Dilrook Kannangara
What happens in Sri Lanka today is far worse than a war crimes investigation. Using alleged war crimes as an extortion tool, Tamils, former imperialists and neo colonialists are making inroads into Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, national economy and …
There is little point in pointing fingers at Ban Ki Moon – he is only a figure head reading out scripts prepared for him. An organization that is mandated to secure peace and ensure fair and equal justice we have …
By Saro Thiruppathy
LTTE child soldier
Restorative Justice, also known as Reparative Justice, was the concept applied by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the post-Apartheid period. The mandate of the Commission was to bear witness to, …
This question has been propping over periods of time without any conclusive answer primarily because the topic has been perfect for political advantage to both political parties and individuals. With the chapter of terrorism more or less closed it is …
We acknowledge the support of Dr. Subramaniam Swamy over the years for being the sole Indian voice against LTTE in support of Sri Lanka’s role to eliminate LTTE terrorism. We are glad he is a key member of the winning …
Janaka Perera
There is no better defence for Sri Lanka at the next sessions of the Geneva UNHRC sessions in March than Corrupted Journalism – Channel 4 and Sri Lanka, a collective work by Engage Sri Lanka. Our think tanks …
In November 2002, a writer and military analyst working in Sri Lanka between 1996 and 2002 as special correspondent for Jane’s Intelligence Review and the London Daily Telegraph was given 24 hours notice by the Ranil Wickremasinghe Government to leave …
Why have 32 countries banned the LTTE and continue to do so even after its demise in 2009? Obviously its intelligence feels there is sufficient threat to maintain the ban overseas. A ban becomes meaningful only if these countries enforce …
At some stage or the other the people of Sri Lanka would need to sit down and carefully deliberate over exactly what and who contributed and continues to contribute towards steadily reversing the great victory of the Ranaviru in defeating …
By Malinda Seneviratne
[IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE CLAIMANTS DO NOT WANT TO VISIT]
I’ve been here long. Longer than those who claim me. Their earliest ancestors, i.e. those who hadn’t coined a name for me, had to first make their …