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UN - From `Complicity with Evil` to `Dancing with Devils`

The UN failed to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, a leaked draft of a highly critical internal UN report says.

(NEW YORK) - A massive genocide has taken place in Tamil Eelam (Island of Srilanka) and it still does not have its rightful attention in the international arena.

If Media's role was the biggest learning from the Rwanda's tragedy, it is high time we used this Media in its highest cause, by swerving the International attention towards giving hope to another human soul.

Journalist`s Death a Sign of Sri Lanka`s Brutalisation?

Many cannot believe she is no longer with us.

(COLOMBO) - One of Sri Lanka's most prominent journalists, Mel Gunasekera, was stabbed to death in her home, on Sunday. Although this death does not appear to have been politically motivated, Sri Lankans have reacted by lamenting what they say is the "brutalised" nature of their country.

To wake up to the news that a friend has been murdered is shocking.

UN Calls for Accountability And Sri Lanka Wants Time And Space

The human rights situation in Sri Lanka will come under scrutiny before the UNHRC at its 25th session.

(MELBOURNE) - This is a very good addendum, to what I wrote on Salman Khurshid's wakening, by Joseph Ladislaus.

He has dug up an old Tamil Net article on Vikatan's interview with Francis A. Boyles on the subject of the utility of Tamil Eelam to Indian security. This interview was given in May 2010 and reported in Tamil Net on 6 June 2010.

True Anti-imperialists Must Stand By Tamils

The forcible deportation of the ethnic Tamils from Colombo to the Northern and Eastern parts has been compared to the Holocaust.

(COPENHAGEN) - A leading Uncle Tom Tamil, Tamara Kunanayakam, will apparently again be leading the Sri Lankan government’s case for itself at the 25th Rights Council (HRC), March 3-28.

This traitor-to-her-people supports genocidal Sinhalese governments, for which the current President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed her as ambassador to Cuba (2009-11), and then as Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Geneva on August 9, 2011. She was relieved of this duty in July 2012.

Jaya to Take Steps Pushing Resolution in UN Against Sri Lanka

Says her govt firm on issue of declaring those who committed war crimes in Sri Lanka during internal strife.

(CHENNAI Business Standard) - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said that steps would be taken to bring in a resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nations after the general elections.

Replying on the motion of thanks to the Governor for his address in the State Assembly today, Jayalalithaa said that as the Parliament elections are slated soon, then the government would change and the scenes would also change.

Sri Lanka: Govt Impedes and Obstructs Genuine Reconciliation, Unwilling to Honestly Share Power with Northern Province

G. L. Peiris sheds crocodile tears to Nisha Biswal.

(MELBOURNE) - The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, G.L. Peiris complained to the US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal that US applied different standards to Sri Lanka, when it came to its reconciliation efforts.

He pleaded with her that Sri Lanka needed time to bring about peace and harmony in the country. According to him 5 years was not enough.

Executive Appointments for the 2nd Term of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE)

"I call upon all elected Members of the TGTE, irrespective of whether they are Ministers or not, to come forward and attach themselves to a project and be prepared for dedicated action."

(WASHINGTON, DC) - I am delighted to extend my warm ‘thai pongal’ greetings to all Tamil people on behalf of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE).

The dawn of the month of ‘thai’ brings in fresh hopes and renewal of prosperity for all according to Tamil tradition. It gives me great pleasure to announce on this auspicious day the new Executive of the TGTE for its second term of office.

Sri Lanka Christians Protest After Attacks by Buddhist Extremists

Two churches and a Christian prayer center were attacked on January 12 by Buddhist mobs claiming they were illegal and aiming to take Buddhists away from their religion, WWM reported.

(COLOMBO) - Recent attacks on Christian places of worship by Buddhist extremists have sparked protests in the Sri Lanka capital against a perceived lack of religious freedom, World Watch Monitor reports.

The organization reports the story of Christians around the world under pressure for their faith and it said that more than 2,000 Christians gathered in Colombo on Sunday to protest.

Bush`s `War on Terror` is a Blind Criminal Policy

"The bottom line is, you can't lump all terrorists together. And I think we've got to do a much better job of clarifying what are the motivations, the raisons d'être of terrorists." - Hillary Clinton

(MELBOURNE) - After the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, President George Bush's 'War on Terror' was blindly applied to all liberation movements, whether it was a righteous war or just pure terrorism to enforce their dogma or religious ideology on others.

Senator Hilary Clinton's statement on Tigers to the British Guardian makes her point very clear.

Sri Lanka`s own Northern Council Calls for Int`l War Crimes Investigation Against Sri Lankan Leaders

The call for international investigation is to investigate killings that took place in the final months of the war between Sri Lankan Government and Tamil rebels called Tamil Tigers.

(LONDON) - “So far call to establish Int'l investigation came from Int'l NGO’s & diaspora groups like Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). This is the 1st time, Tamils within Sri Lanka speaks out.”

In a major humiliation to Sri Lankan President, the Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC) unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the United Nations to establish an International War Crimes Investigation to investigate Sri Lankan leaders for committing War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide against Tamil people in that island.