The US State Department has amended its Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTO) list and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remains to be a banned organisation in it, the State Department said. Under the Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations list, the LTTE can be seen listed as an organisation designated since 10/8/1997. In a release issued by the State Department on Thursday said it has amended the terrorist designations of Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ) and ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) to include additional aliases. These aliases have been added to LJ and…
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England ‘unconcerned’ by hotel staff’s positive Covid tests
England’s management have insisted they are “not concerned” despite two members of staff at their hotel in Galle testing positive for Covid-19. The England camp were notified on Friday morning that two staff members, both of whom work in the kitchen of the hotel, had tested positive for the virus in tests conducted on Thursday. Neither is understood to have been in direct contact with the players and, in the latest round of tests conducted on the touring party, on Tuesday, there were no new positive tests. The next round…
Read MoreWhat Can Nandasena Learn From Donald’s Demise?
By Kumar David – Prof. Kuma David He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts And put down the mighty from their seats. (Luke 1:51-52) Madmen have been Emperors, Kings and Presidents; Caligula, George III and Idi Amin who allegedly chopped up his Chief Justice Kabimu Kiwanuka, preserved body parts in a fridge and ate them at leisure. And of course we had our own Pissu Sira though not as crazy as these. Jan 6 in Washington DC is surprising not as a mentally deranged and debauched villain elected to the US…
Read MorePillayan, reclaim the bribe offered
Sivanesathurai Chandrarakanthan alias Pilleyan was arrested by the CID in October 2015 in connection with the assassination of former TNA parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham. After his arrest, they wanted to record statements from two key witnesses in the incident to continue the investigation. As the statements had to be recorded in Tamil, a Tamil Sub Inspector of the CID had been sent to Batticaloa but the officer had returned without taking any evidence. https://www.lankanewsweb.net/66-special-news/76420-Hon–Pillayan–reclaim-the-bribe-offered-to-the-SI-now-and-reinstate-him
Read MoreSri Lanka: A Return to Threats, Fear: Crackdown on Critics, Disregard for Accountability
A Statement by Human Rights Watch (Lanka-e-News -13.Jan.2021, 11.30PM) Sri Lanka’s human rights situation has seriously deteriorated under the administration of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021. Government security forces have increased intimidation and surveillance of human rights activists, victims of past abuses, lawyers, and journalists. Minority Muslim and Tamil communities have faced discrimination and threats. The government pushed through passage of a constitutional amendment that undermines judicial independence and weakens oversight institutions, such as the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. In…
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