PEARL Applauds Dept. of Homeland Security for Trying to Interview Sri Lankan General, as Sri Lanka Tries to Block U.S. Attempt
Washington, D.C., November 2, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked Sri Lanka Army General Sarath Fonseka to meet with U.S. authorities on Wednesday, November 4 in Tulsa. PEARL applauds the U.S. for taking steps towards a long-awaited investigation into war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government earlier this year.
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Sri Lanka’s former ambassador to the UN in Geneva, who used to regularly deluge diplomats and activists with multi-megabyte emails and photos detailing his latest activities, is claiming credit for blocking an attempted UN Human Rights Council inquiry into his country’s war with the Tamils.According to Dayan Jayatilleka, “Even the Richard Goldstone report on Gaza got only 25 votes, but we managed to secure 29 for Sri Lanka at the special session.” |
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Sri Lankan government sources say the US government is seeking to question Sri Lanka’s military chief, General Sarath Fonseka, about alleged war crimes said to have been committed by the Sri Lankan army earlier this year. The military chief is currently on a visit to the US. But American officials have declined to confirm the accounts. The same US State Department Report named former High Ranking DFAT Official Dr Palitha Kohana in its detail brief of possible war crimes committed by government forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels in the closing stages of their war. |
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A Tamil man who jumped into the Indian ocean to escape arrest drowned after being badly beaten by Sri Lankan police in the water in front of a large crowd and television cameras, police said.The 26-year-old motor mechanic was pursued by a policeman after he pelted stones at passing trains in the seafront Bambalapitiya area of Colombo on Thursday. |
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Prof Rohan Gunaratna a self proclaimed Terrorism Expert is a Sri Lankan Operative and a Fraud says former Australian Diplomat Bruce Haigh in an interview to ATBC Radio.
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"..(i) deplores the fact that more than 220 000 Tamil civilians are still being held in camps, and urges the Sri Lankan Government, in line with its public commitments, to return them to their homes and give humanitarian organisations free access to the camps and areas of return to provide necessary humanitarian assistance,.." |
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Rohan Gunaratna has been interviewed and quoted by many Australian sources as a “terrorism expert”. To judge for yourself his credibility as an “expert source” please refer to the following: |
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"..Surveillance cameras at Colombo Airport paid for by the Australian Government have been linked to a spate of extra-judicial arrests.Reports of detentions at the airport are driving Sri Lankan Tamils to flee the country in boats rather than by air, a well-placed official says.A prominent Tamil MP, Mano Ganesan, said at least 29 people had been detained at the airport this month. A Government official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the figure and said 11 had been released..." |
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Time: 6.00PM, Saturday, 5/12/09
Venue: Ian and Nancy Turbott Auditorium
Rydalmere campus, University of Western Sydney. |
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Rally on Monday, 2 Nov 09 - Welcome Refugees, Say no to Rudd's Indonesian Solution
Venue: Immigration Office, Lee St near Central station to protest against the Rudd Govt's Indonesian solution.
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"..As you are aware around 250,000 internally displaced Tamils have been, for the past 5 months, segregated into camps in Sri Lanka with extremely poor facilities and limited access to aid from NGOs. Reports indicate increasing levels of desperation when faced with water shortages, sickness and limited food supplies. I have been the recipient of many letters and phone calls from the Tamil community in Australia asking me to intervene on behalf of the Tamils in these camps. Such desperation is always a “push” factor when it comes to people making risky escapes from intolerable situations. .." |
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29 Oct 2009. Tamil Sydney - Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel. The Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Ararat, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, intercepted the vessel at 4.20 pm (AEDST) on 29 October 2009 as it approached Ashmore Islands. It was initially detected by a Dash-8 maritime patrol aircraft, operating under the control of Border Protection Command. |
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has found the that Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship breached the human rights of Mr Ahmed El Masri under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), in a report tabled in federal Parliament today. Commission President, Cathy Branson QC, found in the report that there had been two separate breaches of article 9(1) of the ICCPR which prohibits arbitrary and unlawful detention. |
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The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) today acknowledged the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report regarding the detention of Ahmed El-Masri and has extended its unreserved apology for the breach of his human rights.“We take this matter very seriously,” a DIAC spokeswoman said.“In line with the AHRC’s recommendations, departmental processes have been amended to require staff to consider relevant case law when assessing whether a person is unlawful and should be detained.” |
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