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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Britain demands ‘concrete progress’ on Sri Lanka rights

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Cameron: will meet civil actors too      Britain will use next month’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka to pressure Colombo to make...

He who tries to divide the country will get his head divided - Army chief

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Ready to kill! Strict action will be taken against anyone who attempts to bring in separatism after bei...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

SRI LANKA: In Ganeshan Nimalaruban's case the de facto CJ holds that inquiry into a prison death will encourage prisoners to riot

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Peries with Gotabhaya A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission The case of Ganeshan Nimalaruban, a Tamil prisoner whose death...

Lawyers have a responsibility to the country ( not to file FR cases on death by torture) - CJ Peiris

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A murder which goes unfinished Justice denied: The denouement of Sri Lanka’s Nimalaruban case By the Social Architects The Sri Lanka S...

If there is anything more seriously alleged against Sri Lanka, it is the failure to tolerate dissent

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Accepting the Award J.C. Weliamuna Ven Sirs, Excellencies, friends, ladies and gentlemen It’s with mixed feelings that I have got up t...

The Commonwealth in troubling times and the controversy surrounding Sri Lanka

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Sir Ronald Sanders KCMG AM is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and a former Caribbean diplomat ...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Killing of Ganesan Nimalaruban : CJ Mohan Peiris dismiss another FR case

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Ganesan Nimalaruban: Mr Nimalaruban's parents have "great doubts" over the way he died Ganesan Nimalaruban death: Sri Lan...

SRI LANKA: An Appeal for the Early Publication of the Inquiry Reports on the Welikada and Vavuniya Prison Riots

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A prisoner  killed in November 2012 in Welikada Prison, Colombo ''The Friday Forum urges you to make public the findings of ...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Commonwealth summit mired in row over Briton shot in Sri Lanka

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Khuram Shaikh, from Rochdale, was murdered on Christmas Day 2011, after complaining about harassment of his girlfriend. Photograph: Observ...

Police: White Van abduction, vehicle number is unknown, no clue of abductors

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One more abduction in Colombo Abductors’ identity still a mystery  The police are in the dark over the identity of the kidnappers, who a...

Police officer blocks vehicle parade over Rathupaswala

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ASP Chandana Kodithuwakku: I will stop you Gampaha ASP Chandana Kodithuwakku has allegedly forced a group of activists to abandon a vehi...

Sri Lanka; National authority for the protection of victims of crime; special fund to provide compensation and witnesses protection

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The Government will set up a National Authority for the protection of victims of crime. This is one of the major highlights of an Assistance...

Police in search for Channel 4 Jounalists in Sri Lanka

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The Sunday Leader learns that defence authorities were placed on high alert last week after information was received that a Channel 4 jo...

Bribery Commission slammed for not following COPE directives

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The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been slammed for not following directives of the parliamenta...

Media Repression and Tamils in Sri Lanka

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by Dani...

Taking oath before the President is a message to Sinhala people - Chief Minister Vigneswaran

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Internal self determination does not divide the country but facilitate a journey on the path of unity ''I expect my Sinhala bro...

Indian PM unlikely to attend CHOGM

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Manmohan Singh: No time for Rajapaksha! Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid's visit to Sri Lanka last week had been ...

Northern Provincial Council plagued by enmity within!

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  Press conference of EPRLF, TELO, PLOTE:  there needs to be a democratic deicision making process By Manekshaw The new  (NPC) members...

As a protest to ITAK, NPC members of EPRLF, TELO, PLOTE to take oath in Mullaiththeevu

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Mullaiththeevu after the war “We are not going to let a [Colombo-centric] group in the Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) to take a d...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Indian fishmen come in 1000s, rob liveihood of our fishemen and destroy sea bed - Bishop of Mannar

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File photo form Sunday Times Mannar Bishop to take up poaching crisis with TN  . Mannar Bishop the Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph said he ...

JHU wants CM of NPC Wigneswaran’s motives probed for not hoisting national flag

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The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) has questioned the motive behind the non-hoisting the national flag during a meeting between Chief Minister o...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Sri Lanka: Reading tea leaves; Centre vs. NPC

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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) elected to the Northern Provincial Council took oaths in Jaffna aft...

Above the Law: Violations of Women’s Reproductive Rights in Northern Sri Lanka

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Image courtesy The Social Architects ...

Turning to sex work in Sri Lanka’s north; a consevative estimate: 7000 sex workers

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Photo: Dilrukshi Handunnetti/IRIN - Soliciting clients for commercial sex in northern Sri Lanka COLOMBO/KILINOCHCHI, 10 October...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Seven things Sri Lanka is doing for CHOGM

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Pprotests banned in Sri Lanka With the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) just around the corner, Sri Lanka in general, a...