Title:
Jun-11-2008 Kaala Kanippu - Tamil Eelam launch Pongku Tamil

Description:
Tamil Eelam is the homeland of Tamils administered by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Tamil Eelam is comprised of Northern and Eastern part of the island Ceylon(Sri Lanka). Tamil Eelam is currently a de-facto state in Ceylon(Sri Lanka). The LTTE has implemented a judicial system that consists of courts to adjudicate in criminal and civil matters. Currently the Tamil Eelam judicial system consists of district courts, High courts and Supreme court as well as a court of appeal. The district courts handle civil and criminal cases. The two high courts handles criminal cases such as rape, murder, treason and arson. The supreme court has jurisdiction over the whole of Tamil Eelam. The Tamil Eelam courts are said to be effective [48] and people who have a choice sometimes go to the Tamil Eelam courts rather than the Sri Lankan courts. LTTE has also established a police force. The Tamil Eelam police is the other key factor in maintaining law and order. The Tamil Eelam police was formed in 1991 and currently has its headquarters at Killinochi.[29] Police stations have been established in all areas that are controlled by the LTTE. The LTTE claims that their police force is the reason for the low crime rate but critics of LTTE claim that the police force is an integrated arm of the LTTE armed force and that the crime rate is low as a result of LTTE authoritarian rules. However, everyone agrees the Tamil Eelam police force and the judicial system is reason for high degree of rule of law in the areas controlled by the LTTE. Another state function of the LTTE administration is social welfare. This humanitarian assistant arm is funded by tax collection internally .[48] [50] [49]. LTTE has also established an education and health sector that offers services to the people under their control. [29] They have also created a human rights organization, called Northeast Secretariat on Human Rights, that functions to advocate the rights of Tamils. Though not recognized by international government it acts as a human rights commission. Furthermore, a customs service is also operated at the "border" by the Tamil Tigers. In addition to the civil administration LTTE also runs its own radio and television stations. These entities are named the Voice of Tigers and National Tamil Eelam Television respectively. Both the radio and television channel are aired from the areas under LTTE control. [50] [55] LTTE also runs a bank named the Bank of Tamileelam which uses the Sri Lankan rupee as its currency but offers higher rates than any bank on the island.

Author:
1island2nations

Tags:
eelam, lanka, ltte, sinhala, sri, tamil, tigers,