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Month: March 2017

SECOND ‘Fast to Death’ hunger strike called off by MP Wimal

31/03/201731/03/2017 Karu

Stunt man MP Wimal Weerawansa called off the ”Sefp Publicity” eight day SECOND ‘Fast to Death’ hunger strike he was engaged in amidst the chanting of pirith a short while ago, National Freedom Front (NFF) […]

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

Tamil journalists threatened by Sri Lankan soldiers

31/03/201731/03/2017 Karu

Three Tamil journalists were harassed and threatened by Sri Lankan soldiers on the 21st March while reporting on an ongoing protest by families of the disappeared in Maruthankerny. The journalists were photographed en route to […]

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

GTF calls on Sri Lanka and the International Community to ensure the UNHRC Resolution is fully implemented in a faithful and timely manner

30/03/201730/03/2017 Karu

PRESS STATEMENT 30 March 2017, London GTF calls on Sri Lanka and the International Community to ensure the UNHRC Resolution is fully implemented in a faithful and timely manner The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) cautiously […]

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

Too Clever By Half: Has Sri Lanka Trapped Itself In Geneva?

29/03/201730/03/2017 Karu

By Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka – Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka It’s been 8 years since the war, and Sri Lanka just signed off in Geneva on a resolution that said Zaid al Hussain, the UN […]

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

Trump Takes Time, It’s Not UNHRC Is Giving Sri Lanka More Time

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

by N. Sathiya Moorthy Sampanthan needs to be congratulated and thanked for drawing the Tamils away over that distinction in the post-war, post-LTTE era, and thus proving a point It’s becoming increasingly clear that the […]

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

Weerasekera And Tamil Diaspora Go Head To Head

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

by Easwaran Rutnam Former head of the Civil Defence Force, Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara and the Tamil diaspora went head to head in Geneva last week Earlier, at a side event, the TGTE called for […]

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

Anandasangaree demands Sambanthan’s resignation

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

The Secretary General of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), V. Anandasangaree in a letter to Leader of the Opposition, R. Sampanthan, has asked that Sampanthan submit his letter of resignation from the position of […]

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

Whither human rights in Sri Lanka?

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

The singular focus on international rights intervention is killing a once-vibrant local rights movement From the time Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in 2009, international actors have infused narratives of the war with stories of […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Tamils have valid claim for homeland Prof. Pathmanathan

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

Emeritus Professor of History S. Pathmanathan, in an interview with Dailymirror, discusses the origins of settlements in Sri Lanka and argues for the Tamil Homeland concept from a historian’s point of view. Prof. Pathmanathan, who […]

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

A van suspected to have been used to abduct Keith Noyahr found

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

A van suspected to have been used for several crimes including the abduction of journalist Keith Noyahr in 2008 was found from a house at Piliyandala, police spokesman Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Priyantha […]

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

I will not allow any soldier to be tried on war crime (even if they had done it?) President

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

President Maithripala Sirisena  opened the newly constructed three-storeyed building at the Defence Services School in Kurunegala. The President presented ‘Virisara’ beneficial cards to war heroes and assured them he is not prepared to make any […]

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

Sri Lanka President signals green light for Gothas arrest?

29/03/201729/03/2017 Karu

ECONOMYNEXT – President Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday drew a clear distinction between war heroes and those who used national security as a cover to target journalists and personal rivals and cleared the way for VVIP arrests. […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Tamils lived in N/E before Buddhistic era – CM Wigneswaran

26/03/201726/03/2017 Karu

Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran responded to Dr. Sooriya Gunasekara, Chairman of a registered political party called “Sinhaladipa Jathika Peramuna” who called the CM for a debate, on his interview that appeared in […]

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

GTF team along with CTC, USTPAC and BTF also had a joint high level meeting yesterday with the Swiss, US, UK and German missions in Geneva on Tuesday

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

Canadian Tamil Congress meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights  Zeid R’aad Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) President Raj Thavaratnasingham along with members of Global Tamil Forum (GTF), USTPAC and British Tamil Forum (BTF) […]

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

Indians supported the killing of Tamils.

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

The Government of India felt anguish and pain over the Sri Lankan military’s alleged war crimes against unarmed Tamils in the 2009 war, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in an unusually strong observation on […]

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

OHCHR needs $362,000 to implement Sri Lanka resolution

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) would require $362,000 to implement the new resolution on Sri Lanka. The Secretary of the Human Rights Council said that in order to implement the requests contained […]

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

Sri Lanka: Hybrid Mechanism in Domestic Judiciary!

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

by Shamindra Ferdinando ( March 22, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Finally, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has acknowledged that, in terms of the Constitution foreign judges couldn’t participate in proposed domestic accountability mechanism in accordance […]

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

UK calls for meaningful devolution in Sri Lanka

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

The British Government today encouraged Sri Lanka to deliver meaningful devolution through constitutional reform, establish credible transitional justice mechanisms, return all remaining military-held private land and replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act with human rights […]

By Karuna, SPECIAL NEWS, UK NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Human Rights Council gives Sri Lanka two more years

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

Resolution adopted without a vote at UNHRC in Geneva  US says Lanka’s cosponsorship testament to Sirisena Govt.’s international engagement, commitment to reconciliation Harsha thanks member states for understanding and support  OHCHR needs $ 362,000 to implement Lanka […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Sri Lankan opposition to foreign judges worries US; UK stresses devolution

25/03/201725/03/2017 Karu

COLOMBO: At the on-going session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva on Wednesday, the US expressed concern over the Sri Lankan government’s statements against having foreign judges in the judicial mechanism it […]

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

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