Police: Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside British Parliament
LONDON — A man apparently set himself on fire outside Britain’s Parliament on Friday and he was taken to a hospital with superficial burns, authorities said. Read more
A recent trip to Vavuniya: For the future looks dark and gloomy
Though I have been following the news about the war in Vanni, and the damages made to human lives and properties, I never thought it would be so bad until I went in person. I got a call from one of our parish members from one of the interim camps saying our foster son Rev. Daniel was killed in the war. Read more
Slave camp suspected in Kilinochchi hospital building
A slave camp consisting male and female members ‘chosen’ from the fleeing civilians by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) is reportedly setup in the abandoned Ki’lnochchi hospital building, reported TamilNet correspondent in Vanni, citing unverified information reaching Mullaiththeevu from males who escaped from the camp. Read more
Tamil Eelam Army Shot Down SLAF MIG-27
A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bomber was shot down in Mullaiththeevu on Friday at 11:25 a.m., civilians sources in Ira’naippaalai told TamilNet. Several civilians saw the jet explode in mid-air as it was beginning an attack run towards an unidentified locality. A huge plume of smoke followed after the flaming debris fell to earth, they said. The LTTE is yet to comment on the attack. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) spokesman Wing commander Janaka Nanayakara has denied the report that one of their aircraft was shot down in Vanni.
Tamil dream will not die
Down but not out. Reports of the death of the Tamil Tigers have always been greatly exaggerated. The dramatic spectacle of Tiger aircraft strafing Colombo’s colonial-era Fort sends a stark message that the fight is far from over. Read more
HRW report exposes Sri Lankan government’s war crimes
A report released last Friday by the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has provided a glimpse into the criminal character of the Sri Lankan government’s war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Entitled “End ‘War’ on Civilians,” it calls on the government to “immediately cease its indiscriminate artillery attacks on civilians in the northern Wanni region and its policy of detaining displaced persons in internment camps”. Read more
LTTE air raid shows war is far from over
CHENNAI: The daring but failed air raid on Colombo by Tamil Tiger’s air wing appears to have given lie to the Sri Lankan army’s lofty claims that it has crushed the Tamil rebels and regained control of LTTE-held territory in northern Sri Lanka. Read more
Sri Lanka war crimes under U.S. spotlight
The uncontradicted testimony of Dr. Anna Neistat, Human Rights Watch, in Tuesday’s U.S. Foreign Relations Subcommittee Hearings of Sri Lanka concluded that the “Sri Lankan Armed Forces are guilty of war crimes, including the indiscriminate shelling of areas packed with displaced Tamil civilians and of hospitals; the use of imprecise multi-barrel rocket launchers; acute or complete restrictions on humanitarian aid; the operation of militarily controlled “concentration camps” for Tamil civilians without freedom of movement or communications or adequate medical or other assistance,” said Bruce Fein, in a letter sent to the Subcommittee following the Hearings. Read more
Prominent Tamil Editor abducted in Colombo, later claimed ‘arrested’
Armed persons and men in police uniform who arrived in three white vans Thursday morning abducted Nadesapillai Vithyatharan, 58, the prominent editor of Jaffna-based Uthayan daily and Colombo-based Chudaroli, eyewitnesses told TamilNet. Read more
Sampanthan on CID grilling: Unwarranted interference in freedom of thought
Senior Politician and the Parliamentary Group Leader of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan on Wednesday described the so-called ‘investigation’ by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as “unwarranted interference in my freedom of thought,” in a letter addressed to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Read more
