11.12.2008.
ஒரு சம்பவம் இடம்பெற்றால் அது தொடர்பான உண்மைகளை, விபரங்களை செய்தியாக வெளிக்கொண்டுவருவதனாலேயே ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் அச்சுறுத்தப்படுகின்றனர், தாக்கப்படுகின்றனர்.
அந்த செய்தியிலும் பார்க்க இன்று ஊடகவியலாளர்களின் உயிர் முக்கியமானது. எனவேதான் நமது பாதுகாப்பு விடயத்தில் ஊடகத்துறையினர் கவனம் செலுத்தவேண்டியது அவசியம்’.
இவ்வாறு சுதந்திர ஊடக அமைப்பின் செயலாளர் கே.றுஷாங்கன் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
வத்தளை ஹோட்டல் ஒன்றில் ஊடகவியலாளர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்புத் தொடர்பாக நடைபெற்ற இரண்டுநாள் செயலமர்வில் உரையாற்றும்போதே அவர் இதனைத் தெரிவித்தார்.
தொடர்ந்து பேசிய அவர்;
இலங்கையில் ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் மீதான தாக்குதல்கள் அதிகரித்துக் கொண்டு வருகிறது. ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் சக்திவாய்ந்தவர்களாக இருந்தும்கூட 2006 முதல் 2008 வரையான இரண்டு வருட காலப்பகுதியில் மட்டும் இலங்கையில் 35 ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் உயிர் அச்சுறுத்தல் காரணமாக வெளிநாடுகளுக்குச் சென்று தஞ்சமடைந்துள்ளனர்.
ஊடகவியலாளர்களில் 16 பேர் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளனர். 39 பேருக்கு மிரட்டல்கள் வந்துள்ளன. 34 பேர் தாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். 15 பேர் கடத்தப்பட்டுள்ளனர் என சுதந்திர ஊடக அமைப்பில் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.
உலகில் ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் பணியாற்றும் மோசமான இடங்கள் நான்கு உள்ளன. அவற்றில் இலங்கையும் ஒன்றாகக் காணப்படுகிறது.
கடந்த 2007 ஆம் ஆண்டு இலங்கையில் நான்கு ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இந்த நிலைமை தொடரக்கூடாது.
ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் தமது செய்திகளை துல்லியமாகவும், பக்கச்சார்பற்ற நிலையுடனும் நேர்மையாக அறிக்கையிட வேண்டும். எக்காரணம் கொண்டும் ஊகங்களை வெளியிடக்கூடாது.
போர்ச்சூழலிலேயே இலங்கை ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் பணியாற்றுகின்றனர். எனவேதான் அவர்கள் மீதான மேலதிக பாதுகாப்புக் கவனம் செலுத்தப்படவேண்டும் என சுதிந்திர ஊடக அமைப்பு வலியுறுத்திவருகின்றது.
ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் மீதான தாக்குதல்களை நடத்துபவர்கள் இனம் தெரியாத நபர்கள் என்ற பெயருக்குள் ஒளிந்துள்ளனர் என்றார்.
சர்வதேச ஊடகவியலாளர் சம்மேளனத்தின் அனுசரணையுடன் இலங்கைத் தமிழ் ஊடகவியலாளர் ஒன்றியத்தின் ஏற்பாட்டில் சுதந்திர ஊடக அமைப்பு இந்தச் செயலமர்வை நடத்தியது.
இலங்கையில் ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் மீதான யுத்தம், ஊடகவியலாளர்களுடைய உரிமைகள், தொடர்பாடல் பாதுகாப்புச் சிக்கல்களும் அவற்றைத் தீர்ப்பதற்கான வழிமுறைகள், வேலை தவிர்ந்த நேரத்தில் பாதுகாப்பு, கொலை மிரட்டல்களைக் கையாளும் வழிகள், போராட்டங்கள் மற்றும் பிற பொதுக்கலவரங்கள் பற்றி அறிக்கையிடல், சர்வதேச செய்தி பாதுகாப்பு நிறுவனத்தின் ஆலோசனைகள், கைது செய்யப்பட்டால் என்ன செய்யவேண்டும். கடத்தப்பட்டால் அல்லது பணயக்கைதியாகக் கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டால் என்ன செய்வது, பொதுவான பாதுகாப்பு அறிவுறுத்தல்கள், உங்களுக்கு காயம் ஏற்பட்டால் அதற்கு எவ்வாறு முதலுதவி அளிப்பது போன்ற தலைப்புக்களின் கீழ் பயிற்சிகள் வழங்கப்பட்டது.
PROFESSIONAL HAZARDS TAMIL LAWYERS ENCOUNTER IN COURSE OF THEIR PROFESSION
Who are the Human Rights Violators? The website runs by the Ministry of Defence posted a first part of its intended serial article on November 16, 2008 under the aforesaid headings.
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20081114_04
It is perceived that the side article has been posted by the vested interest with ulterior motives in a bid to slinging mud on and tarnishing the reputation and blemishing the repute of lawyers with high calibre of professionalism and ethics.
It would be a pertinent question on the part of the claim made by the impugned article with purported study of nine cases that if not the remarkable investigative talents of the security forces and the olice horrendous crimes against humanity would have been committed by the agents of the LTTE posing off as civilians.
This question is to be viewed in the light of the release of so called suspects Journalist Munusamy Parameswari , susanthi thambirajah, Sankarapillai, karthick and the Commissioner of local government Alvapilllai Kandiah Balasubramaniam as gnanaduri Ponnambalam who were in fact released on the recommendation of the Attorney General. Sequent to the release order , the withdrew their fundamental rights applications and Habeas Corpus Applications in accordingly . if these suspects are involved with the alleged activitied of the LTTE terrorist outfit, how can the attorney general department make recommendation for release?
Not only that some case studies has been done in violation of the rule of law of the country while pending the courts which could be construed as sub judice.
It is noteworthy that these innocent persomns had beeen subject to undergo severe mental agony and woes as a result of illegal and prolonged detentions withot any substantive or evidence against them.
In this backdrop, another question arises as to who is committing crimes against the citizens of the country i.e. humanity under guise of bogus investigations.
It is evident that the article and the ghost(s) of this article amass false allegations and blame those who agitate for human rights rendering the legal community and the human rights activists into a dilemma ultimately to the gallows of extremists.
The ghost authors had taken the law unto their hand with whim and fancy leading to law of jungle.
The ghost writers deceptively claim themselves as patriot while attempted tainted as “traitors” those who abide by the law of the country and rule of law with far-reaching objective in the interest of the mother land.
If one peruses the side impugned article with deductive , analytical and rational sense, it would be crystal clear that the impugned article and its ghost writers had veered off thenorms ,ethics, morilty and deliberately distorted the facts and reality to their self owned tastes and intentions.
Besides, one with rationality could easily comprehend that the impugned article and its ghost writers while claiming themselves as patriot of this country tohad , with or without sense and sensibility, disregarded the law of the country to which they claim they are patriotic.
For instances, they had-while suppressing the vivid truth of the side legal cases-distorted the facts and actuality to the public amnd readers and even gone to the extent of contempt of court by posting critical article on pending court cases which is considered as sub judice.
In these circumstances, we are prodded by this impugned article of vested interests to enlighten the public and the community on this impugned vicious article and maintain our unblemished and immaculate reputations in the society.
We venture to analyze the said concocted and half baked stories unleashed by the article and the ghost writers of vested and vicious interest with purpose of enlightening the public and the community and we hope it would also unmasked the ghost writers and reveal thir vicious phenomena and character in the societs.
In the essence , the impugned article posted in the website of the defence ministry reflets the same message uleashed by “Mahason Balakaya” meanistry (battalionof the Ghosts of death) against the human rights lawyers on 22.10.2008.this threatening message was posted in “Lankaenews.com”As the messages by the impugned articles of the defence Ministy wibsitye and the so called outfit “mahason baakaya” reveal their interaction and inter connection as well as their coherence maniphlated by invisible elements against the custodian of judiciary and human rights.
It is disheartening that even in this proportion of events looming large threatening the lawyers,the Bar Associtions of sri lanka is keeping mum and indifference in taking any stes or action to ward off the threats and intimidations while the Associtions for the journalista and dotors are up in arms against the threats and intimidations towords their professional colleges. It is dismayed that the Bar Associtions of sri lanka is treting the Thamil lawyers with in difference in astep motherly manner for instance : There had been similar threats to late lawyers Kumar ponnambalam and Raviraj but the Bar Associtions of sri lanka did not even taken an iota of action to preclude situation, they were ultimately gunned down by viious elements . It should be felt with heavy heart that though late Raviraj was an ardent member of the Bar Associtions of sri lanka ,the said Associtions deliberately kept off from participating at his funeral even issuing any condolence message on the basis of courtesy.
In this background , it should be highlighted that the impugned article posted in the website of the difence ministry is posing hidden threats and intimidations against the lawyers cite in the impugned article namely gowry shangary thavarasha, G.G.Arulpragasam, Thirunavukkarasu, Veluppillai ponnambalam, Eugene mariampillai . But it is observed that the name of G.G. Arulpragasam had been deleted later in the said impugned article.
It should be noted that the motive behind these campaign of massages is terrorized the lawyers especially Tamil lawyers from appearing in the fundamental right cases leading to the deterioration of legal profession on human rights . It would lead to break the bone of the legal profession.
The pertinent question now arises is that But the Bar Association of SriLanka wich is considered as the the custodian of lawyers’ rights and privileges have taken so far against these menaces. One has to wonder what actions or steps would be taken by the Bar assocoatinns of SriLanka in this respect.
It should be noted that although a number of sihnala lawyers appeared for the PTA suspects , the side website had posted its article only maliciously quoting Tamil lawyers virtually to the detriment of their life and limb.
Case Study
Vettivel Jasikaran and Vadivel Valarmathi filed fundamental rights violalion petitions (SC FR 208/2008 and 209/2008 respectively. The judicial medical officer had sendt a medical repot to the Supreme Courrt that Veettivel Jasikaran had been tortured while he was kept in custody . These two cases are pending. It is noteworthy that even though these csses are pending in the court, critical article had been posted . These cases are still pending in Supreme Court as well as High Court . Eventhoughthese case are pending , these csses had beeen commented amounting to subjudice.
Case Study
Real facts and actuality
Suspect Journalist Munusamy Parameswari who was abducted detained filed fundamental rights violation petition against her arrest detention (SC FR 45/2008).Supreme Court granted leave to proceed. She was released on the recommendation of the Attorney General Department. In the circumstances, the petitioner withdrew her petition and the was proforma dismissed. It demonstrates that the prolonged detention of her is illegal.
In the kind csse , in respect of Susanthi Thambirsjah who too was abducted and detained along with Munusamy Parameswari on an allegation of suicide bomber of the LTTE Terrorist outfit filed Habeas Corpus Applications in the Court Appleal. The Attorney General Department made recommendation to discharge her. On 31.01.2008,the StateCounsle appearing for the Respondents officers informed court that the AttorneyGeneral Department had made recommendation to release Susanthi. On this basis ,the petitioner Susanthi withdrew her application according to the procedure and court too dismissed her application pro forma . She was released on 27.03.2008. In this too,it vividly shows that her arrested and detention too is illegal.
Case Study
Real facts and actuality
Sankarapillai Karthick filed fundamental rights violation petition (SC FR341/2008)on 28.08.2008 against his arrest and detention in connection with the Dehiwala Bomb blast on suspicion. He was arrested on 04.06.2008.Supreme court granted leave to proceed on 02.09.2008. Mentioned date was given for 08.10.2008.but the had been released before the mention date Attorney General Department sent the release orderas they found him not involved in the incident . As he was relased,the petitioner withdrew his application and theapplication was ro forma dismissed . This also show s that the arrest and detention is illegal.
Case Study
Real facts and actuality
In this case ,the suspect Alvapillai Kandiah Balasubramaniam is Commissioner of local government of Kilinochchi. Though his Fundamental rights alication on his alleged arbitrary arrest and detention had been dismissed on September 19, 2007 the Attorney General Department, having found that he had not committed any illegal. Acts , released him on 09.07.2008. It demonstrates that his arrest and detention is illegal as he was released by the Attorney General Department
Case Study
Real facts and actuality
In this case , the CID arrested the suspects and detained them on detention oder dring the course of investigations. Susect Sokkar Nandakumar filed FR Application SC(FR)225/2008 against his arrest. The applications was filed by Attorney-at –Law Gowry Shangary Thavarasha.
The Supreme Court granted leave to proceed on june 23,2008. According to the petition, the petitioner is an Indian origin but permanent resident of Colombo sincehis childhood. He functioned as clearing agent involving of clearing goods from boats which brings provisions mainly from South India.his brother –in –law is one Dunstan .the main suspect Shiabu Zubair along with another suspect Subash had engaged him to do the clearing of cargo from the boat . The side tw suspects had told the petitioner Nandakumar that the said cargo is one of the ingredient for the production of detergent and tile cleaner. The petitioner was only a clearing agent but not involved in the importation of the sade cargo. This case was dismissed .But his case in the Magistrate Court is pending. The comments had been made while the case is being pending It is sub judice. The article has violated the law of the country.
Case Study
Real facts and actuality
Suspect gnanadurai ponnampalam filed fundamental rights violation petition(SC456/2008.Suspreme Court granted leave to proceed. He has been released . The case is still peding . But theimpugned article had written on this case too.
this is happening in London too The thesamnet editors say the threats and abusive calls are coming from SLDF members who are x LTTE
I am not ltte. But I know that not all the SLDF mebs’ are from ltte.
They are Ploteits, Teloites, …Karunaites and Pillaiyanites.
Thesamnet is not run by saints or sadhus. They also have their hidden agenda.
Silly and immature. And shame on any media having http://www.difence.lk as a only reliable source of reference.