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WikiLeaks: Forced Removals Of Tamils Is A Police Plan - Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe to US

Wikileaks cables detail expulsion of Tamils from Colombo in 2007.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told us that the idea for the forced removals came from the police, not the Army, which was not in favor of the plan.

However, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa gave the orders to proceed with the police plan.

NGOs call US to Establish Int`l Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council

NGOs Call on U.S. to Establish Independent International Accountability Mechanism on Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The United States has decided to press for action at the March session of the Human Rights Council on accountability for wartime abuses in Sri Lanka.

This issue has long been a high priority for us due to the massive scale of abuses committed in the final months of the war and the Sri Lankan government's resistance to any serious domestic inquiry.

Guantánamo Bay Camp - Is a Parallel Existing in Sri Lanka

It is almost three years since these men are being held in captivity, without any exposure or trial except for one Paapa being recruited as an intelligence spy.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is an extrajudicial detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, where suspected Islamic terrorists are held in detention indefinitely.

Guantanamo Bay Camp earned the international condemnation and very serious charges of human rights violations in the camp are still debated lively.

Pilgrims Ready to Set Sail for Shrine on Lankan Isle, Navy Steps Up Security

Security will be stepped up along the maritime boundary in view of the festival and fishing will be banned for two days.

(CHENNAI) - Nearly 10,000 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu will set sail to the Katchatheevu island on a two-day pilgrimage for the St Antony's Church festival for the third consecutive year on March 3 and 4.

India had given the island to Sri Lanka in 1974, but the pilgrimage was stopped between 1983 and 2010 because of the Sri Lankan wars.

POSCO IN INDIA... a can of bankster-worms [Part 2]

The shameful acts of senior civilian officers, the Police and the Judiciary for a Korean company are beyond comprehension.

(NEW DELHI, India) - In Part-2 of my story I present the history, culture, land use and livelihoods of affected people in Balitutha, Dhenkia, Gobindpur and Nuagaon villages and establish that the acts of Odisha Government and POSCO are illegal.

Shankara, Dr Iyer and I left Bhuvaneshwar on the morning of 7th November, 2011 and entered the anti-POSCO battle zone around 11AM.

Video Clarifies Ongoing Struggle of Sri Lankan Tamils

“A Lasting and Sustainable Peace with Dignity for the Tamil People is Nowhere in the Agenda.”
- Sunila Abeyasekera

(NEW DELHI) - Sunila Abeyasekera, the well-known human rights activist discusses with Newsclick the situation in Sri Lanka after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.

She says achieving a lasting peace in Sri Lanka, involves backing the rights of the minorities -- human rights, linguistic rights, cultural rights -- need to be guaranteed and protected.

Russia Suddenly Flops on Syrian Regime Change

A multi-national invasion may be imminent.

(LOS ANGELES) - It all started early on this morning when Zero Hedge reported that oil trading had been halted at the CME. Later in the afternoon they posted this explanation: Today's Black Gold Swan - Presenting The Reason Why The CME's Crude Market Was Halted For Over One Hour

Zero Hedge handled this masterfully and with great professionalism.

The Car Bomb that Exposed India`s Sham Sovereignty

A targeted move to frame Iran? Would Mossad sacrifice their own?

(DELHI, India) - The important thing about the attack on Israeli diplomat’s car is that it happened within the square mile of sanitized Delhi that rules over 1.2 billion Indians.

This is an intensely patrolled area; at every intersection you will find a fast police car with armed policemen to cordon off an entire street or several streets within seconds of any terrorist event.

Sri Lanka is New Fake Currency Transit Point

Agents in the rural areas of West Bengal were the main carriers of fake currencies.

(KOCHI, India) - The counterfeit currency mafia has been turning to Sri Lanka as a new transit point, revealed the recent investigations carried out by the Crime Branch and the National Investigation Agency.

Tamil Nadu has reported a large increase in fake currency cases, the fake currencies printed in Pakistan reach Sri Lanka from where they are transported by sea or air to Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

The Human Toll from India`s Uranium

Researchers believe radiation is behind the human and environmental catastrophe.

(CHENNAI, India) - Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand, is the chief source of Uranium in India, providing fuel for the nuclear reactors.

However, the uranium comes at a colossal human cost.