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Ethnic violence erupts in Burma leaving scores dead
Ethnic violence erupts in Burma leaving scores dead State of emergency declared in the central city of Meikhtila after three days of ethnic violence between Muslims and Buddhists Kate Hodal in...
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No plans to impose embargo: US
No plans to impose embargo: US SATURDAY, 23 MARCH 2013 The US government does not have any intention of imposing embargoes on Sri Lanka despite its repeated rejection of the resolution brought by the...
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Sri Lanka’s Genocide: Major Cover-Up Must Be Exposed
Sri Lanka’s Genocide: Major Cover-Up Must Be Exposed By Usha S Sri-Skanda-Rajah -March 23, 2013 Usha S Sri-Skanda-Rajah This article aims to show that Genocide allegations made against the Rajapaksa...
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Sri Lanka should solve Tamil issue in India’s interest: Shivshankar Menon, NSA
Sri Lanka should solve Tamil issue in India’s interest: Shivshankar Menon, NSA NSA Shivshankar Menon said it is in India’s interest that Sri Lanka solves its ethnic issues and make the minority...
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UN Resolution And The Tamils
UN Resolution And The Tamils By S. Sivathasan -March 23, 2013 | S. Sivathasan No need for any more annual pilgrimage to Geneva. Every Tamil would say this from now on. The UN labored and brought forth...
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Way forward is to shift focus from accountability to reconciliation – NPC
Way forward is to shift focus from accountability to reconciliation – NPC Saturday, 23 March 2013 A resolution titled “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” was passed at the...
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37 persons disappeared reappear. Secret maintained by government notified to...
37 persons disappeared reappear. Secret maintained by government notified to Geneva. Relatives approached for assistance to find the truth. Saturday , 23 March 2013 Sri Lanka government has notified...
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Sri Lanka accused of ongoing torture and abuse of Tamil prisoners
Sri Lanka accused of ongoing torture and abuse of Tamil prisoners A Sri Lankan Tamil woman holds a portrait of a missing relative at a protest outside the United Nations office in Colombo. Photograph:...
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Where Is It All Going To End?
Where Is It All Going To End? By Emil van der Poorten -March 23, 2013 Emil van der Poorten The recent attacks on Christian denominations bears out the contention I made earlier and which...
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Just a rap on the knuckle for bad boy Sri Lanka by UNHRC
Just a rap on the knuckle for bad boy Sri Lanka by UNHRC by Pearl Thevanayagam (March 22, 2013, London Sri Lanka Guardian) A letter from the US to Sri Lanka: “Tch, tch, you naughty boy Sri Lanka,...
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GL clashes with Canadian Senator over CJ impeachment
GL clashes with Canadian Senator over CJ impeachment SATURDAY, 23 MARCH 2013 A heated exchange took place at a guest-lecture by visiting Canadian Senator Hugh Segal at the Lakshman Kadirgamar...
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Pope In Rome, US Resolution In Geneva, Setbacks In Colombo, Chennai And Delhi
Pope In Rome, US Resolution In Geneva, Setbacks In Colombo, Chennai And Delhi By Rajan Philips -March 23, 2013 | Rajan Philips The conclave of cardinals surprised most outside observers by selecting...
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The Bar Association of India Letter to President of Sri Lanka on Impeachment...
The Bar Association of India Letter to President of Sri Lanka on Impeachment and Removal of Chief Justice of Sri Lanka The Bar Association of India, has written a letter to the President of Sri Lanka...
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A Lanka lost?
A Lanka lost? 2013-03-23 With India unequivocally backing a vote against Sri Lanka in the UN Human Rights Council resolution that reprimands the Mahinda Rajapakse government for war crimes against...
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Manmohan’s Shoes
Manmohan’s Shoes By Malinda Seneviratne -March 23, 2013 Malinda Seneviratne India has a question for Sri Lanka: How will India’s vote in the UNHRC impact Indo-Lanka relations? It’s a complicated...
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US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) Accords Cautious Welcome to the UN...
US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) Accords Cautious Welcome to the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka The Geneva based UN Human Rights Council adopted a second resolution on...
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I Am Manjula, Survivor Of A Massacre
I Am Manjula, Survivor Of A Massacre By An Anthropologist -March 23, 2013 This story is told by Manjula to an anthropologist in a series of interviews. The anthropologist wishes to remain anonymous....
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ICJ welcomes Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka
ICJ welcomes Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka March 21, 2013 A resolution adopted today by the UN Human Rights Council highlights the Sri Lankan Government’s ongoing failure to provide...
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Vanni parliamentary representation reduced to5.
Vanni parliamentary representation reduced to5. Saturday , 23 March 2013 The total amount of parliamentary seats for Vanni district from six has been reduced to five. The reason for this downfall is...
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Varieties Of Corporatist Totalitarianism And The Rajapaksa Samagama
Varieties Of Corporatist Totalitarianism And The Rajapaksa Samagama By Kumar David -March 23, 2013 Prof. Kumar David Trying to fit a theoretical model on Lanka’s emerging authoritarian project, I...
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