TULF leader V.Anandasangaree continues to win awards and earn accolades for the effort he makes to pursue democratic and moderate politics in the face of threats and warnings he receives from enemies of democracy and decency. (more…)
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(Photo:Sarojininee Ponnambalam
Yogeswaran and J.N.Dixit)
by Shamindra Ferdinando
Unidentified persons cut and chopped to death TULF Vice President S. Namasivayam (57) near Vyravar Kovil on June 5, 1998. Jaffna police detained a buttermilk salesman who had a personal grudge with Namasivayam. Nothing came out of the investigation. Attackers almost severed his neck and three fingers of one hand. Killers struck as he was cycling home for lunch. The horrific slaying went almost unnoticed.
The LTTE ordered him to quit active politics shortly after the assassination of Sarojinee Yogeswaran (65). He ignored the command. (more…)
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TULF leader V. Ananda sangaree who is among a very few Tamil politicians who dared stand up to the guns and bullets of the LTTE in his quest to ensure democracy and pluralism for his people living under the jackboot of Tiger hegemony receves the 2006 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize from the Deputy Director Genaral of UNESCO Marcio Barbosa at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on November 16. The Prize is awarded for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
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TULF leader and veteran politician V. Ananda Sangaree who was bestowed with the UNESCO/Mananjet award for Tolerance and Non Violence delivering his acceptance speech said that it is the spread of exclusion of intolerance that has resulted in the rise of racist ideologies that separate people and create barriers about the other. (more…)
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D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Courtesy: TamilWeek.com
Veteran Tamil politician Veerasingham Anandasangaree was honoured last Thursday (Nov 16) in Paris with the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh award for tolerance and non - violence. The 73 year old Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) president was descrobed as ” An indefatigable advocate of democracy and peaceful conflict resolution, he has contributed to raising awareness of the Tamil cause in a spirit of dialogue, while seeking to promote non-violent solutions to Sri Lanka and opposing terrorism. ” by UNESCO.
A former teacher and lawyer Anandasangaree has been in politics for more than four decades.Sangaree as Anandasangaree is generally known in Sri Lanka is not an exile like Taslima or under house arrest like Aung San but certainly his life is under grave threat ever since he started defying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (more…)
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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President Veerasingham Anandasangaree was awarded the prestigious 2006 UNESCO - Madanjeet Singh prize for the promotion of Tolerance and Non - Violence on Thursday November 16th.
The prize - giving ceremony at the UNESCO house in Paris was held as usual on Nov 16th observed annually as International day for tolerance .
UNESCO Deputy - Director General Marcio Barbosa handed over the prize comprising a sculpture, certificate and cheque for US $ 100,000 as honorarium to Anandasangaree amidst thunderous applause.
“I will cherish this moment as long as I live” said the TULF leader.
Loyal TULF supporters, family members and well - wishers from different European countries and Canada were in France to be present at the function where the 73 year old veteran Tamil Politician was honoured. (more…)
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ஆனந்தசங்கரி அவர்களுக்கு ஐ.நா-யுனெஸ்கோவின் மன்ஜித்சிங் விருது கிடைத்திருப்பது தமிழ் ஜனநாயக சத்திகளுக்கு கிடைத்த வெற்றி என்றே கூற வேண்டும். இந்த விருது கிடைத்ததையிட்டு தமிழர் ஜனநாயக அரங்கத்தில் உற்சாகவெள்ளம் கரைபுரண்டு ஓடுகிறது. இது தமிழர்களின் ஜனநாயகத்திற்கும் சமாதானத்திற்குமான போராட்டத்திற்கு கிடைத்த வெற்றியின் முதற்படி எனலாம; இது உலகளாவிய ஒரு அங்கீகாரம். நெல்சன்மண்டெலா தென்னாபிரிக்க நிறவெறிக்கெதிரான போராட்டதில் கால்நூற்றாண்டுகாலம் சிறையிருந்தபோது அவருக்கு கியூபாவின் தலைவர் பிடல் கஸ்ட்ரோ அவரது குடும்பத்தினரிடம் விருது வழங்கினார். (more…)
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Paris, 18 November, (Asiantribune.com): After receiving the 2006 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for Tolerance and Non Violence at its Paris headquarters, the leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) V. Anandasangaree appealed to the international community “to help liberate the Tamil people of Sri Lanka from the clutches of the ruthless LTTE”. TULF leader V. Anandasangaree receives the 2006 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize from the Deputy Director Genaral of UNESCO Marcio Barbosa at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on November 16. The Prize is awarded for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non Violence. (more…)
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Your Excellency, The President of the International Jury, Mr. Andres Pastrana Arango,
Hon Deputy Director General of UNESCO, Mr. Marcio Barbosa,
Hon Shri Madanjeet Singh Ji,
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen.
“Ayubhowan” and “Vanakkam” to you all and my greetings to the UNESCO Director General Mr. Koshiro Matsuura who is not present here today.
Being bestowed with the UNESCO / Madanjeet Singh award for Tolerance and Non Violence, this honour gives me added strength and encouragement in my quest to promote the sprite of “Ahimsa” struggle for ones rights through non violent means, as practiced by the immortals of our times.
From Mahatma Gandhi, to Martin Luther King to Nelson Mandela, they all fought for the rights of their people, with peace in their hearts. Their success has greatly inspired my thoughts and actions in striving for the rights of the Tamil population in Sri Lanka, through democratic and non violent means. (more…)
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சகிப்புத்தன்மையும் அகிம்சையும் மேம்படுத்துவதற்கான
யுனெஸ்கோ ஃ மதன்ஜித் சிங் விருது!
(16.11.06 அன்று பாரிஸ் நகரில் உள்ள யுனஸ்கோ மண்டபத்தில் வழங்கப்பட்ட விருதின் போது திரு. வீ. ஆனந்தசங்கரி அவர்கள் வழங்கிய ஏற்புரை)
சர்வதேச ஜூரர் சபையின் தலைவர் திரு அன்ரஸ் பாஸ்ரானா அறங்கோ அவர்களே, கௌரவ ஸ்ரீ மதன்ஜித் சிங் ஜீ அவர்களே, மேதகு பிரமுகர்களே, சீமாட்டிகளே, கனவான்களே! (more…)
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