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By Asoka Bandarage (Courtesy of  https://asianstudies.georgetown.edu/sites/asianstudies/files/documents/gjaa_3.2_bandarage.pdf) In May 2009, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a “most lethal and well-organized terrorist group in the world,” which had fought for nearly thirty years to establish..

(Courtesy of The Island) By Shamindra Ferdinando Having received two additional years to fulfill the Oct 1, 2015 Geneva Resolution 30/1, the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government last Friday (March 24) thanked those who had brought a second resolution 34/1 to give time..

Every time a Chinese high-powered delegation arrives in Sri Lanka, India throws a salvo – “Our aim is to protect the interests of Tamils in Sri Lanka. You can achieve this through two means, by either doing it forcefully or..

By Neville Ladduwahetty Although the separatist armed conflict ended in May 2009, the first UNHRC Resolution on “Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka” was in April 2012. This was followed by Resolutions in March 2013; March 2014 and September..

http://www.island.lk/index. php?page_cat=news-section& page=news-section&code_title= 55 Australia has denied Maj. Gen. Chagie Gallege a visa, as we reported yesterday, though it now claims his application, which was submitted in September, 2016, is still under assessment. It has cited, as the reason for..

By Malinda Senevirthna These are UNHRC days.  These are Yahapalana-UNHRC days which are therefore very different from the Rajapaksa-UNHRC days.  Both regimes use the same lexicon when it comes to ‘reconciliation’.  Back then too we heard talk of truth, reconciliation..

 A grave miscarriage of justice is taking place in front of the UN General Assembly members and UN Security Council. The UNHRC and the OHCHR head is violating the UN Charter and abusing the office in an unsubstantiated and malicious..

   Shenali D Waduge When organizations and individuals banned as LTTE fronts in particular those that openly provided material support to the LTTE over the years and have unabashedly commenced websites seeking donations and support to create the very Eelam..

Kosovo was illegally created using lies to enable West to establish a NATO base. Today, people living in Kosovo are struggling to survive. Very few countries will deal with them. They have to beg to the very countries that supported..

R Chandrasoma Ancient Sri Lanka paid heavily for its misfortune in being very close to that politico-geographic behemoth called India. Indeed, the history of our land is – broadly speaking – coterminous with our encounters with our dangerous neighbour. The..