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WOLIN0,6 4OPENCE APRIL 1983
GOVT. OPENS UP
NEW FRONT OF ATTACK
GANDHIYAM PRESIDENT, SECRETARY 8 OTHERS ARRESTED - OFFICES SEALED
Ghiyam's head office at Wavuniya and its other district offices have been sealed; its President Mr. S.A. David, Organising Secretary Dr. Rajasundaram and other key workers have been arrested and detained in the Army Camps of Panagoda in Colombo and Gurunagar in Jaffna,
This clamp-down on Gandhiyam and the detention of its office-bearers could not have been carried out without a deliberate and definite decision by the Government at its highest level to open up a new front in its campaign of escalating the oppression of the Tamil speaking people.
After all, Gandhiyam is a charitable organisation with no political objectives. Its main activity during the last few years has been to provide a place for the thousands of Tamil refugees who came from the plantation areas as a direct Consequence of recurring racial violence directed at them by racist gangs from th-South. Not only did the government fail to prevent t&C repeated racial violence and to provide the people with security, it criminally failed in its legitimate duty to provide the victims with the relief and rehabilitation they needed. It is this callous and shameful failure on the part of the government that gave rise to the formation of Gandhiyam.
GANDHIYAM TO THE RESCUE Gandhiyam came to the rescue of these displaced Tamils particularly from the up-country plantation areas. Unlike other organisations with similar charitable objectives which received generous government grants and other assistance, Gandhiyam did not. It had to depend on assistance from voluntary charitable organisations within Sri Lanka and abroad. Due to the self-less and dedicated efforts of its President, S.A. David and Secretary, Dr. Rajasundaram, Gandhiyam grew into an organisation providing relief and rehabilitation to over 85,000 people. If not for Gandhiyam, the tragedy that would have struck these people would have been un imaginable.
The laudable relief work done by Gandhiyam was very often thwarted by the government's security forces which frequently attacked and ravaged its
 

bhabilitation settlements, arrested and assaulted its workers, including Worthen.
RSON AT PANKULAM he latest attack on Gandhiyam would appear to be n effort by the government to destroy its rganisation by incarcerating its leaders. The sealing f its offices and detention of its leaders were receded by the burning down of seventeen huts elonging to Gandhiyam in PANKULAM in the rincomalee district, These huts were occupied by amil refugees from the plantation areas in the hill Ountry,
ccording to affidavits signed by Gandhiyam olunteers T. Wijeyakumary, K. Shanthi and K. Rubaant han who were eye-witnesses to the incident, irama Sewaka Kanaganayagam and five other overnment officers attached to the Pank ulam AG A's ffice — Upali, Senama yake, Wijeratna and two others whom the wounteers can identify - had come to the harathipuram Gandhiyam Centre, Pankulam, armed with clubs and batons, round about 9 a.m. on 14th March. They had told the volunteers they were going burn the huts and chase the people away from "anku ||an.
Sandhi yam Wolunteer Ruba kanthan pleaded with 1er T flot to do SC HS the Se fartilies had Corne a5 efugees from south Sri Lanka and been settled in 'ankulam for some time. The Gratha Sewaka replied e was acting on the orders of the AGA Pankulam and lowed towards the huts around the Centre. While the we government officers stood guard round him, the Sthen set fire to the huts. Altogether 16 huts, with ousehold utensils inside, were burnt dow. The ccupants were away at work at the time while the hildren were at the Centre's pre-school.
ollowing a complaint lodged by the hut-owners at he Uppuweli Police Station the next morning, three |olice officers and G.S. Kanaganayagam went to the entre on 16th March, questioned the 3 volunteers nd a few willagers and recorded statements. Apart for in questions about the activities of Gandhiyam, hey had also asked Rubakanthan about the Tiger movement; he replied he had nothing to do with any movement other than Gandhiyam.
)n 17th March five police officers led by S. Luise had one to the Centre, searched it and taken charge of he pre-school children's register, and some other documents. After question ing the two female olunteers, Wijeyakumary and Shanthi, the Police rdered them to report at the Uppuweli Police Station hat evening. "hey then questioned Rubakanthan about the activiies of Gandhiyam, accused him of lying and issaulted him with a rifle and hands. He was dragged o the jeep, pushed on to its floor and assaulted again, He was then taken to the Uppuweli Police Station and ocked up till 10 p.m. that night, where he was tripped and assaulted once again, Wijeyakumary and Shanthi were warned at the Police Station that ewening not to hawe anything to do with Gadhiyam, Some of the arson victims who went to the Uppuweli °olice Station to take a statement Were reportedly assaulted by the Police Officers. Two of them, M. Wuthu and M. Kowindasarty, had been Warded at
rinco Hospital. t is eart, Teanwhile that there are Towes to settle some Sinhalese families who have been moved out of he Kotmate Project area in the Pankulam area.

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TAMIL TIMES
OLIVE BRANCH OR STINGING NETTLE
: The attack on Gandhiyam, a charitable organisat mainly engaged in the work of rehabilitation refugees, and the arrest and detention of
President, Secretary, Treasurer and other Workers mark a new level in the continuing campai of oppression of the Tamil speaking people of Lanka.
Up to now, the Sri Lankan government attempted to cover-up the brutal excesses of security forces by describing them as measu directed at 'terrorists'. But the present acti | against Gandhiyam is a concrete manifestation oft government's dastardly design to totally subjuga the Tamil speaking people by even not permitti charitable organisations to look after and care those who had become victims of repeated rac violence. Forty-thousand people in Vavuniya allo will face destitution and starvation if Gandhiyam not allowed to function and continue to supp them.
What has emerged during the tenure of the prese government under President J. R. Jayawardene that the so-called olive branch he publicly holds O to the Tamil people is nothing more than a stingi nettle. On the one hand he calls for a 'Committee National Unity', holds high-level talks with t leaders of the Tamil United Liberation Front, a goes to India and promises to journalists that t grant of civic rights to 'stateless' Tamils of Sri Lan is imminent. He sounds like an embodiment Sweetness, moderation and reasonableness when pontificates from public platforms. On the oth hand, not only does he pursue and perpetuate t discriminatory policies against the Tamil speaki people, but also permits his army and police engage in uncontrolled terror against the Tamils. uses the Terrorism Act to take into custody and ke in detention incommunicado, not only youths su pected of having engaged in political violence, b also religious priests, university teachers a students and office-bearers of charitable organis tions like Gandhiyam.
Particularly since the Presidential election and t referendum to extend the life of Parliament, t government has, by a massive escalation of repressive action, proved that it is simply n interested in a political solution of the 'Tar problem". Instead, it has made it demonstrably cle that the only course it wishes to adopt is a milita Solution. By its own actions, the government forcing upon the people a civil war situation, in whi the mass of the Tamil speaking people will inevitab be drawn in. It may not be an easy matter to set up separate state of Eelam in the present context. B the government must realise that it cannot for ev contain the resistance movement of over a milli people who have demonstrated that they are n Willing to barter away their rights, self-respect a identity.

APRIL 1983
TAMIL PROBLEM' HIGH LIGHTED AT DELHI & BERLIN
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minatory
In spite of the efforts made by the Sri Lankan government and its missions abroad to conceal and suppress the true but unpleasant facts concerning the discritreatment
meted out to the Tamil
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Speaking people of Sri Lanka, and to present
a good image of the country, two recently held international Occasions Were
successfully seized upon to present the problems facing the Tamils. The efforts of the Sri Lankan government to thwart the internationalisation Of "Tamil problem" signally
failed on these two occasions. NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT
The Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam achieved a
major propaganda coup when some unidentified youth successfully breached the secuirty cordon surrounding the recently held Nonaligned Summit at New Delhi and distributed to the delegations and the large gathering Of journalists from all over the world an impressive
document entitled, '''TAMILS FIGHT FOR NATIONAL FREEDOM:
STATE TERRORISM IN SRI LANKA”. A copyof
this document, purported tobe
issued by the Political Committee of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, has reached Tamil
Times by post from India. The venue of the Nonaligned Summit, Vigyan
Bhavan, was made out of bounds to all journalists, numbering over 1300, and the proceedings of the Summit were relayed to the Media Centre, which was located in an adjoining building, by closed circuit television in four different
languages - English, French, Spanishand Arabic. ... * * * r*
How certain unidentified youths Successfully penetrated the security network and distributed the literature has baffled even the Indian security service. It also has been distributed to the various delegations in the hotels where they resided for the duration of the Summit.
The document itself 1.
well prepared one giv, ġ a historical and almost a blow by blow account of the discrimination and oppression faced by the Tamil speaking people of Sri Lanka. A striking feature of this document is the absence of 'Tamil
chauvinism" that characterised previous literature which
emanated from the same duarters. It also reflected the increasing radicalisation that is under way among the present day Tamil youth.
The document is divided into sections under following heads:
1. Dimensions of national oppression; 2. Disen franchisement
of half a million workers; 3. Planned annexation of Tamji lands; 4. Repression on language,
employment and education; 5. Economic deprivation; 6. Racial
riots and massacre of
Tamils; 7. Peaceful campaigns for Federal Autonomy; 8. The
demand forsecession; 9. Armed resistance and the Tiger Movement; and 10. World's Conscience condemns Sri Lanka.
In making an appeal to the World Leaders, the memorandum states:
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'Our liberation struggle, as an oppressed nation
fighting against the oppressor, constitutes an integral part of the
revolutionaryforces
against the forces of reaction, the forces of imperialism, reO - Colonialism, Zionism and racism. Though each liberation struggle has its ΟVν Ύ historical
specificity and its unique conditions, in their essence they articulate a universal historical tendency of the human
aspiration for freedom from all system of oppression and exploitation. In this context, Tamil Eelam r na struggle is in Content tothat Of the Palestinian struggle or Namibian
struggle or any national struggle of the oppressed people based Ο Ύ theirright to national selfdetermination. "We therefore appeal to the Government of India, who hosts this Great Forum, and to the Leaders of the Third World to sympathise and support the freedom struggle of the Eelam Tamils in the name of humanity, liberty and justice. We call upon you "νου. condemn the cidal oppressive policies of the Sri Lankan Government and to recognise our people's right to national selfdetermination.
'We, the Liberation Tigers, wish to express OԱf Support and solidarity to al the revolutionary liberation struggles of the oppressed masses of the world.'
'''TAMLS FIGHT FOR NATIONAL FREEDOM: STATE TERRORISM IN SRI LANKA' is worthy of reading by anyone who is interested in the histo
rical and present day facts concerning the "Tamil problem' in Sri Lanka.
BERLIN FAIR
Sri Lankan residents in *
West Germany, in
association with West
German Human Rights organisations, seized the occasion of the ITB Berlin Fair held from March 5 to 11 to organise an impressive demonstration to focus attention on the plight of the Tami Speaking people of SriLanka. The Berlin Fair is one of the major international gatherings concerning tourism. Over a hundred countries ΜΜΕ Θ. represented and an average of 50,000 a day were in attendance at the Fair. The Ceylon Tourist Board and some private
travel and tourist operators also participated in a big way, for West Germany provides the largest
share in terms of tourism to Sri Lanka. In fact the main European office of the Ceylon Tourist Board is located in Frankfurt.
Sri Lankan Government
and TOUurist Board Officials were taken aback on the very inaugural day when about 30 Tami expatriates grouped
themselves in front of the Sri Lankan stall and
carried protest panners
condemning Police and Army terrorism against Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Slogans in Englishand German called for the release of Eelam Liberation fighters like Kuttimani, Jegan, Father Singarayer and Nirmala Nithiyananthan and others. Other slogans included: "Taste Tamil Blood in Ceylon Tea"; "Withdraw armed forces from Eelam Territory'. The youths also distributed photographs of Tamils killed by the
Police and Army, and handbills.
Following complaints by the Tourist Board Officials the Fair Authorities asked the
Tamil youths towithdraw

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SLFP EXAMINES
ITSELF
he internal Three Man ommittee appointed by e leadership of the Sri Inka Freedom Pary to vestigate the state of e party has stated in its port that the debacle at e Presidential elecation ld the referendum and e other problems cing the party should examined against the
ckground of the esent UNP governent's relentless
impaign of harassment ld intimidation of its blitical opponents after assumption to power July 1977.
onceding that politics ld society in Sri Lanka ave undergone faraching changes since e SLFP was founded by
e late Mr. S.W.R.D. andaranaike, the Dmmittee adds that
gent attention should 2 paid to these changes formulating any future ogramme of work. he Committee highhts the following as the ain problems facing the arty: ck of party discipline. ilure to convince the asses of its ability to feat the UNP and
goven the country. The party became a victim of the plots of the U NP and other reactionary forces. The delay in forming an anti-UNP front together with the Left parties. The lack of active provincial organizations and the weakness of the provincial leadership. Lack of coordination between the Centre, the party headquarters and its provincial level branches. The alienation of the party from the rural poor. The lack of a program to win Over the Tamils and Moslems. Declining support from certain caste groups. Lack of a modern, and attractive propaganda campaign. Confused attitudes within the party's upper echelons about the popular socialist ideas clearly enunciated by the founder of the SLFP. Lack of funds.
Criticisms and challenging questioins directed at the party by the UNP and other opponents Were not anSWered promptly and effectively.
it on the intervention of erman Human Rights orkers the youths were ven more time to carry
the picketing.
emonstrations COnnued on the 6th, 7th and h of Marchas well. On e 9th Policemen were rought in and they tried eject the Tamil youths y force but failed when e demonstrators lay own on the spot and fused to move.
he penultimate dayof le Fair - the 10th - as incident free but on e 11th, the final day of le Fair, more than 80 ouths came dressed in hite slogans inscribed n them. Along with presentatives of uman Rights Organiza
tions in Germany, the demonstrators distributed leaflets to all visitors to the Sri Lanka Stall. This was followed byarguments between the authorities and the demonstration continued from 2 to 4 p.m., when about 75 members of the German Riot Squad, stormed the premises with loud speakers. This only served to focus more attention on the demonstrators with a crowd of media men clicking their T.V. and other cameras. West Berlin Radio Station, RIAS and newspapers like Der Tagespiegal, Tagezeitung, Sonntagblatt, and Volksblat gave wide coverage to the incidents.

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“WE ASK FOR FRE "FINAL VICTO
"We have already objected to a Court of Sri Lanka subjecting us to an inquiry. Despite that objection a case had been framed against us, and it has gone on for nearly four months now, For certain reasons we had to participate in the proceedings ourselves. Our counsel has already brought out categorically through the somersaults made by the Sri Lanka Policemen during his cross-examination and through his legal arguments and through our own evidence, the various acts of torture inflicted on us and their premeditated nature. AHIMSA 8 SATYAGRAHA DIDN'T WORK When the British Government entrusted the fate of the Tamils to a group of Sinhalese politicians, the Tamil people never clamoured for freedom for themselves. The Tamils naturally never suspected that they would in course of time be made secondclass citizens in this country. But some Tami leaders very prophetically asked for bigger representation for the Tamils. This was justified by later events, when the hill country Tamils were deprived of their franchise; what the next 25 years saw was not only the deprivation of Tamil rights everywhere but deprivation of Tamil lands as well. For over 20 years the Tamil leaders had expressed their protest in Parliament and outside very peacefully, and adopting the principles of a himsa and satyagraha. But what happened?
UNCIVILISED VIOLENCE In 1956 the Tamil leaders sat down to a peaceful protest on Galle Face Green. Thug violence was unleashed on them. Later when the Tamil leaders and the Tami people sat in peaceful satyagraha in front of
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APRIL 1983
DOM, NOT DIVISION“ )RY IS OURS'
NADARAJAH THANGAVELU, also known as Thangathurai, was the first of the six defendants who Were recently charged before the High Court of Colombo, Sri Lanka, with conspiring to rob and of robbing the Peoples Bank, Neerveli Branch and sentenced to 15 years rigorous imprisonment each under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
-- THANGATHURA
occasion. His statement to the Court is a lucid and forceful exposition of the Tamil cause. It is a thoroughly political statement devoid of any racist overtones towards the Sinhala majority community. Not only does Thangathurai graphically demonstrate the discrimination, the oppression and state terrorism to which the Tamil speaking people are being sub
jected to, but also puts forward the view that the liberation of the Taar people will only help - Sinhalese people to free themselves from the fet
Never before has the case for the right of self: determination of the
Tamil speaking people : been put so clearly be
fore a Court as Thanga- ters that shackle them thurai did on this today.
the Kacheries the Sri Lanka Army did not fail to react with uncivilised violence. In which chapter of your long history on democracy are you going to incorporate these events? Not one, not two, but there has been a continuous series of thuggery and violence inflicted on the Tamil people over a period of 35 years. How many chapters will you need to record this 35 year villainy? How many Tamils have been robbed of both their lives and their material wealth? There have been Tami women whose chastity has been offended in the very presence of the family members. Tamil cultural wealth preserved for generations has been put to flames. What a mockery to think that these could be compensated by a few lakhs of rupees? Have all these acts of hurt as humiliation made the Tamil people lose their spirs. No. Have they gone back on their ideals? No. These acts of humiliation have only strengthened their resolve. We never missed an opportunity to make the Sri Lanka Government Conscious of our mind. Twice in two elections the Tamil people have recently reinforced their aspirations. lsn't it ridiculous for a Government that promotes race hatred and race killings to look at us and call us 'TERRORISTS'? While on One hand celebrations were going on marking '50 years of Parliamentary Democracy', the Tamil Members of the same Parliament were subject to midnight arrest and the house of one Member of Parliament was set on fire. These are not acts that you can do in a civilized world with your heads raised high. You talk of terrorism and robbery. Has this country seen anything to compare with the State Terrorism and the race hate carried on with State weaponry? It is not that the people are ignorant of what happened to the material possessions robbed from the Tamil people and thenrecovered. We have even heard of influential Sri Lankan Government politicos terrorising people with revolvers if anyone wants to say that these are not CONTD. ON PAGE 5

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acts of terrorism that will be the biggest joke of the century. FREEDOM, NOT DIVISION Allegations are made that we are asking for separation, that we are trying to divide the country. When were we undivided after all? Our traditional land captured by the European invaders has never been restored to us. We have not even mortgaged our land at any time to anyone in the name of one country. Our land has changed hands off and on under various regimes, and that is what has happened. We have yet to reach a stage when we can have our land for ourselves. What we ask for is not division but freedom. Why we ask this is not because of narrow thinking. What we hope to achieve is not only the emancipation of the Tamil people but the greater good of the Sinhalese people themselves. Why? Because, thereafter, the so-called Tamil problem will cease to be a livelihood for opportunist Sinhalese politicians. That will provide a chance for the Sinhalese people to free themselves from the political, social and economic shackles that bind them ay and realize where their true slavery lies. There no testament in the World that declares that a people who fight to recover their own rights or work for their self-determination are guilty of sedition or terrorism. Had you endorsed our basic human rights at the very beginning this situation would not have arisen. You had not only not recognised our rights but for the purpose of clinging on to political seats of power you had been injecting into the poor innocent Sinhalese people hate and venom over the past 35 years. That not all the Sinhalese people have fallen victims to your racist poison has been proved by the fact that many of them during the times you have brought about race riots, have time and again rescued Tamils from armed thugs and complete extermination. It has been customary for every Opposition Party in Sri Lanka that wants to come to power to obstruct any settlement of the problems relating to the Tamils and rouse the Sinhalese people for that purpose. ROGUS PROMISE
is against that, for a ruling party to permit racist violence as it has done during the past six years is more reprehensible. If the relationship between the Tamil people and the Sri Lanka Government has reached the present deplorable state, that responsibility lies squarely with the present dispensation. For the past quarter century the ruling governments have like parrots, kept on repeating the same threadbare statements "We will solve the Tamil problem". Whether we accept your solutions or not, what honest attempts have been made to solve the problems of the Tamils? While holding out the bogus promise of solving the problems of the Tamil people, you have spent all the time in trying to blunt Tamil resistance. What have the Tamil people asked you? Not economic benefits, not employment opportunities. That no such benefits could come from you is a fact well-known to them.
WHAT WE NEED IS SELF-RESPECT
"Even if you do come forward to grant those benefits what guarantee can you give the Tamils that they could live with self-respect in this island in the future? Whatever you give them without giving them the feeling of self-respect will be alien to them. In this island there are sanctuaries for even wild animals but

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S up to now there is no sanctuary in any part of this island where the Tamils can live without fear. This is not something we can expect in the future either. "TRUTH DOES NOT NEED PLATFORMS "The Deputy Solicitor General in the course of his examination turned to Mr. Yogachandran and asked him 'Do you intend using this Court of Law as your platform'. Of what use are platforms to us? We never asked anybody to provide us platforms. It was you who brought us to this box and heaped accusations on us. When you not only throw lies at us but try to make out that we are liars, we merely came out with the truth. That is all we did and that does not make us stage performers. Truth does not require platforms and spotlights. Truth has its own glory. No power on earth can suppress it for ever. 'We are not lovers of violence nor victims of mental disorders. We are honest fighters belonging to an organization that is struggling to liberate a people. To those noble souls who keep on prating 'terrorism, terrorism' we have something to say. Did you not get frightened of terrorism when hundreds of Tamils were massacred in Cold blood, when racist hate spread like fire in this country of yours? Did terrorism mean nothing to you when Tamil women were raped? When cultural treasures were set on fire? When hundreds and hundreds of Tamil homes were looted? Why in 1977 alone 400 Tamils lost their lives reddening the sky above with their splattered blood; Did you not see any terrorism when that happened? Is it only when a few policemen are killed in Tamil Eelam and a few millions of bank money are robbed that terrorism strikes you in the face? Did your thoughts and feelings become deadened when it concerned Tamil lives and Tamil property or are your minds unable to conceive the very idea of Tamil suffering? "WE HAVE A GLOBAL. VISION You must not run away with the thought that our sole objective is to establish a Tamil Eelam. Tamil Eelam remains certainly an objective because we have learnt through bitter experience over the past several years that it is only by establishing a State of Tamil Eelam can the Tamils live with self-respect. But our vision is broader than that. Our vision is global. Wherever there is oppression, wherever there is violation of human dignity, whether in Africa or in Latin America, we are prepared to link hands with the oppressed and the under-dog. When our vision is so global how can it fail to take into account the future good of the Sinhalese, our co-nationals in this country. May mention this? We will not stop at raising our voices on behalf of those people. There is nothing that prevents two neighbouring nations living in co-operation. Even nations with differing policies get together for the common economic good and for the purpose of common security. Does that mean that those nations give up their distinctive characteristics or sovereignty? OUR VICTORY IS ASSURED 'We have to safeguard the collective good of this island. If at any time in the future a common organization has to emerge which could withstand the political and economic onslaught made against the third world countries particularly in the areas surrounding the Indian sub-continent, you can be sure that Tamil Eelam will rise to the occasion and lend its might in all co-operative endeavours that will raise the quality of life of the people in this part of the
world.'
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TULF MPS. -- STAGGERED RESIGNATIONS When the Sri Lankan
government announced the extension of the life of the present parliament for six more years following the referendum, the leadership of the Tami United Liberation Front (TULF) announced that all its Members of Parliament would tender their resignations in July this year and seek a fresh mandate from the people.
However, there seems to have been some change in the thinking of the TULF leadership. It would seem that, after all, the TULF MPs would not resign en-bloc aS previously announced. instead, the sixteen MPs belonging to the TULF will resign in groups of three which will force the government to hold byelections to the vacant constituencies periodically. This proposal will Come before the TULFS
Annual Conventior which is to take place ir May this year.
It is realiably learnt that
while the leadership favours the 'staggerec resignatioin' proposal
the younger and more militant sections of the party are pressing for the entire contingent of TULF MPs to resign in July this year.
YOUTH HELD IN DETENTION ESCAPES
Thambipillai Maheswa, ran, a youth held ir detention under the Terrorism Act at the high security Army Camp at Panagoda, ColombC escaped from custody on April 1st. This daring escape has baffled Army Intelligence which suspects that there has been connivance between Maheswaran and some unknown army personnel at the camp. Maheswaran (28) was a final year student in Engineering at Oueen Mary's College of the
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London University and was taken into custody when he visited Sri Lanka on vacation on June 19th 1981. It is reliably learnt that four army officers have been suspended from duty following Maheswaran's escape. Hundreds of police and
army ren are participating in ՅՈ intense search for Maheswaran.
NIRMALA APPLIES FOR BAIL Mrs. Nirmala Nithiananthan, who is facing charges under the
Prevention of Terrorism Act, has made applica
tion to the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka seeking bail. In the
petition of appeal,
Nirmala states that she is subjected to discriminatory conditions to which
other female remand prisoners a rΘ nOt subjected and that she
is suffering from chronic bronchial asthma.
When the application came up on April 4th
before the Court of Appeal, the Attorney General requested four
weeks to file objections to the application for bail. The Court has given time until May 17th when the hearing of the application
is expected to take place.
PANDATERRUPU CHURCH - 150 YEARS OLD The JDCS Church at Pandaterrupu in the
northern Tamil District of Jaffna in Sri Lanka celebrated its 150th anniversary on the 14th and 15th of January this year. Mr. V. Yogeswaran, M. P. for Jaffna, was the Chief Guest at the Public Meeting and Cultural Programme on 14.1.83. Speaking Ο Ύ the contribution of American Missionaries to the life of the community in the Northern part of the country, Mr. Yogeswaran said that the Christian Missionaries who came
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to this island more than 150 years ago did not merely bring with them their religious seal but were inspired by an earnest desire to improve the lot of the people by establishing schools and hospitals, which in those early days were a great boon to the people.
INTER-CITY EXPRESS
The Inter-City Express from Colombo Fort was inaugurated in March 7. The Express train, plying from Colombo Fort to Kankesanthurai will have only two halts at Anuradhapura and Jaffna and will take six hou's and ten minutes. A one-way ticket costs Rs. 74-50 and a luxury seat Rs. 151-90. But Railway warrants could be used. Departure from Colombo will be on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 5.45 a.m. and from Kankesanthurai on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 5.40 a.m. seats will have to be booked ten days in advance in Colombo or Anuradhapura or Jaffna.
MR. K. SATOHITHANAN THAN
Jaffna College has
sustained a great loss in the passing away on 282-83 of a member of the Staff, greatly loved and esteemed by students and colleagues alike, Mr.
Kd nagasabey Satchithananthan who was recently promoted
District SCOut Commissioner of Jaffna. Mr. Satchithananthan left for the Third jamboree of the Scout movement at Anuradhapura a day later than scheduled because of indisposition. His death took place at Anuradhapra while he was participating enthusiastically at the Scout jamboree at Harischandra Paik.

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ETTERs TO THE EDITOR
COOPERATE WITH J.R. AND PERISH
Having read the lengthy article of Mr. T. Somasekaram in the last two issues of Tamil Times, there are a few comments wish to make.
fully agree with the writer when he says that Mr. Chelvanayagam was the true leader of the Tamils, but what does he mean when he uses the cliche that Chelvanayakam showed that Tamils did not live by portfolios? Has he forgotten that it was when Mr. Chelvanayakam was leader of the Federal Party that Mr. Thiruchelvam, a stalwart of the Federal party, was appointed to Dudley Senanayake's 1965 Cabinet? Regarding the massive vote by the so-called 'unenlightened' Tamils of the North in favour of Mr. Hector Kobbekaduwa, it is clear that Mr. Somasekaram has not studied the details of the regional vote. If he had, he would have seen that it was the farming areas which plumped for Mr. Kobbekaduwa. The reason for their choice which the writer regards as inexplicable is that during the time Mrs. Bandaranayaka's govt. the farmers benefited By her almost total banning of foodstuffs which could be produced at home and as Mr. Somasekaram rightly says Mr. Kobbekaduwa was the front man of Mrs. Bandaranayaka. On the other hand, since Mr. Jayawardena came to power he has consistently undercut the farmers, particularly those in the Jaffna peninsula by importing onions and chillies - the principal crops of the Jaffna farmer - especially at times when these same products are being harvested in the North. Does he then find it surprising that the voters in the Jaffna District chose the S.L.F.P. man?
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Mr. Somasekaram seems to advocate Tamil cooperation with Mr. Jayawardena's govt. is hismemory so short. This same Mr. Jayawardena led a procession of Bhikkus to Kandy protesting against the B-C pact, as a result of which this pact had to be torn up. Again after Mr. Jayawardena's victory in the 1977 elections, and fuelled by his war cry "If the Tamils want war they'll have war, if they want peace they'll have peace', violence even worse than the horrors of 1958 was perpetrated on the Tamils, particularly on those unfortunate enough to live outside the Northern and Eastern provinces. Instead of getting the police and armed forces to protect the victims (as did happen in 1958), Mr. Jayawardena was happy to fiddle while rioters including sections of the police and army went on a rampage for over a month maiming and killing innocent Tamils including women and children, burning the houses and buildings of Tamils, destroying Hindu Temples and so on. The destruction of the Jaffna library, the razing to the ground of the Jaffna M.P.'s house, the burning of the main markets, and the damage done to the Eelanadu printing press are merely extreme cases of what has been happening under the benevolent eye of Mr. Jayawardena's Dharmista Govt. Worst of all is the so-called 'Prevention of terrorism act' which was passed by this same Dharmista Govt. This act has endowed the police and army the power of entering and searching any building including private dwelling places and detaining for indefinite period anyone, even women and religious persons. They can also detain anyone for failure to report activities of socalled 'Terrorists'. Those detained under this act are generally tortured, not allowed access to a lawyer, not charged nor brought before a court for a long period of time. Bearing all these humiliations in mind, can Mr. Somasekaram seriously expect any Self-respecting Tamil to join hands with Mr. Jayawardena and his band of merry men. Finally Mr. Somasekeram's well intended exhortation asking Tamil parents abroad to impart and instruct Tamil culture and language is in my opinion of not much value, for most of these children may never return to settle down in Sri Lanka or Eelam. On the other hand all Tamils living in relative comfort abroad have a positive contribution to make. They should provide what resources they can, to relieve the immediate suffering and hardship of the unfortunate Tamils affected by the periodic violence resulting from racial riots. Funds could be made available for settlement of refugees and for development projects which would benefit the community. A united Sri Lanka where both Tamils and Sinhalese can lead self respecting lives in a peaceful and economically successful situation is the best solution but this, alas, seems to be a long way off or a far away
dream.
T. THAMPU (BROMLEY)
NO REFUGE
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SCOT is the abbreviated Version of the fu || name - STANDING COMMTTEE OF TAMIL SPEAKING PEOPLE. Admittedly, it is an imposing name and Suggests a wider range of activities than what SCOT is actually engaged in. It may therefore be appropriate, to explain by way of introduction that this all embracing title was determined as much by the circumstances that led to the formation of the organisation, as by the people who formed it in 1977.
In August that year, the problems of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka were highlighted, not for the first time, by the wave of violence directed against them, resulting in loss of lives and property. More as an expression of spontaneous solidarity, than as an act of cold reason, it was envisaged that one single organisation could coordinate the efforts of several existing Tamil expatriate groups
constituted
SCOT --
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in the UK, which were committed to assisting, in one way or another, the long suffering Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Predictably, these hopes proved unworkable in practice, because of the inherent difficulty of translating into any coherent programme of action, the diverse aspirations of those who this loose confederation. Ouite clearly, the need was to consolidate the organisation and make it a viable mechanism for effective work. To do this, it had to
focus its efforts on specific areas, which not only attracted the
broadest consensus, and by implication, the least
contention, but also offered a practical contribution towards
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PROFILE
THIRESAN NT, SCOT
OBJECTIVES
SCOT recognised that one area of work for which support from Tamil expatriates would not only be readily forthcoming, but actually meaningful to those who received it - was the relief of poverty. The approach to this problem involved applying to the Tamil areas, the principles that govern the more enlightened response to the general problem of poverty throughout the Third World. This response accepts that any attempt to relieve poverty should be so designed as to stimulate the potential of the community to generate wealth through its own efforts rather than meet its immediate consumer needs. This is particularly apt in the context of the
problems facing us, which is, that of a community frustrated by stagnant standards of living resulting largely from discriminatory policies of succesive
governments since 1948. The problem is compounded by our own apathy and lack of resolve to counter it with an alternative strategy. SCOT provides the focal point for those who believe that an alternative strategy is available, and needs to be developed through a revitalising movement, which will transform the community from one that consumes resources to one that generates and conserves it. This is obviously a long-term process and the scale of efforts to bring this about would vary from those which require massive funds which only the government can provide, to those modest but effective programmes which voluntary organisations like ours can initiate. To this end, we
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committed ourselves to a set of guidelines which determine our support for specific projects. These include:- a) the provision or maintenance of basic infrastructure for agricultural, industrial, fishing, community development and other similar VentureS, which will widen the economic base of the
Community; b) the introduction of appropriate techno
logy, where its impact would be to en han Ce the productive capacity of the community without prejudice to the vital need to preserve avenues 9 employment;
c) the teaching of new skills or revival of traditional skills;
d) to conserve or maximise as appropriate the natural resourceS available to the Community.
PROJECTS These are appropriately discussed under three broad categories:— 1) the initial years; 2) ad-hoc assistance to meet special needs; 3) current projects supported on the basis of the above guidelines.
1. THE INITIAL YEARS
In the years up to 1980, SCOT support was understandably directed towards the resettlement of those who were displaced by the com
munal disturbances of 1977.
KALLARU
The Tamil Refugees Rehabilitation Organisation (TRRO) launched several re-settlement programmes of which the one at Kallaru in the Cheddikulam area was one of the largest. We participated in this programme by Contributing f2,500 towards meeting the basic infrastructure costs to settle 60 families.
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ODDISUDAN The Citizen Committee of Jaffna undertook the Settlement of 50 families, mostly from the plantation areas, on land which was donated by well wishers. We provided f2,500 to meet the cost of a second hand tractor and five water pumps. HUDEC – charity based at the Bishop's House Jaffna is currently administering this settlement. KANNADDY A group of young men who returned home after education in the UK, launched this experiment communal farming. ; Supported this group ໄດ້? funding the purchase of seed material, fertiliser and other initial expenses connected with the first cultivation season. PALAMODDAI Provided Gandhiyam Society f1,000 to initiate a training programme for youth in intensive agriCulture on one acre plots. KNITTING MACHINES 20 knitting machines at a cost of f2,500 were purchased and donated to the TRRO to assist in the rehabilitation of young women in the Rugam area (Eastern Province). T" ese machines are nov
Ο K?ng taken over by a Rural Development Society in the Vaddukoddai area, where it will form the nucleus of a cottage industry.
2. AD HOC
ASSISTANCE SCOT has responded to several requests for
assistance which have been dealt with on a 'one off basis: - Largely through the cooperation of Tamil expatriate groups in the USA, we provided the Jaffna Teaching Hospital with a Car
diac Resuscitation Unit. — Contributed f650 for relief of cyclone victims in 1978. - Sponsored an Eye
Camp at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai through the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. 23 operations were performed to restore sight, and 302 patients Were treated for various eye disorders. - About f2,000 has been collected to provide the Jaffna Public Library with equipment to be chosen by the Library authorities. - Donations to orphanages in Trincomalee and Jaffna. 3 CURRENT PROJECTS TUBE WELLS This project (named after the late Charles KanagasSundaram - a former Vice President of SCOT)
is basically designed to
expand the existing irrigation facilities available to farmers, by constructing tube wells. We have provided Ootru Organisation with f7,000 to cover the purchase of two drilling rigs required to carry out this work. The actual work of constructing the tube wells will be carried out by a private firm who will lease the equipment from Ootru, and charge the farmers a commercial rate for the work undertaken. The lease income accruing to Ootru, will be placed in a special fund to meet the requirements of future SCOT projects, and subsidies for the poorer farmers who cannot afford the full cost of a tube well.
KADAL ADDAl
Vankalai, 3 Ո impoverished fishing village in the Mannar area is the base for this project. SCOT will provide f2,500 for the purchase of boats, nets and other items of capital equipment, to enable the fishermen of the area to launch a cooperative venture involving the fishing and marketing of Kadal Addai (Beche de Mere) a valuable export commodity. The object of the project

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is to raise the standards of living in the village, by securing for it the benefits of this profitable venture, which traditionally accrue to the 'fish muda lali" who owns the boats and equipment. COMMUNITY BUILDINGS AMONG PLANTATION WORKERS This is a programme to create social awareness among the plantation workers, through 3 Scheme of informal education and service oriented action. The programme which will be launched in three centres Avisavvella, Ratnapura and Ragala, will cover Environmental Studies, Health Education and Labour Laws and is phased over three years. SCOT has agreed to provide funds for carrying out this programme in the initial year, and expects to review the position at the end of that year.
SHR SHANMUGA TRUST - TYPING SKILLS This trust which has been in existence for Over 50 years administers schools and orphanages in Trincomelee. They propose to train young orphan girls in typing skills and require 4 English and 2 Tamil typewriters. SCOT is considering providing these. RESOURCE SURVEY OF TAMIL AREAS SCOT has undertaken to support a Reconnaisance Survey of Agricultural and Agro based Industries as a preliminary step to finance a nOre comprehensive survey. This is considered essential to attract capital investment nto the Tamil area S. ORGANISATION SCOT is a registered charity. Not purely for his reason, its objectives are strictly non-political. Wembership is open to any person who agrees with the objectives and also pays a minimum annual subscription of
F24 £12). The organisational structure reflects SCOT's strong commitment to the principle of accountability, not merely to the Charity Commission, which, of course, is mandatory, but more importantly to its members. The Constitution provides for members to participate actively in the administraction of SCOT through a General Council of 51 elected from among them. Projects involving such sums in excess of f500 require the approval of the General Council, which meets at least quarterly. The day to day direction of SCOT is entrusted to a 19 strong Executive Committee which includes the office bearers and four tru SteeS.
The office-bearers, trustees, members of the Executive Committee and the General Council are elected at the Annual
(full time students
General Meeting in October/November at which the audited
accounts are also presented and approved. THE FUTURE SCOT is firmly poised to continue its funding of work programmes which have relevance to the long term needs of the community. The success or otherwise of these efforts in the foreseeable future will depend largely on the developments in the local scene in Sri Lanka and the people and groups of people there with whom we work. It will also depend to some extent on our own ability to identify areas of work which must have priority over others and then to induce these local groups to formulate them in terms of realistic, attainable and quantifiable action plans. In the past this has not always been easy because of the constraints which apply to local groups, such as weak organisation strucCONTD ON PAGE 20

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INTERNATIONALISA STRUGGLE:
by Sachi S1 University of lilinois, Urba
This article attempts to review, in brief, the attempts and Successes made towards the Internationalisation of the Eelam Struggle since 1975. First, as a preview, the origins of a cry for a separate state are traced, followed by detailed examination of the strategies and tactics adopted by the various supporters of the cause of Eelam. Finally, suggestions are made to improve the position by means of a further course of action in this direction. ORIGIN OF THE DEMAND FOR A SEPARATE TAM STATE In October 1972, the Leader of the then Federal Party, S.J.V. Chelvanayakam, resigned his parliamentary seat of the Kankesanthurai constituency to express Tamil opposition to the 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka. The United Front coalition government, headed by Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, fixed the byelection date for 6th February 1975, after maliciously refusing to hold the election for nearly two years. Chelvanayakam, speaking at a meeting held at Mallakam, in support of his candidature, said, 'I will demand a separate state for the Tamils in the National State Assembly as soon as I get there after being re-elected for the Kankesanthurai seat.'
(Ceylon Daily Mirror, 30th Jan. 1975) Chelvanayakam won that by-election with a massive majority of 16,470, polling 25,927 votes against the Government-sponsored Communist Party candidate, who managed to get 9,457 votes. An analysis of this by-election which appeared in Tribune shed some light on the origins of the cry for a separate State of Eelam. . . . From this frustration born of injured self respect and dignity has come the cry for a separate state among a section of the youth and unless serious note is taken of it and something is done to remove the frustration this separatist sentiment is bound to grow day by day. Chelvanayakam does not believe in Separation. The call for a separate state had first come from Suntharalingam and it was later weakly echoed by TC's G.G Ponnambalam. The FP had fought this separatism with its federalism. But now the TUF has an open mind on federalism as well as a separated State, but has concentrated on certain minimum demands to be incorporated in the Constitution. It is the total failure of the Government to respond to this that has created frustration verging on despair among the Tanils. There is no doubt that it was to appeal to this frustrated youth harbouring illusion of separatism that Chelvanayakam made one speech during the last days of the election campaign stating that he will make a demand for a separate state for the Tamils in the National State Assembly as soon as he got there as the representative for the KKS seat. If a separatist Cry does become a reality among the Tamils, impartial history will lay the blame for this at the feet of the United Front which had tried to streamline, extend and intensify the patronage-politics and the intimidatory tactics started by the UNP and later followed by the SLFP - without in anyway resolving the grievances of the Tamils . . .'
'Tribune, Vol. 19, No.40, 15th Feb. 1975)
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Kantha na, Illinois 61801, USA. he TUF holding its first National Convention at 'addukoddai on 14th May 1976, under the hairmanship of Chelvanayakam, adopted the “Eelam Resolution' unanimously, and redesignated its name nto Tamil United Liberation Front) (TULF). A proposal rought forward by the late Mr. M. Thiruchelvam, ).C., to adopt the name of Tamil Liberation Orgaisation (TLO) – On the lines of the PLO – Vvas efeated. STRATEGES AND TACTICS internationalisation of the Eelam struggle had been chieved by means of various strategies. For onvenience, this can be classified under the ollowing headings: . Protest, Agitation and Demonstration.
a) by expatriate Tamils alone. b) in collaboration with International Groups, such
as International Spartacist Tendency. c) by other nationals ... Political Lobbying.
a) in the Legislatures of other countries and States. b) attracting the attention of International
Organisations. i. Press and journal coverage at International level.
a) Cover stories in popular journals and contributions by its readers in the form of letters. b) Academic contribution in scholarly journals. c) Descriptions in Reference Source books, Ency
clopaedias and Geographic Atlases. ... Publicity. et us consider how each of these strategies has ontributed its share to Eelam awareness.
PROTEST, AGITATION AND DEMONSTRATION ) By expatriate Tamils alone. he first instance of protest and demonstration arried out in an international setting for the Eelam ause was made in Britain in 1975, during the First Vorld Cup Cricket Tournament, in which a Sri Lankap 2am also took part. This demonstration by th ondon-based expatriate Sri Lankan Tamils, in the icket fields of Birmingham and London, was least xpected by the host country, and the Sri Lankan overnment was also placed in an embarrassing tuation. ne Tamils who carried out the demonstration rought to the limelight that, even in sports, Tamils hd other minorities in Sri Lanka face racial SCrimination. | By expatriate Tamils, in collaboration with ternational Groups partacist League is one of the International political oups which had provided support for the Tamil use. Within a span of two years, Spartacist League ld campagined in the form of demonstrations, in fferent cities, to protest against the murderous pression of Tamils in Sri Lanka. at New York (USA) on Aug. 20, 1980: 75 supporters of Spartacist League/USA demonstrated outside the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations. (Workers Vanguard, 5th Sept. 1980). at London (Britain) on Aug. 30, 1980: 25 supporters of Spartacist League/Britain demonstrated outside
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the Ceylon Tea Centre. (Workers Vanguard, 5th Sept. 1980).
O at Bonn (W. Germany) in June 1981: 2000 Tamils, in
collaboration with Trotzkistiche Liga Deutschlands, demonstrated against the murderous repression in Sri Lanka. (Spartacist, Summer 1981, no.31-32). O at New York (USA) on June 8, 1981: 100 supporters demonstrated outside the Sri Lankan Mission to the United Nations to protest against the murderous attacks on the Tamils. (Workers Vanguard, 19th June 1981). O at West Berlin (Germany) on July 24, 1981: 350 supporters rallied chanting "Political asylum for the Tamil refugees; stop the deportation of Tamils", to protest against the government's deportation of Tamil refugees who had fled from Sri Lanka to West Berlin. (Workers Vanguard, 14th Aug. 1981). O at Melbourne (Australia) on Sept. 1, 1981: Supporters of Spartacist League/Australia and New Zealand, demonstrated to protest against the ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, when the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was in session.
other Nationals SNSport, both moral and political, had come from Indians living in Tamil Nadu mainly, and recent developments reveal that the North Indians also sympathise with the cause of the Tamils, though not fully. O at Madras (India) on Aug. 19, 1981: Indian students from various city Colleges, carrying placards and shouting slogans, went in a procession, protesting against the 'violence unleashed on Tamils in Sri Lanka'. They marched to the office of the Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Madras and presented a memorandum. (Hindu, Aug.20, 1981). O in Tamil Nadu (India) on Sept. 12, 1981: The Tamil Nadu State Government of India sponsored a 'hartal' to express the resentment of the people of Tamil Nadu against the atrocities committed on the Tamils in Sri Lanka. (Hindu, Sept. 12, 1981). O at Bombay (India) on Nov. 14, 1981: An attack on the Sri Lankan Trade Commissioner's Office in Bombay hy the 'Azad Hind Sena", as a demonstration Moulainst ill-treatment of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka.
tatesman, Nov. 16, 1981). 2. POLITICAL LOBBYING a) in the Legislatures of other countries and states.
i. Massachusetts State Assembly's "Eelam Resolution' of 1979: The 'Eelam Resolution' passed on the 9th of May 1979, in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts State of USA, created a degree of apprehension among the Sri Lankan government leaders. The Sinhalese politicians and the biassed press reacted angrily towards the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. A series of articles, editorials and cartoons, appeared in the nationalised press of Sri Lanka, ridiculing the Americans in general. This is illustrated, for example, in a verse captioned “Eelam - here we come", which appeared in the Sunday Observer of 24th June 1979.
“Eelam, Eelam here we come From the land of stars and stripes Where fullest freedom is for some Not Niggers or the Injun Tribes.
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SSSS Taught the bastards with the gun Freedom only White preserves.
Lesser breeds without the Law, Know ye, we alone decide When it serves us we are raw Others' lands we can divide.
Boston Bay or Buffalo Bill Crude and bossy Massachusett We are raring for a kill Little Lanka we will get.
In Trinco we'll have gun boats, subs It will be our vast shipyard Then we'll tame the Tiger Cubs nd to hell with Tamil Nad." ii. Action of British MPS in 1981:
1981, the plight of Sri Lanka Tamils was taken up by he British MPs in a grand way, and J.R. Jayewardene as at the receiving end of "a sheaf of telegrams and tters'. How this campaign had irritated the President f Sri Lanka was reflected in the 'unstatesmanly' peech he made at the Commonwealth Parliamentary eminar, held in Colombo in June 1981. ... There is one district in our country in which we re having some trouble with terrorists. I am entioning this because I am receiving a sheaf of legrams and letters - all seem to be composed in imilar language, similar figures, similar names - ant up especially from the British House of Orninn OinS. ... These telegrams and letters accuse this overnment of imprisoning people without trial, even hurdering them. I cannot release people without trial, /ho have been put into jail under the normal laws of he land. If I may say so, they are talking through their at. When you meet your colleagues, please tell them
at I said so. '
(New Internationalist, Nov.1981) ut, it did not take much time for the word to know sho was talking through their hats. The President of ri Lanka had to eat his own words, barely three nonths later, when ethnic violence erupted in ug. 1981. While delivering his address at the Annual eneral Meeting of the Ceylon Planters Society, in olombo, J. R. Jayewardene speaking in a wiser nood accepted:- A few days ago in several estates in the Ratnapura istrict, estate labourers had been subjected to iolence and merciless harassment by . . . I am shamed to say . . . people of my own race... I am shamed that this sort of thing should have happened
this country during my government . . . .
(Ceylon Daily News, Sept.21, 1981). iii. In India When the 1981 ethnic violence against Tamils ccurred in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Nadu State Assembly nanimously passed a resolution expressing their ympathy towards the Tamils of Sri Lanka. To quote om The Hindu of Aug. 22, 1981, he Finance Minister and Leader of the House, V.R. edunchezhian, who moved the resolution, and the eader of the Opposition, M. Karunanidhi, and other arty leaders, who extended undualified support to it, aid they did recognise the dictum that no country ad the right to interfere with the internal affairs of nother nation. Where human and minority rights /ere at stake, everyone had a right to demand justice, hey contended.' nd the Chief Minister Of Tamil Nadu, M. G. CONTD. ON PAGE 12

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Ramachandran, proposing a Government-sponsore( one day 'hartal' in support of Sri Lanka Tamils asserted: "Let us not start debating whether or not government sponsored hartal had taken place it Tamil Nadu before. Now is the time for us to show ou solidarity with Tamils living elsewhere and such demonstration will be a source of strength to the Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) as she moves to see, justice for Tamils in Sri Lanka.
(Hindu, Aug.22, 1981
b) Attracting the Attention of Internationa Organisations The Tamil problem had so far attracted the attentior of two international organisations: i. Amnesty International Mission The Amnesty International Mission, consisting of the delegates, Louis Blom-Cooper, O.C., a British lawyer and Yvonne Terlingen, a Dutch member of the International Secretariat of Amnesty International visited Sri Lanka during 9-15 January 1975; and thei report was published in May 1976. (Report of an Amnesty International Mission to Sri Lanka, 9-15 January 1975. Amnesty International Publications 50pp.) This report contains references to 42 Tami youth prisoners who were detained without tria under the Emergency Regulations by the Sirimavc Bandaranaike regime. The subsequent Annual Reports of Amnesty International, from the year 1976, contain details of Tamils languishing in the prisons of Sri Lanka, for political reasons.
ii. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) In April 1977, an analysis of the communal problem ir Sri Lanka was released by the Internationa Commission of Jurists. The inference made by this non-political organisation, having consultative status with the United Nations, was as follows:- "lt would be a pity if Sri Lanka's leadership waited fo bombs to explode and for prisons to fill up again, before conceding that the Tamils need reassurance that they have a place in the future of the island.
(Ceylon Daily News, April 8, 1977)
3. PRESS AND JOURNAL COVERAGE AT
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL a) Cover-stories in popular journals and othe contributions Almost six years ago, a popular weekly Himmat,edited by Rajmohan Gandhi (published from Bombay), had a cover story written with the captioned, "Will Sri Lanka split?'". (Himmat, Aug. 6 1976). A National Geographic cover story on Sri Lanka appearing in January 1979, contained some pertinen references about Tamil separatism. Though Sivakumaran of Urumpiray had been labelled by the Sri Lankan government as a bank-robber anc criminal, the National Geographic captioned him as a "leader', and a photograph of his vandalised statue also appeared in the issue with a descriptive note:- "... Prospering under British rule, the Tamils fee discriminated against by the Sinhalese. When Por Sivakumaran, a spokesman for young separatists it Jaffna, the Tamils' major city, took his life in 1974, to avoid arrest, followers raised his statue atop the rising sun of Tamil nationhood. Then in August 197,

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the statue was toppled during sporadic violence that erupted after a national election. . . .
(R. P. Jordan, 'Sri Lanka: Time of Testing'
National Geographic, vol. 155, no.1, Jan.1979) Another cover-story by Venkat Narayan, with the caption, 'Sri Lanka: A Tamil Nightmare", providing an in-depth reporting about the 1981 racial-riots, appeared in the prestigious India Today of Sept. 1, 1981. in addition to the appearance of cover stories, another welcoming feature is that, whenever there happens to be a distortion of data or wilful suppression of the true situation faced by the Tamils, some enlightened readers contribute their support for the Eelam cause, by writing letters to the Editor, criticising the authorities of Sri Lankan government. For example, the two letters given below illustrates this point lucidly. In 1978, M.R.R. Hoole of Singapore, writing in Himmat (June 30, 1978) observed. ". . . According to the Tamil Refugees Relief Organisation (TRRO) which handled 14,000 refugees during the violence of August 1977, there were then a minimum of 300 deaths, 1,500 cases of arson and 4,000 cases of looting. Mr. Jayewardene and 1Ns Government now pretend that this did not happe, i. . . . Much has been said about the Israeli occupied West Bank. Yet it was heartening to note that the West Bank Governor has been dismissed by the Israeli Government over a tear gas attack on an Arab School. This was following a report in the Ha'aretz by a reporter who did not trust the official version. In Ceylon, no such reporter would have existed. Unlike Mr. Begin, Mr. Jayewardene is acclaimed by the world press establishment as a statesman. But in Ceylon the offending police officers not only remain at large but they have been reinforced with additional men and povvers. " And last year, P. Padmana bhan of Somanur, India, writing in India Today (Oct. 15, 1981), commented, "In a tone of self-justification, President Jayewardene holds the 'terrorists ... since long associated with the TULF, responsible, instead of the Sinhalese, for the murder, loot, arson and rape of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Many more British officers and soldiers have b killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland than the 20 police officials allegedly killed by the Tamil 'terrorists' in Sri Lanka. Has the British Army, in retaliation, looted the houses and shops of the Irish and burnt down markets and places of public importance, like libraries? Perhaps therein lies the difference between civilised and uncivilised methods of curbing peoples' nOVennent.
President Jayewardene says that he plans to ban the Eelam group that is now in Tamil Nadu. How? In the manner that South Africa is trying to eliminate the SWAPO sanctuaries in Angola? He is welcome to try." The comparison of the existing situation in Sri Lanka, to that of most-talked about sensitive regions for atrocities in the world, such as Ireland and the West
Bank in the Middle East, highlights the precarious
plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka. b) Academic contribution in scholarly journals. One of the authorities on contemporary Sri Lanka politics is Robert Kearney. He published a paper on 'Language and the rise of Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka' in 1978 (Asian Survey, vol.18, no.5, 521-534). An Indian scholar, Urmila Phadnis, had presented a
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STATELESS IN
SRI LANKA
The Governments of India and Sri Lanka
continue to be in touch with each other in respect of the residual problem of stateless persons of Indian origin in Sri Lanka after the expiry of the Indo-Sri Lanka agreement On 30 October 1981. This was stated in a written reply in the Lok Sa bha of the ndian Parliament by the Minister of State for Externa | Affairs. He added that the two Governments hoped to resolve the problem in accordance with the wishes of the persons Cr n Cerned.
whole statement is in Contradiction of the report of March 10 by the Press Trust of India (PTI) of a press conference held by the President of Sri Lanka, Mr J. R. Jayawardene, at New Delhi. The President was reported to have said that the question of the stateless people of Indian origin in
the island was for his own (Sri Lanka) Government to decide rather than an issue for discusSion with the Indian leaders. He was reported to have added that he was going to discuss with his Cabinet how to settle a problem that WaS "human' and concerned people who could not just be shipped away.
lf what the Minister said in the Lok Sabha is correct, then what the Sri Lankan President is reported to have said at the press conference was only an image building exercise trying to hoodwink world opinion with the presentation of a 'person imbued with humanitarian principles' image, while the reality is otherwise. It is malevolently reactionary and totally unacceptable that the two Governments Continue to deal with this problem without any consultation with the people concerned or even dissemination of appropriate information.
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PADMA BHUSHAN ATTENBOROUGH Richard Attenborough, Producer-director of 'Gandhi' was awarded he title of Padma Bhushan, by India. He was one of sixteen persons to receive that title in the 1983 National Awards presented by the President. The highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna" Was conferred posthumously on Acharya Vinopa Bhave.
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all are children of God and each had divinity; no one was inferior, said His Holiness Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Pestam, addressing the Hindu Religious Art and Cultural Festival celebrating Adi Dravidar Day. His Holiness added that all distinctions and discriminations in the society today were of comparatively recent origin and was the result of various factors including ignorance and lack of sincere and deep devotion to God. Tamil Nadu Chief MiniSter Mr. M.G. Rama Chandran appealed to His Holiness the Sangaracharyar to convene a meeting of heads of the different Matts to discuss and devise measures to remove the evils in Hindu society, to unite the people and strengthen Hinduism. Other speakers stressed the need for eradication of evils like dowry system and unCONTD. ON PAGE 15
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MAHADEVA MEMORAL MEETING The popularity of Rajasingham Mahadeva and the love and affection and esteem in which he was held by his relatives and friends were clearly manifest at the meeting held in his memory on April 9th at Tyler's Hall, Kingsbury high School, London NW9. The meeting was organised by SCOT of which the late Mr. Mahadeva was the Secretary at the time of his untimely death.
Over three hundred people attended the meeting which was presided by Mr. C. Kathi resan, Prsident of SCOT.
Many speakers, including Dr. K. Arumugam, Dr. Navaratnam (both expresidents of SCOT), Mr. T. Visventhiran, Acting Secretary of SCOT and Mr. R. Sivanantharajah
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Mrs. Vasuki Path manathan and Mr. Sathasivam sang religious devotional songs befitting the serenity of the occasion. The speakers recounted the many good and endearing qualities of the late Mr. Mahadeva, his ability as a professional engineer, his role at the Eastern Gas where he was employed at the time
of his death, his unassuming and selfeffacing character, the great contribution he
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that his SSG of dedication to his fellow man was unduestionable.
In a moving speech in the course of which he broke down into tears Several times, Mr. R. Sivanantharajah, a friend of the late Mahadeva from his school days, said, "Mr. Mahadeva was affectionately known to us friends as "Maha". The meaning Of the word "Maha". in Tamil language is 'great'. What foresight Maha's parents must have had giving this name to their son. True to his name, Maha has been to us a great friend, a symbol of utmost sincerity, frankness, humility and justice - irrespective of age, religion or race. One of
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CONTD. FROM PAGE 14 Jaffna, Sri Lanka and after a brilliant career in St Patricks College, Jaffna, and St Josephs College, Colombo, entered University College, Colombo with an Exhibition to follow the English Honours Course. health prevented him from sitting the final examination, but later he gained a good London degree. He took up teaching at St Peters College, Bambalapitiya and during his ten years there came under the benign influence of the then Rector Fr. Nicholas Perera. In February 1946, he was delegated with the task of starting and running the í icaloa Government &thiဂြိဂံ His excellent work during the three years he was Principal of the college was a landmark gratefully remembered by the people of Batticaloa. He afterwards became an Educational Administra
tor and at different times held the posts of Chief Adult Education Officer, Education Officer,
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ti | his retirement. Angelo was deeply religious, a devout Roman Catholic and spent a lot of time in Parish activities. He was an indefatigable worker in the Legion of Mary and died while living for the Church.
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CONTD. FROM PAGE 5 I want to ask this question from my Sinhalese friends would you accept as correct and justified the various acts of oppression that the Tamil people have suffered until now not only in our own land but in various parts of your land as a result of the various acts of terrorism and thuggery? Would you also consider it wrong any attempt on our part to free ourselves from the uncivilized oppression of your government? Or would you consider that this present eyewash under the guise of a trial conducted under special laws incorporated into the normal laws of your country an act of fairness on people like us who are fighting for a noble ideal, an ideal of human freedom? Or does it mean that you don't care whatever happens because the victims are Tamils only? If that is so, our sympathies are with you. Believe me our freedom is an assured fact some day or other. Once that happens your law books and terrorist laws cannot touch us. Thereafter you will be the sole "beneficiaries' of the very laws that oppress US OW.
WHOLESALE MERCHANTS OF TERRORISM 'Will you urge your government to stop the injustice against us and acknowledge our sovereignty? Will you, as a first step towards this and towards the eradication of terrorism, urge your government to recall the Sri Lanka Police Force and the Armed Forces - the wholesale merchants of terrorism - from our soil? I leave it to you to decide whether you will show the world how broadminded you are. Though belonging to a different nation, as fellow citizens living in the same island we have participated in the inquiry hoping for your understanding. Today we have made our position duite clear. If the understanding that flows from this prompts you in the future to raise your voice on our behalf, our hearts will be filled with satisfaction.
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I wish to tell you sincerely here and now that even if this understanding doesn't become a reality, we will throw the full weight of our support behind you when you rise up in the future to free yourselves to shatter the social and economic fetters that shackle you now. Through this case we have made our real position known to the world and in particular to the people of this island. This is the joyous feeling that is uppermost in our minds. It is the people's verdict that is important to us; we are confident it will definitely be in our favour. Even a hundred fabricated cases against us and all the slanders that may be poured on s, are not going to bother us one bit hereafter. It is we who are going to win through this kind of action of yours. The consequence of your verdict won't touch us, they are something alien to us. We will not flinch from embracing death or spending the rest of our lives in jail, content as we are that we have done our duty. All these are merely commonplace incidents in the history of a nation's struggle for freedom. We were fully conscious of what we were doing; hence there's no question of disappointment. We are firm believers in the saying that whatase Sows one reaps. That is why our minds are calm e Seeds we sowed were not seeds of poison, our arrow-heads were not dipped in venom. But my fervent prayer is that innocent Sinhalese people should not have to reap what power hungry Sinhalese politicians have sovn. These tribulations are a boon bestowed by God to purify us. The final victory is ours. While thanking our lawyers, the organizations and the people who have spoken up for us and supported uS, we ask the people and all organizations to forget their differences and unite, as this is the only path to freedom.
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SS CONTO. FROM PAGE 1 2 "Political profile of the Muslim Minority of Sri Lanka' and in this she had analysed the Muslim view-point of the intended separate state and the reservations and fears they possess regarding it. (International Studies, Delhi, vol.18, no. 1, 27-48). Recently, another academic had assessed the Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka from the cultural angle. (Bryan Pfaffenberger - The cultural dimension of Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka'. Asian Survey, vol.21, no. 11, 1145-1157, (1981). Contributions like these reveal that the Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka has attracted the attention of academics as well, for Scholarly research.
c) Descriptions in Reference source books, Encylopaedias. However the Sri Lankan government may have tried to defuse the Eelam propaganda machinery, or to distort facts and present a 'good image' to the world, it could not succeed in withholding the appearance of the “Eelam message' from the standard reference source books, Encyclopaedias and Geographic Atlases. F example, in 1975, "The Peoples Almanac' (edited bbl/Wallechinsky and Wallace) did not have anything to write about the struggle of Tamils for a separate State. However, in the 1978 edition of the same Almanac, Lenny Siegel, described in a paragraph, the then existing Sri Lankan situation as follows:- The Tamil and Muslim minorities, which make up 20% and 5% of the population respectively, face discrimination including pogroms and the direct seizure of land - by the Sinhalese majority. Half the Tamil population, called "Indian Tamils", because they were brought over from India within the last 100 years to work on British plantations, has been disenfranchised since 1948. The Tamil leadership advocates the creation of a separate socialist state in northern Ceylon. Nearly all the Tamil members of parliament have pledged loyalty to this unrecognised State Of Thannill Eelam. “
The 1978 World Year Book, the Annual supplement of the World Book Encyclopaedia, reporting the 1977
oug:S reviewed,
Compounding the unrest was the growing militancy of the Hindu Tamils, descendants of people who came to Sri Lanka from southern India - about 2.5 million of them in a population of 14 million. About 1 million Tamils were tea and rubberplantation Workers who only wanted a little more rice for their families. But the other 1.5 million resented the heavy-handedness of the Buddhist Sinhalese majority and wanted independence. Bloodshed came close on the heels of the election, with political rivals murdering each other. On August 19, Sinhalese hoodlums raided Tamil huts on a plantation and within five days the killing of Tamils and looting of their property spread to other areas. The government quickly organised air and sea evacuation for the imperilled thousands, taking them to refugee camps in the north. The bloody spree intensified Tamil demands for independence. (p.485) In addition, the authoritative Britannica Year Books, published by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., from 1975, have included at least one sentence references regarding the problems and demands of the Tamilspeaking population in present Sri Lanka. 1) ... The Tamils of northern Sri Lanka at last obtained their own branch of Sri Lanka university,

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but the community was still dissatisfied, and talk of federalism and even separatism continued. .
(Britannica Year Book 1975, p. 640) 2) ". . . Jayewardene and leaders of the Tamil United Front were demanding full regional autonomy for the north and east where they dominated.
(Britannica Year Book 1976, p.630) 3) ". . . In May, the government declared a state of emergency after receiving reports that antigovernment forces were planning subversive action. Mrs. Bandaranaike referred particularly to the Tamil Federal Party's campaign for a separate state. Communal riots between Muslims and Sinhalese in Puttalarn district of North Western Province triggered a demand for autonomy in the eastern districts where Muslims were in a majority.
(Britannica Year Book 1977, p.630) 4) In Sri Lanka, the special status accorded to Buddhism by the 1972 Constitution was threatened by the vocal opposition of the Tamil minority.
(Britannica Year Book 1979, p.605) 5) ". . . In early April four police officers were murdered in the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna, supposedly by Tamil separatist terrorists. Isolated attacks on policemen and government officials followed, but security forces deployed in the area were able to keep violence in check. Anti-terrorist legislation passed in May proscribed the Tamil Tiger Liberation Movement and similar groups.
(Britannica Year Book 1977, p.636) 6) ... The Tamil Minority's demand for a separate state continued. The government declared a state of emergency in July to combat terrorism by militant Tamil youth. An all-party presidential commission to consider the Tamils' problems was set up on August 10, but the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party refused to co-operate.
(Britannica year Book 1980, p.632) 7) . . . A major legislative effort in tackling the country's ethnic problems was the passage in August of the district development bill, introduced after the verdict of a presidential commission that a separate Tamil homeland could not be permitted. It provided for decentralisation and the association of people of various regions through 24 elected district Councils.
(Brittanica Year Book 1981, p.632) 4. PUBLICITY ί The last of the strategy, publicity, is still in its infancy, and this may be in part due to lack of funds. One notable example of this strategy was made by Krishna Vaikunthavasan, when the United Nations General Assembly was in session, during Oct. 1978. On 5th October, 1978, the B.B.C. World News reported:- : بهجهت "At the U.N. General Assembly, there has been a demonstration in support of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. Just as the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister was approaching the rostrum to speak, a mar rushed forward and said, he wanted to make an appeal on behalf of the Tamils, who he said were victims of genocide by the Sri Lanka government. At that point the microphone was cut off and the man was led away by a guard. The protestor was later identified as a former Sri Lankan judge, now living in London.
(Thamil Eelam in 1982; p.22) The official version of this incident, as reported by the CONTD ON PAGE 19

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As long as the Tamil minority remains oppressed by the present Sri Lankan government, local Sri Lankan Tamils, who have organized themselves (in Alberta) aS the Ealam Tamil ASSOciation of Alberta, are committed tO the creation of a separate
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United Nations Official Bulletin', is as follows: t... That other General Assembly incident is of the foreign minister' of Sri Lanka. How the London Barrister, Krishna Vaikunthavasan, ever managed to reach the rostrum to deliver his impassioned twominute appeal on behalf of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority is still a mystery. As soon as President Indialecio Liveano realised Vaikuntha Vasan was not the real Foreign Minister, Sahul Hamid, a switch was thrown cutting off the imposter's microphone and guards hustled him out of the hall. . .  ́
(United National Official bulletin, Oct. 9, 1978; quoted in Thamil Eelam in 1982; p.23) Reputed Sri Lanka journalist, Reggie Michael, writing in the "Independent' of October 13, 1978 observed:- "Did Krishna Vaikunthavasan, the Ceylonese who created history at the United Nations Assembly by being the first ever, uninvited, gate-crashing, nondelegate to speak from the speaker's podium have an accredited foreign delegate as an accomplice?" 'Speculation points to the accomplice being from the Afro-Arab bloc, which along with Asia dominates the N. Vaikunthavasan was also a Marxist. Whoever his accomplice was, both friend and foe admit that Vaikunthavasan's spectacular U.N. raid had the same publicity impact as a hijacking, whatever cause it espoused. "It is pointed out that in 32 years of U.N. existence (its first meeting was in Jan. 1946) no radical organisation like the P.L.O. or the I.R.A. or the Red Guards, even the Baader-Meinhoff Urban guerrilas, had attempted such a daring means of focusing world attention on a national problem . . . This publicity stunt of Vaikunthavasan caused a panic among the Sri Lanka politicians, as evident from the Parliamentary proceedings of Oct. 20th 1978 (Hansard, vol.1, no.8, 20th Oct. 1978, Cols. 762-763). FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION This has to be carried out simultaneously within and outside Sri Lanka.
) Outside Sri Lanka
1) Closer collaboration among the expatriate
Tamils in different Countries. 2) Setting up a data-bank and Information Secretariat, to collect, store and co-ordinate activities.
3) Penetration into the Communication media, as well as contacting citizens of other countries, where the Eelam message is yet to be echoed. This includes the socialist-bloc countries, African and Latin American countries, which are non-English speaking. lf organised level penetration seems difficult at first, it will have to be initiated at a personal level, by those who have the interest and will. Examples: a) Corresponding with pen-pals, and contributing the message of Eelam; b) Presenting gift items in any form, depicting Eelam and its OCCupants.
4) Sharing our concern with those international citizens, who are precariously placed in similar situations. Examples include Palestinians, Irish freedom fighters, French-speaking Canadians, etC. I) Within Sri Lanka
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been tapped to its maximum. 2) Collection, compilation and publication of the diaries, letters and other revealing documents (relating to Eelam struggle):- a) of the political leaders,
i) of yester years (S.J.V. Chelvanayakam, G. G. Ponnambalam, M. Thirchelvam, S. Kathiravel piliai). i) of present generation (A. Amirthalingam, M.
Sivasithamparam). b) of martyrs (for example, Sivakumaran). c) of trade unionists (for example, K. C.
Nithiananda, Rasaratnam). Conclusion: In conclusion, we tend to agree with what had been said about the Eelam movement in the Indian Express, nearly two years ago. ". . . All said and done, the cause for Eelam has picked up pace now and what it lacked in world propaganda in the 1950s and 1960s has been effectively achieved in the 1970s and the present decade."
(Indian Express, July 13, 1981). And still we have a long way to go.
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BOMB EXPLOSIONS HERALD HIGH LEVEL SECURITY CONFERENCE
Only a few hours before a high level conference on security in the Northern Province was to take place, bombs exploded blasting part of the building in which the conference was to be held and setting ablaze several vehicles including army jeeps. The conference was to be chaired by the District Minister, Mr. U.B. Wijekoon with Members of Parliament, Jaffna District Development Council Chairman, Jaffna Mayor and top Police, Army and Navy officers participating.
The Conference Hall was badly damaged and therefore the venue Was changed to the Government Agent's Office on the upper storey of the building. Reports indicated that five bombs had been placed at the rear of the Conference
Hall of which four had exploded Orne after another setting ablaze a row of parked vehicles.
MRUE PROTESTS
THE Vavuniya Branch of the Movement for inter Racial Justice and Equality has protested against the arrest and detention of Gandhiyam president and Secretary. The protest Statement addressed to 'all those concerned with Justice', StateS:
"Gandhiyam is the main
Social Service Organisation involved in assisting the poor hill-country Tamil refugees settled in Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Batticaloa Districts.
"Of late these poor refugee settlements and Gandhiyam have been subjected to all kinds of intimidation and harassment regarding which we have already protested.
"The Ghandiyam office and the residence of the Secretary Dr. Rajassundaram have been subjected to all kinds of intimidation and search
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in the past. Օր Wednesday 6th April about twenty Army,
Police and CD officers searched the Ghandiyam office and the residence of Dr. Rajasundaram. 'We request all those concerned with justice in our land to protest against this kind of intimidation and harassment of Ghandiyam, themain Social Service Organisation in the North to help hill-country Tamil refugees.'
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TEAR-GASSED AND BEATEN Sixty students of Sri Jayawardanapura University, including Buddhist monks and
girls, were injured and 20 arrested and remanded, when police beat up and tear-gassed the 3,000 students of this University who were holding a meeting in support of their strike. An attempt, two days earlier, to use
the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS — UNP trade union) thugs,
imported in CTB buses, to intimidate the students misfired when the residents of the area chased the thugs away. The police contingent on the University Campus is so large that the students have dubbed this University the "Police Academy'.
PEACE MARCH AGAINST PTA STUDENTS TEAR-GASSED 8 ASSAULTED
The three-day long peace march calling for the repeal of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act which commenced on April 5th was attacked by the police who fired tear gas bombs into the Crowds in an attempt to disperse them.
The students later regrouped themselves at the Jaffna Cathedral
Grounds and spent the day performing Satyagraha. Several
students, including girls are reported to have been injured in course of the police attack. The whereabouts of two students who were seen being thrown into a police truck in the course of the police action are not known. Over fifty students were taken into police custody some of whom have been released. On April 6th. the city of Jaffna observed a hartal with shops and cinemas remaining closed,
DETANED FOR DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS
Two young men and two young girls who were distributing leaflets at the Vavuniya bus stand calling for a harta in Vavuniya in protest against the arrest of Dr. Rajasundaram, the Secretary of Gandhiyam, were taken into custody by the Vavuniya police on 7th April. V It is believed that the four — Rukmani (20), Shanthi (18), Veerakumar Jeevan and Pushpan have not been released yet and there are reasonabl
grounds to suspect th
they have been subjected to torture and in human treatment by the security forces.
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tures supported by slim managerial resources. It may well be that part of our future efforts should be directed tΟ strengthening those groups which actually work on the ground so that they are capable of extracting maximum benefits. for the community from the funds we are able to provide them.