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In My Name - The dawn of a new era

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By Staff Correspondent | Published on January 7, 2015 at 11:15 pm

Sinhala colonization in Mannar and large scale militarization of civil administration

REPORTS FROM THE GROUND

Some staff members of the Sri
Lanka Telecommunications had told Women’s networks working in Mannar that many i thier offices and especially those from the deep South have been offered relocation option with housing, relocation allowance and government job opportunities in the north.
Attached in this article is a letter sent by the new […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on August 22, 2013 at 2:38 am

UN must investigate the TGTE and its call to create an Independent State of Tamil Eelam

Let the memory of these dark days of Black July instill in us the conviction that the one and only means by which Tamils can reach a life of safety and dignity would be the creation of an independent State of Tamil Eelam. With that same conviction, let us rededicate ourselves on this day to […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on August 22, 2013 at 2:01 am

SRI LANKA: Army blamed for death of Weliweriya unarmed protester and firing live bullets into crowd

Our correspondent in Weliweriya and Rathupaswala
“When the army started firing, most of us ran to St Anthony’s Church, Weliweriya. The army then followed us to the church and started firing live ammunition that injured many. Then they threatened the people to kneel down on the church grounds and started assaulting with bicycle chains, clubs and […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on August 3, 2013 at 1:27 pm

Congressman Engel calls for an independent international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote Secretary Kerry on Tuesday expressing serious concern regarding the deterioration of democracy and the lack of progress on reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka. Citing indications that the Government of Sri Lanka appears unwilling to implement the […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on March 14, 2013 at 3:11 am

Sri Lanka’s potentials for a dynamic economy

Stéphanie Magalage participated in the French-Sri Lankan Diaspora Youth Workshop “Post-War Reconciliation Dialogue for a Sustainable Peace”, which took place in Paris, on October 27th, 2012, as a panelist on the theme “Towards an effective and sustainable economic development”. The event was organized by What’s Next!, an independent forum comprising of post-graduates and young professionals of […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on November 19, 2012 at 3:22 am

Cameron urged to boycott 2013 Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka

An influential group of MPs has urged David Cameron to boycott a Commonwealth summit in
Sri Lanka over human rights abuses.
The Foreign Affairs Committee said the decision to hold the Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo next year was “wrong”.
The call came in a report on the future of the Commonwealth, which delivered a wider warning […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on November 15, 2012 at 10:52 am

Bar Association passes Resolution on Chief Justice Impeachment

By Staff Correspondent | Published on November 10, 2012 at 10:48 pm

Tisaranee pickaxed by the Sunday Leader new management

The Sunday Leader was controversially sold to Asanga Seneviratne who is a well known proxy for the Rajapakse family.

Tisaranee Gunasekera a fearless columnist who has been a strident Rajapakse critic has been severely edited by the Sunday Leader newspaper - once a bastion for free speech in Sri Lanka.
Tisaranee has today (November 4, 2012)written to both the Sunday Leader’s editor Shakuntala Perera and to its Chairman Lal Wickrematunge and we publish the letter […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on November 4, 2012 at 9:57 pm

US concerned about Sri Lanka government’s efforts to impeach Chief Justice

U.S. Statement at the UPR of Sri Lanka
1 November 2012, 11:08 am
U.S. Statement at the UPR of Sri Lanka 14th Session –
November 1, 2012 Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
Note: An abbreviated version of this text was delivered at the Universal Periodic Review due to time constraints.
The United States welcomes H.E. Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Plantation
Industries […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on November 2, 2012 at 7:32 am