Jaffna Mayor arrested for ‘promoting LTTE ideology’
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Manivannan, arrested by the anti-terror division of police, was released on bail
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Manivannan, arrested by the anti-terror division of police, was released on bail
Sri Lanka police’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on Friday arrested the Mayor of Jaffna for allegedly promoting the LTTE’s ideology, in the choice of uniforms for an environment task force of the local municipal council. The move has drawn wide condemnation, including from the country s Tamil polity and civil society. Late on Friday, the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court released him on bail, on a surety bond, amid a growing backlash.
by Dr Nirmala Chandrahasan
For some time now the Tamil political parties and the Tamil polity have been looking to the international community to settle their problems. Thus much reliance has been placed on the Human Rights Council’s resolutions and the Geneva processes. Although this is one avenue it is not the only one. The international processes are also dependant on geo politics and the national interests of the states that are represented in these organizations and hence one cannot always expect a favourable outcome. On the other hand, when the issues facing the Tamil speaking people are taken up by the people themselves and their representatives at the ground level it could have a better outcome, as the majority community and the country at large are made aware of the grievances and issues which are agitating the Tamil speaking part of the country. This requires that the print and electronic media give adequate coverage to these events so that the Sinhala and English readin
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To understand
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is imperative that any student of politics must first get a firm grasp of the
two political cultures that divides the North and the South. The gap is much
wider than the Palk Straits that separates us from India, thankfully. For
instance, the Tamils have never tasted equality, dignity, liberty, justice and
peace under any of the Tamil rulers starting from the time of Sankili who went
down to Mannar and massacred 600 innocent Tamil Catholics on the eve of
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In continuing last week’s article on how lies manufactured and
manipulated by charismatic leaders and mediocre theorists can distort the
perceptions of the masses and lead societies to violence I must make a
brief diversion, before I come to the local context – my main purpose
to focus on how Donald Trump is leaving White House as the most dangerous
President that ever walked out of it. He is leaving America under the darkest
cloud that threatens to come down not in dismal rain but in ghastly
blood. He left the White House saying: Goodbye, we love you, we’ll be back in
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