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by Tisaranee Gunasekara "When heads of state do not pay attention to the needs of their nation, the people take over”. Turkish Presiden Abdullah Gul (During the February 2011 visit to Iran) “As he launched a series of murderous attacks...
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas. (Category: Breaking News)
- Parallels between the Gaddafis of Libya and the Rajapaksas of Medamulana (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “But these were monstrous times. So, naturally Jennie turned monstrous”. Klaus Mann (The Turning Point) Neither President Mahinda Rajapaksa nor his administration can be faulted for the calamitous weather conditions afflicting Sri Lanka. Global warming is a global phenomenon, an environmental malaise to which the entire world (and each one of its people) has cont...
- Prince of Wales sends message (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
- On A Material And Moral Slippery-Slope (Category: Breaking News)
- President calls an emergency disaster relief meeting (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...
- Political will to settle national issue still not forthcoming despite awareness for permanent se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Confusion over national reconciliation, unity and lasting peace in post-war Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
Tribute to Lasantha Wickrematunge on Second Death Anniversary By Sunalie Ratnayake A recollection of facts Two elongated years have come into conclusion, precisely as of today (January 8, 2011), since the incongruously horrendous cold-blooded murder of one of the most...
- A Government Cover-Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Lasantha Wickrematunge and the role of journalism in a rotten political culture (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Is Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- Media rights groups concerned over threat to Frederica (Category: Breaking News)
By Kalana Senaratne Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, President of the Patriotic National Movement (PNM), recently leveled a serious accusation against the LLRC. In an unexpected manner, this has caused some embarrassment, I believe, to both Dr. Amarasekera and Prof. GL Peiris, Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs. The reason for this embarrassment is a peculiar one; for it is not only the n...
- Sri Lanka war panel 'pro-LTTE' (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty International can't dictate terms to us (Category: Breaking News)
- SL to recommence direct flights to Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka presents a 'serious and comprehensive approach' on implementation of LLRC recommendati... (Category: Breaking News)
Legal limbo Tamils beg for mercy or trial By Swaminathan Natarajan BBC Tamil Hundreds of Tamils detained for years on charges of helping the Tamil Tigers have asked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to show mercy or grant them a...
- Sri Lanka: TID torture Tamil detainees held under PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s shameful record on detention without trial (Category: Breaking News)
- Assault on JVP's Sunil Handunhetti: What really happened in Jaffna? (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Parties Forum submits eight point memorandum to President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
By Dushy Ranetunge Wimal Weerawansa, who survived a fast on to death outside the UN compound in Buller’s Road, amidst voodoo style devil dancing, has accused the Sri Lankan High Commission in London of failing in their duty to warn...
- Genetic link found between Sri Lankan tribe and Indians (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Vedda tribe linked to ethnic Indians: Study (Category: Breaking News)
- Overall Gold for DIMO tribe (Category: Business)
- President to sign land deal for Quileute Tribe (Category: USA, Washington)
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam The current moves of the powerful government in post-war Sri Lanka are mainly for sustaining the wartime military strength, preventing the resurrection of the smashed LTTE and developing the infrastructures, notably the roads and rail network,...
- Pro-poor growth and Economic growth in Sri Lanka - A critical analysis (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Lions’ and the ‘Tigers’ of Sovereign Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- “Connecting People to Prosperity” in Sri Lanka. A reality check with “Mahinda Chinthanaya” (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Are The Structural Changes Necessary? (Category: Breaking News)
The UN panel of experts appointed by the Secretary General on Sri Lanka has called for written submissions. The panel was set up to inquire into the alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka. The BBC has reported
- UN Chief's Panel of Experts on Sri Lanka calls for submissions from interested parties (Category: Breaking News)
- UN panel of experts call for submissions (Category: Breaking News)
- UN panel of experts call for submissions (Category: Breaking News)
- UN War Crimes Panel solicits submissions on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Saroj Pathirana Activists have criticised India's decision to invite Sri Lanka's president to attend the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Delhi. Sri Lanka's government said President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be the guest of honour at Thursday's event. The move...
- Rudd says CHOGM in Lanka still on (Category: Breaking News)
- Next CHOGM in Sri Lanka despite concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia mounts pressure on Sri Lanka over war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- War crime charges filed against Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
“Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes of your own choosing.” -George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty -Four) The end was never in doubt; President Rajapaksa would confirm Gen. Fonseka’s jail sentence and the bête noire of the Ruling Family would be duly incarcerated. Only the blindly optimistic would have...
- Sarath Fonseka is the victim of act of political persecution and personal vengeance (Category: Breaking News)
- Every grandiose noun and flowery adjective in Sinhala will be used to describe the Rajapaksas an... (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa project of establishing familial control over the State Army and the SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition must counter patriotic narrative of Rajapaksas with socio-economic and political narr... (Category: Breaking News)
by UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic American University Washington College of Law INTRODUCTION Justice and accountability are of utmost importance following mass atrocities such as those committed in Sri Lanka during its 25-year civil war. An estimated 80,000–100,000 people...
- Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc (Category: Breaking News)
- US Senate Resolution calling for an Independent International Investigation in Sri Lanka passes ... (Category: Breaking News)
- International community seriously misapprehended the facts when it failed to call for an investi... (Category: Breaking News)
By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo People in northern Sri Lanka have told a war inquiry that family members who served with the Tamil Tigers disappeared after surrendering. They said their loved ones went missing at the end of the...
- My sister is my best friend, plase bring her back to me (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- The “See-Saw” battle between the UN SG and the SL Govt (Category: Breaking News)
- 1000 children still missing since war (Category: Breaking News)
“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” — Voltaire Where do we go from here? The paranoia increases by the day. First came the reported disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda (missing since January 24 this year), then the statement made recently by reinstated Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva who reportedly stated at a ...
- Lanka denies holding any Tamil political prisoners (Category: Breaking News)
- Fonseka supporters further detained (Category: Breaking News)
- DNA to protest to C'wealth (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels 'abused in detention' (Category: Breaking News)
Report To Congress on Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Such Efforts Office of War Crimes Issues Report August 11,...
- Why Amnesty International supports setting up UN Panel on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW: Letter to Secretary Clinton on the Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission... (Category: Breaking News)
- International Crisis Group statement on LLRC report (Category: Business)
- LLRC report:The Need for Transparency (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr.A.R.M.Imtiyaz [Abstract: Symbols are emotional and they play significant role in all aspect of human communities, including electoral politics. Symbols are deadly in nature because they can provoke deadly violence and war crimes. In Sri Lanka, Sinhala politician and...
- Sinhala symbols, war, peace and ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala Symbols, War, Peace And Ethnic Reconciliation In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Fragile State Policy & The Rise Of Muslim Extremism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Lions’ and the ‘Tigers’ of Sovereign Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Athiyan Silva Further evidence has emerged in recent weeks of the continuing political disintegration of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which was militarily crushed in May 2009 by the Sri Lankan military. Several reports indicate that...
- Sri Lankan president at the UN denies war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan govt reaches agreement with LTTE faction led by Pathmanathan alias "KP" (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt is Using KP's Data base on the LTTE to Crush the international tiger network-Defence Secret... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-LTTE Chief "KP" speaks out: An Interview With T.Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP (Category: Breaking News)
By Charles HavilandBBC News, Colombo On a leafy Colombo corner, surrounded by hundreds of his nationalist supporters and Buddhist monks, Sri Lankan cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa burns an effigy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Mr Ban is a figure of...
- We have the responsibility to safeguard our leaders, soldiers who brought peace to this country-... (Category: Breaking News)
- UN On Alert (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says UN panel 'will not be allowed' to enter (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan government urges UN General Secretary not to pressurize SriLanka at UN (Category: Breaking News)
Current moves undermine further Democracy in Sri Lanka By Dr. S. Narapalasingam The Government of Sri Lanka has been successful in brushing off the alleged accusations of war crimes during the final stage of the war and violations of the...
- Confusion over national reconciliation, unity and lasting peace in post-war Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
- Deadly Symbols, Vibrant Electoral Politics and War Crimes in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala symbols, war, peace and ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
BBC Sandeshaya The detained former military commander in Sri Lanka says he is prepared to meet the special panel appointed to advice the UN chief on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka. Gen Sarath Fonseka told BBC Sandeshaya that...
- Fonseka 'ready to talk' with UN panel (Category: Breaking News)
- UN report in White flag case (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Govt. allow UN panel to meet SF? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ready to face UN charges says Fonseka - Report (Category: Breaking News)
By S.V.Kirubaharan, France The recent BBC series of hard talk programmes on Sri Lanka presented by Stephen Sackur was well-received globally. This telecasting has shown the good, bad and ugly sides of Sri Lanka...
- What’s Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- The Most powerful man in Sri Lanka is brother Gotabhaya not President Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
The recent BBC series of hard talk programmes on Sri Lanka presented by Stephen Sackur was well-received globally. This telecasting has shown the good, bad and ugly sides of Sri Lanka. The true stories about the return of the internally displaced people – IDPs, the present feelings of the Tamils
- Stephen Sackur checkmated Defence Secretary on several occasions during “Hard Talk” BBC interview (Category: Breaking News)
- The Most powerful man in Sri Lanka is brother Gotabhaya not President Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka threatens to execute General Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
BBC HARDtalk III In the third of a special HARDtalk series in Sri Lanka, Stephen Sackur reports on what is happening to the thousands of child soldiers who took part in the war. HARDtalk is the hard-hitting flagship news programme...
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
- HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 1 - The Tamils and the North (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Hard Talk Part 2 -Democracy Sri Lankan style (Category: Breaking News)
June 16, 2010: 11.00 am Siobhain McDonagh: (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government....
- Answer given by British Prime Minister to question on Sri Lanka War Crimes Tribunal (Category: Breaking News)
- British Parliament spotlight on Sri Lanka again (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil American Peace Initiative Responds to SL Foreign Minister’s US Visit (Category: Breaking News)
- 41 British MPs urge Prime Minister Cameron to support an independent, international war crimes i... (Category: Breaking News)
With its foreboding lighting effects that appear to have been plucked straight out of Dante's dark epic Inferno-and cleverly devised one suspects to reduce its willing, and oftentimes unsuspecting, "victims" to submission-the BBC's HARDtalk program has attained a universal reputation...
- BBC HARDtalk III - Sri Lanka's child soldiers (Category: Breaking News)
- BBC meets its match in Gotabhaya, says news column (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
- HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 1 - The Tamils and the North (Category: Breaking News)
By C. A. Chandraprema It was the other day that the BBC aired the full version of the Hard Talk interview with Gotabhaya Rajapakse, and there are certain issues that need to be raised, not about what Gota said in...
- Sarath Fonseka again betrays the motherland (Category: Breaking News)
- Berlin Bluster (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Business interviewing skills: Getting it right (Category: Business)
by Dr.Daya Somasundaram University of Jaffna Abstract The phenomena of suicide bombers in Sri Lanka share some similarities with but also have some marked differences with what is seen in other parts of world today. Increasing discrimination, state humiliation and...
- “I do not think the LTTE can revive” - Thirunavukkarasu Sridharan (Category: Breaking News)
- Fragile State Policy & The Rise Of Muslim Extremism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- "The 13th Amendment to the Constitution must be properly implemented": Dharmalingam Siddharthan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan child soldiers the focus of NY based Catholic group (Category: Breaking News)
By Stephen Sackur Presenter, BBC HARDtalk The Sri Lankan government has threatened to execute Sarath Fonseka, the army commander who delivered victory over the Tamil Tigers, if he continues to suggest top officials may have ordered war crimes during the...
- Ex-Army Chief found guilty of ‘White Flag’case statement (Category: Business)
- Sarath Fonseka Confined To A 12ft x 8ft Cell (Category: Breaking News)
- Wars are not gentlemanly affairs: Sri Lanka shouldn’t fear int’l probe (Category: Breaking News)
- “The Rajapaksas Have Found Their Own Hangman!” – Gen. Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
To say that the new Sport Minister’s thoughts, Monday, on the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. Rather, Minister C. B. Ratnayake’s remark that cricket is “the third most corrupt institution behind education and the police” was more a tornado, which, while devastating surely the game’s administrators, ...
- New selection committee announced (Category: Breaking News)
- FLASH: Cricket selectors sacked, new panel named (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal approves new cricket selection committee headed by Asantha De Mel (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal approves new cricket selection committee headed by Asantha De Mel (Category: Breaking News)
by M.C.M. Iqbal Louise Arbour of the International Crisis Group is reported to have said during an interview in the BBC that the government violated the laws of war by blurring the line between combatants and civilians, and that its...
- Acquittal of Rishad: AG owes explanation – MP (Category: Breaking News)
- SL attends UNHRC sessions with impressive post-conflict records: Former AG (Category: Business)
- Catholic Church denies backing extension for AG Rajaratnam (Category: Breaking News)
- Friday Forum writes to AG on LLRC (Category: Business)
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