Ilankai Tamil Sangam
Association of Tamils of Sri Lanka in the USA
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by Juan Manuel Velazquez, Diario La Tarde, Argentina, April 24, 2012
"Above all," continues the press release in paragraph eight, "it is our sincere hope that the government of Sri Lanka will seize this opportunity and pursue an enlightened attitude to achieve genuine political reconciliation, based on the significant devolution of powers (political) which takes into consideration the legitimate needs of Tamil people's equality, dignity, fairness and respect..." |
English translation below
Las fotos Fueron suministradas por : www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php (guerra sin testigos).
As was anticipated in Part VII of our serializarían 'The Slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka', after India's vote in favor of the Resolution of the 19th Session of the Commission on Human Rights United Nations (HRCUN) in Geneva this past weekend saw the visit of the party committee from India to Sri Lanka. Hours before the Indian tour and there was a serious incident of ethnic-racist content the Muslim community in Dambulla, in central Sri Lanka controlled by Sinhala Buddhist majority. The facts that were raised about the Mosque of Dambulla could not happen at the worst time for the government of Sri Lanka, just for the visit of the multiparty Commission of India. The traditional Friday prayers for Muslims had to be discontinued due to social tensions that had been generated in the city of Dambulla and the army had to intervene and carry out a forced evacuation of the mosque in protection against the crowd gathered that had turned around.That night the mosque was the target of an arson attack, reported last Saturday for the BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo (Sri Lanka capital).Moreover, our correspondent was confirmed on Sunday that due to the intervention of the army there were no casualties among Muslim citizens evacuated and that security forces had restored order in that region, although the situation remained very tense. Upon inspection of the Multiparty Commission of India, its High Commissioner in Colombo issued a lengthy press release, which we reproduce excerpts from the statement made from the Embassy. Press Release April 21, 2012: The statement was issued by Sushma Swaraj, leader of the opposition in the Parliament of India, and Lok Sabha, the leader of multi-party Parliamentary delegation. What follows the introduction protocolled typical are excerpts of the press release verbatim. On the second point, states that "the proposal of our visit was to see for ourselves the progress that has been done in Sri Lanka since the end of armed conflict in May 2009 ... and get an idea of the situation, |
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La masacre de los Tamils en Sri Lanka
http://www.diariolatarde.net/06.02.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.html - Part4
http://www.diariolatarde.net/14.02.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.html - Part 5a
http://www.diariolatarde.net/20.02.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.html http://www.diariolatarde.net/28.02.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.html
Part 6 http://www.diariolatarde.net/07.03.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.htmlhttp://www.diariolatarde.net/14.03.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.htmlhttp://www.diariolatarde.net/27.03.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.htmlhttp://www.diariolatarde.net/11.04.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.htmlhttp://www.diariolatarde.net/20.04.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.html - Part 7a
http://www.diariolatarde.net/24.04.12columnista%20juan%20manuel%20velazquez.html - Part 7b
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