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By Tisaranee Gunasekara Nazism offered….a society that had been scarred by deep divisions…a sense of lofty purpose, almost a national mission….” — Michael Burleigh (The Third Reich – A New History) Barring a last-minute judicial-intervention, the Rajapaksa plan to make ‘leadership training’ by army officers mandatory for all university-entrants will become a reality, this month. ...
- On A Material And Moral Slippery-Slope (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa siblings planning to nullify 13th Amendment and debase parliamentary sovereignty (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksas are adept at using an amalgam of sticks and carrots (Category: Breaking News)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “The illusion of destiny extracts a remarkably heavy price”. — Amartya Sen (Identity and Violence) The mysterious leaking in Colombo of the Darusman (UN) Report was accompanied by a carefully choreographed outbreak of patriotic-hysteria. The President, in...
- Why did the the Rajapaksas lie to the people of Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Darusman panel report criticizes Sri Lankan administration for the way in which the war against ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Warm welcome for war crimes agenda architect (Category: Breaking News)
- World amazed over Darusman’s Most Disciplined Certificate handed in to the LTTE (Category: Breaking News)
Extracts from report on Sri Lanka by advisory panel appointed by Ban Ki moon 2. Violations in the IDP Camps (a) Arbitrary detention of IDPs in closed camps 154. Civilians emerging from the conflicts zone were initially housed in a...
- Unlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the Wanni during the Govt-LTTE war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Thousands of Tamils still detained, torture alleged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s infamous Menik farm IDP camp to shut down later this month (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA: Menik Farm IDP camp to close by 30 September (Category: Breaking News)
The BBC Sinhala Service, in asking for comments on the 2010 US Report on Human Rights in Sri Lanka, gave me little notice, and suggested I could just glance through the synopsis with which the report began. As it happened, I was able to look through some of the rest, which was good, because I ...
- Make preparations count (Category: Business)
- Wanting in credibility (Category: Breaking News)
- Improprieties in the Sri Lanka section of US State Dept report (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. readies for next UN session with national plan for human rights (Category: Business)
By BBC News Hundreds of people have protested against Western-led air strikes in Libya outside the United Nations headquarters in Sri Lanka. Protesters chanted slogans against the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - pic DailyMirror.lk...
- Libyan Fallout (Category: Business)
- One Voice (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka's ties with Libya (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan nationalists protests against Libya attack (Category: Breaking News)
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)
by Gamini Weerakoon Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the deposed Tunisian president was described as being ‘ubiquitous’ by an AP report last week. Like all Third World strongmen he had his picture plastered all over the country. As the second president of Tunisia, he ruled the country undisturbed for 23 years. But like most dictators or strong men of the Third World, the day came when he had to ...
- Rajapaksa Presidency has distressing similarities with early days of Ben ALi and Mubarak regimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa prefers wallowing in extravagant dreams to dealing with insalubrious realities (Category: Breaking News)
- Wake Up, Inspector General Of Police (Category: Breaking News)
- Let Events in the Middle East be an eye opener to the Ruling Regime in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “And appetite, an universal wolf, So doubly seconded with will and power, Must make perforce an universal prey….” — Shakespeare, Troilus And Cressida Impunity is to a country what cancer is to a body; it creeps in unnoticed and spreads with gathering-speed, inexorably annihilating everything healthy and functional in its path. Impunity never completely spares any...
- Land Ministry to give land to all Sri Lankan citizens who do not own land (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to table all land deal documents in P’liament today (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka: Development and law - a noon-day darkness (Category: Breaking News)
- Developers didn't get special deal, premier says (Category: Canada, Ontario)
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)
'Fear still prevails' in Jaffna By Charles Haviland BBC news, Colombo Reports from the main city of northern Sri Lanka, Jaffna, say people there are living in fear because of a current series of killings, abductions and robberies. Among those...
- Short Cut to Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Strong winds and rough sea in SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Satyagraha receives "Baptism of fire" on first day-50th Anniversary of 1961 Tamil Satyagraha - 3 (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaffna Central overcome St Johns by four wickets in 21st Limited Over encounter (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 Chakravarthy The snake is dead. This is what the authorities have been emphasizing from May 17, 2009 and we believe so without any reservation. Road check posts are removed in many places and identity card is asked for randomly...
- Doubts on groin snake bite (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Snake infestation hits high school (Category: USA, California)
- Woman With Snake Arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake (Category: Features)
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)
By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo In Sri Lanka this year it has well and truly been a case of the mighty falling, as the man that led the military to victory against the Tamil Tigers found himself placed in...
- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Maine)
- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Mississippi)
by M.Y.M. Ayub The BBC’s Sinhala service, Sandesaya quoted United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake on September 26 as saying that there was no need for a federal political solution in Sri Lanka. This might have disappointed many Tamils especially politically conscious ones who have been demanding more devolution than what had already implemented, for the p...
- UNP to hold May Day rally in Jaffna (Category: Business)
- UNP to hold discussions with opposition political parties (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil parties slam UNPs backtracking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Oppn Party Backs Government-TNA Talks (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 Karu Jayasuriya As a Sri Lankan ex-Army Officer and a person who believes strongly that those who have contributed towards the welfare of this nation should be shown unending gratitude, Thursday was one of the saddest days of my...
- Former Army Commander of Sri Lanka calls for a strong common opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's former Army Commander calls on people to establish a new political culture (Category: Breaking News)
- There is a Army Commander who collects ransom from LTTE : Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- We need to gather against the unlawful activities: Anoma Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
There is no need for a federal political solution in Sri Lanka, BBC Sandeshaya quoted UNP General Se..
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)
BBC World Service In 1989 Appapillai Amirthalingam was assassinated at his home in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. He was a politician - the most prominent democratically-elected leader of the Tamil community....
- Tamil for Obama organization urge to hold voting on Tamil Eelam (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil people in SriLanka facing many difficulties: Tamil Nadu governor (Category: Breaking News)
- "Tamil Eelam" is the only solution: World Tamil organisations (Category: Breaking News)
- 23 refugees attempting to flee arrested by TN police (Category: Breaking News)
By a special correspondent Exclusive to BBC Sinhala service The alert and watchful eyes of weary soldiers scanned every vehicle passing through the checkpoints. Broken, torn buildings tower over the tiny UNHCR tents on the gardens and court yards. Hanging...
- Tamil anxiety over Army camps changing demography in N-E (Category: Breaking News)
- U.K. Tamil Activist "Moved" by Sonia Gandhi's Gesture (Category: Breaking News)
- Police beefs up security (Category: Breaking News)
- Police beefs up security (Category: Breaking News)
by Tisaranee Gunasekara “A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill….” - George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-four) Some months ago, Defence Secretary and Presidential sibling Gotabhaya Rajapakse threatened to send the former Army Commander, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, to the gallows. When BBC’s Stephen Sackur asked about the possibility of Gen. Fonseka testifying about...
- No amnesty chance for SF (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa treatment of Fonseka is like Prabhakaran tratment of Mahathaya (Category: Breaking News)
- SF and elephant tail rides (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-army chief expected to lose his parliamentary seat with jail term (Category: Breaking News)
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