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`SILENCE BREAKS` by Nadarajah Kuruparan - Part 1

First part in a series by Sri Lankan journalist Nadarajah Kuruparan who witnessed history time and again.

(LONDON) - I was thus far milling around silently shouldering whatever I got, learned and realized in each and every stage of my life. Having had the fortune to live longer enough amidst perpetual dangers, I am breaking my silence now.

A media person as I am, I recognize it as my duty to wipe the dust, and many a time ashes, off whatever memories that time has imprinted in me and to put them before you before the very same time may wipe them out.

On black pots and black kettles...
Canada Comes Up Lily White In Crimes Against Humanity

Canada has demanded an international probe into the widespread allegations of war crimes by Sri Lanka.

(SASKATCHEWAN) - In enlightened Toronto, the National Post, that leading Canadian broadsheet, ever on the alert to report on bad stuff, particularly about foreigners, recently struck a blow for freedom, humanity and motherhood, of a sort.

Commodore Nadarajah Kuruparan, a Sri Lankan naval officer, arrived at the Canadian border in August three years or so ago with his wife and two children, and made a claim for refugee status.

Never Again: Remembering `83

It bears reflection today, 29 years after the horrible events of July 1983.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Groundviews) - First broadcast on aired on the MTV, Shakthi and Sirasa terrestrial TV channels in Sri Lanka from 23rd to 30th July 2008, Never Again in Sri Lanka featured 22 videos in Tamil, Sinhala and English on the anti-Tamil pogrom of July 1983 in Sri Lanka.

The 30 second videos on the site featured well-known Sri Lankan civil society, film, teledrama, entertainment, academic and religious personalities...

Killing Field Since 1948...

Resistance to ethnic cleansing in Sri Lanka was met with Genocide.

(LONDON) - Since 1948, the Tamil people of Sri Lanka have been suffering under the stranglehold of extreme prejudice.

The British colonized Ceylon as it was previously known, and then when they allowed the people to resume control of their own affairs, the harmony that had previously existed between the Tamils and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community was gone.

AldinEntertainment.com is a Showcase for Resistance-Based Media

A young man from Boston is setting a standard for kids by using his voice and his mind and following his heart.

(BOSTON / SALEM) - The new Website for AldinEntertainment.com, offers a fantastic overview of the music videos, books and other resistance-oriented media that gives a voice to those who lack one.

At the heart of the operation is the son of one of our writers; Jamal Belica. At the age of ten; the kid is way ahead of his time!

Sri Lankan Navy and the Higher Ups Behind Human Trafficking

"Tamils are denied their political rights. There is no peace and no reconciliation..."

(CHENNAI, India) - Human trafficking is a double barrel gun; with one shot two birds are brought down. It is good business, as it brings in vast profits for the military that operates it.

Sunday Leader Editor Sues Media Minister For 50 Million

Newspaper seeks damages and endeavors to set the record straight.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sunday Times) - Lawyers for the Editor of The Sunday Leader Frederica Jansz on Friday sent a letter demanding 50 million rupees in damages to the Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

Why Are Buddhists Committing Genocide Again?

Before it was Sri Lanka; now bloody Buddhist hands are robbing life on an epic scale in Burma.

(SALEM) - Buddhist militants are committing genocide again; the second time in 3 years.

Rohingya Muslims are being slaughtered in a spate of religious ethnic cleansing.

Anti-Muslim `Prophet of Doom` Profits from Peddling Falsehood

Cultural anti-Muslim 'e-hate' rears its ugly head Online to infect the ignorant and unsuspecting...

(SALEM) - Sometimes e-hate is a crappy smelly thing so infectious and wrong that it just needs to be washed away like a bad disease.

Still, experience teaches us that when we encounter zones of bigotry and falsehood online, it is important to move past the initial revulsion and ask questions.

Sri Lankan Tamil Vigil to Commemorate Black July 1983

Event will take place opposite 10 Downing Street on Monday 23rd July 2012 from 5pm to 8pm.

(LONDON) - The month of July brings back vivid memories of death and destruction to Tamil people who had survived a massacre in a state sponsored pogrom in July 1983.