Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Barrie examiner
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1687422
Canada can do more to protect Tamil survivors
Posted By PATRICK BROWN

The political climate in Sri Lanka is quite unfortunate and includes the arrests and imprisonment of individuals without charges, disappearances, kidnappings and torture of individuals, journalists, and, sadly, women and children by each side.
 
Aaron and Ranji Sureshkumar are among 40 Tamils living in Barrie. Ranji came into my office in tears because she fears for the safety of her uncle, who is stranded in these Sri Lankan government camps.
I believe Canada has a role to play by punching beyond our weight to protect human rights, as well as minority rights in Sri Lanka.
We should act expeditiously to ensure direct assistance such as food, shelter and medical aid -- including medical professionals from Canada -- actually reach the thousands of Tamils in the conflict zone, something the Sri Lankin government is prohibiting.
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Ottawa adds $15-million in aid to Sri Lanka
thru programs managed by the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in addition to NGOs such as CARE, Oxfam Canada and World Vision
"I was very encouraged by what I saw at the camp," Ms. Oda said. "This is not an ideal situation but considering the situation I would say that in partnership with the international organizations, the Government of Sri Lanka is making very good efforts to meet the basic needs."
 
"I would say that the conditions [in the camp] are acceptable. They should be improved and they will continue to be improved and that's where our $15-million will go to," she said.
 
"Whatever investment that Canada makes must be done in conjunction with the government of Sri Lanka living up to its human-rights obligations," said Liberal MP Glen Pearson
 
Hon. Bev Oda– Conservative Party
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

 
 

Tamils gather to remember

Also thank Canada for providing a safe haven

 

 

 

 
 


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Stop searching for scapegoats in Sri Lanka


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please send you congratulations to Ms. Arbour , President of the International crisis Group.
The head office contact is--
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=form&fid=14&l=1
Thanks
kana



 


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http://www.innercitypress.com/imfsri1chomsky072309.html

UNITED NATIONS, July 23 -- The debate on Responsibility to Protect at the UN gave rise to a surreal press conference, in which Noam Chomsky mocked the concept and his fellow professor Jean Bricmont of Belgium ridiculed former Australia foreign minister Gareth Evans as living in a "world of paper," not the world of real power.

bricmont@fyma.ucl.ac.be

chomsky@mit.edu

  




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http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29846

Chomsky: Sri Lanka, a Rwanda-like major atrocity the West didn't care - Tamilnet





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