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Gate Closed After the Horse is Bolted!
Controls against Non Resident Tamils Introduced After End of War!!

Non resident Tamils are maintaining dumbfounded silence!!!

(LONDON ) - The government is doing everything possible to undermine a meaningful and transparent reconciliation process post warfare with the Tamil Tigers.

Its inventive and stubborn yardstick is reconciliation through infrastructural development process...

Martyrdom Does Not help Sri Lanka`s Tamils

The energy of Tamil Nadu’s Eelam backers would be better spent demanding that New Delhi find ways to push the domestic Sri Lankan debate on power sharing.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - I read with much sorrow that Vikram, 30, set himself on fire and died in a hospital. He was the second such victim of the new campaign in Tamil Nadu for Eelam.

The first was Mani, 41, from Cuddalore who set himself ablaze on March 4.

Chavez` Singular Legacy

A unique feature of Chavez’ character was to learn from the people, who guided him to become a great teacher.

(GENEVA) - One of the greatest contributions Hugo Chavez Frias made to contemporary history was to activate participatory democracy.

His concept, what he called the Bolivarian Revolution, was to combine structures of the state and parallel communal councils, alongside the Bolivarian social missions that improve the lives of the great mass of Venezuelans.

Tamils to Obama: Thank you for UNHRC Resolution, but More Needs to be Done

"Nothing except an international investigation is likely to produce an acceptable result, the letter concluded."

(WASHINGTON DC) - "Nothing except an international investigation is likely to produce an acceptable result, the letter concluded."

The US recently offered a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva calling for the Rajapaksa government to investigate war crimes committed during the recent Sri Lankan civil war.

Geneva Resolution: Not a Victory for Tamils, but a Defeat for Sri Lanka: TGTE PM Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran

The resolution proposed and adopted by America did not come close to Tamil people’s aspirations or expectations.

(GENEVA) - The resolution proposed by America at the Human Rights Council related to Sri Lanka was passed by a majority of 13 votes.

Out of the Human Rights Council comprising of 47 member states, 26 voted for the resolution, 13 against and 8 abstained taking a neutral position.

US Puts Sri Lanka On Notice

“The expectation is that the government of Sri Lanka heard this message coming from a broad cross section” - US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Michele Sison

(GENEVA ) - A second resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva last week.

Now the US states that international mechanisms can be appropriate in cases where states are either unable or unwilling to meet their obligations. The Ambassador to Sri Lanka said the government has had ample time and space to address a number of concerns.

Ignoring Tamil Hindu Genocide in SL is a Sin of Indian Politics

Delhi to Geneva, all Should Make ‘Justice to the 150,000 Tamil Victims'

(TORONTO) - As a key stake holder of World Peace and a neighbouring country, India is responsibility for the ethnic Tamil people (MOSTLY HINDUS) in Sri Lanka who faced human rights violations during the civil war.

That’s why many urgent appeals have been reached urging the Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister of India to take a strong stand for this ethnic minority at the UNHRC.

USTPAC Accords Cautious Welcome to the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka

Statement from the US Tamil Political Action Council.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Geneva based UN Human Rights Council adopted a second resolution on Promoting Accountability and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka putting Sri Lanka under close scrutiny for grave rights violations.

But the new resolution falls short of creating an international investigation mechanism called for by the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Ambassador Donahoe Press Statement After Adoption of HRC Resolution on Sri Lanka

Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council, at a press stake-out at the United Nations, Geneva.

(GENEVA) - I’d like to open with a few general remarks about the current session and then turn to the important resolution on Sri Lanka that just passed.

This session, which draws to a close tomorrow, has been one of the most significant in the Council’s short history.

Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka Crimes

More of the same nonsense causes huge protests.

(GENEVA) - United Nation’s Human Rights Council’s passed a resolution on March 21, the third in four years, concerning Sri Lanka’s conduct towards Tamils.

The vote was 25 for, 13 against with eight abstentions. Those opposed rejected any criticism of Sri Lanka as “foreign meddling”.