The EU, US, Japan and Norway urge Sri Lanka to give up push for a military solution.
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. In scenes reminiscent of the Final Solution, the Mahinda Chinthanaya swung into action, leaving no one in doubt that Sri Lanka's is a government of the racists, by the racists, for the racists. It is but a...
“…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. It is no simple joke but a deadly joke.” - The President, Address to the Nation, 6th December 2006 The President’s statement is a chilling reality of what democracy is in Sri Lanka today. There is no cognition of diversity in the timbre of democracy, or what passes for it, in Sri Lanka today. Indeed, it is the democratic space itself...
The international community is silent as the permanent eviction of tens of thousands more Tamils proceeds in Trincomalee.
Ultimately, to be free, to be independent, we must first be self-sufficient, self-reliant.
The plight of Madeleine McCann and other children who go missing around the world.
Like the Sri Lankan state, the international community has changed emphasis; the Diaspora is now mainly a problem.
America’s simplistic approach to Sri Lanka’s conflict mirrors her support for Iraq’s former war against the Kurds.
The cardinal issue of Tamil people’s right to self-rule must be dealt with squarely if Sri Lanka’s bitter conflict is to be ended.
The international community is backing Rajapkse’s war against the LTTE while loudly endorsing the manifestly ineffectual APRC.