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Prof Rajiva Wijesinha Wrangles His Way Out

The standard answer these Sinhalese diplomats give, in addition to blank denials, is that the videos are faked or edited, yet to be proven that they had committed it, and a few other ways as you see in this tube.

(MELBOURNE) - The Sri Lankan government conducted a war without witness. Unfortunately, however much the government wanted to hide the truth, Channel 4 has brought the truth out.

When the government officials are confronted with the truth, they come out with a blank denial, hoping the listeners will buy it. This is typical Sri Lankan style of hiding the truth under the carpet.

Unity Is a Prerequisite to Success

The US is fully aware of the extent of Indian involvement in the genocide and any probe into Mullivaikal genocide will expose India. So US won't go hard on that.

(MELBOURNE) - Originally, I did not belong to any group, but eventually I gravitated towards the Tamil Tigers and Prabhaharan, as they were the ones who were better organised and motivated.

The multiple militant groups, who were mostly selfish and self-centred, had been the bane of the liberation struggle.

Establishing A UN Monitored Protection Mechanism In NorthEast Sri Lanka

(*Paper (unabridged version) presented by Usha S Sri-Skanda-Rajah Chair, TGTE Senate at the TGTE’s International Conference held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, held 15-18 May 2013.)

(LANCASTER, PA) - This paper in the main addresses the question why there is an absolute and urgent necessity for putting in place a suitable UN Monitored International Protection Mechanism.

It involves a continuing human rights presence in the NorthEast as a form of protection for the Tamil people from the Sri Lankan occupational army which poses a threatening presence around the clock.

Penguin India Brings Out Diary of LTTE Captain

The account, rich in observations on battle and war, shows the oppression that Tamil civilians lived through under the Sri Lankan occupation.

(CHENNAI TamilNet) - The English edition of ‘War Journey: Diary of a Tamil Tiger’ authored by the late Capt. Malaravan has been published and released by Penguin Books, India this month.

The work originally written in Tamil by Malaravan as a first-person account of the battlefield was first published by the LTTE as ‘Poar Ulaa’ posthumously in 1993.

Gota, The National Security State And The PTA is meant to stay

While the PTA has brought agony and distress to its victims, it has played a fundamental role in defining governance in Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The arrest and detention of Azath Salley, leader of the Muslim Tamil National Alliance, brought the incongruously named Prevention of Terrorism [Temporary Provisions] Act to the spotlight.

There is nothing quite temporary about the PTA. It is here to stay unless the people of this country demand that it be abolished.

Chennai Event Challenges ICE Complicity in Tamil Genocide

Candlelight Vigil Event Organised by May 17 Movement

(CHENNAI TamilNet) - Articulating right demands and slogans in Genocide Remembrance events is crucial at a time when the Eezham Tamils in their homeland are barred from even silently mourning their heroes.

They sacrificed their lives in the culmination of the genocidal war at Mu’l’li-vaaykkaal, one political activist from Jaffna said at the May 19 event at Marina beach in Chennai.

California Residents Observe Sri Lankan Tamil Genocide

For the voice of Justice for Eelam Tamils (Candle light Vigil @ SantaMonica Beach in remembering 146,679 people including 25,000+ children)

(SANTA MONICA) - Any western parent who comprehensively understood what the government of Sri Lanka did to its own population in May 2009, would demand the U.S. end all support of this war crime state.

Children were butchered, countless women and children were raped, soldiers with white flags were shot dead in their tracks. Sri Lanka is dangerous.

Journeys In Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 4 Years After The Civil War`s Bloody Conclusion

U.N. estimates say between 70,000 and 100,000 people died in this tear-shaped island, as the ethno-political conflict came to a bloody end four years ago.

(JAFFNA Int; Business Times) - The dusty army checkpoint along the infamous A9 highway was the first sign I’d entered the “other” Sri Lanka.

This is the one that required an additional copy of my passport, my purpose and an inspection of my things.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Can Now Visit Sri Lanka With Authority!

“The significance of the US draft is the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor an internal process.” -- Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s representative at the UN Geneva, 2011-2012, in an interview on 17 March 2013

(PARIS, France) - The resolution gives monitoring powers to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR.

An external mechanism is mandated to monitor the Government of Sri Lanka!

Sri Lanka Needs to Come Clean on Rights Issues

Tamils’ rights need to be restored and they should be allowed back into the nation’s mainstream.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The government of Sri Lanka should sense an opportunity to get into the good books at the UN by using the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government summit.

Sri Lanka should herald confidence-building measures against the country’s minorities, particularly the Tamils.