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Saturday, November 17, 2012

In the law enforcement area, the vacuum that will be created by the removal of the independent character of the judges will be filled by the Ministry of Defence

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The paramilitary and the intelligence services will play the role of accusers, judges and executioners. Basil Fernando The impeachment ...

Commonwealth concerned over Lanka's move to impeach CJ

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Commonwealth Secretary-General has expressed concern over the recent move by the Sri Lankan Parliament to impeach the country's Chief Ju...
Friday, November 16, 2012

What if the UN Had Spoken Out on Sri Lanka?

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..detained in sub-standard internment camps, paid for and built by the United Nations and its donors Screen shot:Aljazeera) Frances Harr...

Open letter to UNP & TNA: Demand details of war casualties during 2008 August to 2009 May from UNSG

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Killed in Vanni 2009 ( screen shot -Aljazeera) To Leaders of the UNP and the TNA Ranil Wickramasinghe, MP (Leader of the Opposition),/ ...

Tamils seek probe after U.N. faults itself in Sri Lanka war report

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A photo from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense is said to show troops walking among debris inside the war zone as they evacuate Tamil c...

Following report on activities in Sri Lanka war, Ban determined to strengthen UN responses to crises

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Ban Ki-moon receives Independent Review Panel on Sri Lanka report from ASG Charles Petrie. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe “The United Nati...

Sri Lanka: UPR 2012 fails to advance human rights agenda

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B. Skanthakumar The Sri Lankan government rejected almost half of the recommendations received in Geneva from other UN member states ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Guarantee the respect of the judiciary and defend their independence; Withdraw the impeachment - appeal by 59 academics

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Appeal to the Executive and the Legislature to Guarantee Respect for the Judiciary and the CJ and to Guarantee the Independence of the Judic...

Sri Lanka:Decision-making across the UN was dominated by a culture of trade-offs – from the ground to UN headquarters

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''Coming at the beginning of his second term, the Secretary-General’s decision to commission an internal review is an extremely cou...

Foreign affairs Select Committee: Cameron shouldn't attend CHOGM in Sri Lanka' bec of HR violations

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 Foreign Affairs Committee publishes report on the role and future of the Commonwealth ''The report concludes that continuing evid...

UN: Act on Failings in Sri Lanka and appoint Independent Inquiry Into Violations by Government and Tamil Tigers

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LTTE child solders: It forced thousands of children to join its ranks ( AI campaign photo) Report of the UN Secretary-General's ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

UN Internal Review: UN failure and Sri Lanka's way forward

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Govt sponsored anti UN protest in Colombo, Feb 2012 ( photo: Reuters) There can be no lasting peace and stability without dealing with t...

Sri Lanka: How UN failed during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict

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The UN failed to protect civilians during Sri Lanka’s armed conflict according its own report, released today, prompting Amnesty Internati...

This Sri Lanka massacre shows UN has not learned from its failures in Rwanda

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Isabel Hilton The UN will never be a perfect  organisation: nothing so ambitious could be, and the organisation will tend to be blamed ...

Failure of UN in Sri Lanka war: Ban Ki-Moon to appoint a senior team to consider recommendations and advise way forward

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After the war victory:The destruction Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon New York, 14 November 2012 Statement of the Secretary-Gene...

Sri Lanka: UN expert concerned about reprisals against judges urges reconsideration of Chief Justice’s impeachment

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Gabriela Knaul, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers GENEVA (14 November 2012) - The United Nations Special Rap...

The Government is impatient to convey a different message to the Judiciary: “You are either with us; or against us”

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Impeachment or inquisition of CJ? (Editorial, Sunday Times) At least this time, the Government is truthful about it; it has made it known th...

Impeachment:Regime’s most dangerous effort to stifle dissent, destroy independence of judiciary and undermine implementation of 13A - CPA

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Press Release on the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake The Centre for Policy Alternatives (C...

Is Ban's legacy tarnished by Sri Lanka?

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Ban meeting Rajapaksha in May 2009 Colum Lynch Ban Ki-moon added his voice today to the rising chorus of world leaders denouncing Syrian...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

India failed to protect Tamils: 'From Blood on the hands' to 'Blood money'

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H ospital in Puthukkudiyiruppu,in Feb 2009 - AP photo M.G. Devasahayam, Chennai . C.    Why did India fail? At the height of SL genoc...

UN 'failed Sri Lanka civilians', says internal probe

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  Hundreds of thousands of Tamils ended up trapped in a tiny strip of land   Lyse Doucet, Ch...
Monday, November 12, 2012

True version of the Prison massacre : Jailor , guards write to the superiors on how prisoners were killed

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an injured  remand prison ( photo: Lanka e News) (Lanka-e-News)The Prison officers have written anonymous letters to the Prisons Commiss...

Sri Lankan bishops call on the government to respect courts' independence

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(AsiaNews) - The independence of Sri Lanka's justice system is under threat, this according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of S...

Sri Lanka: Ethical Tourism Campaign

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SL military prepare for a war parade ( Photo:AP) This week, the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice (of which I am a co-director) l...

Without proper reason the Ministry for Human Rights was abolished: the pledges made at UPR 2008 fell by way side - Rajiva Wijesinha

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Minister Samarasinhghe - no HR ministry The Universal Periodic Review has come, and gone, and as usual there seems to be general satisfa...