Mass hunger strike
Mass hunger strike By Our Jaffna Correspondent-2013-02-03 More than 20,000 Northern civilians who have no access to their lands from the North will launch a mass hunger strike on 15 February to...
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Southern Sri Lanka fishermen entry is an attempt to instigate conflict. Mullaitheevu fishermen movements allege. Sunday , 03 February 2013 Sri Lanka government and the forces sector are engaged in the...
View ArticleA land like no other: 5 rapes a day, but does anyone care
A land like no other: 5 rapes a day, but does anyone care = Women activists decry public apathy to curb increase in incidents = More police posts to be set up in tourist areas By Nadia...
View ArticlePermanent Sinhala settlements constructed in the Jaffna town periphery....
Permanent Sinhala settlements constructed in the Jaffna town periphery. Government prepared to distribute lands. Sunday , 03 February 2013 Activities are processed speedily to originate Sinhala...
View ArticleMay 31-June 4 1981: Five Days Of State Terror In Jaffna
May 31-June 4 1981: Five Days Of State Terror In Jaffna By Santasilan Kadirgamar -February 3, 2013 Santasilan Kadirgamar Two years after the end of the war in Lanka*, without a political solution in...
View ArticleIt is two years since LeN was put to the torch: ‘gentlemen’ who gave orders...
It is two years since LeN was put to the torch: ‘gentlemen’ who gave orders free – ‘black January’ arrives (Lanka-e-News-02.Feb.2013, 4.30PM) That is two years ago 31-Jan-2011 the Lanka e news was set...
View ArticleIt’s Not Only About Army Camps In Tamil Areas »
It’s Not Only About Army Camps In Tamil Areas » By N. SathiyaMoorthy-Sunday, February 03, 2013 In its working plan on the LLRC Report, the Army’s Board of Officers has said that there could be no...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s STF commandos on sexual spree harass people of Peasaalai
Sri Lanka’s STF commandos on sexual spree harass people of Peasaalai [TamilNet, Saturday, 02 February 2013, 22:26 GMT] Armed squads of the occupying Sri Lanka’s Sinhala commandos of the notorious...
View ArticleOf Great Betrayals And Other Paradoxes
Of Great Betrayals And Other Paradoxes By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena -February 2, 2013 Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena If an objective perspective is brought to the calamitous events of the past few months...
View ArticleUnsuitable Muslim Colonel appointed as Director of Gota intelligence division...
Unsuitable Muslim Colonel appointed as Director of Gota intelligence division to create Muslim-Buddhist conflict (Lanka-e-News-02.Feb.2013, 10.30PM) The Rajapakse family has been carrying out a...
View ArticleThe Naked Emperor And His Endangered Realm
The Naked Emperor And His Endangered Realm By Tisaranee Gunasekara -February 3, 2013 “Hitler is not Germany, He’s Germany’s destroyer….”Rolf Hochhuth (The Deputy) Post-impeachment, the Rajapaksas have...
View ArticleCome to Hyde Park to defeat ‘hybrid’ enemy – Ven. Dhambara Amila Thera
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View ArticleStern Action Will Be Taken By UNHRC – TNA
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View ArticleBeheading Of The Chief Justice And Rizana – All Sri Lankans Are In Chains
Beheading Of The Chief Justice And Rizana – All Sri Lankans Are In Chains Shirani Bandaranayaka CJ By AHRC -February The beh eading of Rizana Nafeek is symbolic of the powerless citizenry – all Sri...
View ArticleInt. Bar Association expresses serious concern as Colombo revokes visa
Int. Bar Association expresses serious concern as Colombo revokes visa 04 FEBRUARY 2013 BY RAMANAN VEERASINGHAM Mounting additional international pressure on Sri Lanka’s hawkish government of...
View ArticleHigh Level Visit Show International Pressures Will Continue
High Level Visit Show International Pressures Will Continue Jehan Perera By Jehan Perera -February 4, 2013 The government’s confidence that the March session of the UN Human Rights Council will not...
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Ranil’s revelation 2013-02-04 Opposition and United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe challenged the government to go for a referendum to extend the term of Parliament. Participating in...
View ArticleLawyers Collective Regrets Independent Scrutiny Of Rule Of Law
Lawyers Collective Regrets Independent Scrutiny Of Rule Of Law By Lawyers Collective -February 4, 2013 It is reported that visas issued to a delegation of the International Bar Association (IBA),...
View ArticleRule of law, institutional integrity crucial to attract investment Economic...
Rule of law, institutional integrity crucial to attract investment Economic development necessary but not exclusive, LLRC must be implemented, says visiting UK minister February 3, 2013 Visiting...
View ArticleHe’d Nail The Coffin So We Could Create A New Lanka – Post 2013
He’d Nail The Coffin So We Could Create A New Lanka – Post 2013 By Kusal Perera -February 4, 2013 I was born to independent “Ceylon”. Never ever migrated to any country and never lived outside this...
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