“Unified Tamil voice is the need of hour for Independent Tamil Eelam”
While the Sri Lankan state and its allies are relieved that the war is over in Eelam, the Tamils and their allies are in deep shock as to what will happen in the next phase of the LTTE proclaimed political/diplomatic struggle. After the LTTE leader’s decision to silence their guns, the LTTE leadership has not come out publicly to speak in front of the Tamils.
AFTA welcomes the shift in approach of the LTTE
The Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA), the peak body representing the Tamil Diaspora in Australia and New Zealand, welcomes the decision of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to pursue political and diplomatic means to achieve the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
Support for Srilanka depends on Govt. approach’ – US
A top US official said yesterday that Sri Lanka would retain the continuing support of the US government based on the approach taken to the humanitarian situation prevailing in the country.
“The continuing support of the US government will be reliant on the means in which the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka is addressed,” Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration from the US State Department Eric P. Schwarts said.
Sri Lanka Unlikely to Meet Commitment to Resettle Bulk of Nearly 300,000 Internally Displaced Persons Within 180 days
In the aftermath of Sri Lanka’s deadly war, Sri Lanka committed to resettling the bulk of internally displaced persons (IDPs) within 180 days. As the resettlement period approaches the 60?day mark, the Canadian Tamil Congress is releasing the first of its monthly situation reports tracking Sri Lanka’s progress in freeing and resettling its nearly 300,000 IDPs.
TNA MP M K Sivajilingam hits out at opportunistic leaders
Sri Lankan Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M K Sivajilingam has alleged that a few leaders from Tamil Nadu, both at the Centre and State are simply ignoring the massacre of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of Tamilar Thanmana Pasarai at Red Hills on Sunday, he said that the most shocking thing was the projection of those leaders as the saviours of suffering Tamils in the island nation.
Why do we need a political and diplomatic path?
Last week, I said that we will view in this week’s pages as to how we face the current period full of complications.
To study the information and details available of the current situation in our homeland is important before we think through the way we confront the current situation.
An open letter to ‘the man who tamed the tigers’
Upon reading the July 10th interview by Jyoti Thottam with you for the Time Magazine captioned “The Man Who Tamed the Tamil Tigers”, I am appalled as are rest of the majority of the Tamils prompting me to write this open letter to you through the traditional and electronic media. Thank God for free media elsewhere in the civilised world so that your views as well as mine could be aired to the world!
UK, US, Germany and France abstained from IMF voting: Britain signals unease with SL
Britain made clear its discontent over Sri Lanka’s treatment of Tamil refugees last night by abstaining from a vote at the International Monetary Fund to give $2.4bn (£1.46 bn) to the country, The guardian, UK reported. The US, Germany and France also abstained from voting.
Sri Lankan army ‘colonising’ Tamil lands
Sri Lanka’s Army Commander General Foneska’s statement on recruiting 100,000 new recruits has raised fears, in the minds of Sri Lankan Tamil Observer groups, of systematic colonisation of the Tamil lands in the North and the East by the Sinhala army. This fear is becoming a pre-occupation with these observers, as they mull over the issue of peaceful settlement of Tamil issue.
