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This younger brother of the president and secretary of state for defence, Gotabhaya Rajapakse is the leader of the war against Tamil separatists. He said in 2008, "Journalists should not be allowed to write about military matters and strong action should be taken against those who do." He was increasingly aggressive to journalists who refused to bow to his orders during 2007, specialising in making threats over the telephone. He phoned the editor of the Daily Mirror, threatening to get her sacked and to "wipe out" one of her colleagues if they did not stop publishing articles about the plight of civilians caught up in the war.

Pravesh Purusothaman , Ankita Sachdev and Sundaram Aravamudhan won JHC OBA Geethavani 2008 Awards, knows as Australian Tamil Idol Awards, at the competition held at Ryde Civic Centre on 08th June 2008. Jaffna Hindu College Oldboys’ Association Sydney  organized the event with a view to encourage the growing number of talented Tamil singers within Australia, said Selvadurai Varathakeyan, President. He further said one the major objective of JHC OBA Sydney is to contribute the funds generated from this type of events towards maintaining basic infrastructure support and services. Last Year JHC OBA Sydney donated three over head projectors and one portable multimedia projector sources said.

The buzz everywhere is Dasavathaaram Trailer which has been released and is doing its rounds. And with the audio launch tomorrow, the excitement is even more now. All the site managers are facing trouble from numerous requests for Dasavathaaram trailer. And many sites are crashing owing to heavy request.

Amnesty International Australia held a photo exhibition, Cries of the Voiceless, over two days in central Sydney city, at the Martin Place Amphitheatre on 5-6 June 2008, o highlighting human rights abuses and violence against journalists in Sri Lanka. The photos taken with a rented camera by a 23-year-old man in Sri Lanka and explore life as a child in a conflict situation.  Through its severe lack of media freedom, it is the cries of help of the victims of these human rights abuses that go unheard. Cries of the Voiceless is a photo exhibition to be held by Amnesty International to help carry these messages, read the Amnesty International flyer.

US Citizen and Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who is officially tasked to ensure the security of all Sri Lankans, had indirectly levelled death threats on two senior journalists last Monday. The people of this country had great respect for Secretary Rajapaksa for his effort to crackdown on the LTTE and were aghast when he faced an LTTE suicide attack at the Pithala junction Colombo sometime ago. But people will not by any stretch endorse his attempt to silence the fourth estate of this country in a bid to prevent people learning about corruption, misuse and abuse of power by this Government.

This is a a statement made by a Hindu priest who has been in prison for nearly a decade in Sri Lanka. We strongly suggest that children under 18, pregnant women, the elderly and those having heart ailments refrain from reading this as the contents are very frightening. The actual names of those affected are replaced; places and dates are deleted to safeguard their safety. This is only a condensed part of the full statement from him in order to avoid undesirable consequences to him.

Maha Sinnathamby , A man with Sri Lankan Tamil roots, who migrated to Australia in his 18's has been  listed as tenth wealthiest individual in Queensland in BRW 2008 Rich list. Courier Mail reported his achievement as , “ The man who founded the entire Springfield property development, Sinnathamby is worth an estimated $571 million. He has few obvious trappings of wealth, living in a modest abode at Fig Tree Pocket, his ownly real luxury being driving a Mercedes car. “  Like Sri Lankan Tamil Community Maha is highly values the importance of Education and says & believe “Education is the key. Education creates a strong community. Education changes our potential.”

Tamil Youth Organisation of Australia wishes to bring to your attention the murder of 17 Tamil civilians caused by a Sri Lankan Army claymore attack on Friday May 23 2008.Although the Sri Lankan forces have denied involvement in the blast, Reuters reported on 23/05/08 that a during an Sri Lankan Army ambush in Tamil-Tiger a controlled area, a roadside bomb part of a deep penetration unit killed 17 civilians.