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No focus on Tamil genocide, geopolitics gets played out in Geneva in favour of QUAD formation[Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 12:41 GMT] Eezham Tamils wanted UN-sanctioned criminal investigations to focus on the crime of genocide through ICC and IIIM. But, the UK-led Core Group on Sri Lanka did not deliver it. Instead, the group chose to consolidate the March 2014 mandate-based evidence collection mechanism inside the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) through the UN Human Rights Council's resolution, which passed voting on Tuesday. The move has secured necessary space and time for the US-led Indo-Pacific geopolitical negotiations with the SL State through India and Japan, two of the QUAD countries that abstained from the voting for the same reason. China and Pakistan, which opposed the resolution called for a vote and nine other countries joined them voting against the resolution: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cuba, Eritrea, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Uzbekistan and Venezuela. Full story >>
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Mar 23 12:41 ![]() Mar 21 13:34 ![]() Mar 15 20:36 ![]() Mar 09 21:34 ![]() Feb 26 11:53 ![]() Feb 19 14:02 ![]() Feb 07 23:16 ![]() Jan 22 08:01 ![]() ![]() Navi Pillay explains ‘human rights’ limitations in Geneva on Tamil genocide[Sun, 21 Mar 2021, 13:34 GMT] ![]() UK repeatedly wronged Tamils says hunger-striker, demands genocide justice[Tue, 09 Mar 2021, 21:34 GMT] The UK has repeatedly failed to address the root cause of the conflict in its former colony, Ceylon, where its colonial injustice escalated the situation into protracted genocide against Tamils, said 53-year-old Ambihai Selvakumar, who is waging a continuous hunger strike in London demanding the UK government to course-correct its past failures. The UK has continued to betray the Tamils in the constitutional discourses of 1948, 1972 and their aftermath by aiding and abetting the warmongering genocidal state of Sri Lanka during and after the 2009 genocidal war, she said. In 2009 its UN envoy blocked a security council debate. In 2021, as the Core Group’s penholder, the UK has tabled a draft resolution at the UN Human Rights Council, totally failing to call for genocide justice. Furthermore, it delays international justice in the already established UN findings on other atrocity crimes. Full story >>![]() UK not prepared to push for ICC option in new UNHRC Resolution[Fri, 19 Feb 2021, 14:02 GMT] The South Asia Department of the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK has stated that it still believed that the UNHRC framework is “the best way” to establish the truth and achieve justice and lasting reconciliation for “all communities in Sri Lanka”. The Tamil organisations demanded both ICC referral and investigations on genocide in their letters to the British Foreign Secretary. However, the FCO was dodging any reference to genocide in its reply. On the ICC option, it said: “The ICC could only exercise jurisdiction if the situation is referred to it by a UN Security Council Resolution, or if Sri Lanka accepts the Court’s jurisdiction. Our assessment is that this step would not have the support of the required Security Council members and that it would not advance the cause of accountability for an ICC referral to fail to win Security Council support or to be vetoed.” Full story >>2ND LEAD Gotabaya sets up deceptive COI citing ‘sovereignty’ and ‘non-aligned’ foreign policy[Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 08:01 GMT] Adding to the series of deceit by his predecessors and using the same modus operandi, SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has now appointed another domestic Commission of Inquiry (COI) on accountability. The three-member COI, announced through an extraordinary Gazette Notification on Thursday is tasked to find out about the preceding domestic COIs and Committees revelations on “any human rights violations, serious violations of the international humanitarian law and other such serious offences”. Further stating in the gazette that even though Colombo has withdrawn from “co-sponsorship policy”, it would continue to “work with the United Nations and its Agencies to achieve accountability and human resource development for achieving sustainable peace and reconciliation”. Full story >>Deceived Tamil activists in UK falsely claimed ‘substantial changes’ to Zero draft[Mon, 15 Mar 2021, 20:36 GMT] A newly formed letterhead organisation in London calling itself ‘Movement for Truth and Justice’ has claimed that “substantial changes were made to the resolution text” of the Core Group on Sri Lanka. The outfit has come with deceptive articulations while announcing the end of a 17-days long hunger strike that was waged by a courageous Tamil woman activist, Ambihai K Selvakumar, on Monday. The announcement was citing a letter written by the UK’s Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 10 March 2021. The letter and the text of the latest update of the draft submitted to the UNHRC on 12 March 2021 expose the claim’s falsehood. The deception comes a day after hundreds of Tamils mobilised in London amidst British police attempting to crack down their protest. Full story >>![]() Tamils witness false dilemma in Geneva as geopolitical formations pit against each other[Fri, 26 Feb 2021, 11:53 GMT] SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ‘balancing act’ has tightly pitted the US-UK-India axis of bandwagoning strategic partners against the China-Russia-Pakistan formation at Geneva. US Ambassador Ms Alaina Teplitz in Colombo was making a North trip as Pakistan’s prime minister visited Colombo. Simultaneously, the politics of human rights was unfolding in Geneva at the Interactive Dialogue on Thursday after Ms Michelle Bachelet, the UN Human Rights High Commissioner and the former president of Chile, presented her report on Wednesday. As usual, the UN High Commissioner’s Report was strongly worded than what one could expect from a resolution being tabled by parties with a vested interest. Eelam Tamils, who demand specific referral to the main crime of genocide from the UN High Commissioner and the UNHRC Resolution, have to confront a false dichotomy once again. Full story >>![]() Unprecedented P2P uprising paves the way for rights-oriented politics of Tamils and Muslims[Sun, 07 Feb 2021, 23:16 GMT] The Tamil-speaking people in the North-East have waged an unprecedented post-2009 march from Poththuvil in Ampaa’rai in the East to Polika’ndi in Jaffna. Confronting the legal barriers and the roadblocks put up by the SL Police and the notorious Special Task Force (STF) commandos, the people across the eight districts of the North-East mobilised outmanoeuvring the ‘disciplining mechanisms’ of the Sinhala-Buddhist ethnocratic rulers in Colombo. The five-day march, named as “Poththuvil to Polika'ndi” (P2P), was organised ahead of the 46th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The rally concluded on Sunday demanding international justice for genocide reiterating the fundamental principles, the Right of Self-Determination and Eezham Tamils’ nationhood. The P2P mobilisation also demanded an immediate end to the discriminatory forced cremation of COVID-19 Muslim victims. Full story >>
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2014: 2014 Apr 20 19:02 SLAF steps up militarisation of Ve'l'lai-ma'nal... 2014 Apr 20 13:13 SL military attempts to recruit 1,350 Tamils as... 2011: 2011 Apr 20 14:02 BTF requests UN to release Panel report public,... 2011 Apr 20 12:44 Colombo High Court postpones “White Flag” hearing 2011 Apr 20 10:18 Eastern campus students continue boycott 2011 Apr 20 00:52 Tamil Nadu youth immolates himself for Tamil Eelam 2010: 2010 Apr 20 17:12 Attempt to abduct boy in Jaffna foiled 2010 Apr 20 16:57 UPFA wins 2, UNP 1, ITAK 1 in Trincomalee district 2010 Apr 20 16:43 Senior LTTE cadres held to be produced in High ... 2010 Apr 20 16:06 Indian aid to resettled Vanni civilians left un... 2010 Apr 20 15:32 Young woman abducted, sexually abused in Jaffna 2010 Apr 20 14:14 Court Martial proceeding against Fonseka put of... 2010 Apr 20 10:14 SLA blocks Hindus performing rituals in Keerimalai 2010 Apr 20 09:25 Fonseka likely to attend inaugural session of n... 2010 Apr 20 09:23 Kumpurupiddi re-poll in progress, no incident r... 2010 Apr 20 03:49 Second Court Martial against General Fonseka 2010 Apr 20 03:45 Rajapakse invites Wickremesinghe for talks 2009: 2009 Apr 20 21:56 SLA shoots dead 3 Tamil youths in Vavuniyaa 2009 Apr 20 18:23 Armed gangs terrorize Pa'ndaarikku'lam villager... 2009 Apr 20 17:06 Nadesan denies reports of human bomb, blames Co... 2009 Apr 20 14:04 Tamil policeman, trader arrested in Ampaa’rai 2009 Apr 20 13:18 Casualties cross 1000 in SLA's attempt to captu... 2009 Apr 20 11:31 Expel Norwegian Ambassador from Colombo – Wimal... 2009 Apr 20 08:35 SLA fires cluster bombs on 'safety zone' 2009 Apr 20 07:35 LTTE welcomes US initiative, asks Sri Lanka to ... 2009 Apr 20 06:19 Chaos and carnage as SLA enters 'safety zone' 2009 Apr 20 02:55 Wounded thousands lack medical supplies, ICRC "... 2008: 2008 Apr 20 20:38 NESoHR condemns Fr Karunaratnam's assassination 2008 Apr 20 17:19 SLA rescinds suspension of passenger ship service 2008 Apr 20 15:38 Water cutting festival held in VVT Muththumaari... 2008 Apr 20 14:59 Two Tamils arrested in Wellawatte 2008 Apr 20 14:17 Village officer couple shot dead in Paa’ndiruppu 2008 Apr 20 12:56 Paramilitary operative shot dead in Kalkudaa 2008 Apr 20 12:05 Jaffna Saivites observe Chiththirai Paruvam rites 2008 Apr 20 07:57 NESoHR Chairman Fr. Karunaratnam killed in DPU ... 2008 Apr 20 05:05 JVP dissident parliamentarians meet Buddhist pr... 2008 Apr 20 02:02 2 Claymore mines recovered in Poarativu jungle 2008 Apr 20 01:44 Toronto report recommends sanctions against Sri... 2008 Apr 20 01:10 Ferial Ashraff dismayed over appointment of Sin... 2007: 2007 Apr 20 20:37 Abducted youth seen at SLA sentry post in Jaffna 2007 Apr 20 16:27 Respect human rights, resume negotiations, Holy... 2007 Apr 20 11:55 NPC deplores threats to media freedom 2007 Apr 20 09:01 SLAF UAV reported missing in Kokkilai 2007 Apr 20 07:07 SLA trooper commits suicide in Jaffna 2007 Apr 20 04:24 GoSL must pay compensation to Batticaloa IDPs- MP 2006: 2006 Apr 20 20:08 Verugal PS councilors take oaths 2006 Apr 20 20:00 UC Chairman wants rule of law to prevail in Tri... 2006 Apr 20 19:40 Youth shot dead by SLA in Trincomalee 2006 Apr 20 19:36 ITAK officials take oaths in three Amparai Coun... 2006 Apr 20 15:09 ITAK administration in Trinco UC begins 2006 Apr 20 15:01 Canadian Tamils call for stern action against C... 2006 Apr 20 11:45 Memorial for civilians killed in war opened in ... 2006 Apr 20 11:31 "Non-violent struggle will not work," says stud... 2006 Apr 20 10:24 Fish-trader shot dead in Jaffna 2006 Apr 20 10:04 LTTE reiterates stand, says GoSL responsible fo... 2006 Apr 20 09:22 Attacks on Sri Lankan forces escalate in Battic... 2006 Apr 20 04:58 EPDP cadre gunned down in Batticaloa market 2006 Apr 20 03:19 Two bodies with bullet, cut wounds found in Vav... 2006 Apr 20 02:31 Aussie TV exposes paramilitary presence in SLA ... 2005: 2005 Apr 20 18:40 Explosion injures three in Colombo 2005 Apr 20 16:16 Christina Rocca meets JVP delegation 2005 Apr 20 10:22 Solheim expresses hope for agreement on Joint M... 2005 Apr 20 10:07 Nedunkerni schools receive free Solar Lighting ... 2005 Apr 20 09:04 Thamilchelvan meets Solheim in Colombo, returns... 2005 Apr 20 05:02 Joint Mechanism means end of UPFA, warns JVP 2005 Apr 20 00:18 Short stories on war suffering released in Trin... 2004: 2004 Apr 20 21:55 Resettlers in Thenmaradchchi HSZ to get livelih... 2004 Apr 20 18:19 Countdown begins for election of Sri Lanka’s Sp... 2004 Apr 20 15:01 ‘No force can destroy Tamil unity’ -Ramanan 2004 Apr 20 10:33 TNA MPs, Pirapaharan discuss peace talks, ISGA 2004 Apr 20 05:26 TNA MPs meet Pirapaharan 2004 Apr 20 02:24 NECORD strengthens northeast rural banking system 2003: 2003 Apr 20 21:24 Medical practitioner felicitated by Pirapaharan 2003 Apr 20 16:21 Entire Trincomalee district under curfew 2003 Apr 20 16:13 'Disappeared' Sinhala youths return home 2003 Apr 20 12:50 Mosques step in to keep peace in Batti-Amparai 2002: 2002 Apr 20 18:49 Peace efforts “moving faster than expected” - H... 2002 Apr 20 18:30 SLMC leader optimistic over peace prospects 2001: 2001 Apr 20 22:45 SLA shells Batticaloa villages - residents 2001 Apr 20 16:49 Trinco citizens call for UNHRC presence 2001 Apr 20 10:37 Four LTTE boats sunk - Navy 2000: 2000 Apr 20 15:20 Fall of Yakachchi "imminent" - LTTE 2000 Apr 20 12:25 ICRC medical supplies blocked 1999: 1999 Apr 20 18:21 Investigate eastern graves - TULF MP 1999 Apr 20 18:06 Court grants EPDP restraining order 1999 Apr 20 12:10 Red Cross security clearance reinstated 1999 Apr 20 10:33 LTTE attack on Kilaly repulsed 1998:
1998 Apr 20 23:59 SLA loses tanks, withdraws - LTTE 1998 Apr 20 23:59 Two tigers killed - STF 1998 Apr 20 23:59 Two fishermen killed 1998 Apr 20 23:59 Heavy fighting near Mankulam 1998 Apr 20 23:59 Operation Jayasikurui resumes 1998 Apr 20 23:59 Youths beaten up at STF camp ![]()
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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. Related Story >> ![]() [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. 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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