Australia based Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc, SPUR   had written an opened letter to the UNHCR with regards to its unfair dealing with Sri Lanka.  The full text of the letter is as follows;…

Shocking Norwegian link with Dalit Panthers

by Shamindra Ferdinando

(With Courtesy of The Island)

Two pairs of Inshore Patrol Craft (IPCs) intercepted two LTTE craft north of Talaimannar on the evening of July 28, 2007. The confrontation took place well …

The UN was having irrefutable evidence that would contradict the much touted allegation that indiscriminate military action had caused the deaths of 40,000 civilians during the last phase of the war on the Vanni east front, Chief of Defence Staff …

A mural, depicting five Cuban agents held in prison in the U.S. for over ten years, in Havana (Reuters / Enrique de la Osa)

The five officers were monitoring Cuban exile groups based in Miami with an established track record …

By Rahul Singh

(by Courtesy of Khaleej Times)

INDIA’S PRIME Minister, Narendra Modi, is clearly a man in a hurry. In no time at all he has made his priorities evident. At the swearing-in ceremony of himself and his ministers, …

Evo Morales. Archive

Bolivian President Evo Morales has urged the world community to bring an end to the UN Security Council as it is not meeting its goal of securing peace between states, the Bolivian ABI agency reports.
Saturday evening, …

by Upul Joseph Fernando

(Courtesy of Sri Lanka Guardian)

President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Jordan on a special official tour early this year. He was not seeking the support of Jordan to vote in favour of Sri Lanka at the UN …

With the appointment of the 12-member team by the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, the encirclement of Sri Lanka is just about complete. The Western steam roller has been set in motion and Narendra Modi is in …

By Milinda Senevirathna

Some may believe that it was a masterstroke by the Government to go to Parliament with the issue of the team appointed by the UN High Commission for Human Rights.  The ruling party has the numbers.  Secondly, …