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Diaspora Tamils observe Mu’l’li-vaaykkaal Genocide remembrance events

TamilNet — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:07:03 +0000

Events remembering the internationally-abetted genocide in May 2009 were held in several countries in the West by the Tamil diaspora on Saturday. While over 10,000 Tamils participated in a mass rally in London, the remembrance event in Sydney had an innovative performance of ‘forum theatre’ to encourage the audience to frame their political discourse with conceptual clarity. Speakers at the event in Canada, referring to the Tamil Nadu student uprising, urged the second-generation diaspora youth to organize mass protests challenging [...]

Cameron should review his decision to visit Sri Lanka: Lee Scott

TamilNet — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:40 +0000

Speaking to TamilNet from the Mu’l’livaaykkaal Genocide Remembrance Day event in London on Saturday, Conservative MP Mr. Lee Scott said that British PM Cameron should review his decision to visit Sri Lanka for the CHOGM meeting. When the criticism coming from some Tamil quarters that a person of the stature of Mr. Cameron visiting Sri Lanka will only give that state legitimacy was raised to Scott, he replied “I think what is important that up until now, with all the [...]

Short film featuring Isaippiriya reproduced

TamilNet — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:51:51 +0000

Remembering the heroes of the Tamil cause, civilians and journalists, who sacrificed their lives this week in 2009, TamilNet reproduces a short film featured by the slain journalist Ms Isaippiriya.

The short film titled "Veali" appeared in an album released by the LTTE in 2008.

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TNPF urges mass struggle to course-correct IC imposed devolution deviation

TamilNet — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:56:11 +0000

Sinhala State and IC should be brought to a point to concede Tamil sovereignty through a democratic, non-violent mass struggle with sacrifices, said Tamil National People’s Front leader Gajendrakumar Pomnnambalam, addressing media in Jaffna on Monday, and clarifying the position taken by the TNPF at the tripartite deliberations facilitated by the Mannaar Bishop on Saturday. The IC that is not prepared to accept a separate State cannot reject an alternative either. It cannot impose a specific path. It is [...]

Genocide could be mandated by democracy of West: Malathy

TamilNet — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:44:00 +0000

“Tamils agonize why the entire setup of Western institutions refuses to call what happened to us and what is happening to us is Genocide. Should the Tamils be surprised,” asked Dr N. Malathy, a key member of NESoHR and the author of ‘A Fleeting Moment in My Country’ at a meeting in Auckland, organized by the New Zealand Tamil Society on 5th May. “In this talk I have to convince you that there is nothing surprising in the behaviour of [...]

Leaked US draft on Maldives should open eyes of Tamils

TamilNet — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:50:45 +0000

A draft of US defence pact proposed to the Maldives, but leaked to media a few days ago, should open the eyes of Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka, in Tamil Nadu and in the diaspora, on the game played by the USA along with the Establishments in the region, either by exploiting or by treading on the struggles of peoples in the region, commented alternative political activists in the Sinhala military occupied country of Eezham Tamils. Maldivians had [...]

Protest against SL military seizure of lands gains momentum in Jaffna

TamilNet — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:08:49 +0000

More than 800 uprooted people gathered Monday morning in front of the Divisional Secretariat at Thellippazhai, situated near the entrance to the former High Security Zone (HSZ), which is now being permanently seized by the occupying Colombo aiming a permanent Sinhala Military Zone (SMZ) in Jaffna. Despite the refusal by the SL Police to stage any protest march on the KKS Road, the people who rallied peacefully from 8:30 to 11:30 in front of the DS office, started to block [...]

TN responded, diaspora should come forward: Gajendrakumar urges addressing IC

TamilNet — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:21:51 +0000

“Just 25 miles away, across the sea, there are 70 million people in Tamil Nadu prepared to give their voice for our struggle […] At the same time, the Tamils living across the world who constitute the global Tamil Diaspora, should also come forward to strengthen this struggle by taking it forward in their countries, demonstrating their strength, as they voiced for us during the last phase of the war,” said TNPF leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam on Wednesday, urging the Tamils [...]

‘Tamil Nadu, diaspora youth brook no compromise on Tamil Eelam’

TamilNet — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:32:39 +0000

Tamil students and activists in Tamil Nadu and the Eezham Tamil diaspora have firmly voiced for the creation of a sovereign Tamil Eelam in their recent protests. The trend set by the student upsurge in TN has inspired the diaspora youth to conceptually challenge the International Community of Establishments. A strong realization of the necessity of a struggle addressing the ICE and to course correct pro-establishment elements is being strongly felt among second-generation activists in the diaspora. This understanding was [...]

Video: “Don’t wake the lion” – Mervyn

DailyMirror — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:37:43 +0000

Minister Mervyn Silva said that South India should not ‘awaken the lion and injure itself,’ referring to the recent events in Tamil Nadu.

“We have a good relationship with Tamil Nadu and our president in all his wisdom will solve this issue. But I’m telling South India that it should not awaken the sleeping lion and injure itself,” he said.

Referring to the current fast by South Indian actors and film directors against Sri Lanka, Mr. Silva said that if [...]