How Does A Principle Get Rooted In A Society?

By Sajeeva Samaranayake -April 30, 2014 

Sajeeva Samaranayake

Talking in our sleep

HOW can we embody human rights instead of just talking about them? Most of our political discourse is sitting on a doubtful assumption – that we are a democracy and that we all share some collective allegiance to a set of principles. That is just one way of looking at our society. And that puts a tremendous burden on a state which does not seem ready to wake up from its growing slumber and inertia.

A better question: Are WE the people awake? Do we really have the benefit of these principles today? Did we not live through the past 30-40 years watching them die a slow death? If they were established at some point in history, did they get sufficiently rooted to produce trees and branches and leaves and flowers? Are we all sitting inside a garden that is not only messed up but also badly cultivated? To repeat my first question is there in fact a proper way for principles and values to be rooted in a human society? Exploring this question may be useful for our future – especially if my suggestion that we share no principles today is accepted. But first of all we need to get a preliminary issue out of the way. Where does the basic energy of freedom come from?

Freedom is not dependent

Is self respect, dignity and wholeness dependent on constitutions and other empty promises signed by corrupt politicians in this country or resolutions passed by corrupt politicians elsewhere?  Or does it depend on what the upwardly mobile UN public servant says and does when governments fail or what the International Criminal Court does when everything has failed? Are not all these second rate remedies built on top of a sleeping human being who is yet to ask that question – WHO AM I? The human spirit may lie dormant for hundreds of years; but when it catches fire it becomes the source energy and foundation for all human creativity and free action. As Victor Hugo once said ‘no army can withstand the power an idea whose time has come.’

To understand who we are, we must have a sense of history and learn something about the ideas and values that shaped our ancient society. We can start with a dialogue recounted in the   Samanthapasadika between two founding fathers of the ancient rajarata civilisation – King Devanampiyatissa and Arahat Mahinda.

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Sajith, Dulanjali at Sumathipala home to mollify Lakbima!

 Wednesday, 30 April 2014 

Premadasa siblings Sajith and Dulanjali had gone to the home of Sumathi Publishers owner, MP Thilanga Sumathipala, yesterday (29) to exert influence to sanction ‘Lakbima’ editor Saman Wagarachchi who is constructively criticizing the immature, childish politics of Sajith Premadasa.

At the outset, the duo has told Sumathipala that the ‘Lakbima’ editor was a very dangerous person, and that the president and the defence secretary were very much angered by his conduct. If Wagarachchi is not removed from his position immediately, the owner will face serious repercussions, they had warned. An irate Sumathipala has inquired as to whether they had been sent to him by the president.

Without giving a direct answer, Sajith has asked as to why ‘Lakbima’ was not supporting him in politics, unlike ‘Sirasa’ and ‘Mawbima.’ If such support is forthcoming, he has said, he could recompense adequately, and even get the CID investigation against the editor halted.

With a smile, Sumathipala has replied that he never influences the freedom of the editorial, adding that Wagarachchi is the best editor he has seen for a long time. Before Wagarachchi joined ‘Lakbima’, the newspaper was about to die down, but it has now been revived, he said with many words in praise of Wagarachchi. “You know better than me about the politics of Mr. Saman Wagarachchi. But, he is not a person who gets his politics and journalism mixed up. If you do the right thing, he will do justice to it. Other than that, I cannot tell him to stop criticizing you just because you are a friend of mine,” he has gone on to say.

Sajith and Dulanjali had gone to meet Sumathipala to ask that the ‘Lakbima’ column by lawyer Chandrasiri Seneviratne be stopped. That column is featured in our features segment.

Launch of Special Edition: The end of war in Sri Lanka, five years on

Photograph by the author

by Sanjana Hattotuwa 

- on 04/30/2014 

In the corner of my room, there’s a large air-tight plastic bag I open once a year, and occasionally glance at with mixed emotions. It contains, carefully folded, all the newspapers I could buy on 19th May 2009. Those who tried to buy a newspaper on this day may recall how difficult it was. Almost all the leading daily newspapers, especially in Sinhala, were sold out in the morning. With distribution networks disrupted on account of the unprecedented countrywide celebrations, all newspapers were just in short supply, or not available at news agents at all. I live in Nugegoda and drove as far as Bambalapitiya in search of newspapers on any other day I could have just walked up the road to purchase. I’m glad I made the effort. This was Sri Lanka’s New Day moment, a day no one, truth be told, had really planned for. The bold headlines, symbolic mastheads, full colour ads, op-eds, euphoric editorials and articles are long-forgotten, and yet, for many in the South, a sharp and welcome difference between war and post-war years endures. With this flows a gratitude towards the incumbents in power still powerful enough to varnish a systemic rot at the core of government and governance.

Launch of Special Edition the End of War in Sri Lanka, Five Years On by nelvely

JVP’s Vision And Policy Framework: A Lapse In The ‘Vision’!

By Hema Senanayake - April 30, 2014

Hema Senanayake

Without any shame, capitalists do admit that “human greed” is driving the economic progress. In a response to my previous article on this same subject, a reader of CT made a blunt comment of this fact. It is interesting. Let me quote it.

“Until JVP believes that every human has a right to work hard and become rich, JVP will not be successful in their Politics. Becoming rich through hard work and through sheer talent is one’s own right. Therefore JVP cannot dictate terms or put a ceiling or limit people working hard to make Profits in Business or become rich with their born talents. It is only those talents that bring Jobs and revenue and make societies rich. … Business, innovation and entrepreneurship are talents and skills which cannot be taught or copied or bought. It should be encouraged and helped like arts, drama and other skills.” (CT reader, Lasantha)

Do the socialists admit the above notion? I am raising this question because it is an important question to be resolved not only by socialists but also by economists of all schools too. If we do admit “human greed” as the most important element that drives the economic prosperity, then we have to admit the validity of economic mechanism that nurtures the “human greed” more and more. What is that mechanism? It is none other than the individual’s right to own the means of production; in other words, private ownership of the means of production. Capitalism has accepted it.

However, as far as I know, Karl Marx said that private ownership of the means of production leads to exploitation of workers labor power. This is also true. JVP held this view earlier. But, in its latest “Vision and Policy Framework, JVP has surrendered its earlier conviction on private ownership of production means. JVP has now accepted the existence and fostering of private businesses.                                          Read More

CJ’s mafia to hide rulings of cases heard by him!

 Wednesday, 30 April 2014 

We are receiving many complaints that there are undue delays running into several months in issuing rulings of the cases being heard before Chief justice Mohan Peiris of the Supreme Court.

The CJ especially has a habit of keeping copies of the rulings influenced by Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in his official chamber without giving them to the other parties, according to SC sources.

Therefore, the aggrieved parties have become helpless and are unable to obtain justice.  Although the CJ has ordered judges in the lower courts to speed up the availability of case files for copying, he is not making that requirement applicable to himself.

SC employees say the CJ keeps files of the case he had heard, with himself for months on end. These are the files of cases in which he had given rulings at the influence of others, reports say.

In just one instance, the SC has issued an interim order against the construction of a swimming pool at Gateway International School run by businessman Tiran Alles and his brother Harsha Alles, but the CJ is keeping the case files in his official chamber, denying the opportunity for the aggrieved parties to obtain copies of the order and other relevant documents.

Wimal’s latest playact – leaving govt!

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 

As per a secret agreement with the president, Engineering and Construction Services minister Wimal Weerawansa is to ‘leave the government’ in his latest playacting, for which he is famous after his ‘lemon puff playact’ in front of the UN office in Colombo. The president has promised him all facilities and security even after he ‘leaves the government’.

The two have reached this pact in order to prevent the Democratic Party of Sarath Fonseka and the JVP from attracting votes.

As the first step, the LankaCNews website owned by minister Weerawansa is resorting to a fake anti-government stance. The aim is to get the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to ban the website.

After ‘leaving the government’, Weerawnsa will strongly criticize the government in order to garner the support of all patriotic forces. At the eleventh hour, he will betray all opposition forces, claim that Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only alternative and rejoin the government, as per the script of his latest playact.

The president is resorting to various moves to come out of the crisis unscathed after the State Intelligence Service warned that the government’s popularity was going down steeply. He is expected to take several more controversial decisions. Towards that, government affiliates other than Bodu Bala Sena, Sihala Ravaya, Ravana Balaya will have to play various roles.

UPDATE: 45 injured, four critical following train collision

 

April 30, 2014 

Forty five persons have been admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital following the train accident at Potuhera. Five of those admitted are reportedly in critical condition, Director Kurunegala Hospital told Ada Derana.

A microbial X-factor with Charles Darwin chairing the judges 

Wednesday 30 Apr 2014

A new UN report concludes bacteria around the globe are evolving resistance to antibiotics, leaving us facing a “major threat to public health.”

A Microbial X-factor With Charles Darwin Chairing the Judges by nelvely

Abhisit tries to take on a new role…facilitator to end the political crisis

By Bangkok Pundit Apr 30, 2014

Thai Rath first had some comments from former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on April 23 where he said that he had called on Yingluck and Suthep to talk to each other to find a solution for the country, but they haven’t talked (ซึ่งตนเสนอมาตลอด และเรียกร้องให้ น.ส.ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร นายกรัฐมนตรี กับนายสุเทพ เทือกสุบรรณ เลขาธิการ กปปส. หารือกันแต่ก็ยังไม่มีพูดคุย เพื่อหาทางออกให้ประเทศ) so if it is like this then another way has to be found (ซึ่งหากเป็นเช่นนี้ คงต้องหาทางอื่น). The Democrats are ready to talk: “we will help to do things, but the government doesn’t pay any attention to this” (พรรคประชาธิปัตย์พร้อมที่จะพูดคุยว่า เราจะช่วยทำอะไรได้บ้าง แต่ถ้ารัฐบาลไม่สนใจโจทย์นี้เลย).

 Then on April 24, Abhisit released the below video:

The Bangkok Post on April 24:

Abhisit Tries to Take on a New Role…Facilitator to End the Political Crisis by nelvely

Ukraine crisis: Kiev powerless as east slips out of its control

Pro-Russian crowd seizes control of state buildings in Horlivka, while Donetsk looks likely to declare autonomy after May vote

Luke Harding in Donetsk-Wednesday 30 April 2014

Ukraine's beleaguered government appears to have lost control of law and order in the east of the country as pro-Russian separatists seized control of state buildings in Horlivka, almost unopposed by police.

Ukraine Crisis Kiev Powerless as East Slips Out of Its Control by nelvely

''US seeks to destabilize Muslim nations'' (VIDEO)

Salem-News.com-Apr-29-2014 

Press TV has interviewed Tim King, editor of Salem-news.com to discuss the situation of Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.

Tim King of Salem-News.com

(TEHRAN / SALEM) - Press TV: Now, we are seeing a lot of bloodshed. This month alone, over 500 casualties, deaths that is, as a result of terrorist attacks on Iraqi soil. How do you see terrorism basically, impeding Iraq’s progress towards democracy?

King: Well, I don’t think we even really know what the source of this terrorism is. You know, the new movie by Jeremy Scahill called Dirty Wars that details the US Joint Special Operation Command’s (JSOC) ventures all over the world over the last few years makes me wonder if this is even a Sunni versus Shia matter.

When I was covering the war in Iraq, I saw this exact thing. I think we all can agree that sectarian violence was not much of a problem until the US war effort was waged in Iraq, bringing all kinds of divide. Of course, the Americans put up the walls that divided Sunni and Shia neighborhoods. People had always gotten along to some extent, much greater than what we are seeing now. So, again, I saw this when I was over there. I saw massive numbers of people killed in these bombing attacks and we just rarely ever really know what the source is on this [terrorism]. Anyway, there are far more questions at this point than there are answers.

Press TV: Well, we have our correspondent there reporting from the ground in Baghdad who says that will of the Iraqi people is such that they will face these bombs and terrorist attacks and go to the polling stations. However, one does question, who benefits from this instability in Iraq?

King: The same beneficiaries that have been that from the beginning of the US effort, and that is the military contractors, the people that are providing weapons. You know, there is nothing to be gained.

It’s just such a terrible thing that has befallen the whole Muslim world since the US decided to wage these wars based on little to know information or completely erroneous information, as the case turns out to be in Iraq.

This was a stable country that was not perfect but it was operating smoothly until 2003. So, I fear for the people of Iraq, I appreciate their resolve. I do understand this. They are going to go forward no matter what, but it’s just a shame that Western powers have dealt such a heavy blow, causing these types of acts to happen today.

Press TV: Well, there are those that say that each vote and each procedure in the path toward democracy is like a nail in the coffin for terrorism, the instability, the divide among different factions in Iraq. Do you see it that way?

King: I see that no Jeffersonian style of democracy like what we have here in the US is ever going to work in that part of the world. I think that President [Saddam] Hussein’s heavy-handed tactics kept things moving in a much more succinct and smooth and non-violent way. So, you know, democracy is a wonderful idea if it can actually be brought forward, but I think that when the reasons for the war in the first place are so disingenuous, it’s very hard to be positive, but again I greatly admire the resolve in the will of the Iraqi people. These last few years have been so difficult for them.

SZH/HSN

Tornado-spawning US storms seen from space

Wednesday 30 Apr 2014

Recent days have seen the US experience its first significant tornado outbreak of 2014, with severe thunderstorms affecting an area from the Plains, through the Midwest and into the Carolinas.

Tornado-spawning US Storms Seen From Space by nelvely

Norway to restage 1914 'human zoo' that exhibited Africans as inmates

Artists claim recreating exhibition will help country confront its colonial past. Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire is not convinced

The Kongolandsbyen zoo in Oslo

Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire-Tuesday 29 April 2014 

As part of mammoth celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Norway’s constitution, the government is funding two artists to re-enact a "human zoo", which will open to the public on 15 May.

Footage from Kongolandsbyen

Norway to Restage 1914 'Human Zoo' That Exhibited Africans as Inmates by nelvely

Buddha bar angers Sri Lankans, Buddha tattoos banned in Lanka

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Apr 29, 2014

Colombo: Sri Lanka and Italy are now engaged in a diplomatic row over a bar named 'Buddha Bar'. Sri Lankans in Italy have already urged the Sri Lankan Embassy to take immediate action to remove the name of the 'Buddha' which is being used on the name board of a Bar located at Sala Baganza in Parma, Italy.

According to a leading newspaper Daily Mirror; this bar is said to have been opened recently. Sri Lankans living in the area said they boycotted this bar named as the 'Buddha Bar' and requested others living in the area to do the same as a mark of protest.

Sri Lankan foreign ministry is gathering more information and likely to ask its envoy to Italy to demand the removal of name Buddha Bar.

Sri Lanka is a Buddhist majority island nation with more than 70 per cent population is of Buddhist religion.

Buddha tattoos banned

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office last week warned British nationals visiting Sri Lanka not to have visible tattoos of the Lord Buddha, reports Sunday Leader newspaper.

Sri Lankans living in the area said they boycotted this bar named as the 'Buddha Bar' as a mark of protest.

The warning in an updated travel advisory on Sri Lanka comes after British national Naomi Michelle Coleman, 37, was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport and ordered to be deported for having a tattoo of the Lord Buddha on her arm. The updated travel advisory notes that the mistreatment of Buddhist images and artefacts is a serious offence and tourists have been convicted for this.

"British nationals have been refused entry to Sri Lanka or faced deportation for having visible tattoos of Buddha. Don't pose for photographs by standing in front of a statue of Buddha," the travel advice said.A police spokesman had said Coleman was arrested for "hurting others' religious feelings" after the tattoo of a Buddha seated on a lotus flower was spotted on her right arm.

After her arrest Coleman appeared before a magistrate who ordered her deportation.

5 years today - Hospital in No Fire Zone attacked, British Foreign Sec calls for ceasefire, Sri Lanka downplays casualty figures
29 April 2014

29 April 2009 - Hospital attacked in No Fire Zone, British Foreign Sec Calls for ceasefire, downplays casualty figures Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Navy artillery fired shells at a make-Shift Hospital Within the No Fire Zone, in Mullivaaikkal, killing patients, Tamilnet Reported. Over 160 bodies were civilian Recovered following intense gunfire earlier in the Day, with another 150 feared Dead by the evening.  The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, during a visit to the Island One Day, Called On the Sri Lankan Government to declare an Immediate ceasefire.   

" Now is the Time to Stop for the fighting. protection of civilians is absolutely paramount in our Minds, "he said to Press in Sri Lanka.

(* Leaked Diplomatic Cables Biography at a year later that Miliband's trip to Sri Lanka to Call for a ceasefire was Part result of the strong protests and 'vocal' presence of Tamils ​​in parliament Square.)  Mahinda Rajapaksa in a statement said that 15,000 * civilians remained in the No Fire Zone. (* Published in the estimates UN Panel of Exports Report in 2011 stated that over 127.177 civilians remained in the No Fire Zone.) Meanwhile demanded that they be resettled Internally Displaced Peoples in Their Original Homes.  
Members of the Tamil diaspora continued to protest and demand their governments to take action to stop further deaths of Tamil civilians. Tamils ​​in London, Paris, Toronto, Switzerland and several other cities protested outside buildings of governance. 

5 Years Today - Hospital in No Fire Zone Attacked, British Foreign Sec Calls for Ceasefire, Sri Lanka Downp... by nelvely

Under MR's Stewardship, Democracy Hangs By The Barest Of ThreadsUnder MR's Stewardship, Democracy Hangs By The Barest Of Threads

By  Mangala Samaraweera  - April 29, 2014 

Mangala Samaraweera MP

His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma

Secretary General of the Commonwealth

Marlborough House,

Pall Mall,

London SW1Y 5HX,

United Kingdom

Your Excellency,

It is as a matter of great urgency that we are compelled to bring to your attention the continuous violation of Commonwealth values ​​by the current Chair of your esteemed organisation and the failure of the Commonwealth to take meaningful steps to rectify this dire situation.

The most recent incident of State-orchestrated violence occurred in the home district of the Commonwealth's present Chairman in office Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when five parliamentarians of the main opposition, United National Party (UNP) were brutally assaulted by goons affiliated with the regime .

These elected representatives were on a fact finding visit to the controversial Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) and the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port, both pet projects of the ruling regime, both costing at least US $ 1.5 billion, both shrouded in allegations of corruption and wastage and by all indications sprawling white elephants that have gobbled colossal sums of Sri Lankan tax payer money.

According to independent media reports, the five MPs were first harassed and intimidated when they were coming out of the MRIA. Live television pictures showed the Mayor of President Rajapaksa's hometown carrying a pistol while a large crowd manhandled the MPs. The Mayor has claimed he was acting on the direction of the President's powerful son and Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa. As has become the norm, Police personnel watched while the regime backed goons assaulted the MPs and attacked the vehicle they were travelling in. Complaints have been lodged with the police officially, yet the opposition does not dare hope for justice from a judiciary that has been beaten into submission after the Government illegally sacked the country's most senior judge and appointed an administration puppet in her place.                                    Read More

தென்னாபிரிக்காவை அழைத்த அரசு தற்போது அதன் மத்தியஸ்த பேச்சுக்களை குழப்ப முயல்கிறது; சுரேஷ் பிரேமச்சந்திரன் கண்டனம்

2014-04-26 22:30:13 | General

யாழ்நகர் நிருபர்

தென்னாபிரிக்க மத்தியஸ்தத்துடன் ஆரம்பிபக்கப்பட்டள்ள பேச்சுவார்த்தையை குழப்புவதற்கான நடவடிக்கைகளை அரசாங்கமே மேற்கொண்டள்ளதாக குற்றஞ்சாட்டியுள்ள தமிழ்த்  தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரும் உத்தியோகபூர்வபேச்சாளருமான சுரேஸ் பிரேமச்சந்திரன் இதற்கான முழுப்பொறுப்பையும் அரசாங்கமே ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவேண்டுமென்றும்  குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.

இந்தப் பிரச்சனைகளில் தலையிட்டுவந்தவெள்ளைக்காரர்களைப் பார்த்துவெள்ளைப் புலிகள் என்று கூறியவர்கள் தற்போது  தலையிட்டுள்ள கறுப்பர்களைப் பார்த்து கறுப்புப் புலிகள் என்றும் கூறுவார்கள் என்றும் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

பாராளுமன்றத் தெரிவுக்குழுவிற்கு வரவேண்டுமென்ற கோரிக்கையை ஜனதபதி மீண்டும் முன்வைத்திருக்கின்றமை தொடர்பில் கருத்துவெயிடும் போதே மேற்கண்டவாறு தெரிவித்துள்ள சுரேஸ் பிரேமச்சந்திரன் தொடர்ந்து தெரிவிக்கையில்;
கடந்த இரண்டு வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னதாக பாராளுமன்றத் தெரிவுக்குழு தொடர்பாக ஜனாதிபதியால் முன்வைக்கப்பட்டு அதில் கூட்டமைப்பினர் உட்பட அனைவரும் கலந்துகொள்ளவெண்டுமென்றும் அழைப்பு விடுத்திருந்தார்.

ஆனால் இந்தப் பாராளுமன்றத் தெரிவுக் குழுவென்பது பிரச்சினையைத் தீர்த்துவைப்பதற்கான அரங்கமல்ல. அவ்வாறு இருப்பதாக இருந்தால் தமிழர் தரப்பிற்கும் அரசதரப்பிற்கும் இடையில் இரு தரப்புக்கும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைகள்  நடந்து அதில் எடுக்கப்படும் முக்கிய முடிவுகளை இந்த குழுவிற்கு சம்ர்ப்பிக்கலாம் என்று கூட்டமைப்பினராகிய நாம் கூறியிருந்தோம்.

ஆனாலும் அவர் அதனை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளத் தயாரில்லை. இந்நிலையில் பலமுறை தொடர்ந்தும் அழைத்திருந்த போதும் நாம் எமது நியாயமான கோரிக்கைகளையே மீண்டும் மீண்டும் தெளிவுபடுத்தி வந்திருக்கின்றோம். இந்நிலையில் அண்மையில் இலங்கையில் நடைபெற்ற மாநாட்டிற்கு பலநாட்டுத் தலைவர்களும் வருகைதந்திருந்ததுபோன்று தென்னாபிரிக்காவின்  ஜனாதிபதியும் வருகைதந்திருந்தார்.

இதன்போது இங்குள்ள இனப்பிரச்சினைத் தீர்விற்குதென்னாபிரிக்காவின் ஒத்துழைப்பும் மத்தியஸ்தமும் அவசியமென்றும் உதவவேண்டுமென்றும் ஜனாதிபதி வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்திருந்தார்.

 இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதியின் கோரிக்கைக்கு அமைய தென்னாபிரிக்க ஜனாதிபதியின்  பிரதிநிதி ஒருவர் மூலமாக இதற்கான நடவடிக்கைகள் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றது. இதற்கமைய தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு மற்றும் அரசதரப்பு பிரதிநிதிகளை அழைத்து கலந்துரையாடப்பட்டிருக்கின்றது.

அத்தோடு எதிர்வரும் ஜூன்  மாதமளவில் இங்கு வந்துநி லைமைகளைப் பார்வையிடவுள்ளதுடன்  அரசதரப்புமற்றும்  தமிழ்த் தரப்புக்களுடனும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைநடத்துப்பட இருக்கின்றது. இந்நிலையில் இந்தப் பேச்சுவார்த்தையைக் குழப்பும் வகையில் அரசாங்கம் தற்போது தனது செயற்பாடுகளை ஆரம்பித்திருக்கின்றது.

பாராளுமன்றத் தெரிவுக்குழுவைப்பற்றி பேசுகின்றனர். இவ்வாறு தற்போது பேசுவதானது அரசதரப்பினாலேயே வரவழைக்கப்பட்டு ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள தென்னாபிரிக்க பேச்சுவார்த்தயை மீண்டும் குழப்புவதற்கு முயல்வதாகவே அமைகின்றது.

குறிப்பாக ஜனாதிபதி மகிந்தராஐபக்ஷ அரசதரப்பு பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரும்  அரசின் பிரதிநிதியுமான நிமால் சிறிபாலடிசில்வா மற்றும் அரசினால் வளர்க்கப்படும் இனவாதக் குழுக்களான பொதுபலசேனாக்களும் தெரிவுக்குழு பற்றியே தற்போதே பேசுகின்றனர்.
இங்கு இவ்வளவு காலமும் வெள்ளையர்களைப் பார்த்துபுலிகள் என்று கூறியவர்கள் இப்போது கறுப்பர்களைப் பாரத்தும் கறுப்புப் புலிகள் என்றும் கூறுவார்கள். இந்தப்  பேச்சுவார்த்தையை குழப்வதற்கான முழு நடவடிக்கையையும் அரசாங்கமே மேற்கொண்டுள்ளது.

ஆகவே இதற்கான முழுப் பொறுப்பையும் அவர்கள்தான்  ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டுமென்றும் தெரிவித்தார்.

World Press Freedom Day 2014 -RWB publishes profiles of "100 information heroes"

29 April 2014

For the first time ever, Reporters Without Borders is publishing a list of profiles of "100 information heroes" for World Press Freedom Day (3 May).

Through their courageous work or activism, these "100 heroes" help to promote the freedom enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the freedom to "to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. "They put their ideals in the service of the common good. They serve as examples.

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Press Freedom Day, which Reporters Without Borders helped to create, should be an Occasion for Paying tribute to the courage of the Journalists and bloggers who constantly Safety and sometimes Their Sacrifice Their Lives to Their vocation, "    said Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Christophe Deloire.

"These 'information heroes' are a source of inspiration to all men and women who aspire to freedom. Without their determination and the determination of all those like them, it would be simply impossible to extend the domain of freedom. "

This obviously non-exhaustive list pays homage not only to the 100 famous and less well known people on it, but also to all the professional and non-professional journalists who constantly help to shed light on the world and cover every aspect of its reality. This initiative aims to show that the fight for freedom of information requires not only active support for the victims of abuses but also the promotion of those who can serve as models.

The list of "Heroes 100 information" comprises almost Women and Men of All ages (25 to 75) and 65 nations. The youngest, Oudom Tat , is Cambodian and the oldest, Muhammed Ziauddin , is Pakistani. Twenty-five of the heroes are from the Asia-Pacific region, 20 from the Middle East and North Africa, and eight from Europe. Iran, Russia, China, Eritrea, Azerbaijan, Mexico and Vietnam are each represented by at least three heroes.    

As the lists includes such varied figures Anabel Hernandez , the Author of a bestseller On the collusion between politicians and Organized Mexican
, Saymaz Ismail , a Turkish Journalist who has been prosecuted for his reporting a Score of times, Hassan Ruvakuki , who was jailed for Members of a Rebel movement in interviewing Painters for 15 months, and Gerard Ryle , head of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, who has Contributed to The emergence of the Global Investigative Journalism.    

Some work in democracies. They include Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras , who were U.S. citizens revealing the mass electronic surveillance methods for Responsible Used by the U.S. and British Intelligence agencies. Others, such As the Eastern Journalist Jila Bani Yaghoob , Work under the Most authoritarian regimes.    

Not all are professional journalists. The Tongan citizen-Journalist Le Ngoc Thanh , for Example, is also a Catholic priest. MANY, As such Lirio Abbate , a specialist in the Sicilian ezers, have focused
On covering corruption and Organized. This is the case with Peter John Jaban , a Malaysian radio program host who spent years in self-Exile On London, Serhiy Lechtchenko , Ukraine From an Investigative Journalist, and Assen Yordanov , a Bulgarian Journalist who has been threatened repeatedly.     

Activists like the profiles also include María Pia Matta , who has worked for nearly Ten years for the
Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), defending the Freedom of Community radio stations in Latin America. 

Courage is the common denominator. In Uzbekistan, the authorities had no compunction about torturing a Bekzhanov Muhammad to extract a Confession. In Eritrea, ranked Last in the 2014 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index for the Seventh year Running, Dawit Isaac has languished in the dictator Issayas Afeworki's jails for the past 13 years. Mazen Darwish , founder of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression and winner of the RWB press freedom prize in 2012, has been held for more than two years by the Assad regime.     

List of profiles of "100 information heroes"

World Press Freedom Day 2014 by nelvely