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Sri Lankan "thug minister" held captive by media workers

Mervyn Silva, the Sri Lankan Minister of Labour and a thug leader in the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapkasa's government, was held captive by media workers Thursday. He was surrounded when he reportedly went amok against a news editor, P.M.D Chandrasekara, of the state owned Rupawahini cooperation, for "failing to broadcast" a video footage of his appearance in a meeting in Matara on Wednesday. Mr. Mervyn Silva, beaten by the media workers, was later freed by the Police security out of the Rupawahini premises located in the high security Bauddhaloka Mawatha after a mediation attempt by non-cabinet minister of media, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, failed, media sources in Colombo said.

Today is the third anniversary of the tsunami that tragically devastated many countries in the world including Tamil Eelam. The national dailies and other media in Tamil Eelam are filled with pictures, songs and memories of the loved ones taken away by the tsunami. Events are being held in many parts of Tamil Eelam to mark the day. This is a typical page, among several pages, in the national dailies, that carried the memories of the loved ones taken away by the tsunami.

http://www.nitharsanam.info/ Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GenocideAdopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. Article 1 The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
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Sri Lanka : Gothabaya and Basil Rajapakse, and Army Gen. Sarath Fonseka to be prosecuted in US ?

A US-based group calling itself "Tamils for Justice," is soliciting funds to retain a well-known Washington Legal entity to advocate for Tamil statehood, the group's website Tamils for Justice said. The objective is listed as deproscription of the LTTE, Statehood for Tamils in Sri Lanka, and to bring to justice U.S. citizens holding power in Sri Lanka who are believed to be guilty of gross violations of humanitarian laws, and crimes against Tamils, website said.

In the Annual General Meeting held at Homebush Boys' High School on Saturday, 10th November Mr Varathakeyan Selvadurai has been elected as President ( 2008 ) of Jaffna Hindu College Old Boys’ Association of Australia. Outgoing president Pratheepan Thanabalasingam in his annual report outlined, maintaing OBA Website and development of simplified accounting system for account tracking as future plans for the Oldboys Association.
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Outgoing Presidents Report
In 2008, it is expected that JHC OBA Sydney will pay a handsom amout of approximately $4,500 to Geethavani Music Director, equivalent to 180 Single Tickets at a face value of $25.

Tamil Sydney : Happy Christmas Greetings
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Human Rights in Sri Lanka - Chicago Public Radio expose Mahinda Brothers atrocities

http://audio.wbez.org/wv/2007/12/wv_20071227a.mp3
Sunila Abeysekera — Director of INFORM human rights documentation center in Sri Lanka, honored as a Human Rights Watch Defender at the 2007 Voices for Justice Dinner Fred Abrahams – Senior Researcher for Emergencies, Human Rights Watch. Sri Lanka is a multiethnic country—with a Sinhalese Buddhist majority, a mostly Hindu Tamil minority, and smaller groups of Muslims and Christians. Like its ethnic makeup, Sri Lanka’s conflict is extremely complex.

By P. Sreekumaran The going is extremely good for the Glamour Queen of Tamil cinema, Namitha . In the wake of the super success of ‘Billa’ in which she plays one of the two heroines, Nam has become even more sought after.The latest take on Namy is that she is n set to sizzle the silver screen in the company of Tamil hero, Sarath Kumar , again.
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Australia : Auburn Tamil Society Christmas & New Year Celebration Photos

Auburn Tamil Society Christmas & New Year Celebration Photos
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Mahinda Rajapaksa - An open declaration of genocide and war against the Tamils

President Rajapakse, like Adolf Hitler believing his own propaganda, believes his own lies. He believes the lie that there are numerous Tamil rebels killed on a daily basis. These killed are not rebels but innocent farmers, fishers, women and children going about their work. The Tigers said to be killed do not go about wearing stripes. He believes that the Tamil speaking people in the east have been liberated. He believes that the Tamils in the north are waiting for him, to be liberated. He believes that power will be devolved on the Tamil speaking people.

In a surprising move the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed spin doctoring guru and regular contributor to the pro-government Asian Tribune web news paper Walter Jayawardena an official Minister/Counsellor (Information) at the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK. The Asian Tribune editor K T Rajasingam came under media scrutiny over his involvement with the President Rajapakse to implement a government run massive project costing over million US dollars to carryout campaign work against the anti-government forces and the LTTE.

For over two decades, there has been savage conflict in Sri Lanka between a minority group of Tamils who claim traditional rights for land in the north-east and the majority, Sinhalese, government in Colombo. The conflict has consumed tens of thousands of lives, displaced hundreds of thousands, sown agricultural land with mines, laid waste plantations, and stunted a generation of children. It could be argued that the only rule of warfare is the respect each side has for the capacity of the other to terrorise: the desire for self-preservation has tended to restrict the number of civilians being bombed.

".. Your government has repeatedly expressed the view that it considers human rights as the most core issue in the Sri Lankan scene. Therefore isn’t the ‘Defense of Human Rights Defenders’ a challenge to your government as it is to Sri Lankan Human Rights defenders? I request for your government’s constructive involvement..."
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Gothapaya Rajapaksa's Sri Lankan Military Paramilitary Ring Leader Karuna to face War crimes inquiry

Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gothapaya Rajapaksa's, Sri Lankan Military Paramilitary Ring Leader Karuna to face War crimes inquiry in UK. Full Text of Report
War crimes inquiry into Tamil rebel living in UK
By David Brown
A Sri Lankan guerrilla leader living in London is being investigated for possible war crimes charges, The Times has learnt. Karuna Amman, who has been implicated in atrocities over two decades, entered Britain on a diplomatic passport. The Crown Prosecution Service is looking into whether there is sufficient evidence to bring him to trial under international laws on war crimes, torture and hostage-taking.

The Protection of Women and Children during Armed Conflict: Whose Responsibility? UN Special Rep to give Chancellor’s Human Rights Lecture on protection of women and children in armed conflict "..In Sri Lanka, there were 237 reported cases of children abducted between November 2005 and October 2006.."
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