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International conflict prevention group calls for probe into Sri Lanka�s �war-crimes�

May 18, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Toronto, May 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka�s bloody campaign to crush LTTE�s insurgency is under the scanner for reportedly wide-spread human rights violations, and there is a possibility that conflict prevention group �International Crisis Group� (ICG) will be carrying out the inquest.

Former UN High Commissioner on Human Rights and current ICG chief, Canadian Louise Arbour, will helm the inquiry.

In a report released on Monday, a year after the war�s end, the International Crisis Group cited �reasonable grounds to believe the Sri Lankan security forces committed war crimes�. There have been accusations of security forces targeting civilians and shelling hospitals to mount pressure on the separatist group.

The LTTE also exacerbated the situation by reportedly shooting fleeing civilians and taking them hostage to raise international pressure and secure a cease-fire.

The plight of hapless innocents and the huge loss of life and property in the besieged LTTE infested region has drawn concern from various quarters, with Arbour demanding that Sri Lanka should co-operate in the investigation and calling for UN sanctions to be slapped on the country if it fails to do so.

According to The Globe and Mail, the Brussels-based group, funded by donors and governments including Canada�s to study armed conflict and how to avert it, called for a United Nations-backed inquiry to account for a Sri Lankan government victory over the Tigers that came �at the cost of immense civilian suffering and an acute challenge to the laws of war.�

Canada has one of the highest immigrant populations of Sri Lankans, mostly of Tamil descent, with their population in the vicinity of 200000.

�I would like to see Canada encourage the [UN] Secretary-General to launch an international investigation,� Arbour told the Globe and Mail.

Arbour said that Canada �should not hesitate to exercise its universal jurisdiction� to prosecute Sri Lankan war crimes and human-rights abuses if suspects surface here.

�We really believe that unless there�s accountability for what happened, there is no chance � no chance � of a lasting peace in Sri Lanka,� she added.

Canada, the United States, India and other countries with significant Sri Lankan populations should insist on such a probe, the Group said, and sought to impose sanctions on Sri Lanka, which is not a member of the International Criminal Court, unless it complies, the paper reports.

Chitranganee Wagiswara, Sri Lanka�s High Commissioner to Canada in Ottawa, reserved comment on the report until she heard from her government in Colombo she maintained that the Group�s assertions will be treated as allegations until conclusive evidence of the same is produced.

Meanwhile David Poopalapillai, spokesman for the Canadian Tamil Congress, said he was �very happy� the report called for an independent inquiry, as Tamils have demanded since before the war ended. �Our cries have been vindicated,� he said. (ANI)

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Chennai rally to project cause of displaced Tamils

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Chennai, Sep 3 (ANI): Hundreds of activists of Dravidar Kazhagam party took to streets here against central government blaming it for not taking enough measures to urge Sri Lankan government in the resettlement of displaced Tamilians.

The activists of the Dravidar Kazhagam party led by its President K Veeramani marched from the party office to the Chennai Central Railway Station raising slogans to stop the atrocities on their community member in Sri Lanka.

The protestors were arrested, as permission to enter the railway station was not given to them.

“3,00000 Tamils are suffering in Sri Lanka and are facing hardships in the refuge camps. Therefore we and the state demand the central government to take appropriate steps to relocate the Tamil refugees to their houses in north and east of the island nation,” said Veeramani.

The protestors raised slogans on the need to save the Tamils and also to stop the cruel treatment meted out to them allegedly by the Sri Lankan security forces.

Sri Lankan Tamils have historical and cultural links with about 60 million Tamils in Tamil Nadu and their fate has political repercussions in India.

Around 300,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were displaced in the final months of the offensive to wipe out the Tamil Tigers rebels, which ended on May 18.

The Sri Lankan government has pledged to resettle at least 80 percent of the total displaced people by the end of the year. (ANI)

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Impartial inquiry sought into war crimes against Lankan Tamils

August 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Chennai, Aug 28 (ANI): An NGO in Chenai has demanded impartial international inquiry into war crimes against Tamils in Sri Lanka.

The activists of “WE” held a press meet in Chennai city on Friday, condemning violent attacks on Tamils by Sri Lankan security forces. The NGO works for the uplift of the Tamils in the region.

The latest controversial video that is being shown on news channels and is posted on the website, shows inhuman behaviour by Sri Lanakan armed forces towards Tamils. Several young naked Tamils are brutally tortured and killed in an unabashed manner.

This has agonised and worried Tamil activists in the state.

“Very credible reports are coming that young able bodied Tamil men are separated from others they are tortured and many of them are killed. So I think what we demand is that International impartial inquiry into war crimes committed by both the parties,” said Jagath Casper, activist and member of the WE.

“Secondly, dismantling of the illegal detention centres immediately for which I think India’s foreign policy should become more stronger , affirmative and also proactive,” said Casper.

The organisation has further asked the state government and union government to help Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan Tamils have historical and cultural links with about 60 million Tamils in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and their fate has political repercussions in India.

The Sri Lankan government declared victory over LTTE in May, ending one of Asia’s longest conflicts.

Sri Lanka has pledged to resettle the bulk of the displaced within six months — a tall order given the thousands of landmines that have to be cleared across former Tiger territory. (ANI)

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Sri Lanka Government disputes report of 20,000 dead

May 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Colombo, May 30 (ANI): The Government of Sri Lanka has denounced a report by The Times of London on Friday that said “more than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final throes of the Sri Lankan civil war, most as a result of government shelling.”

The English newspaper’s estimate was based on an analysis of “aerial photographs, official documents, witness accounts and expert testimony,” relied in part on an anonymous United Nations source and what the paper called “confidential United Nations documents.”

Sri Lankan officials, however, rejected the report and U.N. officials told The New York Times, The Guardian and The BBC that they have no good estimate of the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of fighting and questioned the methodology.

BBC quoted Sri Lankan security official, Laksham Hullegalle as saying there had been no shelling by government forces in this area and suggested that the photographs were “totally unbelievable” and might be fake.

A coordinator for U.N. humanitarian relief, Elizabeth Byrs said that any estimate of the death toll must be based on extrapolation and guesswork. The Guardian reported much the same from Colombo.

Privately, U.N. staff admitted they were puzzled by the methodology used to achieve the new death toll.

“Someone has made an imaginative leap and that is at odds with what we have been saying before,” one official said.

A Sri Lankan foreign ministry official suggested that The Times of London might be acting out of spite, since Sri Lanka had deported one of its correspondents, along with other independent journalists, during the conflict.

Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona told the BBC: “I am bemused that The Times, like a jilted old woman, is continuing a bitter campaign against Sri Lanka based on unverified figures and unsubstantiated assertions.”

In the meantime, as Sri Lanka continues to bar most independent journalists from the country, the government is free to put its own spin on post-war conditions. (ANI)

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End of war can spark instability in Sri Lanka’s Tamil areas: CSM

May 28, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, may 28 (ANI): Tamil activists say that the end of the 26-year war for a separate state for Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil minority should allow more moderate voices to emerge, but it could also spark instability in Tamil areas like Jaffna and among the population displaced by the war.

The presence of armed groups loyal to Tamil politicians and often in league with security forces adds to the combustible mix.

Tamil politicians are jockeying to fill a power vacuum left by the LTTE.

Separately, the government says it will keep the state of emergency, The Christian Science Monitor reported.

“The LTTE has always said it was the sole representative of the Tamil people. So who speaks for Tamils now?” asks a social activist in Colombo.

Even among ordinary Tamils who have resented the LTTE’s militancy and intransigence, its dogged resistance against an overwhelmingly Sinhalese majority evokes pride. Gauging the level of support, however, is difficult, as Tamils fear persecution.

On Wednesday, the Sri Lankan officials said the government would continue its state of emergency, which includes police powers such as searches of private homes and 18-month detention of suspects without a trial.

It said the restrictions are necessary to prevent a resurgence of the rebel movement. Sri Lankan officials also say they are holding some 9,100 rebel prisoners and will release many for “rehabilitation.”

Until now, Tamil intellectuals have treaded a wary line between a wartime government that was intolerant of dissent and a militant group that was equally repressive. Almost all speak only on condition of anonymity.

Veerasingham Anandasangaree, an opposition Tamil lawmaker, says voters in the north are wary of a rigged poll that installs a pro-government candidate.

Like other Tamil politicians in Colombo, Anandasangaree is under round-the-clock protection by Sri Lankan security forces. The LTTE had a long history of assassinating Tamil moderates and reserved its fiercest hatred for defectors like Devananda.

Also under close guard is Vinyagamoorthi Muralitharan, a former LTTE military commander in the east known as Colonel Karuna who defected in 2004. (ANI)

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Indian efforts helped in declaration of ceasefire in Lanka: Chidambaram

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision to call a ceasefire against the rebel Liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and said the diplomatic efforts made by India paid off and combat operations came to an end.

“Thanks to international pressure, thanks to the diplomatic efforts made by India, the Sri Lankan government has now said two important things. First, that the combat operations have reached their conclusion, and the second the Sri Lankan security forces will confine themselves to rescuing civilians who are trapped in the conflict zone. Sri Lankan forces will no longer engage in a battle that will cause civilian casualties, death or injury. This is what we wanted and we’ve got that,” Chidambaram said in an exclusive interview with NDTV.

Chidambaram further said that Sri Lanka respected the sentiments of India and stopped the combat operations against the rebel LTTE.

“We told the Sri Lankan government that in this neighbourhood, India and Sri Lanka would have to remain as neighbours, forever and forever, and that Sri Lanka therefore, has an obligation to respect the sentiments of India, especially the people of Tamil Nadu, who are just about 20 miles to the north of Sri Lanka. We are a neighbour of Sri Lanka, that’s a sovereign country, yet we have an obligation to the Tamil people to ensure that they are safe and secure,” Chidambaram added.

When asked about the LTTE chief Prabhakaran, the Home Minister said India appeals to Prabhakaran and his cadres to lay down arms.

“We don’t wish Prabhakaran ill. Our concern in the immediate past and now is the welfare of the Tamil citizens of Sri Lanka, especially women and children and others who were trapped in the conflict zone. Over a hundred thousand have, fortunately been freed from the conflict zone. Our appeal to the LTTE is to lay down arms and come forward to the negotiating table. If they do so, there’s no reason to believe that their lives will be in danger. My appeal to Prabhakaran and his cadres would be to offer to lay down arms and offer to start negotiations,” he added.

Chidambaram claimed that most of the equipments used by the Sri Lankan army against the LTTE came from Pakistan and China.

“Some time ago we gave them some defensive radar equipment that would detect hostile aircraft. But then, much of the equipment that Sri Lanka has got, come from Pakistan and China. And somehow people are not focusing on that aspect. We have not given any kind of aid to Sri Lanka that can be used for offensive operations. That’s been the policy of successive Indian governments in which every Tamil Party was a member at some time or other- the AIADMK, the DMK, the PMK, the MDMK and how can they pretend that they don’t know what has been happening over the past several years. Every one of them was a member of one or ther government between 1998 and 2008,” he added. (ANI)

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Jayalalithaa attacks Congress for calling her anti-national on Ealam demands

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Chennai, Apr.27 (ANI): The Congress party was on Monday attacked by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Chief Jayalalithaa for dubbing Eelam demands as ‘anti-national’. /pp
I am a patriot, why are my credentials being questioned? she said. /pp
Jayalalithaa claimed that her demand on Eelam was based on the humantarian crisis of trapped Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka and she was not demanding a separate nation being carved out of India. /pp
She also sought an explanation from the Congress as to why her demand on Eelam is against India’s interest./pp
Jayalalithaa’s criticism came as the Sri Lankan Government said that the combat operations in the northern parts of the island have concluded and security forces have been instructed to end the use of heavy calibre guns, combat aircraft and aerial weapons. /pp
A statement from the President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Office said that Sri Lankan security forces will confine their attempts to rescuing civilians who are held hostage and give foremost priority to saving the civilians. /pp
Home Minister P Chidambaram welcomed the Sri Lankan government’s decision to stop combat operations in the island’s north, saying it offered solace to India./pp
It means cessation of hostilities. It means to the Government of India that the Sri Lankan Government has put an end to the ongoing offensive, Chidambaram said./pp
He said Colombo had instructed its security forces not to use heavy calibre guns, combat aircraft and aerial fire which could cause civilian casualties./pp
He welcomed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s decision to call off his indefinite fast demanding unconditional ceasefire, following Colombo’s announcement. (ANI)/p

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Rajapaksa promises prosperous year for Lankan Tamils

April 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Reaching out to the Sri Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday spoke in their language while wishing them on the New Year and assured that a prosperous year lay ahead for the people of the embattled north.

“I would like to wish all citizens of our country a very happy new year. I would also like to wish all our brothers in the north,” he told reporters in Tamil at his ancestral home in Tangalle in the hinterlands of southern Sri Lanka.

He said people in the north will see in the coming year “propitious signs of a new freedom and prosperity that awaits them”.

He also thanked the country’s Armed Forces for the “great sacrifices” made by them in the ongoing war against the LTTE.

“I extend my heartfelt thanks to all persons who remain at their posts to ensure protection, especially to the members of the Armed Forces and the Police who continue their great sacrifices for the country and the people,” he said.

The Sri Lankan security forces are on the verge of wiping out the LTTE, who are now confined to a 20 square km area in the north east.

The government had announced a two-day ceasefire in view of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

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Sri Lankan security forces resume operations after holiday lull

April 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Colombo – Security forces in Sri Lanka have resumed military operations in the north-eastern part of the country, ending a 48-hour suspension of military operations to mark traditional New Year celebrations, a military spokesman said. The spokesman said the military will go ahead with operations aimed at rescuing some 50,000 civilians who remain trapped in Mullativu district, 395 kilometres north-east of the capital.

Tamil rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) retain control of an area less than 20 square kilometres where the civilians are held.

During the 48-hour period in which the military suspended offensive operations at least one soldier was killed by sniper fire by the rebels and three others were injured.

But Tamil rebels claimed security forces had carried out attacks during the period, a claim denied by the army.

Tamil rebels called for a permanent truce Tuesday, but the Sri Lankan government has not accepted the offer. (dpa)

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Tamil rebels call for permanent ceasefire in Sri Lanka

April 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Colombo – Tamil rebels Tuesday called for an unconditional permanent ceasefire as a precondition to peace talks with the Sri Lankan government. The call from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came as the Sri Lankan security forces maintained a two-day halt in its military operations in the north of the country coinciding with traditional New Year celebrations observed throughout the country.

A rebel statement posted on the pro-rebel Tamilnet website said “the ceasefire would be meaningful and constructive with the facilitation of the international community.”

The rebels said that a ceasefire should not be dictated solely by the objectives of Sri Lanka’s military but be based on humanitarian and political objectives.

Rebels described the Sri Lankan announcement of restricting military operations for two days as an “eyewash to create an impression of engagement on false premises” and condemned the move saying it was “political drama” aimed at deceiving the international community and the Tamil people.

The LTTE claimed the army was continuing indiscriminate shelling and gunfire on civilians, an assertion denied by the military.

Some 50,000 civilians remained trapped in the last rebel- controlled area located on the coast in Mullaitivu district, 395 kilometres north-east of the capital.

The government said civilians are now trapped in an area of less than 20 square kilometers and it would act to rescue the civilians.

The military said it is in the last phase of a major offensive to recapture rebel-held areas which they launched in August 2006 to end decades of civil war.

Sri Lanka’s government on Monday stripped Norway of its role as one of four mediators between the government and the Tigers, who have been fighting for more than 25 years for an independent Tamil state.

The other mediators are the United States, Japan and Britain. (dpa)

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Tactical manoeuvre launched to free civilians: Sri Lanka

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Colombo, April 6 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops Monday launched a ‘decisive tactical manoeuvre’ to free thousands of civilians trapped in the Mullaitivu war-zone, a day after dealing a major military blow to the Tamil Tigers by capturing their last military bastion, defence authorities said here.

‘Sri Lankan security forces have launched a decisive tactical manoeuvre to free hundreds of civilians held hostage by LTTE in the thin 17 sq km coastal land strip at Mullaitivu,’ the defence ministry said Monday.

The operation to free civilians came a day after the advancing troops seized control of Puthukkudiyiruppu where the rebels have maintained several military and naval bases and armoury over the past three decades.

Describing it as the ‘largest humanitarian intervention by a conventional military force in modern times’, the defence ministry said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ‘tasted the worst defeat’ Sunday when it lost over 450 guerrillas, including a dozen top-rung battled-hardened leaders in its failed bid to defend Puthukkudiyiruppu.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunday night announced that the current fight-to-finish military campaign against the LTTE was about to end and urged the rebel leadership to set free thousands of civilians and surrender to the security forces to avoid total annihilation.

Speaking to party supporters at his tightly-guarded Temple Trees residence, President Rajapaksa said that the Tigers were unable to face the military thrust and were now hiding in the no-fire-zone holding thousands of innocent civilians as human shield.

‘The only option available for the Tiger leadership is to lay down arms and surrender to our heroic troops if it wants to save the lives of the remaining cadres,’ Rajapaksa said at the function amid loud applause from his party loyalists.

‘The LTTE should allow the civilians to go free and surrender to the security forces,’ said Rajapaksa, who is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

There was no reaction from the LTTE, which has been fighting to carve out a separate state in the island’s northeast over the past quarter century.

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