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[30.12.07]
Minister's hooliganism reflects breakdown of law in Sri Lanka- FMM: Free Media Movement (FMM), the Colombo-based media watchdog, in a press release issued Thursday condemned Sri Lanka Cabinet Minister, Mervyn Silva's "wanton act of violence" against Sri Lanka Rupavahini News Director, Mr. T.M.G. Chandrasekara, and said the "unprecedented attack against a journalist in Sri Lanka by a politician of the ruling party is deeply indicative of the desultory attitude of the government towards media freedom," and noted that when "such hooliganism is allowed to persist in general, clearly demonstrates the significant breakdown of law and order in Sri Lanka."
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[28.12.07]
Protecting Rights defenders, a challenge to Diplomatic missions- Ganesan: In an appeal addressed to all Diplomatic Missions in Colombo, Mano Ganesan, Leader of Western People’s Front and Convener of Civil Monitoring Commission, said Friday, that it is a challenge Western Democratic Governments to urgently move to protect defenders of human rights and humanitarian workers in Sri Lanka.
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[24.12.07]
Passport fiasco: While the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for U.K., Ms. Kshenuka Senewiratne, toils to extricate the Government of Sri Lanka from the diplomatic bungle it made in issuing a diplomatic passport under false name to fugitive Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, Rights organizations accused Karuna of "war crimes," and urged British Government to try him in Britain.
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[24.12.07]
U.N. mission imperative to curb rights violations in Sri Lanka: Human Rights Watch (HRW) officials currently touring the U.S. lobbying for a U.N. mission to monitor human rights violations in Sri Lanka, told the Chicago Public Radio that their current focus is on the "shocking" disappearances and killing in Sri Lanka where the Sri Lanka Government has done "shamefully little" to investigate the cases.
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[21.12.07]
Opinion: Tamil youth of Malaysia: question of culture and empowerment: If it could be realized that development, social empowerment and even winning a struggle are rather cultural than economic or political, then it won’t be difficult to see that the problems of the Tamil Diaspora all over the world are more internal than external. The Tamil culture is one of the classical cultures of humanity. But if there is anything wrong in its contemporary manifestations, one shouldn’t shy away from reform, writes Opinion Columnist Ampalam.
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[18.12.07]
Sri Lanka ranked third in murders of journalists: Press Emblem Campaign, an independent media watchdog based in Geneva, in a press release issued Monday said, Sri Lanka ranked third worldwide in number of journalists killed in 2007 in line of duty, behind Iraq and Somalia. "Sri Lanka ranks third, seven journalists killed this year against four last year due to the intensity of the civil war."
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[15.12.07]
Pirapaharan pays homage to Anton Balasingham: Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam, Friday payed homage to late Anton Balasingham, the theoretician and political advisor of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commemorating the first death anniversary of the former chief negotiator and political advisor.
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[11.12.07]
Nadesan calls for attitudinal shift in rights approach: The Government of Sri Lanka remained unperturbed despite severe criticism from U.N representatives who had visited the island and confirmed the large-scale violation of human rights against Tamils, because it continued to receive military and monetary aid from those who actually condemn the human rights violations, charged Liberation Tigers Political Head B. Nadesan, Monday, on the International Human Rights Day. Declaring that the human rights violations by the GoSL in SLA-controlled areas was nothing short of a "systematic genocide of the Tamils,".
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[03.12.07]
Colombo lacks sincerity in investigating Fr. Jim Brown's disappearance - Jaffna Bishop: The Bishop of Jaffna, Rt. Rev. Thomas Saundranayagam, who is on a mission to Vanni, on Sunday said that the manner in which Colombo was handling the investigation on the disappearance of Rev. Fr. Jim Brown, seemed like an eyewash exercise without any sincerity, being conducted to "hoodwink the International Community" into believing that investigation was continuing. "Two weeks ago, a CID officer from Colombo came to meet me. He only knew Sinhala. I was shocked to realize how he could conduct investigations without working knowledge in Tamil and English to collect evidence," the Bishop said.
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[27.11.07]
Propping up genocidal Sinhala State counterproductive, International Community should change approach - Pirapaharan: The leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V Pirapaharan, in his annual Heroes' Day statement placed a heavy responsibility on the shoulders of the international community for the breakdown of the peace process. He said that the involvement of the international community to resolve the Tamil national question has been unhelpful and added that their failure to condemn unambiguously the military path of the current regime has created the present situation in the island.
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Sri Lankan Government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwela, has confirmed that a cabinet decision to withdraw from the CFA has been taken on Wednesday. But, he did not provide a date for the GoSL withdrawal. The February 2002 agreement, in its paragraph 4.4, specifies that the agreement shall remain in force until notice of termination is given by either Party to the Royal Norwegian Government. Full story >> Latest 15 Reports: Jan 02 16:03 2 youths related to Maheswaran killing produced in.. Jan 02 15:28 Colombo to annul CFA Jan 02 13:49 SLAF bombs Mullaiththeevu thrice, 2 civilians woun.. Jan 02 13:45 4 SLA soldiers killed in Northern Front - LTTE Jan 02 13:24 EU condemns Maheswaran assassination Jan 02 13:09 Mano Ganesan sends back his security personnel to .. Jan 02 12:22 91 civilians still held in Boosa Jan 02 10:04 U.S. condemns Maheswaran assassination, Slave Isla.. Jan 02 04:11 Claymore attack in Colombo targets SLA bus, 5 kill.. Jan 02 01:30 2nd Lt.Malathy Brigade completes 12th anniversary Jan 01 18:41 Clinton presidency worries Colombo- Balakumaran Jan 01 15:44 Artillery exchanges continue on New Years day in N.. Jan 01 15:37 Wickremasinghe shortens New Delhi visit Jan 01 12:50 Maheswaran killing, disturbing erosion of democrac.. Jan 01 10:14 Maheswaran assassination suspect among wounded - P.. << Flashback More Reports >> 4TH LEAD (PHOTOS ADDED) Claymore attack in Colombo targets SLA bus, 5 killed, 24 wounded [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 04:11 GMT] Two SLA soldiers and three civilians were killed, 10 SLA soldiers and 14 civilians were wounded Wednesday around 9:30 a.m. in Colombo's High Security nerve center at Slave Island, 200 meters from Sri Lanka Army headquarters and the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) headquarters, where a Claymore mine was triggered targeting a bus carrying SLA soldiers, Police said. The attack comes a day after a leading Tamil parliamentarian of the opposition UNP, Thiyagarajah Maheswaran, was assassinated inside Ponnampala Va'neasvarar temple while attending New Year's prayers. Full story >> 2ND LEAD Maheswaran MP assassinated in Colombo [Tue, 01 Jan 2008, 04:37 GMT] Colombo district Tamil parliamentarian of the opposition United National Party, T. Maheswaran, was shot at Ponnambala Va'neasvarar temple at Kochchikkadai in Colombo Tuesday around 10:00 a.m., while he was paying homage at the shrine, and succumbed to his injuries at Colombo hospital. The shooting, which also claimed the live of his bodyguard, comes a few hours after the parliamentarian had said that he would reveal details on how abductions and killings in Jaffna are managed by the Sri Lankan establishment through the EPDP paramilitary, from Colombo. Eleven days ago, the government of Sri Lanka had reduced the Ministerial Security Division guards provided to the MP from Eighteen to two. Full story >> 2 youths related to Maheswaran killing produced in Jaffna Court [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 16:03 GMT] Jaffna police produced two youths from Kurunakar, alleged to be involved in the assassination of Tamil parliamentarian Maheswaran, Wednesday before Jaffna Magistrate R. T. Vignarajah who directed the youths to be produced before Colombo Chief Justice. The two youths were arrested on information claimed to be found in the National Identity Card (NIC) of the youths injured in the shooting of Maheswaran and later arrested by the police, sources in Jaffna said. Full story >> EU condemns Maheswaran assassination [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 13:24 GMT] European Union, in a press release issued today condemned "unreservedly the assassination of Sri Lankan Parliamentarian Honourable Thyagarajh MAHESWARAN," and said it expects the "culprits to be arrested and taken to justice immediately." EU added in the release that it noted with "dismay the increasing level of violence which has marked the beginning of the year 2008 in Sri Lanka." Full story >> 91 civilians still held in Boosa [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 12:22 GMT] Ninety one civilians including eighty nine Tamils and two Sinhalese are still being detained in Boosa detention camp located in Galle, south of Colombo, without any charges. Eight of them are Tamil women, and most of them are residents of Nugegoda, a suburb in Colombo. Full story >> 2nd Lt.Malathy Brigade completes 12th anniversary [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 01:30 GMT] One of the elite battalions of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 2nd Lt.Malathy Brigade, completed 12th Anniversary of its inauguration Tuesday. Constituted as a fully fledged military battalian within the overall organization of the LTTE, the women fighters of this brigade have carried out several outstanding military feats in the struggle, according to military observers in NorthEast. Full story >> Wickremasinghe shortens New Delhi visit [Tue, 01 Jan 2008, 15:37 GMT] Mr.Ranil Wickremasinghe, leader of the main opposition United National Party, meeting with Indian leaders in New Delhi has cut short his visit and is expected to return to Colombo Wednesday morning following the murder of fellow UNP parliamentarian Mr.Maheswaran in Colombo Tuesday morning in a Hindu temple, media sources said. Full story >> Maheswaran assassination suspect among wounded - Police [Tue, 01 Jan 2008, 10:14 GMT] One of the 12 wounded persons at Ponnampala Va'neasvarar temple Tuesday morning is a suspected assailant, Kotahena Police said. The suspect is from Kurunakar, Jaffna. Full story >> UNOPS suspends post tsunami school reconstruction projects in Jaffna [Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 18:35 GMT] The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) suspended its construction works in two schools in Vaveddiththu'rai (VVT) in Vadamaraadchi that were affected by Tsunami, due to the prevailing unstable condition in Jaffna peninsula besides encountering difficulties in procuring construction materials for its school building projects, education officials in Vadamaraadchi said. The latest suspension of Tsunami projects in VVT comes as many International NGOs and local agencies, which had engaged in Tusnami relief and rehabilitation projects in the peninsula, had already stopped their work due to the abnormal atmosphere prevailing in the Sri Lanka Army controlled Jaffna. Full story >> 2ND LEAD (ADDS DETAILS) 4 SLA soldiers killed in Northern Front - LTTE [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 13:45 GMT] Four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and many wounded in two clashes in Ki'laali and Mukamaalai in Northern Front Wednesday, LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan told TamilNet. Meanwhile, sources in Jaffna said that the people hurried home early from their places of work, scared by the intense artillery fire directed towards LTTE positions from the SLA bases in Jaffna. SLA helicopters were seen flying between the FDL poisitions and Palaali Military Main Base. Full story >> Clinton presidency worries Colombo- Balakumaran [Tue, 01 Jan 2008, 18:41 GMT] Apart from U.S. policy related implications, the significance to Sri Lanka of Senator Clinton's statement on "terrorism" can be assessed from the shock waves the statement generated in Sri Lanka's South, said K.V. Balakumaran, a Senior member of LTTE's Political Wing, during a political analysis segment, Nilavaram, presented in National Television of Tamileelam (NTT) this week. Hillary Clinton had earlier urged a more nuanced approach to armed non-state actors, and identified Tamil Tigers as one of the groups deserving such consideration. Full story >> SLAF bombs Mullaiththeevu thrice, 2 civilians wounded [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 13:49 GMT] Two civilians were wounded Wednesday in A'lampil in Mullaiththeevu district when Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombed a civilian area there, Tamileelam police officials said. Two civilians were rushed to hospital with injuries. The SLAF bombers also attacked two other places in the district, but there were no casualties, according to the Police. Mano Ganesan sends back his security personnel to MSD [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 13:09 GMT] Stating that under-numbered guards from Ministerial Security Division (MSD) cannot provide meaningful security to him, the Western Province Peoples Front leader and Convener of the Civil Monitoring Commission, turned down a latest offer of increasing the security guards by three by the MSD, after the assassination of fellow Tamil parliamentarian T. Maheswaran. By slashing down the number of security personnel, the MSD is not only putting the parliamentarian's life in danger, but also endangering the lives of remaining security personnel, Mr. Mano Ganesan said in a media release. The MP has earlier said he was preparing to leave Sri Lanka. Full story >> U.S. condemns Maheswaran assassination, Slave Island attack [Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 10:04 GMT] The United States embassy in Colombo Wednesday issued a press statement condemning the assassination on January 1 of Thiyagarajah Maheswaran, United National Party Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament. The statement also condemned the deadly attack on Wednesday in the Slave Island area of Colombo that killed and injured numerous persons, including members of the Sri Lankan armed forces and civilians. Full story >> Artillery exchanges continue on New Years day in Northern FDLs [Tue, 01 Jan 2008, 15:44 GMT] While Jaffna celebrated New Years day, the peace was disturbed by intermittent sounds of gun fire as Liberation Tigers and Sri Lanka Security Forces exchanged artillery and mortar fire for 30 minutes at 8:00 a.m. and again for 30 minutes in the evening at 6:30 p.m. near Forward Defense Lines (FDLs) in Naakarkoayil and Mukamaalai, sources in Jaffna said. Details of casualties and injuries are not known. Full story >> Maheswaran killing, disturbing erosion of democracy- FMM [Tue, 01 Jan 2008, 12:50 GMT] The Free Media Movement (FMM), a Colombo-based media watchdog, in a press release issued Tuesday, strongly condemned the assassination of United National Party (UNP) MP T. Maheswaran, and said the murder adds to the "incredible number of political killings and the suppression of those who seek to bring to light gross human rights abuses," in Sri Lanka, and FMM is "mindful that the Sri Lankan Police have been unable and unwilling to bring the killers of other high profile political figures." Full story >> Batticaloa elections: Colombo's rehearsal for paramilitary politics [Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 19:55 GMT] In the backdrop of the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government announcing local government elections in the Batticaloa district, three Tamil paramilitary-cum-political parties, the EPDP, PLOTE, EPRLF (Naba wing) and the yet-to-be-registered TMVP of Pillayan's group revealed that they had reached an agreement to form an electoral alliance after a meeting summoned at the Batticaloa office of the EPDP Saturday. A spokesperson of the paramilitary coalition told media that although the four outfits had agreed on principle, the final decision would be taken after consultations with their respective leaders and key operatives. Full story >> TamilNadu leaders urge Indian PM not to visit Sri Lanka on independence Day [Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 18:03 GMT] Several Tamilnadu leaders, including K. Veeramani, President, Dravidar Kazhagam; Thol.Thirumavalavan, President, Viduthalaich Chi'ruththaika'l Kadchi; Suba. Veerapandiyan of Dravidar Iyakka Thamizhar Pearavai and Era. Janardhanan, President, Ulakath Thamizhar Pearavai took part in a demonstration opposite Chennai's Memorial Hall Monday to protest the Indian Prime Minister's proposed participation in Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations in February 2008. 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In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. -Edward M. Forster 1879-1970, British Novelist, Essayist	Know the Etymology: Place Name of the Day: (Reproduce of 23 of 76) Ma'n'niththalai Tha sandy headland (sandbar) The place where the sand / land emerges Read more >> [30.12.07] Minister's hooliganism reflects breakdown of law in Sri Lanka- FMM: Free Media Movement (FMM), the Colombo-based media watchdog, in a press release issued Thursday condemned Sri Lanka Cabinet Minister, Mervyn Silva's "wanton act of violence" against Sri Lanka Rupavahini News Director, Mr. T.M.G. Chandrasekara, and said the "unprecedented attack against a journalist in Sri Lanka by a politician of the ruling party is deeply indicative of the desultory attitude of the government towards media freedom," and noted that when "such hooliganism is allowed to persist in general, clearly demonstrates the significant breakdown of law and order in Sri Lanka." Related Story >> [28.12.07] Protecting Rights defenders, a challenge to Diplomatic missions- Ganesan: In an appeal addressed to all Diplomatic Missions in Colombo, Mano Ganesan, Leader of Western People’s Front and Convener of Civil Monitoring Commission, said Friday, that it is a challenge Western Democratic Governments to urgently move to protect defenders of human rights and humanitarian workers in Sri Lanka. Related Story >> [24.12.07] Passport fiasco: While the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for U.K., Ms. Kshenuka Senewiratne, toils to extricate the Government of Sri Lanka from the diplomatic bungle it made in issuing a diplomatic passport under false name to fugitive Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, Rights organizations accused Karuna of "war crimes," and urged British Government to try him in Britain. Related Story >> [24.12.07] U.N. mission imperative to curb rights violations in Sri Lanka: Human Rights Watch (HRW) officials currently touring the U.S. lobbying for a U.N. mission to monitor human rights violations in Sri Lanka, told the Chicago Public Radio that their current focus is on the "shocking" disappearances and killing in Sri Lanka where the Sri Lanka Government has done "shamefully little" to investigate the cases. Related Story >> [21.12.07] Opinion: Tamil youth of Malaysia: question of culture and empowerment: If it could be realized that development, social empowerment and even winning a struggle are rather cultural than economic or political, then it won’t be difficult to see that the problems of the Tamil Diaspora all over the world are more internal than external. The Tamil culture is one of the classical cultures of humanity. But if there is anything wrong in its contemporary manifestations, one shouldn’t shy away from reform, writes Opinion Columnist Ampalam. Related Story >> [18.12.07] Sri Lanka ranked third in murders of journalists: Press Emblem Campaign, an independent media watchdog based in Geneva, in a press release issued Monday said, Sri Lanka ranked third worldwide in number of journalists killed in 2007 in line of duty, behind Iraq and Somalia. "Sri Lanka ranks third, seven journalists killed this year against four last year due to the intensity of the civil war." Related Story >> [15.12.07] Pirapaharan pays homage to Anton Balasingham: Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam, Friday payed homage to late Anton Balasingham, the theoretician and political advisor of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commemorating the first death anniversary of the former chief negotiator and political advisor. Related Story >> [11.12.07] Nadesan calls for attitudinal shift in rights approach: The Government of Sri Lanka remained unperturbed despite severe criticism from U.N representatives who had visited the island and confirmed the large-scale violation of human rights against Tamils, because it continued to receive military and monetary aid from those who actually condemn the human rights violations, charged Liberation Tigers Political Head B. Nadesan, Monday, on the International Human Rights Day. Declaring that the human rights violations by the GoSL in SLA-controlled areas was nothing short of a "systematic genocide of the Tamils,". Related Story >> [03.12.07] Colombo lacks sincerity in investigating Fr. Jim Brown's disappearance - Jaffna Bishop: The Bishop of Jaffna, Rt. Rev. Thomas Saundranayagam, who is on a mission to Vanni, on Sunday said that the manner in which Colombo was handling the investigation on the disappearance of Rev. Fr. Jim Brown, seemed like an eyewash exercise without any sincerity, being conducted to "hoodwink the International Community" into believing that investigation was continuing. "Two weeks ago, a CID officer from Colombo came to meet me. He only knew Sinhala. I was shocked to realize how he could conduct investigations without working knowledge in Tamil and English to collect evidence," the Bishop said. Related Story >> [27.11.07] Propping up genocidal Sinhala State counterproductive, International Community should change approach - Pirapaharan: The leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V Pirapaharan, in his annual Heroes' Day statement placed a heavy responsibility on the shoulders of the international community for the breakdown of the peace process. He said that the involvement of the international community to resolve the Tamil national question has been unhelpful and added that their failure to condemn unambiguously the military path of the current regime has created the present situation in the island. Related Story >>
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