Global Peace Support Group

Dear Mr. Erik: Tamils all over the world are shocked to hear your utterance regarding the Independence of Eezham Tamils. You have hurt the feelings of the 90 million Tamils all over the world. How dare you can decide the future of the Tamils and what made you to make such stupid utterance: Are you [...]

By: Eurasia Review May 18, 2012 By Nanki Chawla Once again, it seems India’s pledge to uphold the tenets of human rights has come to nothing. In January this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) painted a damning picture of the state of human rights in its World Report. The report assessing 90 countries indicts India [...]

  May 17, 2012, 7:21 pm By Izeth Hussain There has been much comment on the so-called Dambulla incident, which might have more appropriately been called the Dambulla outrage, not incident. In this article I want to focus on aspects that have not been brought out adequately, or not at all. The incident is not [...]

Fri, 2012-05-18 16:08 — editor Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US Bureau Political Note Washington, DC. 18 May (Asiantribune.com): Samantha Power Following the complete annihilation of the somewhat superior military might of the separatist Tamil Tigers within the territorial boundaries of Sri Lanka exactly three years ago but allowing its international public diplomacy to grow [...]

By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator On Wednesday, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court slammed the door on a case about the shutdown of four websites that had failed to register with the government. In handing down its decision, the Court appeared to rule that freedom of expression in Sri Lanka is not an absolute right and [...]

| Posted by Sri Lanka Guardian ( May 18, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Former Secretary of the Jaffna University Students Union, Dharsha Nandan was assaulted by an unknown group today (May 18) at the Kalati junction in Kokkuvil, Jaffna. Nandan sustained injuries to his head and leg in the assault and has been taken [...]

*PSC only platform for collective stand *Party should make formal statement Nadira GUNATILLEKE The government yesterday reiterated that the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) is the only forum where a lasting settlement to the ethnic issue can be found through discussion among various political parties and the JVP should express its stance on the PSC soon. [...]

  Thu May 17, 2012 4:16pm GMT 1 of 1Full Size By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has formally backed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s move to free his ailing former army chief Sarath Fonseka, a spokesman said, a proposal seen as a bid to quell criticism of the government and its human rights [...]

May 17, 2012, 12:00 pm By Shamindra Ferdinando General Sarath Fonseka, former commander of the Sri Lanka Army and defeated presidential candidate will be freed over the weekend, according to highly placed sources. Sources close to President Mahinda Rajapaksa last night told The Island that the Cabinet had endorsed the President’s decision to release the [...]

May 18, 2012 The former Attorney General, Mohan Peiris, has been ordered to appear before the Homagama Magistrate’s Court and to reveal what he knows about the whereabouts of Prageeth Eknalilgoda, the journalist who has been missing since January 24, 2010. At the official session of the United Nations Committee against Torture, held last November, [...]

dbsjeyaraj.com 17 May 2012, 9:13 pm by R. K. Radhakrishnan Most Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka could become things of the past if the Supreme Court acts on a petition that seeks disqualification of the parties for retaining the demand for a separate state in their party documents, called constitutions. Long after the Tamil [...]

COLOMBO,May 17, 2012 R. K. Radhakrishnan Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF)leader Anandasangaree. Photo: S.S. Kumar Related NEWS Tamil Eelam must, but through peaceful means: Karunanidhi Karunanidhi wants Centre to back ‘Eelam’ campaign Lankan Tamil leaders not for separate Eelam: CPI(M) member TOPICS WorldSri Lanka crime, law and justicejudiciary (system of justice) politicsparties and movements Plea [...]

By Shaun Tandon (AFP)–19 hours ago WASHINGTON — Sri Lanka is looking to ease growing friction with the United States, but it faces exasperation from policymakers who see little progress on concerns three years after a bloody civil war ended. Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris meets Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a [...]

Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 09:24:58 +08   In spite of the overwhelming evidence produced in the SL parliament by MPs from the Tamil TNA party and the evidence produced on the ground by this 7 minute u-tube the Sinhalese politicians and the Buddhist monk blatantly lie that no cultural genocide is taking place in [...]

2ND LEAD (ADDS AUDIO) [TamilNet, Sunday, 13 May 2012, 18:56 GMT] In a political seminar organised in Jaffna by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian S. Sritharan on Sunday, which was addressed by both the US and Indian diplomats, TNA’s nominated parliamentarian, Mathiaparanam Abraham Sumanthiran, twice received applause from the audience, when he said that the [...]

Published On: Thu, May 17th, 2012 The GTF has initiated a campaign to raise concerns with major UK companies who are trading with Sri Lanka. Next Plc, who have a large manufacturing and sourcing operation in Sri Lanka, will be holding their 2012 Annual General Meeting, on Thursday 17th May in Leicester (full details of [...]

  Mano, a 29-year-old Tamil man, was arrested in March 2007 “on suspicion” of being a member of the opposition Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and remains detained. While in custody he has been tortured. Almost two years after the end of the war in Sri Lanka, hundreds of people are languishing in prison, [...]

18 May 2012 — Two Powerful Tamil Diaspora Groups, Global Tamil Forum (GTF) & Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) jointly issued the attached Mullivaaikkaal rememberance message: From: Visvanathan Rudrakumaran & Rev Dr S J Emanuel Today marks the third anniversary of the genocidal events that the Tamils had to endure in Mullivaaikkaal. On this [...]

The Secretariat ______________________________________________________________________ Press Release May 17, 2012 Today marks the third anniversary of the genocidal events that the Tamils had to endure in Mullivaaikkaal. On this day, we remember with deep sorrow and solemn responsibility all the people who perished in Mullivaaikkaal and in the long freedom struggle of Eelam Tamils in preceding years. [...]

Thursday, 17 May 2012, 13:03 WATCH THE VIDEO…….. http://www.frontlineclub.com/events/2012/05/sri-lanka-reconciliation-and-justice.html Nearly three years after the end of the 26-year civil war in Sri Lanka that reportedly left an estimated 80,000-100,000 dead, questions are still arising about alleged war crimes and how they will be addressed. The Killing Fields, first broadcast by Channel 4 in June last [...]