Welcome to this blogg. More than 80 million tamil people live in many countries across distant seas.
There is no state without a Tamil - but there is no state for the tamils.
Velkommen til denne bloggen. Her vil jeg oppdatere nyheter om tamiler og deres kamp for et selvstyre både på Sri Lanka og utenfor øya.
என்னுடைய இந்த இணைத்தளத்திற்கு வருகை தந்தமைக்கு நன்றி: தமிழன் இல்லாத நாடில்லை, தமிழனுக்கென்று ஓர் நாடில்லை
TTN தொலைக்காட்சியின் தொடர்கள் மற்றம் நிகழ்ச்சிகள் நடாத்திய மன்மதன் என்றழைக்கப்படும் பாஸ்கரன் அவர்கள் இயக்கி நடத்திருக்கும் படம்தான் தீராநதி.
பாரிஸ் தேசத்தில் நடக்கும் கதைக்களம் .இங்கு வரும் புலம்பெயர் மக்களின் இன்னொரு புதிய விடயமான வதிவிட அனுமதி என்ற ஒரு நடைமுறை தெரியாமல் தாயகத்தில் இருந்து அகதியாக வரும் என் போன்றவர்களின் விடியலுடன் படம் தொடங்குகின்றது. நாயகன் ஊரில் இருக்கும் தெய்வங்களை துணைக்கு அழைப்பதுடன் படம் கதை ஓட்டத்தைக் கூறுகிறது.காலையில் மதன் வெளியே போவதும் அதன் பின்னே கமராவும் பயணிக்கிறது. மதன் தன் நண்பனுடன் போகும் வழி
இப்படம் முளுக்க முளுக்க எம்மவர்களைக் கொண்டு உருவாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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Dato: Lørdag 30.juli 2011, kl 18:00
Filmen Hus i Oslo ஒஸ்லோ Adresse: Dronningens gate 16
Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga delivered a landmark speech in Colombo on Sunday in which she spoke of the horror her children expressed after viewing Sri Lanka's Killing Fields.
Jon Snow's critically-acclaimed investigation into the final weeks of the quarter-century-long civil war between the government and the secessionist rebels, the Tamil Tigers, featured devastating new video evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity - some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast.
Kumaratunga became the world's first female president in1994, governing Sri Lanka until 2005. Both of her parents had formerly held the office of Prime Minister in Sri Lanka.
In her address at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute entitled ‘Economic Development, Inclusive Societies and Peace' she spoke of the battle for peace in the country and her dismay over the failure of successive governments to resolve the treatment of the Tamil minority which led to the formation of the armed separatist group, the Tiger Tamils LTTE - the terrorist organisation responsible for the deaths of both her father and her husband.
Kumaratunga called for Sri Lanka's to have the humility to admit that they have failed as a nation, to accept their mistakes, make amendments and she criticised the, "continued denial of proven facts and abuse of our honest critics will not resolve the problem for anyone." She went on to say: "I shall remember till the end of my days the morning when my 28 year-old son called me, sobbing on the phone to say how ashamed he was to call himself as Sinhalese and a Lankan, after he saw on the UK television a 50 minute documentary called Killing Fields of Sri Lanka which I also had the great misfortune of seeing. My daughter followed suit, saying similar things and expressing shock and horror that our countrymen could indulge in such horrific acts. I was proud of my son and daughter, proud that they cared for the others, proud that they have grown up to be the man and woman their father and mother wanted them to be."
Kumaratunga's speech follows other politicians who have spoken out about Sri Lanka's Killing Fields. After it was screened in Australia, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described it as, "deeply disturbing" and said: "(The) Human Rights Council can't simply push this to one side. Action needed." When asked about the film at Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron told MPs that the Sri Lanka government, "does need to be investigated" and, "lessons need to be learned." And in a statement issued after the film aired in the UK, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was "shocked by the horrific scenes" in Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, and "if the Sri Lankan government does not respond we will support the international community in revisiting all options available to press the Sri Lankan Government to fulfil its obligations."
Two Sri Lankans who witnessed the violent final showdown of the country's 26-year civil war claim a top military commander and Sri Lanka's defence secretary ordered war crimes.
One of these eyewitnesses, an army officer, accuses Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa - the president's brother - of ordering Brigadier Shavendra Silva to execute Tamil rebel leaders, whose safe surrender had been guaranteed by the president.
The other new witness, who was also operating with Brigadier Shavendra Silva's 58 Division on the front line during the final assault, claims the Brigadier was ordered by the defence secretary "to finish the job by whatever means necessary."
'Licence to kill'
He said this was interpreted by the soldiers as a licence to kill. He described how he had watched as Sri Lankan forces shot dead unarmed Tamil women and children. It is the first time this allegation has been made.
The war was won by Sri Lankan government soldiers two years ago. The rebel leadership was virtually wiped out.
As the army closed in, around 130,000 Tamil civilians had been trapped on an ever-shrinking shard of land on the north-east of the island alongside the besieged rebel fighters, who are accused of using them as human shields.
The Sri Lankan president said no civilians were killed by the army during the final assault. But the United Nations now believes that up 40,000 civilians were killed during the last few weeks of the conflict. Others estimate the toll to be higher.
Most are thought to have died as a result of gun and mortar fire allegedly directed on them deliberately by government forces.
After repeated requests for an interview with Shavendra Silva - now retired and promoted to the rank of major-general - Channel 4 News went to confront him with these allegations in New York, where he serves as Sri Lanka's deputy ambassador to the UN.
Former Sri Lankan President denounces current governmentThe latest revelations on Channel 4 News came after the former president of Sri Lanka condemned the current government in a speech in Colombo. Chandrika Kumaratunga warned that the country could descend into anarchy following the civil war between the govenment and Tamil rebels.
Speaking in Colombo, Mrs Kumaratunga said her children had reacted with 'shock and horror' to Channel 4's 'Killing Fields' documentary which alleged war-time atrocities. "My 28 year-old son called me, sobbing on the phone to say how ashamed he was to call himself a Sinhalese and a Lankan," she said.
Mrs Kumaratunga served as President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005. She is the country's only female President to date.Kumaratunga suffered permanent nerve damage and lost vision in her right eye following an assassination attempt by the Tamil Tigers at her final election rally in Colombo in 1999.
Allegations denied
Outside his embassy, the major-general denied allegations of war crimes and said such accusations stemmed from Tamil Tigers and their supporters.
He denied that soldiers under his command had raped or murdered civilians and he demanded we reveal the identity of the army officer who had alleged he had ordered the execution of surrendering rebels.
'Soaked in blood'
The allegations from the army officer serving with the then Brigadier Shavendra Silva surround what a recent UN report calls "The White Flag Incident" on the very last day of the war. Those killed included the Tamil Tigers' two most senior political leaders and their families.
Channel 4 News has identified their bodies among scores of dead insurgents in photographs of the aftermath provided by the officer himself. We are protecting his identity but he was interviewed in secret by a journalist working for Channel 4 News in Sri Lanka.
He told us: "We received orders from the top to kill some of those who surrendered. All regiments received the orders unofficially - from the top."
The officer continued: "The defence secretary phoned Brigadier Shavendra Silva and ordered him not to take them prisoner, but to kill them. When I got there, I saw a pile of dead bodies. This is the notorious 'White Flag Incident.'
"I can confidently state," he said, "that those who ordered the killings were Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Brigadier Shavendra Silva."
The other new eyewitness, whom we've called 'Fernando', recounted apocalyptic horrors he had witnessed while with Brigadier Shavendra Silva's 58 Division. He accused Sri Lankan soldiers of war crimes which targeted civilians.
"They shot people at random. Stabbed people. Raped them. Cut out their tongues, cut women's breasts off. I have witnessed this with my own eyes."
'Fernando' continued as though in a trance, with tears running down his face: "I saw the naked dead bodies of women without heads and other parts of their bodies. I saw a lot of small, innocent children getting killed in large numbers. I saw people soaked in blood."
Asked if he had actually seen Sri Lankan soldiers shooting civilians, 'Fernando' said: "I saw them shooting. I saw it directly. I saw ordinary civilians getting killed with my own eyes."
'Finish the job'
This witness said the hearts of soldiers on the battlefront "turned to stone" as they carried out what lawyers told us could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
He said that a few days before the end of the war, the brigadier had assembled his officer corps on a beach and told them he had received orders from the defence secretary "to finish the job by whatever means necessary."
'Fernando' relayed what the brigadier told his men: "He said: 'This is a very decisive day for us because last night I got a call from the defence secretary. He told me that we only have a small chunk of land left to capture. Do whatever it takes- finish it off the way it has to be done."
'Fernando' says that what followed was the killing spree he witnessed. "All they wanted," he said, "was for the war to be over."
Credible allegations of war crimes
In April, a panel of experts commissioned by the UN Secretary General to examine 'Accountability in Sri Lanka', found credible allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka, committed by both sides.
These included the killing of civilians by shelling, the shelling of hospitals, the denial of humanitarian assistance and other human rights violations inside and outside the conflict zone.
The panel recommended that these allegations required further investigation.
The secretary-general is expected to present the experts' report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. It will fall to the council to decide of the course of any further action.
Kilde: Channel4
பாதுகாப்பு அளிப்பதாக ராஜபக்ஷே கூறிய விடுதலை புலிகளை கோதபய கொலை செய்ய உத்தரவிடடார்: ராணுவ வீரர்கள் தகவல்
26ஆண்டுகளாக தமிழ் ஈழ விடுதலைக்கு போராடிய போராளிகளின் இறுதிகட்ட போரின் போது சரண் அடையும் போராளிகளுக்கு பாதுகாப்பு அளிப்பதாக ஜனாதிபதி மகிந்தா ராஜ பக்ஷே உறுதி அளித்தார்.
அவரது பொய்யான வாக்குறுதியை நம்பி சரண் அடைந்த போராளிகளை அவரது தம்பியும் இலங்கை பாதுகாப்பு துறை செயலாளரும் ஆன கோதபய ராஜபக்ஷே கொலை செய் உத்தரவிட்டார். கோலை செய் லைசென் தரப்டடுவிட்டது என போர் குற்ற நிகழ்வு களை மேற்கொள்ள கோத்தபாய உத்தரவிட்டார் என அவருடன் பணியில் இருந்த ராணுவ வீரர்கள் குற்றம் சாட்டி உள்ளனர். கோதபயவின் கொடூர உத்தரவு உலகம் முழுவதும் உள்ள தமிழ் மக்களை அதிர்ச்சியல் ஆழ்த்தி இருக்கிறது.
இலங்கையில் தமிழீழம் மலர வேண்டும் என 1983ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் தமிழ் போராளிகள் போராடி வந்தனர். இந்த பொராட்டத்தின் உச்சக்கட்டப்போர் 2009ஆம் ஆண்டு நடந்தது. இந்தப்போரின்போது சரண் அடையும் தமிழ்போராளிகளுக்கு உரிய பாதகாப்பு அளிக்கப்படும என இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதி மகிந்த ராஜபக்ஷே உறுதி அளித்தார்.
அந்தவாக்குறுதியை நம்பி சரண் அடைந்த போராளி தலைவர்களை ராஜபக்ஷேவின் தம்பியும் இலங்கை பாதுகாப்புத்துறை செயலாளரும் ஆன கோத்தபய ராஜ பக்ஷே ஈவு இரக்கம் இல்லாமல் கொல்ல உத்ரவிட்டார். நம்பி வந்தவர்களை கொலை செய்ய உத்ததரவிடுகிறாரே என இலங்கை ராணுவ வீரர்களே அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்தனர்.
தேவை ஏற்படும்போது கொல்வது அவசியம் என கோத்தபாய தனது போர் குற்றத்திற்கு நியாயம் கற்றபித்தார். சரண் அடைந்த தமிழ் ஈழ விடுதலை போராளிகளை கொலை செய்ய பிரிகேடியர் ஷவேந்திரா சில்வாவிடம் உத்தரவிட்டார். அவரிடம் கோதபய உத்தரவிட்டதை நேரில் பார்த்த 58வது டிவிஷன் வீரரும் தற்போது ஆமோததித்து உள்ளார். கொலை செய்வதறகு லைசென்ஸ் தரப்பட்டுள்ளது என இலங்கை ராணுவ வீர்களிடம் கட்டளை பிறப்பிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.ஆயுதம் இல்லாமல் நிராயுத பாணிகளாக இருந்த அப்பாவிபெண்கள் மற்றம் குழந்கைளையும் கொல்லப்படடனர்.
தமிழீழ தேசவிடுதலைப்போரில் தலைவனின் சிந்தனைக்கு உயிர்கொடுத்து தம்மையே ஆயுதமாக்கி எதிரிமீது பாய்ந்து காற்றோடு காற்றாகி கலந்த எம் வீரமறவர்களின் நினைவுநாள். இன் நாளில் இவ் வீரப்புதல்வர்களை நினைவுகூர்ந்து எமது தமிழீழலட்சியபயணத்தில் நாம் எல்லோரும் உறுதியுடன் தொடர்ந்து பயணிப்போம். (காணொளி இணைப்பு)
