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Nov 29, 2010 / பகுதி: முக்கியச் செய்தி / பதிவு.கொம்
நவம்பர் 27. தமிழீழ தேசத்தின் விடிவுக்காகவும், எதிர்கால சந்ததியின் வாழ்வுக்காகவும் தமது இன்னுயிர்களை அர்ப்பணித்த மாவீரர்களுக்கு, உலகெங்கும் வாழும் ஈழத்தமிழினம் ஈகச் சுடரேற்றி வணக்கம் செலுத்தும் உயரிய நாள்.
எமது தாயகமண் எதிரியால் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்டு, பலத்த பாதுகாப்புக்கள் போடப்பட்டிருந்த நிலையிலும் மக்களால் எம் மண்ணின் மைந்தர்களுக்கு ஈகச் சுடரேற்றி வணக்கம் செலுத்தப்பட்டது.
தாயகத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்து, மாவீரர் துயிலுமில்லங்களை உழுதெறிந்து உடைத்தாலும், எம் மக்களின் மனங்களில் ஆழமாக வேரூன்றியுள்ள தாயக இலட்சியக் கனவையும், அக் கனவை நெஞ்சிலே சுமந்து உயிரீந்த மாவீரரின் நினைவையும் எவராலும் அழிக்கமுடியாது என்பதை பறைசாற்றி நிற்கிறது.
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அன்பார்ந்த தமிழீழமக்களே, தமிழகம் வாழ் ஈழத்தமிழர்களே, புலம்பெயர் வாழ் தமிழர்களே!
ஈழவிடுதலைப் போராட்டத்தை கருவறுத்த இந்திய விஸ்தரிப்புவாத அரசுக்கு எல்லாவகையிலும் துணை நின்ற தமிழக மாநில கருணாநிதியின் பாசிச நிர்வாகம் அதனை அம்பலப்படுத்தி
முரணற்ற ஜனநாயகக் கோரிக்கைகளை முன்வைத்துப் போராடும் மக்கள் ஜனநாயக இளைஞர் கழகம் மீது தனது பாசிசத் தாக்குதலை கட்டவிழ்த்து வருகின்றது.
முரணற்ற ஜனநாயகக் கோரிக்கைகளை முன்வைத்துப் போராடும் மக்கள் ஜனநாயக இளைஞர் கழகம் மீது தனது பாசிசத் தாக்குதலை கட்டவிழ்த்து வருகின்றது.
இதன் தொடர்ச்சியே
நக்சல்பாரி புரட்சியாளரும் மக்கள் ஜனநாயக இளைஞர் கழக மூத்த தோழருமான ஜீவாவின் கைதாகும்.
முள்ளிவாய்க்காலில் நாற்பதினாயிரம் ஈழத்தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்படுவதற்கு பக்கத்துணையாக நின்று பார்த்து ரசித்த கருணாநிதியின் பாசிச நிர்வாகம், முப்பத்தைந்து வருடங்களுக்கு
முன்னால் கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டம் அத்திப்பள்ளம் கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்த அப்புசாமி செட்டியார் என்கிற ஒரு கொடிய நிலப்பிரபுவை கொன்றொழித்ததாக 1976ல் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட வழக்கின்
பேரால் தற்போது தோழர் ஜீவாவைக் கைதுசெய்துள்ளது.. இவ்வழக்கு 1998 இலேயே காலாவதியாகி,குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்ட அனைவரும் விடுதலை செய்யப்பட்டுவிட்டனர்.
நக்சல்பாரி புரட்சியாளரும் மக்கள் ஜனநாயக இளைஞர் கழக மூத்த தோழருமான ஜீவாவின் கைதாகும்.
முள்ளிவாய்க்காலில் நாற்பதினாயிரம் ஈழத்தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்படுவதற்கு பக்கத்துணையாக நின்று பார்த்து ரசித்த கருணாநிதியின் பாசிச நிர்வாகம், முப்பத்தைந்து வருடங்களுக்கு
முன்னால் கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டம் அத்திப்பள்ளம் கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்த அப்புசாமி செட்டியார் என்கிற ஒரு கொடிய நிலப்பிரபுவை கொன்றொழித்ததாக 1976ல் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட வழக்கின்
பேரால் தற்போது தோழர் ஜீவாவைக் கைதுசெய்துள்ளது.. இவ்வழக்கு 1998 இலேயே காலாவதியாகி,குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்ட அனைவரும் விடுதலை செய்யப்பட்டுவிட்டனர்.
இந்நிலையில் தோழர் ஜீவாவைக் கைது செய்தது ஏன்?
இதனை விளக்கி தமிழக மக்களிடையே மக்கள் ஜனநாயக இளைஞர் கழகம் பிரச்சார இயக்கம் மேற்கொண்டு வருகின்றது.அதன் பொருட்டு வெளியிடப்பட்ட துண்டுபிரசுரத்தை கீழ்க்காணும்
இணைப்பை அழுத்திப் படிக்கவும்.
தமிழகத்தில் ஒரு ஜனநாயக இயக்கம் ஈழத்தமிழரின் விடுதலைக்கு முன்னிபந்தனையாகும் என்பதை நமது முப்பது ஆண்டுகாலப் போராட்டம் நிரூபித்துள்ளது.
எனவே ம.ஜ.இ.க.வின் மீதான
அடக்குமுறைகளுக்கெதிரான கண்டன இயக்கத்திற்கு ஆதரவு அளித்தும், தோழர் ஜீவாவின் மீதான வழக்கினை நடத்தவும், அத்தோழரின் குடும்பத்தைப் பராமரிக்கவும் கணிசமாக நிதி
கொடுத்து உதவுமாறும், ஆதரவாளர்களையும் அநுதாபிகளையும் தோழமையுடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறோம்.
புதிய ஈழப் புரட்சியாளர்கள்
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இதனை விளக்கி தமிழக மக்களிடையே மக்கள் ஜனநாயக இளைஞர் கழகம் பிரச்சார இயக்கம் மேற்கொண்டு வருகின்றது.அதன் பொருட்டு வெளியிடப்பட்ட துண்டுபிரசுரத்தை கீழ்க்காணும்
இணைப்பை அழுத்திப் படிக்கவும்.
தமிழகத்தில் ஒரு ஜனநாயக இயக்கம் ஈழத்தமிழரின் விடுதலைக்கு முன்னிபந்தனையாகும் என்பதை நமது முப்பது ஆண்டுகாலப் போராட்டம் நிரூபித்துள்ளது.
எனவே ம.ஜ.இ.க.வின் மீதான
அடக்குமுறைகளுக்கெதிரான கண்டன இயக்கத்திற்கு ஆதரவு அளித்தும், தோழர் ஜீவாவின் மீதான வழக்கினை நடத்தவும், அத்தோழரின் குடும்பத்தைப் பராமரிக்கவும் கணிசமாக நிதி
கொடுத்து உதவுமாறும், ஆதரவாளர்களையும் அநுதாபிகளையும் தோழமையுடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறோம்.
புதிய ஈழப் புரட்சியாளர்கள்
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Maoist cadre held Special Correspondent The Hindu Monday, Nov 08, 2010
CHENNAI: The Q branch CID police on Saturday arrested a top Maoist cadre in Tiruvallur district.
According to police sources, Natham Jeeva, who remained underground for many years, was nabbed near Thiruninravur by a special team following a specific input.
He was allegedly involved in a murder case.
“Jeeva is a very important Maoist cadre who was wanted by the Tamil Nadu police for about 35 years,” Inspector-General of Police (intelligence) M.S. Jaffar Sait said.
CHENNAI: The Q branch CID police on Saturday arrested a top Maoist cadre in Tiruvallur district.
According to police sources, Natham Jeeva, who remained underground for many years, was nabbed near Thiruninravur by a special team following a specific input.
He was allegedly involved in a murder case.
“Jeeva is a very important Maoist cadre who was wanted by the Tamil Nadu police for about 35 years,” Inspector-General of Police (intelligence) M.S. Jaffar Sait said.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
இங்கிலாந்து அரசி இலங்கை அரசனுக்கு வாழ்த்து
இங்கிலாந்து ராணி இலங்கை அரசுனுக்கு வாழ்த்து.
(November 19, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has sent a message to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on the occasion of his inauguration.
The text of the message reads:
“I send my congratulations on your re-election as President of Sri Lanka. I wish you and the people of Sri Lanka peace and prosperity in the years to come. Elizabeth R.”
(November 19, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has sent a message to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on the occasion of his inauguration.
The text of the message reads:
“I send my congratulations on your re-election as President of Sri Lanka. I wish you and the people of Sri Lanka peace and prosperity in the years to come. Elizabeth R.”
Monday, November 15, 2010
ஹெய்டியில் கொலரா, காரணம் ஐ.நா
Dead at 917 with more than 14,600 people treated in hospitals.
Haiti cholera protest turns violent
Protesters clash with UN peacekeepers in second-largest city of Cap Haitien over epidemic that has killed more than 900.
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2010 20:42 GMT
Clashes and gunfire have broken out between protesters and UN troops in Haiti, where a cholera epidemic has claimed over 900 lives in about three weeks.
Protesters, who hold Nepalese UN peacekeepers responsible for the cholera outbreak, threw stones and threatened to set fire to a base in the country's second-largest city of Cap Haitien on Monday, Haitian radio and eyewitnesses reported.
There are also unconfirmed reports that five protesters and one UN peacekeeper have been shot dead.
The UN disputes the claims against the Nepalese mission, but the suspicion persists.
Troubled relationship
Al Jazeera's Cath Turner, en route to Cap Haitien, said that the situation "has been brewing for a while" with "very tense relations" between the UN peacekeepers stationed there and the local community.
"Back in August, a 16-year-old boy was found dead - he was hanging from a tree. And the Haitians believed that he was killed by the troops up there," she said. But the troops claimed the boy had committed suicide, and there was never a formal investigation into the boy's death, she added.
"As you can see, this is really the next phase of this deadly cholera outbreak - this real frustration against the troops - and these people in this community also believe that the UN troops, particularly the Nepalese, are responsible for bringing cholera into this country."
There are Nepalese as well as Chilean troops in Cap Haitien.
This isn't the first protest in Haiti, where crowds have taken to the streets, expressing anger at the Haitian government and the UN for failing to contain the outbreak.
Spreading epidemic
There are now cholera cases in every part of Haiti and UN agencies expect a "significant increase" in the number of people affected, a top UN official said on Monday.
"We have cases in every department," Nigel Fisher, a UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Haiti, said.
The UN and Haiti government had started a review of the epidemic and Fisher said that officials "foresee a significant increase" in the number of cases. He also said it was not unusual for hundreds of thousands of people to be hit by cholera in such an epidemic but added that many would be mild cases.
The Haitian health ministry's latest figures put the number of dead at 917 with more than 14,600 people treated in hospitals.
Protesters clash with UN peacekeepers in second-largest city of Cap Haitien over epidemic that has killed more than 900.
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2010 20:42 GMT
Clashes and gunfire have broken out between protesters and UN troops in Haiti, where a cholera epidemic has claimed over 900 lives in about three weeks.
Protesters, who hold Nepalese UN peacekeepers responsible for the cholera outbreak, threw stones and threatened to set fire to a base in the country's second-largest city of Cap Haitien on Monday, Haitian radio and eyewitnesses reported.
There are also unconfirmed reports that five protesters and one UN peacekeeper have been shot dead.
The UN disputes the claims against the Nepalese mission, but the suspicion persists.
Troubled relationship
Al Jazeera's Cath Turner, en route to Cap Haitien, said that the situation "has been brewing for a while" with "very tense relations" between the UN peacekeepers stationed there and the local community.
"Back in August, a 16-year-old boy was found dead - he was hanging from a tree. And the Haitians believed that he was killed by the troops up there," she said. But the troops claimed the boy had committed suicide, and there was never a formal investigation into the boy's death, she added.
"As you can see, this is really the next phase of this deadly cholera outbreak - this real frustration against the troops - and these people in this community also believe that the UN troops, particularly the Nepalese, are responsible for bringing cholera into this country."
There are Nepalese as well as Chilean troops in Cap Haitien.
This isn't the first protest in Haiti, where crowds have taken to the streets, expressing anger at the Haitian government and the UN for failing to contain the outbreak.
Spreading epidemic
There are now cholera cases in every part of Haiti and UN agencies expect a "significant increase" in the number of people affected, a top UN official said on Monday.
"We have cases in every department," Nigel Fisher, a UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Haiti, said.
The UN and Haiti government had started a review of the epidemic and Fisher said that officials "foresee a significant increase" in the number of cases. He also said it was not unusual for hundreds of thousands of people to be hit by cholera in such an epidemic but added that many would be mild cases.
The Haitian health ministry's latest figures put the number of dead at 917 with more than 14,600 people treated in hospitals.
மூலம்: அல்ஜசீரா
Sunday, November 14, 2010
முத்துக்குமாரின் மரணப்பிரகடனத்தை மண்ணுள் புதைத்தது ஏன்?
உண்மையிலேயே தமிழகத்தில் கிளர்ச்சி எதுவும் ஏற்பட்டுவிடுமோ என நெடுமாறன் அஞ்சினார்.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
லண்டனில் போராடிய மாணவர்கள் 'கலகக்காரர்கள்' அல்ல, கல்வி உரிமைப் போராளிகளே!
உலக மாணவர்களே!
ஏகாதிபத்திய உலகமயமாக்கலை எதிர்ப்போம்!
தேசிய நலன் சார்ந்த கல்வித் திட்டத்திற்காகவும், அதன் மீதமைந்த மூளை உழைப்பாளிகளை உருவாக்கவும்,
மக்கள் ஜனநாயக சோசலிஸ அரசுமுறைக்காகப் போராடுவோம்.
(கல்வியை இலாபமீட்டும் வியாபாரமாக்காதே!)
(கல்வி உரிமைக்காகப் போராடும் மாணவர்கள் மீது அடக்குமுறையை ஏவாதே)
(கல்வி உரிமைக்காகப் போராடும் மாணவர்கள் மீது அடக்குமுறையை ஏவாதே)
(காவல் துறையே; தேர்தல் வாக்குறுதியை காற்றில் பறக்கவிட்ட ஆளும் கட்சியை எதிர்த்துப் போராடுவதை அராஜகம் என்று சொல்லி அடக்காதே)
London Tuition Hike Protests Turn Violent
By SARAH LYALL November 10, 2010LONDON —
A demonstration against government proposals to cut education spending and steeply increase tuition for university students turned violent on Wednesday as protesters attempted to storm the building that houses the Conservative Party.
The protesters scuffled with police officers, set off flares, burned placards, threw eggs, bottles and other projectiles and shattered windows at the building, 30 Millbank, in Westminster. A small group of demonstrators, some of whose faces were obscured by ski masks, climbed to the roof of a nearby building, waving anarchist flags and chanting “Tory scum.”
The protest was dispersed about 10 p.m. Fourteen people, including seven police officers, were injured, none of them seriously, the authorities said. Thirty-five people were arrested.
An estimated 52,000 people from across the country also massed near Parliament on Wednesday to condemn the government’s education proposals, which would allow universities to charge £6,000, or $9,600, to £9,000, or $14,400, in tuition a year, up from a cap of £3,290, or $5,264. The protest was the largest street demonstration against the government’s plans, which were announced last month, to cut public spending by $130 billion by 2015. Unions and public employees have promised more demonstrations and strikes, particularly as details of the cuts become clear.
Tuition is a politically sensitive subject in Britain, where universities are heavily subsidized by the government. Until the late 1990s, when the Labour government introduced tuition, students paid nothing to attend college.
The current government, a coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats that has ushered in an age of budget austerity, has announced plans to cut teaching grants to universities and said it had no choice but to raise tuition.
That has presented a dilemma for Liberal Democrats — the more vulnerable members of the coalition — who made abolishing university tuition a core element of their platform in the general election last spring. Joining the Conservatives in proposing tuition increases has been hard for many Liberal Democrats. Their leader, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, was taunted Wednesday in the House of Commons by members of the opposition Labour Party.
“In April he said that increasing tuition fees to £7,000 a year would be a disaster,” Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the opposition, said of Mr. Clegg. “What word would he use to describe fees of £9,000?” Accusing him of “going along with Tory plans to shove the cost of higher education onto students and their families,” Ms. Harman told Mr. Clegg that he was like a college freshman who meets “a dodgy bloke” during the first week of classes “and you do things that you regret.”
“Isn’t it true he has been led astray by the Tories?” she asked.
Mr. Clegg responded that he had to make compromises as part of a coalition, and because the country’s finances had been left in such poor shape by the previous government. But, he said, he had prevailed on the Conservatives to make the proposals fairer and more progressive.
Under the plan, students would borrow money from the government to pay tuition, as they do now. They would not start repaying the debt until they earned at least £21,000 a year (about $38,000 at current exchange rates), an increase from the current level of £15,000 ($24,100). They would then pay 9 percent of their income above that level to settle the debt. The debt would be wiped out after 30 years.
Student leaders have made it a priority to denounce Liberal Democrats who support the higher tuition, and they said on Wednesday that they would try to recall any legislators who had broken their election promises on the issue. Some Liberal Democrats have said they would abstain from the vote to increase tuition when it comes up in Parliament.
Aaron Porter, president of the National Union of Students, said the proposed increases were doubly unfair, since they were paired with cuts of about 40 percent in the money the government pays to subsidize teaching at universities. “We should be clear that the government has asked students to pay three times as much for a quality that is likely to be no better than what they are receiving now, and perhaps worse,” he said.
The protesters scuffled with police officers, set off flares, burned placards, threw eggs, bottles and other projectiles and shattered windows at the building, 30 Millbank, in Westminster. A small group of demonstrators, some of whose faces were obscured by ski masks, climbed to the roof of a nearby building, waving anarchist flags and chanting “Tory scum.”
The protest was dispersed about 10 p.m. Fourteen people, including seven police officers, were injured, none of them seriously, the authorities said. Thirty-five people were arrested.
An estimated 52,000 people from across the country also massed near Parliament on Wednesday to condemn the government’s education proposals, which would allow universities to charge £6,000, or $9,600, to £9,000, or $14,400, in tuition a year, up from a cap of £3,290, or $5,264. The protest was the largest street demonstration against the government’s plans, which were announced last month, to cut public spending by $130 billion by 2015. Unions and public employees have promised more demonstrations and strikes, particularly as details of the cuts become clear.
Tuition is a politically sensitive subject in Britain, where universities are heavily subsidized by the government. Until the late 1990s, when the Labour government introduced tuition, students paid nothing to attend college.
The current government, a coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats that has ushered in an age of budget austerity, has announced plans to cut teaching grants to universities and said it had no choice but to raise tuition.
That has presented a dilemma for Liberal Democrats — the more vulnerable members of the coalition — who made abolishing university tuition a core element of their platform in the general election last spring. Joining the Conservatives in proposing tuition increases has been hard for many Liberal Democrats. Their leader, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, was taunted Wednesday in the House of Commons by members of the opposition Labour Party.
“In April he said that increasing tuition fees to £7,000 a year would be a disaster,” Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the opposition, said of Mr. Clegg. “What word would he use to describe fees of £9,000?” Accusing him of “going along with Tory plans to shove the cost of higher education onto students and their families,” Ms. Harman told Mr. Clegg that he was like a college freshman who meets “a dodgy bloke” during the first week of classes “and you do things that you regret.”
“Isn’t it true he has been led astray by the Tories?” she asked.
Mr. Clegg responded that he had to make compromises as part of a coalition, and because the country’s finances had been left in such poor shape by the previous government. But, he said, he had prevailed on the Conservatives to make the proposals fairer and more progressive.
Under the plan, students would borrow money from the government to pay tuition, as they do now. They would not start repaying the debt until they earned at least £21,000 a year (about $38,000 at current exchange rates), an increase from the current level of £15,000 ($24,100). They would then pay 9 percent of their income above that level to settle the debt. The debt would be wiped out after 30 years.
Student leaders have made it a priority to denounce Liberal Democrats who support the higher tuition, and they said on Wednesday that they would try to recall any legislators who had broken their election promises on the issue. Some Liberal Democrats have said they would abstain from the vote to increase tuition when it comes up in Parliament.
Aaron Porter, president of the National Union of Students, said the proposed increases were doubly unfair, since they were paired with cuts of about 40 percent in the money the government pays to subsidize teaching at universities. “We should be clear that the government has asked students to pay three times as much for a quality that is likely to be no better than what they are receiving now, and perhaps worse,” he said.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
அல் ஜசீரா தொலைக்காட்சியில் இலங்கையின் யுத்தக்குற்ற புகைப்படங்கள்
Photos allege Sri Lanka massacre
Some viewers may find the footage in the report disturbing
Some viewers may find the footage in the report disturbing
Photographs obtained by Al Jazeera appear to show massacre of Tamils during final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war.
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2010 15:16 GMT
Al Jazeera has obtained photographs that appear to show Sri Lankan army soldiers abusing Tamil civilians in the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war.
The pictures show various graphic scenes, with dead bodies blindfolded and hands bound, shot through the head and mounds of bodies on the back of a farmer's trailer.
It is claimed that the photos were taken in the closing months of the country’s long-running conflict that ended 18 months ago.
One of the photos shows a line of bodies, including what is believed to be the body of the son of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the rebel group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, that was defeated in the civil war.
Another photo shows the naked body of a young woman and the body of a boy, perhaps in his early teens.
Authenticity unverified
It is not possible to verify the authenticity of the images that were obtained by Al Jazeera from Tamil contacts who said the photos were handed over by someone from the Sri Lankan military. It is unclear why it has taken so long from them to surface.
The photos come to light as Gamini Lakshman Peiris, the Sri Lankan minister of external affairs, is in London to deliver as speech at the International Institute of Strategic Studies. Ethnic Tamil groups have vowed to protest outside the venue.
The Sri Lankan government has always denied allegations of war crimes and promised to take action if it finds evidence of atrocities.
Rajiva Wijesinha, a Sri Lankan MP who is also a former secretary of the country's human rights ministry, told Al Jazeera that the country has launched an "independent" inquiry into the photos of the alleged massacre.
"We have always said that any allegation will be investigated. We believe that our inquiry going on is perfectly independent."
But Dr. Sam Pari, a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress, says there has to foreign pressure on the Sri Lankan government to allow an international independent investigation into the atrocity.
"The responsibility of pressuring Sri Lanka to allow an international independent investigation falls upon the international governments that currently deal with Sri Lanka in the form of trade, tourism etc," she told Al Jazeera in an interview.
"So if these governments start placing trade sanctions and travel bans on Sri Lanka, then Sri Lanka will be forced to allow an international investigation into war crimes."
In May, Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, said that his government will not punish the Sri Lankan army for "defeating terrorism".
"[…] If the international community wants to punish Sri Lanka for defeating terrorism, I'm not for that," Rajapaksa said.
Sri Lanka has repeatedly rejected international calls for an independent inquiry into the war against the Tamil Tigers, in which the UN estimates at least 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed.
Other estimates suggest the figure could be as high as 20,000 and the inference is that many were killed by government shelling.
'Whitewash'
Sri Lanka has instead set up its own inquiry called the "Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission" (LLRC), which critics say is a whitewash.
Both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have refused to participate in the inquiry, stating that it does not meet international standards for independent and impartial inquiries.
The human rights organisations say that the new photographic evidence warrants an independent investigation.
Some of the scenery in the photos is similar to that in video material leaked to the international media which seems to show the execution of Tamil Tiger fighters by Sri Lankan soldiers.
Again the Sri Lankan government denied the military carried out the executions, however, after detailed examination, professor Philip Alston, the UN’s former special rapporteur to Sri Lanka, said he believes the video is genuine.
Since the end of the war in May last year, no one from the military has been charged with any offence and no evidence has emerged from the government inquiries. Critics say the Sri Lankan government is writing its own history.
For more than 25 years, the Tamil Tigers waged a secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka that led to it being designated a terrorist organisation by 32 countries.
At one stage in the conflict 300,000 displaced Tamil civilians languished in makeshift camps.
According to the latest figures there are some 35,000 Tamils left on the island. Emergency powers are still in force; there is a heavy military presence in Tamil areas and more and more Tamils are leaving the country.
Al Jazeera has obtained photographs that appear to show Sri Lankan army soldiers abusing Tamil civilians in the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war.
The pictures show various graphic scenes, with dead bodies blindfolded and hands bound, shot through the head and mounds of bodies on the back of a farmer's trailer.
It is claimed that the photos were taken in the closing months of the country’s long-running conflict that ended 18 months ago.
One of the photos shows a line of bodies, including what is believed to be the body of the son of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the rebel group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, that was defeated in the civil war.
Another photo shows the naked body of a young woman and the body of a boy, perhaps in his early teens.
Authenticity unverified
It is not possible to verify the authenticity of the images that were obtained by Al Jazeera from Tamil contacts who said the photos were handed over by someone from the Sri Lankan military. It is unclear why it has taken so long from them to surface.
The photos come to light as Gamini Lakshman Peiris, the Sri Lankan minister of external affairs, is in London to deliver as speech at the International Institute of Strategic Studies. Ethnic Tamil groups have vowed to protest outside the venue.
The Sri Lankan government has always denied allegations of war crimes and promised to take action if it finds evidence of atrocities.
Rajiva Wijesinha, a Sri Lankan MP who is also a former secretary of the country's human rights ministry, told Al Jazeera that the country has launched an "independent" inquiry into the photos of the alleged massacre.
"We have always said that any allegation will be investigated. We believe that our inquiry going on is perfectly independent."
But Dr. Sam Pari, a spokeswoman for the Australian Tamil Congress, says there has to foreign pressure on the Sri Lankan government to allow an international independent investigation into the atrocity.
"The responsibility of pressuring Sri Lanka to allow an international independent investigation falls upon the international governments that currently deal with Sri Lanka in the form of trade, tourism etc," she told Al Jazeera in an interview.
"So if these governments start placing trade sanctions and travel bans on Sri Lanka, then Sri Lanka will be forced to allow an international investigation into war crimes."
In May, Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, said that his government will not punish the Sri Lankan army for "defeating terrorism".
"[…] If the international community wants to punish Sri Lanka for defeating terrorism, I'm not for that," Rajapaksa said.
Sri Lanka has repeatedly rejected international calls for an independent inquiry into the war against the Tamil Tigers, in which the UN estimates at least 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed.
Other estimates suggest the figure could be as high as 20,000 and the inference is that many were killed by government shelling.
'Whitewash'
Sri Lanka has instead set up its own inquiry called the "Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission" (LLRC), which critics say is a whitewash.
Both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have refused to participate in the inquiry, stating that it does not meet international standards for independent and impartial inquiries.
The human rights organisations say that the new photographic evidence warrants an independent investigation.
Some of the scenery in the photos is similar to that in video material leaked to the international media which seems to show the execution of Tamil Tiger fighters by Sri Lankan soldiers.
Again the Sri Lankan government denied the military carried out the executions, however, after detailed examination, professor Philip Alston, the UN’s former special rapporteur to Sri Lanka, said he believes the video is genuine.
Since the end of the war in May last year, no one from the military has been charged with any offence and no evidence has emerged from the government inquiries. Critics say the Sri Lankan government is writing its own history.
For more than 25 years, the Tamil Tigers waged a secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka that led to it being designated a terrorist organisation by 32 countries.
At one stage in the conflict 300,000 displaced Tamil civilians languished in makeshift camps.
According to the latest figures there are some 35,000 Tamils left on the island. Emergency powers are still in force; there is a heavy military presence in Tamil areas and more and more Tamils are leaving the country.
Source: Al Jazeera
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
தாங்குவது புலி வேடம், தாகமோ நாடாளுமன்றம்!
‘‘எங்க தொகுதியில சீமானைப் போட்டியிட வைங்க…’’ என்று தமிழகத்தின் பல்வேறு சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதிகளிலிருந்தும் சீமான் ஆதரவாளர்கள் கோரிக்கை வைக்க, ‘‘எப்படியும் தேர்தலில் சீமானைப் போட்டியிட வைப்பது…’’ என்ற முடிவுக்கு வந்திருக்கிறார்களாம், நாம் தமிழர் இயக்கத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள்.‘‘சீமானுக்காக தொகுதியைக் கூட தேர்ந்தெடுத்து விட்டோம். தேர்தலில் போட்டி என்று சீமான் களமிறங்கினால், அநேகமாக அது சிவகங்கை தொகுதியாகத்தான் இருக்கும்…’’ என்று சொல்லும் நாம் தமிழர் இயக்கத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள், ‘‘அந்தத் தொகுதியை ஏன் குறிவைக்கிறோம்?’’ என்பது குறித்தும் சொன்னார்கள்.‘‘இலங்கைத் தமிழர் பிரச்னையில் தமிழினத்துக்குத் துரோகம் இழைத்த காங்கிரஸ்காரர்களில் முக்கியமானவர் உள்துறை அமைச்சராக இருக்கும் ப.சிதம்பரம். அவர்தான், இலங்கையில் ஒட்டுமொத்த தமிழினத்தையும் அழிப்பதற்குத் துணைநின்ற காங்கிரஸ் அரசாங்கத்தின் இழிசெயலை தட்டிக்கேட்காமல் ஒப்புதல் வழங்கி வேடிக்கை பார்த்தவர். அதனால், அவரை சிவகங்கையில் தோற்கடிக்க வேண்டும் என்பதுதான் எங்களின் தாகமாக இருந்தது.ஆனால், நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலின்போது எல்லாரும் சீமானுக்கு ஆதரவாக ஒன்று திரளாமல் இருந்துவிட்டார்கள். இல்லையென்றால், அப்பவே சீமான் களத்துக்கு வந்திருப்பார். இப்போது நிலைமை அப்படி இல்லை. அதனால், வரும் சட்டமன்றத் தேர்தலில் சீமானைக் களமிறக்குவது என்று முடிவெடுத்திருக்கிறோம்
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