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Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama to seek release of War Criminal Col Karuna

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama would be leaving for the UK to hold discussions and meetings on issues of bilateral importance with his counterpart and other political dignitaries, a press release issued by the ministry said yesterday. It is also expected that Rohitha will request for the release of Sri Lankan Paramilitary Operative, War Criminal Col Karuna alias Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan recently arrested & sentenced by UK police and immigration authorities, sources said. Col Karuna was arrested following a joint operation between Britain's new Border and Immigration Agency and London police, a UK Home Office statement previously said.

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today passed a resolution calling on States to not resort to racial, ethnic or religious profiling while countering terrorism. Adopted without a vote, the text urges States to fully comply with their obligations regarding torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It also "opposes any form of deprivation of liberty that amounts to placing a detained person outside of the protection of the law." Additionally, the 47-member body adopted five other resolutions.

Vasantha Maalai 2008 by Sydney Tamil Resource Centre on 05th Apriul 2008 ( Saturday ) For Ticket Contacts: Mr N Karunakaran 02 9636 9007 Mr S Logenthiran 02 9746 3167 Mr V Gunaranjitham 0402 140 521 Mr T Kanagaratnam 02 9781 5981 Mr E Vijayaratnam 02 9764 3715 Mr A Logathassan 0421 853 270 Mr M Mohankumar 0413 006 295
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Sri Lankan High Commissions in espionage & vituperative disinformation campaign : P M Amza in India

Close down Sri Lankan mission in Chennai - Thirumaavalavan
The leader of Viduthalai Chi'ruththaika'l Kadchi (VCK, Liberation Panthers Party), Thol. Thirumavalavan called upon the Indian Government to close down the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Tamil Nadu, while addressing a demonstration held in Chennai on Thursday by Tamil Protection Movement, attended by a large gathering. He blamed the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai of indulging in "vituperative disinformation campaign" against the Tamil people struggling for their human rights. By publishing books and releasing statements against the Tamils, the Deputy High Commission was trying to malign the Tamil liberation struggle. Therefore, he demanded that the present consulate should be shut down and Sri Lanka should not be allowed to have an office in any corner of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Competition 2008 in Australia & New Zealand - Application closes on 23rd June 2008
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Tamil New Year 2008 at Sri Venkateswara Temple, Helensburgh, Sydney Australia

Sunday 13th April: Tamil New Year, Vishu Punyakalam 1008 Sanghu Abhishekam for Sri Varasiddhi Vinayakar Starts at 8am with Maha Ganapaty Pooja, Trisathi Homam, Maha Abhishekam etc. and concludes with procession of Lord Ganesa around the temple around 1.30pm. Devotees are requested to sponsor one sangu (konch) at $10 only. Tickets at temple counter. All are welcome.
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Advancing Australia's Global and Regional Economic Interests - Kevin Rudd Australian Prime Minister

Address to the East Asia Forum - in conjunction with the Australian National University, Advancing Australia's Global and Regional Economic Interests The Australian Government’s mission is to implement a reform agenda to build a modern Australia capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century – to secure both the nation’s long-term future, and a future for working families.
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Sri Lankan Government sponsored Tushara Peiris's 'anti-Tamil' film Prabhakaran busted and banned

War savvy Sri Lankan Government sponsored Tushara Peiris's 'anti-Tamil' film Prabhakaran has been busted and banned by Indian Tamils new reports says.
Full Story by TamilNet,
Politicians and film personalities from Tamil Nadu have taken strong exception to a Sinhalese film that seeks to "vulgarize the Tamil liberation struggle in Sri Lanka." Tamil Nadu Film Producers' Association President Rama. Narayanan condemned the film for disgracing the Tamil people at the end of a special screening. Tamil Protection Movement President Thol. Thirumavalavan vowed to take legal action to prevent the film's release in Tamil Nadu since he felt that it not only degraded the Eelam liberation struggle and hurt Tamil sentiments but it was also capable of disrupting communal harmony in Sri Lanka.

Anura Bandaranaike - A candid contra view by Sachi Sri Kantha "..In sum, Anura’s personal and political careers seem to fit a few lines of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem ‘Fame’ (1824). “Were it not better done,- To dine and sleep through forty years; Be loved by few; be feared by none; Laugh life away; have wine for tears”
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Sri Lankan Consulates in, unlawful intelligence gathering, false propaganda & tipping off exercises

Accusing the Sri Lankan Consulate in Chennai of false propaganda, unlawful intelligence gathering and tipping off exercises, Agni Subramaniam, the Executive Director of Chennai based Manitham Human Rights Organization is requesting the authorities to close down this Consulate. He has made several accusations against this Consulate in an interview to Kumudam Reporter, the well known Tamil weekly magazine from Tamilnadu. The English translation of this week''s (23 03 2008) Kumudam Reporter article is as follows:

Contrasting U.S. State Department’s institutional bias in favor of governments, and Bush administration’s willingness to overlook abuses by foreign governments in the name of fighting terrorism, with the recent U.S report on Human Rights in Sri Lanka, Bruce Fine, an attorney for a Tamil activist group in the U.S., in a statement released to the media Wednesday, asserts that, “[t]he fact that the United States would savage the human rights record of the GOSL [Government of Sri Lanka] means that its [Sri Lanka’s] actual terrorism record is far more gruesome than represented. The report thus fortifies the moral and legal entitlement of Tamils to a separate statehood.”

Tamil Australians pay tribute to Maamanithar T Jeyakumar on his 1st year rememberance - Saturday 29th March 2008
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Sri Lankan Government’s unilateral withdrawal from cease fire agreement is irresponsible policy,Paul

Statement by Paul Willms at the International Seminar regarding the situation in Sri Lanka (London)
The historic conflict between the Singhalese and Tamil nation has recently deteriorated after the cease fire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam came to a formal end on 16 of January 2008.Unilaterally ending a cease fire agreement by a democratic elected government is considered as an irresponsible policy that will have serious consequences.

“Jaffna people are treated by the Sri Lanka military worse than slaves, in the most humiliating and terrifying style”, said the Jaffna Members of Parliament who are in touch with their electorate people by phone. They said they are unable to even visit their electorate due to death threats against them. These MPs described the conditions facing their people as follows.
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Sri Lanka : Official Website of Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

Sri Lanka : Official Website of Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
http://www.tamilalliance.net/
It is a great pleasure to learn that a website is to be established on behalf of Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi ( ITAK) and the Tamil National Alliance ( TNA). In this period of the struggle for the Liberation of the Tamil National Community of the island of Sri Lanka, the opening of this website would become a milestone.The struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eealm for the last three decades for the Liberation of the Tamil National Community in this island is unique, because it has created numerous achievements.

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