“…noting that Sri Lanka had made a commitment to include some international participation in the investigation.” 

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today charged that the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill has many provisions designed to persecute armed forces personnel.

Issuing a statement, he said if the draft legislation becomes a law, every Member of Parliament who …

War crimes

By Shamindra Ferdinando

About three weeks before the Army had breached LTTE defences on the Vanni east front, to rescue over 100,000 Tamils, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (R/HC) in wartime Sri Lanka, Neil Bhune, estimated the …

Pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party, TNA’s  Northern Provincial Council  has again objected to construction of Buddha Statue in the historical Buddhist temple while construction is in progress in Nagadeepa in Jaffna.

The pro-minority government which was captured the government …

While racially motivated Tamils brutally attacked Sinhala undergraduates in the University of Jaffna in Norther Province, Sri Lankan Police officers were attacked by Muslims in Samanthuraya in Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.

Police officers who were in a search operation …

When the views of the majority populace of a country are ignored and they react after enduring with patience they cannot be ridiculed as being xenophobic & racist. Going against the established system manipulated and well controlled by a handful …

JO won’t back ratification of ICCPR

(Courtesy of The Island) 

By Shamindra Ferdinando

The Joint Opposition and a section of the civil society have taken a common stand on the alleged move to do away with judicial power in terms …

The press release issued by the Jaffna University Teachers’ Association, (UJTA) is trying to paint a picture that the brutal attack by racially motivated Tamil students in University Jaffna is a general clash between the Sinhalese and Tamil students

Several Sinhala students were injured critically when racially motivated Tamil students and extremist Tamil villagers attacked them in the Jaffna University premises. Politically and racially motivated Tamil extremists undergraduates opposed to Sinhala traditional function organized within the science faculty of …

Six Sinhala undergraduates were seriously injured when racially motivated Tamil students attacked them in the Jaffna University. Politically and racially motivated Tamil extremists undergraduates opposed to any events which reflects the Sinhala cultures such as Kandyan dancing, Sinhala costumes within …