by Robert Harneis - The government is winning the civil war against the minority Tamils to a background of great power rivalry. China and the United States are competing for influence on this strategic island on the world's trade routes.
After over 20 years of civil war the West deliberately sabotaged peace and the separatist movement by labelling them terrorists. Now they are wringing their hands about human rights abuses.
By the year 2002 the Tigers or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE had fought their way to winning a de facto two state solution for the divided island. This was recognized by a truce sponsored by the United States, the European Union, Japan and Norway. Now the government forces have almost entirely recovered the areas controlled by the rebels. It seems that in western eyes they have been a little too successful.
After studiously brushing this bloody civil war under the carpet whilst the issue was in doubt the United States and friends, supported by their media stalwarts, have suddenly woken up to the hundreds of thousands of refuges and thousands of dead in Sri Lanka.
The difference with the uproar over the 1400 dead in Gaza and the largely imaginary slaughter in Kosovo ten years earlier is startling. Nothing has changed on the ground but US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is now attempting to put the brakes on the Sri Lankan government after the United States has done everything in its power to help them to victory. The idea is for them to win but not too easily. Human rights are the excuse for a change of tack.
Despite the 2002 ceasefire agreement the US has brazenly supported the government against the Tamil separatists. A major factor has been the demonisation of the LTTE who were declared terrorists in 1997, in the now time honoured way, for independence movements that are not in favour. It is ironic that a year later the United States made the exact opposite decision in Serbia by taking the notorious Kosovan independence movement, the KLA, off their list of terrorist organisations to help them break the Serbian grip on Kosovo.
However the US government does not want to seem to be the sponsor of a drastic crushing of Tamil resistance. One Gaza is enough for this year.
In additon they want to make sure the Sinhalese government remains to a degree dependant on them. They are also concerned about the unrest spreading to neighbouring India with its large Tamil population.
They signed an Access and Cross Servicing agreement in March 2007 that allows US navy ships and air force planes to call on the island. In exchange for basing rights, the US government helped equip and train the Sri Lankan forces.
They provided them with the training and high tech tools to win the war.
The Americans have their eye on the strategic harbour of Trincomalee on the north east of the island, the best deep water harbour in the Indian Ocean and one of the best six in the world.
In 2004 the Bush administration invited the Sri Lankan government for talks but did not invite the LTTE. They then put pressure on the European Union to join them in labelling the Tigers as terrorists.
This had the effect of legitimising any action that the Sri Lanka government might take to crush the independence movement and at the same time made it difficult for them to raise money openly and promote their cause.
The then US ambassador, Jeffrey Lunstead, made the situation quite clear and warned the LTTE that if it did not quickly agree to a settlement on Colombo's terms it would face "a stronger, more capable and more determined Sri Lankan military."
He added "Through our military training and assistance programs, including efforts to help with counter-terrorism initiatives and block illegal financial transactions, we are helping to shape the ability of the Sri Lankan government to protect its people and defend its interests."
The result was exactly as expected, the Sri Lankan government restarted the war in July 2006 at great cost to the civilian population.
The Pentagon has admitted to having provided counter-insurgency training and sophisticated maritime radar used to cut supply links with Tamil sympathisers in India. With allies Pakistan and Israel they have greatly upgraded the government forces. Indeed the sudden and dramatic improvement in the performance of the government forces leads to the conclusion that at some point US special forces of some kind may have been involved.
Having successfully stoked up the war the Americans are trying to calm things down.
In March the United States seriously proposed landing a brigade of marines supposedly for the purpose of humanitarian aid. The Sri Lankan government declined the offer. India has sent military medical teams but with its large Tamil population and the memory of a previous disastrous intervention, is reluctant to do more. Secretary of State Clinton's latest statement accuses the Sri Lankan government of "causing such untold suffering" and urges a "political solution". It has taken her and her advisers a long time to notice.
However the Sri Lankan government has insured against fickle US support by building a relationship with the Chinese government. In 2007 they were granted the right to build port facilities and an airfield in the south of the island. In exchange the Chinese have supplied military hardware. As important, with Russian backing, they have blocked the long delayed US initiatives in the United Security Council to discus the "humanitarian crisis". China rejected this approach, pointing out that it was "an internal matter" and not a threat to international security.
As the war winds down with a seemingly complete victory for the government forces the full gush of western humanitarian sentiment will be unleashed on the Sri Lankan government. They will treat this with the contempt it deserves. It took them 25 years to defeat the separatists and they do not intend to accept a political truce now. In addition they are likely to remember who their real friends were at the end.
Sri Lanka violated human rights last year as it dealt a final blow to Tamil Tiger insurgents and clamped down on media freedom, the US State Department said Thursday.
But in an annual report, the State Department also reported some signs of progress since May when Sri Lankan forces defeated the Tigers who had waged a 37-year war for a separate Tamil homeland.
"The government's respect for human rights declined as armed conflict reached its conclusion," the State Department said.
It said that young Tamil men accounted for an "overwhelming majority" of victims of human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, even though Tamils only make up some 16 percent of the population.
The State Department said that "media freedom deteriorated" in much of Sri Lanka, with "most journalists" practicing self-censorship after threats and violence against them.
Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunga, a member of the Sinhalese majority who was critical of the war, was gunned down near Colombo in January 2009.
"Senior government officials repeatedly accused critical journalists of treason and often pressured editors and publishers to run stories that portrayed the government in a positive light," the State Department said.
"Statements by government and military officials contributed to an environment in which journalists who published articles critical of the government felt under threat," it said.
But the State Department also reported some improvements.
It said that the number of disappearances went down with the end of the war and found that Sri Lanka made "significant progress" in reducing the use of child soldiers by the pro-government Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal.
It also said that Sri Lanka improved conditions in detention camps for tens of thousands of Tamil civilians after an international outcry.
In December, Sri Lanka allowed civilians to leave the camps. The government said it had needed months to weed out Tiger partisans.
By Gandhya Senanayake - Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Siva charged today that Sri Lanka had become an undemocratic country by betraying all its human rights principles which it had signed with the international community over the years.
Speaking to journalists a short while ago, Silva stressed that by arresting Sarath Fonseka the government had gone against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
He further maintained that the Army Act did not apply on Fonseka as Army Commanders were not commissioned officers or enlisted soldiers and if there were any complaints against Fonseka, then the government should try him under the civil law.
“If Fonseka had committed some offence, he should have been arrested under the civil law,” Silva said.
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party on Saturday vowed to launch a Gandhi-style civil disobedience campaign to press a long-standing demand for regional autonomy for their ethnic minority.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in its manifesto for April parliamentary elections renewed its demand for extensive regional autonomy -- after Tamil Tiger rebels who fought in their name were crushed last year.
"If the Sri Lankan state continues its present style of governance without due regard to the rights of the Tamil-speaking peoples, the TNA will launch a peaceful, non-violent campaign of civil disobedience on the Gandhian model," the party said.
The TNA was a puppet of the Tamil Tiger rebels who were crushed by security forces in May last year after 37 years of fighting. The United Nations has said up to 100,000 people were killed in the conflict.
On Saturday the alliance said it would lobby neighbouring India and the international community to ensure the island's Tamil community -- 12.5 percent of the population -- gets a greater say in the administration.
The Tigers agreed to a federal state in December 2002 but Norwegian-brokered talks collapsed in 2006 leading to more fighting that eventually resulted in the Tigers' annihilation last year.
The TNA leadership has repeatedly distanced itself from hardliners who demanded outright independence for Tamils in the mainly Sinhalese country of 20 million people.
"Power sharing arrangements must be established... based on a federal structure in a manner also acceptable to the Tamil-speaking Muslim people," the TNA said in its latest manifesto.
The TNA, a coalition of moderate Tamil parties, has 22 seats in the outgoing parliament, but the various elements have split following the crushing of the Tigers, weakening their bargaining position.
By Saroj Pathirana - A panel of international lawyers says it is alarmed over reports that human rights activists and reporters are being intimidated in Sri Lanka.
The International Bar Association (IBA) also voiced concern over the possibility of bringing in criminal charges against activists by Colombo.
It says that 35 activists critical of the government have been listed according "to their level of dissent".
Sri Lanka maintains there is no intimidation against rights activists.
The IBA, which represents the legal professionals worldwide, says that prominent Sri Lankan human rights lawyer JC Weliamuna and rights activist Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu are "understood to have been placed at the top of a list", to be targeted by the authorities.
The IBA says 35 activists, lawyers and journalists who have been critical of the government have been listed.
The government has not officially commented on the alleged list.
'Witch hunt'
The IBA says it is "deeply concerned" for the safety of Mr Weliamuna and Mr Saravanamuttu "who have previously been subject to serious coercion, including physical attacks and death threats".
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International Sri Lanka of which Mr Weliamuna is the executive director, the Centre for Policy Alternatives headed by Dr Saravanamuttu, and the Asian Human Rights Commission have also urged the Sri Lanka authorities to end their "witch hunt".
In recent weeks, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and ministers have warned that international and domestic groups found to be "conspiring against the government" will be banned.
A recent report by the US state department has raised concern over threats against human rights activists in Sri Lanka.
Alex Wilks of the IBA told the BBC Sinhala service that it had been approached by international organisations expressing concern.
"We are worried that these criminal charges are being brought against Mr Weliamuna with a view to intimidating him and preventing further activities," Mr Wilks said.
Juan Mendez, another IBA member, urged the Sri Lankan government to demonstrate its commitment to democratic principles "by ensuring that freedom of expression and accountability are made a reality for all its citizens".
By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera - Amidst a backdrop of the recently concluded Presidential election, the upcoming general election, human rights concerns and the GSP + withdrawal by the European Union, the Colombo stock market has seen foreigners as net sellers since the start of this year, analysts said.
They said that this may be due to their individual and customized investment policies which prevent them from looking at Sri Lanka in a more favourable light, or it could also be a mixture of all the above reasons.
Upto end February, the foreign buying in the market was at Rs 11.4 billion with selling amounting to Rs. 16.5 billion. Srimal Liyanage, a research analyst based in the Gulf with interests in local equities, noted in an e-mail that the foreign selling is mainly due to various investment policies of the (foreign) investors. “They stick to their investment policies and manage their portfolios. It doesn't mean that they don't see a potential in our market,” he said.
However he said that the situation is not that positive to encourage foreigners to Sri Lanka . “Factors like human rights allegations, high taxation and political issues will act as a deterrent. The other factor to consider is, that now that the local investors have made lot of money in the market, they will be in a more strong position to take risks to invest in short to medium term, (which may not hamper investor sentiment when foreigners are not investing),” he explained.
Jaliya Wijeratne, Director SMB Securities noted that there was a trend of foreign selling exceeding foreign buying seen over the past few weeks, but that fluctuations in foreign participation are quite normal. Charuka Suchendra, Research analyst Asha Phillip said that currently foreigners are the net sellers in the market.
“It is not a good indication for future market behaviour but the current low interest rates in the financial system will direct more funds towards the share market - especially from pension funds,” he added. Sarath Rajapakse, Director Capital Trust said there is foreign selling in the market as the ‘news propaganda’ about Sri Lanka is not as positive.
“This is mainly due to misinformation and the authorities (the government) need to do something about it. Right now the country is in a better footing than ever and this message need to be ‘strongly’ passed onto the foreign investors,” he added.
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema - Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa claimed on Thursday that Western nations are shocked at the fact that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has succeeded in handling an issue, terrorism, which they have thus far been unable to tackle.
He explained that most Western nations have failed in many aspects, including the economy, and are unable to fathom how Sri Lanka managed to end a 30-year war, reduce unemployment, increase reserves, increase remittances and record strong economic growth.
“Their people are asking them about what they have been doing and they have to find excuses,” he said. “They are jealous of us and are therefore trying to teach us a lesson. In a way they are trying to punish us and they won’t give us a chance.”
Rajapaksa went on to say that Sri Lanka is ready to shake hands with Western countries, but only as a sovereign country with self-respect. “Under no circumstance would the country kneel and beg,” he said.
When asked if the government was now trying to mend its soured relations with the Western world, Rajapaksa said the administration had been honest with Western nations from the outset and it was now up to the West to do its part.
Rajapaksa observed that if the West wanted to withdraw the GSP+ concession, they could have done it earlier. “They did it to embarrass the government. They timed it for before the presidential election.”
Rajapaksa noted that the EU also failed to deny a statement made by JVP Leader Somawansa Amarasinghe during the presidential election campaign to the effect that the GSP+ concession would be restored if Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated.
“It is purely a political thing,” he said. Rajapaksa claimed that the GSP+ concession given by the EU to Sri Lanka was in fact a subsidy given by the EU to its own consumers. “When we remove taxes from any imported item, it is called a subsidy to our local consumers. Therefore, when the EU has removed taxes from their imports, that too is a subsidy to their people.”
Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka welcomes the offer made by the Sri Lankan Attorney General, Mohan Peiris, to provide protection for exiled journalists if they return to the island but urges him to take immediate steps to prove he is serious about media freedom.
Inviting exiled journalists back home, the Attorney General told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that there must be assurances on the part of the government that those who return won’t come to any harm. He was also quoted as saying that it was not useful to have journalists staying away from the country and ‘attacking the government.’ Discussing the issue of exiled journalists while meeting a CPJ delegation in Colombo on Wednesday 10th March he said “They must come back and work with us and help set up the structures so that we can work together and we can respect each other.”
Over seventy Sri Lankan media workers fled Sri Lanka during the Mahinda Rajapaksa period of government due to intimidation and death threats. They were unable to work in Sri Lanka after being denounced as people who “attack the government”. It is interesting to note the Attorney General now accepts that it is the responsibility of the government to provide protection to these journalists in future; is he also suggesting it was the government threatened the journalists in the first place?
As an initial step to provide assurances to exiled journalists who wish to return, JDS calls upon the Attorney General to prove his good intentions by disclosing the whereabouts of Prageeth Ekneligoda who has been missing since the 24th of January and by advising the courts to repeal the 20 year jail sentence given to J.S.Tissainayagam under anti-terrorist laws. In addition, we would like the Attorney General to expedite investigations into the many unsolved crimes against media workers (listed below) during the Mahinda Rajapaksa period of rule and bring those responsible to book.
Unless the government takes steps to allay the fears of journalists working in Sri Lanka and ends the culture of impunity, the Attorney General's words will be another empty promise and the return of exiled journalists who love their country still a distant dream.
Executive Committee Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka 12.03.2010
Media workers killed in Sri Lanka since December 2005 until March 2009
2005
1. K. Navaratnam (45) – 22 December 2005 Media worker (killed for selling “Yarl Thinakkural” in Jaffna)/
2006
2. Subramaniam Suhirtharajan (35) - 24 January 2006 A journalist attached to “Sudar Oli” / assassinated for exposing the killers of 5 students in Trincomalee
3. S. T. Gananathan (64) – 01 February 2006 Owner of the News and Information Centre in Jaffna / shot dead near the Ariyalai Army Camp
4. Bastian George Sagayathas (35) – 03 May 2006 Sales Manager – Jaffna “Uthayan” newspaper / killed inside the newspaper office situated within HighSecurity Zone when Colombo was celebrating International Press Freedom Day / Armed attackers destroyed the computer equipments in the office and after killing two and injuring 3 other media workers.
5. Rajaratnam Ranjith Kumar (28) – 03 May 2006 A media worker attached to Jaffna “Uthayan” newspaper / killed inside the newspaper office situated within the High Security Zone along with its Sales manager
6. Sampath Lakmal de Silva – 02 July 2006 A freelance journalist / abducted from his home in Boralesgamuwa / bullet riddled body was found 3km away from his house.
7. Mariadasan Manojanraj (24) – 01 August 2006 Newspaper seller who sold “Yarl Thinakkural” in Jaffna
8. Sathasivam Baskaran (44) – 15 August 2006 A media worker (a driver) attached to Jaffna “Uthayan” newspaper / Killed while he was returning home after distributing the newspaper
9. Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah (68) – 20 August 2006 The Managing Director of Jaffna based “Namathu Eelanadu” newspaper / He was killed inside his house and the newspaper was closed down immediately after his death.
2007
10. S. Raveendran (38) – 12 February 2007 A media worker / Worked as a machine operator in the print shop which printed “Namthu Eelanadu” newspaper.
11. Subramaniam Ramachandran (37)– 15 February 2007 Worked as a reporter for “Yarl Thinakkural” and “Valampuri” in Jaffna / He was abducted while returning home.
12. Chandrabose Suthakar (32) – 16 April 2007 Editor of a local magazine “The Soil”/ He was a graduate of the College of Journalism, had done a stint at the Virakesari, written for the Tamil journal Sarinihar and functioned as a freelance journalist from Vavuniya.
13. Selvarasah Rajeevarman (25) – 29 April 2007 Worked as a staff Reporter at “Uthayan”/ He was shot dead close to the newspaper office when he was leaving the office.
14. Sahadevan Neelakshan (22) – 01 August 2007 A student at Media Research and Information Institute in Jaffna and editor of the student-run Chaalaram magazine/ shot by gunmen at his home in Kokkuvil, Jaffna, an area heavily guarded by the Sri Lankan military
15. Anthonypillai Sherin Siththiranjan (36) – 05 November 2007 A circulation officer - “Yarl Thinakkural” / Abducted in Eesalai during the early hours while he was distributing the paper
16. Vadivel Nimalarajah (31) – 17 November 2007 A proof reader -“Uthayan” Newspaper / Abducted while returning home.
17. Iasaivili Chempiyan (Subajini) – 27 November 2007 A news presenter -“Pulikalin Kural” Radio Station/ She was killed when the radio station was bombed by Sri Lankan Air Force jets.
18. Suresh Linbio – 27 November 2007 A Technical desk officer - “Pulikalin Kural” Radio Station/ Killed when the radio station was bombed by Sri Lankan Air Force jets.
19. T.Tharmalingam – 27 November 2007 An engineer - “Pulikalin Kural” Radio Station/ Killed when the radio station was bombed by Sri Lankan Air Force jets.
2008
20. Paranirupesingham Devakumar (34) – 28 May 2008 A television reporter - Sirasa and Shakthi TV channels / He was hacked to death as he was returning home. A friend who was with him was also killed in the attack.
2009
21. Lasanntha Wickrematunga - “Sunday Leader” Editor / 08 January 2009 Gunned down in Colombo, while on his way to work.
22. Punniyamurthy Sathyamurthy (37) - 12 February 2009 A journalist from Vanni, who worked for Canadian Tamil Radio, Canadian Multicultural Radio and Tamil Vision International television in Canada, all based in Canada. He was killed during an air raid on 12 February on Thevipuram, Mullaithivu.
23. Sasi Mathan (27) – 05 March 2009 A media worker and worked as the Mullaiththeevu District Distribution Manager of “Eelanaatham Daily”. / Killed in the Aananthapuram area in air raids.
by Mel Gunasekera - Six weeks ago Sri Lankan political writer and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing, and his fate has raised further concerns about the island's culture of violence against the media.
Eknaligoda, who contributed to the pro-opposition Lankaenews.com website, did not return home after work on January 24, two days before the island's presidential elections.
A police probe into his whereabouts has drawn a blank, and his family and friends believe he was abducted by government authorities who act against critics.
Eknaligoda was briefly detained, roughed up and freed by unknown assailants in August.
The family allege his current situation is linked to his support for defeated opposition presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka.
"I believe high-ranking people within the government have abducted my husband for his writings and cartoons criticising President Mahinda Rajapakse," Sandhya Eknaligoda, 47, told AFP.
The government has denied the allegations, though the police admit there were problems in investigating Eknaligoda's disappearance as they were busy monitoring the presidential polls.
"There were some delays on our part to record the family's statements, but we are investigating his disappearance. We don't know where he is," police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said.
For Eknaligoda's family of two teenage boys, the greatest fear is that the 50-year-old journalist has been killed.
"I first thought that he'll be released in a day like the last time," said Eknaligoda's 16-year-old son Harith at the family home in Kottawa, a suburb of Colombo.
"Then we thought he would come home after the election. But it's over a month. I worry whether he is alive."
Eknaligoda was preparing an exhibition of his work this year and his sons proudly showed off dozens of framed cartoons, some of which lampoon ruling party politicians including President Rajapakse.
A few cartoons depict thugs wearing shawls similar to the trade-mark attire of Rajapakse, while one recent article Eknaligoda wrote about an unidentified minister's sexual misconduct is also thought to have contributed to his plight.
Sandhya says her husband actively campaigned for media freedom, taking part in public protests.
Having received verbal death threats and warnings that his telephone was tapped in the run-up to the elections, Prageeth appears to have been a marked man.
"He wrote and drew without fear. He is a multi-talented journalist. I pray he is safe, he is alive and he will be released soon," Sandaruwan Senadheera, editor of the Lankaenews.com website, told AFP.
Media and human rights groups have appealed for Eknaligoda's release and have criticised the government for persecuting journalists who are critical.
"Any government that subjects its independent news media to violent and arbitrary actions has no right to call itself democratic," said Commonwealth Journalists Association president Hassan Shahriar.
The Austrian-based International Press Institute (IPI) said Sri Lanka was one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists to work with 17 killed in 10 years.
Two were killed in 2009. No one has been brought to justice in connection with the killings, IPI said.
The number of tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka went up 67.7 % to 57,300 in the month of February 2010, compared to February 2009 which was only 34,169.
Figures released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed an increase in the number of arrivals from Western Europe, South Asia, East Asia, Middle East and North America.
Tourists from Western Europe, the traditional tourist generating market, rose 71.7 percent to 26,850 in February 2010. The number of visitors from the UK went up 46.3 percent to 10,700, those from France up 104 percent to 3,440 and from Germany up 122 percent to 5,656.
South Asian visitors rose to 66.6 percent. The number of visitors from this region comprised of 11,869 with tourists from India up by 94.9 percent to 8,383, from Maldives up 20 percent to 2,500 and from Pakistan up 34 percent to 609.
Arrivals from Australasia went up 32 percent to 2,067 and from East Asia up by 93.7 percent to 6,104. Japanese visitors increased 50.6 percent to 1,306, visitors from Malaysia rose 420 percent to 1,191. Visitors from Singapore rose 112 percent to 829.
Sri Lanka was recently ranked as the number one tourist destination by the ‘New York Times’ in its list of “31 Places to go in 2010″.
Tourist arrivals in the country increased sharply from May 2009 after defeating terrorism, ending Sri Lanka’s 30-year war.
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