Showing posts with label genocide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genocide. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
மீண்டும் ஆரம்பம்....
மே மாதம் பதினாறு, பதினேழு மற்றும் பதினெட்டு திகதிகளில் நடந்த கொடுமைகளை அடுத்து மனது எதிலும் நாட்டம் கொள்ளாமல் அலை பாய்ந்தது, உலகமே பார்க்க நடந்தேறிய கொடுமைகளைக் கண்டு , உலகத்தின் மீதே கோபமும், வெறுப்பும் கூடியது...
உலகத்தின் நியதிகள் எப்படி நிர்னயிக்கப் படுகின்றன எனபதற்க்கு சாட்சியங்கள் கூற இனி எவரும் தேவையில்லை !!!
நியாயம் பற்றிப் பேசும் தகுதியை அது இழந்து நாட்கள் பல ஆகிறது...
மனச்சாட்சி மண்ணாங்கட்டியாகிய கதை இதுதான் போலும்...
அன்றைய கொடுமையான நாட்கள் இப்பொழுது வரலாறு ஆகி போனது...
முன்னைய வரலாறுகள் மண்ணாகிப் போனது...
உலகத்தால் சாகடிக்கப்பட்ட ஆத்மாகள்...அப்படியே இருந்து பட்டு போகட்டும்...
இனி நம்மால் என்னதான் செய்ய முடியும்?
அனைத்தையும் மீறி ,இனி நாம் என்னதான் செய்யப் போகிறோம்!!!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Open Letter from a Rwandan Tutsi to the Tamil Brothers of Sri Lankan descent in Canada
Open Letter from a Rwandan Tutsi to the Tamil Brothers of Sri Lankan descent in Canada
May 6, 2009, 05:53
By Eloge Butera
I am a Tutsi from Rwanda, my family and I moved to Canada in the early 90s. This country is my home now. The fact that my daughters have a safe and secure life here is something that I thank the Lord for everyday. Things are very normal back home. Putting the bitter past behind them, the Tutsis and the Hutus are living together as one people now. To me, no matter how well Rwanda changes, my country will always be Canada.........
This article is removed after receiving OBJECTION...as found below,
Eloge Butera did not write this article. I ask the person responsible for posting the article to remove it immediately because it does not represent my views, and because it constitutes a farce impersonation of my identity. I therefore condemn and denounce this misrepresentation and once again request its immediate removal from the cite
NOTE: Article is removed, because the identity of the person written this article couldn't be properly validated.
Friday, March 13, 2009
வணங்கா மண் - உறவுகளின் உயிர் காப்பதற்க்கான தாயகம் நோக்கிய பயணம்
உலகமே கை விட்ட பின் எம் உறவுகளின் உயிர் காப்பதற்க்கான தாயகம் நோக்கிய பயணம்.
பிரித்தானிய வாழ் புலம் பெயர்ந்த உறவுகளால் ஈழத்து உறவுகளுக்கான உணவு மற்றும் உயிர்க்காப்பு மருந்துக்களுடன் தாயகம் நோக்கிய பயணத்திற்கு அனைவரும் ஒன்றிணையுமாறு "வணங்கா மண்" ஒருங்கிணைப்பு குழு கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறது.
தற்போதைய யுத்த நடவடிக்கையில் என்றுமில்லாதவாறு உணவு ஆயுதமாக பாவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
இதற்க்கு ஜநா முதல் உலகநாடுகள் அனைத்துமே எம்மக்களை தீண்டத்தகாதவர்களாக பார்க்கிறது, இந்நிலையில் எம் உறவுகளுக்காக பிரித்தானிய தமிழர்களால்"வணங்கா மண்" நடவடிக்கை இன்று முதல் பிரித்தானியாவில் பல்வேறு இடங்களில் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
ஒருபுறம் குண்டுமழையில் சாவுக்குள் வாழ்வாய் வாழும் மக்களை பட்டியால் சாவு கொள்ள விடுவோமா? வேதனைகள் சோதனைகளை கடந்து வந்து புலம் பெயர்ந்து வாழும் நாம் எம்மினம் அழிய விடுவோமா? அரசுகள் கைவிட்டால் என்ன? மனிதநேயம் கொண்ட மக்களிடம் எடுத்து செல்லுங்கள் எம்துயரை, பெற்றுக்கொள்வோம் அவர்கள் ஆதரவை. காத்திடுவோம் எம் உறவுகளை என்று வேண்டிநிற்கிறது "வணங்கா மண்" ஒருங்கிணைப்பு குழு.
தொடர்புகளுக்கு info@vannimission.org
Thanks : Tamilskynews.com
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Do you know how people in vanni make their living....
Recently, I had called Mannar to understand the conditions of my two aunts who were trapped in Vanni Area.
When SLAF (SriLankan AirForce) bombed a convent,which was in news few months back, in the same convent where my two NUN aunts were living along with another NUN. While my two aunts were unhurt by the bombing, the other nun was injured.
So past 3 months they went into hiding from bunker to bunker in vanni jungle. On 03-Mar-2009, one of my aunts conditions worsened hence was taken by ICRC to triconomalee then hospitalized in Mannar (one of my other aunt had met her in hospital). After being there for one week, now she is taken to Vavuniya Camp...now no more contact with her.
Meanwhile, another nun aunt of mine still trapped in vanni. she is waiting to be evacuated by ICRC. hopeful that she would be living and leaving vanni soon.
Conditions in vanni is much worse than what you see in this clip....
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Once an Insurgent now a president......Eelam struggle
please do have a look at the second part of this video...it gives the clear idea of "How the language has changed globally"...once an insurgent now a president accepts the change in language and how he effectively uses it now.
He once fought against disappearances and now the very thing his government is doing....
Monday, February 23, 2009
UGLY face of WAR
I am reproducing the Article that i happen to read from "Los angels times"....brings forth the other side of "Glorious victories" sinhala Govt is talking about....its really disheartening to know, how these ordinary citizens are misled by chauvinistic Lankan government....May all these souls lost in this ruthless WAR may R.I.P.
A military surge brings predictions of defeat for Tamil Tiger separatists. But many missing are among the casualties of the quarter-century conflict, and there could be more.
Reporting from Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka -- The white tattered strips line the main road to Kuliyapitiya, hanging off telephone poles and fence posts, each one signifying another funeral, another loss, another hole punched in the heart of a family. A few miles away, in the center of town, ribbons of another sort decorate the chest of a commando at a recruiting post working to impress a group of teenage boys.
A recent surge by the Sri Lankan army, boosted by an aggressive expansion of its forces, has prompted the government to predict that victory is just around the corner in its 25-year war with the Tamil Tiger rebels who have sought to carve out a homeland in the north and east of this island nation.
A recent surge by the Sri Lankan army, boosted by an aggressive expansion of its forces, has prompted the government to predict that victory is just around the corner in its 25-year war with the Tamil Tiger rebels who have sought to carve out a homeland in the north and east of this island nation.
Amid the rising euphoria, however, some question whether these hardened fighters will go away that easily, whether the human toll will really end, whether the white ribbons will stop fluttering at every turn.
Sri Lanka has paid a huge price, in economic loss, social and political strain, destroyed infrastructure and human lives, for its long civil war. Almost everyone in this nation of 20 million has been touched.
But it's the rice- and coconut-growing areas such as Kuliyapitiya district with its 150,000 population that have paid the highest toll. The government's all-volunteer army has found fertile ground for recruiting in rural areas where job prospects are limited and the army offers adventure, a uniform and a decent paycheck of about $200 a month. "Join the winning side," says a nationwide radio advertisement.
Sri Lanka has paid a huge price, in economic loss, social and political strain, destroyed infrastructure and human lives, for its long civil war. Almost everyone in this nation of 20 million has been touched.
But it's the rice- and coconut-growing areas such as Kuliyapitiya district with its 150,000 population that have paid the highest toll. The government's all-volunteer army has found fertile ground for recruiting in rural areas where job prospects are limited and the army offers adventure, a uniform and a decent paycheck of about $200 a month. "Join the winning side," says a nationwide radio advertisement.
Recently, funerals in these parts have been running about two or three a week, said Chandana Bulathsinhala, an aide to the local opposition lawmaker, adding steadily, relentlessly, to the area's estimated 5,000 casualties since the war's inception -- a staggering one in 30 people.
Bulathsinhala estimates that 99% of the recruits sign up for economic reasons, with many schoolchildren now wanting to be soldiers rather than doctors or lawyers.
"War is always cruel, but the media has promoted good war news, so more people are encouraged to join," he said.
As families in the community confront the human toll, the war machine continues to draw in new recruits. At the Kuliyapitiya Urban Council complex in town, a bus ringed with loudspeakers and posters of fighting men lures new enthusiasts.
"When you come to the interview, bring your stuff and be ready to go," advises a nearby poster showing a soldier in a Rambo-style pose.
A few miles away, Kusuma Gunawardana sits on a hard bed trying to make sense of it all, a cat curled at her side, tears running down her worn face. Her son, a soldier in the Sri Lankan army, has been missing since mid-January. Nationwide, the missing number in the thousands, the result of desertions, front lines that have shifted repeatedly and dense jungle that can decompose a body in rapid order.
Nor is she sure she can believe what the government news channels say. Her older son, also in the army, told her the situation is often significantly different from the rosy images beamed on the channels. She just wants her family back. "I can't think about what happened to my son," she said. "I believe he's still alive."
Down the road, Jayantha Perera, 33, has doubts about a quick end to the war, but for different reasons. It's been going on so long that to him the wrapping-up seems too fantastic. As he talks in a living room decorated with a military calendar and the family's foot-powered sewing machine, he remembers the pride he felt when his older brother Samantha left for the war.
Samantha hasn't been heard from in more than a decade and is presumed dead, one of the 4,000 soldiers and 12,000 Sri Lankan civilians and fighters with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam missing in the war, according to estimates by the Assn. of War Affected Women, a civic group based in the city of Kandy.
As he talks, Perera's aging father suddenly erupts into a wail of grief. It happens two or three times a day, Perera says; he's been on a downward slide since his son's disappearance. The family no longer keeps pictures of Samantha around, except for one fading shot of his regiment, to avoid upsetting his father even more.
Farther down the back roads of the community, posters glorify those who died as placards urge citizens to donate blood, using pictures of neighbors who have already signed up and shipped out as an incentive. "Brother you have not died, you bloom as a flower among us," reads a poster marking the death of a commando who died recently at Elephant Pass.
A few feet from the commando with a chestful of ribbons, Koolitha Manchanayaka, 19, waits by the recruiting bus talking to friends after signing up. The teenager is accompanied by his father and a cousin and is ready to fulfill a dream he's had since he was 17.
His parents were reluctant to let him go, he said, but he eventually persuaded them after promising to be careful. For added security, he wears a pirith cord, a string worn around the wrist, blessed by monks at a nearby Buddhist temple.
Sure, there is a risk that he will be captured or killed, he said. "It could happen to anyone, but I'm not scared," he said, his eyes alight with excitement. "This is the right time to go. If I'm not involved at this decisive time, there's no point."
The military added 40,000 recruits in each of the last two years, said Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara, a military spokesman, to reach the current 180,000 level for the armed forces.
Those with missing family members receive a death settlement after one year of about $750 for single soldiers and $1,500 for married, along with other pension and insurance payouts.
Laborer K.G. Salen Fernando, 63, of Galkapuyaya village, said his family didn't receive anything from the government when his son disappeared 17 years ago.
A decade or so back, the family finally conceded that their boy wasn't coming back, he said. But without ever seeing his body, the realization was very difficult to accept. "He died for the sake of the country, so I'm proud," the father said, through a toothless jaw. "But they didn't even give us 5 cents. We'd be happy if they paid us something."
Visaka Dharmadasa, the founder of the Assn. of War Affected Women, said the disappearance of one of her sons eight years ago was the catalyst for starting the group, which aims to make the government and the International Committee of the Red Cross more accountable on MIA issues.
The association now numbers 2,000 members. Even though it's been nearly a decade since she last saw her missing son, she said she still waits expectantly. "There's always hope," she said. "It's not going to help anyone when you deny the existence of a person."
Gunawardana's agony is still fresh, as she reflects on Tamil mothers on the other side who must be experiencing some of the same pain.
"In the north, they're going through the same suffering we have," she said. "We are running out of boys in this country. We don't need a war with the north to lose more children."
Courtesy : LosAngels times Reach Author : mark.magnier@latimes.com
Bulathsinhala estimates that 99% of the recruits sign up for economic reasons, with many schoolchildren now wanting to be soldiers rather than doctors or lawyers.
"War is always cruel, but the media has promoted good war news, so more people are encouraged to join," he said.
As families in the community confront the human toll, the war machine continues to draw in new recruits. At the Kuliyapitiya Urban Council complex in town, a bus ringed with loudspeakers and posters of fighting men lures new enthusiasts.
"When you come to the interview, bring your stuff and be ready to go," advises a nearby poster showing a soldier in a Rambo-style pose.
A few miles away, Kusuma Gunawardana sits on a hard bed trying to make sense of it all, a cat curled at her side, tears running down her worn face. Her son, a soldier in the Sri Lankan army, has been missing since mid-January. Nationwide, the missing number in the thousands, the result of desertions, front lines that have shifted repeatedly and dense jungle that can decompose a body in rapid order.
Nor is she sure she can believe what the government news channels say. Her older son, also in the army, told her the situation is often significantly different from the rosy images beamed on the channels. She just wants her family back. "I can't think about what happened to my son," she said. "I believe he's still alive."
Down the road, Jayantha Perera, 33, has doubts about a quick end to the war, but for different reasons. It's been going on so long that to him the wrapping-up seems too fantastic. As he talks in a living room decorated with a military calendar and the family's foot-powered sewing machine, he remembers the pride he felt when his older brother Samantha left for the war.
Samantha hasn't been heard from in more than a decade and is presumed dead, one of the 4,000 soldiers and 12,000 Sri Lankan civilians and fighters with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam missing in the war, according to estimates by the Assn. of War Affected Women, a civic group based in the city of Kandy.
As he talks, Perera's aging father suddenly erupts into a wail of grief. It happens two or three times a day, Perera says; he's been on a downward slide since his son's disappearance. The family no longer keeps pictures of Samantha around, except for one fading shot of his regiment, to avoid upsetting his father even more.
Farther down the back roads of the community, posters glorify those who died as placards urge citizens to donate blood, using pictures of neighbors who have already signed up and shipped out as an incentive. "Brother you have not died, you bloom as a flower among us," reads a poster marking the death of a commando who died recently at Elephant Pass.
A few feet from the commando with a chestful of ribbons, Koolitha Manchanayaka, 19, waits by the recruiting bus talking to friends after signing up. The teenager is accompanied by his father and a cousin and is ready to fulfill a dream he's had since he was 17.
His parents were reluctant to let him go, he said, but he eventually persuaded them after promising to be careful. For added security, he wears a pirith cord, a string worn around the wrist, blessed by monks at a nearby Buddhist temple.
Sure, there is a risk that he will be captured or killed, he said. "It could happen to anyone, but I'm not scared," he said, his eyes alight with excitement. "This is the right time to go. If I'm not involved at this decisive time, there's no point."
The military added 40,000 recruits in each of the last two years, said Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara, a military spokesman, to reach the current 180,000 level for the armed forces.
Those with missing family members receive a death settlement after one year of about $750 for single soldiers and $1,500 for married, along with other pension and insurance payouts.
Laborer K.G. Salen Fernando, 63, of Galkapuyaya village, said his family didn't receive anything from the government when his son disappeared 17 years ago.
A decade or so back, the family finally conceded that their boy wasn't coming back, he said. But without ever seeing his body, the realization was very difficult to accept. "He died for the sake of the country, so I'm proud," the father said, through a toothless jaw. "But they didn't even give us 5 cents. We'd be happy if they paid us something."
Visaka Dharmadasa, the founder of the Assn. of War Affected Women, said the disappearance of one of her sons eight years ago was the catalyst for starting the group, which aims to make the government and the International Committee of the Red Cross more accountable on MIA issues.
The association now numbers 2,000 members. Even though it's been nearly a decade since she last saw her missing son, she said she still waits expectantly. "There's always hope," she said. "It's not going to help anyone when you deny the existence of a person."
Gunawardana's agony is still fresh, as she reflects on Tamil mothers on the other side who must be experiencing some of the same pain.
"In the north, they're going through the same suffering we have," she said. "We are running out of boys in this country. We don't need a war with the north to lose more children."
Courtesy : LosAngels times Reach Author : mark.magnier@latimes.com
Friday, February 13, 2009
What you want us to Call THIS? - photos attached
Viewers Discretion is advised.
What they want us to call this? (they- India, co-chairs , US , UK, International communicty)
Even after seeing all this, do we sit back and still think of what we must be doing?
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Srilankan Genocidal war - AP (video)
Associated press (AP) has obtained a video showing the civilian casualities of ongoing Genocidal WAR. Although SL Govt keeps denying the fact that the civilians are under attack.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Genocide - Neighbouring country
Warning:If you are WEAK hearted, please do away with these clips. You may be disturbed if watching these clips.
You might hear a bomb being dropped and exploding when this video being recorded.
1. Who is going to be held responsible for all this?.
2. Why is it always "civilians" under attack?.
3. What international community doing for all this?.
4. Is it only Srilanka and LTTE to be held responsible? How about other countries helping this genocide either by providing ammunitions or by keeping silent?.
5. Is human life that cheap for all these "totalitarian authories"?.
Blood boils against everyone behind this. Now, I come to know why and how we have "terrorists" in this world. How they are made?. An ideological idiots everywhere forgetting human side of everything.
You might hear a bomb being dropped and exploding when this video being recorded.
1. Who is going to be held responsible for all this?.
2. Why is it always "civilians" under attack?.
3. What international community doing for all this?.
4. Is it only Srilanka and LTTE to be held responsible? How about other countries helping this genocide either by providing ammunitions or by keeping silent?.
5. Is human life that cheap for all these "totalitarian authories"?.
Blood boils against everyone behind this. Now, I come to know why and how we have "terrorists" in this world. How they are made?. An ideological idiots everywhere forgetting human side of everything.
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