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TamilNetJournalist Thavaseelan explains SL harassment in MullaiththeevuTamil journalist Shanmugam Thavaseelan says that the SL Navy sailor, who was caught red-handed by the family members of persons subjected to enforced disappearances on 07 April after suspicious photographing activity, has filed a case against him with false charges. The Tamil journalist, subjected to earlier threats by the SL military, suspects the move to be part of harassment targeting him and Tamil journalists in general. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39421
2019-05-1706 min2019-05-1712 minTamilNetS A Jothilingam on Jaffna student leaders PTA detentionJaffna based Senior Analyst and Grassroots Activist S.A. Jothilingam explains his ideas on how to take forward the politico-diplomatic action against the PTA detention of Jaffna University Student leaders. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39440
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TamilNetM K Shivajilingam on Tamil Genocide WeekFormer Northern Provincial Council (NPC) member and ex-TNA parliamentarian M.K. Shivajilingam has vowed to mark Tamil Genocide Week from 12th to 17 May at 21 places across the eight districts in the North and East before taking part in the tenth year marking of 2009 Tamil Genocide Day on 18 May at Mu'l'li-vaaykkaal. “We have chosen 21 places where the SL military was committing genocidal acts. It is like the 21-gun salute, the highest respect paid to those who sacrificed their lives,” Mr Shivajlingam, a political leader of TELO said. After inaugurating the first event at Kappaladi along the coast near Mu'l'livaaykkal on Sunday, he b...
2019-05-1614 minTamilNetRobert O Blake wants Colombo to work with China, USA, IndiaSenior Director of India and South Asia branch of McLarty Associates and former US Ambassador, Robert O Blake, Jr., was addressing a meeting jointly organised by Milinda Moragoda's Pathfinder Foundation and the Joint Apparel Association Forum at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo on 07 May 2019. TamilNet Feature: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=39439&catid=79
2019-05-0901 minTamilNetArts Faculty student leader Rajaratnam KrishanthJaffna University Arts Faculty Student Leader Krishanth Rajaratnam urges all sections of the society to address the core issues sustaining the SL State to deploy PTA clauses against the student leaders of the University of Jaffna. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39438
2019-05-0703 minTamilNetGuruparan Kumaravadivel on PTA detention of JUSU leadersThe SL Government itself had admitted, through the act of co-sponsoring Resolution 31 at the UN Human Rights Council in 2015, that allegations of war crimes need to be investigated. How could the banners calling for justice for crimes committed during the war incite disharmony, questioned Attorney Guruparan Kumaravadivel who was representing the student leaders at the Magistrate’s Court in Jaffna on Monday. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39437
2019-05-0605 minTamilNetFr Sakthivel on ground situation after Colombo-Batticaloa blastsVeteran grassroots human rights activist Rev Fr M. Sakthivel says that the serial terror attacks should be seen in the context of the ongoing regime change politics of outside powers influencing the island. The attacks have come at a time when the West is deeply involved in shaping the regime on the island. Tamils were at the receiving end in the past. Now, the Tamil-speaking Muslims are going to be at the receiving end, says Negombo based Tamil Catholic priest who has been at the forefront in actively seeking justice for the crimes committed against the Tamils in the genocidal...
2019-04-2305 minTamilNetFormer EPC Education Minister S ThandayuthapaniIf the SL Government goes ahead with the proposed move of closing down schools with less than fifty students, it would seriously affect the students in the rural areas and remote villages in the North and East said former Education Minister of Eastern Province S. Thandayuthapani. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39420
2019-04-2115 minTamilNetEx-councillor on militarisation of Ma'ndai-theevuVinthan Kanagaratnam, former councillor of the Northern Provincial Council explains that the occupying SL Navy is expanding the militarisation of Ma'ndai-theevu, where people believe their loved ones subjected to enforced disappearance have been slain and dumped during the times of war. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39413
2019-04-2106 minTamilNetCivic Member T. Thamilchelvan on Sinhala colonisationElected civic councillor Thurairajah Thamilchelvan (EPRLF) narrates the situation following a field visit to the colonised area. TamilNet Feature: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39419
2019-04-1905 minTamilNetTamil villagers outraged: Kathirave'li Fisheries Society LeaderMurugiah Subramaniam, the fisheries leader of Kathirave'li in Batticaloa north narrates the position of the people of three Tamil villages that are protesting ilmenite mining in their coastal belt. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39414
2019-04-1508 minTamilNetJothilingam: Unworkability of Transitional Justice in genocidal Sri LankaEezham Tamils should not fall prey to the advocacy coming from the Western countries that prod them into the roadmap of unworkable transitional justice in the island, Jaffna-based Senior Lawyer and Political Analyst S.A. Jothilingam told TamilNet on Tuesday. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39410
2019-04-1004 minTamilNetPolitical Analyst S A Jothilingam on Jagathrakshakan's SL InvestmentJaffna-based Eezham Tamil political analyst S.A. Jothilingam says the Foreign Direct Investment move by DMK Politician's family business Silver Park in the south of the island was disappointing the Tamils in the island as well as the prominent international activists who have called for boycotting trade with the SL State. The investment drive has also raised serious questions on DMKs politics failing to address Tamil struggle for national liberation. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39409
2019-04-0904 minTamilNetM.K. Shivajilingam on Jagathratchagan's family investment in HambantotaSenior Tamil politician M.K. Shivajilingam urges DMK Policitian Samikannu Jagathratchagan to reconsider his decision of investing in Hambantota. Shivajilingam's comment to TamilNet comes following reports that SL Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe tricking the family-owned business of Tamil Nadu's DMK politician Samikannu Jagathratchagan to invest 70% of USD 3.85 billion to build an oil refinery and cement factory in Mirijjawila in Hambantota district.
2019-03-3103 minTamilNetShritharan MP's opinion on SL President's recent appointmentsTamil National Alliance parliamentarian from Ki'linochchi S. Shritharan told TamilNet that the Eezham Tamils viewed the position of SL Governor to North as a shadow of the Sinhala rulers. Tamils have no say in the affairs of the unitary state after losing their sovereignty, said. Although the appointment of a Tamil person was something that should be welcomed, one must also perceive it as nothing else than an acid test for the persona involved, he said. At the same time, Tamils witness the appointment of Shavendra Silva as SL State dealing a blow to the international community's quest for human...
2019-01-1102 minTamilNetRev Fr Lawrence Leon narrates plight of Mu'l'lik-ku'lam people at New Year's EveSL President Maithiripala Sirisena promised to resettle the people of Mu'l'lik-ku'lam before the end of 31st December 2018. Despite the repeated pleas the people made through their political representatives in the SL Parliament and the Bishop of Mannaar taking up the matter with the SL President and his secretariat in Colombo, nothing has taken place, complained Rev Fr Lawrence Leon on Monday. He was seeking action before 2019 Pongkal Day. Full Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39299
2019-01-0105 minTamilNet[Tamil] UNP-TNA collaboration condemned by NPC Councillor on Black July remembranceVinthan Kanagaratnam, a Councillor of the Northern Provincial Council representing Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, a former Tamil militant group which has later resorted to the electoral politics, has condemned the TNA hierarchy for failing to insist upon principled politics and demands. The TNA, including TELO parliamentarians, have been collaborating with the UNP, which is deceiving the Tamils with so-called development through the TNA parliamentarians, he said. The Colombo regime is sidelining the NPC in all affairs, including the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the war-affected people, he told TamilNet. The recent visit by the SL Prime Minister Ranil Wickramisnghe to...
2018-07-2808 minTamilNetMarcel Bosonnet on Swiss verdict“It was a big sign for the Tamils in Switzerland and in other countries that fighting for freedom cannot be a crime,” Marcel Bosonnet, one of the legal experts who defended the Tamil activists in Switzerland in one of the big cases held ever in the country, told TamilNet in an interview on 15 June 2018. Full story: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39099
2018-06-1711 minTamilNetCTB Federation leader on Mu'l'livaaykkaal RemembranceMu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance should be observed without allowing electoral political parties to use the collective remembrance event for their political purposes. Instead, all political parties should extend their support to the Jaffna University Student Union which is led by younger generation Tamil students without electoral party affiliations, says Northern Region CTB Workers Association, Secretary Arulanantham Arudprakash. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=39061&catid=13
2018-05-0904 minTamilNetTamil civil society activist Parthipan VaratharajanTamil civil society activist, 39-year-old Parthipan Varatharajan has condemned Major General Dharshana Hettiarrachchi, the commander of the occupying SL Military in Jaffna, for politicising the participation of people in SL military organised Vesak festivities in Jaffna. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=39060
2018-05-0804 minTamilNetEaswary Mariasuresh (Alai) on attempted assault on protesters in MullaiThe chairperson of families of enforced disappeared of Mullaiththeevu district Mrs Easwary Mariasuresh on alleged paramilitary assault on the protest site on Thursday when the protest entered 400th Day. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39036
2018-04-1401 minTamilNetSLM Hanifa analyses recent anti-Muslim pogrom in Central and Eastern provincesSLM Hanifa, a popular writer and journalist from Batticaloa in the Eastern Province talks to TamilNet giving his analysis on the recent anti-Muslim pogrom by a Sinhala mob, which was backed by a section of extremist Buddhist monks. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39002
2018-03-1716 minTamilNetIsmail Mohamed Lebbe on Tamil-Muslim unityHaji Ismail Mohamed Lebbe (68) from Ampaa'rai, who is a national organizer of All Ceylon Government General Employees Union (ACGGEU), talks to TamilNet on the recent anti-Muslim pogroms witnessed in Central Province and in Ampaa'rai district of the Eastern Province. Analysing the weaknesses of Tamil-speaking people, he underlines the need for unity among Tamil-speaking people in a merged North-Eastern Province. TamilNet Story: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=39002
2018-03-1712 minTamilNetMrs Amalraj on Valentine's Day humiliation in ColomboA Colombo-based NGO, known as Families of the Disappeared (FoD), was inviting 30 Tamil women from the East on Valentine's Day to Western Province to narrate their ‘love stories’ with their husbands, whom they later lost due to enforced disappearances, Batticaloa District Head of Families of Enforced Disappeared, Mrs Amalraj Amalanayaki told TamilNet.
2018-03-1212 minTamilNetMrs Amalraj, Batticaloa District Rep. of Enforced Disappeared“As part of the delegation representing the families of enforced disappeared, I met the SL President three times. To all our disappointment, none of the promises have been fulfilled,” says Mrs Amalraj Amalanayaki, an activist from Batticaloa, representing the families of enforced disappeared in the district. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?art.html?catid=13&artid=38911
2017-12-3009 minTamilNet56-year-old ‘Poosaari’ Irasaiah PathmanathanA “poosaari”, who is a traditional priest, whose forefathers for 7th generations have been serving as priests at Kooniththeevu and Champoor region narrates the nature of ancient village deities of Eezham Tamils in Moothoor East. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38909
2017-12-2608 minTamilNetPremachandran on Muttave'li cremationAt Muttave'li, there are religious places of worship and memorial monuments of historical significance to Tamils. Staging funeral and cremation at this place is therefore regarded as desecration, EPRLF leader and former TNA Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran told TamilNet on Friday. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38907
2017-12-2403 minTamilNetAttorney-at-Law V S Niranjan on Mannaar mass gravesAttorney-at-Law V.S. Niranjan, who represents the families of missing persons in the investigation of exhumed mass graves at Maanthai in Mannaar, narrates the latest decision informed by Judge Alex Raja on 28 July, especially after Colombo-based Special Criminal Investigation Department has made a complaint against the Judge with the SL Judicial Service Commission. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38760
2017-08-0203 minTamilNet[Tamil] NPC Chief Minister's address 14 06 2017NPC Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran's address to the council on 14 June 2017. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38709
2017-06-1510 minTamilNetSL Governor Reginald Cooray exposes Sirisena's stand on missing personsAt a press conference held in Jaffna following the big protest in Ki'linochchi by the Tamil families of enforced disappeared at the hands of the occupying SL military, SL Governor to North Reginald Cooray argued that the only solution to the problem was to issue a ‘certificate on missing’ and provide assistance after the families are prepared to accept a such certificate. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38693
2017-05-3104 minTamilNetTribute to SG Shanthan: A mix of his songsA mix of songs sung by SG Shanthan (20 December 1960 - 26 February 2017)
TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38597
2017-02-2708 minTamilNetPLOTE Leader, NPC Councillor Tharmalingam SitharthanPLOTE Leader and NPC Councillor Tharmalingam Sitharthan addressing Ezhuka Thamizh rally held in Batticaloa on 10 February 2017. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38579
2017-02-1106 minTamilNetProf S K Sitrampalam addressing Ezhuka ThamizhProfessor S K Sitrampalam, a senior ITAK leader, addressing Ezhuka Thamizh rally in Batticaloa on 10 February 2017. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38579
2017-02-1106 minTamilNetTPC Co-Chairman T VasantharajahBatticaloa District Civil Society Representative and one of the three co-chairpersons of Tamil People’s Council (TPC) addressing the Ezhuka Thamizh rally at Batticaloa. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38579
2017-02-1013 minTamilNetS Viyaledran, TNA MP from Batticaloa DistrictS Viyaledran, TNA MP from Batticaloa District addressing Ezhuka Thamizh rally held in Batticaloa on 10 February 2017. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38579
2017-02-1008 minTamilNetNPC Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran at Ezhuka Thamizh in BatticaloaNPC Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran addressing the Ezhuka Thamizh uprising in Batticaloa on 10 February 2017. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38579
2017-02-1031 minTamilNetSuresh Premachandran 10 Feb 2017 BatticaloaEPRLF Leader and former Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran addressing Ezhuka Thamizh rally at Batticaloa on 10 February 2017. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38579
2017-02-1007 minTamilNetSL military instructs uprooted people not to protest during Maithiripala's Mullai visitThe occupying Sinhala military at Keappaa-pulavu in Mullaiththeevu, releasing only a section of lands, has threatened the villagers not to stage protests demanding full resettlement. The SL military has even named the protestors who should be contained. One of the named protestors, Mrs Inthirany Vivekananthan, narrates the story of the long protests by the villagers, who remain firm in their demand of resettling in Keappaa-pulavu. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38557
2017-01-2208 minTamilNetFisheries port at Point Pedro to be Sinhalicised through ‘Development’N.S. Subramaniyam, the leader of Maathakal West Rural Fisheries Society, together with fishing society leaders from Oo'raath-thu'rai (Kayts), Vea'la'nai, Ezhuvai-theevu, Analai-theevu, Nedun-theevu, Cha'ndilippaaay, Chinna-madu and Thampaaddi vows to fight against permanent occupation of Tamil coastal strip in Jaffna. The fisheries associations have put up 4 demands to SL State. Full TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38556
2017-01-2104 minTamilNetEx-MP Ariyanethiran on Constitutional Position of TNAFormer Parliamentarian and TNA Politician P. Ariyanethiran on constitutional position of the Tamil alliance and recent remarks by SL ‘Justice’ minister on extremist Buddhist monk, colonisation of Batticaloa district. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38536
2017-01-1606 minTamilNetNo Pongkal for resettled Champoor Tamils in TrincomaleeResettled Eezham Tamils in Champpoor, Trincomalee, complain that SL President Maithiripala Sirisena didn't fulfil the promises. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38551
2017-01-1602 minTamilNetTNA MP K Thurairetnasingham from TrincomaleeThe widespread erection of Buddha statues in the Northern and Eastern provinces, especially in places where no Buddhists live and Bo trees being regarded as the exclusive property of Sinhala Buddhists, have now become analogous to ‘despicable’ symbols in the minds of Tamil-speaking people as these have been used as tools of occupation disrespecting the prospects for harmony between the different religions. TamilNet Report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38542
2017-01-0609 minTamilNetSuresh Premachandran Press Meet 28 December 2016Suresh Premachandran Press Meet 28 December 2016. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38533
2016-12-3027 minTamilNetWitness: families with former LTTE affiliation under severe threat by SL Intelligence operativesThe wife of a former Tamil Eelam Police officer explains the level of threat prevailing against them at the moment (November 2016) under the rule of Maithiripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickramasinghe. TamilNet Report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38506
2016-12-0408 minTamilNetChairman of Fisheries Federation in JaffnaV. Thavachelvan, the chairman of the Federation of Fisheries Societies in Jaffna on Sunday told TamilNet that the fishermen representatives were calling for the participation of the Northern Provincial Council as a party in the ‘high-level’ meetings taking place between the affected parties at the presence of various SL and Indian ministries.
2016-11-0602 minTamilNetEPC Councillor K Nageswaran On SL Navy Militarisation Of ChampoorResponding to accusations coming from the resettled Tamil families at Champoor that they were deceived to hand over their lands to the occupying SL Navy with the promise of alternative lands compensating their losses at the presence of Tamil politicians of Trincomalee, Eastern Provincial Councillor K. Nageswaran told TamilNet that the ultimate responsibility rested with the administrative system, especially with the Governor of the Eastern Province, Mr Austin Fernando. TamilNet Feature: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38465
2016-10-3008 minTamilNetIraasaiya Pathmanathan from ChampoorColombo deceived resettled Tamils to put signature in documents promising alternative lands from resettling uprooted Tamils from Champoor in Moothoor East. Months have elapsed, nobody received alternative lands. But, the occupying SL Navy has seized more than what it needed from the people. More than 300 acres of residential and agricultural lands have been seized by the SL Navy, says Tamil farmer Irasaiya Visuvalingam, whose lands have been seized without written permission. TamilNet News URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38464
2016-10-3006 minTamilNetAudio statement from Tamil political prisoners in AnuradhapuraTamil political prisoners languishing in the prisons of genocidal Colombo have decided to launch a continuous hunger-strike campaign starting from Wednesday. The Tamil prisoners are demanding immediate action from the Colombo government and its international ‘partners’ on their release. “At least transfer our cases to the High Courts in Vavuniyaa and Jaffna from the clutches of Anuradhapura Special Courts,” a spokesperson of the political prisoners jailed in Anuradhapura prison said while talking to TamilNet over the phone and reading a statement on behalf of the detained prisoners. Full story: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38420
2016-09-2006 minTamilNetMahaweli Ministry deploys massive Sinhala colonisation in BatticaloaNimalan Kanthasamay, the secretary of Kiraan and Chengkaladi Dairy Farmers Association complains about un-noticed Sinhalicisation of Tamil lands taking place in massive scale under Maithiripala Sirisena's rule. Full story URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38407
2016-09-0708 minTamilNetLawyer V. Manivannan on alleged 2011 murder by SL PoliceLawyer Manivannan interviewed by TamilNet on the alleged murder of 26-year-old Sumanan Sriskandarajah. TamilNet Story: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38354
2016-07-3107 minTamilNetAnanthy Sasitharan on 15 07 2016Ananthy Sasitharan (NPC Councillor), the wife of Ezhilan who witnessed the handover of her husband to the 58 Division of SL Army through a Catholic Priest at Vadduvaakal in front of her on 18 May 2009, briefs media about the habeas corpus case at Mullaiththeevu courts. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38326
2016-07-1504 minTamilNetThe wife of abducted, tortured victim in Mannaar30-year-old Mathuvanthy Anton, the wife of abducted victim and the mother of three urges not to harm her family anymore. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38311
2016-07-0201 minTamilNetRemove or relocate military camps away from civilians in NorthFormer TNA MP and Leader of EPRLF Suresh Premachandran, citing the emerging demands in South to shift military camps away from civilian areas, said this week the SL Government should particularly de-militarise North where hundreds of military camps are installed and maintained among the civilian population. Be it Tamils, Muslims or Sinhalese, the military bases should be kept away from civilian areas, he said. TamilNet Story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38290
2016-06-1203 minTamilNet[Tamil] Noor Mohamed, the chairmen of fisheries societies in MannaarThe chairman of Mannaar district fisheries societies condemns ‘Gazafication’ of Mu'l'likku'lam through Sinhala colonisation while keeping the Tamil-speaking people discriminated at Mu'l'lik-ku'lam. The end result is feared as what has taken place in Kokku'laay and Ma'nalaa'ru in Mullaiththeevu, he says. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38253
2016-05-1205 minTamilNet[Tamil] A Tamil dairy farmer from Paduvaankarai explains occupation of pasture landsA Tamil dairy farmer, who did not wish to be named due to prevailing threats, explains how the occupation of pasture lands is affecting the livelihood and existence of Tamil farmers in Batticaloa district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38248
2016-05-0705 minTamilNet[Tamil] NPC Councillor M.K. ShivajilingamNPC Councillor and former TNA Parliamentarian M.K. Shivajilingam talking to media during the sieged of Divisional Survey Office in Jaffna against surveying lands for continued militarisation of the coastal lands in the district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38218
2016-04-0801 minTamilNet[Tamil] NPC Councillor Vinthan KanagaratnamNPC Councillor Vinthan Kanagaratnam talking to media during the sieged of Divisional Survey Office in Jaffna against surveying lands for continued militarisation of the coastal lands in the district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38218
2016-04-0801 minTamilNet[Tamil] ITAK Parliamentarian Sivagnanam SritharanSritharan MP talking to media during the sieged of Divisional Survey Office in Jaffna against surveying lands for continued militarisation of the coastal lands in the district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38218
2016-04-0802 minTamilNet[Tamil] TNPF President Gajendrakumar PonnambalamTNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam talking to media during the sieged of Divisional Survey Office in Jaffna against surveying lands for continued militarisation of the coastal lands in the district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38218
2016-04-0803 minTamilNet[Tamil] TNPF Secretary Kajendren SelvarajahTNPF Secretary Kajendren Selvarajah talking to media during the sieged of Divisional Survey Office in Jaffna against surveying lands for continued militarisation of the coastal lands in the district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38218
2016-04-0801 minTamilNet[Tamil] NPC Councillor Balachandran GajatheepanNPC Councillor Gajatheepan Balachandran talking to media during the sieged of Divisional Survey Office in Jaffna against surveying lands for continued militarisation of the coastal lands in the district. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38218
2016-04-0801 minTamilNetMother of hunger-striking political prisoner demands IC to get her son released from SL prisonMrs Pushpamala Mathiyarasan from Karaveddi, Jaffna on Monday urged the IC to exert pressure on Colombo to get her son released from Sri Lankan prison where he launched, together with 16 other Tamil political prisoners, fast-unto-death agitation demanding release. The 29-year-old Tamil political prisoner has been detained for more than 7 years without a valid case against him. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38151
2016-02-2202 minTamilNetPremachandran: Tamil women face rape threat from SL Military in NorthFormer TNA Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran condemns SL Government for not withdrawing occupying Sinhala military from Northern Province amidst increasing complaints of sexual abuse by the genocidal military. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38145
2016-02-1905 minTamilNet[Tamil] NPC Councillor Ananthy SasitharanNPC Councillor, who also represents families of persons who were handed over to SL military by their families at the end of war, addresses media in Jaffna on 07 February 2015 after meeting UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38127
2016-02-0800 minTamilNet[Tamil] NPC Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran briefs pressJustice C.V. Wigneswaran addressing press in Jaffna after his meeting with the visiting UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in Jaffna. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38127
2016-02-0803 minTamilNetNPC CM and Co-chair of TPC Justice CV WigneswaranJustice CV Wigneswaran's address on the release of the draft proposals for a Constitutional Arrangement to resolve the national question in the island. The report, released on 31 January is for consideration by the Tamil People’s Council and for subsequent consultation with the people before it is finalised. Read TamilNet Report at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38114
2016-01-3113 minTamilNetAttorney-at-Law V PuvitharanAttorney-at-Law V. Puvitharan's address on the release of the draft proposals for a Constitutional Arrangement to resolve the national question in the island. The report, released on 31 January is for consideration by the Tamil People’s Council and for subsequent consultation with the people before it is finalised. Read TamilNet Report at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38114
2016-01-3117 minTamilNetT Vasantharajah BatticaloaTPC Co-Chair and the Secretary of Batticaloa Civil Society T Vasantharajah's address on the release of the draft proposals for a Constitutional Arrangement to resolve the national question in the island. The report, released on 31 January is for consideration by the Tamil People’s Council and for subsequent consultation with the people before it is finalised. Read TamilNet Report at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38114
2016-01-3104 minTamilNetDr P LakshmanTPC Co-Chair and a Senior Cardiologist at the Teaching Hospital in Jaffna Dr P Lakshman's speech on the release of the draft proposals for a Constitutional Arrangement to resolve the national question in the island. The report, released on 31 January is for consideration by the Tamil People’s Council and for subsequent consultation with the people before it is finalised. Read TamilNet Report at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38114
2016-01-3109 minTamilNetTPC Press meet on 27 December 2015Press Conference by the Tamil People's Council (TPC) on 27 December 2015, cockered by NPC Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, Dr P Lakshman, Consultant Cardiologist at the Teaching Hospital, Jaffna and Mr. T Vasantharajah, the secretary of the Batticaloa Civil Society. Full report: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38063
2015-12-2735 minTamilNet[Tamil] Political prisoner talks to TamilNetA political prisoners from a jail talks to TamilNet on the demands of political prisoners. The voice of the prisoner has been digitally changed to avoid identification. Read more: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38047
2015-12-1302 minTamilNetVeerasingam Sulaksan (24) released on bail addresses mediaFull story: Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38011
2015-11-1809 minTamilNetPonuththurai Ganeshan (60) released on bail addressed mediaFull story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=38011
2015-11-1809 minTamilNet[Tamil] Justice C.V. Wigneswaran on Meeting With Cathy Russell in JaffnaUS delegation, comprising Mr Atul Keshap, the US Ambassador in Colombo and Ms Cathy Russell, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issue, met the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Justice C.V. Wigneswaran on 28 October 2015 to learn the needs of the people, especially the needs of war-widows and how the SL State was responding to their needs. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37991
2015-11-0109 minTamilNet[English] Suresh Premachandran 30 Oct 2015Former Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran, who is the leader of the EPRLF, one of the parties comprising the Tamil National Alliance, has demanded Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK), another party in the TNA alliance to openly clarify to Eezham Tamils their stand on the current dilemma caused by the Sri Lankan State and the ruling government on the matter of Special Court, which was supposed to investigate the Sri Lankan leaders and commanders who were accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. Mr Premachandran was also pointing out how the SL regime is discriminating the Tamil political prisoners. Full...
2015-11-0108 minTamilNet[Tamil] Kachchatkodi RDS Leader Yogarajah GaneshRural Development Society Leader from Katchakkodi village situated in Paddippazhai division of Batticaloa district says the SL State mechanism is discriminating resettling Tamils by deploying wild elephants and by failing to protect the Tamils. The Sinhala settlers in nearby villages are being protected by the SL military and home guards, he says. Full story URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37990
2015-10-3006 minTamilNetSumanthiran becomes detractor of genocide investigation“I am not a member of the NPC. If I was there, I would have said, don't be foolish. Don't pass this kind of resolution,” said Sumanthiran when questioned on his support to advancing the demand of international investigation on genocide against the nation of Eezham Tamils. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37937
2015-09-1906 minTamilNetNPC Chief Minister thanks TN Chief MinisterWelcoming the State Assembly resolution passed by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, NPC CM Wigneswaran reiterated international mechanism for investigation on crimes committed in the island. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37931
2015-09-1603 minTamilNetTamil Nadu Assembly Resolution demands international investigationsThe Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State proposes new resolution demanding international investigations. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37929
2015-09-1602 minTamilNet[Tamil] Ex - LTTE Female Member Speaks OutA former LTTE combatant, who attempted to commit suicide in July 2015 as she was unable to repay the loans taken from her relatives in order to complete the construction of their house, which the family received through the Indian Housing Scheme, told TamilNet that disabled ex-LTTE members, especially women, have been subjected to constant trauma as they were unable to sustain their livelihood. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37916
2015-09-0606 minTamilNetMother of one of 17 victims of Moothoor massacre60-year-old Pushparany Vairamuththu describes the plight of the victims of Moothoor Massacre which took place on August 04, 2006 in Trincomalee. She lost her eldest daughter, Vairamuththu Kokilavarthani, the only bread winner of the family at that time. Full story: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37872
2015-08-0310 minTamilNet[Tamil] Land owner Manikkaathas ThirugnanasampantharThe owner of the land at Kokku'laay, where the Buddhist monk is building a huge Buddhist Vihara establishment, wants to proceed with legal action against the land grab that has been carried out by a Sinhala Buddhist under Sri Lankan militarisation. Full story at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37819
2015-06-2602 minTamilNet[Tamil] May Day address by Gajendrakumar PonnambalamMay Day address by Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam at Point Pedro in Jaffna. Story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37752
2015-05-0348 minTamilNet[Tamil] Chairman of agricultural society on Sinhalicisation in Moothoor EastVelautham Velmaran, the chairman of Paddith-thidal Sri Vinayaga Agricultural Society Moothoor East, urges immediate action to stop genocidal land grab taking place in Moothoor East. A Sinhala Buddhist monk, Ven. Mahinagamage Premaratne, is leading the illegal seizure of Tamils lands in Kangku-veali, Padukaadu and Muthalai-madu in Moothoor Divisional Secretariat Division in Trincomalee district, according to Mr Velmaran. Full story at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37742
2015-04-2809 minTamilNetWriter Aazhi Senthilnathan on Red Sander massacre of Tamils in Andhra PradeshTamilNet interviews Writer Aazhi Senthilnathan, who is a journalist, an activist and a member of the organising committee of Makka'l I'naiyam, a Tamil national social democratic party. He has been to Veaddai-kirip-paa'laiyam village and witnessed the plight of the families of the victims subjected to the massacre. Story URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37725
2015-04-1221 minTamilNetTamil activist Selvarajah Kanesh from Ampaa'raiThe president of the Families of Abducted and Missing Persons in Ampaa'rai District, explaining the situation of victims and the demand for credible, independent and international investigations. Story at URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=37722
2015-04-0911 minTamilNet[Tamil] Another uprooted mother from ChampoorMs Chiththiraleka Jeeva, an uprooted mother from Champoor talks to TamilNet from Ki'liveddi “welfare camp” in Moothoor East on the plight of the uprooted Eezham Tamils from Champoor. Story URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37716
2015-04-0407 minTamilNet[Tamil] Uprooted mother from ChampoorMs Krishnaraj Nimalathevy, a 48-year-old uprooted Tamil mother from Champoor, who lost her husband and her boy, talks to TamilNet from Ki'liveddi “welfare camp” in Moothoor East on the plight of the uprooted Eezham Tamils from Champoor. Story URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37716
2015-04-0403 minTamilNet[Tamil] Community Leader KrishnapillaiChampoor Samaja leader and Uprooted peoples representative Mr Krishnapillai talks to TamilNet on the current plight of uprooted Champoor Tamils in Moothoor East, Trincomalee. Story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37716
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