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Monday, December 9, 2013

A case of homes, schools and livelihoods sacrificed in the name of security

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Meera Srinivasan It has been a long while since the Jaffna school lost its building to the Sri Lankan army — which uses it for its High Se...

SRI Lanka: JHU, Buddhist Monks party calls for the arrest of PM

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Prime Minister D. M Jayarathne should immediately resign or he should be arrested immediately if he fails to divulge the name of the officia...

Sri Lanka: Ruling party MP Suriyapperuma goes on a tirade against Singh, Cameron and Obama; FM, G.L.Peiris not perturbed

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85-year old parliamentarian, who is four years older than the Indian premier calls him ‘nakiya’ UPFA National List MP J.R.P.Su...

Truth and reconciliation without whitewash : the message of Nelson Madela to Sri Lanka

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National Peace Council With the passing away of Nelson Mandela the world has lost one of the greatest and most extraordinary human beings...

Sri Lanka: President to meet Kenyan leader

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Uhuru Kenyatta President Mahinda Rajapaksa will head to Kenya for talks, at a time the Kenyan leadership is facing a trial at the Intern...

On violation of citizens' right to information and social dialogue through blocking of news websites

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Press Release This is to notify the public that their right to information and social dialogue that can only be safeguarded through unin...

CHOGM mooted TRC, ill-fit for Sri Lanka, say ANU fellow, legal scholar

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Establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) modeled on the South Africa (SA) experience, viewed by Sri Lanka backers as an urge...
Saturday, December 7, 2013

Sri Lanka: Chief Minister of the NPC called for international action on sinhalese colanisation in North

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 The Chief Minister of the NPC called  for international action against the Sri Lankan government’s program of settling Sinhalese families...

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission process will not succeed in Sri Lanka

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by Niran Anketell Reconcilation & conflict resolution    As the dust settles on the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Co...

Sri Lanka: TNA ready to offer active support to address the accountability issues

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The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today offered active support to the government to address the accountability issue if the government meets...
Friday, December 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela life story: An unconquerable spirit

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Ahmed Kathrada “Mdala” – “old man”, as Nelson Mandela and I used to call each other on informal occasions – was, like all human beings...

DMK for probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka

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The DMK has issued a notice seeking a discussion, under Rule 193 in the Lok Sabha, against the human rights violations and war crimes commit...

Banned by the Censor borad. President clears political satire Pusswedilla after a protest

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has cleared the latest edition of the popular political satire ‘Pusswedilla’ to be staged after the Colombo G...

Sri Lanka: BASL demands end to military involvement in police functions

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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has requested the government not to extend the validity of gazette notification 1817/331, whereby ...

India to host Northern Chief Minister Wigneswaran next month

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India is planning to host Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister Justice C. V. Wigneswaran next month. External Affairs Mi...

Sri Lanka: Death of 3 suspects in Po;ice custody; another case of extra judicial killings - BASL

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Dead body of a killed suspect The explanation given by the police regarding the death of three suspects who were under police custody...

South Africa: Nelson Mandela’s Death a Tremendous Loss; Life Epitomized Brave Struggle for Freedom, Equality, Justice

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(Johannesburg) – The death of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, is a tremendous loss, not only for South Africa , but for the worl...

Sri Lanka: Police and a pro-government gang intimidate and threaten peaceful women protesters

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FMM PRESS RELESE The Free Media Movement expresses its concern that the police and the pro government violent gangs are continuing to vio...

Sri Lanka: Victims coerced to produce false affidavits on controversial birth control in Vanni

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Colombo has instructed Tamil health officials in Ki’linochchi district to obtain ‘affidavits’ from women who were subjected to a controversi...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Will MR pit India against South Africa?

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Rajapaksha abd Zuma Upul Joseph Fernando  Mahinda seems to have hit upon the idea of a new strategy to counter the looming threat of the...

DMK to flag Lanka's alleged war crimes, Katchatheevu island

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Katchatheevu DMK would demand a resolution for an independent inquiry into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka and raise the issue of r...

Sri Lanka heroin scam hits office of PM Jayaratne

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Charles Haviland DM Jayaratne DM Jayaratne said that that police investigations into the heroin seizure are continuing Sri Lanka's prime...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Wigneswaran complains to UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Beyani re militarisation

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Dr. Beyani Ananth Palakidnar Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, had urged the United Nations to assist in remov...

US: Patience with Sri Lanka could 'wear thin'

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Nisha Biswal MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — International patience could wear thin with Sri Lanka unless it takes action to addres...

SRI LANKA: The Unfair impeachment of the Chief Justice? Unfair Inquiry of only "Six Hours"- detailed facts & truths.

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The most astonishing, outrageous and mysterious aspect of the Impeachment proceedings is: How? The entirety of the 'actual Inquiry pr...