In a far-reaching development, Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed UNSC Resolution 1373 designating 16 LTTE front organisations abroad as ‘foreign terrorists’ and freezing all their assets and financial resources. These include the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE)
…The Sri Lankan flag replaced the Australian Border Protection Command flag on board the Australian Custom vessel ‘Corio Bay’ amidst the playing of the two National Anthems to symbolize the handing over of the above vessel to the Sri Lanka …
Former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Senate aides and government officials continue to leak details from a classified report on the CIA’s Bush administration torture program, giving a fuller picture of who was tortured, how it happened, and what limited …
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
By Tim Fish
JDW Correspondent
After more than two decades of fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at sea, the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) is being reshaped to prioritize maritime security for …
(By Courtesy Asian Tribune)
For weeks if not months, the USA and the UK threatened that they would move a Resolution before the UNHRC to establish a ‘robust mechanism’ leading to a possible hauling of GOSL before an International War …
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Order under UNSC Resolution 1373 signed by Minister Peiris
An order, designating persons and entities in terms of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 which sets out strategies to combat terrorism and to control terrorist financing has …
US Ambassador Michele Sison got it wrong. Addressing a media briefing following the UNHRC vote on Sri Lanka, Sison dismissed allegations that the US-backed resolution was ‘against’ Sri Lanka. In other words it was ‘for’ Sri Lanka, she implies.
Now …
Leading Sri Lankan peace campaigner has exposed the CIA role in various countries under cover of human rights, freedom speech, refugees so in order create unrest within those societies to gain USA interest. The writer has expose details of such …
With India’s abstention vote, it would seem that South Block is wresting back control of its decision-making authority from that domestic sphere that has ridden roughshod over several foreign policy decisions Sometimes, the loudest sound can emanate from the sidelines. …