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UN official’s ‘ill-famed statement’ a violation of sovereignty
National Organizer of the National Freedom Front (NFF), Piyasiri Wijenayaka stated that no Sri Lankan citizen had asked UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson or anyone else to probe into the “dark, closed chapter of the terror-stricken of LTTE Tamil terrorists.”…
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UN’s Feltman visits Sri Lanka to push a Federal Constitution
By Daya Gamage
(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)
Jeffrey Feltman, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, the second most senior position in the United Nations and the coordinator of the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, was on an official …
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GSLF Responded to UNHRC Commissioner’s Statement at BIICL
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein delivered the Grotius Lecture at British Institute of International and Comparative Law on 26th June 2017. In the course of that lecture Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein specifically mentioned “A few days ago, …
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JO under pressure to quit constitution making process Crucial meet today with MR presiding
(Courtesy of The Island)
The Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) has requested the Joint Opposition (JO) to quit the UNP-led constitutional making process.
A senior spokesperson for the group told The Island that the JO couldn’t further delay a decision …
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New Constitution will compromise our soldiers
(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today)
Joint Opposition and SLFP Member of Parliament Prasanna Ranatunga says that they have clearly set forth their stand that the Unitary State and the prominence accorded to Buddhism in the Constitution cannot be compromised in …
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GSLF takes on Tamil Diaspora TNA responsible for LTTE atrocities – Premaratna
(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today)
Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) was formed in 2016 by Sri Lankan citizens living abroad, with the intention of representing the country in the international arena. Ajantha Premaratna, Project Coordinator for GSLF in an interview …
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Global Sri Lankans Concern on Police State
Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF has raised their serious concerns on imminent Police State in Sri Lanka to attack patriots and opposition politicians.
The GSLF has issued the strongly worded Press Release. The full text of the Press Release is …
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Police Quick to Action on Death of Running Away Tamil Than in South
IGP Pujith Jayasundara had ordered a Special Investigation Unit (SIU) led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to be sent to Jaffna from Police Headquarters, Colombo to investigate the shooting incident that took place in the Point Pedro area, …
Articles
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What was the mandate of Emmerson?
(Courtesy of The Island)
By Tamara Kunanayakam,
former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva
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Dr. PalithaKohona,
former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New YorkThe Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Ben …
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Lanka sledgehammered by UN
Ben Emmerson responds to the media at UN compound in Colombo on the afternoon of July 14, 2017.UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Una McCauley looks on.
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Ben Emmerson, QC, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion …
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Prof.Laksiri Fernando jumps into the anti-Sinhala-Buddhist garbage bin again
There are clear indications in Prof. Laksiri Fernando’s response to my comment that he suffers from the common disease that affects some academics in the professoriate : they can’t hold two thoughts together and balance both in their pinheads to …
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War Heroes or criminals?
(Courtesy of The Island)
The former Navy Spokesman Commodore D.K.P.Dassanayake was arrested last week on charges of causing the disappearance of 11 persons in 2008. Dassanayake, a highly decorated Naval officer who played a major role in the war, is …
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How can Sri Lanka celebrate Tea Industry ignoring the lands confiscated by the Kandyan peasantry?
The white man said Cecil Rhodes built Africa. However, Africans disagree and Africans are bringing down the statues of Cecil Rhodes. Ironically, in Sri Lanka the reign of the kalu suddas is such that we are celebrating the tea industry that …
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Former U.S. envoy Blake clarifies stance on Tamil Tigers, beach rescue plan
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia, Robert Blake addresses reporters in Colombo on December 9, 2009. Blake, a former ambassador to Sri Lanka, urged the country to improve on its human rights record and political reconciliation …
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‘Sangha State behind the State’
(Courtesy of The Island)
Lenin once said that Bernard Shaw was a good man fallen among the Fabians – a group of wishy-washy left-wingers whose airy-fairy politics was neither in capitalism nor in any kind of scientific socialism. It was, …
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Do not trust TNA: ITAK endorsed Vaddukoddai Resolution on ‘Separatism’ in 2008
The Maha Sangha has rejected the new constitution in toto. It is a blow to the TNA and the Government that has made assurances to bring a new constitution to those that brought them to power. The Sri Lankan populace …
LTTE Terrorists Attack of the Month
24th July 2001 the tiger terrorists attacked the Katunayake International Airport.
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