Thanthai Chelva memorial monument site in Jaffna vandalized

Posted in PRESS RELEASE by ustamil on November 1, 2010


Sri Lanka Brief No 90 – Monday 01 November 2010
Commission to probe killings, abductions needed, Bishop tells LLRC The Bishop of Colombo Rt. Rev Duleep De Chickera making his submissions on behalf of the Church of Ceylon before the LLRC said that the public has a right to know who has been abducted or killed. He emphasized on the need appoint immediately another commission to investigate the numerous killings and abductions of civilians which occurred during the conflict . http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=10095	Rule of law, Abductions, killings/ News
Clear misconception of move to takeover private land in N&E + interim proposals Taking into account detention of persons for long periods without being charged, the LLRC has proposed a special mechanism to examine such cases on a case by case basis and take appropriate action with the concurrence of the Attorney General’s Department. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=10094	LLRC, accountability / Submission
Young lovers and naked women had better watch out Damage to Sri Lanka’s wondrous Sigiriya frescoes—5th-century depictions of lovely women with ample and mostly bare breasts—sent President Mahinda Rajapaksa clambering up to the rock fortress that houses them for an anxious look. http://www.economist.com/node/17361560?story_id=17361560&fsrc=rss	Moral police, Sinhala Buddhist supremacy / News
SLA targets prominent Tamil businessmen in Jaffna Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna has cast its net wide to arrest around 163 leading Tamil traders in Jaffna on charges that they had funded Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the past, Jaffna Traders Association (JTA) circles said. Some of them had been already arrested and detained after being interrogated in the notorious ‘Fourth Floor’ of the SLA Intelligence Wing in Colombo. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32892	Jaffna politics, Sinhala Buddhist supremacy / News
Thanthai Chelva memorial monument site in Jaffna vandalized The unruly Sinhala tourists who stormed into Jaffna Public Library Saturday are suspected to have vandalized the premises of Thanthai Chelva (Late Mr. S. J. V. Chelvanayagam) memorial monument located next to Jaffna Public Library, according to Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) circles in Jaffna. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32891	Sinhalaisation, Jaffna / News