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For all the apologists that claimed there were no ltte on board the MV Sun Sea - Former Tamil Tiger ordered to remain in custody
Thursday, 14 April 2011 - 3:52 AM SL Time
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VANCOUVER A Federal Court judge has ordered a Sri Lankan man to remain in custody after he was denied refugee status in Canada.
Judge Sean Harrington said the man identified only as B456 had connections to the Tamil Tigers and granted a stay of a release order.
`He is nothing but a bold-faced liar,` Harrington said in a strongly worded decision released Tuesday.
`It has been established beyond doubt that if he is not still a Tamil Tiger, he certainly was. He was in the armed naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam a terrorist organization.`
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Conservative candidate takes pains to obscure his Tamil background
Thursday, 14 April 2011 - 10:38 PM SL Time
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A month ago, a Tamil television personality named Ragavan Paranchothy won the federal Conservative nomination in Scarborough Southwest.
Almost immediately, he changed his name to Gavan Paranchothy, with a new Twitter tag (@gavanp), Facebook page and fresh websites that no longer mention his Tamil background.
It`s not the first time Mr. Paranchothy has adopted a different first name. When he travelled with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Asia in 2009, he was T. Raghavan Paranchothy, the T standing for Thayan, the legal name by which he is also known.
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The Long Awaited UN Report is Out and Ban Concedes There is Nothing He Can Do
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 - 10:05 AM SL Time
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From what I have read here are the main findings :
1. The panel says it found `credible` allegations of human rights violations committed by the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels during final stages of the conflict between September 2008 and May 2009.
There is quantum difference between so called credible allegations and proving them. And in any case, human rights violations are not the same as war crimes. Please note that even in Canada people are found in violation of human rights. The diaspora either by ignorance or design confuse the two.
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Ban Ki Moon, Accessory After the Fact to Sri Lanka war crimes, says Boyle - Where does the leave the Diaspora?
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 - 11:27 PM SL Time
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[Faulting UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon for his continued `pattern and practice of criminal behavior by rejecting the recommendation of his own Panel that he appoint a Commission of Inquiry into GOSL war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Tamils,` Professor Francis Boyle, expert in International Law and Professor at the University of Illinois School of Law, told TamilNet that `Ban Ki-Moon is an absolute disgrace to the lofty standards of the United Nations Charter and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights,` and that Moon should be prevented from being elected for a second term.]
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