Verify Lankan repatriates’ caste claim: Siddaramaiah
January 4, 2014
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the Dakshin Kannada Deputy Commissioner (DC) to verify the claim of a group of Sri Lankan repatriates settled in Sullia and Puttur taluks that they were being issued Scheduled Caste (SC) certificates till 2002. The CM asked the DC to submit a report within 15 days.
The Chief Minister, who chaired a meeting convened to discuss the subject and decide on issuing the caste certificates to the repatriates, is stated to have assured a delegation led by Forests Minister Ramanath Rai that the demand of the repatriates would be considered after the DC submits his report.
Mr. Rai said nearly 1,000 Tamil families repatriated from Sri Lanka, Burma and Vietnam under Indo-Ceylon Agreement 1964 and 1974 had settled and were rehabilitated in the rubber plantations in Sullia and Puttur taluks. (The hindu.com)
Tamil Diaspora behind Tribunal
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan- January 4, 2014
A panel of 11 international judges has concluded a war crimes report against Sri Lanka and Ceylon Today, learns that the final verdict, in a report, would be handed over to the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled to be held in March 2014 in Geneva.
More than 30 Sri Lankans have testified before the tribunal. The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT), an international independent opinion tribunal, which held a session on Sri Lanka in Bremen, Germany, from 7 to 11 December, with a panel of 11 judges, comprising experts in genocide studies, former UN officials, experts in international law and renowned peace and human rights activists, has found Sri Lanka guilty of war crimes, their website revealed.
The second session, held in Bremen last month, was convened in response to the determination by the first session, held in January 2010 in Dublin, Ireland, under Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, its communiqué read.
“Such biased forums are held only to tarnish the image of this country and we consider it to be a total drama creating sentiments among the Tamil Diaspora. We don’t have to reply them or even take any notice of such forums even if it’s conducted by internationally recognized personalities. There are Sri Lankans too participating in such events who have different opinions and go about voicing their concerns but it’s their opinion and nothing more than that,” he added.
January 4, 2014Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the Dakshin Kannada Deputy Commissioner (DC) to verify the claim of a group of Sri Lankan repatriates settled in Sullia and Puttur taluks that they were being issued Scheduled Caste (SC) certificates till 2002. The CM asked the DC to submit a report within 15 days.
The Chief Minister, who chaired a meeting convened to discuss the subject and decide on issuing the caste certificates to the repatriates, is stated to have assured a delegation led by Forests Minister Ramanath Rai that the demand of the repatriates would be considered after the DC submits his report.
Mr. Rai said nearly 1,000 Tamil families repatriated from Sri Lanka, Burma and Vietnam under Indo-Ceylon Agreement 1964 and 1974 had settled and were rehabilitated in the rubber plantations in Sullia and Puttur taluks. (The hindu.com)
Tamil Diaspora behind Tribunal
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan- January 4, 2014
A panel of 11 international judges has concluded a war crimes report against Sri Lanka and Ceylon Today, learns that the final verdict, in a report, would be handed over to the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled to be held in March 2014 in Geneva.
More than 30 Sri Lankans have testified before the tribunal. The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT), an international independent opinion tribunal, which held a session on Sri Lanka in Bremen, Germany, from 7 to 11 December, with a panel of 11 judges, comprising experts in genocide studies, former UN officials, experts in international law and renowned peace and human rights activists, has found Sri Lanka guilty of war crimes, their website revealed.
The second session, held in Bremen last month, was convened in response to the determination by the first session, held in January 2010 in Dublin, Ireland, under Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, its communiqué read.
“Such biased forums are held only to tarnish the image of this country and we consider it to be a total drama creating sentiments among the Tamil Diaspora. We don’t have to reply them or even take any notice of such forums even if it’s conducted by internationally recognized personalities. There are Sri Lankans too participating in such events who have different opinions and go about voicing their concerns but it’s their opinion and nothing more than that,” he added.
