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A Secret Norwegian missive to ‘Dear Mr Prabhakaran’ in the wake of Kadirgamar assassination
(Courtesy of The Island)
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Chairperson of the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga during a two-day visit to Jaffna beginning Aug. 11, 2016 took credit for scoring impressive battlefield victories during her tenure as …
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U.S. Embassy’s partisan diplomacy in Sri Lanka (as never before)
By Daya Gamage – Former Political Specialist at U.S. Mission in Colombo
(Courtesy of the Asiantribune.com)
Since the advent of the Sirisena-Wickremasinghe administration in January 2015, the American Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka has adopted an extremely partisan diplomatic / …
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OMP Act: Yahapalana hegemony in action
Courtesy the Island
The passage of the Office of Missing Persons Bill in parliament once again saw the worst characteristics of the so-called yahapalana government on display last Thursday. All the decisions concerning the Bill was made by the yahapalana …
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Buddhist Fundamentalism?
Asoka Bandarage
There are innumerable accounts in the international media and academia on aggression against religious minorities, especially the Muslims, in the Buddhist majority countries in South and Southeast Asia. They report incitement of violence by ‘militant’ Buddhist monks of
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Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City: The Frontline Of China And India’s Geopolitical Showdown
By Wade Shepard
The story goes that in 2011 Sri Lanka’s then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa looked out from the land reclamation site of Colombo’s emerging South Container Terminal and had an epiphany: why not just keep going and build …
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When Will The Tamil Leaders Let Jaffna Rest In Peace?
By H. L. D. Mahindapala
I am neither surprised, nor overly worried about the Tamil students of the Jaffna University beating the Sinhala students. Intermittent inter-ethnic conflicts in various locations have occurred in the past and will continue to happen
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Why We all Oppose The New Constitution
Shouting coarse expressions in protest against the government seems to be the main task of the joint opposition led by former President, MP Mahinda Rajapaksa. A new constitution for the country was among the key promises of the Yahapalana government …
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How govt co-sponsored Geneva Resolution inimical to Sri Lanka Shocking change of position soon after first informal session on US document
Courtesy of The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Against the backdrop of President Maithripala Sirisena’s repeated declarations that the government of Sri Lanka hadn’t accepted foreign judges to inquire into accountability issues, it would be pertinent to examine the stand taken-up …
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New Criminal Court to try Anglo-Europeans for crimes against humanity & UN complicity
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said it was high time Africa set up a criminal court which would seek justice for “serious” war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the West, particularity during the colonial era. International Criminal Court was …
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ICTY takes 14 years to declare Milosevic did not commit War Crimes – validates why Sri Lanka must refuse any War Crimes Tribunals
Slobadan Milosevic was arrested in 2001. In 2002 the UN Tribunal charged him of crimes against humanity and war crimes. He spent 5 years in prison defending himself against allegations of war crimes & genocide. He was found dead in …
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LTTE Terrorists Attack of the Month
24th July 2001 the tiger terrorists attacked the Katunayake International Airport.
Numbers Game
13th Amendment
