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THE WELIKADE PRISON MASSACRES

[Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:22] HR Articles, Human Rights Articles, Genocide
By: Mr. S.A. David In addition to the events recorded above there were 2 violent massacres in teh Welikade prison in Colombo during which 53 Tamil prisoners, arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity, were killed. In addition to other prisoners, there were also in teh gaol at this time 73 Tamil political prisoners who had been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. These people had b... [More]

“Black July 1983: the Charge is Genocide”

[Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:20] HR Articles, Genocide, Human Rights Articles
Fifty three Tamil prisoners were murdered whilst in government custody Dr.S.Rajasunderam Selvarajah Yogachandran  (Kuttimuni) Nadarajah Thangathurai Fifty three Tamil prisoners were murdered whilst in government custody. Thirty five Tamil political prisoners (held in custody under the infamous Sri Lanka Prevention of Terrorism Act, which was described by t... [More]

Welidada: Massacre of Prisoners

[Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:15] News, Genocide, HR Articles, Human Rights Articles
Massacre of Prisoners The Talk In the last chapter, I referred to the information that my friend in the Jathika Seva Sangamaya (JSS) gave me about the final solution. I also said that at that time I did not realize the actual meaning of that phrase. As a political reporter since I joined Lake House in 1957, and as one who concentrated on reporting and analyzing the developments connected with t... [More]

SINGAPORE: Judicial harassment of journalist, an affront to freedom of expression

[Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:56] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission, 23 July 2010] Your Excellency, The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), representing 164 organisations across the world, is deeply concerned about the arrest of and charges leveled against British journalist Mr. Alan Shadrake on 18 July 2010, a day after he launched his book, Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice on the Dock, which contained eviden... [More]

Aiding and abetting a mass murderer

[Tuesday, 27 July 2010 18:11] News, Human Rights Articles
[Human Rights Server, 30 April 2010] German authorities arrest Six Tamil activists On the 3rd of March, in dawn raids, six Tamils were arrested in Nordrhein-Westfalen on the charge of forming a 'criminal group' to collect money for an ‘illegal organisation’. The obvious question that arises is, why is it that now, nearly one year after the Sri Lankan regime ended the war on the island - by killi... [More]

International Federation for Human Rights - Letter to Indian Prime minister

[Tuesday, 27 July 2010 18:04] News, Human Rights Articles
The Honorable Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi Republic of India   Paris, 20 July 2010   Subject: The State visit of General Than Shwe to the Republic of India   Your Excellency, The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), representing 164 organisations across the world, is deeply troubled by... [More]

Black July In “Quotes”

[Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:29] News, Human Rights Articles, HR Articles, Genocide, General
“Some 6000 Tamils have been killed altogether in the last few years… These events are not accidental. It can be seen that they are the result of a deliberate policy on the part of the Sri Lankan government… Democracy in Sri Lanka does not exist in any real sense" - Senator A.L.Missen, Chairman, Australian Parliamentary Group of Amnesty International, expressed his growing concern in March 19... [More]

SRI LANKA’S WEEK OF SHAME: The July 1983 Massacre Of Tamils ? Long-Term Consequences

[Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:27] News, HR Articles, Genocide, General, Human Rights Articles
Brian Senewiratne MA(Cantab),.MD(Lond),.FRCP(Lond),.FRACP Physician Brisbane, Australia Despite all that has been published, I doubt if the international community really knows what occurred in Colombo and the Sinhalese South in July 1983, which shocked the world (alas transiently), and brought such disgrace to Sri Lanka. In addition to being an appalling humanitarian outrage, it was a water... [More]

1983 communal pogrom - SL Government

[Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:23] HR Articles, Genocide, Human Rights Articles, News
The precursors: Local government elections were held in the Northern district of that time in May 1983. This turned out to be a contest between the Tamil moderate party and the emerging Tamil nationalist sections which boycotted the elections. 98% of the voters boycotted. Following the elections the Sri Lankan military which by now has been sent in numbers to Jaffna burnt down shops in the Kanda... [More]

இனப்படுகொலை குற்றவாளி: இன்று அல் பஷீர்... நாளை ராஜபக்ஷே! தீவிரத்தில் உலகத் தமிழர்கள்

[Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:11] Featured, Tamil, News, HR Articles, Human Rights Articles, Genocide
ராஜபக்ஷேவின் போர்க் குற்றங்களை விசாரிக்க மூவர் அடங்கிய குழுவை ஐ.நா. அமைக்க, பயமும் சினமும் கொண்ட சிங்களர்கள் கொழும்பில் ஐ.நா. அலுவலகத்தை சூறையாடி தங்கள் விரக்தியை வெளிப்படுத்தினர். இந்த நிலையில்தான், ஐ.நா.வின் ‘சர்வதேச குற்றவியல் நீதிமன்றம்’ கொடுத்திருக்கும் மகத்தான தீர்ப்பு மனித நேயர்கள் அத்தனை பேருக்கும் ஆறுதலும் தெம்பும் அளிக்கும் மாமருந்தாக அமைந்துள்ளது. ‘‘சூடான் நாட்டின் அதிபரான ஓமர் அல்... [More]

SRI LANKA: The Supreme Court must use its authority to expedite the passing of a law on contempt of court

[Monday, 26 July 2010 18:43] Human Rights Articles, News
[Asian Human Rights Commission] On two occasions the United Nations Human Rights Committee has viewed that the GoSL has abused contempt of court laws The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations has found that the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has abused its contempt of court powers in the case of Anthony Michael Emmanuel Fernando (CCPR/C/83/D/1189/2003—29th April, 2005). The UNHRC in paragrap... [More]

SRI LANKA: Disappeared journalist's wife declares loss of faith in Sri Lanka's judicial process and turns to seek help from supernatural forces

[Monday, 26 July 2010 18:42] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission] Sixth months after the disappearance of her husband, Prageeth Eknaligoda, Sanya Ekaneligoda and her son held religious ceremonies at the famous Kalli Amma Kovil, a Hindu temple at Modara, Colombo on 24 June. Mrs. Eknaligoda prayed to supernatural forces for help in finding the whereabouts of her husband who disappeared on the 24th January 2010. Sandaya has repeate... [More]

ASIA: Women's views on prevention of torture - Interview 33

[Monday, 26 July 2010 18:40] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission] Nishanthi, 42 is a housewife with two children and a husband who works as a veterinary assistant in Korea. Two years ago she joined a support group run by a local human rights organization, and now regularly accompanies victims of rape and torture on their journeys to, through and from court trials. What do you think about the policing system in Sri Lanka? ... [More]

Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils

[Monday, 26 July 2010 14:23] News, Human Rights Articles, HR Articles, Featured
By: Dr C P Thiagarajah Courtesy: TamilCanadian After the genocide of nearly 40000 Tamil civilians in the war in May 2009, the Sri-Lnakan racist Sinhala government of Mahinda Rajapakse (MR) is fetish in providing grandiose housing schemes to the members of the Sinhala army composed 99% of ethic Sinhalese but drags the vanquished Tamil through the mud in rebuilding their homes destroyed in its mi... [More]

Black July 1983 - Sinhala Documentary

[Monday, 26 July 2010 11:50] Genocide, Human Rights Articles, News
Video: Part 1 Video: Part 2

Boyle urges divestment-disinvestment campaign against "apartheid" Sri Lanka

[Monday, 26 July 2010 11:45] News, Human Rights Articles, HR Articles, Genocide, Featured
Speaking at the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) convention during the US Independence day weekend, Professor Boyle, an expert in International Law, said that Sri Lanka is a violator of the Apartheid Convention, and that Tamils across the world should, without delay, intensify a divestment and disinvestment campaign against Sri Lanka "in the same lines and for the same r... [More]

ASIA: Women's views on prevention of torture - Interview 33

[Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:55] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission, 21 July 2010] A Retired Lady Police Sergeant Talks About Policing In Sri Lanka. Seetha Kumarasinghe, a fifty six year old retired lady police sergeant, a Sinhalese from Mathale made the following statement, answering questions posed to her: What do you think about the policing system in Sri Lanka? I have worked for twenty five years as a police sergeant in the... [More]

SRI LANKA: Rapidly becoming like Bihar

[Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:53] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission, 21 July 2010] Bihar is one of India's most impoverished states; it is also India's most lawless region. From the point of view of crime it has reached the Situation where many local citizens are leaving the area for reasons of security. Abductions for ransom is now commonplace. With the increase in crime, forms of extrajudicial punishment have also become commonpla... [More]

Tamil Country Councils, TAG announce legal partnership

[Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:45] News, Genocide, HR Articles, Human Rights Articles
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 01:02 GMT] Four democratically-elected Country Councils (CCs) of Eezham Tamils in Europe announced Tuesday the signing of a formal "Collaboration Agreement" with Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, to form a co-operative relationship to pursue criminal and civil litigation against Sri Lanka officials complicit in war-crimes, geno... [More]

SRI LANKA: Reducing the prosecutor's role to a joke

[Tuesday, 20 July 2010 17:35] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission, July 15, 2010]  The endless chain of cases that are being filed against Sarath Fonseka, a Sri Lankan citizen and a Member of Parliament who is also known as the most vocal opponent of the ruling regime, is a mockery of the entire process of justice and the justice system itself. Very recently the word 'maranthika upawasaya' (a fast unto death) was made into a... [More]

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