Sri Lanka: Tamil killings 'ordered from the top' Channel 4 report

Channel 4 has released mounting evidence towards the killings of Tamil civilians and surrendering white flagged LTTE cadets in Sri Lanka in the brutal war carried out May 2009 ordered by the Sri Lankan top...

Channel 4 News and Sri Lanka Tamil executions

Channel 4 is the same British broadcaster who managed to secure an 'exclusive' interview with Kumaran Pathmanathan, the new Tamil Tiger leader, and a man who was on the Interpol's wanted list. When law enforcement couldn't find Pathmanathan,  Channel 4 and it's contacts...

Sri Lanka needs International press as local press is silenced.

Sri Lanka's need for openness and accountability is growing more than ever. After the defeat of LTTE since last may, the tightness and human rights violations have only escalated. The rare opportunity to form a political reconciliation is ignored by the political dictatorship...

Sri Lankas warcrimes: US State Department's report

A call for an international investigation on Sri Lanka's war crimes is getting stronger. A recent report released by a US state department describes many possible war crimes committed by the government and LTTE....

42,000 Sri Lankan Tamil IDPs Return home. More to follow .

Exactly six months after the deletion of terrorist organization LTTE and it's entire leadership by Sri Lankan security forces that marked the end of 30 years of armed conflict in Sri Lanka,...

Naked, bound and shot: how ‘Tamil rebel’ was killed by solder

WARNING: This video should only be watched by a mature audience. The man is young, naked, bound and blindfolded; a corpse lying across his legs. A soldier approaches him in what appears to be Sri Lankan army...

Sri Lanka: extra-judicial executions of Tamils by Sri Lankan army

"By Jonathan Miller - Just three months after the Sri Lankan government declared the country liberated from the Tamil Tigers, video footage has emerged apparently showing government troops summarily executing...

Dolphin Van abductions scares people - BBC

Tamils detained in Vavuniya camps are being abducted everyday by people who come in 'Dolphin Vans' " Displaced Tamil people are being daily abducted from camps in Vavuniya by people who come in vans, a displaced...

Sri Lanka asked to share power with Tamils

"Sri Lanka could see renewed violence if the government does not share power with the minority Tamils, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake says. Speaking to the BBC, Blake warned the Tamil Tiger rebels,...

No excuse for anti-Tamil policies

National Post, a new paper that was "broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government's goal of confronting and subduing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", posted an opinion that "there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies. "Sri Lanka must now be judged by the...

Protest against Sri Lankan cricket team at Twenty20 Finals

Lords Stadium, London (21st June 2009) Around 200 Tamils diaspora in London gathered in front of Lords Stadium to protest against the Sri Lankan cricket team which played and lost against Pakistan in the Twenty20...

Tamils' transit to Australia, 'land of freedom'

" Tamils' transit to Australia, 'land of freedom' July 4, 2009 Among the 100,000 refugees in Malaysia, many Sri Lankans are ready to risk all on a clandestine...

Cannot be hidden in the shadow of time

The babies you killedWith the aerial bombardmentsCannot be hiddenIn the shadow of timeThe hospitals you destroyedWith the rain of shellsCannot be hiddenIn the pages of history bookThe places of worshipsThat you demolishedCan never be forgottenIn the vengeful memories of...

Sri Lanka : A Paradise turned into Kingdom of Vultures

"By Richard Dixon     RichardDixons@googlemail.com (This article was originally posted to Telegraph on 04th of May 2009) Land that was known for beautiful beaches and waterfalls has now been turned into a Kingdom of Vultures. Dead bodies of the innocent...

When Justice failed in Teardrop Terror Island!

This article was written by Richard Dixon and he can be reached at RichardDixons@googlemail.com Sixty years of State Terrorism in Sri Lanka BBC journalist with the jubilant crowd in Colombo was telling us, how terrorism has now been defeated in Sri Lanka. It is a clear...

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