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Latest News   All government-affiliated trade unions will be taking part in the islandwide strike planned for 21 May, President of the National Trade Union Centre (NTUC), K.D. Lal Kantha, said. The unions affiliated to the Communist Party (CP) and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) will support the trade union action, as notified to [...]

Latest News The Indian government is planning "deterrent" action against Indian fishermen violating international waters with Sri Lanka, finding that trawlers and ships from this side are the biggest source of confrontation with the Emerald isle. The decision to slap penalties and even suspend the licences of fishermen who are repeat offenders of the International [...]

Latest News   Worried that Colombo may be undermining the special powers of provincial council ahead of elections, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid dialled Colombo’s number to convey that it should not make any move to dilute the 13th Amendment. Sri Lanka had announced that it planned to hold elections to the Northern Provincial [...]

By Easwaran Rutnam The recent arrest of former Colombo Deputy Mayor Azath Salley under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) sent shockwaves in the political arena reminding most people of the prevalent uneasy environment in the country during and after the war. The government had removed the emergency regulations after the war, but the PTA [...]

By Camelia Nathaniel Election monitors are concerned about the possible strong military presence in the North if elections are held in September. Executive Director of CaFFE, Keerthi Tennakoon said that the political environment, the political freedom, the freedom of press and freedom of movement in the North needs to be addressed before the elections take [...]

  Members of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) were arrested in Mannar yesterday while they were participating in an event to remember the civilians killed during the final stages of the war in the north. TNPF leader Gajen Ponnambalam said that the police had given him an assurance the TNPF members will be released [...]

  By Easwaran Rutnam The United States (US) has begun looking at the progress made in Sri Lanka following the resolution adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March this year. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison met the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) last week to get their views on [...]

May 19, 2013 | Filed under: Colombo Telegraph, The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam launched Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter today. Aspiring to take the Vaddukoddai Resolution forward as the TGTE moves towards realizing its goal, and taking inspiration from Britain’s Ma’gna Car’ta, the Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC) as well as the [...]

May 17, 2013 | Filed under: Colombo Telegraph The British Tamils Forum is coordinating a rally and a meeting on Saturday 18 May 2013 (the 4th Year Remembrance of Mullivaikkal Genocidal Massacre). Saturday commencing from North Carriage Drive, Hyde Park at 1pm (Closest Station: Marble Arch) and terminating in Waterloo Place at 5pm (Closest station: [...]

  Wednesday, 15 May, 2013 9:55 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-093-2013 May 15, 2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Chief Justice Mohan Peiris stopped further inquiries into a Fundamental Rights application yesterday, stating that the courts do not have the technical competence to go into the issues raised in the case. This decision [...]

  Saturday, 18 May, 2013 13:18 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-070-2013 The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from Human Rights Alert (HRA) regarding the illegal arrest of a human rights defender and a musician from Manipur for they dared to complain against an incident of torture [...]

Saturday 18 May 2013 Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Benedict Brogan Benedict Brogan is the Daily Telegraph’s Deputy Editor. His blog brings you news, gossip, analysis, occasional insight into politics, [...]

Saturday, May 18, 2013 INTERACTIVE SESSION ON “RECONSTRUCTION, RECONCILIATION AND LEADERSHIP” FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM COLOMBO, KELANIYA AND NISD WITH TAMIL WOMEN SOLDIERS AT BANQUET HALL, PRESIDENT OFFICE By Eurasia Review (May 13, 2013) By Nandana Wijesinghe Sri Lanka fought and defeated one of the world’s most deadliest terrorist groups but radicalized segments of society [...]

  Thursday, 16 May, 2013 8:08 ETHICS IN ACTION – Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2013 The latest issue of ‘Ethics in Action’, published by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), is now available online at: http://www.ethicsinaction.asia and AHRC Tribute to Rashid: Your life and death Danilo Reyes New ‘principles’ for state authorized killings in [...]

  Thursday, 16 May, 2013 11:14 Dear friends, Last week we asked for your help securing the release of the Muslim politician Asath Sally. Thanks to your help he is now free and back with his family. But there is more to the story: He had been thrown into jail under the draconian Prevention of [...]

Saturday, 18 May, 2013 0:40   முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் மண்ணே வணக்கம் http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C92OLfXw1T4 வன்னியில் நடந்த இடம்பெயர்வு ஒரு பார்வை http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GsIxPBZ0SY To: tamil_araichchi@yahoogroups.com

Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 07:49:11 -0700 at Queens Park [3 Attachments] Please see attached endorsements and media work of May 18th Tamil Genocide Day at Queens Park (@ 5pm) Ontario PC party leader Tim Hudak’s� message attached MPP Jagmeet Singh’s message attached 680 New audio message attached. Please see the detail and schedule below. [...]

Please note correction to paragraph 4. … The war produced a casualty toll of over 620,000 soldiers…. Also paragraph 5. а…аthe right of elected provincial governance even to as limited an extent as the other eight provinces do.аааA government ally has filed action in the Supreme Court calling on it to abolish the system of [...]

Friday, 17 May, 2013 23:38 A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I join the Tamil Canadian community as you mark Tamil Memorial Week. I stand with you on this solemn occasion, the fourth anniversary of the end of the 26-year conflict in Sri Lanka. This is a time [...]

  [Tamil_Araichchi] FW: Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day 2013: Sydney May 18 Saturday, 18 May, 2013 1:17 Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 09:02:44 +1000 From: ste@teamfours.com Tamil Pride: Those who died stood for their just rights.  All they wanted was peace with justice. If you donТt see an image above this text, please click here For [...]