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US troops planning civilian evacuation in Lanka: PEARL
[ Wednesday, 04 March 2009, 09:21.39 AM GMT +05:30 ]
Washington, PTI, Tuesday - A Washington-based Sri Lankan non-governmental organisation yesterday claimed that the United States Pacific Command (PACOM) was planning to lead a mission to evacuate nearly 200,000 Tamil civilians trapped in the war-torn northern region of the country.
"Reports reveal that PACOM is planning to evacuate these civilians and deliver them to the Sri Lankan government – who would then imprison them in concentration-style internment camps," the People for Equality and Relief in Sri Lanka (PEARL), alleged in a statement. "PACOM evacuating these Tamil civilians is equivalent to signing their death warrants. These people have been bombed for months by this genocidal government; evacuating them from Vanni and delivering them to the Sri Lankan government is equivalent to being an accomplice to genocide," PEARL representative Rosha Hebsur charged. Instead of an evacuation, PEARL has asked the US government to expand the "safe zone" these civilians are in, and strengthen their security by allowing aid workers, journalists and human rights monitors full access to the region.

PEARL also urged the US government to pressure the Sri Lankan government to accept a ceasefire to provide respite to these besieged civilians.
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Sri Lankan refugee's ship reached Canada
[ Friday, 23 July 2010, 05:44.22 PM ]
The “Australian News” has published a news item, that the “M.I.V.Sunshine” ship carrying Sri Lankan refugees, which was travelling the direction of Canada has now come much closer to Canada. [More]
Tamil journalist attacked in Mannaar
[ Friday, 23 July 2010, 03:58.59 PM ] []
Unidentified persons who arrived in a white van pulled out a Tamil journalist from a passenger vehicle travelling along Mannaar-Thalaimannaar road Thursday night around 8.30 and attacked him, according to a complaint lodged with the Mannaar Police. [More]
Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed his 800th Test wickets, he retires from the test matches
[ Friday, 23 July 2010, 01:44.25 AM ] []
Sri Lankan right hand spinner Muttiah Muralitharan retired from International Test Cricket matches from today. In this situation, he established a new record in the world cricket history, by grabbing 800 test cricket wickets. [More]
A solution to the ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka is through reconciliation states Robert O Blake
[ Thursday, 22 July 2010, 02:16.37 AM ] []
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O Blake met Foreign Affairs Minister G.L.Peiris. He met President Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday in the morning, met opposition party members, business society and civil social groups. [More]
Democratic National Front organize peoples rally in Colombo
[ Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 03:28.46 AM ] []
The Democratic National Front has organized a peoples rally tomorrow in Colombo requesting the release of General Sarath Fonseka. Party’s General Secretary Vijitha Herath said, this will be the first people’s rally which is held in regard to the release of Fonseka. [More]
BTF invites British Tamils for midnight vigil and a "Walk for Justice"
[ Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 03:20.58 AM ]
British Tamils are holding a midnight vigil and a "Walk for Justice" to the UN commencing from London calling for:  An International Independent Investigation into War Crimes in Sri Lanka,  Access to Prisoners of War and  Boycott Sri Lanka until it respects human rights. A BTF flyer is as below. [More]
Tamil motherland turned out to be the military regime, Tamil National Alliance reports to Karunanidhi
[ Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 03:13.05 AM ] []
Tamil National Alliance party headed by its leader R.Sambanthan today met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuwel Karunanidhi in Chennai, in his residence was according to reports. [More]
United Nation Expert Panel for the first time met
[ Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 07:45.48 AM ]
The Expert Panel which was appointed by United Nation Organization Secretary Ban Ki Moon to provide advice in regard to Sri Lanka met yesterday for the first time. The Inner Press City mentioned the panel met in New York, America. [More]
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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. [More]