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Sri Lankan Human Rights Advisers Resign, Criticize Government By Jay Shankar Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Four activists resigned from Sri Lanka's advisory panel on human rights, saying the government is intent on fighting Tamil rebels, not protecting civil rights. The administration ``is not serious about protecting human rights or eliminating the culture of impunity,'' Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, one of those who resigned from the 10-member panel, said in an interview yesterday. ``There is no window of opportunity left to hold talks with the government on the issue.'' More than 1,100 abductions and ``disappearances'' have been reported in Sri Lanka since…

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Sri Lanka has failed to honour promises to investigate serious rights abuses and allegations that thousands of civilians were killed in the final stages of its ethnic war, a UN report says. The report by human rights experts, which was submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday, found that investigations by local authorities were inconclusive and were not independent or impartial. "The steps taken to investigate allegations of serious violations of human rights have been inconclusive, and lack the independence and impartiality required to inspire confidence," according to the report seen by AFP on Wednesday. The document, compiled by …

Australia: A woman has posted a video on social media featuring her son saying that he wants to kill himself. The video goes viral, earning support from people all over the world. Quaden, a nine-year-old kid who appears to have dwarfism is being bullied in his school because of his height. Yarraka Bayles, who had picked up her son from the school records a video and sents out a strong message on the impact of bullying over children. In the video, Quaden seems to be sobbing continuously says, "Give me a rope, I'm going to kill myself." Ms. Bayles who starts the video saying that she picked up her son from the school who witnessed bullying by other stu…

Sri Lanka's chief negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva © enters the Peace Hall at the Bossey's Castle in Bogis-Bossey, near Geneva. Sri Lanka's warring parties ended a three-year deadlock in peace efforts by meeting at a peaceful Swiss chateau, but their ice-breaking talks got off to a rocky start(AFP/Christophe Bosset) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/0...ccsdsyl4_photo1 Tamil Tiger rebel group chief negotiator Anton Balasingham (L), and Adele Balasingam © are pictured at the Bossey's Castle in Bogis-Bossey, near Geneva. Sri Lanka's warring parties ended a three-year deadlock in peace efforts by meeting at a peaceful Swiss chateau, but their ice-break…

அமெரிக்காவிலும், பிரிட்டன் உட்பட பல ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலும் அரச செலவில் தேசிய அளவு பயம் ஏற்படுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டிருப்பது இஸ்லாமிய சமூகத்தைக் குறித்துத்தான். கான், ஹசன், முஸ்தபா இப்படிப் பெயரை கடவுச்சீட்டில் பார்த்தாலே மேற்படி நாடுகளில் குடிவரவு அதிகாரிகளின் இரத்த அழுத்தம் எகிறிப்போகிறது. காது மடல் சிவக்க கடவுச்சீட்டை விரித்து "பெஸ்ட் செல்லர் லிஸ்ட்" புத்தகம்போல் ஒரு பக்கம் விடாமல், ஒரு வரி விடாமல் படிக்கிறார்கள். பல சந்தர்ப்பங்களில் உள்ளே தனியறையில் மணிக்கணக்காக விசாரணை செய்து பின் லேடனுக்கு ஒண்ணு விட்ட, எட்டு, எண்பது விட்ட தம்பிக்கு மச்சினன் சம்சாரத்துக்கு மாமா பிள்ளை இல்லை என்று உறுதிப்படுத்திக்கொண்டு, கடனே என்று கதவைத் திறக்கிறார்கள். ஓர் இனத்தையே மறைமுகமா…

Should the Australian cricket team tour Sri Lanka? Yes 11% No89% Total votes: 2618. http://www.theage.com.au/polls/sport/cricket/turning-a-blind-eye-20110707-1h4s5.html#poll

Consolidating the CFA is the only way to stabilise the conditions of peace and normalcy Dr. Anton Balasingham LTTE Chief Negotiator Dr. Anton Balasingam said that "consolidating the Ceasefire Agreement is the only practical way open to the parties in conflict to stabilise the conditions of peace and normalcy, which are essential and crucial to take the peace process forward" when he delivered the opening speech in the Geneva talks today. The full text of Dr. Balasingham's address follows: The Opening Address by Anton Balasingham, the chief negotiator of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, (LTTE) at the Peace Talks in Geneva on 22 February …

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the Tamil diaspora to work together to develop the country and help the people irrespective of their community. The President has said this in an interview with Nitin A. Gokhale, Editor-in-Chief of Bharat Shakti.in and SNI. When the interviewer commented on peaceful existence, the President said, “Yes, so rather than just criticising and I would like to even request the Tamil diaspora to forget these things, nobody is benefitted; rather we must work together to develop our country, help the people in our country irrespective of their (community). Everybody is a Sri Lankan citizen if they are born in Sri Lanka. They have…

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Government attacks on the judiciary and political dissent have accelerated Sri Lanka’s authoritarian turn and threaten long-term stability and peace. The government’s politically motivated impeachment of the chief justice reveals both its intolerance of dissent and the weakness of the political opposition. By incapacitating the last institutional check on the executive, the government has crossed a threshold into new and dangerous terrain, threatening prospects for the eventual peaceful transfer of power through free and fair elections. Strong international action should begin with Sri Lanka’s immediate referral to the Commonwealth M…

நாகர்கோவில் நோக்கி சிரிலங்கா இராணுவத்தின் பாரிய படை நகர்வு Large SLA troop movements towards Nagarkovil FDL [TamilNet, May 08, 2006 12:24 GMT] Hundreds of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops are moving towards Forward Defense Lines (FDLs) in Nagarkovil in Vadamaradchy east, and surrounding villages of Manatkaadu and Kudathanai, in vehicle convoys from Palaly Military base continuously from 12.00 midnight till 12 noon Monday, at nearly 15 minute interval, sources from Jaffna said. Convoys reach the Jaffna-Point Pedro road through Atchuvely junction, and are proceeding towards Nagarkovil using two different routes, sources said. Convoys proceed to Manthikai …

Four steps to secure lasting peace in Sri Lanka By Maha Hosain Aziz, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Maha Hosain Aziz is a professor of politics (adjunct) in the MA program of NYU’s Politics Department, a senior analyst at geopolitical consultancy Wikistrat and advisory board chairwoman of Afghanistan’s first university e-mentoring program (New Silk Road Generation). The views expressed are her own. “While building the nation, we have set aside all differences and divisions. As a result there is today a new political and development culture before the country,” Sri Lanka’s media reported President Mahinda Rajapaksa as saying in his New Year’s message. “Further consolida…

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India's CIA spy scandal India's external intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has launched a major internal investigation for possible moles following the apparent defection of a senior officer recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Indian government fears that the defection of Rabinder Singh, who held the senior rank of joint secretary and who headed the agency's Southeast Asia department, is only the tip of the iceberg in a possible infiltration operation by the CIA and Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence service. The focus of the investigation will be RAW, as well as the Intelligence Bureau, which handles co…

And then they came for the judges HIS foes accuse Mahinda Rajapaksa of many sins during his seven years as Sri Lanka’s president. They blame him for the savagery that cost so many civilian lives as his army defeated the rebel Tamil Tigers in 2009. They bridle at how he has carved up the government among his brothers, like a thriving family-run conglomerate. They resent the amendment of the constitution pushed through in 2010 to remove the limit on his tenure of two six-year terms, and to give himself legal immunity and the final say in appointments to the civil service, the judiciary and the police. And they suspect his regime of connivance in the beatings, disap…

Sri Lanka debt default has begun, says rating agency IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Sri Lanka is about to default on its debts, two of the world's largest credit rating agencies have warned. Fitch Ratings lowered its assessment of the South Asian nation, saying "a sovereign default process has begun". S&P Global Ratings made a similar announcement and said that a default is now a "virtual certainty". This week, Sri Lanka said it will …

The impeachment of the Sri Lankan Chief Justice, Shirani Bandaranayake is possibly a watershed moment in Sri Lankan law and politics. President Rajapaksa’s 13 January decision to ratify the impeachment decided two days earlier by a parliament controlled by his ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance is the latest step in the gradual but systematic dismantling of the rule of law. The move, in violation of the Sri Lankan constitution and basic principles of due process and in disregard of rulings by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, leaves Sri Lanka’s already battered democracy on life-support. The decision to impeach the Chief Justice is a direct message that the Ra…

India's foreign policy is very clear and will not agree to any foreign power interfering in Sri Lanka's internal matters, a senior leader of India's governing Bharatha Janatha Party (BJP) Dr. Subramanian Swamy said. Speaking at the last day sessions of Sri Lanka's three-day defense meet, Defense Seminar 2014, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo on the topic 'India - Sri Lanka Relations' , Dr. Swamy said India's 'national interests' are the most prioritized and India will not favor one particular ethnic group. "India's foreign policy is very clear and will not agree to any foreign power interfering Sri Lanka's internal matters, nor it will intervene in any such…

Whither Karuna, three years on? Tamil Guardian 07 March 2007 Amid changing political and military dynamics, the former LTTE commander contends with his backers´dislliusionment. When Karuna (Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan), then one of the Tamil Tigers’ top commanders, broke away from the LTTE, exactly three years ago, his rebel yell was ‘freeing the east from the domination of the north.’ At the time, the expectation amongst many - not just his fellow rebels - was that Karuna, as leader of a new Tamil outfit in the east, was going to play a role comparable to LTTE leader Veluppillai Pirapaharan. Karuna attempted to gain recognition as another par…