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95 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees detained after migration bid
Date: Monday 10th of September 2012 Photo

In an overnight operation that ended early on Saturday, the Mangalore police prevented a group of 97 persons — 95 of them believed to be Sri Lankan Tamil refugees — from embarking on an unsafe and illegal sea voyage in a bid to migrate to Australia.

Genuine boat refugees fear for life, send SOS from Indonesia
Date: Tuesday 04th of September 2012 Photo

53 Eezham Tamil boat refugees, seeking asylum in Australia but driven to Indonesia, are on a fast-unto-death protest on-board their vessel for the past four days, against the decision of the Indonesian authorities to hand them over to Sri Lanka Navy. The refugees claim that they will be persecuted, even killed, if handed over to the SL Navy.

Genocidal sex abuse of ex-LTTE female cadres becomes routine in North and East
Date: Thursday 30th of August 2012 Photo

The genocidal Sri Lanka military occupying the country of Eezham Tamils is routinely engaged in repeated sexual abuse of the former female members of the LTTE to see them pregnant by the Sinhala soldiers, in the model of former Yugoslavia, news sources citing a number of cases and medical professionals told TamilNet.
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IOM blamed for double standards
12 September, 2012 

A section of the officials of the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), working with the Sri Lankan State, have been harassing former LTTE members to return the identity cards the organisation had earlier provided to them certifying their release. The IOM, which undertook ‘pre-release profiling’ of more than 10,000 ex-Tiger members, had received foreign aid from Japan, Norway, USA, The Netherlands and the UK for the programme named ‘Information, Counselling, and Referral Services’ (ICRS).

Sri Lanka's ruling party sweeps local polls
10 September, 2012 

Sri Lanka's ruling party secured victory in three provincial council elections including one area ravaged by the island's ethnic war that ended in 2009, according to results released on Sunday. President Mahinda Rajapakse's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) swept the council polls in the north-central and central regions with near two thirds majorities in Saturday's vote.

Ki'linochchi farmers weep over what they sowed as Iranamadu tank dries up
09 September, 2012  Photo

The Iranamadu tank in the Ki'linochchi district, from which the Government proposed to supply water to Jaffna, has dried up considerably, with no water being available even for farmers in the area.As a result, officials have decided to limit water to farmers for their cultivations this year.
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Periyapullumalai massacre - Sri Lanka Army

Date: 20th of May 1986

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Date: 23rd of May 1990

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Date: 23rd of May 2008

Chu'ndikku'lam Bombing - SL Air Force

Date: 23rd of May 2008

Thoa'niththaddaamadu massacre - SL Army

Date: 27th of May 1987

Alvaay temple shelling - Sri Lanka Army

Date: 29th of May 1987

Thellippazhai Temple Bombing - SL Air Force

Date: 30th of May 1992

Journalist Nadesan Massacre - Sri Lanka MI

Date: 31st of May 2004

1958 pogrom - Sri Lankan Government

Date: 01st of January 1970

Burning of the Jaffna library - SL Gov

Date: 01st of June 1981

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India awakens to sexist component of genocidal culture in Sri Lanka

A cartoon that appeared in Lakbima newspaper of Sri Lanka, on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, has awakened the masses in India on the sexist side of the genocidal culture encountered by Eezham Tamils over several decades, said South Asia watchers in New Delhi noting responses from different parts of India.

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Blake to visit Colombo to steer LLRC course of politics

Blake visits Maldives as the country threatens to leave Commonwealth

Malathy’s ‘Fleeting Moment’ a testimonial to earned sovereignty of Eezham Tamils

‘Sexist cartoons on Tamil Nadu CM reflect Sinhala patriarchal attitude to Tamil women’

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Tamils pay the cost of political expediency

The treatment of Sri Lankan asylum seekers shows that further punishing victims is deemed acceptable if it can score domestic political points. At a time of bipartisan support for renewing the Pacific Solution, it is deeply disturbing to see the asylum seeker issue taking a turn for the more extreme. In a world of dog-whistle politics, it appears that further punishing victims is acceptable if it can score domestic political points.

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Shock And Awww!

How do you efface memories of the fact that at least 40,000 civilians (Tamils) were killed in the final phase of a genocidal war in Sri Lanka, the majority of them by the Sri Lankan army’s shelling of hospitals and “safe zones”? How do you move on when 3,00,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were internally displaced—and continue to be treated as suspects by a chauvinist Sinhala regime?

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Apply BDS campaign against Sri Lanka: Tamil Nadu writer

Arguing that “massive international pressure alone can halt the ongoing cultural and structural genocide against the Tamils”, Tamil Nadu based poet and writer Meena Kandasamy contends in an article on Tehelka.com that an effective Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which was used against the apartheid South African state must be also applied to Sri Lanka.

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Analysis:
Frogs In A Pot Of Water

There is a facile truism about nations getting the politicians they deserve. We, in Sri Lanka certainly have the kind we deserve.  Small-minded, cliquish, corrupt, self-serving, self-indulgent and deceitful. We should have booted them out a long time ago – but have not.
 
As we watch the conclusion of yet another election what is evident is not that the ballot rules but that parliamentarians have shown once again that they will stoop to any level in order to cling to power.

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Results of polls will shape Govt. policy on vital issues

The UPFA government’s popularity, both in Sri Lanka and abroad, will be measured today by an unusual yardstick — the outcome of yesterday’s polls for Sabaragamuwa, North Central and Eastern Provincial Councils. The main thrust of the government has been to demonstrate, both here and to the outside world, that despite criticism on a multitude of issues, the UPFA continues to enjoy the confidence of the people. Towards this end, the alliance’s seven-week campaign, where an entire cabinet of ministers had been deployed, was to ensure that it win a larger volume of votes, perhaps higher than previous polls.
 
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2011

Sinhalese students irk Jaffna on Mu’l’livaaykkaal Day

19th of May 2011

Country of Eezham Tamils mourns silently on Mu’l’livaaykkaal Day

19th of May 2011 Photo

Massacre commemoration rally in front of UN headquarters

19th of May 2011 Photo

International probe into Sri Lanka’s war crimes urged at British rally

19th of May 2011 Photo

Press USA, UK and France to talk to China, Russia: Vidar Helgesen

19th of May 2011 Video

Sri Lanka engages India on UN report

19th of May 2011

Tamils demand justice in Hague protest

19th of May 2011 Photo

SL Military harasses mourners in Jaffna at Remembrance event

19th of May 2011

University entrants cannot gain admission without Army training certificate: This is illegal- –Teachers Association

19th of May 2011

AI Reports On Human Rights Violations

19th of May 2011 Photo

Prisoners on hunger strike

19th of May 2011

Two Americans arrested in Sri Lanka

19th of May 2011

2010

SLA soldiers force Tamils to hoist Sri Lankan flag in Jaffna peninsula

19th of May 2010

SLA releases 495 Tamils detained in special detention centres in Jaffna

19th of May 2010 Photo

Colombo steps up Sinhalicisation in Trincomalee

19th of May 2010

Mass grave discovered in Naachchikkudaa, Mannaar

19th of May 2010 Photo

One year later, "some kind of peace"

19th of May 2010

Returned asylum seekers killed, jailed: advocate

19th of May 2010

S.Lanka's aborted victory parade 'sign from gods'

19th of May 2010

A year after the defeat of the LTTE, human rights are still pivotal in Sri Lanka

19th of May 2010

2009

War crime in the massacre of LTTE officials

19th of May 2009

UN to hold Human Rights Council session on Sri Lanka

19th of May 2009

2008

Male shot dead by unidentified men in Vavuniyaa

19th of May 2008

Does the world know what is happening to Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Nowadays US develops close relations with India to preclude India from 'bandwagoning' with either China or Russia or Both or with France to undercut US strategic interest in Asia. No Solution for Tamils in Sri Lanka Upto, US and anti-US alliance's amendment to the existing strategic policies of Sri Lanka are occured.until Sri Lanka's preplanned executions and Violations on Minority Tamils will be continued....

Confidential UN documents acquired by The Times record nearly 7,000 civilian deaths in the "no-fire" zone up to the end of April 2009. At least 20,000 Tamil people were killed on the Mullaitththeevu by Sri Lanka Army atrocities in "Safety zone". Aerial photographs, official documents, witness accounts and expert testimony collected by medias, “present clear evidence of an atrocity".

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Australian families reach out to boatpeople

For view: 09th of September 2012

After 22 days on a boat fleeing Sri Lanka and more than five months in detention, asylum-seeker Jeevan Nanthakumar recently unpacked his suitcases in the home of an Australian pensioner couple. Nanthakumar -- a pseudonym -- said he left his homeland and family in January due to "government problems and enemies in my village".

"I went to India then was on a boat for 22 days, five days with no food and no water," said the 26-year-old.

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Why Men Don’t Offer Their Seats To Women In Buse

For view: 09th of September 2012

A year ago a friend of mine from Europe raised an alarming question during her short stay in Sri Lanka: “Why Sri Lankan men don’t give up their seats to women in public transportation?” I am compulsively obliged to defend my motherland Sri Lanka against such an accusation. I have never travelled to Europe; therefore I didn’t know the situation in Eastern Europe. However due to the prevalent Third World citizen mentality, I presumed that she speaks words of wisdom: “this sort of idiosyncrasy could only be seen in countries like Sri Lanka, and India”, I thought.

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Relations Between India and Sri Lanka Sour

For view: 05th of September 2012

Last week, while traveling down the coast of Tamil Nadu for my article about the fishing wars between India and Sri Lanka, I noticed pilgrims walking along the side of the road. They trudged along, despite the heat, as they walked kilometers on a pilgrimage to Christian shrines in the state of Tamil Nadu. What I had not realized is that some of the pilgrims visiting the state were from Sri Lanka.

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Missing And Forgotten

For view: 02nd of September 2012

Kumarasamy Pathmanathan has a question. “If the war is over and if there is no problem in the country, why are they arresting people?” Pathmanathan is one of the 300 people who showed up in the city of Vavuniya on Thursday, August 30, holding up pictures of a loved one who has gone missing. In his case, it’s his daughter, 31-year old Vasanthamala.

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A 17-year old boy is physically and sexually assaulted by intoxicated police officers at Pallama Police Station for a crime that he did not commit

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 17-year old boy was physically and sexually assaulted by intoxicated police officers at Pallama Police Station for a crime that he did not commit. Mr. Chamara (name changed for privacy and security purposes) was accused of stealing jewelry from a neighbour. Despite repeated denials of this accusation, he was arbitrarily arrested by officers attached to the Pallama Police Station, detained and grossly assaulted, both physically and sexually.

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