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To: new_delhi.del@icrc.org

C c: ‘email.nyc@icrc.org’; ‘bruxelles.bru@icrc.org’; ‘uwagner.gva@icrc.org’

Date: 2007/09/13 @ 9:21 AM [GMT-5]

Dear Sir/ Madam:

I heard the news that P Nedumaran, head of Tamil National Movement, was arrested for his attempt to carry food, medicines, and other essential items for civilians in Sri Lanka, and later released. I was reading the news at IBN Live, TN’s Pro-LTTE leader Nedumaran arrested. I noted that they have reported as “…Indian Red Cross refused to carry supplies that his organisation had collected for the Tamils …”. I was wondering why Red Cross refused to carry already collected supplies for the needy.

As you are already aware, Tamils are immensely suffering from the oppression of Sri Lankan state terrorism. He has done the enormous job of collecting essential items and initiated the move to supply the collected. If an organization like Red Cross, which has the mandate to help the needy, could not help when help is already initiated, I wonder what is the real agenda of such organizations. I hate to admit that I am very disappointed in Red Cross’s decision and I think Red Cross should act to relieve humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka rather than working on behalf of governments.

I have posted my letter on my blog at Why IRC refused to help?.

Thank you for your understanding.

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13.09.2007 10:12:46 Local Time

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To:   djeyaraj2005@yahoo.com

Date:  2007/07/27 @ 8:30 pm [GMT-5]

Dear D.B.S. Jeyaraj,

I have read your article titled “Trouble overseas” from Frontline.  The article is full of detailed knowledge of all detainees in overseas.

I also noticed that you have spelled the leader of LTTE as “Prabakaran”.  I think it is against the Tamil grammar to write like that.  Moreover, I did not expect a Tamil from Sri Lanka to write it like the Indians.  I would please ask you to keep the Tamil way of writing with “Pira” instead of “Pra”.

Thank you

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To: hollam@parl.gc.ca

Date: 2007/07/16 @ 4:21 pm [GMT -5]

Sir Mark Holland,

I would like to thank you for speaking for the plight of Tamil people in Sri Lanka. I came to know that you have sent a letter to our honourable prime minister on the plight of Tamil people in Sri Lanka at Another MP Calling Canadian Prime Minister to open Consulate office in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

It is with great difficulty that Tamil people have to travel to Colombo to communicate with Canadian embassy. The distance between Colombo and Jaffna are roughly 300 KM yet it takes one whole day to travel. The land route is blocked by Sri Lankan Army [SLA] even though that is a violation of the Cease Fire Agreement. People line up early as one to two days before to get on board a ship. Now that a Tamil cannot temporarily stay in Colombo more than 48 hours, it is with great financial and safety burden the Tamil people have to communicate with Canadian Embassy. It would be a great ease on Tamil people, if a branch of Canadian Embassy is opened in Jaffna.

I thank you again for your voice for a crying ethnicity in Sri Lanka.

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2007/07/16 4:30 pm

From: hollam@parl.gc.ca on

Date: 2007/07/16 4:33 pm

Dear _________,

Thanks for your e-mail. I hope the Prime Minister does the right thing.
The situation is indeed very serious.

All the best,
Sincerely,

Mark Holland,
M.P., Ajax-Pickering
(613) 995-8042
Fax: (613) 996-1289
holland.m@parl.gc.ca

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To: mctead@parl.gc.ca

C c: dan@mcteague.ca

Date: 2007/07/04 @ 10:26 am [GMT -5]

Sir Dan McTeague,

I would like to thank you for speaking for the plight of Tamil people in Sri Lanka. I came to know that you have sent a letter to our honourable prime minister on the plight of Tamil people in Sri Lanka at Harper urged to locate Canadian Embassy branch in Jaffna

It is with great difficulty that Tamil people have to travel to Colombo to communicate with Canadian embassy. The distance between Colombo and Jaffna are roughly 300 KM yet it takes one whole day to travel. The land route is blocked by Sri Lankan Army [SLA] even though that is a violation of the Cease Fire Agreement. People line up early as one to two days before to get on board a ship. Now that a Tamil cannot temporarily stay in Colombo more than 48 hours, it is with great financial and safety burden the Tamil people have to communicate with Canadian Embassy. It would be a great ease on Tamil people, if a branch of Canadian Embassy is opened in Jaffna.

I thank you again for your voice for a crying ethnicity in Sri Lanka.

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2007/07/04 10:54 am

From: dan@mcteague.ca

Date: 2007/07/23 3:01 pm

 

SCARBOROUGH, July 20, 2007

__MY_NAME__

__MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS__

Dear __MY_NAME__

Thank you for your letter regarding my correspondence to Prime Minister Harper requesting that a Canadian Consulate be opened in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

It is clear to me, as well as many observers of the region, that the situation in Sri Lanka has become untenable. Contrary to the views held by some on the actions of the Sri Lankan government, I have heard enough to convince me that political efforts are being undertaken to marginalize the Tamil population.

It is my firm belief that Canada can play a role to play in helping to ease tensions and support genuine efforts aimed at bringing peace to that country. To be fair, successive Canadian governments have taken some steps but I believe Canada can do more – especially with respect to easing the suffering of innocent people on all sides. I am therefore appalled that the Government of Canada does not seem to be taking seriously the reports of violence that have been coming out of our own officials at our embassy in Colombo.

I also have had several constituents indicate to me that their loved ones in Colombo encounter considerable difficulties in accessing the services of our embassy. Ongoing immigration applicants and even people simply trying to acquire information from the embassy have been impeded by what can only be viewed as a governmental policy that seems to have been crafted to remove or make life difficult for Tamils residing in the capital area.

It is for these reasons that I feel that it is necessary for a Canadian consulate be opened in Jaffna and be able to provide Tamils with unrestricted access to Canadian immigration services.

It is time for Government of Canada to take concrete action to ease the tension and horrific outbursts of violence in Sri Lanka. While it is my belief that Canada should and could do more with its aid policy, the Sri Lankan Government cannot escape its share of responsibility. I also believe that any other party should escape responsibility for disrupting legitimate efforts designed to bring peace and security to the country. Make no mistake, any act that foments unrest and violence is simply unacceptable – whoever carries those acts out.

I am sure you would agree that those who aim to perpetuate instability, like those who perpetrate any kind of heinous act of violence, must be held fully accountable.

Once again, thank you for providing me with your views on this very serious matter.

Sincerely,

Hon. Dan McTeague, P.C., M.P.

Hon. Dan McTeague. P.C., M.P.
Pickering Scarborough-East
Official Opposition Critic for Consumer and ConsularAffairs
6758 Kingston Rd.
Unit #3
Scarborough, ON
M1B 1G8
Tel.#: (416) 287-0110
Fax #: (416) 287-6160
dan@mcteague.ca
www.mcteague.ca

Date: 2007/07/24 8:03 am

Dear Hon. Dan McTeague:

Thank you for your reply. We have had the war for too long and discrimination from 1950s. I hope Canada can play a pivotal role in Sri Lankan Tamils’ life sooner than “too late”.

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2007/07/24 9:05 am

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To: info@tamilone.ca

Date: 2007/06/10 @ 10:32 pm [GMT-5]

Dear Sir/ Madam:

I have been to nimirvu 2007, which happened yesterday [Saturday June 10]. I noticed TamilOne did not take coverage of the event.

The event highlighted the sufferings of academic community of Tamileelam. There was a very movable speech by Neethan Shan. I was wondering why TamilOne did not take initiative to take coverage of the event. The main purpose of the event seemed at aiming younger student generation of Canada to make them understand our Tamileelam struggle and need for our unity.

If I may, I humbly ask TamilOne to be united in our Tamileelam struggle and let our Tamil Canadian understand and support the need for an independent nation.

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To: apu@ohchr.org; tb-petitions@ohchr.org; urgent-action@ohchr.org; inquiries@un.org; ngochr@ohchr.org; 1503@ohchr.org; infodesk@ohchr.org

Date: 2007/03/10 @ 9:00 am [GMT-5]

Dear Sir or Madam,

It is of the utmost urgency that you address the grievous humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka at the fourth session of the Human Rights Council next week.

The human rights situation deteriorates daily and the people of Sri Lanka need your help. Along with more than 5,900 other concerned individuals, I signed a petition that was delivered to your offices last month calling for immediate UN intervention in Sri Lanka, including a UN human rights monitoring mission.

It is reported that HRW is also calling for you to instate such a measure. Please support the appointment of a HR monitoring mission when the Council meets next week and advocate for diligent attention to the catastrophic situation in Sri Lanka.

I have posted this letter on my blog at Save Tamils from Sri Lankan government
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03/12/2007 10:41:31 AM

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03/12/2007 02:58:39 PM

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03/16/2007 06:26:24 PM

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03/20/2007 06:17:39 PM

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To: min.dfaitmaeci@international.gc.ca; MacKay.P@parl.gc.ca

Cc: Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Vellacott.M@parl.gc.ca; PoiliP@parl.gc.ca; Obhrai.D@parl.gc.ca

Date: 2007/02/19 @ 10:20 am [GMT-5]

Dear Hon. Peter MacKay,

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada.

Britian is threatening to follow the footsteps of German to stop a grant of £41 million (90M CDN) to Sri Lanka. The reason being:

“…Britain claims that Sri Lanka is guilty of a significant violation of international obligations, particularly human rights, an instigation of hostilities and an unjustified rise in military spending. It believes that instead of spending the sum released on tsunami recovery and poverty reduction it has gone on a spending spree for military hardware and logistics.”

Britian is the second EU country to take a stand along this line. Germany has already announced it was stopping aid and called on other EU countries to do the same. It looks like the international community is beginning to understand what Tamils have been saying all along.

Sri Lanka is a chauvinistic Sinhala government killing Tamils, not worrying whether they carried guns or not. Their aim is to eradicate Tamils from the island. Tamils need to be saved from the hawks of Sinhala Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan army should be evacuated from Tamils homeland, Tamil Eelam. Even Canada seems to take the side of the state terrorist, Sri Lanka. Canada followed the footsteps of EU to list, Tamils only hope, LTTE as a terrorist organization. Now EU seems to have realized its wrong-doing.

Is Canada going to continue its support to a state terrorist? Is Canada not worried about Sri Lanka breaking international obligations? Does Canada care about the Tamils humans rights in Sri Lanka? Finally, is Canada providing funds titled “Tsunami Aid” to Sri Lanka to buy military hardware and logistics to kill Tamils?

I have posted this letter in my blog at When is Canada going to act on Sri Lanka?.

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To: info@aim-personnel.com

Cc: ‘Graeme Fraser’ <gfraser@theaimgroup.ca>

Date: 2007/02/16 @ 03:30 pm [GMT-5]

Dear Sir/ Madam:

Re: Missing pay

This is my third letter regarding this matter. Initially I sent the letter on January 04, 2007. Then I sent another letter on January 26, 2007.

I am missing my correct pay for the stat holidays. Following are the details:

• For the week 42 [pay end date 2006-10-15], I was only paid 7.68 hours for the stat holiday.
• For the week 22 [pay end date 2006-05-28], I was only paid 7.42 hours for the stat holiday.

The law is there should have been 13 weeks worked prior, to receive full stat holiday payment. I have been working for The AIM Group since January of 2006. Obviously, there are more than 13 weeks for the above mentioned stat holiday pay discrepancies.

Please consider this matter urgently and resolve this issue. Till date, I have not received any acknowledgement of re-paying the missing hours. I have posted this letter in my blog at The AIM Group and I.

Thank you and looking forward to have my money back.

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From: Graeme Fraser [gfraser@theaimgroup.ca]

Date: 2007/02/16 @ 04:03 pm [GMT-5]

__________,

This is and has been in the works and will be corrected. The accounting department has been quite busy with year end and taxation time (i.e. T-4 calculations).

In fact there is no law in regards to paying contractors for stat holidays. It is something that AIM does for employees after working 13 continuous weeks. The amount paid is based on a formula (rather complicated) involving working the day before and after a stat, and previous pay among other items.

I’m sorry for the delay but as I noted they are quite busy getting everyone’s tax information in order.

If you have further questions or comments, please give me a call.

Cheers,

g

******************
Graeme Fraser
The AIM Group
130 Albert St.,Suite 126
Ottawa, ON.
K1P 5G4
Tel. 613-230-6991 Fax 613-230-7183
www.theaimgroup.ca

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To: ‘Nigel.Chapman@bbc.co.uk’; ‘John.Simpson@bbc.co.uk’

Cc: ‘Dumeetha.Luthra@bbc.co.uk’; ‘Ethirajan.Anbarasan@bbc.co.uk’

Dated: 2007/01/23 @ 6:40 pm [GMT-5]

Dear BBC,

Thanks a lot for falling pray to Sri Lankan state medias. You have effectively identified a letter, which was written on 12-12-2007 faxed from a police station on 14/01/2007, as a LTTE cadre’s. The state terrorists successfully portrayed a letter faxed from a police station as a LTTE cadre’s letter. Wow, you were actually fooled by the Sri Lankan army. Congratulations.

BBC has been fooled by the Sri Lankan army.

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To: Nigel.Chapman@bbc.co.uk; John.Simpson@bbc.co.uk

Cc: Dumeetha.Luthra@bbc.co.uk; Ethirajan.Anbarasan@bbc.co.uk; srilankan-state-terrorism@googlegroups.com

Dated: 2007/01/22 @ 12:19 [GMT-5]

Dear BBC,

Thanks for not reporting about a paster being shot dead in broad daylight by the Sri Lankan army. I am sure you have more important news than reporting Tamils killing by the Sri Lankan army. Yes, there are around 7 to 10 Tamils being killed per day by Sri Lankan army and you cannot report all, since its all done by the State Terrorists. It is okey if Tamils were killed but you’ll report immediately, if there is a bomb blast that kills Sinhalese. As a world media you have clean hands and say no word while innocent lives were lost.

Thanks for your blind eye. BBC say no word.

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