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| SOUTH KOREA ARRESTS ‘FAKE’ LANKAN ASYLUM SEEKER |
| 2012-12-26 |
South Korea’s Justice Ministry said on Wednesday that immigration officials had caught 21 Sri Lankan, Burmese and Nepali nationals falsely applying for asylum in a bid to extend their stay in the country.
According to a report by the Chosun Ilbo newspaper, the foreigners had paid agents to help them obtain refugee status in Korea, but later admitted that they merely wanted to stay in the country to work.
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| Relocated Tamil girls bury ghosts |
| 2012-12-26 |
Tamil recruits share a light moment at their Army camp
“Ghosts” that were “tormenting” 15 of the 103 Tamil women recently inducted to the Sri Lankan army have ceased to pose a problem ever since the recruits were shifted out of the Bharathipuram camp.
“When we came to know that Bharathipuram had seen many deaths during the war and that the ghosts of the dead were still hovering around, some of us felt like strange men were touching us. We would faint out of fright. Fi
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| Teacher unionists call for education minister’s head |
| 2012-12-26 |
Teacher trade unionists have called upon the Education Minister to accept responsibility for the GCE Ordinary Level science question paper leak and resign from his portfolio.
Ceylon Teachers’ Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin said, in a press release, that the minister had publicly admitted, during a meeting attended by the Examinations Commissioner and Secretary to the Ministry of Education, that 19 questions of the paper were leaked to some students prior to the examination. "What guarantee can the Education Mini
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| Why do asylum boats keep coming from Sri Lanka? |
| 2012-12-26 |
Figures from the Department of Immigration have revealed a sharp increase this year in the number of boat arrivals from Sri Lanka.
Why do the asylum boats keep coming from Sri Lanka?
So far this year, the number of boat arrivals from Sri Lanka is over six-thousand - almost year's figure.
It's raised questions about the reasons for the recent jump.
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| Daily three female Jaffna university students called. Terrorism police persecution continues |
| 2012-12-26 |
Jaffna university students are endlessly under interrogation by the Terrorism Investigation unit police.
Mainly investigations against female students have increased. Daily about three female students are called for inquires to Vavuniya.
Jaffna university Teachers have informed that the students called for inquires is informed to the parents, hence the details of how many students faced interrogation is unable to assess.
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| Tamil protesters urge Sri Lanka cricket boycott |
| 2012-12-26 |
Tamil protestors demonstrated outside the MCG for the start of the Boxing Day test. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
Sri Lanka and its cricket team should be exiled from world sport in the same manner as Zimbabwe and boycotted by Australia, according to Tamil protesters who demonstrated outside the MCG for the start of the Boxing Day Test.
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| NP teacher transfer discussed |
| 2012-12-26 |
A special meeting regarding the Northern Province teacher transfers was held under the chairmanship of Northern Province Governor G A Chandrasiri in Battaramulla.
Ways and means to implement transfers properly were discussed. The Northern Province Teacher Transfer Board, headed by the Provincial Director of Education was formed. The board is represented by representatives of teacher unions. The Governor instructed the board to submit details of teachers to be transferred in 2013, replaced teachers, replacement of
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| Giving reconciliation in Sri Lanka a better chance: A Shadow Action Plan for the LLRC |
| 2012-12-26 |
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Final Report contains many positive recommendations which merit immediate attention. Unfortunately, the present administration has given virtually no indication that it has any intention of seriously engaging with these recommendations.
With the impeachment of the Chief Justice, the unwarranted arrest of University of Jaffna students and the recent murder of dozens of Welikada inmates, it’s obvious that human rights trends in Sri Lanka are still moving
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| Tamil Diaspora’s impediments to peace in Sri Lanka |
| 2012-12-26 |
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Since LTTE emerged in 1972, it assassinated a president, a prime minister, Tamil and Sinhalese politicians, GOSL ministers and innocent Tamil and Sinhalese civilians. It attempted to, but failed to assassinate Army Commander; Sarath Fonseka and former President, Chandrika Bandaranaike, but robbed several banks, exhorted money and gold from Tamil civilians, blew up multistorey buildings and destroyed billion dollars’ worth of Sri Lanka’s assets transforming the island into a key drug trafficking and dealing hub accruing bank accounts
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| VAIKO DEMANDS RELEASE OF SRI LANKAN TAMILS |
| 2012-12-25 |
A Sri Lankan Tamil who was recently arrested by the ‘Q’ branch-CID on suspicion of being an LTTE cadre moved the Madras High Court on Monday seeking bail.
Chera alias Sureshkumar, along with three others, were arrested by the police and remanded to judicial custody.
Chera said Udayadoss alias Udayashankar had given a confession to the police that he was a member of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and had escaped to Chennai. He also allegedly said he had met Chera
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