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


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Christmas Denied
22 December 2009 - BruceHaigh.com.au
http://brucehaigh.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=143&Itemid=33


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19-11-2009 - Brisbane Times - Fortress Australia no way to deal with regional problems - by BRUCE HAIGH
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/politics/fortress-australia-no-way-to-deal-with-regional-problems-20091119-io47.html

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18-11-2009 - ABC - Sri Lankan refugee camp: pressure and a privilege
http://blogs.abc.net.au/offair/2009/11/sri-lankan-refugee-camp-pressure-and-a-privilege.html

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5 November 2009 - JohnPilger.com - Breaking The Great Australian Silence

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12 February 2010 - SMH - Sri Lanka's ripples go far beyond the island
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/sri-lankas-ripples-go-far-beyond-the-island-20100211-nv19.html

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11 February 2010 - SMH - Now a new war, on freedom
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/is-this-how-43b-will-be-managed-20100210-ns8z.html

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09-FEB-2010 - ABC - Foreign Correspondent - Hell or High Water
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2814960.htm

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06-11-2009 - GreenLeft - Regional left groups: ‘Support Tamil refugees’

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08-11-2009 - GreenLeft - Refugee supporters protest against ‘Indonesian solution’

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08-11-2009 - GreenLeft - Why Australia must welcome refugees

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08-11-2009 - The Age - World hits Rudd over boat people stand-off

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07-11-2009 - The Australian - Tamil spokesman 'Alex' a smuggler, says Sri Lankan government
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/tamil-spokesman-alex-a-smuggler-says-sri-lankan-government/story-e6frg6nf-1225795200705

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06-11-2009 - The Australian - An anxious wait for loved ones lost by Sri Lankan asylum-seekers
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/an-anxious-wait-for-loved-ones-lost-by-sri-lankan-asylum-seekers/story-e6frg6nf-1225794871895

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03-09-2009 - WSWS - “Pressure politics” at Sydney protest over asylum seekers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/demo-n03.shtml

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02-11-2009 - Transcend - TIME TO STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA – AT LAST

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University of Sydney - Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies - Sri Lanka Human Rights Project

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TamilNet - 31 October 2009 - Spectator video captures SL Police, SLA kill mentally ill Tamil youth

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31-10-2009 - Green Left - Tamil refugees — escaping from hell

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SHOCKING VIDEO of the BRUTAL murder of a mentally-ill Tamil boy.
Sinhalese attack and kill young tamil boy.

Policeman wanted for youth’s forced drowning surrenders
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6312211/16378193

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26-10-2009 - SMH - Free speech at risk as Sri Lanka intimidates press
http://www.smh.com.au/world/free-speech-at-risk-as-sri-lanka-intimidates-press-20091025-hep6.html

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24-10-2009 - The Australian - Tamils herded into disease-ridden camps seek any escape
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26251506-25837,00.html

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24-10-2009 - The Australian - Tamil asylum-seekers face death if sent home
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26252687-25837,00.html

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Sri Lanka's humanitarian crisis and international law

23-10-2009 - Sydney University Law Society (SULS) Journal - Sri Lanka's humanitarian crisis and international law

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19-10-2009 - Eureka Street - Stop Sri Lanka, not its refugees

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25-10-2009 - The Catholic Leader - Call for a fair go
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/top-stories/call-for-a-fair-go_53481

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21-10-2009 - Sunshine Coast Daily - Boat people not the issue - Bill Hoffman
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2009/10/21/boat-people-not-issue/

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13-10-2009 - GroundViews.org - Even post-war, discrimination runs deep in Sri Lanka
http://www.groundviews.org/2009/10/13/even-post-war-discrimination-runs-deep-in-sri-lanka/

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12-08-2003 - Sangam.org - On Rohan Gunaratna: The ‘Temple Drum’ of Terrorism Industry - by Sachi Sri Kantha

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08-08-2003 - WSWS - The Australian media and terrorism “expert” Dr Rohan Gunaratna - by Rick Kelly
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/aug2003/guna-a08.shtml

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19-10-2009 - Australia.to - Sri Lanka’s hollow victory - by Meenakshi Ganguly
http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13818:sri-lankas-hollow-victory

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11-06-2009 - Australia.to - Sri Lanka - camps, media…genocide? - by Martin Shaw
http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11817:sri-lanka-camps-mediagenocide-&catid=132:special-reports&Itemid=273

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16-10-2009 - FPIF - Legacy of Abuse in Sri Lanka - by Anna Neistat
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6504

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18-10-2009 - the Sunday Times - Raj's arrest triggers panic in Lanka
Raj’s arrest triggers panic in Lanka
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091018/News/nws_03.html

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17-10-2009 - SMH - Razor wire returns - by PETRO GEORGIOU

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17-10-2009 - The Daily Telegraph - Rudd needs to talk tough to Sri Lanka - by Laurie Oakes

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16-10-2009 - The Age - National Times - The Tamils are fleeing because no one will ease their plight - by Bruce Haigh
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/the-tamils-are-fleeing-because-no-one-will-ease-their-plight-20091015-gz38.html

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16-10-2009 -Financial Times - Young Tamils swap bombs for BlackBerrys - By Shyamantha Asokan
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/39baad52-b92c-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html

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08 October 2009 - TamilNet - Tamils facing “cultural annihaliation” by SL Government: Australian Senator
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30393

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04-06-2009 - TamilNet - Vanni IDPs live under appalling condition: Sri Lankan Chief Justice
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29520

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No Peace, No War - Have international donors failed Sri Lanka’s most vulnerable? - Alan Keenan
http://www.bostonreview.net/BR30.3/keenan.html

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The silent suffering of Sri Lanka's Tamils
Roy Ratnavel, National Post
Friday, July 17, 2009
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1799594

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Behind The Sri Lankan Bloodbath - Brahma Chellaney - FORBES - 10-09-2009
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/08/tamil-tigers-rajiv-gandhi-opinions-contributors-sri-lanka.html

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Breaking the deadlock through transnational governance - TamilNet, 15 June 2009
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=29596

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30-06-2007 - SMH - Dark days in paradise
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/dark-days-in-paradise/2007/06/29/1182624165699.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/dark-days-in-paradise/2007/06/29/1182624165699.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

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23-05-2009 - Richard Dixon on My Telegraph (UK)
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/richarddixons

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Riz Khan - What now for Sri Lanka's Tamils? - 25 May 09 - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfBrzEXRMQ0

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Riz Khan - What now for Sri Lanka's Tamils? - 25 May 09 - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_AzQ7voSU

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Sri Lanka: "Establishing the facts is crucial" UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQq2b6qOM0w

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17-10-2009 - The Age -NATIONAL - Fear rides in on a rusty boat -by David Marr
http://www.theage.com.au/national/fear-rides-in-on-a-rusty-boat-20091016-h17v.html

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10 July 2009 - Amnesty International - Sri Lanka: Statements by detained doctors underline need for independent inquiry
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18314

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09-10-2009 - SBS Dateline - Malaysia's Crackdown
http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/transcript/id/600182/n/Malaysia-s-Crackdown

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Camp disappearances reach alarming levels - Rights advocate
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29593

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Esoteric aspect in India’s war by proxi against Sri Lankan Tamils
By: Sridas Sivasambo
Courtesy: Tamil Mirror, March 2009
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=59&id=5718

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Chomsky: Sri Lanka, a Rwanda-like major atrocity the West didn't care
[TamilNet, Friday, 24 July 2009, 10:40 GMT]

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Doctors’ orders - The Times (UK) - 10 July 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6676993.ece

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UN concealed carnage to keep Sri Lanka goodwill – Le Monde (via TamilNet, Friday, 29 May 2009)
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29483

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ICJ Vice Chairman urges governments of free people to protect Eezham Tamils - TamilNet, 25 June 2009
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=29646