Tamil’s home land TAMIL EELAM is a part of the World, not of Srilanka ** Tamil Eelam Tamils are honor citizens of the world, not second citizens of

Tamil’s home land TAMIL EELAM is a part of the World, not of Srilanka **
Tamil Eelam Tamils are honor citizens of the world, not second citizens of Srilanka….

Sri Lanka: End Illegal Detention of Displaced Population

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Sri Lanka harass visiting Tamils at the Colombo airport

* Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 21:27

- Rajasingham Jayadevan -
Tamils visiting Sri Lanka are being selectively taken into custody by the Sri Lankan intelligence officials and put under tormenting interrogation for several hours before they are allowed entry.
The Tamils visiting from the European countries, Canada and USA are subject to humiliating investigations by the authorities.
According to a victim, 15 Tamils arrived from UK were taken into custody and held in incommunicado detention for nearly two weeks to find out their connections with the LTTE operatives in London. They were subject to humiliating questioning and accused of involving in the demonstrations in London. One of the victim said, he went on four week holiday and two weeks were wasted in the cells for no reasons.
He had no connections with the LTTE or its fronts and had not participated in any campaigns in London. He was arrested randomly and said to be treated in an appalling manner by the authorities.
In another incident, a Tamil lady in the mid 20’s was stopped and searched and held for three hours for interrogation. The officials had shuffled some photographs of the demonstrations in London and asked her to identify her in them. She stood very firm and told them that she did not participate in any of the demos and after three hours she was released.
In a separate incident a Tamil visitor from London was asked to part with some of his foreign currencies by the immigration official. He was allowed to go despite his refusal. When he reached his relatives place, he was told an official from the Defence Ministry had phoned to find out whether he had arrived. Soon after his arrival a person identifying himself from Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapajse’s office had demanded 2million rupees from him and had threatened if he does not pay the sum he will be arrested.
The person fearing serious consequence had agreed to settle and paid the sum next day.
http://frontlineclub.com/blogs/frontline/2009/04/not-getting-into-sri-lanka.html

Jeremy Page had a surprise wating for him upon arrival at Colombo's Bandaranaike International airport in Sri Lanka. After multiple rejected visa applications to enter the country, The Times South Asia Correspondent decided to go the tried and trusted tourist visa route...

A message flashed up on his screen: “DO NOT ALLOW TO ENTER THE COUNTRY.” With that, my passport was confiscated, I was escorted to a detention room, locked up for the night, and deported the next day. I can’t say that I was surprised, though it was my first deportation in 12 years of reporting from China, the former Soviet Union and South Asia. link

The situation for Sri Lankan journalists both in and out of the country is dire - arrests, killing and the ban on reporting from inside the war zone continues unabated.

Tamil’s home land TAMIL EELAM is a part of the World, not of Srilanka **
Tamil Eelam Tamils are honor citizens of the world, not second citizens of Srilanka….