Articles
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Nisha Biswal shoots from a no-fire zone
Exactly one month ago, i.e. on the 16th of June 2016, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein offering a global update at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council made a dire observation. He said ‘hate is being mainstreamed’…
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Hasalaka Gamini stood up for me 25 years ago and so I stand up for him today
By Malinda Seneviratne Had he lived, this man would be approaching his fiftieth birthday. Ordained at an early age, he took the name “Mahiyangane Dhammajothi Thero”. He was not yet 21 when he survived a brutal terrorist attack. He was..
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Is UN Human Rights Council Being Fair To Sri Lanka?
BY N. S. VENKATARAMAN Presenting an oral update on Sri Lanka at the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), nine months after a consensus resolution was adopted on reconciliation and accountability, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human..
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Zeid Al Hussein’s report and traitors
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein, has submitted his report to the UNHRC in Geneva on the 29th June 2016. Jehan Perera, in his article in The Island of 5th June , has endorsed the report fully..
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Blair Apologizes, Bush Doesn’t
(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today) Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair made an extraordinary confession after 12 years of refusing to apologize for his conduct which has now led to ‘hell’ in Iraq because of the decision made by him..
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Inside Story About Indrajit Coomaraswamy Becoming Central Bank Governor
(Courtesy of The Daily Mirror) By D.B.S.Jeyaraj “All changed,changed utterly” – The memorable lines from Irish poet Yeats came true on the morning of July 2nd 2016 for Dr.Indrajit Coomaraswamy after he received a telephone call at 6. 30 am…
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STORY OF THREE GOVERNORS
By Gomin Dayasiri, Former Governors of the Central Bank – Mahendran and Cabraal– must be found guilty or innocent after a fair trial –without leaving the issue in doubt for too long. Yet it has to be proved in court…
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The War Crimes Game: Pyrrhic Victory that was Geneva and its Aftermath
(Courtesy of Ceylon Today) By Nayantha Wijesundara The oral update of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid, made on 28th June at the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council carried no surprises for the reader..
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Chilcot Report:No revelations
The Chilcot Report, which was released on Wednesday at long last, has left those who expected more light to be shed on the illegal invasion of Iraq none the wiser. It has only recorded what was known to the entire..
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The Truth About Chilcot
By Craig Murray July 06, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – The death toll from the horrific recent Iraq bombings has risen over 250. If Blair had not been absolutely determined to attack Iraq on the basis of a knowing lie..





