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TamilNet is an online news portal that provides original news and feature articles on current affairs in Sri Lanka, specifically related to the minority Sri Lankan Tamil community, the ongoing civil war and the Human rights situation in Northeastern province of Sri Lanka.

LTTE perspective

In its reporting, Tamilnet is widely considered to support the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a politico-military organization called freedom fighters by its supporters and banned as a terrorist organisation by a number of countries including the United States, Canada, India as well as the European Union. The LTTE is fighting for to carve out a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka. It is often used by the international news media outlets such as BBC, CNN, Reuters, AP, AFP and Xinhua to report the LTTE perspective of incidents in Sri Lanka.

Allegations of false reporting

Tamilnet has been accused of false reporting by the government of Sri Lanka and adhering to a Tamil Nationalist perspective.

  • On August 6, 2006, a Tamilnet article titled "SLA shelling kills 15 civilians, injures 20" included published photographs of people it said died from "shells fired by the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy." The report stated that "the shelling" took place at "around 7 p.m." on August 6. However, the camera timestamp on the pictures indicated a time of between between 12.37 p.m. and 12.40 p.m. The news website Asian Tribune reported that its analysts questioned as to how an incident that took place "around 7.15 p.m." on August 6 presuming it was photographed over five hours earlier. Asiantribune stated that one of the images was subsequently removed from the website. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence posted a copy of the Asian Tribune article and added that, since all the photographs were of women, it speculated that they were from the LTTE "Women Brigade", and had been dressed as civilians after they were killed in previous fighting.
  • On August 11, 2006, Tamilnet reported that LTTE aircraft had attacked a Sri Lankan Military base at Palaly, Jaffna. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence claimed that this was a lie. While Tamilnet claimed that the attack had started at around 9.30 p.m. Sri Lanka time, the article itself was posted at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time or 8:59 p.m. Sri Lanka Time.

Murder of its editor

In 2005, Tamilnet's editor Taraki Sivaram, who media organizations including the New York Times said favored the LTTE in his articles, was kidnapped and then shot and killed in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The LTTE has accused the government of complicity in his murder, while the government has denied any responsibility.

References

  1. Gardner, Simon (2006-08-31). "Tamil Tigers warn Sri Lanka offensive could end truce". Reuters. Retrieved 2006-10-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. "Sri Lankan military says 11 soldiers killed in fierce battle with rebels in the north". Associated Press. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2006-10-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. "Peace hopes rise as Tigers 'agree' to talk". AFP. 2006-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. "Sri Lanka Air Force bombs rebel positions in north". Xinhua. 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2006-10-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. Pirani, Cenan (August 2005). "Charting Tamilnet's Influence on International Media Reporting". Retrieved 2006-10-01.
  6. ^ "SLA shelling kills 15 civilians, injures 20". Tamilnet. 2006-08-06. Retrieved 2006-08-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "LTTE propaganda boomerangs again". 2006-08-08. Retrieved 2006-10-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. "LTTE propaganda boomerangs again". Sri Lankan Military of Defence. 2006-08-08. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "Tiger aircraft rockets Palaly base, curfew in Jaffna". Tamilnet. 2006-08-11. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. "Tamilnet Exposed "Lying" once again". Sri Lankan Military of Defence. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. "Tamil Journalist Shot Dead". New York Times. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. "LTTE accuses SLA Intelligence, para-militaries for Sivaram's murder". Tamilnet. 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2006-10-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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