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  • Role Of Muslims Sri Lanka Genocide, Now At War with Sinhalese

    The role of Muslims in the Sri Lanka conflict is debatable.

    They were not subscribing to the Tamil Elam nor any other solution to alleviate the sufferings of the Tamils.

    They were so inimical Tamil Cause  LTTE Prabhakaran expelled them from the Alliance.

    They have been the quislings right from the period of Sirimavo Bandaranaike to Rajapakshe now.

    Muslims condoned Tamil genocide and actually celebrated it.

    For them Islam first and last.

    Sinhalese are also equally fanatical.

    They have used the Muslims against the Tamils and now are tightening the screws on the Muslims by allowing the sale of Non –Halal Meat!

     

    Halal Meat Sri Lanka.
    Halal Meat Sri Lanka.

    ‘A CURIOUS story in a local English daily caught my eye the other day. It seemed the Sri Lanka Muslim Council had given in to demands that meat could be sold without halal certification. This is a huge success for radical Buddhist groups who have been orchestrating an anti-Muslim campaign for the last few years.

    Mosques have been attacked, prayers disrupted, and Muslims in general accused of being anti-state. The Muslim Tamil National Alliance has written to the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking him for protection, and protesting against this nasty campaign.

    Leading the anti-Muslim charge is a group called the Bodu Bela Sena, or Buddhist Force. Headed by ultra-nationalistic monks, the group follows a xenophobic agenda of “Sri Lanka for the Buddhists”. Of late, Buddhist monks have begun playing a growing and retrogressive role in the island’s politics.

    The monks first flexed their muscles to shore up the Rajapakse government’s resolve to crush the Tamil insurgency. First, they blocked any possibility of compromise by offering the Tamil Tigers greater autonomy. To build up pressure, they formed a political party and won enough seats to take a place in the coalition government.

    Then, when President Mahinda Rajapakse’s brother, defence secretary Gotabaya, was facing difficulties in finding enough recruits for the army, a group of monks fanned out across the Buddhist areas to motivate thousands of young men. These recruits were assured that they would not lose karma by fighting and killing in a war as they would be doing so in the cause of Buddhism.

    The brutal civil war ended nearly four years ago in a bloodbath that is now the subject of intense scrutiny and criticism from abroad. The ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Commission at Geneva is about to vote on a resolution initiated by the US, demanding an international investigation into the fate of tens of thousands of Tamils said to be killed in the last days of the fighting in the north of the island.

    Against this backdrop, it is odd that the government is doing so little to clamp down on the anti-Muslim campaign. Should it gain support and traction, the results could be very bad news. Muslims are mostly concentrated in three areas: in and around Galle and Colombo, and in the coastal areas of the north-east. The latter are mostly poor fishermen, while urban Muslims are heavily represented in business and the professions.”

    http://dawn.com/2013/03/18/sri-lankan-muslims-under-threat/

    “I am certain on one point: the major determinant behind the policy of Western Governments on Sri Lanka is not the LTTE but the Western Ambassadors who are presently working in Sri Lanka. We can safely presume that none of them owe their exalted positions to political patronage, that all of them have behind them many years of proven capacity particularly in the field of political analysis, and that every one of them has reported in detail and analysed responsibly the halal problem and the anti-Muslim hate campaign.

    It is not difficult to guess the trend of their analyses and their recommendations. It would be more or less along the following lines. The SL Tamils and the SL Muslims are both minorities but they are fundamentally distinct because the former can claim a homeland while the latter can’t. That is a fundamental distinction because the claim to a homeland can serve as the basis for a separatist claim. Any claim to separatism by the SL Muslims cannot therefore be taken seriously at all, and understandably they have never made that claim. Furthermore, whenever there has been controversy between the Sinhalese and the Tamils the Muslims have always taken the Sinhalese side against the Tamils, and they have done so instantly, unconditionally, and wholeheartedly. It is worth mentioning that during the July ’83 holocaust against the Tamils a top Muslim politician organized thugs in a part of Colombo to make a grand Muslim contribution to the holocaust. It is worth mentioning also that at this time last year some members of the All Ceylon Jamiath-ul Ulema were in Geneva canvassing Muslim votes for the Sri Lankan side. This year the ACJU is in the dock. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it is difficult to imagine a more loyal minority than the Muslims. They have in fact been servile to the Sinhalese power elite.

    http://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/racism-and-irrationality-as-bedfellows-the-halal-issue-and-sinhala-buddhist-extremists/#more-8683

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  • Is This The History Of Sri Lanka? Mahavamsa,Jells

    There is no need to know why Rakapashe behaved the way he did, by indulging in Genocide of The Tamils.

    The Mahavamsa explains it.

    Abnormal sexual Behavior, Taboos, Fratricide, Matricides, Patricides galore, to cite a few incidents from their History, explains it all.

    At the beginning of the chronicle (see History of Sri Lanka) the King of Banga (Bengal) is married to the daughter of the King of Kalinga. Their daughter, Suppadevi, was not only ‘very fair and very amorous’, but was also prophesied to consummate a ‘union with the King of beasts‘[5] – in the Mahavamsa, a lion.

    Mahavamsa
    Mahavamsa

    When this duly happened, she gave birth to two children – Sinhabahu and Sinhasivali. ‘Sinhabahu’ means ‘lion-armed’ and the young prince himself is described as having ‘hands and feet…formed like a lion’s’.[5]

    The family lived together in the lion’s cave, blocked in by a large rock the lion had placed to prevent their exit.

    Eventually, however, Suppadevi and her two children flee the cave.

    Later Sinhabahu kills his father with an arrow.

    Tamil Women raped and Killed Sri Lanka.
    Tamil Women raped and Killed Sri Lanka.

    Then, marrying his sister, he establishes a kingdom based on a city called Singhapur. Sinhasivali bears him a series of twins; their eldest child is named Vijaya, and his younger twin brother Sumitta

    . However, a critical twist and serious study by scholars and researchers with further references suggest that the King of Sinhpur/Sinhapura ( Sihor ), region’s very ancient telltales and references about Prince Vijaya, his exile, his route, are the ones which connect strongly to the History of Sri Lanka and Sinhala/Sinhalese people and culture.

    Vijaya is described as indulging in ‘evil conduct, and his followers were…(like himself), and many intolerable deeds of violence were done by them’.

    So antisocial were his activities that the people of the kingdom eventually demanded that the (now aging) King Sinhabahu have him executed.[5]

    Instead Sinhabhu had half their heads shaved (a sign of disgrace) and exiled Vijaya with his followers, their wives and children, from the kingdom – traditionally said to number a total of 700 souls. After resting in several places they are found to be hostile, and the wayward prince and his associates eventually ‘landed in Lanka, in the region called ‘Tambapanni.[5]

    Later research by Sinhala linguist W.S. Karunatillake supports the hypothesis that the Sinhalese originated in the Eastern India and that many words (over 50%) resemble Bengali language.[6]

    At the same time, the fact can not be denied for it was rise and origin of sub languages from Sanskrit in the times of Middle India where a great volume of syntax and material were common to all the newly emerging Indian Languages.

    And yet they were few at that time. This is to ask for a serious comparison and conclusion for Prince Vijaya’s origin, whether it was from Singhpur, Kalinga or it was from Sihor, Gujarat, despite references weigh more in favor of Vijaya’s origin to lower Indus, and Sihor, which was officially known as Sinhapur in Kathiawar peninsula in ancient times.

    Another critical point of observation is that, the last and, now only home to Asiatic Lions (locally referred as ‘Sinh’ or ‘Sinha’) is Gir Forest falls under Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat and approach to core Gir territory is just some miles away from Sihor. In fact, till date as in year 2011, Lions are sighted in rural areas adjoining Sihor.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Vijaya

    Trustworthiness of The Mahavamsa.

            The author of I is Mahanama, of II.1, Dhammakitti,
        of II. 3, Sumangala ;the author of II. 2 is unknown.            I need  not say  that, if we try to inquire  into
        the question of the trustworthiness of the chronicle,
        each part must be treated separately. As to the first
        part (chs.  1--37,50) I shall confine myself to a few
        remarks, as the matter  has been fully  dealt with in
        the Introduction to my translation of the poem.(1)            1.  There is a good number of fables, legends and
        tales  of marvels  in the  Mahavamsa, and we must  in
        each  particular  case  attempt  to find  out whether
        there  is in the narrative  an historical  kernel  or
        not....
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/gei.htm
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  • UNHRC Genocide Resolution Let Off Rajspakshe Swamy

    The much talked about Resolution by The UNHRC is, as anticipated, attracting lot of sound bites.

    A sane Group calls for India to vote for it censuring Sri Lanka , while another motley group including Salman Khurshid who hums and haws(probably the after effects of his NGO scam!), who cite India’s security concerns.

    Surprising fact is that Dr.Subramanian Swamyhas joined the motley group that wants the Resolution to be voted against.

    Swamy, at his initiative best’ met Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake and impressed on him that the Resolution would help the revival of the LTTE and asked the Obama Administration to undertake bilateral consultations with Colombo to work out a consensus on the draft of the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka proposed to be tabled in UNHRC in Geneva.

    ‘India’s Janatha Party leader was apprising the media of his talks with Washington officials.

    Tamil Genocide 2009
    Tamil Genocide 2009

    “Under no circumstances the resolution has any indication that President Rajapaksa and others are guilty of war crimes. Whatever has to be done has to be done by the Government of Sri Lanka and not by international agencies. The demand for international agencies essentially comes from supporters of LTTE’.

    1.How does an enquiry would revive  LTTE?

    As I understand, so do most  about the Killing ways of the LTTE and it is its lust for blood had weakened the case of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

    2.How come the bilateral talks would not spur the activities of LTTE, if a motion could reawaken it?

    Read this observation of Sri Lankan analysis of the Resolution.

    ”

    The US sponsored resolution on issues related to Sri Lanka has now been taken up by the United Nations Human Rights Commission for discussion. Shenali Waduge reviews that the UNHRC Resolution against Sri Lanka is nothing about “accountability” “pace of implementation” or any of the gibberish international statements claims to project.

    If so, despite resolutions against Israel on “accountability” the UNHRC has done nothing against Israel. Instead Israel has broken ties with UNHRC completely. If every nation in the UN has equal status, or rather is supposed to have equal status, what’s all this bullying with regard to Sri Lanka?

     

    India, the US and many other nations joined government backed INGOs/NGOs, think tanks like International Crisis Group, human rights organisations like Amnesty International, and their local mouthpieces concluding that Sri Lanka faced an unwinnable war. Their solution was nothing better than the separation of Sri Lanka along the lines of Kosovo and now with the Liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) eliminated it is the 13th amendment being used en route to the eventual separation of Sri Lanka .

    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on Jan 31, 1865, and adopted on Dec 6, 1865. The Thirteenth Amendment completed the abolition of slavery in the United States, which had begun with President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. This resolution will be discussed on March 4, 2013.”

    3.If the Resolution does not, in one para the Sri Lankan states that this is gibberish and has nothing to censure’ why Does Sri Lanka oppose it?

    4.He states as no action against Israel has been taken after a motion,why pass a Resolution against Sri Lanka?

    He adds that all states ‘must be treated equally’?

    Swamy’s argument that support of the Resolution would spur LTTE activities is like stating that hanging of terrorists and jailing of rapists would spur terrorists and Rapists!

    The Text of The UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka.

    ”

    Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka

           The Human Rights Council,

           Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant instruments,

          Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 on institution building of the Human Rights Council,  

    Reaffirming that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, as applicable,

           Taking note of the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission of Sri Lanka and its findings and recommendations, and acknowledging its possible contribution to the process of national reconciliation in Sri Lanka,

           Welcoming the constructive recommendations contained in the Commission’s report, including the need to credibly investigate widespread allegations of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances, demilitarize the north of Sri Lanka, implement impartial land dispute resolution mechanisms, re-evaluate detention policies, strengthen formerly independent civil institutions, reach a political settlement on the devolution of power to the provinces, promote and protect the right of freedom of expression for all and enact rule of law reforms,

           Noting with concern that the report does not adequately address serious allegations of violations of international law,

    1.             Calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to implement the constructive recommendations made in the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and to take all necessary additional steps to fulfill its relevant legal obligations and commitment to initiate credible and independent actions to ensure justice, equity, accountability and reconciliation for all Sri Lankans;

    2.             Requests the Government of Sri Lanka to present, as expeditiously as possible, a comprehensive action plan detailing the steps that the Government has taken and will take to implement the recommendations made in the Commission’s report, and also to address alleged violations of international law;

    3.             Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant special procedures mandate holders to provide, in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, the Government of Sri Lanka, advice and technical assistance on implementing the above-mentioned steps; and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present a report on the provision of such assistance to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-second session.”

    Dr.Swamy in his maniacal aversion to Karunaidhi, must avoid echoing Sri Lanka’s senseless arguments.

    In this process every on e seems to forget the issue of Tamil Genocide.

    http://www.asiantribune.com/node/61912

    http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/03/04/un-resolution-on-rajapakses-war-crimes/

    http://geneva.usmission.gov/2012/03/22/sri-lanka-resolution/

     

  • ‘No Fire Zone’ Full Movie War Crime Sri Lanka Killing of Tamils

    I have posted a preview of the Film on the atrocities of the  Sri Lankan Government on the Sri Lankan tamils.

    The film has been viewed to-day by the UN.

    The film details the killings, Genocide, Rape of Tamil Women.

    Genocide of Tamils
    Genocide of Tamils

    Here is the Link for free Down load of the documentary No Fire Zone by Channel 4

    http://freetorrent2.com/No+fire+zone+documentary+movie+in+3gp.html

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    Amidst reports of widespread sexual violence by the Sri Lankan army on suspected LTTE rebels, the Human Right Watch (HRW) has sought an international investigation.

    The investigation demands came after a report, ” ‘We will teach you a lesson’: Sexual violence against Tamils by Sri Lankan Security Forces“.

    The report is said to have contained a list of 75 cases of rape and sexual assault. These incidents happened all across Sri Lanka, from 2006 to 2012.

    The majority of the cases are said to have happened during the armed conflict (with LTTE) that ended in may 2009.

    The conflict ended almost three years ago, but the incidents of sexual violence continues till this day, the report quoted.

    The revelations were confirmed by HRW Asia Director Brad Adams.

    “The Sri Lankan security forces have committed untold numbers of rapes of Tamil men and women in custody. These are not just wartime atrocities but continue to the present, putting every Tamil man/woman arrested for suspected LTTE involvement at serious risk”, he was quoted in a news report published in national daily the Hindu.

    http://ramanisblog.in/2013/02/22/sri-lankan-army-raped-tamils-to-teach-a-lesson/

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  • Tamils Rape Audio, Human Rights Watch Director Interview

    An interview of David Mepham, UK Director of Human Rights watch with Tamil net is posted here

    The way he presents the case leaves no room for the Sri Lankan Government no room to dispute the 141 page Report of Human Rights Watch on the Rape of Si Lankan Tamil Women by The Sri Lankan Armed Forces.

    This report is published both in Tamil and English at my site.

    Genocide and and rape of the Tamils in Sri Lanka
    Sexual Violations of The Tamils in Sri Lanka

    Above is the audio: if it does not work, follow the link at the end of the post.

    Rape of a Tamil Woman
    Rape of a Tamil Woman
    Brutal Killing Of The Tamils
    Brutal Killing Of The Tamils
    Gruesome Killing
    Gruesome Killing

    The Transcript.

    TamilNet: Now, this report has compiled several individual cases of violations. You have also told that there is a pattern in it and it has been conducted in a systematic manner. TamilNet and many other Tamil media organizations have been arguing that these patterns indicate genocide and that this charge must be investigated. What is your opinion on this?

    Mepham: Well on that particular issue, Human Rights Watch has not taken the view that this is genocide. We have certainly taken the view that systematic human rights abuses have been perpetrated by the Government of Sri Lanka against elements of the Tamil population. We’ve documented that in considerable detail over the years. But we’ve also…I mean we’re an independent impartial human rights organization, we’ve also documented abuses committed by the LTTE over the years as well. So our job as a human rights organization is to look at rights abuse, to document it, to expose it wherever it happens.

    We’ve been very concerned that in the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war and early 2009, the best estimates are that something like 40,000 civilians were killed, mostly at the hands of the Sri Lankan military. That was the finding of the UN Panel of Expert’s report, the report given to the UN Secretary General. There’s been a complete failure on the part of the Sri Lankan government to investigate that, to hold anybody accountable, for anyone to face justice for those crimes and that’s why Human Rights Watch and others are urging, very strongly, that there needs to be an international mechanism to investigate and hold people accountable because the so called Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission is frankly a bit of a farce. It’s not a serious body, it doesn’t have real power, it is not interested in investigating and holding anybody accountable.

    The Sri Lankan government was still cut a bit of slack by the international community on that one with people saying “well let them have their chance to sort of address this”. I think it’s pretty clear now, they are not prepared to use that mechanism or indeed any other mechanism to properly get to the bottom of what happened and the involvement of Sri Lankan military and security forces in that abuse.

    Hence, the need for more concerted international action including at the upcoming meeting and discussion on Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council, which will take place in a few weeks time. It’s very important that governments around the world come together, and demand that there is a strong resolution and strong international follow up action, that there is an international mechanism to investigate abuses in Sri Lanka and to hold people responsible for those abuses to account.

    TamilNet: By international mechanism do you mean an independent international investigation?

    Mepham: Yes, yes. That was essentially what was called for by the UN Panel of Expert’s report, he said that the panel, three people on the panel said, there needed to..there was evidence that around 40 000 civilians may have died but there needed to be a proper international investigative mechanism, international investigation to look into what happened, to identify who was responsible for abuse, who committed the crimes and to hold those individuals accountable. And of course, the Sri Lankan government goes to great lengths to dismiss all that, to deny the abuse, to say they are not prepared for that to happen.

    It will only change if there is really concerted international pressure on Sri Lanka, of the kind that we have not seen up to this point. Which is why it is kind of particularly shocking that lots of governments around the world are going to go off to a glitzy summit in Sri Lanka in November and sit down and eat and drink with Mr. Rajapaksa, at the same time as that government has completely failed to address the problem of impunity for war crimes.

    TamilNet: Now as regards the cases of sexual abuse. Many months back last year, TamilNet came out with a feature which showed that women, especially former fighters belonging to the LTTE were being systematically targeted by the Sri Lankan state, by the military and by its police and many of these extreme cases included forcible impregnation which even led to many of them committing suicide. Do you think that this needs to be addressed very clearly at international fora?

    Mepham: Yes. All of these kinds of…I can just talk with more authority about the abuses that we’ve documented in the report we’ve launched this week. There are lots of other allegations and claims of abuse that have taken place as of the last few years. All of them need to be properly investigated. Claims of that kind that are made, it is incumbent on the Government of Sri Lanka to investigate them and hold people accountable.

    When it’s not prepared to do so, then there should be an international investigative mechanism. Because I think there is powerful evidence that this is not, as I said in the remarks at the press conference, this is not sort of random or just criminal elements. There is method in this abuse, it’s directed, it’s targeted, it’s designed for a purpose which is to intimidate and to inflict suffering and terrorize and to extract information. On that note, sexual violence of that kind is a war crime under international humanitarian law and needs to be treated as such and the people responsible for it need to be held to account.

    TamilNet: What is the responsibility of the Co-Chairs and the world powers which managed the peace process? Do you think that they have a moral and political responsibility to step in and address the question of the Tamils now?

    Mepham: Yes. They all have a responsibility. I mean, governments around the world have a responsibility to uphold international human rights, that’s what they’ve signed up to. Not only in terms of their domestic practice but in terms of the influence and pressure they bring to bear internationally. So all of these governments, particularly those that are involved in this process have an obligation to press on human rights concerns, to ensure proper accountability in the way we haven’t seen up until now and to ensure that people responsible for war crimes are held to account and that’s, there is a culture of impunity in Sri Lanka which really needs to be addressed and that’s one of the things that we are calling for as a sort of central recommendation from our report.

    * * *

    While welcoming the attempt of the HRW to document systematic sexual violence perpetrated against the Eezham Tamils by the Sri Lankan state, political observers expressed regret at the refusal to term genocide as genocide.

    More than the Tamils, the International Community of Establishments know the full nature and extent of the structural genocide being perpetrated on the Eezham Tamil nation. While organizations still try to give a picture of ‘war crimes of both sides’, what is brushed under the carpet is the war crimes of all sides, especially that of the Establishments in giving legitimacy to Sri Lanka’s genocidal war on the Eezham Tamil nation, they said.

    The Sri Lankan government will definitely deny this report as is expected from a genocide perpetrator, but it was the refusal of the ICE to recognize the nationhood, sovereignty and territoriality of the Eezham Tamils which is the core reason why Sri Lanka was able to commit such crimes with genocidal intent on the Tamil nation and foster the “culture of impunity” with abandon regime after regime, they further opined.

    Ack.Tamlinet.

    Audio Link:

    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=36082

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