Archive for marts, 2011
Brug som kontekst til kvartal finalen mellem co-værter Sri Lanka og England af Kricket Verdens Cup , TYO-UK (tamilsk Ungdom Organisationen) på lørdag gennemførte en oplysningskampagne om Sri Lanka i London, på en dag præget af store protester fra den TUC (Handel Unions Kongres) mod offentlige nedskæringer. Som op til 500.000 demonstranter marcherede gennem det centrale London, TYO medlemmer i periferien uddelte foldere og indsamlede underskrifter til et postkort kampagne fot at opfordre at England og Wales Kricket bestyrelsen (ECB) til at boykotte Sri Lanka som en sportslig partner. Indsatsen er en del af en større kampagne for at fremme den internationale boykot af Sri Lanka som et turistmål, og som producent af varer, sagde TYO. Sri Lankas cricket hold skyldes at turnere England denne sommer.
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- Sri Lanka: Militant monk wans Tamils not to challenge foremost stake of Sinhala Buddhist heritage claim 16. juni 2019Sinhala extremist militant monk Ven Bengamuwe Nalaka Thero, the chief organiser of so-called National Rights Movement, was visiting the disputed heritage site, Neeraaviyadi in Chemmalai-East, Naayaa'ru, in the district of Mullaith-theeevu on Sunday. He was taking hardline Sinhala protesters in three buses from Colombo, Anuradhapura and the Sinhala colony of Janakapura at Weli-Oya (Ma'nal-aa'ru) in […]
- Sri Lanka: Tamil land-owners suppressed from mobilising against ethnic land-grab in Thiriyaay 15. juni 2019The present SL Government Agent (District Secretary) of Trincomalee district, NAA Pushpakumara, as well as his predecessor Major General (retd) Ranjit de Silva, both Sinhalese, have transferred more than 300 acres of fertile lands of Eezham Tamils to Sinhala politicians and officials. The Divisional Secretary serving under them has been forced to subject the properties […]
- Sri Lanka: Mano Ganesan misleads on Kanniyaa heritage dispute: Trincomalee Councillor 14. juni 2019SL Minister of Hindu Religious Affairs and National Integration, Mr Mano Ganesan, was appreciated by Tamils in Trincomalee for confronting the Sinhala Buddhist monks regarding the ancient Tamil heritage of Kanniyaa during his recent trip attending the District Coordinating Committee meeting, on Monday. However, the monks were unmoved. They categorically told Mr Ganesan and the TNA […]
- Sri Lanka: SL military targets Tamil grassroots activists in Mullaiththeevu, GS officer receives death threat 13. juni 2019The occupying Colombos Army in Mullaiththeevu has issued death threat to an Eezham Tamil Village Officer (GS), K. Bede Jeyaharan on 06 May, a couple of days before SL President Maithiripala Sirisena visited Mullaiththeevu promoting Sinhala colonisation of the region. The GS officer said he was able to recognise the offenders as SLA soldiers, although […]
- Sri Lanka: SL State-run Timber Corporation escalates logging of teak trees in Vanni 12. juni 2019The SL State-owned Timber Corporation (STC) which comes under the SL Mahaweli Development and Environment Ministry, which is led by SL President Maithiripala Sirisena, has been engaged in wide-scale felling of Theakku trees (teak, Tectona grandis) in Oddu-chuddaan area in Mullaiththeevu. The occupying SL military, empowered with police powers under the Emergency Regulations, has been […]