Maya Anthony
Reporting from Geneva, March 22, 2014
When terrorist supporters masquerading as human rights activists appeared in Geneva, US and UK representatives canvassing for votes to move a resolution against Sri Lanka in Geneva distanced themselves. The presence of …
The days following the elimination of the LTTE leadership were justifiably joyous for a nation that had been plagued and held hostage by terrorism for three decades. Joy, however, is relative to place and person. I am thinking about the …
Sri Lankan police offered a million Rupees (US$ 7,700) for information on a Tamil Tiger terrorist who is suspected of working to revive the banned outfit in the Island again.
The 31-year-old suspect, Kajeeban Ponniah Selvanayagam alias Gopi, also known …
Dr Noel Nadesan
The war radicalized Jaffna and it was inevitable that we could never again return to the good old Jaffna we knew. There were signs of a new Jaffna emerging imperceptibly even during the war years. I have …
So that is the expert report!
Navy Pillai came but never visited the Sinhala massacre villages, nor found out about the ethnic cleansing of the Sinhalese and Muslims- over 200,000. by the LTTE!
So much for the ‘Pillai Navy’!
NAVI …
An explosion followed by a huge fire rages in the south-west part of Pristina in the early hours March 25, 1999 after NATO forces launched a missile attack against Yugoslavia (Reuters / Yannis Behrakis)
Years on, Serbia still bears deep …
A massive demonstration was held on 24th March 2014 afternoon at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) headquarters in Geneva with the participation of over 5,000 expatriate Sri Lankan community in Europe.
The demonstration with unprecedented high participation
…“Pakistani leaders hope to convince the United Nations Human Rights Council to pass a resolution that would force US drone strikes to adhere to international law – a request that inspired the US to boycott the talks altogether, according to …
The Editorial of The Island on 24th March 2014
The US is reported to be busy giving final touches to a resolution against Sri Lanka and campaigning to ensure its passage with a higher number of votes than last time. …
I am aggrieved and so are my children. I don’t know where my husband is and they don’t know where their father is. Some may not know who my husband (their father) is and was so let me tell you …