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  • Former government strongman forms new party

    Jul 03
    Two former ministers of the main ruling party in Sri Lanka launched a new political party last week, and the main opposition is exploring the possibility of an alliance.

    Separately, the country’s Sinhala nationalist Marxists called for the new party to join an alliance with it.

    The Sri Lanka Freedom Party- Mahajana Wing (SLFP(MW)) or 'Peoples' Wing' was formally launched last Friday, by ousted former ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi.
  • Sri Lankan media sceptical about new party
    Media reactions to the formation of the SLFP (MW) have been cynical.

    In the media's view, the SLFP (MW) doesn't look as if it will make a difference to the political scene, the Hindustan Times reported.

    “But at the same time, it is acknowledged that President Mahinda Rajapaksa may be a worried man,” the paper said.
  • Sri Lanka rejects peace calls
    Envoys barred from meeting Tigers
  • Revealing Silence
    International inaction stems from divergent interests.
  • What the Co-Chairs want
    The EU, US, Japan and Norway urge Sri Lanka to give up push for a military solution.
  • Visa bar to rights abusers
    WESTERN diplomats in Colombo said yesterday Sri Lankan security forces members may be denied visas if they have human rights abuse charges  against them, after one senior police officer said a European country had rejected him, the AFP reported.
     
    “The checking on any reports of abuses was something that was done even before, but now there is a new urgency to screen more thoroughly,” an official at a Western embassy said.
  • Misery and death stalk Jaffna
    A new fear, more ominous than anything people recall from their grim past: a spate of mysterious abductions usually carried out during curfew, when soldiers and stray dogs rule the streets.
  • And Then They Came For Me...
    Secular Sinhalese hung their heads in shame last week as government storm-troopers rounded up the Tamil citizenry of Colombo and herded them into busses, to be taken to God knows where. Young and old, shy and bold, they were equally affected: no one was spared. Grandmothers separated from their grandchildren, sisters separated from their brothers, diabetics separated from their insulin.
  • Life for ordinary Tamils gets worse
    Every time 16-year-old Suresh Subramanium steps out of his home in Sri Lanka's heavily-guarded capital, his father says a silent prayer for his son's safe return.
     
    The Subramaniums are ethnic Tamils, and run a grocery store in Colombo.
  • ‘Every night now, I am afraid’
    Sri Lankan authorities were rounding up hundreds of ethnic minority Tamils in the capital of Colombo, forcing them onto buses to destinations unknown.
     
    They were allowed to return two days later , after an international uproar , but many Tamils are afraid the expulsions could mark the beginning of a new wave of persecution, and that the next knock on the door might be even more dangerous.
     
    "I'm scared about what will happen," said the
  • From democracy to farce
    “…there is no room anymore to assist terrorism directly or indirectly, and talk about democracy. This is because they use this democratic space to design the destruction of the entire society. The democracy that creates an opportunity for terrorism is a joke.
  • Tamil Canadians back independent state
    On June 12 Tamil Canadians gathered at the Scarborough Albert Campbell square to urge the International community to accept an independent Tamil state.
  • Tamils rally in Geneva demanding independence
    Our nation, Tamileelam, will be ours forever
  • Japan says human rights not a priority when fighting war on terror
    Japan will continue to give aid to Sri Lanka despite the country’s failure to address the spiralling human rights violations. It says human rights issues takes second place when fighting terrorism.
  • Britain calls for end to Sri Lanka’s military efforts and to resume talks with the LTTE
    War is not an option for a long term solution to Sri Lanka's problems. Without a political solution resentment will build up and there will be more violence, in twenty-five or fifty years says Howells.
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