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In Sri Lanka, Fear of Being `Disappeared`
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DVLADV
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 1 Apr 2008 20:32:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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Why Sinhala Population In Jaffna became ZERO ????
They were not butchered, raped and looted like the Sinhalese did to Tamils. When the Sinhala army moved and there were violence against Tamils in other parts of the country most Sinhalese decided to leave because they had family and a place they could move to unlike the helpless Tamils that were slaughtered in the south.
Others who decided to stay could have stayed if SLA did not start using them as moles and as a safety precaution LTTE did what it had to do.
My question is what has this got to do with the civilian population?
I think after most Sinhalese left still the editor of Review Mr. Ratnayake was still there. This is the same story with the university. Tamils have to put up with GOSL and military harassment but the slightest difficulty the Sinhala students want to move out giving safety reasons.
So Sinhalese not being in Tamil areas is your problem not the Tamils problem. |
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1 Apr 2008 20:38:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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SKB,
If the majority elect a govt that is sincere in resolving the matter, LTTE will go away in no time..!
They would've done it if VP didn't take the MR bait.
Having said that, given the situation in SL right now, another opportunity to elect a new Govt is highly unlikely. |
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 1 Apr 2008 20:57:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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When there is a civil unrest you leave that place.
Here place means Jaffa.
So, it should be,
When there is a civil unrest, LTTE backed elements forced you to leave that place.
Fortunately, even after brutal riots in Colombo, people didn't forced fellow Tamils to leave Colombo in 83 July. |
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1 Apr 2008 20:58:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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I'm suffering so much with these children to care for,' Mithralatha, whose body is frail and back is hunched, said as she wept. The grandchildren range in age from 2 to 14. 'I wish we could find their father.'
The people of Mankerni in Batticaloa district are the thinnest group of people I have encountered. My heart goes out to the mothers in this area who suffer from such abductions and losses which are on the increase since the eastern LTTE separated from North. The people of Batticaloa are far more anxious than the people of Jaffna. I felt that anxiety with them during last month's trip to Mankerni.
I was also questioned repeatedly - and especially as to why I had visited Jaffna and whether I intended going there again? All this demonstrated serious instability within the government officers / forces who are now required to partner the very people they considered to be their enemies.
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam - Australian Tamil |
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1 Apr 2008 21:05:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Fortunately, even after brutal riots in Colombo, people didn't forced fellow Tamils to leave Colombo in 83 July.
Although your statement is true the reasons behind the two groups of populations were different.
Tamils in the south were no threat to the Sinhalese or GOSL and at least during this period there were no LTTE influence on the Tamil population.
Tamils who had settled in the south for generations had no place to go as the N/E was more foreign to them than the south.
On the other hand the Sinhalese who had been living in North had their roots in the South and moved at the first sight of trouble.
Later GOSL and SLA trying to use the Sinhala population staying behind was a threat to LTTE.
So you cannot compare the two cases. |
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1 Apr 2008 21:07:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sansare,
Here place means Jaffa.
So, it should be,
When there is a civil unrest, LTTE backed elements forced you to leave that place.
When I lived in jaffna, a few Sinhalese families were living there. When the armed uprising started (civil unrest), they began moving out fearing getting caught in between. As far as I can tell, no movement had the luxury of time and space to intimidate anybody as they were all at the time in hiding. But, the situation was getting bad to worse with more shootings and bombardments.
If I were a Sinhalese, I would have thought of moving out, thinking why should I die there. Understandably almost all sinhalese did that. Putting the blame on LTTE or any other movement for Sinhala exodus is a weak argument.
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1 Apr 2008 21:10:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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The government denies that abductions have become widespread and says heightened vigilance at checkpoints is necessary -- even if Tamils complain of ethnic profiling. Authorities cite the danger of suicide bombings, like one that killed more than a dozen people, including members of a high school baseball team, in February.
The reality is that there are more killings and abductions because the people do not know whom to go to when they have a complaint. Two young ones known to me were killed and the officials did not take any action. The bodies were found through unofficial sources. Loved ones do not know why or who did it.
Checking is necessary to establish the higher status of officers in uniform under these circumstances. But when person in civilian clothes are part of the official team - that confirms that the exercise is more to elevate the status of the rebel group that is now unofficially part of the government. Those unofficial officers need to go through Due Process and earn their higher status to question us publicly - or confine themselves to confidential spying - with much of their work not being ever recognized. They are being allowed to cheaply get higher status over the ordinary citizen who follows the law. This reduces the DIGNITY of the ordinary citizen who is the root source of those official positions.
The government must ensure that others outside uniform are not seen to be part of government forces carrying out the checking.
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam - Australian Tamil |
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 1 Apr 2008 21:13:24 GMT Report for Abuse
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Gaja acca
The people of Batticaloa are far more anxious than the people of Jaffna. I felt that anxiety with them during last month's trip to Mankerni
do you think people in Batti need time to think about what they really want for a long term political solution, compared to other parts of Norheast?
also LTTE should not attack TMVP offices there or their political activities, i think TMVP will self destruct if there is no opposition to the movement from LTTE side.
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 1 Apr 2008 21:14:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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| In agree with SKBs observation. The Sinhalese had the means to move out of Jaffna. The Tamils in Sinhala areas moved out during the riots but came back because they did not have any other livelihood. No one forced the Sinhalese to leave:)) |
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