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Join us in Geneva…Shout out for justice…Eelam Tamils will thank you

4 March 2012
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Ending tomorrow in front of the United Nations, Walk for Justice is moving, towards Geneva, keeping their intention and the Eelam Tamils in thought. Meanwhile several human rights activists and supporters have joined. This campaign is highly supported by all the Tamils living spread all over the world. To support “Walk for Justice” Mr. Jeyananthamoorthi,

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Is it fair that a murderer can judge on his victim?

3 March 2012
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03.03.2012: The last 15 km are in front of them. The team has nearly reached Geneva. The question whether there will be an international independent investigation on war crimes in Sri Lanka is everywhere. We can follow several campaigns all over the world with the same intention, expressing the same message. Walk for Justice is

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The sessions of the Geneva Human Rights Council Begins

3 March 2012
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The Un Human Rights Council which is empowered to investigate human rights violations meets thrice in Geneva, Switzerland. The human rights council was created at the 2005 world summit to replace the former UN Human Rights Commission. In the present 19th sessions of the Human Rights Council Sri Lanka war crimes issue is expected to

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The responsibility now falls on the international community to take up the issue

2 March 2012
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02.03.2012: Geneva is just 35 km away. The Walk for Justice Team arrives as planned, on 5th of March in Geneva. The three human rights activists Jacoumuthu Gracian (Zürich), Loganathan Maruthaiah (France) and Velupillai Mahendrarjah (France), have to fight against the pain. They say, ”The pain is increasing with every step we go forward. But

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Sri Lanka’s request is delaying tactic – HR Groups

1 March 2012
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Human rights groups have expressed their surprise at the Sri Lanka government’s request for more time to investigate human rights abuses which it earlier rejected as anti government propaganda. Addressing the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Geneva on Monday, Sri Lanka’s special human rights envoy Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said internal processes are

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On the 26th day of Walk for Justice, the dissatisfaction of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka takes the effigy of M.A. Sumanthiran

1 March 2012
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01.03.2012: On the 26th day of Walk for Justice, the dissatisfaction of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka takes the effigy of M.A. Sumanthiran. The nominated parliamentarian of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) faced the brunt of public enragement in Jaffna on Wednesday, for reflecting the stand of the USA and India, in handing over even

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Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished

29 February 2012
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29.02.2012: The 25th day of the Walk for Justice was finished near to Yverdon. Geneva is not far anymore and the three walking men focus on the 5th of March. They started in Brussels crossed several countries and now are nearly at their destination. Their aim is to get the attention of the international community.

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UK “to deport 100 Tamils” as Sri Lanka fights UN resolution

28 February 2012
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28.02.2012: A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity. Human Rights Watch claims the aircraft will fly the Tamils back to the country where they could face interrogation and torture. It claims at least eight similar flights have flown

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Unity and a massive presence of the Tamil diaspora is what we should afford

28 February 2012
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28.02.2012: Our team passed 32 km from Biel to Neuchatel today. With each additional day their strength decreases. But the three walking human rights activists, Jacoumuthu Gracian (Zürich), Loganathan Maruthaiah (France) and Velupillai Mahendrarjah (France) know that every step they go is for the justice of their people. All the supporting people walking with them

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19th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva 27 February – 23 March 2012 is opened

27 February 2012
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27.02.2012: Walk for Justice today arrived in Biel, Switzerland, after walking 30 km. While Walk for Justice is on the way to Geneva several politicians representing their countries have come together to start the 19th Human Rights Council. Regarding Sri Lanka several countries are pushing towards an international independent investigation on war crimes in Sri

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