In an ironic twist, Bishop Desmond Tutu had signed a petition calling on the UNHRC to appoint a commission of inquiry against Sri Lanka just when the Sri Lankan government was examining how the good bishop brought about reconciliation in …

John Kerry’s memory loss

US Secretary of State John Kerry came up with what would qualify as the biggest foreign policy blooper to date.  Referring to developments in Ukraine, Kerry said, ‘You just don’t in the 21st century behave in …

The United Nations was formed by 51 states in 1945 following World War 2 that led to 55million deaths. UN comprises 193 member states, 45,000 employees and 35 associated organizations. However, this so called ‘peacekeeping’ body has failed miserably in …

For months Geneva was the main topic of conversation in this country. But last week, the bottom seemed to fall out of the whole issue. One reason was that when the first draft of the resolution against Sri Lanka was …

The anti-Sri Lanka moves in Geneva began in 2009. People have not let up. They are as busy as they always were. Some names have changed; there’s Michele Sison now, whereas earlier there was Patricia Butenis and Robert O. Blake. …

By Kanthar Balanathan, Melbourne, Australia

It is a pity that writers, Journalists, politicians from the west and India in particular, are quite interested in nailing down SriLanka in an international forum (UN), which is located in the US. First of …

Do we know how India will vote on the anti-Sri Lanka Resolution? Manmohan Singh says his experts are studying the document.  Yeah right!  Here in Sri Lanka there are no prizes for predicting India’s position.  And yet, right here in …

[Go through this — written 3 years ago — and you will find the guys making noises are the same guys who’ve always made noises when they batted for the LTTE.  The exception is of course Sunila Abeysekera, now no …

March 4, 2014, 7:04 pm

(Courtesy of The Island)

Two hundred and five Tamil Christian priests in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka including Bishop Rayappu Joseph have written to the members of the United Nations Human Rights …