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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Court summons investigators in Sudarman Radaliyagoda case

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Courts have summoned the investigating officers in the scrap iron case against ITN journalist Sudarman Radaliyagoda.

police killlings: Dompe victim's parents seek justice

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The parents of an alleged police torture victim have called upon Sri Lankan authorities to conduct a proper investigation into the death in ...

Sri Lanka defeated EU move at UNHRC -

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Sandasen MARASINGHE The Sri Lankan government secured two significant victories during the recent United Nations Human Rights Council sessi...

Sri Lanka defeated Canedian motion at UN HRC - Minister Samarasinghe

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 Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe says Sri Lanka has been able to secure many victories by defeating the motions against the country brought th...
Monday, October 3, 2011

‘Released’ ex-LTTE cadres not allowed to go home with parents

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A report on BBC Tamil service says, the “1,800 rehabilitated LTTE fighters released on Friday, September 30th after having rehabilitated the...

TULF wants new land registration scheme stopped

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 The Tamil United Liberation front has appealed to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to intervene and stop the scheme of registering la...

Australian envoy draws ire for role in Tamil ceremony

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Daniel Flitton  Ambassoder Kathy Klugman has been criticised for presenting Sri Lankan awards. A TOP Australian diplomat has handed out ce...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Roshen’s family holds protests . .

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The family members of slain factory worker-Roshen Chanaka today launched a silent protest calling for more compensation and details of the r...

The Unknown Killing Fields: Looking into the Sri Lankan Civil War

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Dineke Pardijs Summary executions, bodies of raped women, and families hiding from bombs in hastily dug trenches. The images shown in a rec...

Economic disparity threatens equal opportunities for education in Sri Lanka

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Joseph Stalin Fernando  Although the per capita income of the GDP of Sri Lanka is US $ 1400, the income disparity between the higher income...

Crucial talks between TNA, Sri Lanka govt put off: Report

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The government has postponed crucial talks with Sri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA to find a solution to the political aspirations of the ...

LLRC report only in next year

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LLRC says draft-copy will not be sent CW The Commonwealth Committee expects the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission ...

Mr. President “You Have Been Served”

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Frederica Jansz On Friday September 30, a thirty page long complaint detailing charges against President Rajapaksa, was sent to nearly 100 ...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Sri Lanka 'defeated conspiracy at UN'

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There has been a major international conspiracy against Sri Lanka at the recently concluded UNHRC session in Geneva, the country's deleg...

British Labour Party calls for an international commission of inquiry into war crimes allegations in Sri Lanka

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Rt. Hon Douglas Alexander MP, the British Shadow Foreign Secretary, has given the Labour Party’s full support for the establishment of an in...

Sri Lankans In Wikileaks

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A picture emerges from the WikiLeaks cables of a Sri Lanka where all is not as it seems. Mahinda Rajapaksa, contrary, to his caricature as a...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Lanka paper held back by the Police .

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This week's Lanka newspaper,  published by the rebel faction of the JVP has been seized by the Mt Lavina police.  A spokesman for the g...

Canada lashes Sri Lanka, summit showdown looms

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Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 29, 2...

Canada, UK target SL on C’wealth front - Prof. Peiris fumes over proposals targeting govt.

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Shamindra Ferdinando  The Sri Lankan government yesterday (29) alleged that a small but influential section of the Commonwealth was carryin...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Commonwealth could split–sl over the appoinment of HR commissioner

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Dianne Silva The Sri Lankan government which rejected a move by the Commonwealth Ministerial  Action Group to appoint a Commissioner on Dem...

Sri Lanka – Media smear campaign and death threats against human rights defender Sunanda Deshapriya following his participation in the UN Human Rights Council - Front Line

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Front Line Defenders - The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights  29 September 2011 Human rights defender Mr Sunand...

UN review on response in Eelam War IV

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Signalling more trouble for Sri Lanka, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has initiated a review of the UN’s actions regarding the...

GMOA to decide on counter measures against increased threats

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Dasun Edirisinghe The General Committee of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) will meet today (29) to decide on a strategy ...

Civil Defence Committees to be resurrected

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Lumbini Karandana Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday declared that reactivating Civil Defence Committees (CDC) which had been ...

CID search home of dissident JVP MP , computers taken into custody

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Ranjan Kasturi The Madiwela residence of JVP MP Ajith Kumara, who had joined the JVP dissident group, had been searched by the CID yesterda...