Sunday, August 21, 2011- GTF spokesperson says they do not want Sinhala people to feel alienated from the international community
GTF President Father Emmanuel with former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband
By Easwaran Rutnam
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) led by Father S. J. Emmanuel has intensified it’s campaign overseas against the Sri Lankan government in the light of recent videos released by Channel 4.
The Sri Lankan government sees the GTF as an LTTE proxy organisation with extremist agendas. The Sunday Leader spoke to Spokesperson for the Global Tamil Forum, Suren Surendiran, to find out what their agenda really is.
The Sri Lankan government sees the GTF as an LTTE proxy organisation with extremist agendas. The Sunday Leader spoke to Spokesperson for the Global Tamil Forum, Suren Surendiran, to find out what their agenda really is.
Q: The Sri Lankan government feels that groups like the Global Tamil Forum are portraying the wrong image about the country overseas. There is also some reference to GTF in a recent video by the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry. So is the GTF giving the “wrong picture” about Sri Lanka?
A: For the current government, anyone or any organisation or for that matter any government that highlights it’s corrupt practices, lack of political wisdom, the crimes it committed – breaching international laws and conventions and above all the dictatorial way it conducts itself with impunity, are terrorist outfits, that take the ‘wrong image’ of Sri Lanka overseas. Dissent even from Sinhala masses, politicians or media is not tolerated.In the eyes of the Rajapaksa regime, the UN and the UN Secretary General are wrong, all the international human rights organisations are wrong, Madam Navi Pillai is wrong, the US government and the Secretary of State are wrong, Madam Jayalalithaa of Tamil Nadu is wrong, Bishop Tutu is wrong, the Uthayan newspaper is wrong, Lasantha Wickrematunge was wrong, General Fonseka is wrong, the JVP and TNA are wrong, Channel 4 News is wrong, Headlines Today TV of India is wrong… so why would GTF be any different? Read More »
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Grease Devils: Busting The Myth
Sunday, August 21, 2011
People demanding answers, Enraged crowds burned a Police four wheel drive vehicle in Kinniya , Abubakr Kuddoos displays the scar on his neck inflicted by an army knife and He died young, a picture of Mowjood from his last election campaign
By Abdul H. Azeez - in Arugam Bay/Pottuvil
The Grease Devils or grease yakas’ hold on the public imagination is reaching epic levels. Mass paranoia, fear and outrage have broken out in the Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts with the public taking the law into their own hands.
Some blame law enforcement officials for not taking enough interest in the complaints, others blame a paranoid public and fear-mongering as the primary culprits and call them the real grease yakas. Whilst yet others, a growing majority, quietly point to actual attacks and instances of abuse and say that there is no smoke without fire.Read More »
