Sri Lanka govt. flagship English daily CDN denys Right to Reply to cover up its unprofessionalism

Media Release/National Peace council

PUBLIC INTEREST OR PERSONAL VENDETTA? LET THE READERS DECIDE

What can be said about someone naked who steals the clothes of his opponent and parades them as his own to hide his own nakedness? The Editor of the Daily News has shamelessly misappropriated the statements used by the National Peace Council (NPC) to expose his ignorance and confusion of history and parades them as his own.

Sri Lanka: Daily News Editor doesnt know the difference between War of Independence (1775- 83) and Civil War (1861-64) in America

Editor puts his leg in the mouth

 '' The Editor of the Daily News seems to be all mixed up about the American War of Independence which took place from 1775-1783 and the American Civil War which took place a century later in 1861-64, between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.  The Declaration of Independence is celebrated on July 4, but not the end of the Civil War which took place between the North and the South where over 600,000 people were killed. ''
 

DISCRIMINATION ARISES WHEN THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAW AS IT IS AND HOW IT IS IMPLEMENTED IN PRACTICE

Press Release /National Peace Council

NPC replys to JHU Udaya Gammanpila's chellenge: Centre does not allow North & East PCs to use the devoled powers

Reply by National Peace Council: On the functioning of the Provincial Councils of the North and East

In an interview given to the Daily News of 24.04.14, Western Provincial Council minister Udaya Gammanpila has taken issue with a statement of the National Peace Council with regard to Provincial Councils in the North and East. He has quoted from the NPC statement that “although the government has held elections in the Northern Provincial Council, it is useless unless the Council is allowed to function without undue interference from the centre”.

HRC25: draft resolution covers larger issues of good governance and human rights in the country - NPC

Side event at HRC25 discussing  the draft resolution

DRAFT RESOLUTION TAKES A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH / NPC Press release

The draft resolution on Sri Lanka to be taken for vote at the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is now in circulation.  It proposes an international monitoring of Sri Lanka’s domestic accountability process and calls on the UN Human Rights Commissioner’s Office to do investigations on its own.  In addition, the draft resolution calls for the establishment of a truth seeking mechanism and national policy to hold individuals accountable for violations of international law.  It also calls on the government to devolve powers meaningfully in terms of the 13th Amendment and to empower the Northern Provincial Council with the necessary resources and authority.

Sri Lanka:Consider Joint Inquiry instead of International Inquiry

Unlawful Impeachment of the Chief Justice
was a blow to Rule of law in Sri Lanka

National Peace Council release
The Sri Lankan government has rejected the report submitted by the UN Human Rights Commissioner that recommends an international inquiry into alleged war crimes and human rights violations in the last phase of the country’s war.  The government continues to deny the allegations and asserts that it only carried out a humanitarian rescue operation during the last stages of the war due to the forcible holding of the civilian population by the LTTE and also asserts that the alleged number of persons who had died or disappeared as a gross exaggeration.

First take on Northern Provincial Council elections

 Col. R. Hariharan

About 78.5 percent of 4.25 lakh people of Northern Province who voted in the Provincial Council elections on September 21, 2013 have given the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) a thumping victory. The TNA won 30 seats including 2 bonus seats in the 38-member council while the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) secured 7 seats and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won 1 seat.