'Forum Against War Crimes and Genocide' has organized an Analytical session with title "UNHRC and SRI LANKAN WAR CRIMES" in Thevaneya Paavanar Library Hall, Chennai on 17th February 2012.
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Brace yourselves Tamils in and from Sri Lanka! The UN Human Rights Council will not grant you justice at its 19th session, February 27-March 23, 2012 or, perhaps, in any foreseeable future.
Until the past few weeks it looked as though the “international community” (US, UK-Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan), the east (Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran), the Middle East-Libya/Africa) and the progressive South (Cuba-ALBA+, South Africa) were content with ignoring Sri Lanka’s war crimes and crimes against humanity.
“We now stand at a crossroads. We have the choice to break out of the nuclear fuel chain and move towards efficient, renewable and sustainable energy that does not threaten health or environment.”
The Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World was held at Pacifico Yokohama on 14 and 15 January 2012. 6000 people on the first day and 5500 on the second, including 100 international participants from over 30 countries, gathered at the conference, with a total of 11,500 participants. The conference was broadcast live over the internet, with an audience of approximately 100,000.
At the closing of the conference, the Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World was announced.
The European Parliament passed a joint motion asking UN to investigate all crimes committed by Sri Lanka. The European Parliament’s position on the 19th Session on the UN Human Rights Council resolution says ”Stresses the need to further support efforts to strengthen the accountability process in Sri Lanka and continue to call for the establishment of a UN Commission of inquiry into all crimes committed, as recommended by the UN Secretary General’s panel of Experts on Sri Lanka; invites the Sri Lankan government to launch an invitation to the UN Special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression”
The Joint motion is passed by the all major parties in the European Parliament. The full text of the motion published by Colombo Telegraph (See the paragraph 22 of the motion given in the link ).
'Women Protest Group Against Nuclear Energy' comprising women activists from Chennai has organized a poet meet with title " Break the Silence,Oppose Nuclear Reactors to Save Humanity !" in Loyola College , Chennai on 12th February 2012.
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While the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) welcomes the State Expert Team set up by the Chief Secretary on behalf of the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, we are obliged to point out that Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, a member of the team, is a well-known pro-nuclear person. He is the former Chairman and a current member of India’s Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He was also a member of the site selection committee in the 1980s for the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). He has been writing and speaking in favor of nuclear power and the Koodankulam project itself. Speaking to the press on November 13, 2011 in Chennai, Dr. Srinivasan claimed that when he had visited the Koodankulam area in 1984, there were no habitations there, nobody lived in the area and the whole region was vast seashore. This is a complete falsehood as Koodankulam and Idinthakarai villages have been in existence for centuries. He also requested Tamil Nadu Government’s full cooperation to the Central Government to open the Koodankulam project.[i] On December 15, 2011 Dr. Srinivasan spoke about the Koodankulam Project at an event in Coimbatore, claimed that “the dangers perceived by the locals were ‘imaginary’” and wanted the project to be commissioned at the earliest.[ii]
Women Protest Group Against Nuclear Energy comprising women activists from Chennai has organized a poet meet with title " Break the Silence,Oppose Nuclear Reactors to Save Humanity !" in Loyola College , Chennai.
Date: 12-February-2012 Time: 3:00PM
The participating poets will raise their voice against the Nuclear Plant through their poems.
■Poems against Nuclear Reactors ■Parai Music by Alternative Media Center's Jenni Marx Arts Group ■Story of Radiation -Part 2 : Kalpakkam -Documentary film by Director Amudhan ■Painting Exhibition
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