The LTTE chief’s rise and fall: Review of M.R. Narayan Swamy’s The Rout of Prabhakaran
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The LTTE chief’s rise and fall: Review of M.R. Narayan Swamy’s The Rout of Prabhakaran

The Hindu  

What turns a young man, who leaves home to fight legitimate grievances in his community and nurtures big dreams on behalf of his people, into a dedicated killer who sees violence as the answer to every problem? Narayan Swamy, who has followed the story of The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, sets out to answer this question in his timely and well-researched book The Rout of Prabhakaran. As the chief negotiator in the Sri Lankan peace process, I asked myself the same question numerous times: How, as Swamy puts it, did “guns become the answer to overcome each and every obstacle in the chessboard of Tamil Eelam” in Velupillai Prabhakaran’s mind? No movement in human history has mobilised the suicide weapon in such a deadly fashion — killing a former prime minister of India, and numerous Sri Lankan leaders. Did the early spectacular military success against the Indian army, later over-running the Elephant Pass, nearly wiping off the Palaly air base and attacking Colombo airport in an extraordinary raid with devastating effects on the Sri Lankan economy create a certain arrogance?

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Review: The Rout of Prabhakaran by MR Narayan Swamy
4 months ago

Review: The Rout of Prabhakaran by MR Narayan Swamy

Hindustan Times  

A myriad stories shroud Velupillai Prabhakaran, chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. 432pp, ₹895; Konark Publishers The author is unambiguous and points out that the civilians moved towards – not away from – the SLA, while their “Sun God” Prabhakaran, tried to escape, using them as human shields: “The LTTE had created a bund… partly to prevent civilians …

A moderate voice for Sri Lankan Tamils
8 months, 2 weeks ago

A moderate voice for Sri Lankan Tamils

The Hindu  

The recent passing of R. Sampanthan, a veteran leader of the Tamil National Alliance in Sri Lanka, has created a vacuum in the political leadership of the Tamils, who are yet to exit the trauma of the civil war that ended 15 years ago. Chelvanayakam, who founded the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi in 1949, Sampanthan was first elected in 1977 …

UAPA tribunal issues show cause notice to LTTE
9 months ago

UAPA tribunal issues show cause notice to LTTE

Hindustan Times  

An Unlawful Activities Prevention Act tribunal has issued show cause notice to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE as part of a process to adjudicate the recently extended five-year ban on the Sri Lankan organisation. The tribunal at the Delhi high court, comprising justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, has given LTTE 30 days to reply to the notice …

Sri Lanka Tamils Mark 15 Years Since End Of Civil War
10 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka Tamils Mark 15 Years Since End Of Civil War

News 18  

Sri Lanka’s minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation’s civil war on Saturday in an emotional ceremony that proceeded despite fears authorities would attempt to prevent its staging. Sri Lankan authorities have repeatedly disrupted similar memorials in the island’s former war zones over the years and arrested participants, but Saturday’s ceremony went ahead without …

Congress criticises DMK MP for ‘eulogising’ LTTE chief Prabhakaran in viral video
1 year, 4 months ago

Congress criticises DMK MP for ‘eulogising’ LTTE chief Prabhakaran in viral video

Hindustan Times  

The state Congress unit on Monday expressed disapproval of its ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian’s admiration for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief V Prabhakaran, people familiar with the matter said. In the purpoted video, when asked which historical figure she would like to dine with and what she would ask that person, Thangapandian, a Lok Sabha MP …

Modi Has Asked Wickremesinghe To Act On Tamil Issue, Eyeing 2024. But, It's Easier Said Than Done
1 year, 8 months ago

Modi Has Asked Wickremesinghe To Act On Tamil Issue, Eyeing 2024. But, It's Easier Said Than Done

ABP News  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India last week was although high on connectivity, trade and investment plans between both countries, it did little to resolve the decades-long controversy that continues to strain the relationship — and that is the issue of Tamil reconciliation that continues to stir up the bloody past of the civil war in Sri Lanka …

Bitta wants TN to clarify claim on LTTE chief
2 years, 1 month ago

Bitta wants TN to clarify claim on LTTE chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Reacting to Tamil nationalist movement leader Pazha Nedumaran's claim that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabakaran is still alive, All-India Anti-Terrorist Front chairman Maninderjeet Singh Bitta asked Tamil Nadu government to make its stand clear on the claim. Addressing a press conference at Tirumala on Tuesday, the AIATF chairman said it is wrong on part of leaders …

LTTE leader Prabhakaran alive and would appear in public soon, claims Pazha Nedumaran
2 years, 1 month ago

LTTE leader Prabhakaran alive and would appear in public soon, claims Pazha Nedumaran

India TV News  

LTTE leader Prabhakaran alive and would appear in public soon, claims Pazha Nedumaran Prabakaran, LTTE leader, was declared killed by the Sri Lankan government troops on May 18, 2009 in Mullaivaikkal in the northern Mullaithivu district. In a shocking revelation, President of the World Tamil Federation claimed that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran was still alive, and …

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he is hopeful of resolving the problems faced by ethnic Tamils in the country, as he announced the appointment of a committee to find ways to integrate the Indian-origin workers in the plantation sector into the society. “While some of the Tamils of Hill Country origin had integrated successfully into the Sri Lankan …

Sri Lankan Army chief says opportunity to resolve crisis peacefully now available; seeks public support to maintain peace
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan Army chief says opportunity to resolve crisis peacefully now available; seeks public support to maintain peace

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan Army chief General Shavendra Silva on Sunday said that an opportunity to resolve the current political crisis in a peaceful manner is now available and sought the people's support to maintain peace in the island nation, hours after embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to step down on July 13. Thousands of irate anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on …

Sri Lanka to probe reports of LTTE regrouping to launch attack
2 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka to probe reports of LTTE regrouping to launch attack

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka on May 15 said it will “duly investigate” information flagged by Indian intelligence agencies — that ex-LTTE were “regrouping to launch attacks” in the island— and “strengthen security”, a day after authorities denied the claim reported in The Hindu. On May 13 The Hindu, citing Indian intelligence sources, reported that “some erstwhile cadre” had entered Tamil Nadu to …

Sri Lanka to amend controversial anti-terror law
3 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka to amend controversial anti-terror law

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka will amend a controversial anti-terror law that gives police sweeping powers to arrest suspects without trial to fully align it with international standards, amid mounting pressure from the European Union and the UN Human Rights Council over concerns it violates human rights. The European Parliament in June last year passed a motion for a resolution demanding that the …

Ready to engage with Tamil diaspora for reconciliation talks, says Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa
3 years, 6 months ago

Ready to engage with Tamil diaspora for reconciliation talks, says Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa

Firstpost  

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that he will engage with the Tamil diaspora for reconciliation talks to resolve the country’s internal problems and would not hesitate to grant presidential pardon to Tamil youths in jail for LTTE links Colombo: In a major shift in his policy, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that he will engage with the Tamil diaspora …

Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India attempted mass suicide
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India attempted mass suicide

Al Jazeera  

At least 29 refugees tried to take their own lives last month in protest against their detention at a camp in Tamil Nadu state. Tamil Nadu, India – Last month, at least 29 Sri Lankan Tamils at a special refugee camp within a prison in southern India tried to take their own lives in protest against their detention. Efsiban – …

Lanka Lauds UK Partnership in Fight Against Terror; Notes Decision to Keep LTTE in Proscribed List
3 years, 6 months ago

Lanka Lauds UK Partnership in Fight Against Terror; Notes Decision to Keep LTTE in Proscribed List

News 18  

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Friday appreciated the UK government's continued partnership in the fight against global terrorism, as it noted the British Home Secretary's decision to keep the LTTE in its list of banned terrorist organisations. "The government of Sri Lanka is appreciative of the partnership with the UK and all governments in the global fight against terrorism and remain …

Sri Lankan President warns against emergence of a 'Muslim Prabhakaran'
5 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lankan President warns against emergence of a 'Muslim Prabhakaran'

India TV News  

Warning against the emergence of a "Muslim Prabhakaran", Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has called for unity among all communities in the country which saw the worst terror attack on Easter Sunday. Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, a militant organisation that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north …

Sirisena seeks support to defeat LTTE’s ideology
6 years, 10 months ago

Sirisena seeks support to defeat LTTE’s ideology

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has sought support from the people to “defeat” LTTE’s ideology, warning that the now defunct Tamil separatist group’s “agents” are still working to create an independent state nine years after the end of the brutal three-decade long civil war. Speaking at a ceremony in Colombo yesterday to mark the ninth anniversary of the war, Sirisena …

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party 'perturbed' by proposed anti-terror law – Firstpost
7 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party 'perturbed' by proposed anti-terror law – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party today said it was “deeply perturbed” by the government’s policy on a proposed counter-terrorism law as it curtails civil liberties and has potential for abuse. Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party today said it was “deeply perturbed” by the government’s policy on a proposed counter-terrorism law as it curtails civil liberties and has the potential …

MDMK leader Vaiko sent to 15-day judicial custody for his 2009 speech in support of LTTE
7 years, 11 months ago

MDMK leader Vaiko sent to 15-day judicial custody for his 2009 speech in support of LTTE

India TV News  

MDMK leader Vaiko sent to 15-day judicial custody for his 2009 speech in support of LTTE MDMK leader V Gopalaswamy, also known as Vaiko, was today sent to jail for making a fiery speech in support of LTTE way back in 2009. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader V Gopalaswamy, also known as Vaiko, was today sent to jail for making …

Delhiberations: Prachanda, Prabhakaran hold lessons
8 years, 6 months ago

Delhiberations: Prachanda, Prabhakaran hold lessons

Deccan Chronicle  

Just days after the legendary abolition of Nepal’s monarchy, this writer went on a cloak-and-dagger ride out of Kathmandu. “Now, my life’s going to get even more complicated.” Five years earlier, I had traversed landmine-infested territory during an uneasy ceasefire to meet South Asia’s other most-wanted armed rebel: Velupillai Prabhakaran of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. …

LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s deputy was a RAW agent, claims new book
8 years, 7 months ago

LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s deputy was a RAW agent, claims new book

India TV News  

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya, who was once a deputy to the outfit’s supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, was a Research and Analysis Wing agent, a new book has claimed. Gopal also mentioned that RAW’s links with Mahattaya, who the LTTE later executed on charges of being an Indian intelligence agent, was not known to the …

Sri Lankan Muslims will be included under reconciliation process: Samaraweera
9 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan Muslims will be included under reconciliation process: Samaraweera

The Hindu  

Muslims of Sri Lanka will be an integral part of the proposed truth, justice, reparations and non-recurrence process, according to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. “Muslims’ grievances and concerns will be a part of the consultations, design and operationalisation of the domestic mechanisms including the Commission for Truth, Justice, Reconciliation and Non-recurrence, the Judicial Mechanism, the Office of Missing Persons and …

Peace and justice: a timely reminder
9 years, 9 months ago

Peace and justice: a timely reminder

The Hindu  

In September 2014 a group of academicians and activists in Sri Lanka came together to remember their colleague Rajani Thiranagama who had been killed in Jaffna in 1989 by the LTTE. In April this year, when Rajani’s colleague Rajan Hoole was about to launch his book ‘Palmyra Fallen: From Rajani to war’s end’ and tried holding a discussion around it, …

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party denies links with LTTE | IndiaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party denies links with LTTE | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party denies links with LTTE Colombo: Sri Lanka's main Tamil majority political party on Sunday dismissed allegations that it had worked with the Tamil Tiger rebels.The Tamil National Alliance had been accused of spreading the ideology of the Tamil Colombo: Sri Lanka's main Tamil majority political party on Sunday dismissed allegations that it had worked with …

Sending IPKF to Lanka was high level policy failure: V K Singh | IdniaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Sending IPKF to Lanka was high level policy failure: V K Singh | IdniaTV News

India TV News  

Raipur: Union Minister of State for External Affairs General V K Singh said here today that the decision to send the Indian Peace Keeping Force to Sri Lanka in 1987 was “a high level policy failure”. “The decision to deploy the IPKF in Sri Lanka was a high-level policy failure,” the former Army chief said at an event to discuss …

Sri Lanka plans to lift 'terrorist' ban on Tamil groups abroad, including Australian Tamil Congress
10 years ago

Sri Lanka plans to lift 'terrorist' ban on Tamil groups abroad, including Australian Tamil Congress

ABC  

Sri Lanka's new government has announced plans to remove 16 groups and hundreds of Tamils from a list of "foreign terrorists" as part of reconciliation with its largest ethnic minority. The country's foreign minister, Mangala Samaraweera, said the previous administration of hardline president, Mahinda Rajapakse, had linked overseas Tamil outfits to the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam which was …

India helped us in war against LTTE: Ranil
10 years ago

India helped us in war against LTTE: Ranil

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka will handle its relations with India and China “separately” from each other, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe told a Tamil TV Channel. In an interview ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, Mr. Wickramasinghe blamed the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for “playing the China card against India and India card against China,” adding that Mr. Modi’s visit …

LTTE leader wanted in Rajiv Gandhi's assasination case barred from going abroad
10 years, 1 month ago

LTTE leader wanted in Rajiv Gandhi's assasination case barred from going abroad

Firstpost  

A top LTTE leader, who is wanted in India in connection with the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, was on Thursday barred from leaving Sri Lanka by a court. Colombo: A top Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader, who is wanted in India in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, was on Thursday barred from leaving Sri …

A political history of Sri Lanka from 1956
10 years, 2 months ago

A political history of Sri Lanka from 1956

The Hindu  

From Solomon Bandaranaike’s election in 1956 to Trincomalee massacre of students happened in 2006 to Velupillai Prabakaran’s death to this year’s development of Rajapaksa’s defeat, here is a detailed history of how Sri Lanka has been seen in the political scenario. >Sri Lanka sabotaging war crimes probe, says UN rights chief Mahindra Rajapaksa in an interview with The Hindu says …

Victory of sorts
10 years, 4 months ago

Victory of sorts

The Hindu  

BARELY a day after Sri Lanka reimposed war-era travel restrictions on its Tamil-majority Northern Province, the European Court of Justice struck down anti-terrorism sanctions imposed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam by the European Union, on a technicality. At the same time, “the Court stresses that those annulments, on fundamental procedural grounds, do not imply any substantive assessment of …

Sri Lankan Tamil organisations regret India’s abstention
10 years, 11 months ago

Sri Lankan Tamil organisations regret India’s abstention

The Hindu  

Several organisations of Sri Lankan Tamils living outside the country have expressed disappointment over India’s abstention at the U.N. Human Rights Council, where a U.S.-backed resolution was adopted on March 27. “India’s history of moral leadership and courage, coupled with its unique cultural and intellectual affinity with Eelam Tamils, makes its abstention and vote against the operative paragraph establishing an …

Tamil Nadu parties flay India’s abstention
11 years ago

Tamil Nadu parties flay India’s abstention

The Hindu  

Political parties in Tamil Nadu expressed shock and disbelief, while condemning India’s decision to abstain from a U.S. The detractors of the DMK will now understand the crucial role played by our party in shaping India’s opinion in favour of Sri Lankan Tamils,” he said. The Communist Party of India MP and party’s national council secretary, D. Raja, said it …

Sri Lanka only fought LTTE not Tamils: Rajapaksa
11 years ago

Sri Lanka only fought LTTE not Tamils: Rajapaksa

The Hindu  

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has debunked international criticism of undermining Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority on the strength of the success in crushing the LTTE through military means. Responding to accusations that his government had promoted a culture of impunity for those who attack the island’s religious minorities, Mr. Rajapaksa said the religious harmony and reconciliation was visible throughout the country. Attacks …

Rajapaksa seeks more time to address Tamil issue
11 years, 2 months ago

Rajapaksa seeks more time to address Tamil issue

The Hindu  

Under international spotlight over alleged rights violations during the last phase of war with the LTTE, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday sought more time to deal with the Tamil issue. Ruing the continuous condemnation of his country’s human rights record at international forums, Mr. Rajapaksa said that his country would need some time to deal with their demands. …

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa criticises Navi Pillay visit
11 years, 6 months ago

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa criticises Navi Pillay visit

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday claimed that UN human rights chief Navi Pillay’s visit to the island nation was influenced by propaganda from elements of the LTTE that was defeated in a civil war in 2009. “Their intention is the division of Sri Lanka and the establishment of a separate State for Tamil Eelam,” he said while …

Sri Lanka ready to probe Pillay’s claims
11 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka ready to probe Pillay’s claims

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka on Sunday said it was ready to probe the allegations raised by U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay that some people she met during her mission to probe alleged war crimes committed during the ethnic conflict with the Tamil Tigers had been threatened. Ms. Pillay on Saturday said unless Sri Lanka puts in place a credible investigation into …

Karunanidhi sceptical about Sri Lanka promises
11 years, 8 months ago

Karunanidhi sceptical about Sri Lanka promises

The Hindu  

Given Sri Lanka’s track record of reneging on earlier commitments, it remains to be seen whether the country will fulfil its promises made to National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon during his recent visit to Sri Lanka, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi said on Thursday. Referring to Mr. Menon’s assertion after his meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa that Colombo should …

Rights, liberties threatened in Sri Lanka, says rights body
11 years, 10 months ago

Rights, liberties threatened in Sri Lanka, says rights body

India TV News  

Colombo, May 20: Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, Human Rights Watch said Monday. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's end.Since the end of the 26-year-long civil war, the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa has resisted taking meaningful steps …

Gotabaya remarks on India’s role unacceptable: Narayanasamy
11 years, 11 months ago

Gotabaya remarks on India’s role unacceptable: Narayanasamy

The Hindu  

India today disapproved of a top Sri Lankan official’s reported remark regarding terrorism in that country, saying the armed conflict there was a result of Colombo denying rights to Tamils there. Responding to Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s reported remark that India could never absolve itself of the responsibility for creating terrorism in his country, Union Minister V. Narayanasamy …

Probe on LTTE war crimes should start with ‘Col’ Karuna: HRW
11 years, 11 months ago

Probe on LTTE war crimes should start with ‘Col’ Karuna: HRW

The Hindu  

The Human Rights Watch on Thursday called for an investigation into war crimes allegations against the LTTE, starting with a probe into the role played by its former deputy leader, now a >Sri Lankan deputy minister. The New York-based rights watch group has termed “cynical” the call for probe by Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan aka >Karuna, currently the deputy minister of resettlement …

Human Rights Watch asks Lankan govt to probe role of Col. Karuna in LTTE crimes
12 years ago

Human Rights Watch asks Lankan govt to probe role of Col. Karuna in LTTE crimes

India TV News  

New York, Mar 28: Sri Lanka should act on the call by a deputy minister to investigate war crimes by examining his own role in serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Deputy Minister V. Muralitharan, known as Col. Karuna, called for war crimes investigations into the Tamil National Alliance, an opposition coalition of Tamil political parties, presumably because some …

From a bitter critic to Eelam champion
12 years ago

From a bitter critic to Eelam champion

The Hindu  

From a bitter critic of the LTTE to a champion of the ‘Tamil Eelam’ cause, the political evolution of the AIADMK headed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has always been a roller-coaster ride. In 2002, days after Prabhakaran held a much-attended press conference in the Vanni region, Ms. Jayalalithaa got a resolution passed in the Assembly, demanding that the LTTE leader …

DMK MP faints in RS while raising Sri Lankan Tamil issue
12 years ago

DMK MP faints in RS while raising Sri Lankan Tamil issue

India TV News  

New Delhi, Mar 20: DMK member Vasanthi Stanley today fainted in the Rajya Sabha while strongly raising the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, leading to a chaotic situation in the House. Stanley was shouting full-throated slogans in the Well during Zero Hour seeking justice to Tamils in Sri Lanka as her colleagues as well members from arch rival AIADMK waved photographs …

UN resolution against Sri Lanka uncalled for: Sri Lanka envoy
12 years ago

UN resolution against Sri Lanka uncalled for: Sri Lanka envoy

India TV News  

New Delhi, March 18: The resolution in the UN Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka is "uncalled for" and the international community should not get involved in the country, Sri Lanka High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said Monday. "Any content of the resolution for us is really not helpful and it only creates ill feelings among communities both in …

Take Tamil Nadu out of Lanka policy
12 years ago

Take Tamil Nadu out of Lanka policy

The Hindu  

Domestic politics will tell on external affairs as much as fine principles and strategic interests. Though appearing to have been taken under pressure from the DMK, India’s decision to vote against Sri Lanka last year was intended to tell President Mahinda Rajapaksa that his failure to move towards a settlement of the Tamil question could no longer be glossed over. …

Rajapaksa denies Army killed Balachandran
12 years ago

Rajapaksa denies Army killed Balachandran

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has denied that the Army killed LTTE chief Prabakaran’s 12-year-old son >Balachandran. That won’t happen in Sri Lanka.” Provincial elections Asked whether he would hold the Northern provincial elections in September, as he had told this newspaper, Mr. Rajapaksa said: “Yes, we will hold in September. I can’t dictate to India.” Referring to External Affairs …

India should press for equal rights to Lankan Tamils: CPI (M)
12 years ago

India should press for equal rights to Lankan Tamils: CPI (M)

The Hindu  

India should press for an independent enquiry into the alleged human rights violations by Sri Lankan armed forces during the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, at the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva next month, said G. Ramakrishnan, State secretary of the Communist Party of India. Media report on the murder of the LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s …

Sri Lankan media ignores Indian reactions
12 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lankan media ignores Indian reactions

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan media largely ignored the sensation created in India and elsewhere in the world, after the publication of new pictures which suggested that Tamil Tiger chief V. Prabakaran’s youngest son, Balachandran, was captured by the Sri Lankan forces ahead of being shot dead. “Sri Lanka today flatly rejected Britain’s Channel 4 documentary titled ‘No War Zone - the killing …

Pictures of Prabakaran's son spark outrage
12 years, 1 month ago

Pictures of Prabakaran's son spark outrage

The Hindu  

Pictures of LTTE leader Prabakaran’s son Balachandran in military custody before being shot dead evoked outrage and strong condemnation from political parties in Tamil Nadu. DMDK leader Vijayakant said countries across the world should demand action against Mr Rajapaksa, his brothers and the Sri Lankan Army for the war crimes through the United Nations. CPI state secretary G. Ramakrishnan said, …

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