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Day: 11 June 2016

British Tamil ‘tortured and detained’ during Sri Lanka wedding trip

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Velauthapillai Renukaruban travelled to Jaffna to get married and was beaten and imprisoned on false charges, his family say   Velauthapillai Renukaruban was located several days after his arrival in Sri Lanka with injuries consistent with […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Missing persons: Sharp difference in numbers quoted by govt and Presidential Commission Govt claim even higher than NGO’s

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Missing persons: Sharp difference in numbers quoted by govt and Presidential Commission Govt claim even higher than NGO’s Paranagama by Shamindra Ferdinando Retired High Court Judge Maxwell Paranagama, Chairman, Presidential Commission to Investigate Complaints Regarding […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

UK ready to send experts in support of FCID, CIABOC

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

by Shamindra Ferdinando The UK has offered to position a team of experts in Colombo to work with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and specialised police including the Financial Crimes […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS

51 MP’s who support Mahinda are wasting their time says MP Gammanpila.

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Former President did not want to waste his time Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa did not take part in the vote of No Confidence Motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake because it was not worth his […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

British citizen beaten and arbitrarily detained in Sri Lanka. What is the British government doing?

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Reports of the arbitrary detention and beating of a British Tamil citizen that arrived in Sri Lanka to visit his mother have emerged. Mr Velauthapilai Renugaruban was beaten and forcefully arrested by two men who […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS

TNA demands release of Tamils arrested under Prevention of Terrorism Act

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

The Tamil Natioal Alliance (TNA) today reiterated a demand to release Tamils arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Speaking in Parliament today, TNA leader R. Sampanthan said that the new Government had assured […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Salawa catastrophe and military presence in N&E

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

By Manekshaw The huge explosion at one of the major arsenals in the country located at Salawa Army camp in the Kosgama area last Sunday (5) had highlighted the extent of the storage of heavy […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Tamils have right to self-determination – Sampanthan

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader Rajavarothayam Sampanthan recently said, the Tamils were a unique race and had historically been living in the country’s North and East. Sampanthan was speaking at the ITAK office premises, […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

At meeting with TNA leaders British officials express concern over resettlements

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Britain’s Permanent Under-Secretary, at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Simon McDonald and Permanent Secretary at the UK Department for International Development, Mark Lowcock yesterday expressed concern over the resettlement process. The two British officials met […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

US Congress committee disappointed Lanka has rejected foreign judges

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

A US Congress committee on foreign relations has expressed disappointment at President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s decision to reject foreign judges in the domestic accountability process on the war. The views were […]

By Karuna, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Swire discusses progress in Sri Lanka with Zeid and Ravinatha

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire has had talks with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha. The talks focused […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Gota’s entry and Kosgama disaster

11/06/201611/06/2016 Karu

Prior to the arrest of Senior DIG Anura Senanayake over the murder of Thajudeen, a special discussion was held at Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house with the participation of the lawyers of the Rajapaksas, according to reports. […]

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