38 arrested on Int. Human rights day in Jaffna who demanded the retrieval and return of those who disappeared

Sunday 11 of December 2011

(Lanka-e-News,10.Dec.2011,11.55PM) The Director of the Association of missing persons , Sundara Mahendran speaking to Lanka e news said, 38 persons who left Colombo to participate in the protests procession to mark the International human rights day , today (10) ,demanding to search and retrieve the individuals who have gone missing , were arrested by the police to preclude them from attending the protest demonstrations. All 38 who were arrested are relatives of those who disappeared . This group had left Colombo yesterday with a view to taking part in this protest procession This arrested group are now detained at the Jaffna nurses training Institute. A large number of relatives of those who disappeared participated in the protest procession in Jaffna today.

------------------------------------- When will dry Tamils’ tears? What have  been done for tamils by Mahinda

(Lanka-e-News -11.Dec.2011,4.00PM) According government, already more than two years had been passed after marking victory against the L.T.T.E. And also all are murmuring a slogan of after the defeating L.T.T.E this country is taken towards “Wonder of Asia”. After defeating the L.T.T.E, President Mahinda asserted that this is the time to unite all nations in spite of factions for a united country.

However, at that time, even though Mahinda was murmuring peace loving words but now those have become false promises to Tamils who are living in the particularly newly liberated areas in the north. Indeed, people who are living in northern war affected areas have dragged into an elegiac situation by discriminating them in two ways in physically and mentally. And also media also shakes hand with the government to cover the north areas from a black curtain.      Full story >>