http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog Printing the winds of change Thu, 06 May 2010 14:37:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In reiterating the call for independent UN investigation in Sri Lanka, the global human rights watchdog says in a recent media release: “19 May marks the first anniversary of the end of the internal conflict between Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which lasted ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1926 25 representatives have been elected by 31,072 voters who took part in the elections held on May 2nd for Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) across Canada, according to a media release. In a report on The Globe and Mail about TGTE, Rudhramoorthy Cheran, academic and poet who teaches at ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1924 "Amitabh Bachchan is a great hero for us in the Tamil diaspora, but we are very disturbed and profoundly saddened by our hero 's proposed visit to a regime which has perpetrated crimes against Tamils, ' ' said the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) in a statement recently. CTC released the ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1922 In Welcoming the announcement on May 3rd of “pardon” to Journalist J.S. Tissainayagam by the President of Sri Lanka, Media Rights Group-Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for details and clarifications on the announcement. CPJ released the following press release: The Committee to Protect Journalists is heartened by news ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1920 From the Publisher’s Desk ... May 15th is International Day of Families While Canada had declared Family day on Monday February 15, 2010; the United Nations deems May 15, 2010 to be International Day of Families establishing a new theme every year. This year’s focus is on “The impact of ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1918 They save lives every day and provide you comfort when you are sick. The doctors and nurses at The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) are highly skilled at their work, but did you know many of them have equally impressive singing and dancing talent? That’s why The Scarborough Hospital Foundation presents TSH ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1916 Gods Own Children Foundation - Canada is organizing its first annual fund-raising dinner – “Illuminate the Journey” on June 5th, 2010. All proceeds will benefit disadvantaged children in Sri Lanka. Gods Own Children Foundation – Canada a Canadian not for profit organization, is a group of dedicated individuals who have ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1914 M&M Twins has been catering to the Sri Lankan and South Asian market in Canada for the past 30 years and was the pioneering company to import Sri Lankan food products to Canada. This has enabled the Sri Lankan community to have easy access to products they have grown up ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1912 Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliament must get rid of draconian emergency laws that have allowed for decades of widespread human rights abuses, Amnesty International said in a press release on April 20th. Ahead of the first sitting of Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliament on 22 April, Amnesty International is calling ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1910 [IRIN News] Healthcare services in Sri Lanka 's conflict-affected east should not be forgotten as humanitarian agencies focus their efforts on rebuilding the country 's north, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Since the end of the civil war in May 2009, agencies have concentrated on assisting hundreds of thousands ... http://monsoon.digitalepaper.in/blog/?p=1908