MONEY MANDAPAMS NOT NEEDED EVERY TAMIL VISIT FAMILIES OF THESE MARTYRS OF SELF IMMOLATION FOR EELAM CAUSE

  Dravida Peravai mourns and salutes these martyrs whose death must activate the conscience of international community.

MARTYRS COMMIT SELF IMMOLATION:  from DMK

A 60-year old Dravida Munnetra Kazhalagam (DMK) member who worked as a driver with the metropolitan transport corporation self-immolated demanding immediate stop to the killings of Tamils in the North East by the Sri Lanka Government. S Sivaprakasam was a participant at the human-chain protest organized by the DMK Youth Wing when he set himself ablaze. He suffered fourth-degree burns, and later died at Kilpauk Government Medical College.

IN BRITAIN

An Eezham Tamil has self-immolated himself in front of British Prime minister Gordon Brown's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London; according to UK based Tamil satellite Television Deepam TV.

IN GENEVA

26-year-old Eezham Tamil from UK has self-immolated himself to death in front of the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland. Murukathasan in a letter left behind by him 10 meters away from the scene, the copy of the letter in English and Tamil, received by Tamil journalists, with the identical name, said: "I believe the flames over my body, heart and soul will help the world community to have a deep human look over the great sufferings of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

IN MALAYSIA

27-year-old Eezham Tamil, Raja, living in Malaysia for 3 years set fire on himself leaving a note in his diary saying “I am burning myself to death resting my hopes on global Tamils to save the Eezham Tamils. I plead American President Barack Obama to bring in a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.”

“My name is Rajah, born on 27 May, 1982. I came to Malaysia seeking employment on 02 October, 2006 and I found a good job. Why am I burning myself to death? For permanent ceasefire and immediate peace talks in Sri Lanka," reads a note from his diary read.

IN TAMILNADU: from CONGRESS

Congress functionary Sirkazhi  Ravichandran, a 47-year-old father of two children, immolated himself Saturday to protest his party's inaction on the Eelam Tamils issue. He succumbed to hundred percent burn injuries and died a short while later at 3:45 p.m. Two days earlier, he had an altercation with the Union Minister Mani Shanker Aiyar blaming the Congress party for failing to stop the war in Sri Lanka. He had also told a couple of his friends about his decision in order to bring about a change in the attitude of the Congress.

[Photo courtesy: Nakkheeran] The remains of Cheerkaazhi Ravichandran [Photo courtesy: Nakkheeran]

In TAMILNADU

 A young Tamil activist burnt himself to death in front of the Shastri Bhavan, the Indian Central Government's Chennai Head office The activist, Mr. Muthukumar, from Thooththukkudi, who works for Pe'n'nea Nee feminist magazine as typist and also writes articles, doused himself with petrol and set himself afire, condemning the futile visit by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who failed to stop the war in Sri Lanka and save Eezham Tamils.