Internatio​nal investigat​ion for war crime allegation​s: Channel 4

Britain parliamentarians urged an international investigation on war crime allegation which took place during the last stage of war reports the Channel -4. According to the channel -4 reports more foreign countries are pressures the Sri-Lankan government to carry out international investigations on war crime allegations. 62 parliamentarians have signed the early daily motion which is presented by the all party parliamentary leader of the Tamil people Lee Scot. However leader said by visiting to a parliamentarian British national have an opportunity to keep a signature in this proposal.   Click here

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Hillary Clinton met Jayalalithaa

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today voiced concern over the plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka and said her country was looking at some innovative and creative ideas to break the impasse over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue
Hillary,who called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at the secretariat here,told her that U.S. was looking at some innovative and creative ideas to break the impasse and enable Sri Lankan Tamils in camps get back to their own homes.
Jayalalithaa said though the war between the Sri Lankan army and LTTE in the island nation was over two years ago, Sri Lankan Tamils in Jaffna area are still in camps and unable to go back to the original areas where they used to live.
While discussing the issue of Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa told Hillary they have been provided all facilities that were available to local citizens.
Both of them discussed various social,political and economic issues of common interest, an official press release said. The US Secretary of State also congratulated Jayalalithaa on her electoral victory in the April 13 assembly polls. During the meeting,Jayalalithaa recalled the strong bilateral trade relations between India and United States.
Inviting more US investment in the Automobile sector in Tamil Nadu, she said Tamil Nadu enjoyed pre-eminence in automotive and auto components. Jayalalithaa also expressed concern over reduction in issue of H1B visas even though in terms of number of Visas issued, the Chennai US Consulate was the second largest in the world.
Hillary invited Jayalalithaa to visit US which would enable Americans to know about the great achievements of Tamil Nadu.
The meeting lasted for an hour.

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Mon 10 éme Anniversaire

Mon oncle a fait plein plein de gâteaux pour 10e anniversaire. Je suis allé à l'école.

Deux avions sont arrivés dans le ciel. Toutes les personnes ont couru. Elles avaient peur. J'ai couru vers ma maison. Quel qu'un m'a dit de revenir. J'ai cru en Dieu plus qu'en l'homme. Je continue de courir. J'ai dit merci mon Dieu, merci seigneur. Je suis debout devant vous la Bombe est tombée là-bas. Après deux heures J'ai regardé le ciel. Les avions étaient repartis vers leur base. Deux personnes sont mortes et ma maison a été endommagée. Cet événement est un événement mémorable dans ma vie.

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Sri Lankan Tamils after the war The Stream AlJazeera

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Exiled journalist​s provide video-repo​rt

A media rights group called ‘Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS)’- consisting a group of exiled journalists from Sri Lanka- has provided British Channel 4 television with the execution video with Sinhala speech which allegedly shows extra-judicial killings by Sri Lankan troops, the BBC Sinhala service reported. The group also dismissed the ‘new executions video clip’ with Tamil speech aired in a pro government television channel as "fake" and one that emerged two years ago. The JDS says that the "newly emerged" video was first published in a pro government website on 18 September 2009. JDS also calls upon the government to submit the clip to an international investigation for authentication. The Sri Lankan government claims that the video contains Tamil Tigers committing a crime against Sri Lankan soldiers. Sanath Balasuriya, a spokesman for JDS told BBC Sinhala service that the new claim invalidates the government's previous claim that such an incident never occurred. "In a report by a so-called group of experts, the government said it was staged and not something that actually happened. If the government now says that the video shows a crime committed by the LTTE, it is an admission that such an incident did actually happen," he said. JDS provided British Channel 4 television with a video with the same visuals and Sinhala speech which apparently shows extra-judicial killings by Sri Lankan troops. An extended version of that video has been viewed by the UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial, summary or arbitrary executions who concluded the incident as authentic. JDS spokesman Balasuriya challenged the Sri Lankan government to provide the longer version with Tamil speech 'if it shows a crime committed by Tamil Tigers'.

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Canadian Tamil tortured in Sri Lankan prison

Sri Lankan Tamil a citizen of Canada was tortured in Sri Lankan prison was published in “The National post” media. 40 years old Roy Manojkumar Samathanam was imprisoned in Sri Lankan prison for the past three years.

He said, he had been threatened to give false statement that he had smuggled weapons and was under torture. He had now returned to Canada, and  had mentioned that he had been taken to three places in Sri Lanka and was imprisoned. The Sri Lankan Terrorist detention unit had treated him in a very cruel manner, he said. Sri lankan government is denying the war crimes charged against them, but he said, he is one of the witness who has faced torture and torture incidents happening in the Sri Lankan prisons. Sri Lanka Terrorism detention unit is demanding ransom from Tamil businessmen. In connection with this, 50 persons are detained by the terrorism detention unit and are facing inquiries was mentioned by Manojkumar.

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The UN's human rights chief yesterday warned Sri Lanka

The UN's human rights chief yesterday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying failure to carry out a credible inquiry could lead to international action.

"There is now a high level of expectations expressed by member states that Sri Lanka should seriously inquire into these allegations" of prisoner executions and assaults, said Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "But this should not be an open-ended process," she stressed, noting that a previous Sri Lankan internal inquiry "failed to complete its task, never published its report and never led to a single prosecution." "If that should be the case again, there is an intention for the international community to take further action. I certainly believe that the Human Rights Council should actively consider this matter," said Pillay. Pressure has mounted on Colombo since Britain's Channel 4 broadcast a documentary that showed what it said were prisoner executions and bodies of female Tamil fighters who appeared to have been sexually assaulted. A recent UN report accused government forces of war crimes, alleging that they executed rebel leaders who had surrendered. An estimated 100,000 people were killed in the nearly four-decade-long Tamil separatist conflict, which began in 1972. Pillay's remarks echoed that of the United States, which on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to move quickly to address allegations of war crimes. Colombo has questioned the authenticity of the Channel 4 footage but said that a local panel, known as the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, would take action if the allegations are proven. The UN's human rights chief Thursday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying failure to carry out a credible inquiry could lead to international action.

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