Sri Lanka Will Study UN Call for Report on LTTE Leaders’ Deaths
December 22 2009 – Bloomberg
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka will study a call by the United Nations for a report on the alleged shooting of surrendering Tamil rebel leaders by the army, saying the accusation is “baseless” and a humiliation for the country.
The government in Colombo said it will make a formal response to the request made by Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The allegation was made by the former army Chief General Sarath Fonseka in an interview Dec. 13 with the Sunday Leader newspaper.
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Fonseka claims aide was abducted and held for two days
December 22 2009 – Daily Mirror
Presidential Candidate General Sarath Fonseka informed the Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka at the Elections Secretariat a short while ago that one of his aides, who is a retired army captain and was in charge of his internal security and campaign security, had been abducted two days ago, held at an unknown location and later released after being threatened, sources close to the General told Daily Mirror online.
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The Christmas Story In Retrospect
December 22 2009 – Tamilcanadian
2042 years ago Jesus Christ was born to fulfill a promise made to redeem the world of sin and save mankind from hell. The birth of Christ which was awaited for years with interest by sages and Kings did not take place in a palace or a beautiful home. There were no royalty or dignitary to receive him. Was he born in his parental house or a decent hospital? The answer is no. His birth took place in a manger, away from the home and country of his parents, who at the time of his birth could have been described as internally displaced.
Yes, internally displaced, because his parents Joseph and Mary had to leave Nazareth and go to Bethlehem, their city of birth for enumeration. Joseph and Mary even though they were of royal descent did not have sufficient resources to book into a decent place or hotel for the arrival of the precious child. They were turned away from inns and hotels which were said to be full.
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UN questions government on Fonseka’s allegations
December 21 2009 – Daily Mirror
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions, has asked the government to provide an explanations with regard to the circumstances of the death of 3 senior LTTE cadres and their families during the last stages of the military operations.
The request for explanations follows the recent statement made by Gen (Rtd) Sarath Fonseka an opposition candidate in the forthcoming Presidential election, alleging that such killings had taken place, in an interview with The Sunday Leader of Dec. 13, 09, the President’s media unit said.
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Tamil Diaspora to EU: Sri Lankan Violations are the Symptom, not the Disease
December 21 2009 – PR Web
Colombo’s long-time oppression of the Tamils is the disease, and the human rights violations that concern the EU are just a symptom, said Tamils for Obama in a letter to the EU’s European Commission and the European Parliament’s members. Unless the disease is cured–which means establishing a safe place for the Sri Lankan Tamils–the symptom will keep on recurring.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 21, 2009 — Colombo’s long-time oppression of the Tamils is the disease, and the human rights violations that concern the EU are just a symptom, said Tamils for Obama in a letter to the EU’s European Commission and the European Parliament’s members. Unless the disease is cured–which means establishing a safe place for the Sri Lankan Tamils–the symptom will keep on recurring, the Tamil group said.
A spokesman for Tamils for Obama explained “We used this medical metaphor to try to clarify the situation to the European Union. You don’t need to be a doctor to know that unless you can cure the disease, the symptoms are not going to go away, at least not for the long term. The disease here is the Colombo government’s oppression of its Sri Lankan Tamil minority, which began almost as soon as the British left in 1948. The human rights violations of the Sri Lankan government are just a visible result of this underlying cause.
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