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Sri Lanka faces a problem far greater than the escalation of violence-A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
"The fragile cease fire was all that could be achieved against a background of intense violence that has prevailed in the country for almost three decades. Sri Lanka has been the stage of one of the most brutal killing fields, with hardly any avenues for democratic debate or democratic solutions to any problems. In fact, no one really talks of democracy any more, or sees the ethnic conflict or other conflicts existing in the country through a democratic perspective. All sides to the conflict have nothing and no one to talk to. Everyone is trying to make their point in the most violent way possible."
The Killing of Innocents in Sri Lanka- By Dr Brian Senewiratne(27/04/06)
This article sheds some light and presents the facts about the worsening situation in Sri Lanka. It gives a run down of the events that have taken place in the last few weeks which has pushed the country on the brink of an all out war.
Warning: Graphic pictures contained in the document. \
Teacher delivers long-distance greetings to Sri Lankan orphans- By James Mitchell(19/03/06)
"Traditionally, educators frown on students "passing notes" to one another during class time. Centennial Middle School teacher Erin Whaley makes an exception to that rule, transporting cards and greetings from South Lyon students to Sri Lankan orphans.Whaley's students are pen-pals with the girls at Grace Care Center orphanage in Trincomalee, a community long troubled by poverty, civil war and, on Dec. 26, 2004, the Asian tsunami.
Last week, Whaley returned from her second (but far from last) trip to Trincomalee, and brought back written greetings for her students in response to letters sent earlier this year. No longer a stranger in a strange land, Whaley can tailor the connection with her South Lyon students to fit individual students on both sides of the planet."
Building the Tamil Eelam State: Emerging State Institutions and forms of Governance in LTTE controlled areas in Sri Lanka- by Kristian Stokke - University of Oslo, Norway(18/3/06)
"...the language of Terrorism has been use to deny LTTE international legitmacy and thereby undermine their political project of Tamil self-determination. Much less has been written about the on-going political transformations within the LTTE. This is surprising and unfortunate, especially since the LTTE is involved in a state building project which may also yield a transformation in the movement itself. The overall purpose of the present article is to address this knowledge gap in regard to the emerging state in North-East Sri Lanka."
Unless govt. changes thinking prospects of peace bleak by Professor Bertram Bastiampillai(11/03/06)
"The ceasefire and a temporary truce are urgent, competing needs if Sri Lanka is to be a viable economy and free of the disturbance of militant outbursts of violence. In the last four months, occasional violence erupted in the northeast. Time and again it was the Tamil people who suffered the most."
TAMIL culture - contribution to world civilisation by Nadesan Satyendra
"If culture is the distilled essence of the way of life of a people, then, in the case of the Tamil people, the distillation process has covered a time span of more than two thousand years. And, today, the Tamil people, living in many lands and across distant seas acquire strength from the richness of their own cultural heritage - not only because that that culture has something to do with their own roots and their way of life but also because they believe that that culture has a significant contribution to make to the world."