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Sunday, 12 May, 2013 20:07 எங்கள் முற்றங்களில் ஓடி விளையாடிய குழந்தைகள் இன்று உடல் சிதைந்த புகைப்படங்களாக பார்க்கின்றோம் புள்ளிக் கோலமிட்டு பிட்டு அவித்து ஊட்டிய அம்மாவின் கையில்லை -இன்று தோளில் சுமந்து பள்ளிக்கு கொண்டு விடும் அப்பாவுமில்லை கொடியேற்றி கொண்டாடினார்கள் நங்கள் படங்குக்குடிசையில் திண்டாடிய போது சிரித்தார்கள் எங்கள் தேசம், நாங்கள் வாழ்ந்த சொர்க்க பூமி சுடுகாடாய் தெரிந்த போது மானமென்ற ஒன்றுக்காய் மடிந்த பெண்ணின் உடலை நிர்வாண படுத்தி புகைப்படங்கள் எடுத்து புன்னகைத்தார்கள் [...]

CPJ’s 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free Published May 2, 2013 NEW YORK Rocked by militants in the north and politically inspired aggression nationwide, Nigeria has become one of the worst nations in the world for deadly, unpunished violence against the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists [...]

    Monday, 29 April, 2013 3:23   FORWARDED PRESS RELEASE AHRC-FPR-024-2013 I wanted to make sure you’d all seen the petition Avaaz launched today on Sri Lanka http://www.avaaz.org/en/no\_reward\_for\_the\_island\_of\_fear Based upon the response rate they will decide wether or not to launch a full blooded push to see how many signatures they can get in [...]

Wednesday, 24 April, 2013 16:16 URGENT Please consider signing this petition and encourage others to do so. Thanks Joe Thank you for taking action. Send the email below to friends and family, and post this link on your Facebook wall. http://www.avaaz.org/en/no_reward_for_the_island_of_fear/?tCMTFcb Thanks again for your help, The Avaaz team Dear friends across the Commonwealth, In [...]

"If you’re in a coalition and you’re comfortable, you know it’s not a broad enough coalition." -Bernice Johnson Reagon When fighting in the international arena, one should know that the only way to survive is to constantly build new coalitions while strengthening and maintaining the existing ones. Due to its belonging to the Non Aligned [...]

Date: 8 April 2013 19:05 UN Human Rights Council Briefing – Resolution on Sri Lanka.pdf Please find attached Global Tamil Forum’s Briefing on the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which concluded last month. This provides information on the resolution adopted by the Council on Sri Lanka, which intensifies the calls for [...]

  April 6, 2013 By Colombo Telegraph – This is the full text prepared by the drafting committee of the National Movement for Social Justice. The draft Bill is being developed on these principles. maduluwawe-sobitha-thero Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero -NMSJ Proposals for constitutional reform The NMSJ proposes the following to be included in the election manifestos [...]

<http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/43027> (Personal details will not be shared & in order to confirm your signature to the petition "Boycott CHOGM in Sri Lanka" you need to confirm your email address by clicking on the link provided in the email that will be sent to you)

- . – On Tuesday 23rd April, a sneak preview of ‘No Fire Zone’ followed by a Q&A with the Director Callum Macrae will be shown at the Frontline Club in London, 7pm. Tickets cost £10 and further information on how to book can be found here : http://www.frontlineclub.com/2013/04/09/no-fire-zone /

  Saturday, 6 April, 2013 13:23 LLRC is one of many ”commissions” appointed by this government but the only one whose report was released. The reprots of all the others remain with the President: http://www.scribd.com/doc/85007346/A-List-of-Commissions-of-Inquiry-and-Committees-Appointed-by-the-Government-of-Sri-Lanka-2006-%E2%80%93-2012 These ”commissions” have been appointed to buy time till the attention of the international community shifts to another crisis. ”Appointement [...]

  Details Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 10:05 Hits: 201 When aircraft touch down at Mattala we are able to land development for our country. The value of the corn pods of Wellassa to the sands on the beaches of Magampura will rise because of this airport. The Yala sanctuary will more value in [...]

No. 191 Date:18.03.2013 Text of the D.O. Letter dated 18.3.2013 addressed to “As you are aware, Tamils in Tamil Nadu and the Tamil diaspora spread across the world are legitimately outraged and incensed over the impunity with which the Sri Lankan Government is ignoring international sentiments and binding resolutions relating to reconciliation and accountability for [...]

Today’s Date:  Friday, March 15th, 2013 March 15, 2013 The government today assured the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) of progress in the promotion and protection of human rights for the benefit of the Sri Lankan people by 2017. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Plantation Industries and Special Envoy to the President told the Council today [...]

Groundviews Posted by The Social Architects Download the report in full here, or view in inline here. Introduction Nearly four years since the end of the country’s civil war, Sri Lanka remains a divided, post-war society, as the ethnic conflict burns on. It has been fifteen months since the Final Report of the Lessons Learnt [...]

Thu, 2013-03-14 14:15 — editor Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Foreign News Desk Washington, D.C. 14 March (Asiantribune.com): The United States making significant revisions and changes to its ‘Procedural Resolution’ scheduled to be moved at the UNHRC in Geneva end of this month – the Third Draft – has sharpened its teeth to make Sri [...]