(Courtesy of The Island)

by Shamindra Ferdinando

The four-party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Friday (July 1) welcomed a hard-hitting statement, issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, in respect of war time and post-war accountability …

Last week the Commission on Missing Persons (Maxwell Paranagama Commission) had issued a clarification regarding the recommendations made in its report. They had explained that they had not proposed foreign judges and that the misconception that they had done so …

 By Sir Geoffrey Nice QC and  Rodney Dixon QC

 London

Legal Opinion concerning the Law Applicable to Military Operations in the Final Stages of the Armed Conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE that ended on 19 …

The legal opinion of Sir Desmond de Silva covers all areas of allegation against the Sri Lankan Army and takes every leaf of relevant international law relevant to war crimes and clearly establishes why Sri Lanka cannot be accused of …

It is just as well that the previous government sought the legal opinion of a group of distinguished international legal luminaries who have been involved in war tribunals and who knew the laws related to conflicts. Reading these expert opinions …

Dilrook Kannangara

The UNP government is on the verge of yet another economically disastrous decision. Obviously, UNP leadership feels the shame of defeat in the Brexit vote as it worked hard to convince as many people to vote “remain”. However, …

Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera deserves kudus from both Sinhalese and Tamils. He has come forward to file a case on behalf of over 90% of Sri Lanka’s population. What the GOSL overlooked and ignored Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera has done in filing …

The UNHRC head has released his report. It is now the ONLY official document that has been tabled in the UNHRC. This is following the unofficial & purposely leaked report Panel of Expert report commissioned for the personal review of …

The State of Global Affairs
Division of the World by the US Military

Everyone who is not totally blinded by the advertising mainstream media can see certain things clearly about US politics directed by the US Power Elite:

Obvious are …

THE PROVINCES OF MODERN SRI LANKA

KAMALIKA PIERIS

The provinces of Sri Lanka, (Northern, Central, Eastern, Western, North Central, North Western, Uva, Sabaragamuwa    and Southern) are not ‘historical’ provinces set out by the Sinhala kings. They are not ‘natural’ provinces …