Send a mission immediately to report back to the 12th session of the Human Rights Council - V. KIRUPAHARAN

(Geneva, 31 05 2009) - Interfaith International in an oral intervention to the 11th Session of the UN Human Rights Council last week strongly recommended all countries who are in [...]

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The UN must act against Sri Lanka

(thetimes.co.za, 31 05 2009) - The savage and barbaric way in which civilians in Sri Lanka are treated must be deplored in the highest terms. — Gops Veerabadren, Musgrave, Durban
The [...]

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EU now wants IMF loan stopped

(Lakbima News, Sun, May 31, 2009 ) - After failing to nail human rights allegations against Sri Lanka, Britain, France and Sweden are now influencing the Obama administration to block [...]

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Lankan Tamil conflict on celluloid

(Express Buzz, Sun, May 31, 2009 ) - CHENNAI :Inspired by LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, ace filmmaker K Bharathiraja will make a film on the Sri Lankan conflict highlighting the [...]

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Top Tiger leaders in security forces net

(Sunday Times, Sun, May 31, 2009) - Some top Tiger guerrillas are now in the military net after they were located in camps housing internally displaced people. Among those are [...]

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Sri Lanka: Ten Questions

(By Satya Sagar, Countercurrents.org, 30 May, 2009) - As the gory details of what the Tamil population of northern Sri Lanka have been subjected in recent weeks emerge - bit [...]

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Misappropriation of relief food to Vanni detainees in Jaffna

(TamilNet, Saturday, 30 May 200) - Representatives of Non-government Organizations (NGOs) in Jaffna have brought to the notice of Jaffna Government Agent (SLA) the prevailing misappropriation in the supply of [...]

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Potent Tamil voice for European Parliament

(TamilNet, Sunday, 31 May 200) - June 4th elections will determine if Tamils in the London electoral region have the political muscle, organizational acumen and seasoned campaigning skills to attract [...]

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National Post editorial board: The UN’s double standard on Israel and Sri Lanka

by National Post, Editor, Editorial, National Post) -If more proof were needed that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a feckless, biased, intellectually corrupt haven for dictators [...]

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Sri Lankan MPs meet Karunanidhi; ask help for rehabilitation

(PTI, Chennai, May 30 05 2009) A group Sri Lankan MPs belonging to ‘Tamil Desiya Kuttamipu Parliamentary Group’ headed by R Sambantham today called on Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at [...]

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