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Anton Stanislaus Balasingham (March 4, 1938-December 14, 2006) was the chief political strategist and chief negotiator of the separatist militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He was a British citizen of minority Tamil origin from Sri Lanka. Image File history File links Anton_Balasingham1. ...
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Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, Jaffna Jaffna (யாழà¯à®ªà¯à®ªà®¾à®£à®®à¯ in Tamil meaning யாழà¯=harp, பாணமà¯=town of harper, යà·à¶´à¶±à¶º in Sinhala) the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. ...
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Adele Ann Wilby (Born ?-) or Adele Balasingham is the Australian born former leader of the women’s wing of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of Sri Lanka. ...
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Political separatism is a movement to obtain sovereignty and split a territory or group of people (usually a people with a distinctive national consciousness) from one another (or one nation from another; a colony from the metropolis). ...
This is a list that documents the numerous groups of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups that were formed to fight the state of Sri Lanka to create an independent Tamil Eelam. ...
Tamil Tigers emblem The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is a military and political organization that has waged a violent secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan Government since the 1970s in order to secure independence for the Tamil portions of Sri Lanka. ...
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Biography
He was born in Jaffna on the 4th of March in the minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominated Northern Province of Sri Lanka. His father was a Hindu and mother a Roman Catholic. His father also hailed from Eastern province where as his mother was a native Jaffna Tamil. Although brought up a Christian, he became an atheist in his adult life[citation needed]. Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, Jaffna Jaffna (யாழà¯à®ªà¯à®ªà®¾à®£à®®à¯ in Tamil meaning யாழà¯=harp, பாணமà¯=town of harper, යà·à¶´à¶±à¶º in Sinhala) the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. ...
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Batticaloa (මඩකළපුව in Sinhala, மடà¯à®Ÿà®•à¯à®•à®³à®ªà¯à®ªà¯ in Tamil) was the provincial capital of the eastern province of Sri Lanka. ...
Jaffna Tamil could mean Jaffna Tamil person of Jaffna, in Sri Lanka origin. ...
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Subsequent to his graduation from school in Jaffna, he worked as a journalist in a Colombo newspaper and as a translator at the British High Commission in Colombo. Balasingham was initially married to a Sri Lankan Tamil. After she died due to the complications of chronic renal failure, he married Adele Ann Wilby in London, UK, in 1978. Adele, an Australian citizen and a nurse by professional training, became a prominent member of the women’s wing of the LTTE. Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: District Colombo Division, Colombo District Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area - City 14. ...
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Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: District Colombo Division, Colombo District Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area - City 14. ...
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Adele Ann Wilby (Born ?-) or Adele Balasingham is the Australian born former leader of the women’s wing of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of Sri Lanka. ...
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In the past, Adele herself has been involved in the peace talks, as the secretary of the LTTE delegation. In April 2002, Anton Balasingaham appeared alongside LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in a rare press conference in the LTTE held town of Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
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Kilinochchi District Killinochchi(කිලිනොච්චිය) is a small city in the Kilinochchi district on northern province of Sri Lanka. ...
From the Thimpu talks in 1985 to the first round of the Geneva talks held on February 22-23, 2006 Balasingham was the head of the LTTE delegation in all the peace negotiations with the government of Sri Lanka.[1][2] But he could not participate in an October round because of ill health and few months after, In November 2006, Balasingham was diagnosed with cancer. He was suffered from diabetes, Motor Neurone Disease, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, and possibly medicine-induced bile duct cancer.[3]. He died due to terminal cancer on December 14, 2006 [4] when he was 68. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ...
X-Ray of the bile duct during a laprascopic cholecystectomy A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile. ...
Tamil Tigers Balasingham attempted to transform the militant group's militaristic image into a political one. He wrote speeches and statements for the shadowy guerrilla leader and led an international information campaign on behalf of the militant[citation needed].
Political views
Reuters interview Balasingham warned on March 22, 2006 that if "paramilitaries continue to launch military offensive operations against the LTTE with the backing of the Sri Lankan armed forces, it will certainly be construed as an act of war against the LTTE." He threatened to postpone peace negotiations set for April if the Sri Lankan government did not disarm paramilitary groups. Balasingham was interviewed by Reuters in his home in London, England. In the interview Balasingham said Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa needed to end his alliance with Sinhala nationalist politicians, and ally with the opposition United National Party political party.[5] March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
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Percy Mahendra Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945) is the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and a Sri Lankan politician. ...
The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese:(pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: à®à®•à¯à®•à®¿à®¯ தேசியக௠கடà¯à®šà®¿) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ...
Balasingham went on to say that attacks would "lead to conditions of war and violence and it will block any forward movement of the peace talks and lead to the collapse of the peace process itself. The LTTE leadership will consider postponing the second round (of talks), or they might even think of attending the talks and continue to insist on the same (disarmament) theme that was taken up at the first round. So there won't be any forward movement of the talks if these paramilitaries are not disarmed."[5]
Balasingham said the LTTE's objective in the peace negotiations is to "seek out a climate of de-escalation and normalization, which is a necessary condition for resuming serious talks on the political issues. Rather than bring in these crazy Marxists and mad monks under the slogan of inclusiveness, the only way out of this mess is for Rajapaksa to work out some form of alliance with the UNP."[5]
Commenting on President Rajapaksa's unwillingness to accept "the demand of the Tamils for regional autonomy," Balasingham said that there was no "prospect for a political solution" and that if "internal self-determination is rejected, then only we will invoke the right to external self-determination - that is the right to form an independent state."[5] Look up autonomy, autonomous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Funeral in London Balasingham's body was at display at the Palace's great hall for seven hours on Wednesday, before his cremation at another venue. Thousands of tamils from all over Europe were seen to have been attending the funeral. The event was noted to have been a very somber, low-key event with the London tigers adopting a very low profile[6].Eric Solheim was a notable attendee. Erik Solheim (born January 18, 1955 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian politician and the current Norwegian Minister of International Development and an international peace maker involved in resolving the current civil war in Sri Lanka. ...
Posters condemning the funeral extravaganza for Anton Balasingham were seen pasted all over Britain. The posters written in tamil were critical of the renting of the Palace's Great Hall at the cost of 8 millions of Sri Lankan rupees by the LTTE for the final funeral rites, while people in the north and east of Sri Lanka were facing possible death due to starvation[7]. Northern Province is a province of Sri Lanka. ...
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Reactions
Government of Sri Lanka The Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka commented "His life long achievement is considered to be his ability to manipulate peace negotiations and postpone them indefinitely under various ruses until his movement could raise enough funds from the Tamil Diaspora and rearm the Tamil Tiger cadres strong enough to face the Sri Lanka army." [1].
State Government of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi who in his controversial condolence message had stated "I am unable to bear the sorrow over the death of my friend Mr Anton Balasingham, who I have known for many years." Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...
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He was criticised by Dr. Subramanian Swamy a prominent Indian politician who is a staunch critic of the LTTE stating "Balasingham was a terrorist who at least once has publicly and arrogantly relished the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In 1995 he had warned the then President of Sri Lanka, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga that she would face the same fate as Rajiv Gandhi if she confronted the LTTE." [2]. Dr. Subramanian Swamy (b. ...
LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ...
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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (born June 29, 1945) was the 5th President of Sri Lanka and 4th Executive President of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 - November 19, 2005). ...
RÄjiv Ratna GÄndhÄ« (DevanÄgarÄ«: राजीव रतà¥à¤¨ गानà¥à¤§à¥€, IPA: ) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the 9th Prime Minister of India (and the 3rd from the Gandhi family) from his mothers death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on December...
International Media Priyath Liyanage the Editor of BBC Sinhala service wrote that Balasingham's death is a loss to both sides of the Sri Lankan civil war. He credited Balasingam as the only moderating force within an otherwise belligerent rebel group and the only man within the group that could criticize and influence the leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. He added that Balasingam was known for his relentless attempts to bring the Tigers to the international negotiating arena. It was mainly due to his perseverance that the Tigers acquired a reputation as a progressive organization among certain liberals in the west. The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ...
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Combatants Sri Lankan Army Sri Lankan Air Force Sri Lankan Navy Karuna Group(Ranegades Form LTTE) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran Strength 111,000[1...
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He also credited Balasingam with bringing the attention of the world to a forgotten war in this small island nation. Although Balasingham was plagued with physical ailments he valiantly attended all the peace talks. According to Liyanage, Balasingam’s death will be a blow not only to the Tamil Tigers but also to many in the south of the country as he provided a thread of hope for a peaceful resolution to the seemingly intractable and escalating conflict of Sri Lanka. [3]
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LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ...
The situation of human rights in Sri Lanka is generally considered to be very poor. ...
Combatants Sri Lankan Army Sri Lankan Air Force Sri Lankan Navy Karuna Group(Ranegades Form LTTE) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran Strength 111,000[1...
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