| UN has a second chance to right wrongs on Sri Lanka |
| [ Friday, 16 November 2012, 07:18.53 AM ] |
 There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. |
| Analyst report of Eelam war |
[ Wednesday, 05 September 2012, 06:16.33 AM ] [ ] |
 Group of photographs shake world. Journalist and the leading photographer of the Vikatan Maha Thamizl Prabhakarana pile up group of photographs. Now I have compared them with the Eelam situation. |
| Government websites blocked by unidentified persons |
| [ Monday, 02 July 2012, 04:05.55 PM ] |
 In the recent past Lankan government blocked Tamil websites in the country and also made threats towards journalists. In such situation migrated people have blocked the websites such as EPDP.net, JVP News.com and SLFOnews.com which publish favorable news about the Lankan government. |
| Japanese professor emphasizes statistical analysis of Tamil inscriptions |
| [ Saturday, 12 May 2012, 06:03.42 AM ] [] |
 Delivering the keynote address at the Tamil studies Conference in Toronto on Friday, Veteran Tamil Studies Professor, Noburu Karashima, who has been working on Tamil inscriptions for many decades, emphasized the importance of statistical analysis of data to come out with valuable revelations of Tamil History. |
| Channel 4′s Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields |
[ Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 02:10.52 AM ] [ ] |
 New video evidence of the alleged executions of bound prisoners in Sri Lanka has emerged and is to be broadcast in full in Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields on Channel 4, as pressure builds for an international investigation. |
| screens Channel 4 Sri Lanka war crimes film |
| [ Friday, 03 June 2011, 11:16.53 PM ] [] |
 The documentary is an hour-long investigation into the final weeks of the bloody Sri Lankan civil war and features damning new evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
| New wars crime claims - Channel4 |
| [ Wednesday, 01 December 2010, 02:03.15 AM ] [] |
 Channel 4 News reveals new footage of the alleged massacre of Tamil prisoners which promoted a UN investigation last year, as the Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse arrives in London. |
| UN Expert Panel call for evidence on alleged violations in Sri-Lanka |
| [ Thursday, 21 October 2010, 12:06.55 PM ] [] |
 the UN Secretary-General established a Panel of Experts to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka . The members of the Panel are Marzuki Darusman, Steven Ratner and Yasmin Sooka. The Panel officially began its work on 16 September 2010. |
| Senior SLA officer: ‘Kill everybody!’ order came from the top (VIDEO UPDATED) |
| [ Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 09:47.51 PM ] [] |
 A senior Sri Lankan Army commander and frontline soldier have told Britain’s Channel 4 News that point-blank executions of Tamils at the end of the civil war in May 2009 were carried out under orders ‘from the top’. In an extended segment on Sri Lanka Tuesday, Channel 4 broadcast translated video interviews with the two soldiers. |
| Breaking the deadlock through transnational governance |
| [ Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:49.47 PM ] |
 The need of the time now is the metamorphosis of the existing infrastructure into a democratic and inclusive transnational government of Eezham Tamils to strengthen the diaspora socially, economically and culturally; to achieve the goal of independence and sovereignty of Eezham Tamils in the home country and to meet the international challenges internationally. Many of our readers confuse between the concepts of transnational government and government in exile. While the government in exile is a conventional phenomenon that needs a host country, the transnational government is a novel experiment that has no precedence. |
| 1200 bodies counted, hundreds seriously injured, aerial bombing continues (VIDEO UPDATED) |
| [ Sunday, 10 May 2009, 12:28.20 PM ] [] |
 Rescue workers within the Mullaiththeevu Safety Zone have counted more than 1200 bodies after the large scale slaughter Saturday night and Sunday morning by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) with the use of cluster ammunition, multi-barrel rocket launchers and cannons, sources from Vanni said. The workers fear that there may be additional bodies yet to be uncovered, and the numbers killed will likely rise. Rescue workers also said several hundreds were very seriously injured, and the critical shortage of medicine at the makeshift hospital will lead to many more deaths. |
| 179 civilians including 76 children killed within 3 days inside 'safety zone' (VIDEO UPDATED) |
| [ Sunday, 29 March 2009, 09:16.09 AM ] [] |
 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) attacks have claimed the lives of 179 civilians within the three days of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, according to the casualty figures collected by TamilNet correspondent in Vanni. At least 76 of the slain victims were children below the age of 15. At least 16 pregnant mothers were among the slain. More than 109 children below the age of 15 have sustained injuries. Around 45% of the thousands of shells fired by the SLA have hit the safety zone. Meanwhile, a foreign staff of the ICRC, who came in the ship on Saturday to transport the wounded civilian had a narrow escape when the ship was hit by long distance gunfire by the SLA damaging a window of the ship. On Friday, a local ICRC worker, P. Satheeskumar, was reportedly injured in SLA shelling. |
| Destroy the tigers before April 14th - India to Sri Lanka |
| [ Friday, 20 March 2009, 05:24.49 AM ] |
 The election campaign had started for the forthcoming election from April16th to May 13th. There was a major opposition waves for congress in due course of Sri Lankan war issue. In this situation Congress had made a secret effort to Sri Lankan Government to destroy upto the root of tigers. |
| Eyewitness account on Vavuniyaa internment camps |
| [ Thursday, 19 February 2009, 06:13.52 PM ] |
 "Now, what is happening here is genocide in many forms. Needless to say scattering people all over to unknown and unfamiliar places will ultimately lead to a weak population and result in damages done to our culture, education, and relationships. I can foresee a maimed Tamil generation with no hope in the future. The international community can make statements. But none will pay heed. For me the future looks dark and gloomy," reveals a letter written by a professional eyewitness, who visited the barbed-wired internment camps and hospital in Vavuniyaa couple of days ago. |
| India mistaken on arms and talks - experts |
| [ Monday, 16 February 2009, 07:51.41 PM ] |
 Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram’s call for the LTTE to surrender arms was not in keeping with international practice on conflict resolution, but an endorsement of the Sri Lankan government’s hardline position, scholars of conflict and peace said Monday. They pointed a number of successful peace processes, including those with the ANC, IRA and Nepal’s Maoists had proceeded without making arms surrender a precondition for talks. There had also been several peace processes involving the LTTE without this precondition, a scholar of Sri Lanka’s conflict pointed out. The Indian government was in effect supporting the Rajapakse government’s efforts to avoid negotiations on a lasting settlement by making talks conditional on a demand unacceptable to any party to a conflict, some academics opined. |
| Opinion Poll: Tamils want Separation, urge new U.S. |
| [ Thursday, 01 January 2009, 07:09.20 PM ] |
 administration to send peace envoy to Sri Lanka Poll shows Tamils internationally favor separation from Sri Lanka as solution to the genocidal civil war, and want quick U.S. support. .." |
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| Norway tells Lanka: Respect Vienna Convention |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 08:22.06 AM ] |
 Norway has asked Sri Lanka to comply with �well established international rules on diplomatic immunity� after a Colombo Court ruled that the former Norwegian Ambassador and three officials did not have immunity in a huge transaction involving an NGO. [More] |
| Military personals issue threatening orders against families of misplaced personals |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 05:58.20 AM ] |
 Members of SriLanka Army continuously warn families of misplaced personals while in the military detention. Group of unidentified personals have threatened to withdraw the case filed at the Vavuniya High Court. [More] |
| SriLanka monitors Canada's activities |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 04:59.23 AM ] |
 The Ministry of External Affairs announced they will monitors activities of Canadian government. Previously Canada announced that they will boycott Commonwealth Heads meeting to be held in SriLanka. [More] |
| Prabahakaran no more at Eritrea - Military spokesman |
| [ Monday, 20 May 2013, 04:05.53 AM ] |
 Military spokesman Ruwan Wanigasuriya said we have rescued the body of LTTE leader from Nandikadal lagoon on May 18, 2009. He is not residing in Eritrea. [More] |
| Russia to donate 8 helicopters |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 05:06.29 PM ] |
 Russia decided to donate 8 helicopters to SriLanka. [More] |
| Elections should not impose changes in the constitution of this country |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:27.10 PM ] |
 Minister Dinesh Gunawardene met Chief Incumbent of the Malwattu Chapters Tibbatuwawe Sumangala thero today. [More] |
| Tamil genocide attack day commemorated in Canada |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:16.20 PM ] [] |
 Tamil Genocide attack day commemorated at Queens Burg city in Toronto, Canada. [More] |
| Thousands of Tamils present at the London Mulliwaikal mourning day |
| [ Sunday, 19 May 2013, 03:10.32 PM ] [] |
 Thousands of Tamil national present at the Mulliwaikal mourning organized by the British Tamil Forum. [More] |
| UN has a second chance to right wrongs on Sri Lanka |
| [ Friday, 16 November 2012, 07:18.53 AM ] |
| There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [More] |
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two Sri Lankans who witnessed the violent final showdown of the country's 26-year civil war claim a top military commander and Sri Lanka's defence secretary ordered war crimes.
The Sri Lankan government should account for everyone who was taken into custody at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long armed conflict in May 2009 and are feared to have been “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch said today.
The UN secretary general could set up an expert panel to look into alleged violations by the Sri Lankan army after a report found video, first on Channel 4 News, "appears to be authentic". Jonathan Miller reports.
Channel 4 News shows footage claimed to show Sri Lankan forces executing Tamils earlier this year. Jonathan Miller reports.