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The war no one watched
[ The Indian Express ] [ 29 Nov 2012 02:22 GMT ]
In a conflict that killed 40,000 civilians in its final phase, according to one estimate in a UN report, the Security Council, unable to fit Sri Lanka on its agenda
[Full Story]
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Sri Lanka sends us a suspect emissary
[ Independent Online ] [ 28 Nov 2012 01:43 GMT ]
The UN Panel of Experts - which investigated alleged alleged atrocities by both sides - had linked the 58th division to several potential war crimes.
[Full Story]
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Sri Lanka War Tourism Skips Reality
[ IPS ] [ 25 Nov 2012 01:30 GMT ]
What is sidelined, however, are details of the beleaguered Tamil population that lived in this region throughout 30 years of civil war, and is now struggling to survive.
[Full Story]
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Time to push back over Sri Lankan impunity
[ CNN ] [ 24 Nov 2012 00:02 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's humanitarian disaster of 2009, in which some 40,000 civilians are thought to have died in flagrant violation of the laws of war, was made possible in part by the international community's failure to speak out.
[Full Story]
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SRI LANKA: Scraping by with scrap
[ IRIN ] [ 23 Nov 2012 01:12 GMT ]
So the returnees are cashing in on the thousands of bicycles, vehicles and other metal objects left behind in the former conflict zone when over 280,000 fled.
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UN: Act on Failings in Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 18 Nov 2012 02:25 GMT ]
“The UN system can’t rewrite history and respond as it should have, but it at least owes Sri Lankan victims meaningful efforts to achieve justice.”
[Full Story]
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Sri Lanka: Ethical Tourism Campaign
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 12 Nov 2012 01:27 GMT ]
The lobby group has recently uncovered evidence that a range of British tour operators are offering holiday packages that commercially benefit alleged perpetrators of human rights abuses.
[Full Story]
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Victory at all costs
[ The Financial Times ] [ 11 Nov 2012 02:33 GMT ]
The brutal finale of Sri Lanka’s civil war recounted with tragic imagery that raises the need for a fuller reckoning.
[Full Story]
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Victory at all costs
[ The Financial Times ] [ 05 Nov 2012 01:53 GMT ]
The brutal finale of Sri Lanka’s civil war recounted with tragic imagery that raises the need for a fuller reckoning.
[Full Story]
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Potsherd with Tamil-Brahmi script found in Oman
[ The Hindu ] [ 28 Oct 2012 00:55 GMT ]
It was generally believed that India’s contact with the Mediterranean world began with the Roman trade and much of the studies were concentrated on the Red Sea ports such as Quseir al-Qadim and Berenike, both in Egypt.
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Sri Lanka still unsafe
[ Australian Broadcasting Corporation ] [ 30 Sep 2012 00:04 GMT ]
A new documentary shows that Sri Lankan refugees are fleeing human rights abuses in their homeland.
[Full Story]
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The cycle of oppression
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 17 Sep 2012 00:34 GMT ]
It is precisely this fear and the self-restraining obedience that it leads to, that the oppressor feeds on and is used to create a cycle of oppression.
[Full Story]
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New network formed to oppose genocide in Sri Lanka
[ Greenleft ] [ 10 Sep 2012 01:14 GMT ]
The new group would take up the cause of all exploited and oppressed people in Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam regardless of their ethnicity; but without compromising on the right of the Tamil people to self-determination.
[Full Story]
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Shock And Awww!
[ Outlook ] [ 09 Sep 2012 02:28 GMT ]
All this is a run-up to Sri Lanka hosting the CHOGM in 2013, when 54 heads of nations will gather—an exercise that is expected to condone the well-documented war crimes.
[Full Story]
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Relations Between India and Sri Lanka Sour
[ The New York Times ] [ 06 Sep 2012 01:42 GMT ]
The Hindu, a leading national English-language newspaper based in Chennai, criticized India’s central government for failing to push Sri Lanka on the rights of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka.
[Full Story]
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Stamp of defiance and aspiration
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 05 Sep 2012 00:35 GMT ]
The shared memories and experience of its existence as well as the violent spectacle of its annihilation have galvanised a new global generation of Eelam Tamil activism.
[Full Story]
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Stalin to leave for New York, to meet Ban
[ The Asian Age ] [ 03 Sep 2012 02:25 GMT ]
Among the demands put forward by TESO that Sri Lanka would find very difficult to accept are conducting a political referendum in the Tamil-dominated areas of north and east of the island-nation to allow the Tamil people to decide their own political future.
[Full Story]
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India's Tamil Exodus
[ Dateline ] [ 29 Aug 2012 02:41 GMT ]
The refugees fled Sri Lanka during the war and fear for their safety if they return to their homeland.
[Full Story]
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BROKEN PROMISES
[ Sangam ] [ 28 Aug 2012 02:17 GMT ]
It is evident to all unbiaséd observers that the Tamil nationality has been oppressed by the Sinhalese in modern times.
[Full Story]
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Tamil Nadu's TESO Conference re Sri Lanka
[ Sangam ] [ 17 Aug 2012 01:01 GMT ]
'Eelam Tamils' are those who are originally from the island of Sri Lanka and 'Tamil Eelam' refers to the traditional Tamil homeland on the island comprising the current Northern and Eastern Provinces.
[Full Story]
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Rehabilitate Sri Lankan Tamils: Jayalalithaa
[ Deccan Chronicle ] [ 16 Aug 2012 01:33 GMT ]
'The Centre should at least now compel the Sri Lankan government to take steps and ensure that Tamils, housed in relief camps, are sent back to their places of origin by devolving equal powers on par with the Sinhalese,' she said.
[Full Story]
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Eelam dream not too far: MK
[ Deccan Chronicle ] [ 13 Aug 2012 01:22 GMT ]
The resolution adopted by the conference asking the Indian government to bring forth a resolution in the United Nations for bestowing full rights to the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
[Full Story]
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US, India face Sri Lanka challenge
[ Asia Times ] [ 12 Aug 2012 01:34 GMT ]
It's time Washington and New Delhi re-evaluated their paranoia over Beijing's ability to marginalize them, and began to flex their diplomatic muscles with Colombo.
[Full Story]
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Amnesty wants U.N. probe into Sri Lanka war crimes
[ The Hindu ] [ 11 Aug 2012 01:24 GMT ]
'What we want to remind the Government of India and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is that the relationship with Sri Lanka is just not a relationship between the governments but between the people of both countries,'
[Full Story]
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Lions vs. Tigers
[ Sangam ] [ 31 July 2012 01:12 GMT ]
The study builds a case for the legitimacy of the Tamil self-determination claim by systematically analyzing these individual theories.
[Full Story]
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A tale of two interventions
[ The Hindu ] [ 28 July 2012 02:51 GMT ]
A quarter century on, India’s military involvement in Sri Lanka remains relevant as a lesson in poor leadership in contrast to the 1971 war to liberate East Pakistan.
[Full Story]
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Reliving '83
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 27 July 2012 01:09 GMT ]
Black July 1983 through extracts from international newspapers published at the time, and news from today.
[Full Story]
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Poignant portrayal
[ The Hindu ] [ 22 July 2012 00:33 GMT ]
Many contemporary Tamil writers and intellectuals are seriously concerned about the Srilankan Tamil imbroglio and many of them are open defenders of Tamil Eelam.
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Indifference
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 19 July 2012 00:35 GMT ]
It's for all of us to ensure their silence doesn't continue.
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Sri Lanka: Halt Harassment of Media
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 05 July 2012 01:45 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan government should immediately end harassment of media outlets and journalists in violation of the right to freedom of expression.
[Full Story]
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Military bars Tamils
from their homes
[ UCA News ] [ 27 June 2012 02:46 GMT ]
'The military asked us to vacate the
resettled housing scheme before
midnight, and we walked over five
kilometers with our children to the
church,' [Full Story]
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The meaning of
victory
[ Hindustan Times ] [ 17 June 2012 02:37
GMT ]
The government has persisted in its
suspicion and has been demonising the
Tamil community. [Full Story]
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Some Sinister
Purpose
[ Strategy Page ] [ 13 June 2012 01:09
GMT ]
India is getting nervous about China's
growing power (economic and military) in
the Indian Ocean. [Full Story]
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Last-minute reprieve
for Sri Lankan deportees
[ Channel4 ] [ 01 June 2012 02:07 GMT ]
A copy of one judgement, by the
Honourable Mr Justice Eady, which cites
as the reason for his granting a stay of
removal: "The recent Human Rights Watch
report, dated 29.05.2012 suggests that
there may be new evidence relevant to
the risk of ill treatment." [Full Story]
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LJP backs Tamil
Eelam cause
[ The Hindu ] [ 21 May 2012 02:31 GMT ]
The Lok Janshakthi Party president Ram
Vilas Paswan on Sunday favoured a
referendum under the supervision of
international community to determine the
future of Sri Lankan Tamils. [Full Story]
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Clinton urges Sri
Lanka to prosecute war criminals
[ The Washington Times ] [ 20 May 2012
00:55 GMT ]
The Obama administration has urged the
Sri Lankan government to develop a
comprehensive action plan for
implementing steps on reconciliation and
accountability for the alleged war
crimes. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka and the
United States
[ Sangam ] [ 09 May 2012 01:35 GMT ]
The political benefits of economic
development will be much stronger if it
is supplemented by concrete moves toward
addressing war-related grievances and
political integration. [Full Story]
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UNHCR Global Appeal
2012-2013
[ UNHCR ] [ 23 Apr 2012 02:22 GMT ]
Some IDPs,mainly in the Jaffna and
Vavuniya districts in northern Sri
Lanka, are still unable to return home
even after their lengthy displacement. [Full Story]
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Lost kingdoms
[ Financial Times ] [ 13 Apr 2012 01:25
GMT ]
The kingdom of Jaffna was destroyed by
the Portuguese in 1621 and today the
country is a republic. [Full Story]
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Lessons to learn
from Geneva
[ The Hindu ] [ 08 Apr 2012 01:33 GMT ]
Unless it makes a genuine attempt to
reach out to the Tamil political
leadership and people, the international
community will continue to look
unfavourably at it. [Full Story]
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Cricket Amid War
Crimes Unpunished
[ Channel4 ] [ 01 Apr 2012 01:55 GMT ]
There is a bad light that stopped play
altogether ââ?¬â?? play amongst the
children women and men who died in the
closing weeks of Sri Lanka�s
civil war. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka needs to
change says diplomat
[ BBC ] [ 29 Mar 2012 01:09 GMT ]
Sri Lanka should take the resolution
passed by UNHCR seriously because that
would not be the end and those countries
which brought it may push it through in
the future. [Full Story]
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Betraying Tamils
[ Deccan Herald ] [ 26 Mar 2012 02:24
GMT ]
Delhi refused to use the power of Indian
diplomacy to eliminate the reasons that
had led to the Lanka civil war. [Full Story]
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A wake up call for
Colombo
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 Mar 2012 02:04 GMT ]
Thursday's resolution is the first real
sign that the world will no more let
itself be guided solely by Sri Lankan
claims. [Full Story]
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Resolution of the
Sri Lanka conflict
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 21 Mar 2012 01:38
GMT ]
The militarisation of the Tamil majority
areas in the north of the island, and
the curtailment of their economic,
political and social rights, continues
to increase tensions between already
polarised communities and undermines
prospects for peace. [Full Story]
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U.N. Panel Seeks
Vote on Carnage in Sri Lanka
[ The New York Times ] [ 20 Mar 2012
00:02 GMT ]
Sri Lankan nongovernmental organizations
have complained of intimidation by Sri
Lankan delegates photographing their
members even inside the human rights
council chambers. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka�s
North I: The Denial of Minority Rights
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 17 Mar
2012 00:32 GMT ]
The slow but undeniable movement of
Sinhala settlers into the fringes of the
north and other forms of
government-supported
ââ?¬Å?Sinhalisationââ?¬Â? are
reigniting a sense of grievance and
weakening chances for a real settlement.
[Full Report]
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Sri Lanka's Killing
Fields
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 14 Mar 2012
01:24 GMT ]
Around the world a generation of Tamil
youth are burning with anger. If the
world does not take action to find the
truth and make the perpetrators face
justice, that anger may find its
expression in a tragic, awful,
repetition of history. [Full Story]
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India�s Sri
Lanka Policy Under Fire
[ The Wall Street Journal ] [ 13 Mar
2012 08:44 GMT ]
The issue disrupted Parliament on
Tuesday as Indian lawmakers from the
south, which has a large Tamil
population, criticized New
Delhi�s failure to pressure Sri
Lanka. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka: A child
is summarily executed
[ The Independent UK ] [ 11 Mar 2012
12:35 GMT ]
Amnesty International's Asia director,
Sam Zafiri, is in no doubt that the
operation was deliberate - and illegal:
"International law bans medieval sieges
- you can't subject a population to
hunger, famine or plague as a means of
military victory." [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka against
itself
[ The Hindu ] [ 05 Mar 2012 01:47 GMT ]
Sri Lanka must realise that its own
interests require it urgently to address
these twin bases of national
reconciliation. [Full Story]
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Revisiting Sri
Lanka's Bloody War
[ The New York Times ] [ 03 Mar 2012
00:02 GMT ]
The international community must now
assume its duty to ensure that Sri Lanka
fulfills its responsibilities to all its
people and to the rest of the world. [Full Story]
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The Resettlement Report
[ TNA ] [ 20 Feb 2012 01:25 GMT ]
This report provides an overview of the
return or resettlement of Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) who were
displaced during the final stages of the
war in Sri Lanka. [Full
Story PDF]
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Sri Lanka: Army
Inquiry a Delaying Tactic
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 16 Feb 2012
01:34 GMT ]
ââ?¬Å?This inquiry, coming on the eve
of a possible Sri Lanka resolution at
the Human Rights Council, looks like yet
another cynical and meaningless
move.� [Full Story]
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Helpers in a hostile
world: the risk of aid work grows
[ The Christian Science Monitor ] [ 11
Feb 2012 00:25 GMT ]
Local MSF staff made judgment calls, at
times deciding to overlook a
government's inhumane actions ââ?¬â??
such as the aerial bombing of civilian
areas in Yemen in 2009 or the shelling
of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan
Army in 2009. [Full Story]
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War crimes in Sri
Lanka
[ Dawn ] [ 10 Feb 2012 07:05 GMT ]
Human rights groups now want an
independent investigation, arguing that
accountability is a requirement under
international law, not an optional
extra. [Full Story]
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TNA Response to the
LLRC Report
[ TNA ] [ 16 Jan 2012 01:24 GMT ]
The TNA therefore calls on the
international community to acknowledge
the consistent failure of domestic
accountability mechanisms in Sri Lanka
and take steps to establish an
internationalmechanism for
accountability. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka�s
Ghosts of War
[ The New York Times ] [ 31 Dec 2011
00:42 GMT ]
The government says there are too many
land mines to allow resettlement;
critics say there are too many bodies in
mass graves. [Full Story]
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No holds barred
[ The Hindu ] [ 30 Dec 2011 00:31 GMT ]
She has constantly taken the side of the
oppressed, fought the system, gone
against the tide. [Full Story]
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The Peace Dividend
[ The Pioneer ] [ 09 Dec 2011 00:41 GMT
]
It would be unforgivable if New Delhi
abandoned its quest for devolution of
power to the Sri Lankan Tamils. [Full Story]
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Losing clout in
Colombo
[ Economic Times ] [ 08 Dec 2011 00:02
GMT ]
India has steadily lost its clout in Sri
Lanka by default and as elsewhere
getting lost in a tunnel. [Full Story]
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The Figment of
?Post-Conflict? Sri Lanka
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 28 Nov 2011 00:47
GMT ]
Both identity and grievance and their
inter-relation are central to the
political present and must be brought
back into frameworks for understanding
conflict and nationalism in Sri Lanka
and for their resolution through
political means. [Full Story]
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Tracing Sri Lanka's
missing children
[ AFP ] [ 26 Nov 2011 00:55 GMT ]
Two and a half years after the end of
Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict,
hundreds of families displaced by the
war are still engaged in a fraught,
exhausting search for missing children.
[Full Story]
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US Foreign Policy
and Sri Lanka
[ Journal of Foreign Relations ] [ 23
Nov 2011 00:11 GMT ]
Just because China?s rise sits atop
America?s foreign policy agenda does not
mean that the promotion of international
human rights should be placed on the
back burner. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka war probe
calls for new inquiry
[ Al Jazeera ] [ 21 Nov 2011 00:05 GMT ]
LLRC described a documentary by
Britain's Channel 4 television, which
allegedly showed government troops
executing suspected Tamil rebels, as a
"total fabrication". [Full Story]
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Speech by R
Sampanthan MP
[ Sangam ] [ 14 Nov 2011 00:51 GMT ]
The purpose of not helping our people is
the fear that if they do all these, our
people will live there permanently. [Full Story]
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Sri Lankan state,
global powers and Tamil genocide
[ The Weekend Leader ] [ 13 Nov 2011
14:07 GMT ]
From the very beginning of the
implementation of the agreement the
American/British governments with the
tacit approval of the Indian government
made every attempt to strengthen the
power of the Sri Lankan government. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka 'still
torturing' Tamils
[ Channel4 ] [ 09 Nov 2011 00:05 GMT ]
The UN has already found that evidence
of the killing of up to 40,000 civilians
amid allegations of serious human rights
abuses amounted to "credible
allegations" that war crimes had been
committed. [Full Story]
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Taking a stand on
Sri Lanka
[ The Toronto Star ] [ 30 Oct 2011 00:02
GMT ]
The Commonwealth must affirm its
relevance by pushing for a credible
probe, and a better deal for Tamils. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka issue
divides Commonwealth
[ RNW ] [ 29 Oct 2011 00:04 GMT ]
"Today Commonwealth leaders are faced
with a choice ? reform the Commonwealth
so that it can effectively address human
rights violations by its members, or
risk becoming irrelevant." [Full Story]
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Commonwealth at the
crossroads
[ Trinidad Express ] [ 26 Oct 2011 01:25
GMT ]
The Commonwealth's ability to become a
respected 21st century global network
rests on its commitment to democracy and
human rights. [Full Story]
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Beyond the scars
[ The Hindu ] [ 22 Oct 2011 12:04 GMT ]
A cultural connect that we can use to
give them more self belief, pride and
faith in themselves and their lives. [Full Story]
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Sri Lankan envoy
'war crimes'
[ The Sydney Morning Herald ] [ 17 Oct
2011 00:15 GMT ]
In the final months of fighting in 2009,
according to the United Nations, up to
40,000 civilians caught in the north and
east of the country were killed. [Full Story]
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Liam Fox friend
accused over Sri Lanka 'arms deal'
[ Channel4 ] [ 12 Oct 2011 00:41 GMT ]
Since the end of the war, in which a UN
report says up to 40,000 civilians were
killed in the final months, Mr Werritty
was allegedly involved in helping
launder the Sri Lankan government?s
reputation on the international stage. [Full Story]
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Key political risks
to watch in Lanka
[ Gulf Times ] [ 07 Oct 2011 00:04 GMT ]
What to watch: Whether the laws are used
to control minority Tamils in former war
zones, moves which have led Tamils to
press Western nations against
Rajapakse?s government. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka 'defeated
conspiracy at UN'
[ BBC ] [ 03 Oct 2011 00:14 GMT ]
Expressing serious concerns over Sri
Lanka's human rights record, Canadian
prime minister has said he would boycott
2013 Commonwealth Summit to be held in
Colombo. [Full Story]
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Paradise lost in a
secret war
[ The Sydney Morning Herald ] [ 17 Sep
2011 00:04 GMT ]
The decline of American power and rise
of an assertive China allowed Colombo
far greater leeway to prosecute its own
''war on terror''. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka: Post-War
Progress Report
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 16 Sep
2011 08:22 GMT ]
More than two years after the end of Sri
Lanka?s civil war, the political
situation in the country remains deeply
worrying. [Full Story]
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UN: Truth and
justice needed to resolve Sri Lanka
rights crisis
[ Amnesty International ] [ 15 Sep 2011
00:33 GMT ]
?Any sustainable peace and
reconciliation in Sri Lanka will depend
on a genuine, independent effort being
made to learn the truth about serious
violations during the civil war and
deliver justice to the victims and their
families,? said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty
International?s Asia-Pacific Director. [Full Story]
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Across the literary
pages
[ Spectator ] [ 31 Aug 2011 00:31 GMT ]
?The eyes of Michael Ondaatje,
prize-winning author of The English
Patient, are a baffling window on the
inner man: the brilliant, pale sapphires
of a witty Dutch burgher set in a
68-year-old Tamil frame. [Full Story by
Guardian]
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No future without
forgiveness
[ Daily Mirror ] [ 18 Aug 2011 00:35 GMT
]
If Sri Lanka?s future political leaders
are to be involved in healing,
reconciliation and peace, Sri Lanka must
learn to look at the past and learn the
right lessons from it. [Full Story]
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United Nations: Weak
leaders wanted
[ The Guardian UK ] [ 15 Aug 2011 01:09
GMT ]
Human Rights Watch wrote "far from
condemning repression, Ban sometimes
went out of his way to portray
oppressive governments in a positive
light". China, Burma, Sri Lanka have
benefited from Mr Ban's lax hand. [Full Story]
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The pros and cons of
partitions
[ The Express Tribune ] [ 14 Aug 2011
13:22 GMT ]
A partition should be judged by the
criterion of human happiness, prosperity
of the people and whether the cause of
peace has been served or not. [Full Story]
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Will get Sri Lankan
Tamils their rights: Jayalalithaa
[ IANS ] [ 13 Aug 2011 00:56 GMT ]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.
Jayalalithaa Thursday declared that her
government will not rest till Sri Lankan
Tamils are rehabilitated, allowed to
live in their own places and are treated
at par with the majority Sinhalese
community. [Full Story]
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India blamed for
rights abuses in Sri Lanka
[ Deccan Herald ] [ 09 Aug 2011 00:09
GMT ]
"We strongly condemn the Indian
government's silence and active
participation in many of the human
rights violations meted out by the Sri
Lankan government," it said in a
statement. [Full Story]
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What Black July
means for the future
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 26 July 2011 01:27
GMT ]
We again remember those who were
slaughtered in July 1983. In doing so,
we also steel ourselves for the long
path ahead to freedom, security and the
opportunity to reach their full
potential for all our people. [Full Story]
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US panel votes to
bar aid to Sri Lanka
[ AFP ] [ 23 July 2011 00:11 GMT ]
A US congressional committee voted to
ban aid to Sri Lanka unless the nation
shows "accountability" over the
bloodshed in the final stages of its
civil war in 2009. [Full Story]
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Reconciliation in
Sri Lanka: Harder than Ever
[International Crisis Group] [19 July
2011 08:15 GMT]
Triumphalist in its successful 'war on
terror', the government of President
Mahinda Rajapaksa has refused to
acknowledge, let alone address, the
Tamil minoritys legitimate grievances
against the state. [Full Story]
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TGTE Joins South
Sudan Independence Ceremony
[New York, NY (PRWEB) ] [ 17 July 2011
00:00 GMT ]
The TGTE is a democratically elected
Government of the Tamil diaspora from
the island of Sri Lanka . TGTE held
internationally supervised elections in
12 countries to elect Members of
Parliament (MPs). These MPs drafted and
ratified a Constitution, ... [Full Story]
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India asks Sri Lanka
to probe war crimes claims
[NDTV.com] [ 16 July 2011 00:00 GMT ]
NEW DELHI - India on Friday urged Sri
Lanka to examine claims made in a
British documentary that said it
targeted civilians while crushing Tamil
Tiger rebels two years ago. The Channel
4 documentary, "Sri Lanka's Killing
Fields" aired last month on British
television contained footage of what it
said were prisoner executions. [Full Story]
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'Aussies' boycott of
SL tour will have serious
repercussions'
[NDTV.com] [ 15 July 2011 00:00 GMT ]
If Australia is not going to play any
more in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe...
If they only play in some countries,
world cricket will die and IPL will take
over," he said from England, where a
small but dedicated group of
Tamilprotesters demonstrated ... [Full Story]
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Lanka war crimes:
Vaiko slams govt
[ India Today ] [ 14 July 2011 00:00 GMT
]
In an exclusive interview to Headlines
Today, Vaiko accused the Indian
government of betraying Tamils in Sri
Lanka and hoped that justice would be
done soon. "Tamils living in Tamil Nadu
and all over the world are saddened. The
person who has committed ... [Full Story]
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British minister in
fresh call for Sri Lanka probe
[AFP] [ 11 July 2011 00:00 GMT ]
COLOMBO - A British minister visiting
Sri Lanka has repeated demands that the
government must investigate war crimes
alleged to have been committed during
the island's separatist conflict
withTamil rebels. The British High
Commission said Defence ... [Full Story]
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Why should we care
about the suffering of Tamils?
[The Independent] [ 10 July 2011 00:00
GMT ]
On Tuesday 14 June, a shocking,
heart-wrenching documentary was shown on
Channel 4. 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields',
broadcast just after 11pm, displayed
what presenter Jon Snow described as
"devastating evidence of war crimes and
crimes against humanity, and a powerful
case for bring those guilty of these
crimes to justice." [Full Story]
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World Tamil Writers
Conference to be held in Singapore
[ PTI ] [ 08 July 2011 00:00 GMT ]
The Aftenposten journalist, who recently
serialised WikiLeaks cables related to
the conflict in the island, has been
critical of both the Sri Lankan
government and the Tamil Tigers in his
coverage over the years. Neither the UN
Panel report nor the ... [Full Story]
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A moment of
historical importance
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 01 July 2011 00:14
GMT ]
New ways and approaches should be found
and all human rights situations should
be addressed, to ensure that in several
years from now, no voices will claim
that the Council should have been
fairer, deeper or faster in its handling
of critical human rights situations. [Full Story]
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A particularly
British failure
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 28 June 2011 00:47
GMT ]
The principle of the rule of law
ââ?¬â?? hard won over centuries in this
country - is not one that can be
negotiated away for temporary gain and
convenience. [Full Story]
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India and Sri Lanka
after the LTTE
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 24 June
2011 00:47 GMT ]
Without a reversal of the Sri Lankan
government�s growing
authoritarianism, centralisation of
power and continued repression of
dissent, any devolution will be
meaningless and the risks of renewed
conflict will increase. [Full Story]
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Post-War Sri Lanka:
Rethinking Reconciliation
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 22 June 2011
00:28 GMT ]
It has become painfully evident that for
many individuals pushing reconciliation,
the parameters of the discussion are
pre-set and involve willfully ignoring
any call for truth, and dismissing the
need to bring those responsible to
justice. [Full Story]
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The Silence of Sri
Lanka
[ The New York Times ] [ 21 June 2011
00:03 GMT ]
Kofi Annan has said that the
international community cannot be
selective in its approach to upholding
the rule of law. We therefore call on
our governments to set a deadline, soon,
for satisfactory response from the Sri
Lankan government. [Full Story]
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Britain demands Sri
Lanka probe, sets time line
[ AP ] [ 17 June 2011 01:41 GMT ]
"If the Sri Lankan government does not
respond we will support the
international community in revisiting
all options available to press the Sri
Lankan government to fulfill its
obligations." [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka's Killing
Fields
[ Channel4 ] [ 15 June 2011 07:58 GMT ]
A hard-hitting investigation into the
final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war,
featuring devastating video evidence of
horrific war crimes. [Full Story]
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Tamil Diaspora hails
Jaya move on Lanka
[ Deccan Chronicle ] [ 13 June 2011
01:55 GMT ]
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has
emerged as the darling of the Tamil
Diaspora after she piloted the unanimous
resolution in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. [Full Story]
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Bosnia and Sri Lanka
[ BBC World Service ] [ 11 June 2011
00:49 GMT ]
But the ending of the war has given way
to something much less than complete
peace and calm. [Full Story]
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Exposed Core
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 05 June 2011 15:55
GMT ]
In a genuine democracy, the shocking
findings of the UN report ought to have
produced critical questioning of the
government's conduct. [Full Story]
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The Tragic Situation
of Sri Lanka
[ South Asia Citizens ] [ 29 May 2011
14:11 GMT ]
To keep silent is not an option to India
which owes not only moral but legal
responsibility to see Sri Lankan Tamils
are not denied, their human Rights and
democratic political and dignified
participation. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka:
Confronting the Killing Fields
[ Amnesty International ] [ 26 May 2011
09:35 GMT ]
The world�s generals and
politicians alike must understand,
however, that there can be no
justification for war crimes and crimes
against humanity. [Full Story]
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Making Plans to Stop
Mass Murder
[ Wall Street Journal ] [ 16 May 2011
08:52 GMT ]
Harvard professor Sarah Sewall has
pushed the Pentagon to have a plan on
the shelf for responding to mass
atrocities, ethnic cleansing and
genocide. [Full Story]
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Human rights:
Belarus, Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka
[ European Parliament ] [ 13 May 2011
01:35 GMT ]
EU Parliament urges the Sri Lankan
government to take active measures to
protect the Tamil people so that they
can look forward to "a bright and
prosperous future, on equal terms with
their Sinhalese fellow citizens". [Full Story]
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Tamil Nadu pressure
over UN report
[ BBC ] [ 02 May 2011 00:14 GMT ]
The parties in the southern Indian state
want India to mobilise international
opinion for setting up a tribunal to
prosecute those responsible for
thousands of civilian deaths then. [Full Story]
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Truth and
consequences
[ The Economist ] [ 29 Apr 2011 16:14
GMT ]
The well-organised, far-flung Tamil
diaspora will hound Sri Lanka�s
leaders when they go abroad, and put
pressure on foreign governments to
demand accountability. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka:
No-inquiry zone
[ The Guardian UK Editorial ] [ 27 Apr
2011 19:55 GMT ]
One country's ability to bury the
evidence of war crimes endangers how
civilians are treated in all other
conflicts. [Full Story]
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Full UN report on Sri Lanka
[ UN ] [ 26 Apr 2011 07:55 GMT ]
The Government's current approach to
accountability does not correspond to
basic international standards that
emphasize truth, justice and reparations
to victims. [Full Story PDF]
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UN 'could have
prevented' civilian deaths
[ BBC ] [ 24 Apr 2011 16:51 GMT ]
Gorden Weiss, the UN spokesman in
Colombo during the peak of the conflict,
said the UN should have exerted pressure
on the Sri Lankan government to stop
attacks on civilians. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka: War
Crimes
[ Al Jazeera ] [ 22 Apr 2011 01:52 GMT ]
Unless and until the truth is
established, a final reconciliation in
Sri Lanka may prove impossible. [Full Story]
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Satellites can track
human rights abuses
[ IANS ] [ 18 Apr 2011 08:09 GMT ]
US researcher Lars Bromley has proved
its effectiveness when he watched the
final days of the Sri Lankan conflict
unfold with the help of satellites
peering down from above. [Full Story]
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UN report on Sri
Lanka conflict must be made public
[ Amnesty International ] [ 14 Apr 2011
00:08 GMT ]
ââ?¬Å?By publicizing the panel of
expert�s report, and moving
toward an independent, international
accountability mechanism, the UN would
send a strong message that international
law is relevant," [Full Story]
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US: Rights concerns
hold back Sri Lanka ties
[ AFP ] [ 07 Apr 2011 00:15 GMT ]
With support from Tamil American groups,
US lawmakers have urged President Barack
Obama's administration to support a
UN-backed investigation, which Sri Lanka
says is unnecessary. [Full Story]
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Why is it
perplexing?
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 04 Apr 2011 00:18
GMT ]
Despite proclaiming the end of war and
the emergence of ââ?¬Ë?peaceââ?¬â?¢, a
climate of sovereign menace prevails in
the Tamil areas. [Full Story]
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A turning point for
world politics?
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 01 Apr 2011 08:09
GMT ]
Governments that block the aspirations
of their people, that steal or are
corrupt, that oppress and torture or
that deny freedom of expression and
human rights should bear in mind that
they will find it increasingly hard to
escape the judgement of their own
people, or where warranted, the reach of
international law. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka: Tamil
parties hold talks with government
[ WSWS ] [ 29 Mar 2011 00:09 GMT ]
The entire history of Sri Lanka since
formal independence in 1948, and
particularly the quarter century of
civil war, demonstrates the inability of
any section of the ruling class to meet
the democratic aspirations of the Tamil
minority. [Full Story]
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Truth, impunity, and
future protection
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 28 Mar 2011 10:14
GMT ]
Victims of gross violations of human
rights and their families have the
inalienable right to know the truth
about past events concerning the
perpetration of heinous crimes against
them. [Full Story]
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Tamil Eelam in the
Diaspora
[ Dissident Voice ] [ 26 Mar 2011 14:55
GMT ]
There are signs of revival of support
for the Tamils generally among the
educated class based on rational
evaluation of the situation for Tamils
in the island. [Full Story]
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Cases in Point
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 23 Mar 2011 01:33
GMT ]
It is not the possibility of statehood,
but the impossibility of living under
oppression that drives protracted
struggles for self-determination. [Full Story]
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Lasting Peace In Sri
Lanka
[ Voice of America ] [ 22 Mar 2011 08:49
GMT ]
It is critical that allegations of
injustices and abuses committed by both
sides during the conflict in Sri Lanka
are investigated. And those found
responsible must be held to account. [Full Story]
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Sri Lanka - The son
also rises
[ The Economist ] [ 18 Mar 2011 00:12
GMT ]
Patching up foreign ties and
reconciliation with the aggrieved Tamils
are the most important tasks facing Sri
Lanka�s rulers. [Full Story]
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