Solheim to give up Sri Lanka role
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Mr Solheim at last month's Geneva talks
Norway's peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim, has announced that he will soon give up the job.
Mr Solheim told journalists in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, that he wanted to concentrate more on his job as overseas development minister.

Mr Solheim has played a central role in moves to resolve Sri Lanka's civil war.

Last month he brokered the first face-to-face talks between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in three years.

'Above expectations'

At the end of those talks, in Geneva, the Sri Lankan government and the Tigers agreed to curb violence and renew talks in April on their fragile truce.

Mr Solheim described that at the time, as an outcome "above expectations".

Mr Solheim denied that his decision to step down as mediator was as a result of criticism of his role from Sri Lanka.

He said he would hand over to his successor before the second round of talks. The name of his successor has not been announced.


Meanwhile, the Norwegian ambassador in Sri Lanka, Hans Brattskar, is in the north of the island today to meet the head of the Tigers' political wing, SP Thamilselvan.


BBC London

Princeton prof. says 'No' to Sri Lanka child monks - Kyodo News
[ tpahof;fpoik, 16 khHr; 2006 ] [ NahfFkhh; ]
A campaign by Sri Lanka's prime minister to recruit 2,000 children into Buddhist monastic orders to cope with a shortage of monks has met criticism from a scholar who says child ordination is against Buddhist doctrine. Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropology professor at Princeton University, says the campaign targets children as young as 5 years even though Theravada Buddhism doctrine states that a boy must be at least 15 years of age to become a monk. The Buddha himself ordained at just 5 years his only son Rahula, but this was regarded an exception rather than a rule, Obeyesekere said. After being rebuked for the act by his own father, the Buddha specified that one must not only have parental consent to ordain a child, but that the child must be 15 years of age. If not, the youth must have the ''physical maturity'' of a 15-year-old. Sri Lanka's project to mass-recruit children into Buddhist orders disregards these considerations, says Obeyesekere, himself a Sri Lankan Buddhist. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, who is also minister for Buddhist affairs, is the father of the campaign and is encouraging public donations for the endeavor. The project includes sponsors for each novice monk and a monthly allowance drawn from a fund of contributions. Reportedly, more than 1,000 people have already applied, although the final figure was not immediately known, nor was the breakdown of their ages. The prime minister told reporters recently that he conceived the plan after receiving thousands of letters from senior Buddhist monks complaining, among other things, that fewer people were joining the clergy. This, he said, had even led to the closure of many temples around the country.

''I found there was a problem and this is the solution,'' he asserted.
He believes his plan will strengthen Buddhism in the country and bolster the ranks of a clergy that was in danger of dying out.
But Obeyesekere, in his remarks published in the Colombo newspapers Sunday Island and the Daily News, says if more monks are needed for the orders, older people should be recruited as they are increasingly given to meditation and usually have a good knowledge of the Buddha teachings.
Most have meager pensions, so free monastic board and lodging would be added incentives, the scholar, who has written extensively on Buddhism, suggested.
But one major reason Obeyesekere opposes child recruitment is that the very young are vulnerable to sexual abuse, which he says is ''notoriously associated'' will all forms of institutionalized monasticism.
The possibility of child abuse in Buddhist monasteries ''must be faced honestly and squarely,'' he stressed.
Unlike adult monks, children have little chance of resisting sexual advances, the professor added.
''Even the presence of guardians, or sponsors is not protection. How does the guardian inquire into such possibilities when the mere talk of homoerotic practices is taboo?,'' Obeyesekere asked.
He also asked why those promoting the campaign have not set an example by being ordained themselves or having their own children or grandchildren ordained.
The prime minister's office, however, reacted hotly to the criticism.
One of Wickramanayake's personal assistants said any opposition to the project ''was affiliated to a conspiracy to wipe Buddhism from the country.''
The prime minister has only the best of intentions, he said, on condition of anonymity, noting ordinations take place only with the consent of parents and high priests of the temples concerned and the scheme provides children with food, lodging and education that poverty may otherwise have denied them.

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Tamil people around the world are being intimidated and threatened into giving money to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, according to a new report.

The extortion of money from Tamils living in North America and Europe has been stepped up recently to fund a "final war", says Human Rights Watch.

The rebels said the allegations were untrue and designed to discredit them.

A recent upsurge in violence between the rebels and security forces in Sri Lanka has cost at least 120 lives.

Sri Lankan officials and leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have agreed to curb the unrest and hold more talks in April on a threadbare truce.

<b>Fear</b>

Human Rights Watch says a new "aggressive and systematic fundraising drive" was launched by the Tigers in late 2005, coinciding with a sharp rise in violence in Sri Lanka.

Its report said some Tamils living overseas were being coerced and intimidated into giving the LTTE money.

About 800,000 Sri Lankan Tamils live abroad, mostly in the UK and Canada.

The report said many members of the Tamil diaspora or their relatives had "suffered human rights violations at the hands of the Sinhala-dominated Sri Lankan government" and actively supported the Tamil Tigers.

"But the culture of fear is so strong that even Tamils who don't support them [the rebels] still feel they have no choice but to give money," the New York-based group said.

It called on the governments of Canada and Britain to protect Tamils living there.

Those interviewed for the report talk of door-to-door teams making frequent visits and threatening violence against family members.

They say those collecting the money claim it is to fund a so-called "final war", although the rebels and the Sri Lankan government restarted are supposed to be in the middle of peace talks.

"Sri Lankan Tamils living in the West fear that if they speak out about Tamil Tiger abuses, they may put themselves and their families at risk," said Jo Becker, author of the report.

But rebel political leader SP Thamilselvan said the report was baseless.

"The LTTE does not have any agents or its members to go and collect money from anybody anywhere in the world," he told the BBC.

"What happens is the Tamils living overseas collect money because they know that these people are affected by war and therefore deserve assistance by their own brethren."

The Canadian Tamil Congress, a prominent expatriate group, said the report was based on "anecdotal evidence and misguided assumptions".

"There has not been a single prosecution for extortion in Canada amongst the Tamil community," it said.

<b>Talks </b>

Correspondents say financial contributions have made the Tamil Tigers into one of the world's richest militant organisations, as well as one of the most lethal.

The rebels are proscribed as a terrorist group in both the UK and the US.

The Tigers and the Sri Lankan government met in Geneva last month and agreed to abide by the fragile 2002 ceasefire. More than 60,000 people died during two decades of conflict in Sri Lanka.

The Tamil Tigers want autonomy for minority Tamils in the north and east.

President Mahinda Rajapakse has said the solution to the conflict lies in a unitary state.

இந்த விடயத்தைப் பற்றி மற்றவர்கள் என்ன நினைக்கிறார்கள் என்று இங்கே அறியலாம்.
....http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asi...sia/4807846.stm

<b>விடிந்தும் விடியாததொரு காலை
அம்மணமாய் கிடக்கும் என் சோதரி
உடலை என் மேலங்கி கொண்டு
போர்த்தி தரையில் அடித்து அழுதாலும்...
உமது இறப்புக்காகவும் இரங்குகிறேன்!

கல்லாகி போகாத மனிதனென்று
நாம்...............ஆனதால்...........
கல்லீரல் புற்று கணக்கு முடித்ததால்
உம்...அற்ப ஆயுள் சோகம் எண்ணி
மனசு - கனக்கிறோம்- ஆயினும்


எலும்பெங்கும் வலிக்கிறது!
அடி காயங்கள் ஆறுவதாய் இல்லை!
இன்றும் உம் தோழர் - எம்
அடிமடியில் தீ மூட்டுவதை
எப்பிடி மன்னிக்க? மறக்க?
வலிக்குது!

தேரோடும் வீதியில்
சேறள்ளி கொட்டிவிட்டு
கோயில் வாசல் அது வருகையில்
விடைபெறுகிறேன் ...
புலிதான் எல்லாமென்றொரு புராணமா?
கேவலம்... நீரல்ல...போய்விட்டீர்
இன்னும் உம் காலடி தொழுபவர்!

விடைபெற்ற மனிதா
நானறியா காலம் நீ
எமதெதிரிக்காய் போர் தொடுத்தாய்
மகிழ்ச்சி- நானறிந்த காலம்
எதிரி கால் கழுவியே வாழ்ந்தாயா?
ஊர் சொல்கிறதே!

உயிர் துடிக்கும் நேரத்தில்
எமக்கு தண்ணீர் கொடுக்காதே
என்று வாழ்ந்தாய் -!
ஓடி போனாய்- உனக்காய் கண்ணீர்
ஒரு மனிதனாய்-!
மானமுள்ள தமிழனாய் அல்ல!!! 8) </b>

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1674437

<b>A STORY ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE</b>

This is the story about four people named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY and NOBODY. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it, Anybody could have done it, But Nobody did it. Somebody got angry with that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realised that Everybody would'nt do it. It ended up that Everybody balamed Somebody when actually Nobody Accused Anybody.

நல்லதொரு திரைப்படத்தைப் பார்த்த மாத்திரத்திலேயே அது மனசுக்குள் புகுந்து அப்படத்தின் கதையும் காட்சியமைப்புக்களும் நீண்ட நாளாக அலைக்கழிக்கும். அந்தப் படத்தைப் பார்த்தவர்களின் அபிப்பிராயத்தைக் கேட்கவும், பார்க்காதவர்களைப் பார்க்கச் சொல்லவும் அவா எழும். அப்படியான ஒரு மன உணர்வை ஏற்படுத்தும் திரைப்படம் தான் “சினிமா பரடைசோ” (Cinema Paradiso).

முழுப்பதிவிற்கும்
http://kanapraba.blogspot.com/2006/03/blog-post.html

சுதந்திரம், அபிவிருத்தி, தன்னம்பிக்கை கொண்ட தன்னிறைவு

DEVELOPED INDIA
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
The President of India
I have three visions for India.
In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and
invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards.
The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the
Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not
done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not
grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life
on them.
Why? Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is
that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we
started the war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and
nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us.
My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been a
developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are
among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10 percent growth
rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being
globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a
developed nation, self- reliant and self-assured. Isn't this incorrect?
I have a THIRD vision.
India <b>must stand up to the world</b>. Because I believe that, unless India stands up
to the world, no one will respect us. <b>Only strength respects strength. We must be
strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go
hand-in-hand.</b> My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds. Dr.
Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who
succeeded him and Dr.Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to
have worked with all three of them closelyand consider this the great opportunity
of my life.
I see four milestones in my career:
Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the opportunity to be the project
director for India's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one that launched
Rohini. These years played a very important role in my life of Scientist.
After my ISRO years, I joined DRDO and got a chance to be the part of India's
guided missile program. It was my second bliss when Agni met its mission
requirements in 1994.
The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had this tremendous partnership in the
recent nuclear tests, on May 11 and 13. This was the third bliss.

The joy of participating with my team in these nuclear tests and proving to the
world that India can make it, that we are no longer a developing nation but one of
them. It made me feel very proud as an Indian. The fact that we have now
developed for Agni a re-entry structure, for which we have developed this new
material. A Very light material called carbon-carbon. One day an orthopedic
surgeon from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences visited my laboratory. He lifted
the material and found it so light that he took me to his hospital and showed me
his patients. There were these little girls and boys with heavy metallic calipers
weighing over three Kg. each, dragging their feet around. He said to me: Please
remove the pain of my patients. In three weeks, we made these Floor reaction
Orthosis 300-gram Calipers and took them to the orthopedic center. The children
didn't believe their eyes. From dragging around a three kg. Load on their legs,
they could now move around! Their parents had tears in their eyes. That was my
fourth bliss!
Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to
recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation.
We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them.
Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining,
self driving unit. There are millions of such achievements <b>but our media is only
obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters</b>.
I was in Tel Aviv once and <i>I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day
after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas
had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture Of a Jewish
gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a
granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of
killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among
other news.</i>
In India <b>we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so
NEGATIVE ? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with
foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign
technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that
self-respect comes with self-reliance?</b>
I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my
autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied:
I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this
developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is
a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. Got 10
minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the
phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world,
mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say.
What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a
face - OURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best.
In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores.
YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.
You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim
Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU comeback to the
Parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or
a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity.
In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in
public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your
head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the
telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that
my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed
beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai
sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your
two bucks and get lost." YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere
other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why
don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo?
Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? <b>We
are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign
system in other countries but cannot in your own</b>. You who will throw papers and
cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an
involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the
same here in India?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay,
Mr.Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets
to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same
people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty
pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every
time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job.
Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go to the
polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back
wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us
whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up
but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we
going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We
expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the
proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but
we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.
This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the
public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women,
dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room Protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons rights to a dowry." <b>So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU.</b> When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and
wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England.
When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home
by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.
Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too....I am echoing J.F.Kennedy's
words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
"ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY"
Lets do what India needs from us. Forward this mail to each Indian for a change
instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.
Thank you
Abdul Kalam

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The Wilson Hall" எனும் இக்கட்டிடம்.. 1971 - 1974. காலப்பகுதியில் கட்டப்பட்டது..

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Fuji Sankei Building in Tokyo

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"Dancing House"

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Robot Building" இந்தக்கட்டிடம் பாங் ஒப் ஏசியா.. Bangkok. உள்ளது..

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"Ripley's Building"


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"135 Degree Angle"

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"Hotel Sofitel"

<img src='http://www.yarl.com/forum/files/image010_149.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

"Triangle Building"

<img src='http://www.yarl.com/forum/files/image011_103.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

"The Astra Haus"
<img src='http://www.yarl.com/forum/files/image012_677.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
"Upside Downer"
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"Crooked House"

மின்னஞ்சலில் வந்தவை..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asi...sia/4807846.stm

<b>Tamil rebels 'coercing diaspora' </b>

The rebels are seeking autonomy for minority Tamils
Tamil people around the world are being intimidated and threatened into giving money to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, according to a new report.
The extortion of money from Tamils living in North America and Europe has been stepped up recently to fund a "final war", says Human Rights Watch.

The Tamil Tigers have denied allegations of extortion in the past.

A recent upsurge in violence between the rebels and security forces in Sri Lanka has cost at least 120 lives.

Sri Lankan officials and leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have agreed to curb the unrest and hold more talks in April on a threadbare truce.

Fear

Human Rights Watch says a new "aggressive and systematic fundraising drive" was launched by the Tigers in late 2005, coinciding with a sharp rise in violence in Sri Lanka.

The culture of fear is so strong that even Tamils who don't support them [rebels] still feel they have no choice but to give money

Human Rights Watch


'Held captive by the Tigers'

Its report said some Tamils living overseas were being coerced and intimidated into giving the LTTE money.

About 800,000 Sri Lankan Tamils live abroad, mostly in the UK and Canada.

The report said many members of the Tamil diaspora or their relatives had "suffered human rights violations at the hands of the Sinhala-dominated Sri Lankan government" and actively supported the Tamil Tigers.

"But the culture of fear is so strong that even Tamils who don't support them [the rebels] still feel they have no choice but to give money," the New York-based group said.

It called on the governments of Canada and Britain to protect Tamils living there.

Those interviewed for the report talk of door-to-door teams making frequent visits and threatening violence against family members.

They say those collecting the money claim it is to fund a so-called "final war", although the rebels and the Sri Lankan government restarted are supposed to be in the middle of peace talks.

"Sri Lankan Tamils living in the West fear that if they speak out about Tamil Tiger abuses, they may put themselves and their families at risk," said Jo Becker, author of the report.

"Despite the diaspora's size and potential influence on LTTE practices, the Tamil Tigers' threats, intimidation, and even violence, have effectively stifled dissent."

Talks

Correspondents say financial contributions have made the Tamil Tigers into one of the world's richest militant organisations, as well as one of the most lethal.

The rebels are proscribed as a terrorist group in both the UK and the US.

The Tigers and the Sri Lankan government met in Geneva last month and agreed to abide by the fragile 2002 ceasefire. More than 60,000 people died during two decades of conflict in Sri Lanka.

The Tamil Tigers want autonomy for minority Tamils in the north and east.

President Mahinda Rajapakse has said the solution to the conflict lies in a unitary state.



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Do you agree with the findings of the report? Do you live in the Tamil diaspora? Have you been the subject of extortion? Send us your experiences using the form at the bottom of the page:



There may be some sort of isolated cases but it can not be accepted totally that LTTE has been demanding funds. These are the fabricated stories against LTTE and Tamils living in Sri Lanka under state terrorism of Sinhalese government. Very often Tamils diaspora used to come voluntarily to send funds or enrol themselves for the right cause of LTTE. All these stories are well fabricated by break away groupe karuna, fully supported by Sinhalese governments in the south to block any peace talks.
saintclair

I live in the Tamil diaspora. I was not asked to contribute to the final war or anything else.
Vijay Kumar, London, UK


Tamil dispora supported by 90% of Tamils all around the world how come this should be happen this is a false news created by SL intelligence and all Tamils believe in LTTE>>>
Anon, Canada


This has been the case for many years. They are a hardcore bunch whose survival depends on war. It goes like this if there is no war majority of the bogus asylum seekers will be deported from western countries. The Tamils must stop the double standard and come out of their cocoon.
Muhammad Ariff, Dublin

This is absolutely wrong. This message is created by the Sri Lankan government and their Tamil pets. No one has been treated like this. I never heard about this fund raising and threatening. I request you to make sure the reality of the news before you publish such wrong messages like this because we respect the BBC is a neutral Media. Don't damage your image!!!.
Loges, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

The report is not only true but long overdue. Everytime a country tries to send some Tamil refugees home, the LTTE responds by acts of violence in Srilanka to send message to Western countries that all is not peaceful in the Tamil Areas. If one could stop such coercive financing the LTTE would be forced to negotiate more rationally and the refugees could go home.
Jai Singh, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland

I am a Tamil Canadian. I disagree with the finding. What is the number of samples? This report is totally biased, and it seems to have an intention to bash LTTE. It is insane to say that Tamils who living in a western countries with fear of LTTE. The truth is that Tamils support LTTE. Instead of accepting this truth, HRW try to find other way around.
Vel Velauthapillai, Ottawa

After reading this news, I am very pleased BBC gave important for the Tamil people human right violation by LTTE. Every thing said in this report is accurate and experienced by all Tamil living abroad past 25 years. THANKS
Mani, London uk