will also have to make some sacrifices,”
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INSIDE STORY: Sri Lanka's civil strife
[ AlJazeera ] [ 10 Oct 2008 02:10 GMT ]
Inside Story, with presenter Nick Clark, discusses the chances of the Sri Lankan army achieving this objective and asks whether there should be peace talks between the government and the Tamil Tigers.
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Kilinochchi doctors call on GMOA
[ BBC ] [ 09 Oct 2008 00:59 GMT ]
The doctors say that the Kilinochchi General Hospital premises are hit by the shrapnel of aerial bombs and Glass windows of the intensive care unit smashed by the blast wave.
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U.K. Tamils protest against bombing
[ The Hindu ] [ 08 Oct 2008 07:53 GMT ]
We wanted to draw attention of the general British public who are largely unaware of the state terrorism that has been unleashed against the Tamil civilian population back in Sri Lanka.
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Send telegrams to Delhi -CM
[ BBC ] [ 05 Oct 2008 19:59 GMT ]
In a statement, Karunanidhi charged it was a genocidal war that was going on in the island nation and that only cease-fire could bring some relief to the the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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Help For Embattled Civilians Missing
[ IPS ] [ 28 Sep 2008 21:39 GMT ]
An estimated 230,000 people are in dire need of assistance in the northern areas of Sri Lanka that remain under the control of Tamil separatist rebels, according to international humanitarian agencies.
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'Pain' of Sri Lanka aid pullout
[ BBC ] [ 27 Sep 2008 10:17 GMT ]
A week ago the UN and other agencies pulled out of the area, where more than 200,000 people are displaced by fighting. Here one aid worker describes how hard it was to leave.
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The Tamil Community's fervent prayer for deliverance in their darkest hour
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 26 Sep 2008 03:10 GMT ]
The spirit of the Tamils is oft conjoined in prayer to God to ward off evil and to thank him for his blessings. Spirituality is a part of our culture and tradition and one might even say is programmed into our DNA. Whether Hindu or Christian, the Tamil is imbued with this spiritual act of communing with his Creator and Benefactor as witnessed by the devotion expressed in mass pilgrimages in Tamil Nadu and Tamil Eelam to the shrines of our God and saints.
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Sri Lanka is losing its soul to war
[ Telegraph UK ] [ 22 Sep 2008 13:39 GMT ]
Along with truth, the traditional ‘first casualty' of conflict, you can add justice, freedom of speech and any hope of an equitable and peaceful settlement of Sri Lanka's ethnic problem for years to come.
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