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| Move On From the Tigers |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 12:50.43 PM | Media Hause ] |
| But the diaspora has an opening. The government's mistreatment of Tamils after the war's end and the recent detention of Mr. Fonseka and opposition journalists are unquestionable outrages; they demand more international attention. The diaspora can push Western governments and the UN to be more aggressive in their dealings with the government, and can call for a comprehensive investigation into abuses committed by both sides during the civil war... |
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| Sri Lanka Wins a War and Diminishes Democracy |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 12:46.33 PM | Media Hause ] |
| Why should a descent into misgovernment in a nation of 21.3 million people on a relatively small island off the coast of India matter to people anywhere else? This isn't Zimbabwe or Bosnia or Haiti. Not yet. But it is one of the newest examples -- streamed live on the Web if not much present in the American media -- of a post colonial collapse. Kenya is another. It is a phenomenon worth study... |
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| Sen. Casey's Remarks Read at GTF |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 12:42.38 PM | Media Hause ] |
| WASHINGTON, DC--U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, provided the following statement which was read at the Global Tamil Forum inaugural event in London on Wednesday. |
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| People Power! |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 12:36.20 PM | Media Hause ] |
| All this is just background to what Rajapaksa is trying to do today, and where he is headed in the aftermath of the war, capitalizing on his war-victory to establish a new political order in the country... The upcoming parliamentary elections are crucial for the Sinhalese...In its wake, the constitution will come under attack... When the constitution is to be made an instrument of oppression and self-aggrandizement, and there is contempt for the law, then there must be consequences. Something has to be done to stop the descent into this state. |
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| Tamils Distancing Themselves from India |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 12:01.20 PM | Media Hause ] |
| What caused this change of stance? Dissipation of trust. A whole picture fell into place with a series of events. A quarter century of space gave sufficient opportunity to the Tamil intelligentsia to read, discuss, interact, reflect and arrive at a clear consensus... |
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| The Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora after the LTTE |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 11:58.30 AM | Media Hause ] |
| To ensure the current peace is a lasting one, the Sri Lankan government must address the legitimate grievances at the root of the conflict: the political marginalisation and physical insecurity of most Tamils in Sri Lanka. Statements made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa since his January 2010 re-election suggest there is little chance the needed political and constitutional reforms will be offered in his next term. Any significant improvement in the political position of Tamils and other minorities in Sri Lanka will thus come slowly and with difficulty, requiring significant shifts in the balance of political power within Sri Lanka as well as careful but tough persuasion from outside. |
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| A Nation’s Trust Betrayed |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 10:38.52 AM | Media Hause ] |
| Shameless Geo-politicians of the world blatantly unite with the greatest failed State of the 21st Century to destroy a whole segment of humanity belonging to the very ancient and most cultured Tamil Nation within the boundaries of a brutal and inhuman island state. |
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| Fonseka arrest testimony to fate of those who earn Rajapaksa brothers’ |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 10:31.09 AM | Media Hause ] |
| "The arrest of Fonseka is another tactical ploy by Mahinda and Co. to show it as a threat to the Opposition, so that any Fonseka followers would know that they also face the same consequences", writes Satheesan Kumaaran in his article titled "Fonseka’s arrest is testimony to the fate of those who earn the wrath of the Rajapaksa brothers". |
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| Sri Lanka's democratic institutions in peril, says Seattle Editorial |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 09:58.44 AM | Media Hause ] |
| Noting that the "European Union recently dropped the island's preferential trade status because of human-rights violations," Seattle Times (U.S.) on Friday "says Sri Lankan media are not free to discuss the challenges, so the best hope is international attention." The writer, Peter Mountford, observes, "at the core of Sri Lanka's problem is a rotten constitution, which gives the president near dictatorial power. Opposition members in parliament are easily bought through cushy ministerial appointments, and the chief justice of the Supreme Court is appointed by the president." |
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| British Shadow FM calls for political reform, independent war-crime investigations |
| [ Sunday, 28 February 2010, 09:53.17 AM | Media Hause ] |
| Noting that "there is a natural affinity between Tamils in Britain and our [Conservative] Party," William Hague, the British Shadow Foreign Secretary, in his speech to the inaugural launch of Global Tamil Forum, warned that the "continued confinement [of thousands] will simply sow the seeds of discontent, [and] could lead to renewed conflict in years to come," called for "meaningful political reform," and said that "there should be a full independent inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the final stages of the military conflict." |
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