TNA should be expelled from the parliament ‐ Gothabaya Rajapakse
Defence secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse stated, TNA should be expelled from the parliament and added this group came in to parliament through fraudulent votes cast by the LTTE which everyone knew. He further added the TNA members were going to western countries and talking against the government and causing a split in the country.
Amnesty International calls for an independent probe
Amnesty International called on Saturday for an independent probe into the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of Sri Lanka’s civil war and also urged the UN to reveal its own estimates.
The call by the rights group followed a report in the Times of London newspaper on Friday citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
Liberation tigers should be defeated politically – United National Party
United National Party has insisted that Tamil Eelam Liberation tigers should be defeated politically. United National Party Parliament Member Dayasiri jayasekara stated that after the struggle against the terrorism, tigers should be defeated politically for which actions should be initiated by the government.
Plans to recruit northern Tamil youths to the military
Military Commander Sarath Fonseka informed plans are underway to recruit Tamil youths from North to the military. He mentioned the Tamil youths would be more conversant whereabouts of the northern areas, hence it would be easy access to deploy them in this task was mentioned by him.
Tamil politicians are joking to fill a power vacuum
When newspaper editor Nadesapillai Vithyatharan was snatched by six burly men one morning in February from a funeral and bundled into a van, friends feared the worst. They immediately called on authorities to track down the perpetrators, three of whom wore police uniforms.
Sri Lankan police said they were investigating an abduction. Within an hour, though, their story took a 180-degree turn: Mr. Vithyatharan, a Tamil, had been arrested by police and was being held for suspected links to Tamil Tiger rebels.
Military massacre in Sri Lanka does not end Tamil struggle
On May 18, the Sri Lankan military declared victory in its 26-year civil war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.The LTTE has been the most prominent organization fighting for Tamil national liberation, calling for the creation of an independent Tamil state. The Sri Lankan military strategy was simple: an all-out scorched earth campaign with complete disregard for the lives of civilian women, children and men.
Prabakaran’s satillite phone found. Information regarding his contact revealed through Sim Card (Where comes Sim Card in Satillite phone?)
Sri Lanka army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka says intelligence authorities have seized the satellite phone used by LTTE chief Vellupilai Prabhakaran and calls made by him will provide information about the terror chief’s contacts.
In interview with an television in Sri Lanka, General Fonseka “revealed that the cellular satellite phone used by Prabhakaran is in the hands of the government and the army has received highly important information from the sim card obtained from that phone.”
Disease in Tamil refugee camps in epidemic form imminent, warns Christian Aid
Aid agency Christian Aid on Wednesday warned that lives of the thousands of Tamils, who are now in refugee camps, are now at risk as a disease outbreak in these camps is imminent.
Robin Greenwood, director of the Christian Aid’s Asia programme said waterborne diseases will spread in the camps in epidemic form very soon.
UN Rights Council fails victims
The Human Rights Council did not even express its concern for the hundreds of thousands of people facing indefinite detention in government camps. The council ignored urgent needs and wasted an important chance to promote human rights, says Juliette de Rivero, Geneva advocacy director.
“The Human Rights Council did not even express its concern for the hundreds of thousands of people facing indefinite detention in government camps,” said Juliette de Rivero, Geneva advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “The council ignored urgent needs and wasted an important chance to promote human rights.”
