Given the prevailing political situation in Sri Lanka, the time has come for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu to return home, said S. C. Chandrahasan, founder of the Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR). “It is a golden opportunity for the refugees to …
Speaking at an organisational meeting last week, ahead of the 30 th session on 24 August, 2015 delivering a statement US Ambassador Keith Harper said we plan to offer a resolution on Sri Lanka to follow up on the new Sri Lankan government’s efforts to promote reconciliation …
R.Sampanthan, the top most leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), has said that the party can take an official stand on the latest US policy on the mechanism to investigate charges of war crimes in Sri Lanka, only after reading the report of the …
Opposing the gifting away of a Indian Coast Guard ship to Sri Lanka, MDMK chief Vaiko today said it was a “betrayal” of Eelam Tamils and Tamil Nadu fishermen. Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Varaha’ was gited to Sri Lanka on August 27 in Colombo. The …
The new Sri Lankan government that was voted in on Aug. 17 certainly didn’t inherit as much baggage as its predecessors did during the nearly 30 years of conflict that gripped this South Asian island nation. But six years into ‘peacetime’, the second parliament of …
Citing its consistent warnings to Tamils about the use of their struggle by geo-political contestations, the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) in a statement on Saturday said that it insists on an international criminal justice process since any domestic process will be tantamount to “victor’s …
Rather a Referendum than a Vote On Monday, August 17, Sri Lanka’s 15 million strong electorate went to the national polls for the second time this year. Among analysts, there is no doubt that this was not only a ‘popular vote’, which decided over the …
The United States appears to have fallen in line with India’s consistent position that charges of war crimes and human rights violations relating to Sri Lanka are best investigated by an independent and credible domestic mechanism rather than an intrusive international mechanism, threatening its sovereignty. …
The Tamil National Alliance on Saturday openly staked its claim for the post of Leader of Opposition in the light of a national government to be formed by the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), which is the dominant constituent …
Addressing the Colombo-based diplomatic community, Foreign Minister Samaraweera asked the world community not to focus just on the human rights issue in the country, saying it has already launched a process to ensure justice for all communities and promote reconciliation with minorities. He said that for …