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Month: February 2017

Hon. Sampanthan meets Senators from France: Statement

28/02/201728/02/2017 Karu

Press Release The Leader of the Opposition and the TNA, Hon. R. Sampanthan MP met with a delegation of Senators from France at the Opposition Leader’s office in the Parliamentary complex today (27 Feb). At […]

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

“We are hopeful of a political solution” – GTF

28/02/201728/02/2017 Karu

With the commencement of the UNHRC session featuring Sri Lanka’s case among others, Suren Sirendiran, the spokesperson for Global Tamil Forum, a leading Tamil Diaspora Organisation, articulates the implementation of its resolution, action regarding alleged […]

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

All the crooks and murderers are with Mahinda Rajapaksa

27/02/201727/02/2017 Karu

‘Spring-clean SLFP and get rid of the rotten to win polls’ Chandrika’s call for party reform echoes what masses want from all parties: ‘Break free from rogues and come clean’ Mother knows best! The Matriarch […]

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

Mahinda at it again?

27/02/201727/02/2017 Karu

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has indicated his interest in meeting representatives of the main two minority communities, sources said. Rajapaksa According to sources, Rajapaksa wants a platform to discuss the current political situation in the […]

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

Many Sinhalese favorable to devolution on the basis of 13th Amendment

27/02/201727/02/2017 Karu

By Izeth Hussain – Izeth Hussain Many Sinhalese, possibly even a majority, seem favorable to the idea of solving the Tamil ethnic problem through devolution on the basis of 13th Amendment, though in a truncated […]

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

If the referendum is won by the Sinhalese with a majority of over 95 per cent

26/02/201726/02/2017 Karu

If the government opts for a Constitutional referendum, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will achieve its objectives regardless of the referendum results, the Joint Opposition Parliamentarian MP Keheliya Rambukwella a Mahinda loyalist said yesterday. Addressing […]

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

Judges was in the habit of giving judgments to suit the previous regime! – President Maithiri

26/02/201726/02/2017 Karu

Many believe that Mahinda Rajapaksa was dislodged, after a decade in power without serious challenge, by his former health minister Maithripala Sirisena, only in a closely contested presidential race. Though the result evoked surprise and only […]

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

Failing the Victims: An Expert Assessment of Sri Lankan Government’s Transitional Justice Efforts – Geneva Press Club

26/02/201726/02/2017 Karu

The Geneva Press Club – Club suisse de la Presse, in collaboration with the Monitoring Accountability Panel (MAP). Press conference on the following topic: Failing the Victims: An Expert Assessment of the Sri Lankan Government’s Transitional […]

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

Appeal to UK Prime Minister: Sri Lanka War Crimes – Refer Sri Lanka to UN General Assembly

26/02/201726/02/2017 Karu

“UK SHOULD NOT SPONSOR OR SUPPORT A ROLL-OVER RESOLUTION WITH AN EXTENSION OF TIME, AS REQUESTED BY THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT” LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, February 23, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK TO SIGN […]

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

Lack of willingness on the part of the judiciary over a period of more than sixty-years to uphold the rights of minorities when public security was at stake.

23/02/201723/02/2017 Karu

By Jayantha de Almeida Guneratne, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Gehan Gunatilleke – When multiethnic and multi-religious societies are confronted with challenges that test the limits of coexistence, governments may be tempted to resort to populism or […]

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

TNA warns violence against Tamils an imminent danger

23/02/201723/02/2017 Karu

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has warned that ethnic violence against Tamils is an imminent danger until there is a political resolution to the conflict. TNA leader R. Sampanthan told Parliament today that ethnic violence […]

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

Tamil leaders losing patience?

23/02/201723/02/2017 Karu

TNA leader says he’s ‘extremely unhappy’ with the way Tamils are treated by govt. After two years of engaging the Sri Lankan government on reconciliation and constitutional reform, the country’s Tamil polity seems to be […]

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

UN Rapporteur notes mounting frustration in Sri Lanka

23/02/201723/02/2017 Karu

The UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye says there is mounting frustration in Sri Lanka with the pace of progress in the accountability process. In a report on Sri Lanka submitted to the […]

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

Mahinda Slams CBK For Revealing ”Sri Lanka military held Tamil Girls as sex slaves in Rape camps”.

23/02/201723/02/2017 Karu

International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has exposed shocking details of sexual exploitation by the army against Tamil women in the former war torn areas. The report accused the Sri Lanka military for holding women as […]

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

The Whole Country Must Know The Truth

23/02/201723/02/2017 Karu

By R. Sampanthan – R. Sampanthan I would submit with respect that this is a Matter of urgent public importance, and that is the reason for raising this matter today in the House at Adjournment, […]

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

Keith Noyahr Abduction; Hickory Dickory, Gota In The Dock

21/02/201721/02/2017 Karu

In a dramatic turn of events the investigation into the abduction of Keith Noyahr, the Criminal Investigation Department has found that the abductors had made phone calls to Gotabaya Rajapaksa just after the abduction. Former […]

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

UK Government condemns destruction of Sri Lankan church

21/02/201721/02/2017 Karu

The Government has condemned an attack on a church in northwest Sri Lanka, adding that the UK regularly raises concerns about human rights offences against Christians with the country’s Prime Minister. The church building was […]

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

Activist found guilty of screening uncensored film

21/02/201721/02/2017 Karu

KUALA LUMPUR: A local activist was found guilty by the Magistrate’s Court here today of screening a film that had not been approved by the Film Censorship Board. Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris said the […]

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

Sri Lanka: Pledge to End Police Abuse Not Met

21/02/201721/02/2017 Karu

(New York) – The Sri Lankan government has not met its pledge to curtail police abuses prior to the March 2017 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said today. Security […]

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

India will not press for merger of north, east Sri Lankan provinces: Jaishankar

21/02/201721/02/2017 Karu

COLOMBO: India will not be pressing Sri Lanka to merge the Northern and Eastern Provinces to form a single Tamil-majority, Tamil-speaking province as envisaged by the India-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987, the Indian Foreign Secretary […]

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

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