Pro-Imperialist Global Tamil Forum Inaugurated at British Parliament
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/tami-m27.shtml
"The GTF, as its eager pursuit of the favor of US and British imperialism attests, speaks not for the Tamil masses, but for the corrupt and servile Tamil bourgeoisie, which is always ready to impose unlimited sacrifices upon the people in order to further its own venal interests..'
Appoint Prof. Boyle to UN advisory panel, Tamil Groups urge Ban Ki Moon
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31453
Jaffna readers interested in local issues
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/03/100329_jaffna_media.shtml
Upcoming Parliamentary Elections and the Future of Sri Lanka
http://www.ipcs.org/article/south-asia/upcoming-parliamentary-elections-...
Uprooted Champoor families undergo hardships in welfare centres
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31437
Resettled families in Vanni suffer in unrelenting rain
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31441
"Current International law trumps archaic doctrine of state sovereignty"
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31446
Brigadier 'involved' in Lasantha murder
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/03/100328_lasantha_brigadie...
Arrest of Muslim author 'illegal'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/03/100328_muslim_woman.shtml
Mother's fight for missing son
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p006pp7d
Switzerland: 30 members elected for Swiss Council of Eezham Tamils
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31452
Australia: For Ravi, the boredom of immigration detention was too much
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/for-ravi-the-boredom-of-immi...
Australia: Rudd's hard line on asylum rejects
http://www.smh.com.au/national/rudds-hard-line-on-asylum-rejects-2010032...
Thailand: Hiding away, young men wait on UN
http://www.theage.com.au/national/hiding-away-young-men-wait-on-un-20100...
Indonesia: Sri Lankans spend six months in a leaky boat
http://www.news.com.au/world/sri-lankans-spend-six-months-in-a-leaky-boa...
very interesting article on Sri Lanka's new women's manifesto from post #49
They have seen and know our demands," Samuel said of the manifesto's creators. "In preparing this document, they have looked closely at these issues, which are in many ways a lot of what the women's movement has been saying over the years.""It is something that can be done and is doable," said Nimalka Fernando, a women's rights campaigner. "These are issues we have been pushing for a while and I'm impressed by the document and the research that has gone into it."
At the very least, activists say, the manifesto reflects the depth of contribution women make to Sri Lanka. Noting that more than half of Sri Lanka's 20.5 million people are women, the document goes on to reel off relevant statistics, including the fact that 54 percent of the country's professionals are female, as are 58 percent of the university population, and 95 percent of garment industry workers.
About 65 percent of Sri Lankan workers in the Middle East are also women, while the tea sector also comprises a majority of women, the document points out. Sri Lanka's economy is dependent largely on garments and tea exports, as well as on remittances from migrant workers.
"Women are the backbone of the economy but we are a long way from securing equal rights for them," said Fernando, who is president of the Tokyo-based International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism and the Women's Forum for Peace in Sri Lanka.
thirusuj, what do you think about the called for boycott?
These are my personal view.
The article on the women's manifesto is an election gimmick from the ruling party (from my point of view), once the election is done, more women will be packed to be sent to the Middle East to be maids and exploited; so don't get too excited about it. I feel pity for International media for not being able to do any investigative journalism because of the media restriction and the BBC Sinhala service is still in business trying to cover this kind of news which they know is election gimmick.
As for the call for boycott, it was initiated long before the idea of Global Tamil Forum even took to the public by country specific Tamil organizations that make up Global Tamil Forum. Global Tamil Forum is picking it up as it is an international organization that is capable of carrying out an international campaign. The aim of the boycott call is to drain any financial venue that Sri Lanka has or will have to finance the military or to maintain a functional state structure. Already, Sri Lanka is unable to do that, forcing them to go for loans that are given as development aid from countries like China/India/Pakistan with conditions (the Sinhalese people don't even realize how much they are selling themselves and how much they are plunging themselves into the geo-political influence game that is being played by China and India because the government has a blackout on information going to the public). The Tamil people are not gaining anything from the state and as for the historical records suggest, they never will either, so it will have pretty much no impact on the Tamils. Tamils are still able to survive because of the handouts from NGO's and the Tamil Diaspora that is able to send money to their relatives/friends and initiatives such as Project "Connecting Families" (http://www.canadiantamilcongress.ca/connectingfamilies/). Another aim is to hit the Sinhalese from the bottom; certainly it will increase poverty and bring suffering (a perfect ingredients for revolution). A successful boycott on playing cricket with Sri Lanka could send huge awareness campaign to the Sinhalese people and what more to come if they don't address the Tamil issues on the terms that the Tamils expects.
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Laughing politicians - non stop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/03/100329_upali.shtml
SRI LANKA: Housing tops returnees' wish-list
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88614
Sri Lanka's ex-army chief could die in custody: wife
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hOKYhucaaWW8ZsHz4Wbyz...
Rajiv Gandhi assassin release plea rejected
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8594177.stm
Why welcome and caution to Transnational Government
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=31459
Q+A-Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE62S0JN.htm
Belated regret by UK for arms deal with Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31464
Where to Buy a Land Mine in Sri Lanka
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1976399,00.html
Australia: Sri Lanka stymied investigation
http://www.smh.com.au/national/sri-lanka-stymied-investigation-20100330-...
Australia: Judge raps federal police for 'high-handed' arrest
http://www.smh.com.au/national/judge-raps-federal-police-for-highhanded-...
Australia: Raising hackles
http://www.theage.com.au/national/raising-hackles-20100330-rbit.html
Australia: No jail for trio who funded Tamil Tigers
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861834.htm
Australia: Tamil trio accused of terrorism free on bonds
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/tamil-trio-accused-of-terrorism-free-o...
Australia: Tormenting the Tamils with our terror laws
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2861384.htm
Tamil refugees told to get out of Sri Lanka or suffer persecution
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/get-out-or-youll-suffer/story-e6frf7jo-...
HAS MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA BEEN A TRAITOR TO SRI LANKA?
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/03/31/has-mahinda-rajapaksa-been-a-trait...
Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa visits Tamil city Jaffna
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8598150.stm
Minority rights in Sri Lanka a must- Millband
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/03/100331_miliuk.shtml
Internationalising Lanka
http://www.himalmag.com/Internationalising-Lanka_nw4438.html
CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS BETTER THAN RELYING ON GLOBAL POWERS
http://www.peace-srilanka.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&...
Tamil Nadu government blocks protest march against Eezham Tamil Woman refugee's suicide
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31467
Douglas Devananda intimidates Yarl Thinakural editor, manager in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31470
Political will required
http://www.dailypioneer.com/245704/Political-will-required.html
Sri Lanka's traitorous politics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/01/sri-l...
Aid rows in Sri Lanka - Imperfect peace
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15819464
Indonesia: Tamil asylum seekers battle rat plague
http://ctya.org/blog/news/tamil-asylum-seekers-battle-rat-plague/
UK: Tamil OAP faces arrest over launch of terror-link political party
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/6203186.Tamil_OAP_faces_arrest_o...
Australia: Navy patrol boats provide refugee taxi service
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/navy-patrol-boats/story-e6frfhqf-122...
Australia: Charity used as front to finance Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/charity-used-as-front-to-finance-sri-la...
Archaeology sparks new conflict between Sri Lankan Tamils and Sinhalese
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7088337.ece
After the Tigers, a new Tamil struggle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8603658.stm
Sri Lanka elections: Will Tamil rights be upheld?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0401/Sri-Lanka-election...
Landmine ladies - clearing Sri Lanka's deadly harvest
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/Case-Studies/2010/Landmine-ladies/
Sri Lanka arrests Buddhist monks over Fonseka protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8604053.stm
President with Sri Lanka in his grip braves resentment in search of votes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/02/sri-lanka-mahindra-rajapaska...
RI LANKA: Ragavan Sinnathurai, "We have to move on"
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88667
Tamils want an end to Sri Lanka discrimination after election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/04/sri-lanka-elections-tamil-mi...
Sri Lanka general trial adjourned
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8604509.stm
Sri Lanka's Tamils freed - but future bleak for those who backed Tigers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/05/tamils-sri-lanka-freed-tigers
Tortured Jaffna undergrad commits suicide
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31481
Lawyer denies detained Sri Lankan author linked to Islamist militants, blames religious bias
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jlqw3FZtT_I...
Sri Lanka says to renegotiate IMF budget targets
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100405/tbs-srilanka-economy-7318940.html
Sri Lanka 'economy poised for faster growth'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100405/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaeconomygrowt...
Sri Lanka poll campaigning ends
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/201045204313325510.html
Tamil party expected to win majority of Jaffna's seats
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100404/FOREIGN/70...
TNPF manifesto cannot be faulted: Brian Senewiratne
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31494
Opposition candidate arrested
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100402_susil_arrest.shtml
Sri Lanka opposition vows to stop leader's poll plan
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63439E20100405?feedType=RSS&feedNa...
Sri Lankan government campaigns to entrench autocratic powers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/sril-a05.shtml
Welcome, Sinhala brother!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100404_jaffna_upali.shtml
USA aids, awards Colombo supplier
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31493
Elections for ‘Asian' model of dictatorship
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31485
Peter Popham: Thirst for revenge did not die with the Tigers
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-popham-thirst-fo...
Sri Lankan war zone doctor stands for election
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8604512.stm
Tamil Nadu police alleged of harassing Eezham Tamil refugees
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31490
Australia & US: Cuban refugees from US arriving here in exchange for Tamils
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/cuban-refugees-from-us-arriving...
Sri Lanka elections not free and fair: opposition
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100407/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankavote_2010040...
High ranking Tiger officials in SLA custody feared assassinated
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31498
Uprooted civilians sell dry food rations on streets in Vavuniyaa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31501
Rajapaksa's coalition expected to do well in general election
http://www.smh.com.au/world/rajapaksas-coalition-expected-to-do-well-in-...
Rajapaksas out in force for Sri Lanka election
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8607301.stm
Sri Lankan president eyes new political dynast
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/37408
Sri Lanka polls to decide depth of Rajapaksa's power
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6353VX20100406?feedType=RSS&feedNa...
Eezham fishermen not responsible for attack on Tamil Nadu fishermen
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31496
Sri Lankans rally for Fonseka's freedom
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/07/2866575.htm
Who is scoring at Galle?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100406_upali_galle.shtml
State of emergency extended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100406_parliament_emerge...
Indonesia: Six-month asylum stand-off to end 'in five days'
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sixmonth-asylum-standoff-to-end-in-five-days...
Indonesia moves to end asylum seeker stand-off
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/07/2866719.htm
Australia: Another asylum seeker boat intercepted as immigration debate rages
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/tony-abbotts-asylum-sermon/story-e6frf7...
Australia: Even Jesus Christ would not accept every asylum-seeker, says Opposition Leader
http://www.news.com.au/national/even-jesus-christ-would-not-accept-every...
Fears of Rajapaksa dynasty as Sri Lanka votes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7091602.ece
Sri Lanka's first post-war parliamentary polls close
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8608482.stm
Voting ends in Sri Lanka polls
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/20104812655669524.html
Sri Lankan voting ends amidst more polls violations, violence
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31514
Sri Lanka boosts UN peacekeeping contingent
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gMrDIwrLXaT2jOJITJBPB...
UNP says Elections Commissioner unable to ensure free, fair election
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31504
Sri Lanka leader's bloc is the favorite
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-sri-lanka-elect...
Reports of violence, intimidation in Sri Lanka election
http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20100408-reports-violence-intimid...
Thousands of uprooted civilians denied voting: CaFFE election monitors
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31511
Low turnout of voting, people disinterested in election in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31512
Voters cast ballot in poll expected to consolidate president's power
http://www.france24.com/en/20100408-parliamentary-polls-open-first-peace...
Incidents of violence mark Election Day
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31513
Self-organised democracy of Tamils receives global attention
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31199
Indonesia pushes asylum seekers for deal
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/indonesia-pushes-asylum-se...
Indonesia: Merak asylum seeker to be moved within days
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/08/2867845.htm?section=world
Indonesian asylum seeker standoff continues
http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/world/world/general/indonesian-...
Turnout Low at Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/world/asia/09lanka.html
"Turn out very low" - Election monitors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100408_low_turnout.shtml
Ruling alliance wins parliamentary majority
http://www.france24.com/en/20100409-sri-lanka-ruling-alliance-wins-parli...
Sri Lankan president allies proclaim victory in election
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/7570871/Sri-Lank...
Lowest number of votes registered in Jaffna electoral district
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31515
Clashes reported in the wake of election all over the country
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31516
Overwhelming Tamil majority rejects elections under Sri Lankan State
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31517
M.I.A. blasts Sri Lanka after return to U.K.
http://www.new-magazine.co.uk/latestnews/view/19239/M-I-A-blasts-Sri-Lan...
Tamils face return in UN review
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tamils-face-return-in-un-review/sto...
Australia becoming 'breeding ground' for Tamil rebels
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/08/2866838.htm
Australia Failed asylum-seeker 'got it from both sides'
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/failed-asylum-seeker-got-it-from-bo...
Australia blocks Afghan and Sri Lankan refugees
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article7092776.ece
Australia halts Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum claims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8610679.stm
Australia suspends Afghan, Sri Lankan asylum-seeker claims
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/australia-suspends-afghan-sri-l...
Australia: Rudd bows to pressure on boatpeople
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-bows-to-pressure-on-bo...
Australia: Asylum-seeker clampdown 'an election fix', says Abbott
http://www.theage.com.au/national/asylumseeker-clampdown-an-election-fix...
Australia: Refugee groups, Opposition condemn Australia's suspension of asylum applications
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/refugee-groups-opposition-conde...
Australia: Asylum freeze 'politically motivated'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/09/2868886.htm
Australia: Asylum seeker move a 'freeze on fairness'
http://www.smh.com.au/national/asylum-seeker-move-a-freeze-on-fairness-2...
Indonesia: Mixed signals on asylum seeker stand-off
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/08/2866880.htm
Sorry, I did not get back to this thread soooner, and thank you for your response....
Do you think a class revolution within the Sinhalese community would help the Tamils? As I am not quite sure what you meant with that comment.
Hear the higher Canadian dollar, is helping the disapora, from many countries, to send more actual money home.
New party to be launched in Tamil Nadu with Leaping Tiger as its flag
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31531
TNA MP: Low turnout reflects Tamils losing faith in political system
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31521
A worldwide boycott of Sri Lanka
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/11/worldwide-boycott-sr...
One year on, life slowly returns to the Tamil Tigers' shattered stronghold
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/11/tamil-tigers-former-strongho...
Rajapakse wins again, but battle for unity remains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100411/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankavote_2010041...
TNA 'open for dialogue' with Govt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100411_tna_response.shtml
'Respect mandate' world urged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100411_dulles_world.shtml
Ups and downs in Sri Lanka elections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100409_preferential_vote...
Northern Sri Lanka Emerges From Conflict But Challenges Remain
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=13195
Australia: Elections 2010: a festival of cruelty towards refugees?
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2010/833/42873
Australia under fire over asylum seeker clampdown
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201004/s2870036.htm
Human rights groups angered at Australia's asylum decision
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201004/s2870035.htm
Australia: Asylum seeker policy causing distress
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/11/2869590.htm?section=justin
Indonesia praises Kevin Rudd's new asylum-seeker policy
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/indonesia-praises-kevin-rudds...
Australia: Abbott ignorant on boat arrivals
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/abbott-ignorant-on-boat-arriva...
Indonesians to move Merak Tamils
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/indonesians-to-move-merak-tam...
Australia: Sri Lankan tells of asylum death voyage
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/sri-lankan-tells-of-asylum-deat...
The boats will keep coming, say traumatised Tamils
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/the-boats-will-keep-coming-say-...
Remind,
The last time their was an attempt on class revolution (JVP insurrection of the late 1980's), the poor section of the Sinhalese people were just brutalized with anyone with facial hair being shot or disappearing and their family going through torture. I am not sure if a class revolution will really help Tamils as Sinhalese chauvinism is widespread and precedes everything.
In my view, The Tamil Diaspora does not want the Sri Lankan state to be generating any kind of revenue or getting aid from other countries to maintain their military, planned colonization of Tamil areas, maintain the information blackout on the Sinhalese people, etc. Especially, since there is no LTTE to counter all these problems.
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Sri Lanka: A revealing breach of the constitution
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/sril-a12.shtml
Teen-age girl recovered dead from well in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31532
Diaspora and Tamil Nadu have to play their cards
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31537
Sri Lanka vote will help unify the nation: US
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5heuwp1iNGpSPCzOgf1opQ...
SRI LANKA: Very low voter turn-out among IDPs
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88772
Rajapakse calls for unity
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_513991.html
Post-election Sri Lanka turns on critics
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LD14Df04.html
Notice issued to DNA leaders
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100412_anoma_court.shtml
Film actress accuses UPFA for defeat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100413_geetha_preferenti...
Australia: Sri Lankan official expects fewer refugees to try boat crossing
http://www.theage.com.au/national/sri-lankan-official-expects-fewer-refu...
Australia: Refugee obligations violated
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/refugee-obligations-violated-2...
Australia: Refugee suspensions turns victims into criminals
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/refugee-suspensions-turns-vict...
Australlia: Policy on Sri Lankans ignores the dangers people face
http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/politics/policy-on-sri-lankans-ignores...
Indonesia: Merak asylum seekers flee after visa rule change
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/13/2870954.htm?section=justin
Indonesia: UN denies promise to fast-track refugee claims
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/un-denies-promise-to-fast-tr...
Tamil Representative Fails To Win Seat In Sri Lanka's Parliament
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=490232
Post-election related violence continues in South, one killed
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31539
New Year celebrations dull in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31538
Rajapaksa's dharma
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/63743/rajapaksas-dharma.html
Chinese Inroads into Sri Lanka
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers38/paper3759.html
Sri Lanka: Red Cross Red Crescent launches appeal to support displaced people
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/pr10/2710.asp
Dreams die in palace of lies
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/dreams-die-in-palace-of-lies/story...
'Action' against religious attackers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100413_christian_attack....
EU urges probe on poll violence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100414_eu_election.shtml
US : Migrant boat docks in Miami Beach
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/13/Migrant-boat-docks-in-Miami-Be...
Indonesia: 30 Tamils flee Merak camp after Australian policy change
http://www.smh.com.au/world/30-tamils-flee-merak-camp-after-australian-p...
Indoneisia: Jakarta frets over future of tentative agreement
http://www.theage.com.au/national/jakarta-frets-over-future-of-tentative...
Indoneis Tamils ponder escape as deadline approaches
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tamils-ponder-escape-as-deadline-ap...
SLA constructs big bases in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31542
Global consortium of Tamil corporates needed to address Eezham question
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=31541
How great was my victory
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15900204
Refining India's Policy in Post-War Sri Lanka
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers38%5Cpaper3762.html
SRI LANKA: Uthayakumari, "There'll be no New Year until I find my daughter"
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88816
BBC programmes on SLBC again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100415_bbc_slbc.shtml
Letter to Australian Minister of Immigration Chris Evans on Processing New Asylum Claims from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/04/14/letter-australian-minister-immigra...
Australia: Promptly Process All Refugee Claims
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/04/14/australia-promptly-process-all-ref...
Entire country celebrates Buddhist and Tamil New Year, but forgets the North's refugees
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Entire-country-celebrates-Buddhist-New-Ye...
Thousands of Displaced Sri Lankans Need Help to Rebuild Lives
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thousands-of-Displaced-Sri-Lan...
US urges respect for human rights in Sri Lanka
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8O-5XEvKfJ5HiZUhu-xP...
Mano Ganesan complains on violence in Nawalapitiya
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31544
A landslide for Sri Lanka's ruling party
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15910939&f...
Sajith urges reform in UNP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100415_sajith_unp.shtml
S Lanka accused soldiers freed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8622816.stm
$150-mn ADB emergency loan to Sri Lanka
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/150-mn-adb-emergency-loan-to...
Australia and Denmark: Danes deny refugee ban on Tamils
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/danes-deny-refugee-ban-on-tamil...
Australia: Remandating VR, a unique opportunity to address Australian refugee crisis
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31547
Sri Lanka's Low Voter Turnout: A Sign of Coming Class Battles
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/pers-a17.shtml
"The record low turnout in last week's general election in Sri Lanka provoked consternation in Colombo ruling circles because it highlights the extent of popular hostility to the entire political establishment. Barely half of registered voters - just 52% - filled out a ballot...In the war torn district of Jaffna, voter turnout was just 23%.."
Sri Lanka's Low Voter Turnout: A Sign of Coming Class Battles
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/pers-a17.shtml
"The record low turnout in last week's general election in Sri Lanka provoked consternation in Colombo ruling circles because it highlights the extent of popular hostility to the entire political establishment. Barely half of registered voters - just 52% - filled out a ballot...In the war torn district of Jaffna, voter turnout was just 23%.."
End of the road for Sri Lanka's left?
http://www.nst.com.my/articles/16lanka/Article/index_html
Just remember that there are 50 000 + sinhalese soldiers located in the Jaffna alone with thier families. The individuals voted in the election might add up to 23% in Jaffna but if you look at the Tamils who would have voted would be in my guess be at 1% or less in Jaffna.
"The record low turnout in last week's general election in Sri Lanka provoked consternation in Colombo ruling circles because it highlights the extent of popular hostility to the entire political establishment. Barely half of registered voters - just 52% - filled out a ballot...In the war torn district of Jaffna, voter turnout was just 23%.."
Ironic - Canadians' federal turnout in 2008 was [url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/10/15/voter-turnout.html]only 59.1%[/url]. And I personally know some households of workers where the turnout was 0%. Didn't cause any consternation in Ottawa ruling circles.
Unspoken Genocide: Convention on War Crimes and Genocide in SriLanka
http://www.globalpeacesupport.com/globalpeacesupport.com/post/2010/04/17...
Sri Lanka: No end to human rights abuses
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2010/834/42900
USA wishes joint celebrations, engages in joint operations
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31554
JNU convention condemns Sri Lanka war crimes
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31565
Mr. Viraj Mendis is the chair-person of the International Human Rights Association in Bremen Germany - a refugee based organization. The Indian govt denied him a visa to participate in the "Unspoken Genocide: Convention on War Crimes and Genocide in Sri Lanka".
http://www.humanrights.de/ftp/viraj.wmv
"Sri Lanka sets precedent for internationally acceptable genocide model"
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31553
India refuses landing to Pirapaharan's mother
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31557
Tamil Nadu police arrest protestors against Namal Rajapkase's arrival in Chennai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31566
Uproar in TN State Assembly over India's refusal to allow Pirapaharan's mother to land in Chennai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31568
Prabhakaran's ghost returns to haunt DMK
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_prabhakaran-s-ghost-returns-to-haun...
Sri Lanka set to get new Cabinet
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/srilanka.cabinet/index.html?...
A heated election in a cool city.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100416_electionnawala.shtml
Resettlement continues says Govt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100416_idpmanik.shtml
'Boost' for Jaffna industries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100418_jaffna_trade.shtml
UN concerned about Australia's asylum freeze
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlXQ9h8ss6XRhu6q_YXn6...
Sri Lanka war wounded face long fight to recovery
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i0kmYtCeM_e1De4C95fNs...
S.Lanka's ex-army chief back in court as MP-elect
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAMF52Mrasb428lII6UxS...
Former SLRC employee in Vanni complains of death threat to HRC Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31558
Wellawatte police blamed for long-term neglect in investigating disappearance
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31567
Australia: Tamil vote on pressing case for homeland
http://www.theage.com.au/national/tamil-vote-on-pressing-case-for-homela...
Australia: Rudd's refugee ban: illegal and dishonest
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2010/834/42929
Australian asylum suspension is "inhumane", say aid workers
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-47756920100416?sp=true
Australia re-opens detention centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100418_australia_asylum....
Australia: Refugees at air base
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/refugees-at-air-base/stor...
Indonesia, Australia relocate Tamil refugees to isolated detention centres
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31569
Australia: Asylum seekers facing uncertain future
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/19/2876532.htm
Video: Indoneisa: Asylum seekers standoff ends
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/19/2877043.htm
Indonesia: Indonesia moves Sri Lankan migrants
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/04/20104198131745061...
Indonesia: Sri Lanka migrant stand-off in Indonesia port ends
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8629134.stm
Indonesia: Merak stand-off close to ending as 122 head into detention
http://www.smh.com.au/world/merak-standoff-close-to-ending-as-122-head-i...
Indoneisa: Tamils agree to leave camp at port of Merak after standoff
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/tamils-agree-to-leave-camp-at...
Canada: Rohan Gunaratna, Professor Terror
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/rohan-gunaratna-pro...
Canada: The Tamil boat mystery
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-tamil-boat-myst...
Canada: Toronto's Tamil Community receives recognition and support from Corporate Sector at Tamils' Chamber Awards Gala at Fairmont Royal York
http://www.monsoonjournal.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=182
Repeat vote in two Sri Lanka seats
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8631329.stm
Sri Lanka's jailed general likely to attend parliament
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE63I0L9.htm
Advani demands report from Congress government on Pirapaharan's mother refused entry into India
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31570
SLA blocks Hindus performing rituals in Keerimalai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31577
Australian Tamil referendum attracts media, provokes Colombo's envoy
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31572
Indonesia: Refugee standoff ends in tears and entreaties
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/refugee-standoff-ends-in-tears-...
Indonesia: Many asylum-seekers have absconded in Indonesia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/many-asylum-seekers-have-abs...
Australia: Rudd no different to Howard: Tamils
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/rudd-no-differen...
Australia: An act of cowardice
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10293
I appreciate the news here, thank you. It seems that the Tamil diaspora communities are particularly important now for the future of the situation in Sri Lanka. And everyone needs to continue to call for war criminals to be held to account.
Senior LTTE cadres held to be produced in High Court for trial
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31581
Final Sri Lanka vote count confirms Rajapaksa triumph
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8634008.stm
Sri Lanka ruling party records landslide win at polls
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/7089102/sri-lanka-ruling-party-record...
SLA blocks Hindus performing rituals in Keerimalai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31577
Young woman abducted, sexually abused in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31579
Muslim author released
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100420_islamauthor.shtml
Sri Lanka delays Cabinet swearing-in
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/21/sri.lanka.cabinet/index.html...
Indian aid to resettled Vanni civilians left undistributed along A9 road
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31580
In conversation with Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/04/21/in-conversation-with-dr-paikiasoth...
2 men abducted for ransom in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31584
Sri Lanka's New Parliament Must Drop Emergency Laws, Says Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100420001&lang=e
Chennai High Court calls for clarification on deportation of Pirapaharan's mother
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31587
Australia: `Viking' Tamil to challenge ASIO's security threat ban
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/viking-tamil-to-challenge-as...
Australia-Indonesia: Merak girl Brindha beats ban on refugees
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/merak-girl-beats-ban-on-refugees/st...
Indonesia: Detention centre like a prison, say Tamils
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/21/2879323.htm
Sri Lankan defence secretary proposes further security laws
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/sril-a21.shtml
Sri Lanka president tightens grip on power
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iNCayF0cQ2_cipzsq-rcs...
US asks Sri Lanka to pursue 'healing process'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100421/pl_afp/srilankapoliticsus_201004212...
ANALYSIS: Follow military win with political solution, Tamils say
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/319811,analysis-follow-military-...
Elderly man abducted, killed in Jaffna, 9-year-old girl killed in Vavuniyaa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31589
Sri Lanka parliament opens with brotherhood, enmity
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-47900320100422
Sri Lanka president names party veteran Jayaratne as PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8635867.stm
Detained opposition leader in Sri Lanka parliament
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8636478.stm
Sarath Fonseka rails against ‘injustices' at opening of Sri Lankan parliament
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7104713.ece
Amnesty International-Free Sri Lanka of Draconian Emergency Laws
http://digitaljournal.com/article/290914
Australia: 99.4 percent vote for Tamil Eelam in Australia
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31590
Australia: 'Security risk' refugees left in limbo
http://www.theage.com.au/national/security-risk-refugees-left-in-limbo-2...
Indonesia: Sri Lankan asylum-seekers `hoodwinked' by Indonesians
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-hoodw...
Sri Lanka: anatomy of a tragedy
http://inside.org.au/sri-lanka-anatomy-of-a-tragedy/
Senior ex-LTTE cadres under pressure to confess
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31597
3 suspects in recent abduction for ransom arrested in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31594
Don't forget healthcare services in east
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88862
Fonseka leaves cell for Parliament
http://www.smh.com.au/world/fonseka-leaves-cell-for-parliament-20100423-...
Jailed opposition leader uses day in parliament to attack President
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/jailed-opposition-leader-us...
Malaysia admits arresting and deporting Sri Lankan rebels
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/320185,malaysia-admits-arresting...
The Toady's Throne in Jaffna
http://www.sangam.org/2010/04/Jaffna_Throne.php?uid=3920
Australia: A member from The Australian Tamil Congress asks Kevin Rudd to comment on tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMmv8tHZvec&
Australia: Asylum seekers fight 'unfair' processing regime
http://www.theage.com.au/national/asylum-seekers-fight-unfair-processing...
Jaffna Tamils Decry Development Plan of Gov't
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51188
Liberation Tigers' Ira'naimadu runway used exclusively by Indian Air Force
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31600
Police administration in North continues in ‘Sinhala Only'
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31602
INTERVIEW - War over, Sri Lanka hails return of diaspora cash
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-47963320100424?fee...
Sri Lanka to expand first post-war cabinet
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8CNiJ_LZ08r_jT6ekNoG...
GSP+ relief depends on Human Rights
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100423_mahanayake.shtml
Gen Fonseka 'further detained'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100426_fonseka_fr.shtml
As Sri Lanka AG Met With UN's Ban, War Crimes Panel Unnamed for Six Weeks
http://www.innercitypress.com/lanka9unfollow042210.html
The UN and its Mail, on Free Press, Sri Lanka and Middle East, True Believers
http://www.innercitypress.com/un1letters042510.html
Suspects in Navaali abduction to be charged under PTA
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31606
Sri Lanka considers ending emergency laws
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100425/wl_asia_afp/srilankaunrestlaw_20100...
IIFA, Amithab to Sri Lanka's damage control
http://truthdive.com/2010/04/25/iifa-amithab-to-sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-dama...
UK: British Tamils must pick candidate, not party
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31607
Australia's Tamils Voice Visa Suspension Concerns to Top Officials in Canberra
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Australias-Tamils-Voice-Visa-S...
Australia: Freezing claims 'unlikely to stop asylum seekers'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/26/2883012.htm?section=world
Malaysia: Sri Lankans detained after 57-hour deadlock
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/26/nation/6130661&sec=...
Tamils have no voice in Sri Lanka
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/tamils-have-no-voice-in-sri-lanka...
British candidate calls Tamils victims of genocide
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31615
RSF - Gang boss known for hostility towards journalists appointed deputy media minister
http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-mervyn-silva-gang-boss-minister-26-04-2010,3...
Press rights group asks Sri Lanka to remove aggressor from media post
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100427/world/as_sri_lanka_media_freed...
'Order police' to show Prageeth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100427_prageeth_court.shtml
Netherlands arrest 'LTTE suspects'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100426_netherlands_ltte....
Bachchan 'to discuss' Tamil protest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100426_bachchan_tamils.s...
Amitabh Bachchan wants IIFA shifted out of Lanka due to Tamils??
http://www.magnamags.com/index.php/201004276101/stardust/scoop-of-the-da...
SRI LANKA: Selvanayagam Selvantha, "Imagine being with traumatised people every single day"
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88938
All in the game in the name of archaeology
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31616
'Reforms to allow S.Lanka president to retain power'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100428/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankapolitics_201...
Jaffna Civil organizations accuse Colombo financial institutions of exploitation
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31621
SRI LANKA: Peoples anger against bad policing and governments excuses
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2010statements/2520/
Men claiming to be SLA intelligence personnel abduct, sexually abuse young woman in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31618
Sinhalese language prioritized in the North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31619
7000 IDPs return to Vanni
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100427_unhcr_idps.shtml
The Long Reach of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa Dynasty
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1984484,00.html?xid=rss-wo...
M.I.A. music video elicits strong online response
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/27/mia.music.video/
Mulligan (Opinion by Roy Ratnavel)
http://www.tamileelamnews.com/news/publish/tns_12624.shtml
Indian corporate to build high-rise buildings, apartments, in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31625
Jaffna undergrads held as prisoners, charges IUSF
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31628
Buddhism with monsters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/26/religion-budd...
UN calls for war crimes tribunal into Sri Lanka
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201004/s2884448.htm
Australia's young lawyers to document Sri Lanka's war-crimes
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31620
An indicator of what comes next for Sri Lanka's media
http://cpj.org/blog/2010/04/an-indicator-of-what-comes-next-for-sri-lank...
Sri Lanka's war: time for accountability
http://www.opendemocracy.net/meenakshi-ganguly/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-war-t...
The Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan State
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers38%5Cpaper3786.html
Indo Sri Lanka Maritime Issues: Challenges and Responses
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers38%5Cpaper3787.html
Farming, Fisheries Offer Hope to Former Battleground
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51244
New Sri Lankan cabinet likely to continue frosty relations with West
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100429/FOREIGN/70...
Jaffna MP accuses EPDP of illegal sand excavation in Vadamaraadchi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31630
Jaffna Mayor allows star hotel in historical sacred site in Nalloor
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31631
All IDPs will be resettled within six months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100428_resettle.shtml
Cannada: Toronto Tamils vote on transnational government to gain voice
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/801993--toronto-tamils-vote-on-t...
International war corporatism continues silencing Eezham Tamils
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=31637
Chinese corporate worker arrested for rape in Nuraichchoalai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31636
RSF protests new media minister
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/04/100427_mervyn_rsf.shtml
Sri Lanka rebel leader's home is destroyed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8652136.stm
Sri Lanka: New government threat against the media
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/sril-a30.shtml
Sri Lanka must listen to its people
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/30/sri-l...
SRI LANKA: Muslims and Tamils deal with the pas
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88966
Sri Lanka: Ready For Business
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/29/sri-lanka-tourism-investment-lifestyle-...
SLA reimposes road checks in Jaffna peninsula
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31635
Garment Woes Dampen Labour Day
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51268
Interview Louise Arbour/ YOICHI FUNABASHI, Editor in Chief: Protection more effective than intervention to deal with conflicts
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201004290212.html
Nearly 50,000 widows in the east
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100502_east_widows.shtml
President accused of 'fiscal terrorism'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100502_jvp_budget.shtml
Relatives call for disappearance probe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100501_relatives.shtml
SL Military Intelligence men issue death threats to Thenmaraadchi journalists
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31663
IUSU demands detainees' names made public
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31657
Sri Lankans celebrate May Day amid unemployment and exploitation
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Sri-Lankans-celebrate-May-Day-amid-unempl...
Colombo plans Buddhist vihara in Mullaiththeevu town
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31645
Sri Lanka pardons jailed Tamil editor: minister
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100503/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestmediaf...
Sri Lanka: In Honor of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2010
http://digitaljournal.com/article/291495
Sivaram showed how Sri Lankan state was dependent on oppression of Tamils: Prof. Whitaker
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31649
Sri Lanka suspends Fonseka court martial
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100503/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankamilitarypoli...
MIA spreads genocide message through video, album
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31654
Born Free: Political Brutality
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1415-i-born-free-i-political-brutality
M.I.A. "Born Free" video pulled from YouTube: The Aftermath
http://www.examiner.com/x-25560-Art-Institute-of-Atlanta-Arts-Examiner~y...
Final nail on APRC's coffin
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31650
Diaspora goes to poll to structure Transnational Government
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31652
Canada: Thousands of Tamils turn out to "transnational" election
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/803611--thousands-of-tamils-turn...
Canada: Tamils' transnational elections ‘an experiment in democracy'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tamils-transnational-electi...
Canada: Thousands of Tamil Canadians vote for ‘government'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/thousands-of-tamil-...
Sri Lanka must respect memory of war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/04/sri-lanka-must-respe...
SLA destroys Liberation Tiger war heroes tombs in Uduppiddi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31670
Sri Lanka to scale back emergency laws: minister
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100504/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestlaw_20...
Colombo relaxes some provisions of Emergency Regulations
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31672
No threat SL state sovereignty, no need for emergency, says Fonseka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31675
Pardon of Sri Lankan journalist welcome, details needed
http://cpj.org/2010/05/pardon-of-sri-lankan-journalist-welcome-details-n...
Pardon 'welcomed' but questions remain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100504_tissa_reax.shtml
FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in Sri Lanka
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48185220100503?fee...
Long struggle for displaced Sri Lankan Tamils
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8643763.stm
Fonseka court martial halted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100503_fonseka_appeal.shtml
UK: Sri Lankans 'united' in UK elections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/highlights/story/2010/05/100503_uk_election...
UK: Tamils' cause finds support amongst candidates from all three British parties
http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=2739
Sri Lanka government relaxes war-time emergency laws
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8661394.stm
Armed men keep six girls in unconscious state in Batticaloa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31687
Education revitalizes displaced communities in Sri Lanka
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sri_lanka_53536.html
UN failed to protect Tamil civilians - Lord Patten
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31682
"To tell the truth is crime in Sri Lanka" - wife of disappeared Sinhalese journalist
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31681
INTERVIEW - IMF urges Sri Lanka reforms to get loan moving again
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48243420100505?fee...
Sri Lanka cricketers told to shun Dalai Lama over China ties
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31680
Fonseka begins fast as military prevents attending parliament
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31683
TN 'to look after' Prabhakaran's mother
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100504_parvathie_tamilna...
English language journalist assaulted in Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31689
Sri Lanka: Why Sustain The ‘State of Exception'?
http://www.eurasiareview.com/2010/05/sri-lanka-why-sustain-state-of.html
UK: Sri Lanka joins international issues in British parties' focus
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31684
Australia: Palriment of South Wales - Tamil Refugees
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20100...
Australia: Dramatic drop in Sri Lankan boatpeople
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/dramatic-drop-in-sri-lankan-...
Malaysia: 75 Sri Lankan asylum seekers end stand-off in Malaysia
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-end-...
Sri Lanka fears revival of war crimes charges
http://sify.com/news/sri-lanka-fears-revival-of-war-crimes-charges-news-...
Sri Lanka to probe wartime rights abuses
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20100506/tap-as-sri-lanka-reconciliation-5...
Colombo announces reconciliation commissison classifying 1,350 LTTE POWs as criminals
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31695
On Sri Lanka, As UN's Ban Delays on Panel, Pascoe's Trip Delayed For "Goodies"
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1unfollow050510.html
8 political prisoners assaulted by Jaffna prison personnel
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31692
SRI LANKA: Moves to boost livelihoods in former combat-zone
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89030
Sri Lanka's main opposition faces leadership question as it attempts to regroup
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100506/FOREIGN/70...
Monk Areested Over Alleged Abuse of Orphaned girls
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=13439
SRI LANKA: President to take over Attorney General's Department will further damage the rule of law
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2010statements/2529/
EU demands release of Fonseka, Colombo told
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31697
Explaining China's Growing Influence in Sri Lanka
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers38/paper3797.html
UK: Why Genocide is an issue in the British elections
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31693
Canada: Accused terrorism-financer expected to plead guilty in Vancouver court
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Accused+terrorism+financer+expected+ple...
Roma Tearne: 'Sri Lanka's writers must remember and speak out'
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/roma-tear...
Sri Lanka ex-army chief vows to expose war crimes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100506/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestpoliti...
'Expose and punish war criminals' Fonseka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100506_fonseka_expose.shtml
SRI LANKA: The Asian Human Rights Commission cautiously welcomes the move for the appointment of a commission for truth and reconciliation
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2010statements/2531/
Sri Lanka not given conditions for GSP renewal, says EU
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=13453
Rebuilding Sri Lanka's north - Winners and losers
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16068930&f...
Justice Minister of war crimes government appointed as UN human rights official
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31701
"Threat to country shifted from battle field to diplomacy" - SL Foreign Minister
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31698
Dispute but not insult - new minister
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100507_keheliya_media.shtml
Need of the hour is consensus and collective leadership
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=31696
Jaffna after the war: Observations by a visitor
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/05/07/jaffna-after-the-war-observations-...
Sri Lanka: Government Proposal Won't Address War Crimes
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/07/sri-lanka-government-proposal-won-...
Colombo adopts failed Sudanese ruse to deflect war crimes charges - Prof. Boyle
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31719
On Sri Lanka, UN Soft Peddles Humanitarian Law, Still No War Crimes Panel for Ban Ki-moon after Gota Rajapaksa Threats
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2unfollow050910.html
Sri Lanka calls on West to crack down on rebel funding
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100507/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaswitzlerland...
SL Defence Ministry blocks international media persons visiting North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31708
SLA builds base on demolished LTTE War Heroes' Resting Home in Uduppiddi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31710
A Tamil group arrested in Italy say they were sent to Europe on a SL Defense Chief's mission
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=13466
Sri Lanka risks losing the peace
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/sri-lanka-risks-losing-the-...
Colombo accelerates Sinhalicisation of Madu
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31726
TGTE member from New Zealand speaks on Vaddukkoaddai Resolution
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31722
Tamil leaders call for day of mourning to mark 'catastrophe' after Sri Lankan war victory
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/world/article/522626--tamil-leaders-call-...
Arumugam Rajeevan (Australian Tamil whose attempts to raise money for humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka found him being convicted of raising funds for the Tamil Tigers.)
http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/2892894.htm?site=adelaide
Australia playing "political football" with refugees: Amnesty International
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31714
Austrlaia: Trade Unions slam Australia's treatment of refugees
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31720
Australia: Five asylum seekers feared drowned
http://www.theage.com.au/national/five-asylum-seekers-feared-drowned-201...
Sri Lankan defence ministry begins evicting poor in Colombo
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/sril-m10.shtml
As UN Delays on War Crimes in Sri Lanka, New Ambassador Criticizes Press and "Blogging Privilege," Colombo Style
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri3unfollow051010.html
SL government stages hidden agenda in Jaffna peninsula - Jaffna MP
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31731
US welcomes Sri Lanka commission
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100511_us_truth.shtml
Opinion: Sri Lanka - Cat and Mouse game of a supercilious government
http://digitaljournal.com/article/291791
Australia: Sri Lankan boatpeople who swam for help feared dead
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sri-lankan-boatpeople-who-swam-for-...
Australia: Five Sri Lankans lost amid big sharks
http://www.smh.com.au/national/five-sri-lankans-lost-amid-big-sharks-201...
Australia: Sri Lankans 'panicked' in rescue bid
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/sri-lankans-panicked-in-resc...
Canada: Tamil Tiger case puts spotlight on laws against financing terrorism
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/tamil-tige...
Jaffna peninsula people gripped in shock, fear as abductions escalate
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31739
India calls for 'effective devolution'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100511_india_devolution....
Sri Lanka's Turnaround Could Signal New Beginning
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51384
Arbour to campaign for independent war-crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31734
Cancellation tactics make potential candidates withdraw from TGTE elections
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31733
You can die at sea, Tamils warned
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/you-can-die-at-sea-tamils-wa...
Australia must ratify Tamil referendum results: Greens MLA
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31736
Australia: Costly exercise: asylum seekers' private jet flights cost $5.6m
http://www.smh.com.au/national/costly-exercise-asylum-seekers-private-je...
Canada: Tamil Tiger fundraiser pleads guilty
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/05/11/bc-tamil-tiger-fundrai...
Canada: Ontario man pleads guilty to raising funds for banned Tamil Tigers rebels
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/808062--ontario-man-pleads-gu...
Canada: Crown seeks two-year sentence for terrorism financing
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Crown+seeks+year+sentence+terrorism+fin...
On War Crimes Experts, UN Waits for "Sham"Sri Lankan Panel, Hiding Behind Rice
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri4unfollow051110.html
US welcomes Sri Lanka's dud commission
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31743
REFILE-Sri Lanka war crimes probe says lacks legal powers
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE6490U4.htm
Pirapaharan's mother admitted to VVT hospital in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31746
In cynical gesture, Sri Lankan president pardons journalist
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/sril-m12.shtml
Explosion in SLA Point Pedro camp causes tension
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31741
SLA junior officer recovered dead in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31744
Chinese embrace may prove costly to Sri Lanka
http://policyresearchgroup.com/regional_weekly/special_topics/728.html
Sri Lanka's Gen Sarath Fonseka denies incitement charge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8677831.stm
Recalling Prabhakaran's end
http://news.rediff.com/column/2010/may/12/nitin-gokhale-on-the-lttes-def...
Third party required to resolve TGTE election dispute in France
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31742
Canadian Tamil Congress holds May Remembrance inside Canadian Parliament
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=563&id=5895
Sri Lanka says puts own terms for IMF loan
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48468320100513?fee...
Land in the Eastern Province - Politics, Policy and Conflict
http://cpalanka.org/page.php?id=0&pubid=722&key=9bdd5f06c37bdab66735ca41...
Europe's Storm Could Toss Sri Lanka
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870425010457523940032663232...
Sri Lanka hunts for Tamil Tigers operating overseas
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lanka-hunts-for-tamil-tig...
On Sri Lanka War Crimes, US' Rice Supports UN's Ban, So Panel Without Delay?
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri5unfollow051310.html
SL Cabinet approves establishment of Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31751
I was a writer and dramatist even as a militant: Shobasakthi
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_i-was-a-writer-and-dramatist-ev...
Pirapaharan's mother admitted to VVT hospital in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31746
Sri Lanka's Tamil expats try to revive separatist movement with 'government in exile'
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100514/FOREIGN/70...
California street fair embraces Sri Lanka boycott message
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31750
Lest We Forget: Children affected by Genocidal War Crimes of Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31753
May is the another Black July for Eelam Tamils
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=145&id=5897
NESoHR: Except Dublin, world remains without action on Colombo's War Crimes
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31770
SLA soldiers deployed again in road checks, patrol in Jaffna peninsula
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31768
Sri Lanka: UN must investigate human rights violations
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18760
Sri Lanka wary of Tiger revival abroad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100516/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunresttamil_...
Tamil women denied the right to live in peace
http://www.thescavenger.net/people/tamil-women-denied-right-to-live-in-p...
A clueless regime's parade for glory with a bumpkin polity
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/05/15/a-clueless-regimes-parade-for-glor...
SLA tears down Tamil Heroes memorial monuments in VVT
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31767
SLA converts Tiger Heroes Resting Homes into bases in Vanni, Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31766
Former caretaker of Uduppiddi LTTE Heroes Resting Home found dead in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31762
War by other means
http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=2744
"I don't know why Kalaignar Aiya sent me back": Parvathi Amma
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31765
Swiss Tamils observe May Remembrance, highlight geopolitical injustice
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31763
Tamils commemorate Vanni massacre at Lincoln memorial
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31764
ICG Executive Summary: War Crimes in Sri Lanka
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/191-war-...
ICG Full Report: WAR CRIMES IN SRI LANKA Asia Report N°191 - 17 May 2010
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/191%2...
Sri Lanka Forces Blamed for Most Civilian Deaths
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/world/asia/17lanka.html?partner=rss&em...
S.Lanka slammed over civilian deaths
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100517/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankawarcrimesunr...
On Sri Lanka, ICG Calls for Investigation of UN Inaction, Ban Panel Still Delayed
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri6unfollow051610.html
One year on, Sri Lanka still divided
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LE18Df04.html
Resettlement of uprooted civilians remains rejected in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31759
Thought crime, torture and kingly fiat
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31758
‘War and Peace' and the APRC Proposals1
http://www.peacepolls.org/documents/peacepolls/001173.pdf
Austalia: New asylum boat adds fuel to policy debate
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/new-asylum-boat-adds-fuel-to-po...
Canada: Six months in jail for Tamil Tiger fundraiser too lax, Liberal MP says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/tamil-fund...
Canadian coalition urges international inquiry on 'war crimes'
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/292065#tab=comments&sc=0&local=
Colombo, SLA 'poking spear into an unhealed wound' : JUSU
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31776
On Sri Lanka, UN Can't Say How Many Died, Nor If Ban Called for Ceasefire
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri7unfollow051710.html
UN warns of Sri Lanka 'donor fatigue'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8689074.stm
Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100517_humanrights.shtml
A call to investigate war crimes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100517_icgcrisis.shtml
Tamil Nadu Police denies permission to Muthukumaran statue
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31771
SLA instructs public on celebrating its Mu'l'l'ivaaikkal victory in Jaffna peninsula
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31772
SLA blocks May remembrance events in Jaffna, journalists threatened
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31773
Sri Lanka under fire for killing thousands
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sri-lanka-under-fire-for-killing-thousands-2...
Call for probe into human rights abuses in Sri Lanka
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201005/s2903024.htm
Sri Lanka accused of war crimes in final onslaught
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sri-lanka-accused-of-war-cr...
One year after war Sri Lanka asked to account for alleged "war crimes"
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/810720--one-year-after-war-sri...
Sri Lanka faces new calls for Tamil inquiry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/17/sri-lanka-tamil-inquiry
Sri Lanka one year on from war ( Desmond Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/18/sri-lanka-lasting-peace
Valikaamam HSZ resettlement issue remains unresolved
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31775
TGTE inaugurated in transnational way, Ramsey Clark stresses importance of history
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31774
Sri Lanka's Vindictive Peace
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/17/sri_lankas_vindictive_p...
Accounting for 2009 will define Sri Lanka's future - editorial
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31778
Rains delay Sri Lanka victory parade, 200,000 displaced
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100517/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaweatherflood...
Australia: Asylum plea for Sri Lanka war crimes witnesses
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/18/2902268.htm
Australia: Report damns Tamil returns
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/report-damns-tamil-returns/story-e6...
Canada: Canada urged to probe Sri Lankan war crimes
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-urged-to-probe-sri-l...
Sri Lanka Tamil killings 'ordered from the top'
Exclusive: a senior Sri Lankan army commander and frontline soldier tell Channel 4 News that point-blank executions of Tamils at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war were carried out under orders. One frontline soldier said: "Yes, our commander ordered us to kill everyone. We killed everyone."
Article: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/sr...
Video 1: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid62612474001?bctid=863825...
Video 2: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid62612474001?bctid=863754...
Video 3: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid62612474001?bctid=863754...
Sri Lanka former Tamil Tiger 'mass wedding' planned
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10125414.stm
Ex-Tamil Tiger fighters held in limbo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10122772.stm
CPJ Special Reports: In Sri Lanka, no peace dividend for press
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/05/sri-lanka-no-peace-dividend-for-press.php
CPJ Special Reports: A year later, still failing to fight media attacks
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/05/sri-lanka-a-year-later-still-failing-to-f...
CPJ Special Reports: Jaffna editors navigate minefield
http://cpj.org/reports/2010/05/sri-lanka-jaffna-editors-navigate-minefie...
S.Lanka's aborted victory parade 'sign from gods'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100519/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestmilita...
On Sri Lanka, UN Won't Answer Questions, Its IRIN Censors Criticism of Ban?
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri8unfollow051810.html
Sri Lanka's ethnic divisions still deep and dangerous
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sri-lankas-ethnic-divisions-still-deep-and-d...
A year after the defeat of the LTTE, human rights are still pivotal in Sri Lanka
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/7739727/A-year-a...
Sri Lanka's Civil War Legacy One Year Later
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bennett-ramberg-phd/sri-lankas-civil-war-l...
A fragile peace
http://www.theage.com.au/world/a-fragile-peace-20100518-vc53.html
SLA soldiers force Tamils to hoist Sri Lankan flag in Jaffna peninsula
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31781
SLA releases 495 Tamils detained in special detention centres in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31782
SLA to hold Vesak celebration in Jaffna next week
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31783
UK: New British Government urged to help Sri Lanka's war displaced
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/12178
Australia: Returned asylum seekers killed, jailed: advocate
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/19/2903429.htm?section=world
Canada: NDP - Tamil - Days of Remembrance
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=64&id=5901
Canadian Tamils in black mourn victims of 'war crimes
http://twocircles.net/2010may19/canadian_tamils_black_mourn_victims_war_...
Canada: Empowered by Arbour report, Tamils demonstrate at Ontario legislature
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/empowered-by-arbour-report-...
Canada: Hundreds of T.O. Tamils gather at Queen's Park
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100518/tamils-canada-10...
NYT - The Lede - New Accusations of War Crimes in Sri Lanka
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/new-accusations-of-war-crime...
New political party in Tamil Nadu vows to fight for Tamil Eelam
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31786
Mass grave discovered in Naachchikkudaa, Mannaar
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31785
As Sri Lanka Names Its Own Palihakkara as Investigator, UN Panel Would Not Look at UN's Role in War Crimes
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri9unfollow051910.html
Critics accuse Sri Lanka of using scorched earth tactics against Tamils
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100520/FOREIGN/70...
Report: The Sins of Sri Lanka's Great War Victory
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1990299,00.html?xid=rss-wo...
One year on, conditions worsen for war-displaced Sri Lankans
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48631920100519?fee...
May remembrance observed in Jaffna amid SLA intimidation
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31787
Post-war Sri Lanka searches for 'just peace'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8690408.stm
ICRC requests access to the rehabilitation camps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100519_icrc.shtml
Sri Lanka failed to build on war victory: former general
http://sify.com/news/sri-lanka-failed-to-build-on-war-victory-former-gen...
S.Lanka vows to prevent Tiger revival
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100520/wl_asia_afp/srilankaunrestintellige...
Colombo steps up Sinhalicisation in Trincomalee
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31784
UN Human Rights Council's Resolution on Sri Lanka is a bounced cheque
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=211&id=5903
Opinion: A year on, Sri Lanka suffers
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/100519/colombo-sri-lanka-wa...
Presidential Election 2010-Consolidation of Sinhala Constituency or Harbinger of Ethnic Reconciliation
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers39/paper3819.html
A Tiger Safari
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&id=5904
UK: British MPs call for war crimes probes at Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31788
Canada: Government of Ontario - Day of Remembrance
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=64&id=5902
Sri Lanka: New Evidence of Wartime Abuses
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/20/sri-lanka-new-evidence-wartime-abuses
Rights groups say new evidence suggests Sri Lanka war crimes against Tamil Tigers
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0521/Rights-group...
Jaffna: One year after the end of the war in Sri Lanka
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/sril-m20.shtml
On Sri Lanka, IMF Calls War Crimes Report Of Concern, Tranche Turns on Budget?
http://www.innercitypress.com/imf1lanka052010.html
Sri Lanka rebounds after rebel defeat, but scars linger
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/srilanka.anniversary/index.h...
Sri Lanka's bitter peace one year on
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/sri-lankas-bitter-peace-one-ye...
"The Sri Lanka option" - Friends like these
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16167758&f...
Sri Lanka's powerful president - Putting the raj in Rajapaksa
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16167748&f...
Tamil Nadu Film society to shun IIFA Festival in Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31795
TGTE constitution to be drafted within 3 months
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31790
106 schools closed, 60000 students deprived of education in north
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31793
CPJ protests against the repression of media
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100520_cpj.shtml
Opinion: Tamil Issues Are Wider Than The Borders of Sri Lanka
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/291564
Australia: Deported Sri Lankans 'beaten and killed'
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1260562/Deported-Sri-Lankans-beaten-a...
Canada: Tamil youth stand in solidarity to make a difference in Sri Lanka
http://digitaljournal.com/article/292209#tab=comments&sc=0&local
Canada: Sri Lankan diplomat dismisses war-crimes claim
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/sri-lankan-diplomat-dismiss...
Canada: Toronto Tamils remember the fallen on one-year anniversary
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/292208
Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam- seems like a very good idea, drawing up a constitution for this government in exile.
Amestey International Video - Sri Lanka - Finding the Killers
http://www.amnestyusa.org/all-countries/sri-lanka/page.do?id=1011241
Camouflaged ban on Tamil Eelam by New Delhi, Chennai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31825
Is the U.N. complicit in Sri Lankan war crimes?
http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/05/24/is_the_un_complicit_...
Sri Lankan president tightens his grip
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100523/FOREIGN/70...
SLA demolishes Valvai Monument for victims massacred by IPKF in VVT
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31798
Taking stock on the first anniversary of Internationally abetted genocide
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=31800
Sri Lanka and Its Journalists -- A Country Going Wrong
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-dietz/sri-lanka-and-its-journal_b_5876...
The deadly cost of peace in Sri Lanka
http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2010/05/23/the-deadly-cost-of-peace-in-...
Congressman's war crimes call to Clinton to dog Peiris's visit
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31806
GL in US
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100523_glpeirisus.shtml
Peiris US bound amid war crime calls in US Congress
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31801
Government planning to bring Sinhalese colonists again to Ma'nalaa'ru in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31804
How Beijing won Sri Lanka's civil war
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/how-beijing-won-sri-lankas-...
Sri Lanka, no Indian Ocean paradise
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/may/23/sri-l...
International groups call for war crimes inquiry after new photos
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/292345#tab=comments&sc=0&local=
Demise of LTTE commanders and its implications - Opinion
http://www.tamileelamnews.com/news/publish/tns_12699.shtml
NP Governor orders priority to Southern contractors in Northern development tenders
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31805
Jaffna SLA blocks efforts to reopen schools, government buildings closed due to war in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31799
Sri Lanka's Peiris to Meet Ban, Nambiar and Select Press, War Crimes and Internment Camp Questions Not Taken
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1peiris052210.html
In Waldorf, Peiris and Kohona of Sri Lanka Spin Selectively, War Crimes Defense Tour Begins Behind Closed Doors
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2peiris052310.html
On UN Role in Sri Lanka War Crimes, Ban Rejects Then Denies Rejecting Allegations
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1banreject052410.html
As UN Ban Ki-moon Hosts Sri Lanka Peiris, Press Banned Even from Photo Op, "Turn That Camera Off"
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2banreject052410.html
Kokilai nature reserve 'bulldozed'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100524_kokilai_settlemen...
'Name the detainees' Govt. urged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100524_war_missing.shtml
Missing persons' relatives hold demonstration in Vavuniyaa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31819
Sri Lanka struggles amid 'worst natural disaster since Boxing Day tsunami'
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/sri.lanka.struggles.amid.worst.nat...
Half a million affected by floods
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100521_floods.shtml
Sri Lanka steps up pressure against foreign war panel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8702916.stm
Rights group calls for war crimes probe in Sri Lanka
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/rights-group-calls-for-war-cri...
Probe war crimes in Sri Lanka
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/...
Youth activists favoured in TGTE elections of Australia
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31821
Wife of victim in Channel-4 photo identifies husband
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31820
GRAPHIC MATERIALS: Video: New Evidence of war crimes committed by the Government of Sri Lanka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leNZs2YNGYU
Canada: Head off the phantom Tigers' Canadian base
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/head-off-the-pha...
Vanni in the year after war: Tears of despair and fear
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/05/26/vanni-in-the-year-after-war-tears-...
Sri Lanka Rejects War Crimes Accusations
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/25/sri_lankas_government_r...
Sri Lankan CID to record statement from UN representative over Fonseka interview
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31833
NP Governor accuses Jaffna NGOs of malpractice in assisting resettled Vanni families
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31830
Garment Sector, Gov't Optimistic about Trade Pact with EU
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51585
Protests in Sri Lanka over proposed trade pact with India
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100525/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaindiatrade
Sri Lanka urges US to focus on business, not just rights
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100525/pl_afp/ussrilankadiplomacy
A Year After Defeating Terrorism, Sri Lanka Embodies Hope and Change
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gamini-lakshman-peiris/a-year-after-defeat...
War-Affected Women Bewail Their Plight
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51575
Fast-disappearing treasuries the pick in Sri Lanka
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-48804220100526?fee...
As Sri Lanka Spins, UN Slow and Silent on Why Stopped Counting the Dead
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri3banreject052510.html
Canada: Charity Without Terror
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1536-charity-without-terror
Malaysia: Detained SL asylum seekers in Malaysia launch hunger strike
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31829
Venezuela: How can one trust a brutal government that has no respect or tolerance for the media?
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=92355
Australia: Aboriginal Passports issued to asylum seekers prevented from entering Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkjJpz7nxWM
Sri Lanka wants U.S. to focus on more than just human rights
http://digitaljournal.com/article/292529
On Murders after Surrender, UN's Nambiar Muses on Crossfire, Speaking With Kohona
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1nambiar052510.html
On Sri Lanka, UN Did Not Recuse Nambiar, UK Supports Ban Panel, Peiris Waits
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1panel052610.html
SLA occupies 80% of agricultural land in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31838
Central land authority to colonize Vaanaa'ru Muslim village with Sinhalese
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31837
Amnesty International: The State of the World's Human Rights
Website: http://thereport.amnesty.org/
2010 Report: http://thereport.amnesty.org/sites/default/files/AIR2010_AZ_EN.pdf#page=248
UN human rights bodies ineffectual: Amnesty International
http://www.canada.com/news/human+rights+bodies+ineffectual+Amnesty+Inter...
Amnesty's report condemns 'politicisation of justice'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10166788.stm
Amnesty: G20 frustrating human rights progress
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVwFdLd7DXxGKTnItqn23s...
Asian conflicts exact heavy civilian toll in 2009: Amnesty
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itQ8WdWq_1mgD56agPGZC...
States block progress on global justice - Amnesty
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64P71B20100526
Protests in Sri Lanka over proposed trade pact with India
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100525/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaindiatrade
Indian push to finalise trade agreement sparks protests in Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31835
U.S. State Dept lifts travel warning on Sri Lanka
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26198646.htm
Tamil Tiger child rebels go home
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10165563.stm
Former JVP MP questioned by the CID over meeting with Vanni parents in Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31839
M.I.A.'s Agitprop Pop
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/magazine/30mia-t.html?pagewanted=all
Australia : Coalition to insist refugees work for keep
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/coalition-to-insist-refugees-wo...
Australia: Amnesty International takes Australia to task on human rights abuses
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/amnesty-international-takes-...
Canada: Winning Justice for Suresh
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=563&id=5907
Canada: Justice for Suresh
http://www.justiceforsuresh.org/
Canada: A9 Memories (Justice for Suresh)
http://a9memories.com/
