“I am fully prepared to confront the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence, which has leaked a news threatening to put me through their so-called military rehabilitation,” said Ananthi Sasitharan, the only woman candidate of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC), who also polled largest number of preferential votes next to the chief minister candidate of the… Continue reading Colombo targets NPC member Ananthi for witnessing against Sri Lanka
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Take bearing from PPT verdict in delivering justice to Eezham Tamils: May 17
The recent verdict by the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) on Sri Lanka, which found the Sri Lankan State guilty of genocide, was a landmark decision in the path of justice to Eezham Tamils, say the activists of May 17 Movement from Tamil Nadu, who were present at the session in Bremen as expert witnesses on… Continue reading Take bearing from PPT verdict in delivering justice to Eezham Tamils: May 17
UN failed in Sri Lanka, says Dieng
United Nation’s Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide to the Secretary General (SG), Adama Dieng, said during a UN panel discussion Wednesday that not only the United Nations but all member states failed the people of Sri Lanka. He implied that while the SG did not make use of Article 99 which bestows power on… Continue reading UN failed in Sri Lanka, says Dieng
Lankan diplomat ducks rights discussions in UK
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Britain, Chris Nonis, declined to participate in a rights discussion on Sri Lanka held end of last week at the UK’s Frontline club where the author of Sri Lanka’s Unfinished War, Frances Harrison, Channel-4’s producer of a series of documentaries on Sri Lanka’s war, Callum Macrae, and policy and… Continue reading Lankan diplomat ducks rights discussions in UK
SL military operatives attack houses of Tamil councillors in Jaffna
Sri Lankan military operatives who came in vehicles to the houses of Mr Sathees, the deputy head of Valveddith-thu’rai Urban Council and Mr Viyakes, the chairman of Karaveddi South-West Piratheasa Chapai attacked the houses threatening the family members, who were at sleep in the early hours of Tuesday. The squad smashed the windows of the… Continue reading SL military operatives attack houses of Tamil councillors in Jaffna
Elected civic members in Jaffna pay tribute to Tamil Heroes, SL military retaliates
The elected civic members of Karaveddi South-West Piratheasa Chapai (PS) on Monday paid floral tribute to the fallen Tamil Heroes, who were remembering the fallen fighters in the independence struggle of Eezham Tamils. The courageous move comes on the same day as Colombo’s military establishment issued a ban on commemorating the fallen Tamil fighters on… Continue reading Elected civic members in Jaffna pay tribute to Tamil Heroes, SL military retaliates
NPC administration under iron fist of SL Governor Chandrasiri
Demonstrating the consolidation of power in the Sri Lankan unitary and military system, the colonial governor in North, Major General (retd) GA Chandrasiri is continuing to demonstrate his executive powers including the cadre management of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) without giving room for the elected NPC to have any say in the affairs of… Continue reading NPC administration under iron fist of SL Governor Chandrasiri
Colombo forced Tamil doctors to lie: Dr. Varatharajah
Former Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS) for Mullaiththeevu, Dr. Thurairajah Varatharajah, currently in exile in the U.S, says in video documentary aired in India’s NewsX TV station that Colombo, after keeping him and four other doctors in prison at the end of the war, forced the doctors to lie to foreign media and to… Continue reading Colombo forced Tamil doctors to lie: Dr. Varatharajah
British PM disappoints families of missing persons in Jaffna
Demanding to witness their plight in person, hundreds of kith and kin of missing persons took to the venue in Jaffna on Friday when the visiting British Prime Minister David Camaron was scheduled to meet with Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran and R. Sampanthan of the TNA at Jaffna Public Library. British… Continue reading British PM disappoints families of missing persons in Jaffna
Tamil Nadu assembly reiterates call for total Indian boycott of Sri Lanka CHOGM
At a special session convened on Tuesday, the Tamil Nadu assembly unanimously passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister Ms Jayalalitha calling on India to completely boycott CHOGM in genocide-accused Sri Lanka. “By participating in the Commonwealth meeting, India will be sending a message that it stands by the dishonourable and inhumane actions of the… Continue reading Tamil Nadu assembly reiterates call for total Indian boycott of Sri Lanka CHOGM