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• Sri Lanka’s Sarath Fonseka freed from prison May 21, 2012
  The former Sri Lankan army chief, Sarath Fonseka, has been freed after two years in prison. Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed the release order over the weekend, but legal formalities had to be completed before he could walk free. He was arrested two years ago after standing against Mr Rajapaksa for the presidency when the two men fell out. […]
• Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka May 21, 2012
  A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be released, Xinhua reported. The fast began last week with […]
• Supreme Court allows to withdraw Sarath Fonseka’s appeals May 21, 2012
  The Supreme Court has allowed to withdraw Sarath Fonseka’s two appeals against the verdict of the white flag case and terminated proceedings on the appeal against the Second Court Martial a short while ago. Earlier today Lawyers of Fonseka submitted two motions to the Supreme Court. First one was on the three-year jail sentence in the ‘White Flag’ case, whic […]
• LJP President Paswan backs call for UN referendum May 21, 2012
  The president of Lok Janshakthi Party from the state of Bihar, Ram Vilas Paswan, on Sunday, took part in a candlelight vigil organized near the Kannagi statue at the Marina Beach, Chennai by May 17 Movement and signed on the list of the signature campaign calling for UN referendum among Eezham Tamils to assert their political destiny. Mr. Paswan, a Rajya Sab […]
• Duplicity of international community helps Colombo to evade war crime probe May 21, 2012
  (JDS) Three painful years have passed since the end of the bloody ethnic war. While the hawkish government of Sri Lanka is busy celebrating its military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), hundreds of thousands of Tamil people who have lost their loved once to the bloody war are forced to mourn silently. Mourning publicly is considered […]
• Reloading General Sarath Fonseka for a post-paid Sinhala package May 21, 2012
  The V-Day celebrations were on, as this piece was written. A military victory being commemorated at the Galle face esplanade, celebrated as the 3rd anniversary of defeating the LTTE “terrorism”. President Rajapaksa bragged about what positives the military victory brought to this country. No more barricades on the Galle Road, he says. Fishermen can now go ou […]
• Congress to go along with DMK in Pudukottai by-poll May 21, 2012
  Will not contest by-poll despite having strong support base The Congress has decided not to contest the Pudukottai by-election, despite having a strong support base, in view of its ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s decision to boycott it, TNCC president B.S. Gnanadesikan said here on Sunday. “Since the DMK contested from Pudukottai in the 2011 Assembly […]
• TNA softens its stance May 21, 2012
  The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has softened its stance on its long standing demand for the re-merger of the northern and eastern provinces, and has instead noted that the modalities for such a merged unit could be discussed subject to the interests of the Muslim community, informed sources said today. The TNA handed over its proposals for a political solu […]
• Mu’l’livaaykkaal remembered as symbol of protest in Australia, Canada May 21, 2012
  Exhibiting a spirit of commitment to the Tamil Eelam freedom struggle and seeking to undo defeatist mentalities of some in the diaspora, Eezham Tamil youth in Canada and Australia organized Mu’l’livaaykkaal remembrance events in their countries as symbolizing Tamil resistance to oppression and genocide, on Friday and Saturday respectively. Speaking to TamilN […]
• PHOTOS: UK Tamils commemorate May 18 Mullivaikal massacre – 2012 May 20, 2012
  UK Tamils gathered at Trafalgar Square, London to remember the Mullivaikal massacre at a remembrance event organised by the British Tamils’ Forum (BTF), on Saturday. […]