Till Government treats all its citizens fairly, no chance for the peace that Rajapaksa promised – New York Times
Supporting UN High Commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay’s, call for the investigation of war-crimes of both sides to the conflict, the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers, the New York Times, in its Wednesday editorial said, “The government claims it must screen out rebels hiding in the camps. But aid workers suspect other motives, including a desire to deny access to witnesses who may have seen abuses by government forces.”
War for Justice Will Continue: Intellectual thinking is the need of the hour
In Colombo and other parts of Sinhalese areas, the Sri Lankan government is celebrating the victory of the killing, wounding, and damaging the properties of tens of thousands of Tamils in their homeland. The Tamils in Eelam and elsewhere must intensify their diplomatic actions in their adopted countries. But they should use intellectual actions, which is the need of the hour and only to serve the liberation of Tamil Eelam from occupying Sri Lankan armed forces.
Why the West ignored the Tamils’ pleas
Western leaders seemed genuinely surprised at the rapid end to Sri Lanka’s 25-year-old internal war and the collapse of the Tamil Tiger insurgency.
Not so taken back, however, that the Canadian, U.S. and European governments did not know, virtually in unison, what approach to take: do as little as they could semi-decently get away with.
The Ferrocious war of tigers in last moment makes the leader to escape – the information about the master plan
The media publishing the news of Prabakaran in various dimensions. The real happening at that time are had from some reliable news sources. From that source, when people are keen to know about the election result on Saturday the tigers are supposed to execute their master plan. When SLA comes nearer, there should be a ferrocious and tremendous attack over them, where on the other end the tiger prominents including the leader should get away from that place was that plan.
Aftermath of Indian Elections so what next step towards Sri Lanka
The month-long elections in India came to an end on May 13. Roughly 700 million voters trekked to the polling booths to cast their votes. The results were announced on May 16. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by Congress Party has formed the new government with Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minster. The Tamil national question in Sri Lanka has reached a climax.
Tamil leaders ‘killed as they tried to surrender’
The desperate efforts of two senior LTTE leaders trapped in the war zone to save their lives were revealed yesterday as it emerged they were shot dead as they prepared to surrender to Sri Lankan government forces.
In a flurry of emails, text messages and telephone calls that passed between NGOs, a foreign government and Sri Lankan officials in Colombo, the two LTTE political leaders frantically inquired as to how they could give themselves up.
Civilians held in Sri Lanka camps face disease threat: ‘nasty place to be’
Thousands of civilians fleeing fighting in Sri Lanka have been interned by the government in cramped, makeshift camps with overflowing drains, water shortages and the threat of disease looming large in the sweltering, unsanitary conditions. The government allowed a small group of international journalists into Menik Farm camp, which is regarded by aid agencies as by far the best-equipped of the camps. But even here, people complain bitterly about their treatment and the lack of freedom of movement.
Is Rajapaksa awaiting Kalinga?
It is easy for India and others to demand a further temporary ceasefire to let civilians in the area move to safety. But Sri Lanka is unlikely to accede to the request. It knows that while many in the conflict zone may be living under duress, prevented by the LTTE from leaving, a large mass may not really want to exit. These are people who may have direct or indirect links with the Tigers, and they might fear the worst if they fall into the hands of the state. That could partly explain how a small LTTE force is able to hold a very large civilian population even in these adverse circumstances. To that extent the LTTE may be on target when it asks if the global community has bothered to find out if civilians still with it really want to leave?
The tiger in the eye of the storm
Fathima Charles has been here all night, standing against the barricade, staring at the Peace Tower and willing someone – anyone – to hear her story. She cannot tell it without crying, but, as her husband explains, the tears flow constantly these days. For eight months, she has not heard from her five sisters, her little brother and her mother caught in the war zone in Sri Lanka as the fighting has escalated. Her phone calls go unanswered. Her appeals to the Red Cross lead nowhere. She imagines the worst: that they have starved, that they lie dead and nameless.
World Watches Helplessly Genocide of Eelam Tamils in Vanni by Sinhalese
Having cornered about 200000 homeless, half starved IDP (civilians) by herding them with the help of rocket launching gunships and multibarrel guns into a narrow stretch of land in the East near Puthumathalan called the safety zone, Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had now embarked upon intense attack on the ‘safety zone’. It all started in the early hours of 12 April Sunday, targeting a place called Pachchaip-pulmoaddai, aiming for bifurcating and capturing the northern part of the ‘safety zone’ ignoring the international calls for a ceasefire to avoid genocide of the Tamils, a distinctive ethnic minority.
