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Thursday, June 6, 2013

13 A: An urgent amendment spells recipe for disaster

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Dilrukshi Hadunnethi In what can be considered the final nail on the only constitutional attempt made in post-independent Sri Lanka to devol...

Minister urged to publish reports on prison riots soon - Friday Forum

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Chandrasiri G 410pxPrison Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajhadeera has been urged by the Friday Forum- the Group of Concerned Citizens to pub...

Minister Vass Gunawardane wants Criminal Defamation Law revived

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Government parliamentarians yesterday highlighted the need for the reintroduction of the draconian Criminal Defamation Law, which was repeal...

President agreed to remove Police and Land powers form 13 Amendment - Minister Weerawansa

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Govt. not worried if TNA wins NPC elections: Wimal  . If the Tamils in the North vote the TNA to victory in the scheduled September PC poll...

This unilateral act by the government to negate the existing devolutionary framework would be an historical mistake - CPA

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Statement on Proposed Constitutional Amendment  The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply perturbed by recent media reports tha...

Disappeared (2010) journalist Pageeth is living in France - Govt; FMM wants detailed information

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Sandya Eknaligoda and his son at a  campaign .. FMM wants Sri Lankan Government to reveal information on Prageeth Sri Lankan Governmen...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Proposed Code of Ethics by GoSL Heralds the Death Knell of Media Freedom in Sri Lanka

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The proposed set of media ethics by the Government of Sri Lanka bans reporting on many a important issues, and leaves room for wide interpre...

Before enforcing Govt ethics on Media it should do justice journalists killed and assaulted

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Do justice first: Journalist campaign for FOE rights in Sri Lanka Media, laptops and ethics, Editorial, The Island All of a sudden, ...

China biggest lender to govt, India biggest benefactor

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Foreign loans, grants committed in 2012: June 4, 2013, 8:34 pm China emerged as the biggest lender to the government of Sri Lanka wit...

Sri Lankan defence secretary backs chauvinist campaign against provincial election

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Wasantha Rupasinghe and K. Ratnayake Sri Lanka’s defence secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, has publicly opposed the election planned for the n...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Govt decided to amend the 13 Amendment

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The government party leaders who met last evening at a special meeting chaired by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss changes to the 13th...

Power-drunk politicos are not the best candidates , Editorial, Daily Mirror

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Currently, hardly a day passes without any story about a crime or a fraud involving a politician,  particularly a local government member...

Sri Lankan chief justice expresses contempt for democratic rights

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Mohan Peiris defended GoSL at UN By Sanjaya Jayasekera and Sujeewa Amaranath Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice, Mohan Peiris, recently made rema...

Four Hindu temples ransacked in one night by unruly persons in Batticaloa.

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Four Hindu temples in one night was ransacked and damaged by unidentified persons in the Batticaloa district. The source sculpture and other...

Govt. attacked students struggling to protect education for future generations – NMPFE

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The National Movement for Protecting Free Education (NMPFE) has issued an announcement asking as to who takes the responsibility of the brut...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Accountability: A grand failure of the Sri Lankan state

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8 years gone: No investigation, only promises Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena Verily, one is not sure whether to be outraged or amused by assu...

Interference by the Military Governor: Eastern Provincial Council in crisis

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The Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) has run into a crisis with 20 members of the ruling party (UPFA), including the four Ministers, boycott...

Failed attempt to kidnap ‘Janarala’ news editor

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The attempt made to kidnap the news editor of ‘Janarala’ newspaper G.D.L Priyadarshana on May 30th night has failed. Speak...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

China’s blank cheques: No checks and balances - Editorial, Sunday Times

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has just concluded his seventh state visit to China in as many years as the country’s Head of State and Head of ...

The implications of States’ surveillance of communications for the exercise of freedom of opinion and expression

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Frank La Rue Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression '...

Sri Lanka monk self-immolation highlights anti-Muslim sentiment

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J. S. Tissainayagam The suicide by a Buddhist monk who set himself on fire in Sri Lanka to protest the slaughter of cattle has been haile...

Sri Lanka emphasizes need for regulation, transparency and accountability in funding to NGOs and NPOs

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Sri Lanka has emphasized that regulation, transparency and accountability of funding to NGOs and NPOs is a pre-requisite in...

China, Sri Lanka agree loans, defence; seek to allay Indian worries

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(Reuters) - China has offered Sri Lanka about $2.2 billion in loans for infrastructure projects and a free trade pact, the island nation s...

SRI LANKA: Refugees in India reluctant to return

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Amelia Shepherd-Smith/IRIN There are more than 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees in India TAMIL NADU, 4 September 2012 (IRIN) - More than thr...

Sri Lanka, Thailand agree to cooperate on Defense and Maritime Security

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SL promised to support  Thailand at UNHRC Leaders of Sri Lanka and Thailand today agreed to enhance cooperation on defense and maritime s...