Posts Tagged ‘Speak Out’
On this Day: May 7, 2009By Editor - May 7th, 2010 |
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On this Day: May 7, 2009: Green light to rid Tigers while 50,000 lives at risk, Boyle faults US, UK: “US. UK, France and India appear to have given green light to Sri Lanka to get rid of the Tigers no matter what the cost is to the 50,000 lives of innocent Tamils at risk now. |
Article 6: You Have Rights No Matter Where You GoBy Editor - May 7th, 2010 |
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Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Wherever you go, you carry this with you, the right to recognition as a person. It doesn’t matter wherever you, but you have a right to be recognized as a person; and this means beings treated as such also. However, during the genocidal onslaught last year in Sri-Lanka, the Tamils that were forcibility displaced to camps all over Sri-Lanka were not given their basic rights no matter which camp they were sent to. Also, while it was the Tamils living in Vanni who were victims of the massacres, Tamil living all around Sri-Lanka were subjected to discrimination, and had many of their freedoms and rights compromised. |
On this Day: May 6, 2009By Editor - May 6th, 2010 |
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On this Day: May 6, 2009: Deaths of elderly Vanni IDPs increase in Vavuniyaa: Death toll of elderly persons displaced from Vanni due to military operations and held in detention centres in Vavuniyaa is on the increase, sources in Vavuniyaa said. On Monday alone ten elderly persons died in detention centers located in Vavuniyaa and their bodies had been handed over to the Vavuniyaa general hospital, the sources added. Full Article |
Article 5: No Torture [Viewer Discretion Advised]By Editor - May 6th, 2010 |
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Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
On this Day: May 5, 2009By Editor - May 5th, 2010 |
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On this Day: May 5, 2009- ‘Drop food now if the concern is humanitarian’: Vanni civilians: “If the Colombo government is starving us, the world should know who is keeping us hostages. If the world’s concern is ‘purely humanitarian’ it should act this very minute to give us our means to keep the body and soul together”, is the voice of the civilian victims of Colombo’s starvation weapon, reported hospital sources in Vanni. Even the meagre food stock of the hospital staff depleted they said. |
Article 4: No SlaveryBy Editor - May 5th, 2010 |
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Article 4. : No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Slavery. For many people, when they hear the word slavery, the first thing that comes to mind is the Black slaves of America, Harriet Tubman, and the Civil Rights Movement. Many people also think that slavery has been abolished and is no longer in existence in the world. This could not be further from the truth, sadly, slavery is alive and well, and has changed forms. Sexual slavery is a form of slavery that has become widespread in many developing nations. The trafficking of women and children, and forced prostitution is growing. |
On this Day: May 4, 2009By Editor - May 4th, 2010 |
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On this Day: May 4, 2009: Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) Colombo Head Office Secretary, Ms. Chandra Ellawela, has instructed Jaffna office not to admit anyone seeking protection to their lives into the office but to get the assistance of the police to check them and not to take them to Court in HRC vehicles but in private vehicles, civil society sources in Jaffna said. |
Article 3: The Right to LifeBy Editor - May 4th, 2010 |
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Today, we will be looking at Article 3, The Right to Life. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security – but clearly the lives, liberty and security of the thousands of Tamils in Vanni were not protected. Life is something that one human has no right to take away from another human; in fact, many countries have passed laws that punish unsuccessful suicide, because they believe that not even an individual has the right to take away their life. However, in Sri-Lanka, it has been the state that has been the perpetrator of genocide, causing thousands of victims their lives. |
Article 2: Don’t DiscriminateBy Editor - May 3rd, 2010 |
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Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. |
On this Day: May 2, 2009By Editor - May 2nd, 2010 |
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On this Day: May 2, 2009: Sri Lanka Army (SLA) on Saturday attacked the only remaining makeshift hospital twice, killing 64 patients and attending relatives, and causing injuries to 87. Two artillery shells fired by the SLA hit the hospital at Mu’l’li-vaaykkaal around 9:00 a.m. killing 23 and maiming 34 and later several shells were fired at 10:30 a.m., killing 41 and maiming 53. The attack has taken place, after the Sri Lankan military was provided with the exact coordinates of the hospital premises three days back through the ICRC, and as Sri Lanka Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was monitoring the hospital area. The massacre is calculated to coerce the civilians said a rescue worker citing leaflets air dropped Friday with Mahinda Rajapaksa’s message asking civilians to come to the SLA side. |
