The cost of war and the price of victory in Sri Lanka
Back to Sri Lanka today and a full interview with Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera who left the Sri Lankan government in February 2007 after falling out with the country’s President, Mahinda Rajapakse. Since leaving office Mr Samaraweera, who was also Mr Rajapakse’s Chief Campaign Co-ordinator during his successful 2005 presidential campaign, has become one of the most outspoken critics of a regime he was instrumental in getting elected.
‘We’ll Fight Them Right to the End’: Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan government’s ongoing campaign to crush the Tamil Tigers drew thousands of angry Tamil-Canadians to the Hill last week, provoked an emergency debate in the House of Commons and saw the government issue calls for an immediate ceasefire. But in an interview with Embassy on Friday, Sri Lankan High Commissioner Dayanada Perera maintained that his government plans to continue fighting until all rebel Tamil Tigers have been destroyed.
CNN edits out Genocide charges against Sri Lanka, complains M.I.A
Maya Mathangi Arulpragasam, Grammy, Oscar nominee
Oscar and Grammy award nominee, Eezham born music phenom, Maya Arulpragasam, uses “her fame to shed light on a growing international conflict” CNN says in its website. During an interview with CNN’s Kareen Wynter, Friday, pointing an accusing finger at the Government of Sri Lanka for killing Tamil civilians, Maya says, “Tamils who are a bunch of people in Sri Lanka, are being wiped out; I am one of those people who made it out.
There is Genocide on Tamils by Sri Lankan State Terror – M.I.A said to her fans in U.S & thru out the world
M.I.A. "Mathangi" Arulpragasam, nominee for Grammy, Oscar
Oscar and Grammy award nominee, Eezham born music phenom, Maya Arulpragasam, in the PBS interview on Tavis Smiley show Thursday told the U.S. listeners and fans worldwide that “there’s been a systematic genocide which has quiet thing because no one knows where Sri Lanka is. And now it’s just escalated to the point there’s 350,000 people who are stuck in a battle zone and can’t get out, and aid’s banned and humanitarian organizations are banned, journalists are banned from telling the story.”
CPI exploring possibility to take Sri Lankan issue in UN
Communist Party of India (CPI) is contemplating taking the issue of indiscriminate killing of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka to the United Nations, party Tamil Nadu unit secretary, D Pandyan said. Talking to reporters in Chennai, he said they will explore this possibility after discussing the matter with experts in Human Rights.
Exclusive Interview: M.I.A.
The heart of Sri Lanka’s civilians, the soul of United Kingdom, and the memories of being a Sri Lankan refugee are all parts of what creates M.I.A’s flow! Maya Arulpragasam, better known as her stage name M.I.A., experienced a journey that is heard through her music. The Grammy Awards nominated artist was born in the UK. Six months after her birth, she and her family moved to Sri Lanka where M.I.A spent the next ten years of her life.
LTTE would stop to anything in the face of imminent defeat – Karuna
I was the leader of the LTTE’s armed wing during the battles at Kilinochchi and Elephant Pass in 1998. When the army commenced operation “Jayasikuru” in 1995, the LTTE only possessed 2 artillery guns and 2 heavy mortar guns. But we had a very well organized team within the LTTE who were with me.
Seven Crore Tamils of Tamilnadu will not remain mute spectators to the sufferings of Eelam Tamils – Tamil Eelam Political Leader
Tamil Eelam Political Leader B Nadesan
“Eelam Tamils are not orphans. The most important message conveyed to this world and the Sri Lankan government is the seven crore Tamils of Tamilnadu will not remain mute spectators to the sufferings of Eelam Tamils,” LTTE’s political chief B Nadesan noted with pride in an interview to Junior Vikatan, a Tamil bi-weekly published from Tamilnadu.
BBC Interview With British Tamil Forum Spoke-man
Sri Lankan Military aggression will only make the majority of Tamils Support the LTTE said Suren Surendiran on the interview with BBC World News.
