{"id":48611,"date":"2012-07-16T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=48611"},"modified":"2012-07-16T18:54:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:54:24","slug":"ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ensure Justice For Tamils In Sri Lanka\u2019\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By The Hindu &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO), a forum started by DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, on Monday urged the Indian government to join hands with like-minded nations to bring political and economic pressure directly and indirectly on the Sri Lankan government to ensure justice and rehabilitation of Tamils in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The theme-paper for the TESO conference to be held on August 12 also wanted India to take the lead in creating a \u201cgroup of nations\u201d to empower Tamils and ensure the settlement of land claims and foster traditional livelihoods.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39188\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/karunanidhi-for-eelam-a-la-kosovo-south-sudan-the-hindu\/karunanidhi35503-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39188\" title=\"karunanidhi35503\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/karunanidhi35503.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M. Karunanidhi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Karunanidhi, who released the theme paper, denied media reports that the conference was unlikely to take place.<\/p>\n<p>He said copies of the document had been sent to leaders of political parties and others who wished to participate in the conference.<\/p>\n<p>The document said without dealing with issues such as \u201cSinhalisation of Tamil areas, occupation of Tamil areas and houses by the Army and denial of permission to organise social events in North eastern provinces and violation of basic rights, the rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils would only be an eyewash and a distant dream.<\/p>\n<p>While calling upon the Union government to provide citizenship to all Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India to ensure that they lived peacefully, the theme paper urged the Sri Lankan government to release Tamils who were languishing in prisons without any legal proceedings against them.<\/p>\n<p>One of the important suggestions of the theme paper was for setting up an Indian Navy unit either at Dhanushkodi or at the Mandapam camp to prevent &#8220;atrocities unleashed by the Sri Lankan Navy against innocent and unarmed Tamil fishermen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the solutions and suggestions made by this conclave do not change the attitude of the Sri Lankan government and Tamils are subjected to same hardship and inhuman treatment, the conclave will meet again to decide the future course of action,\u201d the TESO theme paper said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why the paper was silent on a referendum for a separate Eelam, Mr. Karunanidhi said that in democracy it was unfair to force an idea before listening to the views of the conference delegates. \u201cNow, there will be no protests or agitation in favour of a separate Eelam. The immediate requirement is to heal the wound of the Tamils and enrich their livelihood,\u201d he said while responding to a question whether he had an open mind on a separate Eelam.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Karunanidhi said all political parties, including the Congress, would be invited for the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Union Minister Sharad Pawar, Janata Dal (U) leader Sharad Yadav, former minister Ram Vilas Paswan, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah, Sri Lankan MPs, including R. Sampathan and representatives from various countries will take part in the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":39188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2201],"tags":[3024,3025],"class_list":["post-48611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-from-foreign-media","tag-karunanidhi-speech-at-tamil-eelam-supporters-organisation-teso","tag-karunanidhi-tamils-ltte"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Ensure Justice For Tamils In Sri Lanka\u2019\u2019 - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Ensure Justice For Tamils In Sri Lanka\u2019\u2019 - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-16T18:54:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/karunanidhi35503.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Ensure Justice For Tamils In Sri Lanka\u2019\u2019 - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/karunanidhi35503.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-16T18:54:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ensure-justice-for-tamils-in-sri-lanka\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/karunanidhi35503.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/karunanidhi35503.jpg\",\"width\":\"280\",\"height\":\"225\",\"caption\":\"M. 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