Accident in Jaffna injures 2 SLA troops

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 September 2007, 16:40 GMT]
A heavy truck and jeep of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) collided at high speed Monday morning at Veambadi Junction in Jaffna, causing serious injuries to two SLA troops inside.
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SLA said to be behind house burglaries in Nelliyadi

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 September 2007, 01:18 GMT]
Five houses belonging to Tamils inside a high security area fully protected by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) sentries were burgled during curfew hours at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, civil society sources in Vadamaraadchi said. Two house owners were injured during the burglary, and cash and valuables with an estimated value of more than Rs 5m were stolen during the incident. Local residents accused SLA soldiers and members of the SLA intelligence wing of complicity in the burglaries, sources said.
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LTTE's Rights group draws attention to plight of Tamil people

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 September 2007, 13:42 GMT]
The Office of the LTTE Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, in a detailed report released Saturday before UN Human Rights Council session, drew attention to the human rights violations committed by the Sri Lanka State on the Tamil people, and said that more than 1974 Tamil civilians have been killed and 842 Tamil civilians were either arrested or abducted in the 21 months from November 2005 after Sri Lanka's President Rajapakse came to power. The Rights Group called upon the "international and UN representatives who visit Colombo, to also pay a visit to the Tamil homeland and to find out first hand the ground situation."
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27 Tamil schools in Moothoor remain closed

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 September 2007, 12:07 GMT]
Twenty seven government Tamil schools in Moothoor education zone located in areas declared by the Sri Lanka Army as high security zone remain closed. About fifty schools in Batticaloa district are also not functioning, as they are being used as shelters to displaced families from Moothoor east division in Trincomalee district, sources said.


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Tamil youth shot dead in Moothoor

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 September 2007, 01:46 GMT]
Unidentified armed men came in a motorbike Thursday night shot dead Tamil youth at Manatsenai in Moothoor division. The victim had been riding in a motorbike when he was shot, Moothoor police sources said.
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Mu'l'likku'lam villagers forced to walk 20km seeking safety

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 September 2007, 01:22 GMT]
Residents of Mu'l'likku'lam, a remote village in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupied Musali division in Mannaar district, had to walk more than 20 km braving the SLA occupied Chilaavaththu'rai, seeking safety, and to have access to basic living needs including food. The local level government officials at Chilaavaththu'rai transported the refugees to Murungkan where they have been housed at the Government High School.


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SL Ministers visit PTA detainees in Boosa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 September 2007, 01:01 GMT]
A delegation of Sri Lankan Ministers and high-ranking police officials visited 118 Tamil detainees arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), now held in the Boosa Detention Center situated in the Southern province, Friday morning.
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Ex-Policeman shot dead in Mannaar

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 September 2007, 00:12 GMT]
An ex- policeman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Ezhuththoor in Mannar district around 6:15 p.m. Friday. Mohan, a Tamil, originally from Batticaloa and married in Mannaar, was at his home when gunmen called him by name, and when he responded shot him at point blank range and escaped.
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Heavy artillery exchange at Naakarkoayil FDL

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 September 2007, 16:22 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) exchanged heavy artillery fire for nearly 3 hours at Naakarkoayil Front Defence Lines (FDL) in the northern province, Friday morning.
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Adampan

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 September 2007, 09:20 GMT]
The locality of Adampan creepers (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
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Youth seeks protection with HRC, civilian missing in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 September 2007, 07:19 GMT]
A youth from Nelliadi in Vadamaraadchi, due to death threats allegedly from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) backed armed paramilitary men, surrendered himself directly in Jaffna Court Thursday where the magistrate, Mr. R. T. Vignarajah, directed the youth to be placed in the protective custody of Jaffna Prison. Meanwhile, a civilian from Kodikaamam is reported missing since he left home August 2, according to a complaint by his wife to Human Rights Commission (HRC) Jaffna.


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Mu'l'likku'lam villagers face starvation

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 September 2007, 05:29 GMT]
More than 500 Tamil civilians belonging to around 195 families in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) sieged Mu'l'likku'lam, a remote village in SLA occupied Musali division in Mannaar, have been sending SOS message through the few wireless phones in operation that all outside links were cut with their village for five days since September 01 and all food supplies have gone dry.


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SL Ministers visit PTA detainees

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 September 2007, 01:01 GMT]
A team of Sri Lankan Ministers and high-ranking officials of the Sri Lanka Police visited Friday morning the Tamil detainees arrested under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), and kept for months without any inquires in the Boossa Detention Center situated in the deep South. 118 Tamil detainees including five women arrested in the districts of Colombo, Monaragala, Trincomalee, Jaffna and Batticaloa are also part of the detainees kept at the Boosa camp.
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India, Sri Lanka form joint defence panel - report

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 September 2007, 18:15 GMT]
India and Sri Lanka have formed a high-level, joint defence panel following a meeting in New Delhi between top officials of the two countries on September 3 and 4, the Hindustan Times reported Wednesday quoting a release from the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat.
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2 Tamil civilians abducted in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 September 2007, 17:18 GMT]
Unidentified armed men in a vehicle abducted two Tamil civilians from Uppuveli, a suburb in Trincomalee Wednesday night, according to complaints made by their relatives to Uppuve'li police.


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Final group of IDPs resettled in Eachchilampaththu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 September 2007, 11:01 GMT]
About 1150 persons of 290 displaced Tamil families were brought from Batticaloa district via Vaakarai by buses with police escort Thursday for resettlement in their villages in Eachchilampaththu division in Trincomalee. They are being sheltered in welfare centres before being sent to their own villages, divisional secretariat sources said.
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Diaspora health meet highlights 'Village University'

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 September 2007, 05:12 GMT]
Dr Mads Gilbert, a Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Tromsø in Norway and a co-author of the book titled 'Save Lives, Save Limbs', gave a lecture on the concept of 'Village University', last Saturday when Tamil Diaspora health workers in Europe gathered in the Norwegian city of Bergen for a 2-day conference. The anesthesiologist with experience in training health care workers in many conflict areas of the global South, outrightly criticized the North centric approach to health in conflict areas. His impressive publication on alternatives awaits Tamil translation.
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4 Thenmaradchi youths seek protection with HRC

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 September 2007, 02:12 GMT]
Four youths aged below 30, from Chavakachcheari Town, Meesaalai, Vara'ni and Madduvil surrendered at the HRC seeking protection from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and SLA-backed paramilitaries Wednesday, HRC officials said. The number of Tamil youths seeking protection at the Jaffna HRC from Thenmaraadchi region in Jaffna district, is on the rise, sources close to the HRC said.
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Colombo aims to carve out Sinhala district between North and East - Sampanthan

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 September 2007, 19:46 GMT]
The Government of Sri Lanka is giving in for the demands of the extreme nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), with its plans afoot to carve out a Sinhala district between Trincomalee district in the Eastern Province and Mullaiththeevu in the Northern Province, aiming to split the geographical contiguity of the Tamil homeland, charged R. Sampanthan, the senior Tamil parliamentarian and the parliamentary group leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), addressing the Sri Lankan parliament Wednesday. The attempt to create a Sinhala district would spoil the chances for a negotiated settlement, Mr. Sampanthan further warned.
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Account freeze by Sri Lanka violates UN Declaration- TRO

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 September 2007, 10:46 GMT]
Freezing of Bank Accounts of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) in Colombo for more than one year without any charges being filed, and denying the TRO "day in court" to defend against the "false allegations," are violations of Declaration on the "Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly's Resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981," said TRO officials in a media release issued Tuesday.
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