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India Must Impose Sanctions on Sri Lanka: TN Governor

The Sri Lankan military, which vanquished the Tamil Tigers, has repeatedly denied the charge.

(CHENNAI IANS) - Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah is urging the Indian government to initiate action by working with other nations for imposition of an economic embargo on the Sri Lankan Government.

"... till the Tamils living in camps are resettled in their own places and are allowed to live with dignity, self-respect and equal constitutional rights on par with the Sinhalese."

Human Rights - UNHRC Condemns Israel

The 3 PM demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem protests the ongoing illegal colonial settlement activity.

(BETHLEHEM) - Significant international and local developments are happening. Israel attacked Syria in violations of the UN charter and this seems intended to provoke a war. Israel also did not show up at a mandatory review of its human rights record in front of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

All 193 U.N.-member nations are required to submit to such a review every four years, and council diplomats said they worried that if nation were let off the hook that could undermine the process. Israel was the first country to do so in the history of the council setting a precedent that is very dangerous.

Casey, Leahy Call for Independent Investigation into Possible War Crimes by Sri Lankan Government, LTTE

In Letter to Secretary Clinton, Senators call for Independent International Examination; Sri Lankan Government hasn’t addressed legitimate concerns of people.

(WASHINGTON DC) - U.S. Senators are calling for an independent, international investigation into war crimes charges against the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE during the civil war in Sri Lanka.

They say the legitimate concerns of the Sri Lankan people have not been answered.

Impunity Redefined
Israel Snubs UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

They say when the heat is too much get out of the kitchen...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Israel says war crime charges, many for the murder of innocent children, and the mission of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, is:

The Struggle to Go Home in Post war Sri Lanka: The Story of Mullikulam

Their struggle to return home continues.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka GroundViews) - In 2011, a young Advanced Level student from Mullikulam in the district of Mannar, living as an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in a camp in Thalvupadu, Mannar, shared with me an assignment she had done about her village and effects of displacement.

She proudly described the richness of her hometown in terms of natural resources, culture and traditions.

Sri Lanka`s Continued Attempt to Murder a Minority Culture

Is culture eradication a spoil of war?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - It isn't enough that Sri Lanka's military forces committed Genocide against the minority Tamil population.

Now Sri Lanka is setting out to literally erase every sign of the historic Tamil culture they can get their hands on.

`Waiting for and Remembering Liberty`

Fleming draws a gossamer, tenuous analogy between Vanunu and a certain historical figure—Jesus Christ. It may not be as farfetched as some would think.

(CLERMONT, FL) - Richard Edmondson, Journalist, Novelist, Poet and Founder of the Leftwing-Christian, wrote the following book review: Waiting for... and Remembering…Liberty

Palestine solidarity activist and writer Eileen Fleming has written a new book entitled Vanunu’s Wait for Liberty: Remembering the USS Liberty and My Life as a Candidate of Conscience for US House 2012.

Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Why Are They Fighting Again in Burma?

An old story about human nature and a cycle that must be broken if this part of Asia is to ever exist in peace.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - KIA... it is an ironic reference for a resistance front fighting the sophisticated, deadly army of the Myanmar government.

As fighting renews, it seems important to review the details about the struggle in Burma between government forces, and the Kachin Independence Army.

Sinhala Military Opens `Holiday Resorts` in Occupied Jaffna with `Kiribath Pongkal`

The real culprits are those who want what is happening in the North and East not viewed as genocide and colonialism, but ‘development and reconciliation.’

(JAFFNA, Srl Lanka TamilNet) - Amidst the beat of Sinhala drums and blessings of Sinhala-Buddhist monks, the SL military occupying Jaffna opened two new ‘holiday resorts’ on Sunday along the northern coast of Jaffna.

While the housing and even shelters of the hundreds of thousands of Eezham Tamils affected by the genocidal onslaught of the Sinhala military is still a pressing question, the military opens and running ‘holiday resorts’ for its use...

Frederica Jansz Interview Reveals Shocking Danger Facing Sri Lankan Journalists

"Post war Sri Lanka remains trapped in a bubble of intolerance..." - Frederica Jansz

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The new Al Jazeera video interview, Listening Post - Feature: Frederica Jansz: Sri Lanka's media crackdown, offers a direct line of sight into Sri Lanka's deadly, ongoing campaign against the media.


Frederica was the editor for The Sunday Leader in Colombo and after years of remaining determined to stay and make a difference, she was forced to flee Sri Lanka in recent months and appeal for asylum. She is now living in an undisclosed location.