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Sri Lanka, Tamil : Protest remembers Black July - J. Nathan, Green Left Weekly PDF Print E-mail
Despite the heavy rain, more than 100 people participated in a rally through Sydney’s CBD on July 25, protesting the ongoing discrimination, abuse and killing of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan state. Twenty-five years ago, Sri Lanka experienced Black July, a government-backed anti-Tamil pogrom in which human rights groups claim over 3000 Tamils were killed and over 150,000 were left homeless.
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Mr Senaka Walgampaya - Sri Lanka appointed new High Commissioner to Australia PDF Print E-mail

auscol.jpg“Sri Lanka's newly appointed High Commissioner to Australia H.E. Mr Senaka Walgampaya, PC presented Credentials at the Government House in Canberra on 30th July 2008 “, says Sri Lanka High Commission, Canberra, Australia Website.

 

 

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Alleged Tax Evader Jaliya Wickramasuriya becomes Sri Lanka's new Ambassador to US PDF Print E-mail

jalia.jpgLanka's diplomatic nightmare in Washington
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20080727/Issues.htm 
By Ranjith Jayasundera
The ongoing sob-story of Sri Lanka's dilapidated foreign service has taken another turn for the worst with the appointment of a presidential hanger-on to the most coveted diplomatic post there is today, Head of Mission, Washington DC.In its sharpest yet slap on the face of the many neglected career diplomats in its pay, the Foreign Ministry has appointed one of President Mahinda Rajapakse's cousins - (no, he does not run out of cousins) - 'businessman' Jaliya Wickramasuriya to head our diplomatic mission in the United States.

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Australia : Tamils hold peaceful protest in Burwood Park - Says Inner West Weekly PDF Print E-mail
Seeking truth and reporting an unbalanced story is what people expect from an unbiased media reporting. Media bias is a term used to describe a real or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media, in the selection of which events will be reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" usually refers to a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely disputed, although its causes are both practical and theoretical, says Wikipedia on Media bias.
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Sydney Australia Film Screening: My Daughter the Terrorist - July 31 PDF Print E-mail

mdttlogo_157pxanim2.gifThursday, 6pm July 31 @ Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale (Sydney)
Entry by donation
More information/bookings: 02 9690 1977
"..This fascinating documentary is an exceedingly rare, inside look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group. Made by the first foreign film crew to be given access to the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) of Sri Lanka, the film offers important insights into the recently re-ignited conflict in Sri Lanka..."

 

 

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Ganesh Visarjan at SVT on Sunday 7th Sept 2008 PDF Print E-mail
Dear Friends & Devotees of SVT :  We cordially invite you with friends & families to participate in Ganesh Visarjan 2008, the Biggest Celebration of the Year on Sunday 7thSept, 2008 at SVT, Helensburgh!The most popular, colourful  and divine event of the year, Ganesh Visarjan will be celebrated with poojas, stalls, cultural programs, foods, children''s activities, procession with drumming and singing of 'Ganpathy Bappa Morya' to Stanwell Park Beach & the final immersion in the Pacific Ocean!
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Sri Lanka's rank critical in Failed States Index PDF Print E-mail
fsi_2008.jpgSri Lanka, which was positioned 25th among the most failed states during the last two years, ranked this year as the 20th in the Failed States Index (FSI), compiled by the Washington based think-tank, Fund for Peace (FfP) and Foreign Policy magazine. Sri Lanka's score further dropped this year in almost all of the 12 indicators in the FSI. The country was ranked 2nd worst, next to Sudan in one of the indicators, 'Group Grievances'. Five of the eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, including Sri Lanka, accounting for one-quarter of the population of South Asia, are placed among the 35 critically failed states of the world in the FSI 2008 index.
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Visa Rejection by Australian High Commission, Colombo monitored by Immigration Minister Chris Evans PDF Print E-mail

Australian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which has been accused by Australian Tamils for rejecting Visa for ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka, are now monitored by Immigration Minister Hon Chris Evans, sources said.  In a recent Student Visa refusal, Sandra Savage, Senior Visa Offier bearing Position No 03J , in Australian High Commission Colombo said, "I have considered the the current economic and political situation in his home country of Sri Lanka and in particual, his place of origin, Jaffna.." . In a letter to, Australasian Federation of Tamil Association, Immigration Minister Chris Evans assured that, "the concerns has been raised with the Australian High Commission in Colombo and will be carefully monitored".

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Sri Lanka rejects tamil tiger ceasefire for South Asia summit PDF Print E-mail
Sri Lanka's government has rejected a unilateral ceasefire announced by the country's separatist Tamil Tigers. The rebels say they declared the 10-day truce as a gesture of goodwill, to coincide with a summit of South Asia leaders beginning in Colombo at the weekend. But the government is refusing to abide by the ceasefire, and says military raids on rebel positions are continuing.
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Tamil Tigers (LTTE) announces unilateral ceasefire during SAARC summit in Sri Lanka PDF Print E-mail
The Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), known as Tamil Tigers on Tuesday announced that the movement would observe unilateral ceasefire during the period of SAARC conference from 26th July to 04 August, giving cooperation for the success of the conference. Conveying goodwill and trust of the Tamil people, the LTTE Political Wing, in a press statement issued from Vanni said it wished for the success of the SAARC conference, extending the movement's support to the "countries of our region, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives."
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Colombo cannot afford to be complacent, says Anita Pratap - Puthinam PDF Print E-mail
"“[W]hen the might of the army is omnipresent, the Tigers retreat the way a guerilla group should, re-strategize and reorganize and bide their time. To think this is a decisive military victory for the government is a fatal mistake. Short, sharp, ligtning strikes out of the blue is what LTTE is best at. Literally ambushing the government – speed and timing then is on their side. So I don’t think the government can afford any complacency or misplaced conclusions that the Tigers are down and out, says author of "Island of Blood," Anita Pratap, in an interview given to the tamil website puthinam
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Navanethem Pillay tipped to become U.N. Human Rights Chief PDF Print E-mail
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The South African judge Ms. Navanethem Pillay, who has served on the International Criminal Court since 2003, is expected to be proposed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the candidate for UN's next Human Rights Chief, succeeding Louise Arbour, Reuters reported Friday. As a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she served for eight years, Judge Pillay led the landmark decisions defining rape as an institutionalized weapon of war and a crime of genocide.

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Landmark European ruling says Tamils risk torture if deported PDF Print E-mail
In a rebuke of Britain’s efforts to deport Tamil asylum seekers, the European Court of Human Rights allowed Thursday the appeal by one refugee, finding that he was at risk of torture by the Sri Lankan authorities if returned there. Immigration lawyers said the European Court’s ruling was ‘very significant’ as the forcible removal of hundreds of Tamils had been held up pending this judgment. The Court’s decision came as the British government praised the Sri Lankan government’s efforts on human rights.
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Lord Venkateswara Darshan & Youth Event at Strathfield this Friday 6pm PDF Print E-mail
Lord Venkateshwara coming to Strathfield!
Darshan of Lord Venkateswara of SVT at Strathfield Town Hall
On Friday 18th 6pm including Bala Kala Vidyalaya Cultural Program.
Enjoy this Friday evening with family & friends, Free!
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Sri Lanka - Black July 1983 rememberance in Sydney - July 25 PDF Print E-mail
july_83_memorial0.gifSri Lanka - Black July 1983 rememberance in Sydney - July 25

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