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UK FCO 2010-2011 Human Rights and Democracy Report?

[Friday, 27 January 2012 18:10] News, Featured
  Published On: Thu, Jan 19th, 2012 | By eelamaran   Sri Lanka is featured as one of the 26 countries where we have some of the most serious wide-ranging human rights concerns, The UK foreign and Commonwealth office said in a latest update. When deciding on which countries to include, we also considered whether the country had been the target of a high level of UK engagement on hu... [More]

War criminals shouldn’t feel they’re safe?

[Friday, 27 January 2012 18:06] News, Misc, Genocide, General, Featured
  Published On: Thu, Jan 19th, 2012 By eelamaran “People with blood on their hands shouldn’t feel they’re safe here,” says Hester van Bruggen, who brings international human rights cases before Dutch courts. She is just back from Rwanda, where she’s been hearing witnesses. Van Bruggen is currently preparing a case against a Dutch-Rwandan national, Yvonne Basebya, on charges of genocide... [More]

Mahinda’s son above the law?

[Friday, 27 January 2012 18:03] News, Featured
  Published On: Thu, Jan 19th, 2012 By eelamaran   The one is in a hall full of students, who are being monitored closely by the examiner to make sure they’re following the rules: no phones, no electronic devices, no cheating, RNW reports. The other, meanwhile is taken to a private air conditioned room with a computer with internet access, and is allowed to keep his phone. As an a... [More]

The Inevitable 20 % Depreciation In The Rupee?

[Friday, 27 January 2012 15:42] News, Featured, General
Friday, 27 January 2012, 12:05 *The writer was formerly a Director at Barclays Capital, the UKs largest investment bank and French bank Societe Generale. He has extensive experience trading corporate and sovereign bonds and credit derivatives. He also holds a PhD and Masters in economics from the University of Glasgow." The Inevitable 20 % Depreciation In The Rupee Dr. Arujuna Sivana... [More]

சிட்னியில் நடைபெற்ற திருமண நிகழ்வு?

[Friday, 27 January 2012 15:35] News
Friday, 27 January 2012, 12:53 http://kanthappu.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html அண்மையில் சிட்னியில் நடைபெற்ற திருமண நிகழ்வு ஒன்றுக்கு சென்றிருந்தேன். மணமகன் சிட்னியில் சிறந்த கலைஞர்களில் ஒருவர். தான் பெற்ற கலை மூலம் உலகமெங்கும் சென்று நிகழ்ச்சி நடாத்தி தாயகத்தில் இருக்கும் உறவுகளுக்கு உதவி செய்து வருபவர். வன்னித் தடுப்பு முகாம்களில் அடைபட்டு இருந்த 3 இலட்சம் தமிழர்களின் நிலையினை அவுஸ்தி... [More]

Escaping Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires - The Japan Times

[Friday, 27 January 2012 15:30] News, General
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 By BRAHMA CHELLANEY NEW DELHI — Since coming to office, President Barack Obama has pursued an Afghan war strategy summed up in just four words: "surge, bribe and run." The U.S.-led military mission has now entered the "run" part, or what euphemistically is being called the "transition to 2014" — the year Obama arbitrarily chose as the d... [More]

Agony of Tamil minority in Lanka: Film reaches out to students

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:54] News
[The Asian Age] Jan 25, 2012 - AR. Meyyammai Aimed at making the student community in Tamil Nadu sensitive to the agony of the Tamil minority in the island nation, the production team of Uchithanai Muharnthaal — a film that poignantly portrays the sufferings of a 13-year-old Lankan Tamil girl at the hands of the Lankan army, is organising special promotion programmes in Chennai and Madurai. Sl... [More]

UNHRC sessions

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:51] News
[Ceylon Today] Govt. seeks international support By Rasika Jayakody President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assigned several key Cabinet Ministers to visit UN Human Rights Council member states and garner their support ahead of the UNHRC session scheduled for March. Under this new plan, a delegation led by Public Administration Minister John Seneviratne will visit Chile and Uruguay, two South Amer... [More]

Women's vigil for disappeared

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:49] News
[BBC Sinhala] Protesters invoke the blessings of sacred women such as Virgin Mary and Kali Mothers and wives against abduction and disappearances held a vigil in front of the Fort railway station. The vigil marked the second anniversary of the disappearance of Journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. "We are invoking the blessings of sacred women such as Virgin Mary, Godess Pathini, Kali and M... [More]

Why Krishna's visit to Lanka can't be termed 'successful'

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:48] News
[Rediff.com] January 24, 2012 21:59 IST S M Krishna's [ Images ] praise for the Sri Lankan government-appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission will diminish our credibility as an honest broker in the eyes of the Sri Lankan Tamils who are becoming increasingly bitter towards India [ Images ], feels Satish Chandra. As is customary, official circles in India have hailed External A... [More]

'Black January' marked amidst rival protests

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:45] News
[BBC Sinhala] 'Black January' protesters were ordered by the court not to disrupt traffic in Colombo but pro-government protesters were seen obstructing traffic Media organisations in Sri Lanka have been marking 'Black January' while an international watchdog has downgraded the country's rank in Press Freedom Index (PFI). The annual Press Freedom Index issued by Paris based Reporters Without... [More]

Sri Lanka drops in World Press Freedom Index

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:43] News
Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 02:06 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jan 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka dropped down five places last year from 2010 to rank among the 20 worst countries in a leading survey of press freedom. The annual World Press Freedom Index for 2011 compiled by Paris based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has ranked Sri Lanka 163 out of 178 countries ranked. Sri Lanka was ranked ... [More]

Black January? A foreign plot, says Sri Lankan government

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:41] News
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Sri Lankan journalists stage the "Black January" protest, demanding the government punish the culprits responsible for killing journalists. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena) On Monday, I wrote about two demonstrations scheduled for Sri Lanka this week. Both were meant to commemorate the ugly string of anti-press attacks in recent Januaries, which has i... [More]

Sri Lanka needs a legal framework to devolve power under 13th Amendment plus - junior Minister

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:39] News
Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 10:37 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jan 26, Colombo: Deputy Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development of Sri Lanka Weerakumara Dissanayake says that a political solution that goes beyond the 13th Amendment needs to be thought out very carefully. He has told the media that the government facing a great risk since the whole concept of... [More]

Implementing 13th Amendment plus ploy to hoodwink intl. community: Kiriella

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:37] News
Thursday, 26 January 2012 12:38 The UNP charged today that the government’s recent pledge to implement the 13th Amendment plus was a ploy to hoodwink the international community. Addressing a press conference, UNP Vice President Lakshman Kiriella said that the SLFP-led alliances opposed the 13th Amendments when it was introduced in 1987, but today, they had pledged to honour it. Mr. Kiriella s... [More]

SRI LANKA: Officers of the Thalathuoya Police Station beat and filed a fabricated charge against a soldier who rescued his friend from their assault

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:35] News, Human Rights Articles
January 26, 2012 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-006-2012 26 January 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ SRI LANKA: Officers of the Thalathuoya Police Station beat and filed a fabricated charge against a soldier who rescued his friend from their assault ISSUES: Torture; impunity; rule of law ------------... [More]

IMF loan hangs in the balance

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:32] News
Date: 2012-01-25 By Charumini De Silva The last tranche of the loan extended by the IMF to Sri Lanka hangs in the balance largely owing to the poor performance of the country’s economy. The IMF loan facility amounting to 2.6 billion US Dollars was negotiated in 2009 and the last tranche is due in April. A delegation of the IMF is now in Colombo to review the position of the country’s economy... [More]

Ban Ki Moon must act on war crimes

[Friday, 27 January 2012 09:31] News
[Sri Lanka Campaign] Last June a panel of experts was appointed to advise the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) on 'accountability issues' in Sri Lanka. In April, they presented Ban Ki Moon with a report of their findings, which found that there were credible allegations of both sides committing war crimes. You can read the report here. The report was further promoted by Channel 4's groundbreaking docu... [More]

At UN Despite Ban’s Claims, Doubts on Yemen, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Buckpass on S. Sudan

[Friday, 27 January 2012 07:35] News, Misc, Human Rights Articles, General, Featured
  Published On: Sat, Jan 21st, 2012 By eelamaran   UNITED NATIONS, January 19 — Touting the rule of law at the UN on Thursday, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon claimed to oppose amnesties and support international prosecutions, saying that people want accountability and transparency. But after Ban spoke with Yemen strongman Ali Saleh on November 23, Inner City Press asked him if he ... [More]

WikiLeaks: Basil Rajapkasa admitted military shelling into the safe zone?

[Friday, 27 January 2012 07:18] News, Genocide, General, Featured
  Posted by Colombo Telegraph ⋅ January 21, 2012 ⋅ 24 Comments Filed Under Co-Chair Ambassadors, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Human Rights, ICRS, Killing civilians, military shelling, military tactics, Sri Lankans in WikiLeaks, War Crimes By Colombo Telegraph - “The Norwegian Ambassador commented that in two recent meetings with Rajapkasa he acknowledged military forces were shelling into the saf... [More]

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