பல்கலைக்கழக மானியங்கள் ஆணைக்குழு முன்பாக இன்று (29-10-2015), மாணவர்களால் முன்னெடுக்கப்பட்ட அமைதி ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தின் மீது, நல்லாட்சி வேடம் பூண்ட ரணில் மைதிரி பாசிச அரசின் , ஏவல்படை,மற்றும் கலகம் அடக்கும் படை கண்ணீர்ப் புகைப் பிரயோகம், விசைத் தண்ணீர்வீச்சு மற்றும் குண்டாந் தடியடி தாக்குதல்களை நடத்தி மாணவர் குரலை வன்முறை மூலம் நசுக்கியுள்ளது. போராடக்கூடாது என எச்சரித்து ``பாடம் கற்பித்துள்ளது``!
அனைத்து உயர் தேசிய கணக்காளர் பாடநெறிக்கான மாணவர் ஒன்றியம் நடத்திய ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தின் மீதே இந்த தாக்குதல்கள் நடத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன.
ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்ட 39 மாணவர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
இவர்களில் 32 மாணவர்களும், 5 மாணவிகளும் 2 பிக்கு மாணவர்களும் அடங்குவதாக காவல்துறையினர் தகவல் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
அமைதியாக ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் நடத்திய அனைத்து உயர் தேசிய கணக்காளர் பாடநெறிக்கான மாணவர் ஒன்றிய மாணவர்கள் மீது ரணில் மைத்திரி பாசிச அரசு கட்டவிழ்த்த வன்முறைத் தாக்குதலை புதிய ஈழப் புரட்சியாளர்களாகிய நாம் வன்மையாகக் கண்டிக்கின்றோம்!
கைது செய்யப்பட்ட அனைத்து மாணவர்களையும் உடனடியாக விடுதலை செய்யக் கோருகின்றோம்!
மாணவர் கோரிக்கைகளுக்கு மதிப்பளித்து தீர்வை முன்வைக்க வேண்டுகின்றோம்!
தமிழீழ மக்கள் சார்பில் எதிர்கட்சித் தலைவர் சிங்கக் கொடி அகிம்சைச் சம்பந்தன் இந்த வன்முறையை கண்டிக்க வேண்டுமென கட்டளை இடுகின்றோம்.
Elimination of LTTE leadership justified by foreign experts
*C4 News allegations credible
*Previous govt delayed investigations
*P’karan legitimate military target like Osama
*Wiki Leaks can be used to defend GoSL
* No basis for genocide charge
October 24, 2015, 7:48 am
by Shamindra Ferdinando
The Second Mandate of Paranagama Commission prepared after having obtained international legal and military opinion has strongly justified the killing or capturing of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran during the final phase of the Vanni offensive.
Troops recovered Prabhakaran’s body on the morning of May 19, 2009, on the banks of the Nanthikadal lagoon.
The Commission faulted UNSG Ban Ki-moon’s Panel of Expert (PoE) for failing to examine government military strategy to free civilian hostages and bring an immediate end to three decades long war.
The International Legal Advisory Council comprised Sir Desmond de Silva, QC (UK), Sir Geoffrey Nice, QC (UK) and Prof. David M. Crane (US). The Council had the support of a panel of international experts, including retd Maj. Gen. John Holmes,
one-time commanding officer of UK’s elite Special Air Services (SAS) Regiment.
The Commission compared Sri Lanka targeting Prabhakaran to that of US-led Western powers targeting Al Qaeda leader Osama-bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Justifying the Sri Lankan project to target, capture or kill Prabhakaran, the Commission had
emphasised that he was a legitimate military target like Osama-bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. The Commission has asserted that as far as the Sri Lankan effort to rescue hostages was concerned, Prabhakaran’s elimination could brought immediate relief to the trapped population in contrast to bin Laden’s death.
The US troops shot dead bin Laden on May 2, 2011.
The Commission cited absence of terrorist attacks since May 19, 2009 to justify previous government’s strategy. The Commission asserted that the LTTE used civilian shields in a bid to thwart the military from targeting Prabhakaran, hence creating a challenging task for the military, namely in rescuing civilians and either killing or capturing the LTTE leadership.
While strongly denying allegations that the government had deliberately targeted the Vanni civilian population in accordance with an overall plan to annihilate them, the Commission has asserted that the military acted decisively to save the people trapped on the war front. Maj. General Holmes has asserted that had the annihilation of over 290,000 been the advancing army’s objective, it could have been achieved within two or three days. The SAS veteran has said that Sri Lanka had the wherewithal to massacre the population in days.
However, the Commission has strongly recommended what it calls judge-led investigations to verify allegations made by various parties including the British media outfit the Channel 4 News. While criticizing C4 News for not providing original video footage of the alleged battlefield executions to enable the government to conduct investigations, the Commission asserted: "... despite some opinions to the contrary, the weight of independent analysis of the video footage suggests the images are unlikely to be faked. The Commission is mindful of the fact that forensic pathology and other corroborative expert evidence support the video footage as genuine."
The Commission stressed that individual cases highlighted by the British media outfit underscored the urgent need for a credible judge-led investigation by the Sri Lankan government. Declining to exclude the possibility of battlefield executions as claimed by the British media outfit, the Commission has warned that in case the accusations were proven, an accountability mechanism was required. The Commission has faulted the previous government and the army for failing to complete investigations into Channel 4 News allegations in spite of an assurance given during the 25th Geneva session in 2014.
The Commission has questioned the offensive being called a humanitarian mission in the wake of Channel 4 accusations. The Commission stressed that in fact the last phase of the campaign had been meant to eliminate the top LTTE leadership, which the expert body called a legitimate military target.
Referring to LTTE efforts to save its leadership at the expense of the civilian interests, the Commission has cited several US diplomatic cables leaked by Wiki Leaks to prove the US and ICRC awareness of ground realities, particularly efforts made by the army to minimize civilian casualties. Having studied a considerable number of disclosed Wiki Leaks cables pertaining to Sri Lanka, the Commission has pointed out that the UK court had upheld that the Wiki Leaks cables could be admissible in court.
Hence, the assertion was that the Wiki Leaks cables could be brought before judge-led investigation to examine accountability issues. The Commission has pointed out that the US cleared Sri Lanka of crimes against humanity on the basis of information received from the ICRC as revealed by another leaked US diplomatic cable.
Commenting on the alleged execution of surrendering LTTE personnel a few days before the conclusion of the war, the Commission has called for a judge-led investigation. The investigation should examine all victims named in various Channel 4 News documentaries, disappearance of busloads of persons who had surrendered to the army as well as attacks on hospital and makeshift hospital facilities. However, in the case of last allegation, the investigation should take into consideration the LTTE positioning heavy weapons in close proximity to hospitals, the Commission has said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and President Maithripala Sirisena have reaffirmed their commitment to work together as Sri Lanka today marked 60 years since becoming a Member State.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the 70th anniversary of the United Nations is an opportunity to highlight its many and enduring achievements — and to strengthen our collective resolve to do more to promote peace and security, sustainable development and human rights.
He said that he is pleased that Sri Lanka joins the UN on this path, as Sri Lanka marks 60 years since becoming a Member State.
“Sri Lanka has contributed significantly to the work of the United Nations, from its peacekeeping operations to its specialized agencies, and Sri Lankan nationals have served with distinction in varied roles. I thank Sri Lanka for its efforts to help realize our shared goals, and I look forward to strengthening our partnership as we work together to overcome shared threats and seize shared opportunities,” he said.
President Maithripala Sirisena said that for the people of Sri Lanka, the occasion marking 60 years since becoming a Member State is of special significance.
“Having reaffirmed our faith at the Presidential election in January 2015, in democratic principles which have guided our nation for long years, Sri Lanka marks the 60th anniversary of its membership in the UN by renewing our engagement and reaffirming our commitment to the UN Charter. In our 60 year journey, many Sri Lankans have contributed to the work of the UN and its agencies including its norm setting process, peacekeeping and development work. At this historic juncture, I reaffirm Sri Lanka’s commitment to continue working with the UN for the benefit of our peoples,” he said.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, in his message to mark the occasion, said that through Sri Lanka’s 60 year journey with the UN, Sri Lanka has contributed to the UN system in many ways.
He said that at this historic juncture, when the UN celebrates its 70th anniversary, Sri Lanka draws inspiration from the principles, ideals and values enshrined in the Charter, in Sri Lanka’s own journey towards peace, reconciliation and achieving equitable and sustainable development. (Colombo Gazette)
In The House of the Dead the late historian Tony Judt explains how the Holocaust is the formative and foundational event of modern Europe. The unimaginable horrors of the Nazi death pits, death camps and death marches haunted the continent for the next 60 years in unpredictable and unmistakable ways.
Twelve years on, even Judt would probably be surprised by Benjamin Netanyahu hijacking the six million victims of the Holocaust for short-term political expediency.
In a speech on Tuesday, the Israeli Prime Minister argued that Hitler had no plans for the Final Solution until he was persuaded by an Arab cleric called Haj Amin al-Hussein, who – concerned about the growing number of Jewish settlers in what was then the British protectorate of Palestine – suggested the Nazi leader should “burn them”.
This is such an egregious act of historical revisionism that, were he to repeat this claim as he visits Germany, Netanyahu could be liable to arrest and prosecution. Under the German code of incitement anyone who "denies or downplays" the role of Nazism in the holocaust can face a prison term of up to five years.
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For the avoidance of all doubt, there is no evidence that the Grand Mufti had any impact in Hitler’s long held hatred of Jews, or his plans to eradicate them and other native populations. For the best account of Hitler’s racist imperial vision, Tim Snyder’s recently published book, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, shows the ideological foundations to Nazism were neo-Darwinian theories of racial competition.
The ultimate goal of all of Hitler’s policies was the extermination of all the "subhumans" to the east to create "Lebensraum", or living space for pure German Aryans in a new Reich. The Jews, because of their cross-border ubiquity, were the first targets of Nazi ferocity (after homosexuals and the physically handicapped), as they embodied in their ideology all the diseases of modernity, from modern art and psychiatry, to Bolshevism and Capitalism. But they weren’t alone. The Nazi’s killed an even higher proportion of Central Europe’s Roma population, and had the invasion of Russia succeeded, they had plans to starve most the Slavs under occupation to death. Remembering the Holocaust
Of course, Netanyhu’s revisionism has nothing to do with actual history, and everything to do with the political demands of the present. By overplaying the role of an Arab cleric, he is trying to use the Jewish dead to undermine Palestinians, who have recently become locked in a deadly back and forth with Israelis on the streets of Jerusalem. Some are already calling the violent cycle of retributions that are taking place on the streets the "third intifada".
This misuse of history is a desperate gamble to turn the various separate conflicts over land rights, property ownership, access to water and the al Aqsa Mosque, into a binary conflict of good against ultimate Swastika-bearing evil. By making Muslims the original proponents of genocide against the Jews, both revenge and pre-emptive retaliation are justifiable. By claiming that Palestinians were responsible for the Final Solution, Netanyahu can gather all his enemies under single banner of evil, and kill or expel them with moral authority.
READ MORE Germany forced to clarify it was responsible for the Holocaust
The reality of Israel and the occupied territories is somewhat different. Most Jews do not live in Israel. Many Israeli citizens aren’t Jewish. And many Palestinans aren’t Muslim. But demagoguery always requires summoning up a last apocalyptic battle. Traducing history is the least of Netanyahu’s concerns.
Strangely, the importance of history, and learning the lessons of the past, is best exemplified by what was once the worst example: Germany
In response to Netanyahu’s bizarre claim, the German chancellor Angela Merkel was forced to wrest back “full responsibility” for the Holocaust: “This is taught in German schools for good reason, it must never be forgotten,” Merkel’s spokesman Steffan Seibert said on Wednesday: “And I see no reason to change our view of history in any way.” He added: “We know that responsibility for this crime against humanity is German and very much our own.”
Once famed for Prussian militarism, brutal secret police and a surly sense of national victimhood, Germany has now become a beacon of liberalism. As Merkel spokesman has pointed out, a lot of this has to do with education. That the realities of history, however unpleasant, should be taught in all schools was a principle established in the 50s by the then German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer. The rise of Nazism has been a compulsory subject ever since because, as Judt puts it “the health of German Democracy required that Nazism be remembered rather than forgotten.”
Any visitor to Germany can witness this openness about the past. While Brits are now embarrassed to bring up the subject of Hitler, Berlin cab drivers with raise the subject without apology. To Germans, the past is a nightmare which needs constant analysis and recollection to stop it recurring.
Netanyahu’s intervention shows, at least at the top of its political class, Israel is doing a very bad job at learning the lessons of the past. As the saying goes, it will therefore be condemned to repeat them, while Palestinians are accused of crimes they’ve never committed. As far as cases of mistaken identity go, it could well be one of the worst.
முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் யுத்த ஒய்வுக்குப் பின்னால், சிங்களத்தின் போர்க் கைதியாக இருந்த சூழ்நிலையின் விளைவாக, புற்று நோய் பெருகி சாவைத் தழுவிய விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் முன்னாள் மகளிர் அரசியல்துறைப் பொறுப்பாளர் தமிழினியின் (சிவகாமி ஜெயக்குமரன்), வித்துடல் இன்று பிற்பகல் பரந்தன், கோரக்கன்கட்டு மயானத்தில் விதைக்கப்பட்டது.
முன்னதாக, பரந்தன், சிவபுரத்தில் உள்ள தமிழினியின் இல்லத்தில், ஆயிரக்கணக்கான பொதுமக்கள், அவருக்கு அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினர்.
இதையடுத்து, தமிழினியின் வித்துடல், பேரணியாக கோரக்கன் கட்டு மயானத்துக்கு எடுத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டது.
அங்கு அவரது கணவன், இறுதிக் கிரியைகளை மேற்கொண்ட பின்னர், வித்துடல் (20-10-2015) அன்று விதைக்கப்பட்டது.
ENB Poster Punjab Migrant Murder =============================== தற்கால நிகழ்வு: பொற்கோவில் பூமியில் கற்காலத் தண்டனை! ================================= Migrant Labourer Hung Upside Down And Beaten To Death In Punjab Factory, Video Of Murder Goes Viral
Deepu Madhavan India Times
October 18, 2015
What is more punishable, a crime or to encourage one? What is more cruel to beat a man to death or to watch the ordeal and egg on the murderer.
In a shocking video, that will make us question the existence of humanity among us, a poor migrant labourer was tied up, hung upside down and brutally beaten to death inside a Punjab factory.
The original 34-minute video of the ordeal and many shorter clippings have since gone viral.
The video was shot by someone on the scene who apparently didn't do anything to stop the killing. During the video at times, you can hear a voice telling the assaulter to release the victim but noone physically intervenes.
Morever these pleas are lost among the Punjabi abuses hurled at the victim and his own screams that will surely haunt your conscience. One of the onlookers can be seen smiling uncontrollably as the victim, identified as Khankot resident Ram Singh, spun around when he was hung upside down from a pulley. The main accused has been identified as Jaspreet Singh and he is on the run.
Wife of deceased Raji said that her husband Ram worked in a foundry at Focal Point. She said that few days back there was a theft in the factory for which her husband was being blamed. "Some people even came to our house and threatened my husband," she said. "On Thursday, a few people came to our house in Khankot village in an car and forcibly took away my husband. They beat him mercilessly and threw him on road. Later his body was recovered from T Point at Mehta Road," she added.
One of the resident of Khankot, Navpreet Singh said that they saw some men coming into village and forcibly bundling Ram Singh into car and later they received information that his body was recovered. "We are horrified by the incident and want strict action against those responsible for his death," said Singh.
SHO, police station Mohkampura Narinder Kaur said that they had booked a case under section 302, 365 and 34 IPC against Jaspreet Singh and two unidentified persons. She said all the accused were absconding.
Hung upside down, migrant labourer mercilessly beaten to death
Yudhvir Rana, TNN | Oct 17, 2015, 10.11AM IST
Times Of India
A grab from the video that has gone viral.
AMRITSAR: A shocking video of a migrant laborer being mercilessly thrashed, even as some people smile at him and hurl abuses in Pujnabi, has surfaced . The man identified as Ram Singh apparently died of unbearable pain and injuries caused by the beating.
The 34 minutes video of Ram Singh being given thrashing with iron pipes shows him hanging from a pulley, apparently in the same factory where he worked. The incident was openly recorded by someone present at the spot and later parts of it were leaked. The main accused in the case has been identified as Jaspreet Singh.
Wife of deceased Raji said that her husband Ram worked in a foundry at Focal Point. She said that few days back there was a theft in the factory for which her husband was being blamed. "Some people even came to our house and threatened my husband," she said. "On Thursday, a few people came to our house in Khankot village in an car and forcibly took away my husband. They beat him mercilessly and threw him on road. Later his body was recovered from T Point at Mehta Road," she added.
One of the resident of Khankot, Navpreet Singh said that they saw some men coming into village and forcibly bundling Ram Singh into car and later they received information that his body was recovered. "We are horrified by the incident and want strict action against those responsible for his death," said Singh.
SHO, police station Mohkampura Narinder Kaur said that they had booked a case under section 302, 365 and 34 IPC against Jaspreet Singh and two unidentified persons. She said all the accused were absconding.
Daily Mail UK Migrant worker dies in India after being strung up by his hands and feet and beaten for 34 MINUTES by his boss while other workers filmed on mobiles... but did nothing Shocking video purports to show a migrant worker being beaten to death Filmed in northern India, he is seen hanging chained by his legs and arms A group of men stand around him, while one strikes him with a bat Police have confirmed they are investigating, and have identified suspects
By COREY CHARLTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 15:38, 18 October 2015 | UPDATED: 18:29, 18 October 2015
A shocking video has surfaced of a migrant worker being beaten to death in India following allegations of workplace theft.
The film purports to show migrant worker Ram Singh held captive and hanging chained by his hands and feet after he was accused of stealing.
While most the people seen in the video stand by doing nothing, one man, armed with a bat, repeatedly strikes him while he cries out in pain.
The video purports to show Ram Singh being held captive during an in ordeal that ended in his death
The video purports to show Ram Singh being held captive during an in ordeal that ended in his death
The unedited version of the video, filmed in the city of Amritsar and which lasts for 34 minutes, is too distressing to publish.
It is not clear who filmed the brutal assault, but it was alleged to have been a punishment inflicted by an employer following an allegation of workplace theft.
The country's north is home to a large population of migrant workers, where human rights abuses are often reported among workers.
The Times of India reported the video was filmed in the factory where Ram Singh worked.
His wife explained there was a theft at the factory and her husband was blamed, with a group of men turning up at the couple's home to threaten him.
She said: 'On Thursday, a few people came to our house in Khankot village in a car and forcibly took away my husband.
'They beat him mercilessly and threw him on [the] road. Later his body was recovered.'
Her account of the events matched that given by a nearby resident, who also described seeing him being bundled into a car.
India Times reported bystanders can also be heard hurling abuse at him in Punjabi.
A spokesperson at the nearby police office confirmed it had opened a case report against three people, who had not yet been found.
The incident occurred at a factory in the city of Amritsar, northern India, which is famed for its Golden Temple (pictured)
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Video of Amritsar labourer’s brutal murder goes viral, no arrests yet
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Amritsar | Updated: Oct 18, 2015 10:38 IST
A video grab showing Amritsar factory worker Ram Singh being beaten up. (HT PHOTO)
A video of the brutal murder of a Nepalese migrant, who was hung upside down and attacked with iron rods, has gone viral, sending shockwaves among city residents.
Ram Singh, a cleaner at a factory in the Focal Point area, was found murdered on Friday. The police are yet to make any arrest in the case.
The video shows Ram Singh being brutally thrashed with iron rods by his assailants as he pleads them to let him go. Sources said the accused, who are believed to be the owners of the factory where Ram Singh worked, suspected his involvement in a theft case ago and wanted him to confess to it.
Police have booked three persons under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder),365 (kidnapping) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) on a complaint filed by Ram Singh’s wife Raji.
One of the accused has been identified as Jaspreet Singh, a resident of New Focal Point.
Raji has alleged that the accused had come to her house on Thursday and threatened her husband with dire consequences.
She said the accused then forcibly took away Ram Singh with them.
She said her husband’s body was found dumped at T-point Mehta Road.
ADCP City Harvinder Singh said the probe has revealed that the accused belonged to Nepal. But he had been working in Amritsar for the past 15 years. He said raids were being conducted at different places to arrest the accused.
On Camera, Factory Worker Hung Upside Down, Beaten To Death
Amritsar | Reported by Anand Kumar Patel, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Updated: October 17, 2015 19:10 IST
On Camera, Factory Worker Hung Upside Down, Beaten To Death
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The video shows the factory owner Jaspreet Singh and two others take turns to beat the man, laughing and hurling abuses in Punjabi.
AMRITSAR: Strung up by his legs and hands from the ceiling, upside down, and brutally beaten with an iron rod, a factory worker has died in an incident in Amritsar after its video went viral on social media.
The 47-minute video clip believed to be shot by one of the factory workers on a mobile phone shows the man, identified as Ram Singh, being thrashed mercilessly. Police are trying to find out who filmed it.
Ram, a native of Bihar, was accused of theft by the factory owner and taken away by his henchmen on Thursday. Ram's body was found the next day with injuries all over.
The video purportedly shows the factory owner Jaspreet Singh and two others take turns to beat the man, laughing and hurling abuses in Punjabi.
"They came for him at around 8 in the morning and took him away in a car. He thought they had come to take him to work," Ram's wife Rajji said.
Police have filed charges of murder against the factory owner and two others. All three are absconding.
"We will catch them soon," Narinder Kaur, the investigating officer, said. Story First Published: October 17, 2015 18:57 IST
Former LTTE Women's Political Wing Leader Thamilini Dies Of Cancer Featured
Sunday, 18 October 2015 12:56
Subramaniam Sivakamy Alias ‘Col’ Thamilini, the ex-leader of the LTTE Women's Political Wing died of cancer at the Maharagama cancer hospital in the early hours of this morning, at the age of 43.
Thamilini, who joined the LTTE in 1991, she took part in some battles in her early years in the LTTE. Then she was transferred to the Political Division.
She surrendered to the security forces at the end of the war in 2009 with her family, disguised as a civilian. However, she was soon located and arrested.
She was ''rehabilitated'' and released in 2013.
After her release there were speculations that she may contest the Northern Provincial Council Elections, perhaps under the then governing UPFA ticket.
