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From: Shiva Shankar <sshankar@cmi.ac.in>
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Subject: Sri Lankan Buddhists on the rampage
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"... On 10 September, 2011, a 300 hundred year old Muslim shrine was demolished in Anuradhapura in full presence of the local Police by a mob which was led by a Buddhist monk. Other cases of Buddhist temples coming up at destroyed/damaged Hindu temples have been reported in the North and Eastern provinces as well. ..."
Sri Lanka: The Siege Within Continues...
Umakant, New Delhi
http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2011/10/4153
"... A Panel of Experts Committee appointed by UN Secretary General after submitting its report on March 31, 2011 concluded that in the last phase of war against LTTE, an estimated 40,000 people would have been killed including women and children. ... The Panel found credible allegations in the final stage of the civil war (between September 2008 and 19 May 2009). It comprises five core categories of potential serious violations committed by the Government of Sri Lanka: (i) killing of civilians through widespread shelling; (ii) shelling of hospitals and humanitarian objects; (iii) denial of humanitarian assistance; (iv) human rights violations suffered by victims and survivors of the conflict, including both Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and suspected LTTE cadres; and (v) human rights violations outside the conflict zone, including against the media and other critics of the Government. The Panel's determination of credible allegations against the LTTE associated with the final stages of the war revealed six core categories of potential serious violations: (i) using civilians as a human buffer; (ii) killing civilians attempting to flee the LTTE control; (iii) using military equipment in the proximity of civilians; (iv) forced recruitment of children; (v) forced labour; and (vi) killing of civilians through suicide attacks. ... ...
... Sri Lankan Armed Forces ruthlessly suppressed JVP in late 1980s, when over 30,000 people were forcibly disappeared. Extensive research has proved that many of those killed were poor and belonged to what is known as the lower castes. One of the ironies of the Tamil liberation movement has been that it highlighted the discrimination faced by Tamils at the hands of the majoritarian Sinhala population and at the same time it totally ignored the horrendous discrimination as practised within the Tamil society. ..."
From: Shiva Shankar <sshankar@cmi.ac.in>
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Subject: Sri Lankan Buddhists on the rampage
To:
"... On 10 September, 2011, a 300 hundred year old Muslim shrine was demolished in Anuradhapura in full presence of the local Police by a mob which was led by a Buddhist monk. Other cases of Buddhist temples coming up at destroyed/damaged Hindu temples have been reported in the North and Eastern provinces as well. ..."
Sri Lanka: The Siege Within Continues...
Umakant, New Delhi
http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2011/10/4153
"... A Panel of Experts Committee appointed by UN Secretary General after submitting its report on March 31, 2011 concluded that in the last phase of war against LTTE, an estimated 40,000 people would have been killed including women and children. ... The Panel found credible allegations in the final stage of the civil war (between September 2008 and 19 May 2009). It comprises five core categories of potential serious violations committed by the Government of Sri Lanka: (i) killing of civilians through widespread shelling; (ii) shelling of hospitals and humanitarian objects; (iii) denial of humanitarian assistance; (iv) human rights violations suffered by victims and survivors of the conflict, including both Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and suspected LTTE cadres; and (v) human rights violations outside the conflict zone, including against the media and other critics of the Government. The Panel's determination of credible allegations against the LTTE associated with the final stages of the war revealed six core categories of potential serious violations: (i) using civilians as a human buffer; (ii) killing civilians attempting to flee the LTTE control; (iii) using military equipment in the proximity of civilians; (iv) forced recruitment of children; (v) forced labour; and (vi) killing of civilians through suicide attacks. ... ...
... Sri Lankan Armed Forces ruthlessly suppressed JVP in late 1980s, when over 30,000 people were forcibly disappeared. Extensive research has proved that many of those killed were poor and belonged to what is known as the lower castes. One of the ironies of the Tamil liberation movement has been that it highlighted the discrimination faced by Tamils at the hands of the majoritarian Sinhala population and at the same time it totally ignored the horrendous discrimination as practised within the Tamil society. ..."
Palash Biswas
Pl Read:
http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/
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