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SL TID inspections cripple NGO consortium in Ampaa'rai[Wed, 11 Dec 2019, 22:13 GMT] The normal operations of the office of the Consortium of Non-Governmental Organisations in Ampaa'rai district has been thoroughly disrupted by the frequent-inspections and questionings conducted by the ‘Terrorist’ Investigation Division (TID) of occupying Colombo, the representatives of the member organisations in the district told TamilNet on Wednesday. The TID was questioning particularly about the activities or involvement of personalities of three NGOs, the Center for Human Rights and Development, Viluthu Centre for Human Resource Development and the Centre for Policy Alternatives. The TID harassment was continuing even after the officials of the consortium thoroughly established the fact that the three NGOs were not affiliated to them, the activists said. Full story >>
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Dec 11 22:13  SL TID inspections cripple NGO consortium in Ampaa..Dec 10 22:43 SL State Intelligence harasses another Tamil activ..Dec 09 22:11  Veteran political analyst faces surveillance haras..Dec 08 18:14 Australian think tank seeks ‘selective focus’ on b..Dec 07 23:19 Correlating ‘optics’ of TNA is the need of the hou..Dec 06 13:47 US think-tank lists India's strategic assets in In..Dec 05 23:25 India's former nuclear commander proposes toleranc..Dec 04 21:28 Chinese Op-Ed condemns US ‘security’ projection of..Dec 03 23:27 Challenging 2006 EU ban on LTTE, next step of lega..Dec 02 23:24 China, Pakistan send top diplomats to meet Gotabay..Dec 01 23:46 Gotabaya seems to have bought 5 years from India t..Nov 30 23:51 India strengthens defence ties with JapanNov 29 18:45 New Delhi appeases Colombo as Eelam Tamil leaders ..Nov 28 07:59 Collective message from Tamils on Heroes Day: Raja..Nov 27 10:46 University students, Shivaji brave SL restrictions..SL State Intelligence harasses another Tamil activist in Jaffna[Tue, 10 Dec 2019, 22:43 GMT] The SL State Intelligence Service (SIS), formerly known as the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), has been harassing 35-year-old Komahan Murugiah from Punnaalai, Jaffna after he denounced a fake news report regarding the Tamil Political Prisoners (TPPs). A Jaffna-based Tamil Television, Dan TV, alleged of orchestrating false propaganda in favour of SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had recently claimed that seven TPPs from Anuradhapura prison had been silently released. On Friday, Mr Komahan openly rejected the fake news and said all the six TPPs detained in Anuradhapura prison were still languishing there. After Komahan exposed the false propaganda, SL SIS officers started to harass him posing questions, rights activists in Jaffna told TamilNet on Tuesday. Full story >> Australian think tank seeks ‘selective focus’ on building ‘Sri Lanka MDA’[Sun, 08 Dec 2019, 18:14 GMT] An Australian think tank, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), established by the government in 2001 and partially funded by the country’s Department of Defence has brought out a geopolitical ‘special report’ of the Indo-Pacific Island States in the context of maritime security and major-power competition prevailing in the Indo-Pacific. The study, which is also assisted by Japan, the other key player in the Quad formation led by the USA, divides the island states into two groups, Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and Indian Ocean island states (IO island states). “Australia’s efforts should be focused on Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the central Indian Ocean,” is one of the key findings of the report. “In Sri Lanka, Australia should focus on helping to develop the national Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) system.” Full story >>US think-tank lists India's strategic assets in Indian Ocean Region[Fri, 06 Dec 2019, 13:47 GMT]  Chinese Op-Ed condemns US ‘security’ projection of ‘China threat’ in South Asia[Wed, 04 Dec 2019, 21:28 GMT] “China does not object to the development of cooperative relations between the US and other countries. However, some US steps in the guise of a response to the so-called China threat theory aim at affecting China's overseas security interests and interfering in the BRI. China is firmly opposed to such moves,” Global Times, the English version of the paper operated by the Communist Party of China, said in an Op-Ed piece on Tuesday. “Sri Lanka has an important strategic position in the Indian Ocean, and its significance is increasingly valued by major countries. It will be the new [Gotabaya] government's strategic choice to strike a diplomatic balance and avoid being involved in the conflicts between great powers,” the piece further said. Full story >>China, Pakistan send top diplomats to meet Gotabaya in Colombo[Mon, 02 Dec 2019, 23:24 GMT] Newly elected SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was visiting New Delhi to patch up Colombo’s relations with India, was also strengthening his trust with China and Pakistan upon his return to Colombo on Monday. Former Chinese Ambassador Wu Jianghao, was visiting Mr Rajapaksa as the envoy of Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Chinese News agency Xinhua reported that Colombo and Beijing have agreed to speed up cooperation on major economic projects. In the meantime, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was also timing his visit to Mr Gotabaya on the same day. Full story >>India strengthens defence ties with Japan[Sat, 30 Nov 2019, 23:51 GMT] The Japanese Minister of Defense Kono Taro and Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu met their Indian counterparts Rajnath Singh and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in the first India-Japan “2+2” defence and regional foreign policy meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. Apart from the move for the speedy conclusion of the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) defence pact between the countries, Japan has agreed to take part in the Information Fusion Center for the Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), according to a joint statement issued by the parties. The IFC-IOR set-up in Gurugram, Haryana in December 2018 is an Indian move to collate data on sea lanes in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) through which 75 per cent of the world’s maritime trade and 50 per cent of global oil pass. Full story >>2ND LEAD (Adds photos) Collective message from Tamils on Heroes Day: Rajapaksas can’t kill Tamil Eelam dream[Thu, 28 Nov 2019, 07:59 GMT] Thousands of people took part in Heroes Day amidst SL military intelligence trying to ‘discipline’ the students and the people from not attending the memorial event on Wednesday. The people were determined to proceed with the event despite showering heavy rains at the grounds where Tamil war heroes (Maaveerar) lie buried in the occupied Tamil Eelam. Self-mobilised grassroots organised the remembrance events. Alternative locations were chosen for the war cemeteries (thuyilum-illam) grounds, which the occupying SL military was continuing to use, in an uncivilised manner, as the grounds for their cantonments. Sinhala soldiers were seen snatching the photos from the parents who were on their way to the thuyilum-illam in Ampaa’rai. The SL Police also seized the loudspeaker and a vehicle used in the mobilisation for the commemoration of the Sea Tiger War Heroes at Munai in Point-Pedro, Jaffna. Full story >>Colombo attempts to officially block students from marking Heroes Day at Jaffna University[Tue, 26 Nov 2019, 23:28 GMT] The occupying unitary state of genocidal Sri Lanka has instructed the Competent Authority at the University of Jaffna to declare the premises of the University out of bounds to the student community on Tamil Eelam Heroes Day and the day after. Professor K Kandasamy has issued a letter to this effect on Tuesday. In the meantime, the student leaders of Jaffna University Student Union have been instructed not to stage any event inside the university premises on 26 and 27 November, also by the Competent Authority, Prof Kandasamy. However, the students have vowed to proceed with the remembrance event on Wednesday as planned. Full story >>Demand Tokyo Co-chairs, India to bring international mediation between Tamils and GoSL[Sun, 24 Nov 2019, 19:59 GMT] Unlike during the genocidal onslaught in 2009, the US and India are now more tightly intertwined in their foreign policy approach on the maritime affairs of the states in the Indian Ocean. There is a joint Indo-Pacific outlook, especially after the 2013 launch of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). There would be no different approaches or nuances between the two powers, as it was the case in the previous decade. The US and India, along with two other key partners in the region, Japan and Australia, would be acting en bloc. The Rajapaksa establishment is very well aware of this reality. It is time that Tamils muster their historic courage and articulate a joint demand for international mediation. It is also the time that the foreign actors who were pulling the wrong strings during the 2009 genocide and its aftermath now take account of their earlier practices. Full story >>Russian naval vessel visiting Hambantota coincides with return of Gotabaya Rajapaksa[Fri, 22 Nov 2019, 23:13 GMT] The Sinhala Navy was enthusiastically arranging sporting and cultural events for the crew of Perekop, a naval training vessel of the Russian Baltic fleet, which docked at Hambantota port operated by China, a day after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as the SL President. “India is likely to welcome this decision since it has been concerned over the use of the strategically located port by the Chinese Navy and has been desirous of Russia expanding its presence in the Indo-Pacific region to make it more inclusive,” observed Mumbai-based The Economic Times in a news report published on Friday. Full story >>US ambassador-turned-consultant hints at capitalising on ‘shared interests’ with Gotabaya[Wed, 20 Nov 2019, 23:04 GMT] “The key question for the United States is now whether the two countries [Sri Lanka and the US] can reset their dialogue on the Indo-Pacific and regional peace and capitalize on the interests they share,” says Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, a retired career member of the U.S. Foreign Service and a former U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka (1992-1995). In an interview conducted for the blog of the Council on Foreign Relations, by Alyssa Ayres, one of her colleague at the Washington DC based consulting firm, McLarty Associates, Shaffer mentions one of the ‘interests’ shared by the US as “preventing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam from resuming their campaign”. Full story >>Reject engagement with genocidaire Gotabaya[Mon, 18 Nov 2019, 23:10 GMT] Newly sworn-in SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has denounced the existence of Eezham Tamils as a nation in the North and the East of the island. The wartime genocidaire Defense Secretary wants Tamils to become ‘Sri Lankans’ capitulating to the Sinhala Mahawansa doctrine, which possesses the requisite intent for Tamil genocide. The Tamils and their political leaders must unambiguously state now that there would be no engagement with genocidaire SL President and the SL State unless he openly and publicly declares Eezham Tamils as a nation entitled to the right of self-determination. The foreign state actors upholding the engagement paradigm are ultimately responsible for the continued crimes against Eezham Tamils in the island. Full story >>High voter turn-out in North-East[Sat, 16 Nov 2019, 23:48 GMT] The people in the North-East have voted in large numbers in the SL presidential elections held on Saturday. The Tamil voters have ignored the calls for boycott as they didn’t want to see the return of the war-time SL Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as the next president and opted to back Sajith Premadasa, the lesser evil of the two main candidates. The Chairman of the SL Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya, has described the polls as the most peaceful presidential election in the history of the island. However, war-displaced Tamil-speaking Muslims transported from Puththa’lam to cast their votes in Mannaar were attacked by the supporters of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Full story >>Veteran political analyst faces surveillance harassment in Jaffna[Mon, 09 Dec 2019, 22:11 GMT]  Correlating ‘optics’ of TNA is the need of the hour[Sat, 07 Dec 2019, 23:19 GMT] The global and regional powers engaged in their geopolitical access negotiations with the sitting regimes in Colombo would continue to advise the leaders of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to regard the Tamil national question as an internal affair of the ‘Sri Lankan’ state. The personalities at the helm of the TNA affairs have also succumbed to this advice, particularly after 2009. The Tamil civil society and the grassroots must address this ‘optical nerve problem’ of the TNA. The disease cannot be allowed to continue even after the Rajapaksa brothers coming to power in the South, commented Tamil activists for alternative politics in Jaffna. The Rajapaksa siblings have vowed to consolidate the unitary state, which is already illegitimate as far as the nation of Eezham Tamils is concerned, they said. Full story >>India's former nuclear commander proposes tolerance limits for hot exchange with China[Thu, 05 Dec 2019, 23:25 GMT] A challenging China in the maritime domain [of India] cannot be allowed to pass without a strategic riposte and India would have to mark its ‘red lines’ in clear terms to China, write Vice Admiral (retd) Vijay Shankar, a former Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of India's Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and C-in-C of the Andaman and Nicobar Command in the past. The retired 70-year-old Vice Admiral has posted a piece in his blog suggesting four ‘red lines’. One of them is any Chinese attempt to offer military support to any future internal war against the Indian State. Another red-line is China establishing aggressive deployments capable of disrupting Indian energy and resource traffic. Full story >>Challenging 2006 EU ban on LTTE, next step of legal activism on principled grounds: Mendis[Tue, 03 Dec 2019, 23:27 GMT] Based on the legal victory obtained in 2018 in Switzerland, the Tamil diaspora should relinquish fear and challenge the initial 2006 EU ban on LTTE on moral and justice grounds, said exiled Sinhala activist Viraj Mendis, who addressed a packed audience in Oslo on 09 November. The activist, who has been championing the cause of Eezham Tamils for more than 35 years, announced a one-year intensive documentation-cum-legal project to challenge the EU ban. The announcement was made in Oslo, Norway, where Mr Mendis was taking part at the Norway-launch of the book, “Nanthik-kadal Peasuki'rathu” (Nanthik-kadal Speaks). The project has gained a moral boost on Tuesday when the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland announced that it rejected an appeal lodged by Switzerland's Federal Prosecutor's Office against the precedent-setting judgment of the Federal Criminal Court in June 2018. Full story >>Gotabaya seems to have bought 5 years from India to wage ‘development’ genocide in North-East[Sun, 01 Dec 2019, 23:46 GMT] Genocidaire Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the newly elected SL president has refused to implement the pending devolution powers such as police and land powers to the provincial councils in the North and East. “[Y]ou can’t do anything against the wishes and feeling of the majority community,” he told The Hindu during his stay in India. “Look, the 13th Amendment is part of the constitution and is functional, except for some areas like control of police powers, which we can’t implement. I am willing to discuss alternatives to that,” he told the paper. Only a day before the interview appeared, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed confidence at the presence of Mr Rajapaksa that the latter would be implementing the 13th Amendment to the SL Constitution. Full story >>New Delhi appeases Colombo as Eelam Tamil leaders fail to demand international mediation[Fri, 29 Nov 2019, 18:45 GMT] While Eelam Tamil political parties, particularly the TNA, are yet to place their demands to the geopolitical actors of an internationally mediated settlement to the national question in the island, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered a $450 million line of credit to Colombo, which includes $400 million for developing infrastructure and $50 million for anti-terrorism, media reports from India said on Friday. The move, announced during the new SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s maiden visit to India, is seen as a bid to outdo or reduce the influence of China in the strategically located island. In the meantime, New Delhi-based Hindustan Times reported that Gotabaya’s government wants to undo the previous regime’s move to lease the southern port of Hambantota to China. Rajapaksas were citing “national interest” as the reason, the paper said. Full story >>University students, Shivaji brave SL restrictions on veneration of Tamil Eelam Heroes in Jaffna[Wed, 27 Nov 2019, 10:46 GMT]  People mobilise in resolute to mark Tamil Eelam Heroes Day amidst Rajapaksas return[Mon, 25 Nov 2019, 23:32 GMT]  US, Indian think-tanks call for deepening of Indo-Pacific ties ahead of 2+2 meetings[Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 22:58 GMT] China's strategic infrastructure financing, including of Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, Gwadar Port in Pakistan, and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar as well as its economic cooperation, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and investments in Nepal, Myanmar, Maldives and Sri Lanka are among the tools Beijing is using to shape geopolitics in the Indian Ocean region, argue two of the collaborating think tanks at Washington DC and New Delhi, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Delhi Policy Group (DPG). Enlarging US interest in the Indian Ocean Region, US recognising India's role in the region and the deepening of US-India strategic conversations and planning are the action-points proposed by both the think-tanks. Full story >>Former IFS diplomat advises New Delhi to embrace Rajapaksas trading off rights with interests[Thu, 21 Nov 2019, 23:41 GMT] “There is no way Rajapaksa will accept federalism in Sri Lanka. The Tamil community will have to come to terms with the grim implications of it and learn to live with what is on offer,” commented M K Bhadrakumar, a former Indian Foreign Service diplomat responding to a question from the Turkish Anadolu news agency on Thursday. Eezham Tamils were “dispossessed by Colombo and disowned by New Delhi,” he said advising New Delhi to trade-off Tamil rights-oriented concerns with the strategic interests of India. “The bottom line is that Gotabaya will be no less a strongman than Prime Minister Modi. It will be exceedingly foolish to adopt a prescriptive attitude toward Colombo. Any such attempt will meet with rebuff. Success lies in carrying the new president along,” the former envoy Bhadrakumar said. Full story >>Indian FM visits Gotabaya to ensure Colombo’s conformity to US-India geopolitics in Indian Ocean[Tue, 19 Nov 2019, 22:50 GMT] Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was quick to visit Colombo and meet the newly elected SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday evening. Jaishankar has been a key figure influencing the Indo-US geopolitical outlook in the recent times, and his unscheduled direct presence in Colombo inviting Mr Gotabaya to India at his earliest was nothing else than an indication that the USA is pulling strings. Informed diplomatic sources in Colombo said Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also well aware that India and the USA were tightly synchronised than ever before on defence and maritime affairs of the Indian Ocean. Full story >>Tamil message goes contrary to realpolitik of world powers: Premachandran[Sun, 17 Nov 2019, 13:29 GMT] Tamil people have cast their votes indicating their sharp opposition to génocidaire Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who is the SL president-elect. The voting pattern of Tamils must be interpreted as a message to the South as well as to the international community, said EPRLF Leader Suresh Premachandran in a comment to TamilNet on Sunday. However, the USA and India are preoccupied with the thought of how best they could engage with the new SL President, because they consider China as having established deeper inroads into the island through trade, infrastructure-development and the 99-year lease of Hambantota harbour in the South, he said. Suresh Premachandran was implying that the powers that embrace the new president must be regarded as accountable for continued injustices against the Eezham Tamils in the island. Full story >>Forest officials from Ampaa'rai intervene to free land encroachers in Batticaloa[Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 17:00 GMT] Sinhala officials of the SL Forest Department attached to the Ampaa'ari office seem to have released the Sinhala encroachers who were initially detained by the forest guards from Batticaloa on 05 November. The Sinhala officials from Ampaa'rai had taken the encroachers from the Tamil officials to avert legal action. There has been no legal against them in Ampaa'rai, and the encroachers are still seen engaging in various activities in Periya-maathava'nai and Mayilaththai-madu, particularly in Ea'raavoorpattu (Chengkaladi) division, Tamil dairy farmers who have been fighting against illegal encroachment. Full story >>
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LTTE 2008 Dec 14 06:39 Jaffna Bishop meets IDPs in Vanni 2008 Dec 14 06:36 Fein: Genocide charges against Sri Lanka offici... 2007: 2007 Dec 14 16:41 Eelam demand came well before LTTE - paper 2007 Dec 14 16:31 Stung by rights criticism, Sri Lanka summons US... 2007 Dec 14 14:13 Pirapaharan pays homage to Anton Balasingham 2007 Dec 14 12:41 SLMC decides to withdraw support for UPFA in pr... 2007 Dec 14 12:17 UPFA budget passed by 47-vote majority 2007 Dec 14 10:51 Anura Bandaranaike crosses over to opposition 2007 Dec 14 03:35 Police constable wounded in accidental gunfire 2007 Dec 14 01:37 Heavy rain causes flooding in Eastern Province 2006: 2006 Dec 14 21:52 Tamil homeland, diaspora in 3-days mourning for... 2006 Dec 14 19:08 Viral fever epidemic affects over 100,000 in Ja... 2006 Dec 14 18:42 LTTE leader salutes 'Voice of the Nation' 2006 Dec 14 14:11 Anton Balasingham passes away 2006 Dec 14 13:07 JVP meets US 2006 Dec 14 12:36 Abducted youth shot dead in Batticaloa 2006 Dec 14 12:25 Youth shot dead in Vadamaradchy 2006 Dec 14 11:43 $210m ADB loans for Sri Lanka 2006 Dec 14 11:36 Mannar shuts down, traders ignore SLA threats 2006 Dec 14 11:21 Police, orthodox Muslims clash in Kathankudy, 1... 2006 Dec 14 11:08 SLA attacks LTTE medics transport, 5 killed, "c... 2006 Dec 14 08:46 Vavuniya shuts down in remembrance of Vaharai v... 2006 Dec 14 00:45 Police restricts parking in Jaffna town 2005: 2005 Dec 14 15:45 Norwegian FM to meet Samaraweera in Hong Kong 2005 Dec 14 13:56 SLAF Helicopter comes under fire in Arugambay 2005 Dec 14 12:14 Jaffna tense as SLA cordon, searches continue 2005 Dec 14 11:45 Cabinet size, luxury vehicles draw JVP fire 2005 Dec 14 11:25 SL Police arrests two Tamils in Mannar 2005 Dec 14 03:13 Self-employment assistance centers open in Poon... 2005 Dec 14 01:37 UK NGO helps Trincomalee disabled 2004: 2004 Dec 14 21:53 Suspects allowed bail in transporting mines to ... 2004 Dec 14 20:23 Attack on Bollywood show creates political stor... 2004 Dec 14 19:34 SLA corporal commits suicide in Jaffna 2004 Dec 14 14:28 New NE Governor arrives in Trincomalee 2004 Dec 14 14:12 Anti-War Front to organize national conference ... 2004 Dec 14 14:03 Joint Training Exercise By Indian and Sri Lanka... 2004 Dec 14 13:53 Solheim - SLMM Meet to discuss the Eastern Situ... 2004 Dec 14 11:18 Thirteen Tamil refugees surrender in Mannar 2004 Dec 14 11:17 Nine Indian poachers to be repatriated 2004 Dec 14 11:17 Seized heroin, ganja destroyed in Mannar 2004 Dec 14 10:58 Iranaimadu spill water submerges Paranthan vill... 2004 Dec 14 09:51 Sri Lanka army informant shot dead 2004 Dec 14 04:00 NECORD provides building to Salli students 2004 Dec 14 03:18 HRCSL lacks teeth, says Human Rights activist 2003: 2003 Dec 14 19:30 White Pigeon conducts mine awareness campaign 2003 Dec 14 18:15 UNICEF launches campaign against child abuse 2003 Dec 14 16:45 Tamils warned to prepare for snap election 2003 Dec 14 14:35 Officials' indifference costs Valaichenai poor ... 2003 Dec 14 13:36 LTTE announces tax relief measures 2003 Dec 14 09:59 Jaffna said apprehensive of US military aid to ... 2002: 2002 Dec 14 18:54 Abduction attempt thwarted in Valaichenai 2002 Dec 14 16:51 'EPDP is being used to derail peace process'- K... 2002 Dec 14 14:18 Bomb blast damages Batticaloa TRO Office 2002 Dec 14 13:54 Phased approach agreed to address Jaffna HSZ re... 2002 Dec 14 13:05 AG urged to file appeal against Mylanthanai acq... 2002 Dec 14 01:03 Self employment help benefits low income Mutur ... 2001: 2001 Dec 14 16:50 Army controls pose acid test for UNP 2001 Dec 14 13:00 Police search Gen. Ratwatte’s home 2000: 2000 Dec 14 23:15 Two hunters shot dead by SLAF 2000 Dec 14 17:20 Police tortured say young Jaffna women 2000 Dec 14 17:19 Two civilians killed in SLN ambush 2000 Dec 14 17:12 Jaffna student beaten up on suspicion 2000 Dec 14 14:04 UNP queries Chandrika's sojourn in west 2000 Dec 14 11:42 Sri Lanka rejects self-determination for Tamils 2000 Dec 14 08:45 Blast kills four 1999: 1999 Dec 14 23:52 Shell wounds toddler 1999 Dec 14 23:45 Striking doctors not swayed by assurance 1999 Dec 14 16:58 Civilians cross into Vanni 1999 Dec 14 15:27 Auxiliary units clear arms - VoT 1999 Dec 14 15:25 PLOTE backs Kumaratunge 1999 Dec 14 09:03 Schoolgirl raped 1999 Dec 14 08:13 Shots fired at UNP member 1999 Dec 14 04:56 Tigers attack eastern SLA camp 1998: 1998 Dec 14 20:23 TULF team in Jaffna 1998 Dec 14 16:36 Buddhist monk arrested in Amparai 1998 Dec 14 16:05 Censorship has not been relaxed 1998 Dec 14 14:14 Para- military infighting continues 1997:
1997 Dec 14 23:59 Autorickshaw drivers protest over killing 1997 Dec 14 23:59 Opposition calls for all party talks 1997 Dec 14 23:59 MoD 'disappeared' committee's last sitting 1997 Dec 14 23:59 Tamil parties to meet in Jaffna over elections 1997 Dec 14 23:59 Kalutara survivors vow to continue fast unto death 1997 Dec 14 23:59 Four Jaffna residents arrested 
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai  The temple house; or the house of the temple servants  [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >>  [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >>  [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >>  [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >>  [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >>  [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >>  [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >>  [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >>  [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >>  [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >>  [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >>  [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >>  [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version.  [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. 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Related Story >>  [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >>  [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >>  [02.05.15] Sivaram, Wigneswaran saw futility in convincing Sinhala polity: senior editor: The failure of Sivaram and his transfer into a staunch Tamil nationalist is analogical to the political course and current stand of the NPC Chief Minister, Mr C.V. Wigneswaran, said veteran Tamil journalist and editor, Mr. V. Thevaraj, addressing the 10th assassination anniversary meet of Sivaram held in Batticaloa on Wednesday. Related Story >> |
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