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By Gamini Gunawardane (Courtesy of The Islans) Thinking with the question of why it was proposed to our government and acceded to by us, to do away with the Prevention of Terrorism Act? Curiously, it is proposed by some of the..

By Daya Gamage  (Courtesy of Asian Tribune) Listen to this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZjofV4vxU8 U.S. Permanent Representative for the United Nations Samantha Power, Obama administration’s top foreign policy advocate is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka November 21-23. This is her second visit, the..

By Neville Ladduwahetty Evidence of derogation of Human Rights prevails in most countries because of threats from terrorism. For instance, the introduction of the Patriot Act of the US following the 2001 terrorist attack in New York curtails many civil..

(Source: www.theguardian.com) The terrorist slaughter in Paris has once again brought into sharp relief the storm clouds gathering over the 21st century, dimming the bright promise for Europe and the west that the fall of communism opened up. Given dangers..

by N. Sathiya Moorthy (Courtesy of The Sunday Leader) Displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka It’s anybody’s guess, why Eric Solheim, the controversial Norwegian peace envoy, should talk about the last days/weeks of the ‘ethnic war’, as he had not done before and with..

With a transfer of power in Colombo, the Obama administration looks to put Sri Lanka in the win column for U.S. democracy promotion efforts. U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, recently spoke at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit..

The main aim of Government policy and of the “international community” in relation to Sri Lanka is said to be “political reconciliation” between the Tamils and Sinhalese through accountability and constitutional change. An accountability push runs counter to a reconciliatory..

By Paul Craig Roberts Senator Charles Schumer and I challenged the erroneous idea that jobs offshoring was free trade in a New York Times op-ed. Our article so astounded economists that within a few days Schumer and I were summoned..

Michael Roberts “Just as in Kosovo if enough civilians died in Sri Lanka the world would be forced to step in” – Pulidevan of LTTE to a pal in Europe (quoted in Harrison 2012: 63). Guided by a series of..

Patriotic Sri Lankans living in Australia has written to two Maha Nayake Theros in Asgiriya and Malwatte chapters about the imminent danger faced by the motherland. Society of Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka –SPUR, who are tirelessly..