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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.

Burying the Truth Along with the Dead

Nowhere do you see the corporate news talk about the actual number of deaths the Iraqi people suffered.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - It has been 10 years since President George W. Bush and his Neo-Con colleagues lied to the American people dragging us into fighting yet another war in the middle-east.

The so-called evidence that Bush et.al. ginned up, manipulated, manufactured, and sexed up then sold to the American people in order to start the invasion of Iraq was breathtaking in its arrogance.

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.

UN Passes Resolution Against Sri Lanka Rights Record

The UN's Human Rights Council has passed a resolution highly critical of Sri Lanka's conduct during its civil war.

(GENEVA BBC) - The resolution encourages Sri Lanka to conduct an independent and credible investigation into alleged war crimes.

Correspondents say the US-sponsored resolution has been watered down compared with earlier drafts.

INDIA: TN Readies Biers for US Resolution, Demands Genocide Acceptance, Interim Set-up, Referendum

Students demanded India to acknowledge the Eezham Tamils' plight in the island of Sri Lanka as genocide and to call for a UN referendum at Geneva.

(MARINA BEACH TamilNet) - Despite the attempt of Tamil Nadu state to deter the upsurge by closing a section of government colleges, the student movement gained momentum during the weekend.

In the struggle demanding justice, the students' movement prepares biers to take the US resolution to ‘cremation’ on Monday, news sources in Tamil Nadu said.

Confronting the Lies About the Iraq Invasion

Statement by Brian Becker, national coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, on the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Ten years ago, the United States and Britain invaded Iraq.

The history of how this invasion came about has been largely falsified by both the right-wing supporters of the invasion and the liberal commentators who opposed the war.