"State terror in Sri Lanka - a Tamil perspective" today at Resonance 104.4 FM
A Tamil perspective | 12.05.2009 17:35 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War
"State terror in Sri Lanka - a Tamil perspective". Listen to the programme at Resonance 104.4 FM (www.resonancefm.com), Tuesday 12th of May at 22.00.
Note: this is a repeat of the programme originally broadcasted on Thursday 7th of May.
Note: this is a repeat of the programme originally broadcasted on Thursday 7th of May.
Are we getting the full story? According to reporters without borders, the Sri Lankan state has one of the most restricted levels of press freedom in the world.The press are denied access to the conflict zone and only "select" journalist are given escorted access to the camps in which thousands of civilians are being held indefinitely. With few other sources regarding information on the ground, the main stream media is often reporting Government propaganda.
For the past sixty years the Tamil people have struggled for equality against the Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka.
The means of suppressing Tamil people ranged from discriminatory laws to pogroms, tortures, abductions and killings of Tamil civilians, political leaders and journalists.
In the latest offensive to crush Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant organization formed in the seventies to fight for independent Tamil Eelam state, the Sri Lankan armed forces have killed thousands of Tamil civilians, while having hundreds of thousands trapped in a war zone. The government tactics include use of chemical weapons, cluster bombs, bombings of schools and hospitals and herding Tamil civilians into what disturbingly resembles concentration camps.
Creditable reports are starting to emerge indicating murder, rape and starvation are occuring within the camps.
This programme looks at the history and the current events in Sri Lanka from a Tamil perspective and features interviews with members of Tamil community who have held an ongoing protest at Westminster since 6th of April.
Please tune in or listen online.
For the past sixty years the Tamil people have struggled for equality against the Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka.
The means of suppressing Tamil people ranged from discriminatory laws to pogroms, tortures, abductions and killings of Tamil civilians, political leaders and journalists.
In the latest offensive to crush Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant organization formed in the seventies to fight for independent Tamil Eelam state, the Sri Lankan armed forces have killed thousands of Tamil civilians, while having hundreds of thousands trapped in a war zone. The government tactics include use of chemical weapons, cluster bombs, bombings of schools and hospitals and herding Tamil civilians into what disturbingly resembles concentration camps.
Creditable reports are starting to emerge indicating murder, rape and starvation are occuring within the camps.
This programme looks at the history and the current events in Sri Lanka from a Tamil perspective and features interviews with members of Tamil community who have held an ongoing protest at Westminster since 6th of April.
Please tune in or listen online.
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A reality perspective
12.05.2009 18:41
Live video footages, purported to have been taken by independent aid workers or world agencies, engaged in relief work in the “New Safety Zone” are largely used in this Media plot with the express intention of tarnishing the Army image and mustering foreign support for a last minute foreign intervention.
Harrowing tales, plastered with ghastly bloodbaths of infants, children, pregnant women and adults are overwhelmingly used for this Media blitz. In some instances, with the support of respective local politicians in areas where terrorist supporters are living, those visuals have found their way into TV stations too. Gullibility in the western hemisphere found expression through those visuals since those people were unaware what was going on in the field taking what they say for granted.
The Sri Lanka Army, as one of the most responsible and professional wings pooh-poohs terrorist Media manipulations and firmly asserts that it would continue its rescue operation with precision and offering maximum protection to entrapped civilians in the remaining patch of land of less than 2 sq km. The public are therefore advised not to get misled by those diabolical lies and technically manipulated stories to the advantage of the world’s most ruthless terrorist outfit.
Or alternatively...
"reality perspective" - FAIL
12.05.2009 20:20
Sri Lankan agents on Indymedia can fuck off
Dear Sri Lankan agent
12.05.2009 21:07
FUCK OFF!
No one is interested in eating your bullshit! Even the mainstream press is starting to get the shits with you and your propaganda!!!
You have innocent blood on your hands fucker! Much more than the LTTE
Me!
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