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Banning Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Australia is counter productive – ACFID, Consortium of NGOs

In a News Bulletin, ACFID, Consortium of NGOs in Australia, alerted Australian Government, Attorney General and its Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer, on the counter productive implications of banning, Tamil tiger freedom fighters (LTTE) in Australia. ACFID is an independent national association of Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the field of international aid and development. Dr. Palitha Kohana, a one time employee of DFAT – Australia, now advisor to war savy Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is trying to manipulate Australian Policy in the interest of country - Sri Lanka, by using his former contacts within Department of Foreign Affairs, an informed source said.

Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe, who attended a confluence of the relatives and friends of the missing persons, held in Colombo Monday, charged that the ruling United Peoples' Freedom Alliance (UPFA) regime was responsible for the bad reputation of the Sri Lankan state's Human Rights record. 88 persons have been either abducted or gone missing since August 2006 up to now, according to the records of the Civil Monitoring Committee (CMC), an ongoing initiative by a few involved politicians.

Music Program - Nathaswara Isai Kacheri at Sri Katphaga Vinayakar Temple, Sydney
"..ஸ்ரீ கற்பக விநாயகர் ஆலயத்தில் உலகப் புகழ் பெற்ற நாதஸ்வர மேதைகள் நாதஸ்வர கான புபதி திரு. S.S.சிதம்பரநாதன், நாதஸ்வர இன்னிசை வேந்தன் திரு.N.P. நாகேந்திரம், மற்றும் தவில் வித்துவான்கள் தெட்சணமூர்த்தியின் வாரிசு திரு. உதயசங்கர், சின்ராசுவின் வாரிசு திரு. சுதாகர், ஆகியோர் வழங்கும் நாதஸ்வர இசை நிகழ்ச்சி இந்த மாதம் எதிர் வரும் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை 13-04-2007 மாலை 7.00 மணி தொடக்கம் 9.00 மணி வரை நடாத்தப்படவுள்ளது.."

The arrest of Tamil community leaders in France on 1st of April and the raid carried out by the French Police of the Paris office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation, the TTN Television station, the office of the Tamil Coordinating Committee and the Hindu Temple in Paris come as a shock to the Tamil Australians. It is unjust and unreasonable to arrest Tamil community leaders and raid Tamil Institutions which are duly registered in the country and were providing humanitarian assistance to the victims of state sponsored terror in Sri Lanka.

Over 2,000 Tamil expatriates gathered in front of the Eiffel Tower Monday, despite the authorities’ cancellation of a planned protest rally to condemn the arrests by French police of several Tamil activists for raising funds for the LTTE. The protestors gathered in nearby public places, blocking traffic. Although the protest’s cancellation had been publicised on Tamil radio and television by the rally’s organisers who told expatriates that permission would be sought anew, several thousand people converged on the city centre, defying orders to disperse, to condemn the arrests on April 1, a week after the LTTE airstrike on Katunayake.

In a media release issued today, Consortium of Tamil Associations in New Zealand, condemns Arrest of Tamil Community Leaders in France.
Full Text of the Media Release,
The arrest of Tamil community leaders in France on the 1st of April was no April Fools jokes.French police simultaneously raided the Paris office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation, the TTN Television station, the office of the Tamil Co-ordinating Committee and the Hindu Temple in Paris. It is claimed that these institutes and offices maybe permanently closed.

With the festive season on its way here’s the astrological significance of the Hindu New Year. Why is the Hindu New Year celebrated on April 14 ? A dive into the different facets of Hinduism comes up with some interesting facts. Hinduism is a cosmological religion. It is a collection of accumulated facts perceived by Rishis in their meditation and uttered to their disciples. Indeed the facts are revelations. Guru Maharajji aptly said that “India has a long spiritual leg and a short material leg, while the US has a long material leg and a short spiritual leg!”

Photos : MathuraNila 2007 - Successful Tamil Cultural Night by Macquarie and Sydney University Tamil Students - 07th April 2007

Chief Guest: Dr and Mrs Manomohan

by The Tamil Mirror, Toronto, March 2007 I never truly have understood, however, why so many other countries would go along with this agenda at the expense of the Tamil people and why the UN forums or personages who finally do speak up, are so vague. There is no question when a statement is made about Darfur: what’s at stake, who the perpetrators are, who the victims are.
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President Rajapakse sends an emissary to Australia - A response by Dr Brian Senewiratne

On 8 January 2007, Palitha Kohona, arrived in Australia from Sri Lanka on a ‘mission’ – to ask the Australian Government to ban funds going to the LTTE. He was interviewed by a well-known Australian newspaper. You may still find it on the net, Put ban on Tigers support: Sri Lanka I was sent the article by expatriate Tamils in Australia. My first reaction was to put the article where it belongs - the waste bin. However, I thought I might respond, for reasons which I will set out. Kohona also saw Senator Senator Steve Hutchins, the (Labor) Federal Senator for New South Wales.

Tamil rebel, spokesperson on humanitarian issues and human rights Ms N Selvy says, 76 civilians were killed and 57 were disappeared in March 2007 by Sri Lanka armed forces and its paramiliteries. 26 civilians in Batticaloa, six civilians in Trincomalee, eight civilians in Mannar, five civilians in Vavuniya, three civilians in Amparai and 28 civilians in Jaffna were killed. A further 57 civilians were disappeared by the Sri Lankan operated forces in Tamil homeland.

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