Mercy Mission arrives in Cape Colorado instead of Captain Ali

(July 07, 2009) The load of relief items collected by Tamil Diaspora in UK in April in the name Mercy Mission to be dispatched defiantly to the civilians that were trapped in a Sri Lanka government designated no-fire zone prior to the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), is finally arriving in Sri Lanka today in a ship named Cape Colorado instead of the Captain Ali that languished for months near Colombo and Chennai ports seeking permission to be unloaded.

The Tamil Diaspora now seems less interested in the welfare of the internally displaced people who are now held in government run camps amidst severe hardships and they have focused their attention in setting up of a Transnational Self-governance for the Ealam Tamils. The separatist Ealam movement has lost ground in Sri Lanka amidst the severe suppressive measures of the government to crack down on the LTTE remnents.

However, the 27 container load weighing 884 tons of relief items will be vital for the Tamil IDPs to ease their hardships at least a little. Proud Sri Lanka government rejected these relief items but later agreed to accept it under the influence of India.

Jaffna daily Uthayan receives last warning

The newspaper office and the agents of the Jaffna-based Tamil daily Uthayan has received the following "last warning" on Saturday, June 26. Uthayan is an independent newspaper published since 1985 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It did not discontinue publishing and survived amidst severe hardships amidst civil war. The election campaigns for the Jaffna Municipal Council has now been kicked off.

"From the time Uthayan started its publication upto now, Uthayan

publishes news items to confuse the Tamil people and their Liberty.

Now after regaining the harmony and Liberty in the Society, "Uthayan"
News items are aimed at destroying the permanent peace and causes the
public to turn to terroists again. Further, these news items promote
communal feelings among Tamils and cause to destroy the peace. Your
news items are twisted from actual truth.

Your paper appears to be a mouthpiece of the Terrorists. Our earlier
warnings have been disregarded by you. Therefore, we are compelled to
take a decision not to allow the publication of Uthayan in Jaffna as

it publishes news that cheat the people.

Therefore all Employees, Agents, Reporters and Security Guards should
officially resign from the Organisation with effect from 30.06.2009

If this final warning too is disregarded, you will face capital
punishment (Death sentence) imposed by us."