RANJITH SOYSA

The President’s outburst against the politically motivated maneuverings of the CID, FCID and the Bribery Commission etc has opened a Pandora’s box providing a constructive opportunity for the public to re-evaluate the operations of the said agencies and …

Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF issued a strongly worded Media Release on the recent violent and racism actions taken by the Northern Province Chief Minister, Vingeshwaran. While carefully analyzing such separatist and extremist actions taken by Tamil extremist politicians similar …

BY DR. S. I. KEETHAPONCALAN

A few weeks ago, the Tamil People’s Council (TPC) staged a protest campaign called the Eluga Thamil. In addition to Vigneswaran, Suresh Premachandran of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), and Gagendrakumar Ponnampalam of the Tamil …

The visiting so called Independent Expert on Minority Issues of the Human Rights Council Rita Izsak-Ndiaye has stated that despite there being a semblance of peaceful coexistence between different religious groups, there are challenges in relation to minority religious groups …

by Milinda Senewirathna

Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne, who is described as someone playing a pivotal role in the constitution-making process in his capacity as a member of the steering committee on the subject, has offered some thoughts on the progress of …

From invasions to colonial rule the gameplan was to divide & rule. Success of that can be seen in the manner immigrants now claiming minority rights to divide the country. Tamils & Minority rights have become a convenient battering ram …

Major Wimal Wickramage, formerly attached to the Pt. Pedro Army camp  had to pay yesterday Rs. 2,000,000 as compensation to the nearest relative of deceased LTTE Tamil terrorist Robert Wellington plus a fine of Rs. 10,000 as a fine.

The …

We stand guilty. The world claims Sinhalese discriminate Tamils. That they have no say in the affairs of the country. Their grievances are many. The allegations cover the lack of opportunity for Tamils in all spectrum and strata of society …

By Milinda Senevirathna

There are some fundamental difference between moderates and extremists that go beyond the obvious degree of flexibility. Extremists are upfront, moderates are cagey. Extremists may believe (even if they don’t say it) that the fact of extremism …

Supplementing the previous presentations (see Bibliography at end) and presenting textual versions of speeches also available on YouTube…. Emphasis has been tacked on by the Editor via highlighting.

ONE:  Fr. Vimal Tirimanne

“There is neither legal nor moral justification for …