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  • Tamils Killing Sri Lanka Guilty Permanent People’s Tribunal

    The Permanent People’s Tribunal , an international body has indicted Sri Lanka as Guilty of war crimes in killing the Tamils, under the guise of ending Terrorism in the Island Nation.

    Channel 4 exposed the gruesome killing of innocent Tamilians point-blank, children and women included.

    Earlier Human Right Watch has had the same view.

    Child Killed in Sri Lanka
    Child Killed

    Recently David Cameron, PM, UK, met with the survivors of the Genocide when he attended the CHOGM Summit in Colombo.

    “After an assessment of evidences presented by eyewitnesses and experts, judges of the Permanent People’s Tribunal reached unanimous consensus that the Sri Lankan state was guilty of crimes of genocide against the Eezham Tamils and that the genocide is continuing even after the end of the military operations against the LTTE. Concluding the four day session with a press conference at Bremen on Tuesday, the judges also noted that the Sri Lankan military did not have capacity to commit genocide on its own and that it was supported by the UK-USA-India axis. While the judges held the USA and the UK to be complicit in the genocidal process, they were of the opinion that more evidence was needed as regards India’s role.”

    The PPT Report on Tamils Killing by Sri Lanka.

    ”
    The Second Session of the Peoples’ Tribunal on Sri Lanka concluded today in Bremen, Germany, with
    the presentation of its verdict. The panel of eleven judges unanimously found Sri Lanka guilty of the
    crime of genocide against the Eelam Tamil people, and that this crime continues today.

    The Tribunal specified that the victims are in this case the Eelam Tamils as a national group.

    The Tribunal  found that genocide against the Eelam Tamil group has not yet achieved the total
    destruction of their identity. The genocidal coordinated plan of actions reached its climax on May 2009,
    but it is clear that the Sri Lanka Government project to erase the Eelam Tamil identity, corroborated by
    the above mentioned conduct, shows that genocide is a process and that process is ongoing.  The
    genocidal strategy changed once the perpetrators gained control of the territory. The killings are being
    transformed into other forms of conduct, but the intention to destroy the group and its identity remains
    and continues, through causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the Eelam Tamil group…

    The Tribunal considers that the proofs established, beyond any reasonable doubt that the following acts
    were committed by the Government of Sri Lanka
    (a) Killing members of the group, which includes massacres, indiscriminate shelling, the strategy of
    herding civilians into so‐called “No Fire Zones” for the purpose of massive killings, targeted assassinations
    of outspoken Eelam Tamil civil leaders who were capable of articulating the Sri Lankan genocide project
    to the outside world
    (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, including
    acts of torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, sexual violence including rape, interrogations
    combined with beatings, threats of death, and harm that damages health or causes disfigurement
    or injury.
    (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction
    in whole or in part, including
    * expulsions of the victims from their homes, * seizures of private lands, * declaring vast areas as military
    High Security Zone (HSZ) to facilitate the military acquisition of Tamil land

    Further, the Tribunal considered evidence related to
    (d) Imposingmeasuresintended to prevent births within the group
    including forced sterilization and coerced contraception of Eelam Tamil women.  Further investigation is
    required on the extent of this practice in other regions before a determination is made on whether these
    could be considered genocidal acts.

    The UK and USA were found to be guilty of complicity in the crime of genocide, including
    ‐‐ complicity by procuring means, such as weapons, instruments or any other means, used to commit
    genocide, with the accomplice knowing that such means would be used for such a purpose;
    ‐‐ complicity by knowingly aiding or abetting a perpetrator of a genocide in the planning or enabling acts
    thereof;

    Recognizing that the Sri Lankan state alone did not have the capacity to achieve their genocidal
    ambitions, and given the evidence presented, the Tribunal believes that the UK, the USA and India are
    guilty of complicity in genocide. However, given time constraints the Tribunal decided to withhold its
    decision pending the consideration of additional evidence as to the possibility that India, as well as other
    States, are indeed guilty of complicity in the crime of genocide against the Eelam Tamils.

    More than 30 direct eye‐witnesses and experts testified in support of the Prosecution’s case, providing
    evidence on various alleged crimes that could be determined to constitute the crime of genocide, as well
    as on the legal and historical background and the charges of complicity.

    Download the File at,

    Source:

    http://www.tamilnewsnetwork.com/2013/12/11/sri-lanka-guilty-of-genocide-ppt-verdict/

    As to India’s Complicity in this Genocide, a Post follows.

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  • Deport Sri Lankan Tamils To Australia Karunanidhi

    Karunanidhi being arrested.
    Karunanidhi being arrested.

    In a rare, which has become not so rare with Karunandihi, the self-styled Saviour and Leader of the Tamils, who went on a Fast to end the Sri Lankan war, between Breakfast and Lunch suggested to the Central Government of India to send the Sri Lankan Tamils!

    Though the suggestion came in the wake of the arrest of the Sri Lankan Refugees attempting to Flee to Australia,this is a shocker.

    He can armtwist the central Government into giving Cabinet berths to his daughter, grand-nephew, could beg and cajole the Congress at the Center to vote for his daughter , Kanimozhi, who was jailed for 2 G Scam to gain an entry into the Rajya Sabha, despite his having broken the DMK‘s alliance with the Congress,

    So much for his concern for the Tamils!

    Read what this irresponsible statement has made the Sri Lankan Media spew venom on the Sri Lankan Tamils and India.

    While people have been claiming that Restoration and Resettlement programmes have been on full swing in Sri anka and the Sinhalese are turning to peaceful ways to live with the Tamilians, read as to how the Media calls these Tamils ?issue as ‘Garbage”

    Though Karunanidhi’s statement is stupid there is no denying the fact that the Government of India is totally ignoring the Tamils of Sri Lanka under the Phantom of China.

    I have recently read that Srilanka has signd a Treaty with China to fish near India, the Sri Lankan vessels would fly China’s Flag along with the Sri Lankan Flag to fish in . ostensibly, Sri Lankan waters off the Coast of Tamil Nadu!

    The appeasement policy of the Government of India is akin to toe appeasement of Hitler by England during the early stages of the First World War.

    Time India takes action to ward off Tamil Separatism, which would be justified if the present trend continues.

    Story:

    ”

    Mr. Karunanidhi reiterated his demand for firm action from the Centre to put an end to the frequent attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen and their detention by the Sri Lankan Navy as the appeals made by political parties in the State, including the letters written by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, to the Prime Minister, did not have any impact.

    He suggested that the government could facilitate migration of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to Australia, if they were confident of leading a better life Down Under. No purpose would be served by arresting and detaining them in prison whenever the refugees attempted to flee to Australia, he said. Condemning the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya, the former Chief Minister called for appropriate action against those responsible for it.”

    ”

    Then again, Karunanidhi being Karunanidhi, the poor man obviously cannot keep away from the theme that appeals to Indian politicians, and helps many of them to steal the limelight and hoodwink the illiterate and uninformed Tamil Nadu voters. He laments Sri Lanka’s poor track record of “reneging on earlier commitments” and adds, “it remains to be seen whether the country will fulfil its promises made to National Security Adviser (of India)!”.

    Sri Lanka is under no obligation whatsoever to promise anything to India, represented by its foreign ministry or the security apparatus high ups. In the same tone, dumping in the garbage any such promises that had been made, for whatever reason, too, is Sri Lanka’s pristine prerogative, as the island nation is not a vassal state of India or one of the states or union territories that comprises the behemoth that goes today as India.

    Rather than worrying about implementing whatever promises, agreements, accords or pacts between Sri Lanka and India, what Sri Lanka should do is to demand compensation through the International Court of Justice for the damage India has inflicted upon it. India turned a rag tag bunch of street thugs originating from Velvetithurai and other regions of Northern Sri Lanka to a powerful and ruthless and killing machine that was ready to take on the armed forces of sovereign Sri Lanka head on. It is only after the Sri Lanka-based LTTE killers were annihilated in May 2009 – the terrorists would have been vanquished in 1987, if not for India poking its dirty finger – that Sri Lankans have started enjoying the peace that had been hijacked by LTTE.”

    Sources:

    http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2013/07/12/send-sri-lanka-tamils-to-australia-karunanidhi-comes-out-with-a-gem/

    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/karunanidhi-sceptical-about-sri-lanka-promises/article4907298.ece

     

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  • Tamils Killings No Fire Zone Campaign Against Sri Lanka

    The Rajapakshe Government seems to be care free despite its Genocide of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

    The World Powers’ action is not enough.

    For Full Documentary check Under Sri Lanka,Videos

    Peoples’ Movement of the World is necessary to bring the criminals to Book.

    Genocide in Sri Lanka
    Tamils Killed Sri Lanka

    Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Crisis Group are jointly  screening  the film “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. throughout the world.

    The Film has been screened for the European Parliament, it was followed by a panel discussion.

    Additional details at the Link:

    http://storify.com/crisisgroup/no-fire-zone-screening-and-panel-discussion

    Is it not war crime? – Unseen pictures. Inhuman torture on Sri Lankan Tamils

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  • Ethnic Cleansing, Killing of Tamils SriLanka Evidence

    Though protesting vociferously Sri Lanka has been following a Policy of Ethnic Cleansing and Killing of the Tamils in that country.

    This started around 1962, during Bandaranaike Region.

    The came the Agreement, Sirimavo Bandaranaike reign.

    The massacre of Tamils began early.

    Through twists and turns right from Bandaranaike to Jayawardene ,Chandrika Kumaratunga, Premadasa to Rakapakshe the ethnic cleansing remain unabated,

    History of Ethnic cleansing.

    Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam during his arrest in 2008. Tissainayagam was a Tamil journalist and writer specialising in the longstanding conflict between the Sinhala and Tamils in Sri Lanka and was a vocal exponent against the Sri Lankan government. On March 7th 2008, he was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police, held for 6 months without charge and finally sentenced to 20 years hard labor. Due to the international outcry over the ethnic cleansing undertaken on the island by the Rajapaksa regime, and his sentence being overturned at the court of appeal, he was released on 11th January 2010. In a move typical of the public relations element of the Rajapaksa government, the journalist was then pardoned by Rajapaksa on May 3rd 2010.
    Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam during his arrest in 2008. Tissainayagam was a Tamil journalist and writer specialising in the longstanding conflict between the Sinhala and Tamils in Sri Lanka and was a vocal exponent against the Sri Lankan government. On March 7th 2008, he was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police, held for 6 months without charge and finally sentenced to 20 years hard labor. Due to the international outcry over the ethnic cleansing undertaken on the island by the Rajapaksa regime, and his sentence being overturned at the court of appeal, he was released on 11th January 2010. In a move typical of the public relations element of the Rajapaksa government, the journalist was then pardoned by Rajapaksa on May 3rd 2010.
    In this typical scene witnessed regularly throughout history, large migrations of civilians are seen fleeing nationalist violence in a desperate attempt to escape death. This type of migration had been a pre-planned element in the Rajapaksa nationalist doctrine and came about as a direct result of an upswing in military weapons supply and financial funding from China and the United States.
    In this typical scene witnessed regularly throughout history, large migrations of civilians are seen fleeing nationalist violence in a desperate attempt to escape death. This type of migration had been a pre-planned element in the Rajapaksa nationalist doctrine and came about as a direct result of an upswing in military weapons supply and financial funding from China and the United States.

    Since Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain in 1948, relations between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil communities have been strained. Rising ethnic and political tensions, along with ethnic riots and pogroms in 1956, 1958, 1977, 1981 and 1983, led to the formation and strengthening of militant groups advocating independence for Tamils. The ensuing Sri Lankan Civil War has resulted in the deaths of more than 70,000 people and the forced disappearance of thousands of others.

    One-third of Sri Lankan Tamils now live outside Sri Lanka. While there was significant migration during the British colonial period, the civil war that began in 1983 led to more than 800,000 Tamils being forced from their homes within Sri Lanka, and many have left the country for destinations such as Canada, India and Europe.

    Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
    Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    Estimates varying from less than 10000,[16] to 40,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were reportedly killed in the final weeks of the military victory over Tamil rebels in 2009 as the Tamil Tigers took Tamil civilians as human shields, according to the UN,[17] but the end of the civil war has not improved conditions in Sri Lanka,[18] with press freedom not being restored[19] and judiciary coming under political control.[20] Sri Lankan Tamils continue to seek refuge in countries like Canada and Australia.[21][22] The International Organisation for Migration and the Australian government have declared Tamil refugees as economic migrants.[23] Canada has tightened controls on their refugee program due to various abuses within the Canadian refugee system..[24] A Canadian government survey found that over 70% of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees have gone back to Sri Lanka for holidays raising concerns over the legitimacy of their refugee claims.[25](Wiki)

    Despite denials the evidence is there for every one to see from Politicians , Bureaucrats and people on the ground.

    The Rhetoric of Ethnic cleansing.

    As the policy of ethnic cleansing came to its logical military conclusion, Tamils found themselves locked into concentration camps on the island and subject to sexual violence and organised abuse by prison guards. Only through the international public community were some of these people eventually allowed to leave, many having gone into crippling poverty.
    As the policy of ethnic cleansing came to its logical military conclusion, Tamils found themselves locked into concentration camps on the island and subject to sexual violence and organised abuse by prison guards. Only through the international public community were some of these people eventually allowed to leave, many having gone into crippling poverty.
    Mass Killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka
    Mass Killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    The rhetoric of extremism in the globalised security environment that now exists is surprisingly malformed, and equally surprisingly influential. In Sri Lanka, the operation to bring about the ethnic cleansing of the Tamils was initially formed around a humanitarian interventionist pole8 alongside a domestic security intention. This initial rhetoric was criticised at the time as being ‘unlikely’ but due to the globalised posture of governments and media around the world in the post 9/11 event phase, the narrative unusually succeeded in its efforts.

    In the 2008 video below, this rhetoric can be seen with a BBC interview carried out with a Sri Lankan government employee, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha [Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP)]. In this interview, the scope of the nationalist policy against the Tamils can be seen in its formation alongside the belligerence of the British Broadcasting Corporation as it existed at the time.

    Proof.

    In this second interview again for the BBC conducted in 2011 after the full weight of the ethnic cleansing had become known across the world, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha in his capacity as government coordinator of the peace process, routinely defaults to defending the nationalist regime of Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka and further continues to disrupt and retard the interviewers questioning about the massacre in Sri Lanka. He calls into question the motives of the ‘human rights industry’, disambiguates unambiguous questioning given by the interviewer, persistently derails and deviates away from line of enquiry and promotes and demotes salient information in order to evade complicity. This approach is almost identical to his motif in the first interview and reveals persuasive evidence of government rhetoric taking on academic form.

    Evasion

    For many around the world, the efficacy of international law is far from straightforward and given to inherent subjectivity. In an age in which human rights abuses abound throughout all the political environments of the world, justice for those who have been subject to ethnic violence is a long and arduous process with varying chance of realistic success. No matter what weight of evidence exists, no matter how clean the case for prosecution, no matter how ‘persuasive’ the charge given that evidence, international law for many abruptly halts when in collision with the largest of its sponsors. This is undoubtedly true.

    For those in Rajapaksa’s regime, international law is a relative device that can be evaded, but only with considerable prior planning and foresight. For the most part, the personal ideology of Rajapaksa in the form of his own strident nationalism has simply arrived at an end point having reached its logical conclusion. There is evidence that Rajapaksa has been a long-time advocate10of nationalist ideology and his appearance at this point in time simply denotes a man who has seen his time come. It is here, that the fundamental nature of the war against the non-state actor, also known as the so called ‘War on Terror’ is revealed for what it is, a liberation for the tyrant…and a prison for his fool.

    The rhetoric now engaged in by the Rajapaksa nationalists is one in which considerable faith has been placed in the United States, China and India. These three actors constitute the vast bulk of delegates to the United Nations and hold most influence at the International Criminal Court [ICC]. Rajapaksa and his brother Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, have clearly made a calculated appraisal about their fortunes in relation to these three nations and have clearly concluded that Sri Lanka’s geo-strategic political position will successfully renovate international public opinion leading to a general failure of accountability at the UN.

    Acknowledgements.

    http://www.terencebunch.co.uk/articles/extremism-ethnic-cleansing-and-nationalist-rhetoric-in-sri-lanka/

    1. My blogs filed under Sri Lanka, Videos,Tamils

    2. Global Terrorism: 35,000 Worldwide Convicted For Terror Offenses Since September 11 Attacks by MARTHA MENDOZA [AP] 09/03/11 Huffingdon Post

    3. Sri Lanka’s Eastern Provincial Council Convenes; Muslim-tamil Tensions High. US Embassy Colombo – 5th June 2008. Classified By: Charge d’Affaires James R. Moore for reasons: 1.4(b,d). Wikileaks

    4. Sri Lanka War Crimes Evidence. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. YouTube

    5. Sri Lanka’s killing fields. Channel 4, London. Channel 4, London, UK.

    6. Sri Lanka’s killing fields: War Crimes Unpunished. Channel 4, London. Channel 4, London, UK.

    7. “India Worries as China Builds Ports in South Asia.” by VIKAS BAJAJ – February 15th 2010. New York Times, US. New York Times.

    8. HUMANITARIAN OPERATION FACTUAL ANALYSIS JULY 2006 – MAY 2009. Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence. Published July 2011. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. July 2011.

    9.”Understanding Sri Lanka’s defeat of the Tamil Tigers” by Major Niel A. Smith, USA, Executive Officer of 5-1 Cavalry at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. “Understanding Sri Lanka’s defeat of the Tamil Tigers”

    10.”Destroy India Says Rajapakse in Interview – 1988″. “Understanding Sri Lanka’s defeat of the Tamil Tigers”

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