New Documentary “No Fire Zone” Reinforces Call for an International Investigation on Sri Lanka: TGTE

NOTE: Attached, please find the documentary: No Fire Zone.

This new documentary is a third in the series under the title “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, produced by Channel 4 (UK). These documentaries brought live pictures, mostly taken by Sri Lankan soldiers themselves, of mass killings of Tamils and sexual abuses against women by the Sri Lankan security forces.

 This new documentary brings live video pictures of a young Tamil female journalist Ms. Issaipriya. She shown naked and surrounded by Sri Lankan soldiers. One of the soldiers also seen naked standing close to Ms. Issaipriya.

 Ms. Issaipriya’s dead body was also shown, with blood spilling from her head.

“The plight of Ms. Issaipriya is one example of how thousands of Tamil women have been treated by the Sri Lankan Security forces”, continued Mrs. Muugadas.

 Even after the war ended four years ago, still sexual abuses against Tamil women by the Sri Lankan Security forces are continuing. There are over 90,000 Tamil war widows living in the midst of tens of thousands of Sri Lankan soldier’s stationed in Tamil areas. For every five civilians, there is one soldier in Tamil areas, this ratio is believed to be the highest in the world.

 It is imperative that world leaders should take this reality into account when deciding whether to go or not to the Commonwealth Conference (CHOGAM) later this month, said Mrs. Muruagadas.

We call upon them to boycott this conference and not to visit a country where over 70,000 were killed in five months. These 70,000 were killed simply for belonging to the Tamil ethnic group. The Sri Lankan soldiers are almost exclusively from the Sinhalese community.

 NOTE: Link to Booklet: Boycott CHOGM 2013 : Walking into Genocidal Sri Lanka – At what Cost to the Commonwealth?TGTE

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ABOUT TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL EELAM (TGTE):

 Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is a new political concept, formed after the mass killing of Tamils in the final months of the war in 2009.

 It is a new political formation based on the principles of nationhood, homeland and self-determination. The raison d’etre for the TGTE is lack of political space inside the island of Sri Lanka for the Tamils to articulate and realize their political aspirations fully due to Constitutional impediments, racist political environment and military strangulation; and the coordination of diaspora political activities based on democratic principles and the rule of law.

 The Constitution of the TGTE mandates that it should realize its political objective only through peaceful means.

TGTE held internationally supervised elections in 12 countries. These elections were held to ensure that core believe of democracy be upheld within the TGTE and to demonstrate TGTE’s belief and reliance upon democratic ideals. TGTE has a bicameral legislature and a Cabinet. Although an elected body, TGTE does not claim to be a government in exile.

 TGTE held its second elections in October 2013. Tamils around the world unitedly elected all the Members of Parliament without contest. With this election, TGTE begins its 2nd Parliamentary term.

 The TGTE promulgated a Freedom Charter on May 18, 2013 incorporating “Freedom Demands” of the Tamils across the globe. Presently, in addition to the campaign for an international investigation, the TGTE is also campaigning for an International Protection Mechanism and the release of documents pertaining to Tamils prepared by the Office of the Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide.

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