“Article 29 represents the solemn balance of rights between the citizens of Ceylon, the fundamental conditions on which they accepted the constitution and these are unalterable under the constitution.”
''Can the ceasefire in Sri Lanka survive the latest violence between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels?''
The head of the LTTE’s Political Wing writes to the head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, Maj. Gen. Henricsson over the clash last Thursday between the Sea Tigers and the Sri Lanka Navy.
We have the power and right to develop the necessary infrastructure and military strength to provide security to our people within our homeland.
Resolutely backing Sri Lanka is not going to prevent a war nor deliver a federal solution.
The notion of collective punishment rests on assigning collective responsibility for an action attributed to a representative member of that group.
The international community’s past policies towards Sri Lanka and its failure to revisit fundamental assumptions is fuelling the slide to renewed war.
Which – ethnic harmony or a unitary state – is more important to Sri Lankans?