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SRI LANKA: More Skeletons to be Exhumed from Mass Grave in Mannaar

The excavation of mass grave was carried out with Mannaar Justice Ananthy Kanagaratnam present at the site on Saturday and Sunday. The work was expected to continue on Monday.

(MANAAR TamilNet) - Medical experts from Colombo must be present in order to further excavate the recently located mass grave in Mannaar, Sri Lankan police officials said as the work was suddenly stopped on Monday after 11 full human skeletons were recovered from the site at Thirukkeatheesvaram.

Northern Provincial Council minister of fisheries Mr Deinswaran, who witnessed the excavation, said the bones bore marks of torture.

Protest Against Disappearances in Sri Lanka

"Release Lalith and Kugan and stop abductions and torture," the crowd shouted at Tuesday's demonstration...

(COLOMBO) - This is a demonstration organised against the disappearances of Tamils in Sri Lanka, The Sri Lankan armed forces, under Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and its Tamil paramilitary agents were the main operators.

Lalith Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganathan's crimes were to organise rallies two years ago in the North to help Tamils families trace their loved ones, but they were surprised to find themselves abducted instead. To date there is no sign of them.

New Mass Grave Found in Sri Lanka

At least 154 people had been buried in the grave at the central district of Matale, a hotbed of an anti-government uprising between 1987 and 1990.

(COLOMBO Sky News) - An unmarked mass grave has been found in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first discovery of an unmarked gravesite since troops defeated Tamil rebels more than four years ago, police say.

Construction workers in the coastal district of Mannar stumbled on at least 10 skeletal remains buried at a location where they were laying a new water pipe, said police spokesman Ajith Rohana.

Cheap Politics Of TNA Parliamentarian Premachandran

The calculated land grabbing experience took place just a stone throw away from the Northern Provincial Council office in Kaithady in Thenmaradchi.

(JAFFNA Colombo Telegraph) - I experienced a very serious illegal land grabbing endeavour by a group of Tamils on my visit to Jaffna on 6 December 2013. This is part of much wider land fraud perpetuated by the Tamil criminals in the north.

One has to experience the scandalous culture practiced widespread by Tamils against the fellow Tamils to understand the seriousness of the fraud that has become endemic in the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka.

Salute to Madiba - `Power is Ours` Rededicate Ourselves to the Long Walk to Freedom: TGTE

Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) Salutes Mandela.

(LONDON) - Mandela was labeled as a “terrorist” and sentenced to prison for twenty-seven years. Even though Mandela was elected President of South Africa in 1994 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, his name was not removed from the “Terrorist Watch List” by the US Government until 2008.

Mandela’s life demonstrated to the rest of us that through fierce commitment to the cause, sacrifice, and determination, eventually we too shall prevail. Mandela has been a symbol of the liberation struggle and its sentiments. He stands as testimony to the triumph of peoples' struggles.

Fools Barge In Where Angels Fear to Tread

President Rajapaksa’s visited South Africa, to pay his last respects to Mandela, but it is also an attempt to further strengthened the SA initiative.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Guardian) - Suren Surendiran was elated when the South African officials announced the list of international delegations present at the funeral of Nelson Mandela, that included Global Tamil Forum (GTF) "as represented".

But he failed to mention whom it was representing. GTF held talks with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and has been “officially invited” to “represent Tamils” at the funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

TNA Flexes Its Muscles

The Sinhalese Buddhist government of Sri Lanka committed an act of Genocide against the minority Tamil people in 2009; finally accountability may be nearing.

(MELBOURNE) - It appears the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is emerging on its own with a distinct policy. The days of appeasement are all gone. There will be no more raising of the Sinhalese flags.

Hopefully, no more keeping away from United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meetings on the behest of India. All these changes bring pleasure to the Eelam and international Tamils. 'Right or wrong, TNA is always right' logic should head for the rubbish bin.

SRI LANKA: Avoiding The UNSC For An International Investigation

There are several ways of avoiding the UNSC for a trial to commence against accused war criminals.

(LONDON) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) remains relatively new, formed in 2002, to address allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and serious violations of international law.

The Rome Statute remains the founding legislation of the court which expressly states the conditions required for taking up a situation for both investigations and trial. There are several ways in which this may occur and begin with the provisions detailed in Article 12 of the Rome Statute, all which require the concerned party to be a member of the court in some way.

Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam`s (TGTE) 2nd Parliament Inaugurated

Group also elects Prime Minister and Speaker, while urging that Sri Lanka be expelled from the Commonwealth and to reject South Africa sponsored Truth & Reconciliation initiative.

(LONDON) - Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, which was formed after the mass killing of Tamils in the final months of the Sri Lanka war in 2009, completed its first Parliamentary term and inaugurated its second Parliamentary term on December 6, 2013.

The newly elected 112 TGTE Members of Parliament (MPs) met from December 6th to 8th in New Jersey in the United States to take oaths and to inaugurate the second Parliamentary term. Some MPs joined via video conference from Zurich, Switzerland.

Regime Change Not a Viable Solution...

Regime change in Sri Lanka will only pave the way for an excuse from the international community that, a new regime needs time and space for its transitional period.

(PARIS) - The 1987 Indo- Lanka accord recognized the North East of the island of Sri Lanka as the hereditary land of the Tamil people. Under internationally agreed arrangement, the North and Eastern provinces were merged as one administrative unit.

Unfortunately less than a year after Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected as President, the merger of the North and Eastern provinces was brought to an end on 16 October 2006, after systematic manipulation.