Protest: 12pm Sunday July 5
@ Brisbane Square (cnr George and Queen St, City)

The Australians for Human Rights for the Voiceless (AHRV) in partnership with the Centre for War Victims and Human Rights in Canada will be collecting information from the Tamil Diaspora across Australia on those family members and relatives in Sri Lanka who are missing, or have been injured, disabled or deceased as a result of the Sri Lankan government offensive. This initiative will be conducted in parallel to other countries including, UK, USA, Germany, France, New Zealand to name a few.  The sensitive information will be collated in a secure database by volunteers who have taken the oath of confidentiality and in professional manner to meet international standards. Information is collected in accordance with the Human Rights Information and Documentation System (HURIDOCS) format, which also meets UN standards.

LTTE's Department of Intelligence While paying their Heroic Salute to the Tamil Eelam National Leader His Excellency V. Pirabaharan, the Heroic Fighters, Commanders and beloved People subjected to genocide had requested everyone to get together for the ‘Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam’ to achieve the goal of securing the political aspirations of our people.  The Statement released by Kathirkamathamby Arivazhakan, Head, External Affairs Wing, Department of Intelligence:

Full Text from Sydney Morning Herald
Wrong priorities in Sri Lanka
A MONTH after Sri Lankan forces crushed the last resistance by the separatist Tamil Tigers, the island's conflict has faded from the world's news bulletins. Yet 280,000 Tamil civilians remain in government detention camps, under what are reported to be conditions of privation, while officials screen them - in a process of so far indefinite length - for hidden Tiger fighters and cadres.Among them, we now learn, are three Australian passport holders of Tamil extraction who were in the combat zone, whether involved with the rebels or just helping relatives is not known. Sri Lanka's high commissioner in Canberra, Senaka Walgampaya, says his government doesn't know who they are or their whereabouts, but airily states they will be subject to the same screening as any other internees.This is an extraordinary claim, pointing to either neglect of duty by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in making concerns for the safety and wellbeing of our nationals known to Sri Lankan authorities, or Colombo wilfully ignoring Canberra's approaches. Either way, Mr Walgampaya should be summoned to DFAT forthwith and the concerns spelt out to him.

National security correspondent Matt Brown for AM ( ABC Radio ) reported partial details of three Australian Tamils detained in Sri Lanka for more than a month and According to a spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australian diplomats based in Sri Lanka have been trying to "obtain urgent access" to these people. The Australian detainees are a 62-year old man and two women aged 26 and 29, says ABC Radio Report.

A press statement has been released by Mr Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, Chairman of the Committee for the formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam.
Full Text of the Statement
The legitimate campaign of the Tamils to realize their right to self-determination has been brutally crushed through military aggression, which has been in violation of humanitarian laws and all civilized norms.  People all over the world are shocked and deeply saddened by the massacres of Tamils in the Vanni. 

Although many countries around the world urge the Sri Lankan government to fulfill the political demands of Tamils through peaceful means, these countries have shown little interest to jump into the conflict to make a deal between the warring Tamils and Sinhalese.  All question the legitimacy of the global governments who once said that Sri Lanka should be brought to court of justice, but then changed their tone saying that Sri Lanka should embrace the Tamils, leaving aside what has happened during the military operations against innocent Tamils in the guise of fighting the LTTE. Global governments still have failed to acknowledge the fact that the Tamils have grievances and they were up in arms not just for fun, but because of the Sri Lankan state’s continuous violence against Tamils who protested peacefully for thirty years to attain their political demands.  The de facto Tamil state was perceived by the Sri Lankan terrorist state as a state run by a terrorist organisation, which for the Tamils was a resistance movement with a credible ideology.

Vanni Clothing appeal is designed to support over 250,000 war affected internally displaced communities in Sri Lanka, particularly the Vanni Displaced Population. With humanitarian interventions becoming increasingly difficult, we see the importance of demonstrating our love and compassion towards our Brothers and Sisters in Sri Lanka.Your assistance, by donating good quality (washed and folded), climatically and culturally appropriate clothing and footwear will ensure the dignity of displaced communities. (Tee Shirts, Shirts, Skirts, Blouse, trousers, Sarees, Shalvars, and kids clothing are highly desirable)

The `Unifund' project which has been established by the Sydney University Tamil Society (SUTS) in 1991, following a request from former Jaffna university, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Thurairajah, in a Press Release today announced their new Project helping Sri Lankan War Victims, who are currently studying at Jaffna University and Eastern University. The Australian Society of Graduate Tamils (ASoGT) is managing the Unifun project sicne 2002, organisers said. This project bridges the University Tamil students in our homeland and the student in the Tamil Diaspora, they further said. "Your help of $50 per month will help this affected students to complete their undergraduate studies and bring a positive change in their life", says Dr P Ketheeswaran of ASoGT.

முன்னாலே சென்றோரின் பின்னால் சென்றவரின் வழியினிலே... ஈழப் போர் - 3 !
அது நடந்துவிட்டது என்பதனை நம்புவதற்கு நம்மில் பலருக்கு இப்போதும் முடியாமல் இருக்கின்றது. தெளிவாக அறிவுக்குத் தெரிகின்ற ஒரு விடயத்தைக் கூட மனதால் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாத உளவியல் தாக்கத்தில் நாம் தவிக்கின்றோம். சிறிலங்கா காட்டிய அந்தப் படங்களில் இருந்த அந்த உடல் அவருடையது அல்ல என்றே எம்மில் சிலர் இப்போதும் நம்புகின்றோம். வாழும் காலத்திலேயே கடவுளுக்கு நிகராக நாங்கள் அவருக்கு கொடுத்திருந்த புனித நிலை இப்போது இன்னும் உறுதியானது ஆகின்றது.

Brisbane Tamil School 24th Annual Sports Meet was held on 17th May 2009 and Cr Matthew Bourke from Brisbane City Council Jamboree ward graced the event as Special Guest & presented prizes to the winners. Brisbane Tamil School was established in 1986 and continues to be cultural and learning centre for students from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore, BTS website said.Tamils living in Queensland can send their children to Brisbane Tamil School where they will learn Tamil Language and culture in a friendly and social atmosphere in the two locations below,

AFP news service today reported that three Australians who escaped the Sri Lankan Army orchastrated bloodbath on the beaches in mid may has now been detained by Sri Lankan Government in barbed wire conmcentration camps. Under the orders from notorious Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotapaya Rajapaksa, these camps are managed by a Sri Lankan Army Official Major General Chandrasiri.