02/26/2011
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Tehelka
ON A cold January night, an hour before midnight, Jayakumar kissed his sleeping three-yearold daughter Bhumika’s cheek and walked out of the house, closing the door softly. On the dark beach about 100 metres away, his brother Senthil and uncle were already dragging their bright green fibreglass boat into the crashing waves. For four hours, they sailed quietly, their faces barely visible to each other in the moonlight. When the shoreline was out of sight, they cast their net. Just as they were pulling up their net heavy with fish and prawns, a blinding beacon flooded their boat. The Sri Lankan Navy was speeding towards them, filled with 10 men, machine guns in hand.
02/18/2011
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The Hindu
Only hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said he was taking a “serious view” of the arrest of fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were at work close to the Sri Lankan shores, another batch of 24 fishermen was taken into custody in the same area.
02/16/2011
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BBC
More than 100 fishermen from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are arrested in Sri Lanka after being accused of fishing in its territorial waters.
02/16/2011
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Sify
New Delhi: India on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the fate of its fishermen, allegedly apprehended by Sri Lankan Navy, and said it has been conveyed to the Sri Lankan government that such actions by its navy were unacceptable.
01/31/2011
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TransCurrents
Two recent incidents, allegedly committed by the Sri Lankan Navy, have sent shock waves throughout Tamil Nadu. In the first incident, on January 12, Veerapandian and three other fishermen left Jagathapattinam, presumably entered the Sri Lankan waters, when the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire, killing Veerapandian. In the second incident, which occurred on January 22, three fishermen, Jeyakumar, Senthil and Rajendran, set sail from Pushpavanam village and they were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy around 11 pm.
01/29/2011
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CNN-IBN
Nagapattinam: It has been nearly a week since Murugeswari's husband Jayakumar was killed allegedly by the SL navy in the waters between India and Sri Lanka. The political visitors continue pouring in to convey their condolences starting with local leaders to now even a personal visit by AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa. In the midst of her grief, Murugeswari's husband's death is now a political issue ahead of the assembly elections.
01/01/2011
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Hindustan Times
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was in a chatty mood on Monday evening when a few of us got an unscheduled opportunity to interact with him. The logo for his favourite town Hambantota's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) had just been unveiled at Temple Tree, his official home, and Rajapaksa was
09/05/2010
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Sunday Times
The continued intrusion of Indian fishermen into Sri Lankan territorial waters has become an impediment to fishermen in the north who are now enjoying unrestricted access to the seas in the area after nearly three decades.
09/01/2010
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AFP
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka — Fishermen in the Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee hoped the end of the island's civil war would bring prosperity, but dynamite and corruption now threaten their livelihoods.
09/01/2010
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Himal Southasian
S Thavaratnam, chairman of the Jaffna District Fishermen’s Cooperative Society Unions Federation, played a significant role in unionising fishermen in northern Sri Lanka, starting in the mid-1970s. At that time, small unions were established in every fishing village across the Northern Province. As the civil war took hold, however, communication across villages became difficult and the federation was disrupted, and the unions in the Jaffna District functioned as a smaller federation. Thavaratnam became the president of that federation in 1995. He recently spoke with Himal contributing editor Ahilan Kadirgamar, and explained the impact of the civil war on the fishing industry, the problem of South Indian trawlers encroaching on Sri Lankan waters, and the need for more advanced boats. Translated from the Tamil.