Archive for august, 2009
USA's topdiplomat for Sydasien siger, at Sri
Lanka's vægring ved at dele magten med tamilerne efter afslutningen på en blodig
25-års borgerkrig i maj kunne føre til fornyet vold. USA's viceudenrigsminister,
Robert Blake, udtalte også, at Sri Lanka bør tillade større bevægelsesfrihed for
de næsten 300.000 tamilere, der er jaget på flugt af krigen og sidder
indespærret i regeringslejre. Imidlertid satte præsident Mahinda Rajapaksa
spørgsmålstegn ved USA's officielle ret "til at tale på tamilernes vegne". USA
har sørget for nødhjælps-assistance til flygtningene, men længerevarende
genopbygningshjælp er afhængig af Sri Lanka's velvilje med hensyn til
genbosættelse, sagde Blake.
Lanka's vægring ved at dele magten med tamilerne efter afslutningen på en blodig
25-års borgerkrig i maj kunne føre til fornyet vold. USA's viceudenrigsminister,
Robert Blake, udtalte også, at Sri Lanka bør tillade større bevægelsesfrihed for
de næsten 300.000 tamilere, der er jaget på flugt af krigen og sidder
indespærret i regeringslejre. Imidlertid satte præsident Mahinda Rajapaksa
spørgsmålstegn ved USA's officielle ret "til at tale på tamilernes vegne". USA
har sørget for nødhjælps-assistance til flygtningene, men længerevarende
genopbygningshjælp er afhængig af Sri Lanka's velvilje med hensyn til
genbosættelse, sagde Blake.
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- Sri Lanka: Ex-Land Commissioner observes systematic ethnic discrimination in issuing land documents in East 13. december 2018The SL Government in Colombo has been issuing circulars instructing the provincial land authorities to release land documents to displaced and uprooted war-affected people. Such circulars were attempting to document adherence to the recommendations of the so-called Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. These circulars were also intended to convince the UN Human Rights Council and the […]
- Sri Lanka: SL military erects giant Buddha statue at controversial heritage site in Mullaiththeevu 12. december 2018The occupying Sinhala military in Mullaith-theevu installed a small Buddha statue, which was covered with glass at the disputed heritage site of Neeraaviyadi-eattam in Chemmalai in November. The SL military has now hurriedly replaced it with a huge Buddha statue disregarding the interim order and the protests of Tamil residents. The move comes after a […]
- Sri Lanka: SL military wants Cooray to liaise with Tamil diaspora industrialists from islets off Jaffna 11. december 2018The occupying Sinhala Navy and its intelligence wing have drawn a plan to recruit and deceive the business elite among the Tamils in the Northern Province, particularly the Tamil diaspora industrialists who hail from the islets off Jaffna, with the propaganda of development, informed sources at Ooraath-thu'rai (Kayts) told TamilNet this week. Under the pretext […]
- Sri Lanka: HR Day protests in North-East met with violence, SL Police displays hostility 10. december 2018Four Tamil protesters were admitted to Trincomalee hospital as unknown masked men assaulted the Tamils from Moothoor East, who rallied in front of the Trincomalee Bus stand Monday morning for a peaceful protest in connection with International Human Rights Day. The families of the enforced disappeared, and the villagers from Padu-kaadu and Muthalai-madu, whose lands […]
- Sri Lanka: Monks incite SL paramilitary to Sinhalicise Tamil heritage site in Trincomalee North 9. december 2018An extremist section of the Sinhala-Buddhist Theravada monks establishment, which has been trying for more almost ten years to claim the ancient Tamil village of Thennai-maravadi as a heritage and archaeology site of Sinhala Buddhism, abandoned their attempt to erect a Buddhist temple at the lands of the Tamil village deity of Kanthasaami. However, the […]