Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

My son is innocent, says mother of Rajiv 'assassin'

rediff.com


On a multi-city tour to promote the book 'An Appeal from the Death Row', a determined mother believes her son A G Perarivalan, the convicted 'author-on-a-death-row,' is an innocent man.
Perarivalan, who is facing a death sentence in connection with the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi [ Images ], has penned his version of 'truth' in the form of a book originally written in Tamil.
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‘Return seized gold to Tamils’




Last Updated : 27 Sep 2011 10:41:57 AM IST


COLOMBO: The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) has requested the Sri Lankan government to return the gold seized from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the fag end of the war to the Tamils in the island nation.
A resolution passed at the TULF’s convention in Jaffna on Sunday said the LTTE had collected gold from people to finance its movement, which was aimed at securing an independent Eelam. The LTTE had promised to return the gold to its rightful owners when the objective was attained and had issued receipts to make it possible.
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