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  • Missed Opportunities  – War crimes

    Missed Opportunities – War crimes

    (Courtesy of The Island) By Shamindra Ferdinando In the wake of UNSG Ban Ki-moon reiterating his commitment to Geneva-led accountability process, we should re-examine Sri Lanka’s response to war crime allegations.  Let me first, mention specific allegations directed at the..






  • POLITICAL ETHNOCIDE, STATE SUICIDE?

    POLITICAL ETHNOCIDE, STATE SUICIDE?

    (Courtesy of The Daily Mirror)  By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka How is it that the much-celebrated peace agreement heralding national reconciliation in Colombia between its FARC guerrillas and Columbia’s President Dos Santos just signed in Havana in the presence of President..


  • A belated UNSG visit to Jaffna

    A belated UNSG visit to Jaffna

    by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy of The Island Outgoing 72-year-old United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Palaly air base in the Jaffna peninsula on Friday (Sept. 2, 2016). The former South Korean foreign minister’s visit to Jaffna takes..