Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

14 November 2007 'Disappearances and killings will continue' - Sri Lanka s Army commander, Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka in UK Channel-4: Unreported World Killing for Peace
3 November 2007 Five People are Killed or Disappear Daily
15 March 2007 Mutilated body in Punguduthivu
15 March 2007 Mohamed Ali Nanthakumar murdered and dumped in Jaffna town
14 March 2007 Kandasamy Manoharan murdered in Vavuniya
12 March 2007 Lawrence Mariyaselvam shot dead in Manipay
11 March 2007 4 disappearances, 4 abductions in 48 hours in Jaffna
' Jeyachandran Prathap, Maiyoor Chandramohan, Devadas Christy Prasanna, Balasingham Surendran, Jesuthasan Jeyasuthan, Paramsamy Visaharan, Marimuththu Kumutharaj, Amirthalingam Alaheswaran'

11 March 2007 87 Tamil youths abducted or disappear in Jaffna in 2007
10 March 2007 55 civilians killed in Mannar in 14 months
10 March 2007 3 youths missing in Jaffna
2 March 2007 Five Tamil fishermen missing in Mannar Sea
8 February 2007 Three Tamil civilians abducted in Mannar
13 January 2007 Two Tamil brothers shot dead in Mannar
8 January 2007 Two Tamil young men abducted in Mannar
20 November 2006 Tamil youth missing in Mannar

3 November 2006 Father of five shot dead in Mannar
22 October 2006 Two Tamil fishermen shot dead in Mannar
14 October 2006 29 reported missing in Colombo - Civil Monitoring Committee
'The Civil Monitoring Committee (CMC), formed recently in Colombo by involved Tamil and Sinhala politicians, to monitor extra judicial killings, abductions and disappearances, based on the records registered so far, reported Friday that 29 persons were still missing in Colombo. Six persons were reported killed. Eight persons were released, according to the list compiled from the details become public and from the people who are willing to talk. There are many acts of Disappearances, Abductions, Killings and Extortions occurred in capital city Colombo, suburbs, that have gone unreported due to reasons of fear and logistics, said the CMC chaired by Srithunga Jayasooriya...' more
6 September 2006 Extra-judicial killings escalate in Jaffna
'...62 individuals including Newspaper Manager Sivamaharajah, ex- Member of Parliament and 2 undergraduates were killed, and 53 civilians including a Catholic Priest and 10 students below the age of 18 have disappeared in Jaffna Peninsula in 35 days since August 02. The International agencies present in Jaffna are yet to voice their concerns for the increased dissappearances of children in Sri Lanka Army controlled Jaffna district, according to civil society leaders in Jaffna. Deans of Jaffna Univeristy have charged that the search operations conducted by the Sri Lanka armed forces inside the Univeristy premises were deliberate attempts to damage the reputation of the University and instil fear in the students...' more
4 August 2006 Massacre of 17 Aid Workers by Sri Lanka Army - President Mahinda Rajapakse's War Crime
4 August 2006 Pon Ganeshamoorthy: a Tamil Nationalist, murdered by Sri Lanka Intelligence Operatives
17 June 2006 Sri Lanka Navy murders Tamil civilians in Pesalai Church
8 June 2006 Sri Lanka soldiers massacre Tamil family of four in Vankalai

23 May 1995 Extra judicial killings of Tamils at the Jeyanthipuram camp
'The (extra judicial) execution (of 4 Tamils) at the Jeyanthipuram camp is one of the most horrific in a growing list of abuses by the Sri Lanka security forces in the town and surrounding villages... The executions followed a night of terror for people living in the heavily populated area between Jeyanthipuram and the neighbouring police camp at Iruthayapuram. Witnesses say the forces were firing from the camp through out the night...'
October 1993 New spate of disappearances & extra judicial killings - 1993
Human Rights NGOs fear a new spate of disappearances and extra judicial killings after 2,000 Tamils were arrested in Colombo in October... The arrests continue at the rate of 50-100 a day, with between 1,000 and 2,000 held in detention centres across the city... Tamil MPs and human rights NGOs say the five major safeguards agreed in June to protect Tamils are systematically ignored and there are ominous signs that the unofficial death squads that characterised the previous regime are active. A joint statement from 17 Sri Lankan human rights NGOs says unidentified gangs remove suspects blindfolded in the middle of the night without informing relatives who they are or where they are taking those detained...

12 June 1991 Kokaddicholai massacre (2)
'..On 12th June, 1991 at 11.00 a.m., the Sri Lankan army stationed in the Kokaddichcholai camp situated in the adjoining village, entered these two villages, terrorised and assaulted all the Tamil people, raped the women , including teachers and students who had taken refuge in the village school. 17 families who had taken refuge in the school were shot and killed. In one incident, a young girl who took protection with an old lady teacher was dragged by these sex hungry soldiers and raped in spite of the old lady offering them instead all the jewellery the girl had. They took the jewellery and raped the girl as well. 49 people who had taken refuge in a rice mill at Makiladitivu were burnt alive along with the rice mill...

Do you think we all believe your craps?

When you put massacre after a word?
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Po da.

If you or anyone says LTTE is a terrorist organization then GOSL also a terrorist organization. you and Thala have listed both LTTE's and GOSL killings.