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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Sri Lanka slams Pillay; Report has gone beyond mandate

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Minister Samarasinghe:delete all references to the PoE Report as it was not referred to in the Resolution 19/2 (AD) Sri Lanka today ...

Ex-army chief: Sri Lanka should not fear inquiry

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) -- The ex-army chief who led the military campaign to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels says Sri Lanka should not fear a...

India to move amendments to UN resolution on Sri Lanka

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Finance Minister P Chidambaram on the right New Delhi : India will move amendments to the UN resolution agains...

The Rochdale Red Cross worker who continues to haunt Sri Lanka

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Travelling to Sri Lanka to try and find out about his constituent's murder, Simon Danczuk learned that when politicians are implic...

SriLanka: Govt prescribs US $ 179 monthly salary for a newspaper editor

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Sri Lanka media guards top salary secret by LBO Sri Lanka’s media, including banned-but-popular news websites, have evidently avoided r...

More Support Foreseen for US Resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC in Geneva This Year Than Last Year-NYT

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SriLanka Lion flag at UNHRC ( photo: SLB) NICK CUMMING-BRUCE GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council is preparing to vo...

Sri Lanka population ratio :Sinhalese (1.04%) and Muslims (1.87%) increase while Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils decrease

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A Tamil student: Tamil population is deceasing Population: Census expert disputes anti-Muslim claim Dasun Edirisinghe A senior census a...

CPI(M) for full autonomy for Sri Lankan Tamils

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Sitaram Yechury: We are for full autonomy for (Sri) Lankan Tamils Describing as “state of uncertainty” the situation at the Centre in th...

Has India watered down UN resolution against SL yet again?

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G Pramod Kumar The Indian government seems to have been successful in watering down the proposed second US resolution against Sri Lanka at t...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

US explains human rights resolution against Sri Lanka

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The conflict claimed up to 1,00,000 lives, according to UN estimates, and both sides are accused of war crime Wa...

Sonia: Plight of Sri Lankan Tamils is close to our hearts

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< a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sonia-plight-of-sri-lankan-tamils-is-close-to-our-hearts/article4525359.ece?textsi...

Sri Lankan Muslims under threat ( Dawn, Pakistan)

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SL Muslims protest against a Mosque attack  Irfan Husain  A CURIOUS story in a local English daily caught my eye the other day. It see...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Key changes in the revised 3rd draft of the US resolution : Reporting to 24th session & Inter-active dialogue in 25th session dropped

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(SLB) The 3rd revised draft of the US initiated resolution on Sri Lanka , Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka   h...

The interlocutors of Bodu Bala Sena and Sinhala Ravaya, spewing a heavy dose of religious intolerance, act as the Buddhist equivalent to fundamentalist mullahs

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The Flags: Bodu Bala Sena and Sinhala Ravaya Ranga Jayasuriya Religious groups compete with each other for their constituency, just like...

UNHRC Sri Lanka resolution : A vote would expose who had sided with the US for their benefit & countries influenced by the LTTE rump - GoSL sources

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Voting at UNHRC on SL resolution , March 2012 GoSL rejects joint resolution, stage set for Geneva vote By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lank...

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha proposes amendments ( to Indian Govt) to US resolution at UNHRC

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India must take a historic stance on Tamils issue: Jayalalithaa < a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/india-m...

Centre cool to DMK’s demand for declaring civilian deaths as ‘genocide’

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"The Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam’s demand for declaring the civilian deaths in the Sri Lankan conflict as genocide is an overstatement, es...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

In the annals of race relations there is nothing to parallel the halal problem in Sri Lanka: it is almost certainly unique in its sheer quasi-insane irrationality

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A page from  the Face Book: And yet there has been a protracted hate campaign against the Muslims Izeth Hussain It is questionable wheth...

UNP shows its true Colours:Ranil says Govt. has signed too many HR treaties

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Even as Sri Lanka comes under heavy international scrutiny about its human rights record in Geneva this month, Opposition Leader Rani...

Mullikulam: Restrictions on fishing, cultivation, access to the church and school continue

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WATCHDOG The continuous appeals and campaigns carried out by the people of Mullikulam, the Bishop of Mannar, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Jose...

UN special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Refused Entry

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Frank La Rue The government has refused to accede to a request by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right t...

Sri Lanka: India to support credible independent international probe

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Chidambaram hints at likely vote against Sri Lanka at UN meet Click to Expand & Play Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu: Finance Mi...

What’s new in the Tamil diaspora?: The Global Tamil Forum comes out of the shadows

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House of Commons, 27 February 2013 Picture includes GTF Chair Fr. Emanuel, UK Deputy Premier Nick Cleg and TNA’s Sampanthan. Kumar D...

S.G. Punchihewa, Champion of a decent society

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By Dr. Paikasothy Saravanamuttu ''I am deeply honoured and very pleased to be able to contribute an article on an individual wh...

Sri Lanka bars Briton with Buddha tattoo

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Sri Lanka denied entry to a British tourist sporting a Buddha tattoo on his arm because he showed disrespect to Buddhism, a newspaper repo...