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(Courtesy of The Island) One-time Foreign Secretary and former UN Under Secretary General Dr. Palitha Kohona criticized the government decision to co-sponsor Geneva Resolution again at the expense of an opportunity to push for re-examination of allegations on the basis..

Two Tamil men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences following a call from a member of the public. The men were stopped at Heathrow airport yesterday morning, 4 March, under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Police..

The Global Sri Lankan Forum – Executive Committee, GSLF-Ex. Comm. is actively participating to the 40th UNHRC Session in March 2019 in Geneva. The GSLF have planned series of activities to counter the adverse propaganda against Sri Lanka and to..

The first budget issued by the pro-Tamil, Pro-LTTE and anti-Sinhala –Buddhist Minister of Finance, Mangala Samaraweera has proposed to  pay compensations to the families of LTTE Tamil terrorists and disabled Tamil terrorists. Pro-federalist Samaraweera who signed the anti-Sri Lanka UNHRC..

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Share78 The Thiruketheeswaram is one of the five ancient, holy Eeswarams for Hindus on the west coast near Mannar. The approach road to the temple had some constructions which were being done again for Sivarathiri tomorrow. The Roman Catholics objected..

(Courtesy of Colombo Telegraph) Politically and financially bankrupt Tamil Forum UK Ltd, well- known as British Tamil Forum (BTF), has been booted out from its controversial nominal role of providing ‘secretariat’ service to the UK parliamentary All Party Parliamentary Group..

Sri Lanka, along with the Britain-led ‘core group’, will co-sponsor a fresh resolution at the UN Human Rights Council on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in the country, authoritative sources said. The ‘Zero Draft Resolution on Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability..

The National Joint Committee (NJC) has written to President Maithripala Sirisena requesting that the Government withdraw from being a co-sponsor of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1. “The said resolution is being made use of by the..

Ex Senior Director of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Of the US National Security Council Dear madam, Human Rights Violations by Sri Lankan forces The greatest friend of TRUTH is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion..

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror) Campaigners have called on the Mayor of Harrow, Kareema Marikar, to resign after she was pictured with senior military figures during a visit to Sri Lanka, Harrow Times reported on Monday. Councillor Kareema Marikar visited the..