Manmohan Singh and Canadian PM to stay away as David Cameron defends UK stance over alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
Manmohan Singh
The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is to boycott the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week, dealing a blow to the credibility of the gathering amid controversy over alleged human rights abuses by its host.
Officials said Singh would write to Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to explain his decision, which is thought to be related to domestic political pressure to take a stronger stance against alleged war crimes committed during the 26-year civil war.
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JimSofty / November 11, 2013
Canadian Prime minister is eyeing for Two Electorates with Tamil block votes.
Indian Prime minister wants Tamilnadu votes.
what else they should do instead of not attending it.
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Punnakku / November 11, 2013
OK! then what about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II? She would have
given an arm and leg to be at CHOGM – something very close to her
heart. Unless you too believe the official excuse. She is in such
shape she will do 2 more trips London-Australia in one month.
Punnakku
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Burt / November 11, 2013
Jim is going to say the queen is looking for a butler. :)
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John / November 11, 2013
Who cares after all , if Sonia’s Office Peon Manmohan Sigh atendts or not ??
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shankar / November 11, 2013
The queen may be worried about what her subjects,the number of tamils that are in the UK may think of her having a cosy chat with mahinda with all the world looking.
She may be also worried about polonium.Using radioactivity she could be poisoned if mahinda touches her like keating did at one time.keating she can trust but not mahinda who is a good friend of putin.See also what happened to arafat.assassinations are becoming more and more sophisticated nowadays led by putin and israelis.
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JimSofty / November 11, 2013
QUEEN IS OLD AND FRAIL.
HARPER is not ATTENDING BECAUSE OF THE two electorated THAT HE wants.
New ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA have to attend because for them, their countries are important than this REFUGEE TAMILS.
Even after the Tsunami IT was the PRINCE CHARLES who came to SRI LANKA.
FORGET MANA MOHONA SINGH because he has to fight for his political life. Mana Mohona Singh would not care a CENT about how and what Mahinda Rajapakse would have lied to him. Because he knows it is all politics.
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Javi / November 11, 2013
(゜゜)～ QUEEN IS OLD AND FRAIL(゜゜)～ Jina Sena Tate Motte Guli!
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She attended Remembrance Day observed on 10th November!
Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.-
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She is not coming for good reason!
When Her Majesty belches she gives a Royal Pardon!
0:3
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Burt / November 11, 2013
This is not true as the conservatives dont have Tamils contesting on their behalf. All Tamil candidates are either Liberal or NDP.
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JimSofty / November 11, 2013
Burt, YOu are not true.
Block votes are floating. Harper is trying to see if he can holds on to that.
Because, it is the Conservatives who screwed up Tamils. Now they are coming back to ETHNIC VOTES.
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Amarasiri / November 11, 2013
JimSofty,
Are the following reports, and other reports, true, and it it the reason Why? Besides the Tamil Pressure?
If it is duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it is likely a duck. Do you have evidence to your contrary?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24849699
‘Tamils still being raped and tortured’ in Sri Lanka
By Frances Harrison
Presenter, Our World
As Commonwealth leaders prepare to meet at a summit in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, allegations of rape and torture by the Sri Lankan security forces have emerged, some of them occurring four years after the civil war ended.
“When the lady left and that man closed the door, I knew what was going to happen,” says Vasantha. “They raped me.”
One evening earlier this year, Vasantha says, she was going back to her home in northern Sri Lanka when a white van drew up and two men asked for her identity card.
She says she was thrown into the back of the vehicle and blindfolded.
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RajasH / November 11, 2013
so you acknowlede that Tamils are changing the international political landscape
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Don Stanley / November 11, 2013
The Canadian and Indian PMs have done the RIGHT THING! Hope that more leaders will follow their lead – also because the Commonwealth has NO principles or ethics and is an obsolete and irrelevant outfit that should be CLOSED DOWN for GOOD like the British Empire which it celebrates was!
The British Commonwealth is an IRRELEVANT AND OBSOLETE organization that celebrates British Imperialism, colonialism and exploitation of Asia and Africa and the so-called Old commonwealth.
CHOGM has NO geopolitical or economic or social purpose today. CHOGM has NO substance or ethics, just cultural Pageantry and Raj Nostalgia.. It has morphed into a platform to celebrate Asian and African dictators while paying lip service to Human Rights, good governance and Rule of Law!
Thus, the lesser the substance the bigger the “CULTURAL” show and the larger the number of gyrating DANCING GIRLS at Rajapassa’s birthday bash for Prince Charles 65th called CHOGM. This British Commonwealth of Clowns should be SHUT DOWN! Mahinda Rajapassa loves White elephants – Hambantota port, airport and convention center, but CHOGM is his biggest white elephant!
Mahinda Rajapassa, desperate to show that he and his military dictatorship have “arrived” on the world stage has embraced this WHITE ELEPHANT organization together with the “WHITE MAN’S BURDEN” and is about to put on a crown of thorns as Head of the Commonwealth – he has walked into an international trap to celebrate British Colonialism having spent huge sums to entertain British royalty and the White Commonwealth including Racist Australia that pays Rajapass’s Navy to keep refugee away from white Australia!
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Lapatiya / November 13, 2013
“Indian Prime minister wants Tamilnadu votes”
@Jim, here I am afraid that I have to correct you. This Man Mohan Sinco is not afraid of Tamilnadu Votes, actually he is afraid of Jayalalitha like our Boss afraid of Dr. Mrs. Bandaranayaka.
This Man Mohan Sincho should have taken our Palapurudu Nayakathuma as example and participated CHOGM with his whole Family along with his Grand children’s and even close friends and his Jumbo Cabinet Ministers and Beautiful young tele. Actresses to have a fun at the cost of our foolish Gen. Public.
If Tamilnadu People protests over his coming to Sri Lanka he should have deployed his Ranaviru Forces to crush them like we did in Waliweriya, Katunayaka and Halawatha. If necessary, he can appoint Special commission to find out who has ordered to shoot at the protestors while acting as “Baba Ukkung” and direct Indian IG to have an Independent Investigation and punish the opposition members like we did in Matara.
I think this Man Mohan Sincho is bit Jealous with our Sincho as he has become a World leader. Also he is well informed about Chinese Development in Sri Lanka and he knows that Sri Lanka has already become a “Asiyawe Aascharya”
Probably in near future Man Mohan Sincho will have to come to Sri Lanka for begging Loans from our Boss to Develop India.
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JimSofty / November 11, 2013
See Australia did the right thing.
Asutralia caged all the Tamil boat people in the Island Jail and sent others to Nayaru -eelam.
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demon silva / November 11, 2013
jim softly is a person who doesn’t know who his[Edited out]
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Samuel / November 11, 2013
These DIMWITS are placed by Rajapaskse govt.
Jimsofty, Banda, Sarojini, Abhaya are all on appointed as web scavengers.
Check this out please by going through the comments that they add repeatedly. If asked about to come with constructive responses, they just stay deaf. They are here just to misguide topics being discussed continuously.
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Saro / November 11, 2013
There are Sinhalese and Muslims as well among the boat people. As anyone see people are struggling to make ends meet while ethnic minorities are at the mercy of the Sinhala speaking military.
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Point of View / November 11, 2013
Who said they were all Tamils ?
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Dhaksha / November 11, 2013
Whatever the reasons are, this circus called CHOGM in Sri Lanka, has been contentious, and certainly not easy for the Rajapaksas. They have had to show a false front, over the negativeness, accusations of human rights violations, bad handling of foreign journalists, and calls for investigations, that they will never be able to get rid of during this event. It will always cast a cloud over them.They have to work hard to put on this show, and they deserve all the acrimony they keep getting one after each other. Those who attend this, know this.
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K.A Sumanasekera / November 11, 2013
Tamil Naduans Killed the ex PM of the Congress, who would have become the longest serving PM of India.
The same Naduans are now holding the current Congress PM hostage, because the LTTE has become the king maker in Indian Politics.
Diaspora lead by Rudrakumaran and Rev Emmanuel must be having the last laugh.
How would the widow Sonia feel now?.
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JimSofty / November 11, 2013
Even in negligible cases, it is the India which loses if SINGH does not attend CHOGM. But, Tamilnadu votes are far more important (than the country as far as politicians are concerned).
We have to wait and see what is more important. Is it the country or the survival of the CONGRESS party.
But, who cares, so,me Indians are eating mice and rats as food and are collecting faeces as their employment.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 11, 2013
The Indian PM missed the opportunity to visit the north and appraise the ground situation directly. The People of Jaffna missed the opportunity to thank India and him for the post-war medical services, 5000 houses scheme, the railway restoration project,the high class cultural programs and NPC that has come into being. His visit to Sri Lanka may have paved the way for the NPC to be given more leeway within the framework of the severely flawed 13th amendment.
The intellect, caliber and simplicity of Manmohan Singh, would have also highlighted to the SriLankans, the huge void we have in our political landscape.
Manmohan Singhs presence
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Dev / November 11, 2013
Did MR ask you to say this?
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 12, 2013
Oh! Dev,
The silly & childish games you play!
Dr.RN
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Wickramasiri / November 12, 2013
I agree with you Dr.R.N. It is a pity that many are gleeful at Rajapaksas predicament but do not see it as an opportunity missed to do good to the people of the North due to Manmohan’s absence. Another factor that is becoming clear from Sri Lanka’s perspective is that there is no change in India’s hegemonistic attitude and that India’s foreign policy toward Sri Lanka will be determined by Tamil Nadu opinion. If that is the case it would be no surprise if Mahinda leans more and more on China. It is a pity that when it comes to the crux India has always been perfidious.
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Kapila Dissanayake / November 11, 2013
The biggest slap that Mahinda Rajapaksa and his idiotic Foreign minister G.L Peiris the slippery nincompoop got from India shows the respect our nation has among the Commonwealth of nations that we are boasting to host, You buggers are an absolute disgrace, Wait till Cameron goes to the north and get a bellyful of the atrocities that are being committed by our benevolent Army that has expanded since the dirty LTTe criminals were chased out.Human rights and torture are a way of life against simple people who question the criminal acts of this regime. Murderers and criminals like Mervin Silva Duminda Silva and the Tangalle Rapists and murderers are still free The former Chief Justice has her Passport revoked while Duminda Silva a Murder suspect is overseas on some bogus medical condition. These Ministry of External affairs fellows must be run by a bunch of idiots. They Harass Australian members of Parliament, while admitting Channel 4 BBC chaps who will no doubt give Sri Lanka a real dose of hell fire re human rights etc with more evidence from all sorts of characters that the UNHRC will relish Mahinda Chintana Bullshit artists and a family of uneducated buffaloes cant run my country . Let the Worlds Leaders see this nonsensical cheap extravaganza. and send these perpetrators to the Hague
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Samuel / November 11, 2013
Now they are painting the picture saying that would not be a setback and TN compulsions did not allow Indian PM to attend the CHOGM circus.
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Burning_Issue / November 11, 2013
The greatest paradox is that, ultimately, the Sinhala like you will need the help of the Tamil Diasporas to get rid of this leechy regime!
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Sun / November 11, 2013
I now questions whether GLP at all was a law professor ?
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Ravi Perera / November 11, 2013
Shankar,
“She may be also worried about polonium.Using radioactivity she could be poisoned if mahinda touches her like keating did at one time.”
MR does not have to poison the Queen.Why should he. Personally he would have wanted to do it to your coward VP. But Jagath Dias did it with a steel rod
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Sun / November 11, 2013
How do you know ?
These rascals have proved hundreds of times that they are well experts at handle any kind of crimes.
Today his administration has paved all ways to go smooth in the country.
You the buggers would never get it.. it can take many more years the stupid folks to get it.
They are capable of killing anyone. See the manner to protect his confidants, how his tactics worked on killing his own adviser- Baratha ?
And to balance the all frictions in the kelaniya area, MR administration through Mervin killed that Waragoda MP. Alone the very day funeral was there, grieved people begged him personally, ” please give us justice – we dont want Mervin to stay in Kelaniya”. But to this date, has the president ( as the minister of defence for the nation) reacted adequately ?
As it was to libyans or Irakis, today, us srilankens, MR is a curse.
How many more days ahead of him would allow the bugger to handle all is known to GOD only. Let s see how it would be after CHOGEM theatre.
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shankar / November 11, 2013
“But Jagath Dias did it with a steel rod”
to the body double i suppose.Imagine VP allowing himself to be captured.
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shankar / November 11, 2013
Ravi,this is an excerpt from srilanka watch.
[Press Release from Sri Lanka Watch
October 24, 2009
Its editor is known to solicit thousands with sob stories about his plight
Did the LTTE buy him as a media prostitute?.
Apropos the feature ‘Major General Jagath Dias butchered Prabhakaran’ appearing in the Sri Lanka Guardian of today 24th Oct. 2009, we the editors of Sri Lanka Watch are aware that this story is totally baseless.
Mr Nilantha Illangamuwa himself sent us reports, one of which he said was from Major General Jagath Dias himself May 18, 2009, the day Prabhakaran was killed and at that time this officer was far, far away from the place where Prabhakaran was shot dead as he fled for his life.
We have an email record of Mr Nilantha Illangamuwa disptach to us on which we based our report.
We have been for sometime quite disturbed about Mr Nilantha Illangamuwa from reports we have received from him and detected an element of fraud and even soliciting funds from some of the writers.
We had warned him about this severely. We came to know with his various sob stories he had collected thousands of rupees about having to save his house from bank seizure, his PC robbed and various other stories. He even damned his own father and brother to collect funds.
In appropriate language he is a media prostitue and was seeking refuge in Norway. It was when we heard about this intention, we noticed he was indulging in anti-Sri Lankan writing.
We have very good reasons to believe that the feature on Major General Jagath Dias was given to him to be published and from what we know of this man, literally thousands of rupees, if not dollars or kroners would have passed hands. He cannot write proper English.
Despite his begging for us to stay with him on the several occasions we threatened to leave him – and we have many emails from him to the effect – we threw the Sri Lanka Guardian out and launched Sri Lanka Watch.
Those media who may show some interest in this feature, please be assured that we know for certain that whatever contained in it is totally false.
Editorial Board of Sri Lanka Watch]
So ravi take with a pinch of salt all that you hear.Prabhaharan probably died when a lot of explosions were heard in a mass suicide,or living in cambodia.Main thing is tamils are rid of a huge liability.
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Thondamanaru / November 11, 2013
Singham w9ith hands clasp together worshipping Rajapaksha ?
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Lee Potter Victim / November 12, 2013
What a pathetic day dreamer you are.
Every comment of you here in CT is real thrid class.
Your boot licking has no limit.
Was your father and forefathers were DOBIE?
Many of us here know who you are Ruwan Ferdinandez or Rubert Vanderkoom.
You are crazy old sick racist who ran away after cheating some poor people sometime back.
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Chuti / November 11, 2013
Their absent has nothing to do with “war Crime” It’s purely a “Cheap Politics” to regain the power by using “Tamil Votes”
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RajasH / November 12, 2013
yes it’s all about Tamil votes.
The succesive Sinhal Govt’s anti Tamil policies have driven Tamils away from Sri Lanka in such larget numbers that The Tamil’s vote in which ever country they have settled is now becomning a political game changer.
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Anna / November 12, 2013
how is a boycott going to solve any problem?!!
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BanjiAppu / November 12, 2013
I believe those who attend would definitely raise the question why the CW secretariat paid blind eye regarding the position of the host. Others have boycotted, being away from the summit, they would also focus on the HR issues of the nation making use of the event.
British premier’s participation, I think will be very important because he has already stressed about addressing all those pain issues while being in the summit.
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Javi / November 13, 2013
tadpole (゜゜)～ going to solve any problem?!!(゜゜)～ tadpole
You monkeys have no spring(ponna simions) cannot think beyond killing own folk and declaring we are the patriots; war heroes of the world better than the best. 4th February independence?? All Lankets like JVP too hid in Tamil Nadu lunge isn’t it??
Iran embargo is working on the rich and lazy too or be bombed by IAF??
o:3
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Ajith / November 12, 2013
Dear PM Singh,
You are a coward leader. It is shame that you couldn’t make a firm decision in your own will. I think you should quit your job and do a job that is suitable to your ability and power. The fact is knowingly or unknowingly you have become part of Rajapakase regime’s crimes. Your apology to Rajapakse clearly shows that you are under trap.
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dharmapala / November 13, 2013
prime minister and ms sonia is responsibilities for cival war in srilanka, prime minister sent three CEO officials to srilanka in final war in innocent civilian killed them.it was revange by ms sonia ganthi, italian woman came to india and good with prime minister andhelp to raps all women in srilanka,90 thousand widows in srilanka you want see them and say helo, human rights in geneva must take action againt ms sonia, mr singh, mr singh not democratic elected prime minister ,he is whimp.
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