Thursday, January 15, 2009
பிபிசியில் ஸ்ரீலங்கா & ஈழமக்கள் கருத்துகள்
பிபிசியில் ஸ்ரீலங்கா & ஈழமக்கள் கருத்துகள்
Kantharubi Sivanathan, 28, mother-of-two, Paranthan
On the night of 9 January my family was among a group of 58 people trying to cross over to army-controlled area.
We came into army-controlled areas for safety but I have lost my husband
It was night-time when we were going and I think that we ran into some army people who were lying there. Suddenly there were reports of gun fire and suddenly we all fell down.
A bullet hit my husband and he was instantly killed.
Everyone was crying and shouting. After half an hour, the soldiers came to help us and they took us and the injured and the dead bodies to Kilinochchi hospital and from there we were taken to the IDP camp.
I escaped without any injuries but I lost my husband. We came into army-controlled areas for safety but I have lost my husband. I don't know what I am going to do with my two small children.
I don't know what is going to happen to my family in the future. I am all alone without my husband. As it was too dark I don't know who fired the shots but the army helped us."
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Anura Shaminda Kumarasingham, shipping worker
I am a patriotic person but I come from both sides of the conflict. My father is Tamil and my mother is Sinhalese. I was brought up in the south but we went on holidays to Jaffna.
Most Sinhalese people worship Tamil Gods. Even the military, before they go to the north to fight, worship in Hindu temples in Kataragama. I am a Buddhist. But in this one country people are fighting each other. Both sides are killing innocent people.
I feel caught by the conflict. Even when the military operation is over, there will still be hardship. I can't support the killing of innocent people - Tamil or Sinhalese. So many people are going through hardship in the [northern] Wanni [region].
I am totally against a separate state but Tamils must have a chance to get some recognition, to show their identity.
All places captured are part of Sri Lanka. Why is it such a big thing? If the government captured Tamil Nadu, then I could see why they might celebrate. Not for Kilinochchi.
for the full text
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7828883.stm
Kantharubi Sivanathan, 28, mother-of-two, Paranthan
On the night of 9 January my family was among a group of 58 people trying to cross over to army-controlled area.
We came into army-controlled areas for safety but I have lost my husband
It was night-time when we were going and I think that we ran into some army people who were lying there. Suddenly there were reports of gun fire and suddenly we all fell down.
A bullet hit my husband and he was instantly killed.
Everyone was crying and shouting. After half an hour, the soldiers came to help us and they took us and the injured and the dead bodies to Kilinochchi hospital and from there we were taken to the IDP camp.
I escaped without any injuries but I lost my husband. We came into army-controlled areas for safety but I have lost my husband. I don't know what I am going to do with my two small children.
I don't know what is going to happen to my family in the future. I am all alone without my husband. As it was too dark I don't know who fired the shots but the army helped us."
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Anura Shaminda Kumarasingham, shipping worker
I am a patriotic person but I come from both sides of the conflict. My father is Tamil and my mother is Sinhalese. I was brought up in the south but we went on holidays to Jaffna.
Most Sinhalese people worship Tamil Gods. Even the military, before they go to the north to fight, worship in Hindu temples in Kataragama. I am a Buddhist. But in this one country people are fighting each other. Both sides are killing innocent people.
I feel caught by the conflict. Even when the military operation is over, there will still be hardship. I can't support the killing of innocent people - Tamil or Sinhalese. So many people are going through hardship in the [northern] Wanni [region].
I am totally against a separate state but Tamils must have a chance to get some recognition, to show their identity.
All places captured are part of Sri Lanka. Why is it such a big thing? If the government captured Tamil Nadu, then I could see why they might celebrate. Not for Kilinochchi.
for the full text
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7828883.stm
Labels: eelam, loss, sri lanka, Sri Lankan Army, tamil, தமிழ்
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
பாலர்படை
Baby Brigades of a so-called State Government
விடுதலைப்புலிகளின் மீது அரச பயங்கரவாதத்தினாலே பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குழந்தைகளைப் போருக்குப் பயன்படுத்தும் சரியான குற்றச்சாட்டினைச் சுமத்தும் பேரரசுகள், ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசின் குழந்தைப்படைவீரர்களைப் பற்றிப் பேசவேண்டும்.
Pro-Sri Lankan The Hindu and Frontline may not be interested in exposing this child soldier violation as these kids are not from Brahmanic community of Tamilnadu. But Pro-Sinhala Colombo media should talk loud and clear as these kids are their own blood and flesh.
Are these Southern kids trained to kill innocent babies in Northeast? Both are clearly victims of state terrorism.
24/12/2008
Sri Lanka, children at war
The government army sends minors to the front.
Everyday, tens of young soldiers loose their lives in the military battles of the Singalese army and the stronghold of Tamil separatists. Among these soldiers are even young children. All this as the Colombo government continues its campaign against the use of children as soldiers.
Baby soldiers. With the discovery of another 36 bodies, the death toll has risen to 170 soldiers killed in the latest battle on the Ki'linochchi front. The news was released on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (Ltte) official website which included the published photos of the discovered bodies. The images clearly prove what Tamil rebels have been saying for some time, that is, the Colombo Army in enlisting in the south of the country very young boys, if not actually children, for their incursions in the region of Vanni in the south of the country. On their website, The Tamil guerrillas showed the identification tags worn by the dead soldiers; however they also denounced the fact that very few of them actually had them. In the days that followed the Colombo army launched an offensive on five principle fronts which they were looking to conquer for some time, including what can be considered the capital of the Tamil tigers, Kilinochchi. In addition, fighting took place in Malayaalapuram, Kugnchupparanthan, Mu'rikandi e Pulikkulam. In addition to the 106 Colombo troop casualties and 10 Tamil guerrillas, more than 300 soldiers have been injured in the fighting. The fighting is still going on today and sources within the Ltte announced they have successfully blocked the advancement of the Singalese army.
Following the bloody battles of the recent days, the reconnaissance mission led to the discovery of new bodies, 28 in the battle camp of Ki'linochchi and 8 in that of Kiliaali, according to the reports of the Tamil tigers, who also reportedly seized numerous weapons from the Singalese army. In the forefront of the fight against the use of children as soldiers is parliament member Viniyagamurthi Muralitharan, leader of the Tamil faction of the government. TMVP (Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal). Muralitharan signed on to an agreement with the Colombo government and Unicef to end these enlistments. The plan is for the Sri Lanka government officials and Unicef leaders to visit the Army training camps identify underage soldiers. Spokespeople for Unicef complained that in the past, despite signing of these accords, officials were not allowed access to the training camps.
According to the figures released by Unicef, as of October 31st the TMVP placed 133 young boys on their front lines, 62 if which were under 18 years of age, and almost all of the 133 were enlisted when they were under the age of 18. The efficacy of the accord between the TMVP and the government is still unknown and moreover seems to contrary to the facts, the reality shown in the photos of the dead children soldiers, sent to front to fight.
Enrico Piovesana
(Translated by Susannah Bankhead)
Full text is at
http://en.peacereporter.net/article/13389/Sri+Lanka,+children+at+war%0D%0A %3B
also read
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=27726
விடுதலைப்புலிகளின் மீது அரச பயங்கரவாதத்தினாலே பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குழந்தைகளைப் போருக்குப் பயன்படுத்தும் சரியான குற்றச்சாட்டினைச் சுமத்தும் பேரரசுகள், ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசின் குழந்தைப்படைவீரர்களைப் பற்றிப் பேசவேண்டும்.
Pro-Sri Lankan The Hindu and Frontline may not be interested in exposing this child soldier violation as these kids are not from Brahmanic community of Tamilnadu. But Pro-Sinhala Colombo media should talk loud and clear as these kids are their own blood and flesh.Are these Southern kids trained to kill innocent babies in Northeast? Both are clearly victims of state terrorism.
24/12/2008
Sri Lanka, children at war
The government army sends minors to the front.
Everyday, tens of young soldiers loose their lives in the military battles of the Singalese army and the stronghold of Tamil separatists. Among these soldiers are even young children. All this as the Colombo government continues its campaign against the use of children as soldiers.
Baby soldiers. With the discovery of another 36 bodies, the death toll has risen to 170 soldiers killed in the latest battle on the Ki'linochchi front. The news was released on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (Ltte) official website which included the published photos of the discovered bodies. The images clearly prove what Tamil rebels have been saying for some time, that is, the Colombo Army in enlisting in the south of the country very young boys, if not actually children, for their incursions in the region of Vanni in the south of the country. On their website, The Tamil guerrillas showed the identification tags worn by the dead soldiers; however they also denounced the fact that very few of them actually had them. In the days that followed the Colombo army launched an offensive on five principle fronts which they were looking to conquer for some time, including what can be considered the capital of the Tamil tigers, Kilinochchi. In addition, fighting took place in Malayaalapuram, Kugnchupparanthan, Mu'rikandi e Pulikkulam. In addition to the 106 Colombo troop casualties and 10 Tamil guerrillas, more than 300 soldiers have been injured in the fighting. The fighting is still going on today and sources within the Ltte announced they have successfully blocked the advancement of the Singalese army.
Following the bloody battles of the recent days, the reconnaissance mission led to the discovery of new bodies, 28 in the battle camp of Ki'linochchi and 8 in that of Kiliaali, according to the reports of the Tamil tigers, who also reportedly seized numerous weapons from the Singalese army. In the forefront of the fight against the use of children as soldiers is parliament member Viniyagamurthi Muralitharan, leader of the Tamil faction of the government. TMVP (Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal). Muralitharan signed on to an agreement with the Colombo government and Unicef to end these enlistments. The plan is for the Sri Lanka government officials and Unicef leaders to visit the Army training camps identify underage soldiers. Spokespeople for Unicef complained that in the past, despite signing of these accords, officials were not allowed access to the training camps.
According to the figures released by Unicef, as of October 31st the TMVP placed 133 young boys on their front lines, 62 if which were under 18 years of age, and almost all of the 133 were enlisted when they were under the age of 18. The efficacy of the accord between the TMVP and the government is still unknown and moreover seems to contrary to the facts, the reality shown in the photos of the dead children soldiers, sent to front to fight.
Enrico Piovesana
(Translated by Susannah Bankhead)
Full text is at
http://en.peacereporter.net/article/13389/Sri+Lanka,+children+at+war%0D%0A %3B
also read
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=27726
Labels: Sinhala child soldiers, Sri Lankan Army
