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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

Labels: eelam, loss, sri lanka, Sri Lankan Army, tamil, தமிழ்

from the mail my friend forwarded

குளோபன் குளோப்: யார் வெற்றி பெற்றார்கள்?
சென்னைப்புத்தகக்கண்காட்சி: எந்தப்புத்தகம் அதிகம் விற்பனையானது?
பதிவு: வில்லு வெல்லுமா?
Twitter: Today I fucked at 4:30 am, got sucked at 8:30 pm before licked... Oh! almost forgot. Satyam in trouble and Hayden bowed out


http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1501

Kilinochchi Doctors seek support to treat civilians
January 13, 2009 at 10:21 am · ~ News

Dr.T.Sathyamoorthy, Regional Director of Health Services in Kilinochchi District has written to Health Officials in Colombo seeking assistance to improve health care services to civilians being hit in Sri Lanka Army artillery fire in Northern Sri Lanka.

Full Text of Dr.T.Sathyamoorthy’s letters to officials in Colombo as follows:

_____________________________________________________________
Secretary Health Ministry of Health
Colombo

Through

DGH
Ministry of Health
Colombo

Dear Sir

Hospitals need protection from attack

Displaced hospitals are functioning in the following places
• Visuvamadhu
• Tharmapam
• Kallaru
• Punnaineeravi
• Kannaginagar
• Redbarna
Surrounding above places is heavily congested with IDPs. The recent days many IDPs places hit by shell. Up to today 213 civilians were injured and 28 civilians died.
The following supports are urgently needed.

1. Should be opened to transfer injured civilians to vavuniya hospital.
2. Hospitals are hospital near by side should be attack free zone.
3. Medicines including surgical items should be sent to hospitals from MSD.

Thank you

Yours sincerely

Dr.T.Sathyamoorthy
RDHS
Kilinochchi

Copy: Secretary Health/ North Province
_________________________________________________________
Dr.U.A.Mendis.
DGHS, Ministry of Health Care, Nutrition & Uva Wellasssa Development

Dear Sir,

Re: ensuring Security of the Doctors and Patients in Wani region.

This is to inform you that, our doctors and patients are now in a pathetic situation as we heard blasts and gun fire near to Wiswamadu area. We received 9 injured civilians on 11th and 5 today at the Wisamadu maternity unit and all are transferred to PTK BH with the help of ICRC.

The ground situation is the same at Puthukudiyirupu BH.

So ultimately we are now not having a secure place to keep our patients for the treatment in Wanni. Adding to this worst ambulance transports between Wani and Vavuniya are frequently interrupted and Due to this condition we had lost 2 patients including one maternal death.

Especially for the maternity care all Wani region now depended in Wisamadu maternity unit and PTK BH. If we dope our services in both places, it will lead more maternal and neonatal mortalities.

Taking this into your kind consideration we are requesting you to locate a secure place in Wani to continue our services.

Also we want to get the official stand of the Ministry of health in regarding to our health services as the war is now spread through out the Wanni. Specifically we are asking whether we have to continue our service or to stop and leave from the area for a period.

We hope that you will give us the clear reply as soon as possible.

………………………………..
President
KMA

C.C:
1. Dr. V. Jeganathan
Consultant Health Care Development, North and East
Ministry of Health Care, Nutrition & Uva Wellasssa Development

Labels: doctors, eelam, hospitals, kilinochchi, lanka, tamil

பிரிட்டனின் சங்கடமென்ற தலைப்பிலே இங்கிலாந்திலே வாழும் பாரா மிகிலர் எழுதியிருப்பது. கருணாவின் கைது இலங்கைக்கு மட்டுமல்ல, இங்கிலாந்துக்கும் சங்கடமென்று எழுதுகிறார்.

The Guardian
Britain's dilemma
Farah Mihlar
09 November 2007

With the arrest of Karuna Amman, Britain now has on its soil a man accused of war crimes. Will it let him go?

Friday last week was a manic day for Sri Lankans across Britain. We were alerted to two extraordinary events that together have potentially massive consequences for the tiny, war-torn Indian-ocean island. We woke to the shocking news that a top rebel leader had been killed back home. Later, emails, texts and phone calls started whizzing around claiming that a Sri Lankan paramilitary leader had been arrested in London.

முழுவதையும் வாசிக்க இங்கே போங்கள்
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/farah_mihlar/2007/11/britains_dilemma.html

Labels: human rights, Sri Lakan, tamil, UK

செனற்றர் பற்றிக் லெகியின் பேச்சினை வாசியுங்கள். அமெரிக்காவின் செனற்றர் சொல்வது அமெரிக்காவிற்கும் ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசைப் பற்றித் தெரிந்திருப்பதைக் காட்டுகிறது. நல்ல திருப்பம். இப்படியானவர்களுக்கு தமிழ்மண்ணிலே நடக்கிற நிகழ்ச்சிகள் தெரிந்துகொள்ளச் சந்தர்ப்பத்தை நாம் ஏற்படுத்த வேண்டும்.

Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Sri Lanka
November 2, 2007

Mr. President, it has been a little over a year since I last spoke in this chamber about the fragile peace process in Sri Lanka. I want to take a moment to discuss the situation today, because in the past year we have seen human rights in that small island nation steadily deteriorate. I also want to correct some confusion that may have occurred as a result of statements reported in the press regarding the Senate’s action in connection with the Fiscal Year 2008 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. That bill passed the Senate by a vote of 81 to 12 on September 6, 2007, and we are waiting to begin conference discussions with the House of Representatives.



Over the years, I have been a strong supporter of U.S.-Sri Lankan relations. A good friend, Ambassador James Spain, served there, and the American people acted quickly to provide emergency assistance for Sri Lanka after the December 2004 tsunami devastated Sri Lanka’s east, north and southern coasts, claiming tens of thousands of lives. Beyond that, we have long supported the Sri Lankan government’s efforts to respond to acts of terrorism by the LTTE, which has been designated by the Department of State and the European Union as a foreign terrorist organization because of its attacks against civilians, assassinations of political leaders, forced recruitment of children, and other crimes.



We deplore these tactics. However, we are also aware that the LTTE has, at times, shown a willingness to participate in serious negotiations, as well as to respond to human rights concerns. These overtures should be pursued. We also recognize that the LTTE should not be equated with the Tamil community. There are many ethnic Tamils living in and outside of Sri Lanka who do not condone acts of violence and terrorism against civilians. Many have been victims of the LTTE themselves.



At the same time, our aid to the Sri Lankan government is not a blank check. We have been increasingly concerned with reports of abuses by Sri Lankan government forces – not from the LTTE or their supporters as some have inaccurately claimed, but from the United Nations, the Department of State, and international human rights organizations. These reports are not “disinformation” or “misinformation” as some Sri Lankan officials have alleged. Rather, they contain specific, documented, consistent information indicating a steady increase in serious human rights violations by both Sri Lankan government forces and the LTTE since the collapse of the ceasefire. While the first acts of aggression were attributed to the LTTE, these reports also implicate government forces in attacks on civilians, extrajudicial executions, torture, and forced disappearances. There is also evidence that Sri Lankan government forces have stood by while allied paramilitary organizations have carried out abuses, including forcibly recruiting child soldiers. With few exceptions, the Sri Lankan government has yet to bring the perpetrators, including members of government security forces, to justice.



It is important to note that the Sri Lankan government’s respect for human rights and rule of law has deteriorated even outside conflict-affected areas. The Millennium Challenge Corporation suspended more than $11 million intended for Sri Lanka because of the deteriorating security situation and the government’s worsening performance on human rights. Freedom House, whose assessments of political rights and civil liberties are factored into the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s analysis, stated “The serious human rights abuses and excessive restrictions on freedom of speech and association by the government of Sri Lanka merit the country’s removal from a list of eligible recipients for U.S. Millennium Challenge Account assistance.” We want to see a Millennium Challenge compact for Sri Lanka, but these problems must first be recognized and effectively addressed.



An international human rights field presence, under the auspices of the United Nations, could do much to improve the situation. Given the gravity and scale of the violations witnessed in Sri Lanka, and particularly the inability of the Sri Lankan government to monitor the abuses taking place in areas held by the LTTE, such a presence would help protect lives, document abuses by all sides, and support the government and civil society in protecting the civilian population. The Department of State has publicly endorsed such a role for the United Nations.



It is due to this information, from reputable sources, that the Senate attached three conditions to our assistance to the Sri Lankan military in the Fiscal Year 2008 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. Anyone who reviews those conditions should agree that they are reasonable and appropriate. They would require the Sri Lankan government to be bringing to justice members of the military who have been credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights; end unreasonable restrictions on access in the country by humanitarian organizations and journalists; and agree to the establishment of a field presence of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sri Lanka.



It is regrettable that rather than explain why the Sri Lankan government should not meet such reasonable standards when it is seeking millions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer assistance, some Sri Lankan officials have attacked our motives and falsely attributed our actions to LTTE propaganda. Others have insisted that they are meeting these standards already, when the facts clearly indicate that far more needs to be done.



We want Sri Lanka to succeed in stopping terrorism, and we recognize that military force can be necessary against terrorist tactics. But there is no military solution to the Sri Lankan conflict, which has dragged on for more than two decades. Thousands of innocent people, Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims, have been killed. More than 1,000 are reported to have “disappeared” in just the past twelve to eighteen months, and many more before that. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced by the fighting. Families on both sides of the conflict have suffered terribly, and the country remains divided and no closer to peace.



Every time a Sri Lankan soldier violates international humanitarian law it alienates the very people in the Tamil community whose support the government needs to combat terrorism. Our country has experienced a similar problem in Iraq, where killings of civilians have hurt our mission, tarnished our image and weakened the support of our allies.



Mr. President, I would hope that the Sri Lankan government would see our action for what it is. We want to help, but not unconditionally. I believe the United States could and should play a more active role, with other key partners, in helping to facilitate negotiations on a political settlement. But rhetoric about human rights and the appointment of ineffectual commissions of inquiry that have no credibility, only goes so far. The situation remains grave and those responsible for abuses are rarely punished, making a peace agreement more difficult to achieve. A field presence of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with sufficient mandate and capability to conduct full and unfettered monitoring throughout the country, communicate its findings to all sides of the conflict and the public, and provide advice and technical assistance, is overdue. Also urgently needed is greater access for humanitarian organizations to assist civilians caught in the cross-fire and for journalists to report the facts.



The Sri Lankan people have suffered the consequences of ethnic discrimination, violence and injustice for the better part of their country’s history. We cannot solve Sri Lanka’s conflict; only the Sri Lankan people can. But we can and want to continue helping if the government demonstrates that it takes our concerns seriously.

Labels: eelam, sri lanka, tamil, US Senate