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  • Canada: Stop vote catching hypocrisy

    Canada: Stop vote catching hypocrisy

    By Ira de Silva

    (Courtesy of The Island)

    I refer to the statement by the Canadian Prime Minister on July 25, 2016, titled “Canada Renews calls for Sri Lanka’s Reconciliation”. It states that the war and the devastation it wrought


  • Mortgaging the country’s soul

    Mortgaging the country’s soul

     

    Roman Catholic Headed Tourism Ministry to Change the History of Nagadeeepa

    (Courtesy of The Island)

    By Bandu de Silva

     

    Mortgaging the country’s soul (cultural identity) is a thought that arose in my mind after reading the letter of …


  • Foreign Judges: A bogey?

    Foreign Judges: A bogey?

    by Gunadasa Amarasekera

    It is becoming apparent by the day that the Foreign Judges Issue is a bogey planted to threaten us into submission to achieve a different purpose – namely to foist a Constitution on us which will allow



  • The Foreign Minister Samaraweera Must Go

    The Foreign Minister Samaraweera Must Go

    (By Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

    By Dr Mathias Keitel, Tubingen, Germany.

    My recent visit to Sri Lanka, the country that I love most, fills me with dark foreboding as its vital interests are being systematically compromised by its buccaneering Foreign …




  • Who monitors the monitors?

    Who monitors the monitors?

    By Neville Ladduwahetty

    The United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 60/251 setup the Human Rights Council in April 2006. Article 1 of the above Resolution states that the decision to establish a Human Rights Council based in Geneva was to …