In Sri Lanka the Tamil Problem is the Sinhalese "Solution"

Sri Lanka is the the death zone for journalists. More than a dozen journalists are abducted by the government forces and killed in the past year. The latest one to die in such a manner was Lasantha Wickrematunge. An equal number of journalists are abducted and kept in...

Report from the abandoned people

In the absence of international and local news agencies it is hard to know what is happening to the 250,000 Tamil people trapped in a bloody war between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) is the only NGO operating in...

Why Canada's Tamils are upset

Roy Ratnavel, National Post The freedom we enjoy in Canada is precious to me. I state this at the outset, because I grew up in a country where freedom is a rare commodity, and the slaughter of innocents is common. I lived almost half of my life in Sri Lanka, and...

Responsibility to protect starts right here at home

On January 15th 2006 I was trying to feed vitamin D drops to my then 23 days old son. At one point he was choking and stopped breathing - at least that is what I - a first time father - thought. I immediately called 911 and was giving first aid to my son as the operator...