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, by NSSP
Last Friday Com. Chamil Jayaneththi, the organizing secretary of the Nava Samasamaja Party (NSSP) has been informed to summon the magistrate Court on 2nd of February.
Chamil Jayaneththi was the party’s presidential condidate in 2005. When he searched the reason he learned that Slave Island (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
Chamil Jayaneththi, a leader of the New Left Front has been charged by police for his participation in the media protest that took place on 9th January 2009 in front of Lake House, Colombo.
The protest was organisned by a broad coalition of media organizations, TUs, women’s organizations and (…)
Tamil Tigers Block Civilian Movement; Government Limits Aid Access
(New York) - The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should take immediate steps to allow thousands of civilians trapped in a shrinking conflict zone safe passage and to ensure that they (…)
, by SLEE Chris
On January 2, after five months of fighting, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) finally captured the town of Kilinochchi in northern Sri Lanka.
Kilinochchi had for many years been the administrative centre for areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a group fighting for (…)
, by FERNANDO Basil
The development of the Sri Lankan constitutions from 1972 was mainly based on the distrust that began to manifest itself after the system of governance introduced through the 1947 Constitution was in existence for several decades.
The government that brought about the 1972 Constitution was a (…)
, by ELLIS Eric
LTTE Leader Prabhakaran ponders a future with few options
The Tamil Tigers are on the run. Their ‘capital’ Kilinochchi has fallen to the Sri Lankan military and Tamil Eelam, their self-declared homeland in the island’s northeast, is doing a reasonable impression of an American bank; it has (…)
, by ALVARO Lonán
With hundreds of civilians killed and a quarter of a million people trapped by the current fighting, Lonán Álvaro considers the humanitarian cost of Sri Lanka’s 25-year long conflict.
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Since New Year’s Eve, hundreds of thousands of civilians have been caught up (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
In the his hero’s day speech the LTTE leader said,
“today, there are great changes taking place in India. The dormant voices in support of our struggle are re-emerging loud and clear. There are also indications of our struggle being accepted there. The positive change in environment gives us (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
Campaign for People’s Solutions to Food Crisis (CPSF) has started a many sided campaign to change the disastrous policies of successive governments. In the past it was the habit of the radical movements to pin the label of reaction on the UNP, but today the SLFP and the racist parties in its (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”)
‘We have smashed the Tamil resistance, now we take on the Muslims’ appears to be the slogan of Sinhala chauvinists who support the Mahinda regime. Muslims who could not tolerate anymore the blatant attacks on their image and very existence came out protesting. With many other parties together we (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
The Sri Lankan government’s ongoing military campaign to corner and crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) has led to a terrible humanitarian crisis in the country. Reports emanating from the island indicate that the Sri Lankan state is on the verge of wresting military control over (…)
, by SIVASEGARAM S.
The system of caste persists as an integral part of Hindu society. Colonial rulers let it be and where useful encouraged it. Modernisation made an impact, but did not eliminate it. Although the Hindu Varna system is the reference point for its justification, caste structure and hierarchy vary (…)
, by Fourth International
This statement of solidarity with the Tamil people’s struggle for self-determination was agreed by the sections present at this month’s meeting of the Fourth International’s European Political Bureaux.
The Italian government has arrested over thirty Sri Lankan Tamils from all over the (…)
, by SLOAN Stewart
Journalists become the target of the Sri Lankan government
Top ministers in the administration of Sri Lankan President Rajapakse over recent months have personally been involved in a growing number of violent incidents against members of the press, including the use of thugs to attempt to (…)
, by Committee to Protect Journalists, SIMON Joel
President Mahinda Rajapaksa President of Sri Lanka, Minister of Defense, Public Security, Law and Order Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1 Sri Lanka
June 13, 2008
Via facsimile: +94 11 2430 590
Dear President Rajapaksa:
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by your (…)
, by HEWAGE Thushara, KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
The Rajapakse regime must be challenged, such that the ‘national question’ is put back in the discussion – including issues of devolution, language and citizenship.
After the lengthy period of the Norwegian peace process, which informed commentators have termed no war in preference to peace, (…)
, by OCKERSZ Lynn
By entering a capitalist government that year and compromising on our non-racist policy we lost the support of the minorities as well as the respect of intellectuals. We lost our standing in the country’s politics as well as our identity. Having entered a capitalist government, we could not (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Kandy academics including some who actively supported President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the last Presidential election have sent an open letter to warn him that the country is on a path of destruction. The group says:
“Politics that justify killings, and upholds them as heroism, has condemned the (…)
, by FERNANDO Marini
With broader human-rights issues in Sri Lanka being eclipsed by the ethnic conflict, sexuality-rights activists have a hard time being heard.
As in many Southasian countries, sexual minorities in Sri Lanka grapple with a harsh and discriminatory law that proscribes “gross indecency”, a term (…)
, by KARUNARATNE Vickramabahu (“Bahu”), KUMARASINGHE Ranath
Batticaloa Local Election Results
The Batticaloa local government elections concluded with victory being delivered to the Pillayan team of the Karuna faction. The Rajapaksa regime managed to save face by securing only the Batticaloa Municipal Council thanks to a pact with Pillayan.
This is (…)
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