Tamil National Alliance Faces Acute Political Crisis By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Tamil National Alliance(TNA)regarded as the premier political formation of the Tamils of Sri Lanka has been very much in the news lately due to what could be termed as an internal crisis. The TNA that has in recent times been contesting elections under the [...]
Archive of posts filed under the TamilWeek: Digest of Week’s Top News & Views category.
May 12-18
BBC Documentary on the eve of 4th Anniversary of Sri Lanka post war: “Open Wounds” New BBC Documentary “Open Wounds” – First Aired in the UK on May 5, posted on BBC Sinhala site, however Documentary is in English and its about 30 minutes: It is four years since Sri Lankan government troops crushed the [...]
May 5-11
President Rajapaksa Revokes Detention Order on Azath Salley After He Submits Affidavit Stating he Had Nothing to do With Terrorism By Aisha Nazim Former Deputy Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), Azath Salley, was released yesterday afternoon, ending his eight-day detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). President Mahinda Rajapaksa revoked the controversial [...]
Apr 28 – May 4
Canada Urges Immediate Release of Azad Sally “Canada condemns the arrest of Azad Sally, leader of Sri Lanka’s newly formed Muslim Tamil National Alliance. Mr. Sally was reportedly taken into custody by Sri Lankan authorities on May 2. Azath Salley on a 30 Hour Hunger Protest Hospitalised After Collapsing During Police Interrogation at 4th Floor [...]
Apr 21-27:
Killing Fields of Chechnya: A Muslim Land Laid Waste by a Senseless War By Latheef Farook CHECHENYA is yet another Muslim entity destroyed and rendered a wasteland in the two senseless Russian wars to subjugate the republic. Demonising and killing Chechen Muslims were popular pastimes for Russian leaders in order to win voters. Aung San [...]
April 14-20:
Sinhala Mob Attacks Tamils at “Thondamanpura” Housing Scheme in Ratnapura District By D.B.S.Jeyaraj A mob consisting of around 30 Sinhala youths launched an attack on a Tamil housing colony of Plantation workers at Alupola estate of Ratnapura district in Sri Lanka’s Sabaragamuwa Province. At least six persons were reportedly injured in the incident when threatened [...]
Apr 7-13:
An Eye-witness Account of How the Police Suppressed Peaceful candle light Vigil Opposite Bodu Bala Sena Headquarters By The Puppeteer To my right a man is hauled off by the police. He tries to resist but it’s futile as four policemen load him into a police jeep and drive off. I’m snapping away as the [...]
Mar 31-Apr 6:
Anti-Muslim Leaflets Circulated Widely in Weligama as Bodhu Bala Sena Stages Rally By D.B.S.JEYARAJ In a bizarre move tinged with “black humour” the anti-Muslim, Bodhu Bala Sena(BBS)is planning to form its own Muslim unit within its organizational structure in the near future. Anti-Muslim Leaflets Circulated Widely in Weligama as Bodhu Bala Sena Stages Rally By [...]
Mar 24-30
Bodhu Bala Sena Wants Sri Lankan Envoy Ferial Ashraff Recalled From Singapore Immediately by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The latest target in the on going anti-Muslim campaign of the Bodhu Bala Sena (BBS)is Ms.Ferial Ashraff, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Singapore. The BBS has demanded that Ferial Ashraff’s services be terminated immediately and that she be recalled [...]
Mar 17 – 23:
UNHRC passes resolution on Sri Lanka The Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on Sri Lanka at the 22nd Session of UNHRC. Tamil Canadians Thank USA for Resolution on Sri Lanka The Canadian Tamil Congress issued a statement yesterday thanking the United States for bringing a Resolution on Sri Lanka at the 22nd session [...]
