Wednesday, January 07, 2009
அட்றா அட்றா அட்றா
தமிழ்மக்கள் தன் துரோகத்தினால் தன்னைத் வரும் தேர்தலிலே புறக்கணித்து விடுவார்கள் என்று கருணா கவலை. ஸ்ரீலங்கா இராணுவத்தளபதி தன்னை அவமதித்துவிட்டதாக கருணா வேதனை. விடுதலைப்புலிகளை ஓரம் கட்டியதிலே தனக்கும் உள்ள பங்கினையும் தனது உதவியினையும் வெளிப்படையாகச் சொல்லிக் கொள்ள முடியாமல் கருணா மனவருத்தம்.
Karuna feels humiliated by Gen. Sarath Fonseka's remarks
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP)leader and national list MP , Vinayagamurthy Muraleetharan alias “Colonel Karuna” is reportedly feeling humiliated by some remarks made by Army commander Lt. Gen Sarath Fonseka to the media.
According to TMVP sources “Col” Karuna feels that General Sarath had deliberately humiliated him.
According to TMVP sources Karuna had been of immense assistance to the army in its fight against the LTTE by providing extensive information at many levels
TMVP cadres had also fought in eastern battles.
At present TMVP cadres along with EPDP cadres are functioning with military intelligence to abduct and kill suspected LTTE supporters.
But TMVP sources said that Karuna is unable to claim these actions openly as some of them amount to crimes against humanity.
Official acceptance of “collaboration” will also affect the TMVP in elections as Tamil voters could reject them.
“It was unfair for the Army chief to belittle us when he knows it is not correct and that we cant openly say so” said TMVP circles.
full text is at
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2009/01/post_34.html
Karuna feels humiliated by Gen. Sarath Fonseka's remarks
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP)leader and national list MP , Vinayagamurthy Muraleetharan alias “Colonel Karuna” is reportedly feeling humiliated by some remarks made by Army commander Lt. Gen Sarath Fonseka to the media.
According to TMVP sources “Col” Karuna feels that General Sarath had deliberately humiliated him.
According to TMVP sources Karuna had been of immense assistance to the army in its fight against the LTTE by providing extensive information at many levels
TMVP cadres had also fought in eastern battles.
At present TMVP cadres along with EPDP cadres are functioning with military intelligence to abduct and kill suspected LTTE supporters.
But TMVP sources said that Karuna is unable to claim these actions openly as some of them amount to crimes against humanity.
Official acceptance of “collaboration” will also affect the TMVP in elections as Tamil voters could reject them.
“It was unfair for the Army chief to belittle us when he knows it is not correct and that we cant openly say so” said TMVP circles.
full text is at
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2009/01/post_34.html
Labels: justice, karuna, கருணா, நிதி, நீதி
Friday, November 16, 2007
hrw கருணாவை விசாரிக்கக் கோரிக்கை
மனித உரிமைக்கண்காணிப்புக்குழு கருணாவின்மீது பிரித்தானியா விசாரிக்கக்கோருகிறது.
UK: Investigate Sri Lankan Rebel Leader for Atrocities
Karuna Case Important for Bringing Justice for International Crimes
(London, November 16, 2007) – The British government should open a criminal investigation into a former Tamil Tiger leader in immigration detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, known as Colonel Karuna Amman, was a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) until he split to form his own group.
On November 2, 2007, UK immigration authorities arrested Karuna, a rebel military commander who has long been linked to the summary execution and torture of civilians and the use of children as soldiers. Until leaving the LTTE in March 2004, Karuna was the Tigers’ top commander in eastern Sri Lanka, and the reputed number two in the LTTE hierarchy. Because he had been given a de facto amnesty by the Sri Lankan government and his armed group fought against the LTTE in recent years, it is unlikely the Sri Lankan government would prosecute him.
முழுச்செய்தியையும் வாசிக்க இங்கே போங்கள்
UK: Investigate Sri Lankan Rebel Leader for Atrocities
Karuna Case Important for Bringing Justice for International Crimes
(London, November 16, 2007) – The British government should open a criminal investigation into a former Tamil Tiger leader in immigration detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, known as Colonel Karuna Amman, was a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) until he split to form his own group.
On November 2, 2007, UK immigration authorities arrested Karuna, a rebel military commander who has long been linked to the summary execution and torture of civilians and the use of children as soldiers. Until leaving the LTTE in March 2004, Karuna was the Tigers’ top commander in eastern Sri Lanka, and the reputed number two in the LTTE hierarchy. Because he had been given a de facto amnesty by the Sri Lankan government and his armed group fought against the LTTE in recent years, it is unlikely the Sri Lankan government would prosecute him.
முழுச்செய்தியையும் வாசிக்க இங்கே போங்கள்
Saturday, November 03, 2007
HRW கருணாவைக் குற்றம் சாட்டக் கேட்கிறது
ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசு யூஎன்னின் மனித உரிமைக்கண்காணிப்பு அலுவலகர் இலங்கை வந்தபோது தமது குற்றங்கள் வெளியாகிவிடும் என்று கருணாவை அவசர அவசரமாக இங்கிலாந்து அனுப்பியது. இப்போது பிரித்தானிய உள்நாட்டு அமைச்சு கடவுச்சீட்டுக்குற்றம் என்று சொல்லி கருணாவைக் கைது செய்திருக்கின்றது. Human Right Watch பிரபலமான மனித உரிமை அமைப்பு. அது கருணாவை அவரின் மனித உரிமை மீறல்களுக்காக விசாரிக்கும்படி பிரித்தானியாவைக் கேட்கிறது.
Rights group wants Sri Lanka ex-rebel charged in UK
Sat Nov 3, 2007 2:58pm GMT
Peter Apps
ONDON (Reuters) - Britain should look at trying ex-Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman, detained on immigration charges, for war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
The former eastern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander is accused by rights experts of child soldier recruitment, extortion and torture both before and after he split from the mainstream rebels in 2004.
Britain's Home Office said late on Friday Karuna was detained after a joint operation between the police and immigration authorities, giving no further details. Human Rights Watch said the authorities should look at doing more.
"Give the magnitude of Karuna''s crimes over the years, including attacks on civilians and use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch strongly urges the UK government to explore the possibility of prosecuting him for war crimes and other international offences before returning him to Sri Lanka," Human Rights Watch senior legal adviser Jim Ross told Reuters.
The Home Office was not immediately available to comment. Britain is a signatory to the International Criminal Court, which has charged a Congolese rebel with child recruitment, but Sri Lanka is not and the court is not investigating the conflict in the island. Ross said he was unsure if Karuna could be charged under UK law.
Since the split, Karuna has been fighting his former colleagues in the east as the island's 2002 ceasefire collapsed into outright war. Analysts and diplomats say the government has been using and supporting him, a charge both he and the government denied.
His attacks on the mainstream rebels were seen as a factor in rising violence last year. Experts estimate some 5,000 people have died since last year bringing the total death toll from two decades of civil war to some 70,000.
Some fear further escalation after the mainstream Tiger political leader S.P. Thamilselvan was killed in a government air strike on Friday. The Tigers have vowed retaliation.
Analysts say Karuna was used by the government as they cleared mainstream Tiger forces from the east this year. Rights groups say troops and police did nothing to stop his fighters carrying out killings and extortion and taking children to fight.
Rights group wants Sri Lanka ex-rebel charged in UK
Sat Nov 3, 2007 2:58pm GMT
Peter Apps
ONDON (Reuters) - Britain should look at trying ex-Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman, detained on immigration charges, for war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
The former eastern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander is accused by rights experts of child soldier recruitment, extortion and torture both before and after he split from the mainstream rebels in 2004.
Britain's Home Office said late on Friday Karuna was detained after a joint operation between the police and immigration authorities, giving no further details. Human Rights Watch said the authorities should look at doing more.
"Give the magnitude of Karuna''s crimes over the years, including attacks on civilians and use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch strongly urges the UK government to explore the possibility of prosecuting him for war crimes and other international offences before returning him to Sri Lanka," Human Rights Watch senior legal adviser Jim Ross told Reuters.
The Home Office was not immediately available to comment. Britain is a signatory to the International Criminal Court, which has charged a Congolese rebel with child recruitment, but Sri Lanka is not and the court is not investigating the conflict in the island. Ross said he was unsure if Karuna could be charged under UK law.
Since the split, Karuna has been fighting his former colleagues in the east as the island's 2002 ceasefire collapsed into outright war. Analysts and diplomats say the government has been using and supporting him, a charge both he and the government denied.
His attacks on the mainstream rebels were seen as a factor in rising violence last year. Experts estimate some 5,000 people have died since last year bringing the total death toll from two decades of civil war to some 70,000.
Some fear further escalation after the mainstream Tiger political leader S.P. Thamilselvan was killed in a government air strike on Friday. The Tigers have vowed retaliation.
Analysts say Karuna was used by the government as they cleared mainstream Tiger forces from the east this year. Rights groups say troops and police did nothing to stop his fighters carrying out killings and extortion and taking children to fight.
Labels: HRW, human rights, karuna
