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  • Sri Lanka forces fire into Haitian civilians

    Nov 24
    In Haiti on November 10, United Nations peacekeepers from Sri Lanka fired live ammunition resulting in injuries to civilians, reported Inner City Press.
  • Voter turnout endorses Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils
    The Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils (NCET) attracted enough number of participants in the poll that took place Sunday November 15 in 16 centres of the different regions of Norway, in which 2767 voters turned out to elect 5 members under a national list and 10 under regional lists.
  • Riot in asylum seekers detention centre
    Asylum seekers were involved in a riot at the Christmas Island detention centre, off the coast of Australia.
  • Tamils recall tortured past
    The scars in Kumar’s hands are zipped-up wounds. Though the flesh is repaired, the marks are alive. You could almost reach out and open them, see the blood trickle out softly to tell a story.
  • Amnesty urges CHOGM to ‘raise concerns’ on rights violations
    Amnesty International has written to the Commonwealth heads of state, drawing attention to the human rights violations in Sri Lanka and urging them to raise their concerns about these with their Sri Lankan counterparts.
  • Sarath Fonseka: the frying pan or the fire?

    This piece is written on the assumption that Sarath Fonseka (SF) will stand for the presidency and be supported by a Joint Opposition (JO) of the UNF, the JVP and possibly minority parties.

  • In Sri Lanka, anger over detainees' fate
    Six months after Sri Lanka's decades-old civil war ended with a final assault, about 200,000 people remain trapped in overcrowded government-run camps that were once safe havens for those fleeing the conflict.
  • Reconciliation cannot come without parity and dignity

    When the Second World War was ending in the Western Theatre in May 1945, the British public made one of its wisest decisions in history in sending Winston Churchill to political retirement and electing Clement Atlee who was able to evoke new hopes about freedom of peoples all over the world by announcing independence to colonies.

  • Sri Lanka to respond to US report
    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed a five-member high-level committee to look into a US Congress report that alleged human rights violations by both the Army and LTTE during the last phase of the 30-year-old civil war.
  • End of Whose History?

    The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has just been celebrated. For many, that momentous event marked the so-called end of history and the final victory of the West.

     

  • 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.
  • British MPs hail US initiative on Sri Lanka war crimes
    Joining international calls for a full independent investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, a group of British Parliamentarians welcomed the initiatives taken by the United States in this regard and urged the UK government to support Washington’s efforts.
  • 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
  • Sri Lanka responds to EU rights probe concerns
    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
  • 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.
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