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  • Sri Lanka responds to EU rights probe concerns

    Nov 10
    Sri Lanka delivered its formal response to a European Union probe that found it in breach of international human rights laws and said it was hopeful of retaining a lucrative trade concession with the bloc
  • New Wave
    Sinhala oppression is feeding Tamil flight anew.
  • News in Brief
    A run-down of other reports that made the news in the past fortnight
  • Sri Lanka protests US Fonseka meeting request
    Sri Lanka has expressed its outrage over a request by the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) for a meeting with Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka.
  • Situation in Sri Lanka absolutely grim – Arundhati Roy
    That the Indian government armed and trained the LTTE is well known. But then it switched sides. India has done everything it can, including blocking the demand for an investigation into the possibility that the Sri Lankan government might be guilty of having committed war crimes in this war against the Tamil people of Sri Lanka.
  • Tamils’ horrific treatment makes them desperate to leave

    The "tough talk" over the case of Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Australia's abrogation of its responsibility to these people in deals with Indonesia (which have turned sour) has left me puzzled and disappointed.

  • Softly, softly on Sri Lankan boat-people

    This country enjoyed a warm glow early in the life of the previous Government when it relieved Australia of some of the so-called Tampa refugees.

     

  • Death threats made to female newspaper editors
    “If you write anymore, we will kill you and slice you into pieces.” These were the words of “hand written death threats”, received by two female editors of The Sunday Leader, a leading broadsheet in Sri Lanka.
  • Tamils die fleeing Sri Lanka
    A boatful of asylum seekers, believed to be Tamil refugees, was detected off the shores of Australia last week, capsizing before it had reached land.
  • Australia urges Sri Lanka reforms, reconciliation
    Australia on Sunday, November 8, urged Sri Lanka, having defeated the Tamil Tigers in May, to now embrace political reform and reconciliation to stem the flow of asylum seekers leaving the country
  • Witness reports
    “I viewed what happened on the beach below through the lens of a camera recorder from the seventh floor of a building located next to the Bambalapitya railway station”, Assistant News Editor of TNL News channel
  • JHU justifies stoning Christian centre
    The JHU has justified an attack on the Christian ‘Centre for Hope’ at Koswatte, in central Sri Lanka, resulting in the healing centre being severely damaged.
  • US Legislators urge rapid release of interned Tamil civilians
    The US House of Representatives passed a motion calling on the Sri Lankan government to respect its commitments to care for and ensure the speedy return of civilians displaced by the fighting.
  • France tells Sri Lanka “end emergency laws”
    A leading human rights envoy from France told Sri Lanka that it should stop its use of emergency laws and investigate war crimes.
  • Presidency at fault - AHRC
    Meanwhile, the AHRC criticised Sri Lanka for becoming a country of lawlessness and urged for changes to the executive presidency system, which it claimed allows security needs to be put above the rule of law.
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