Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to go to Sri Lanka to attend the CHOGM summit in view of the strong sentiments in Tamil Nadu against the visit. At a meeting of the top brass of the Congress at the residence of the Prime Minister on Friday morning a view emerged that it would be “difficult” for Singh to visit Sri Lanka at …
David Cameron has said an international inquiry into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka may be needed, as he prepares to attend a Commonwealth summit there. The prime minister has previously said Sri Lanka’s controversial government needs to hold an independent investigation, but has now turned up the rhetoric by calling for an inquiry with international oversight if the country does not order …
“Jacques de Maio, ICRC’s Head of Operations for South Asia, began by stating that, because of ICRC’s strict confidentiality rules, he would be unable to share any specific information regarding allegations of crimes by either side, nor would he be able to direct Williamson to sources. That said, de Maio engaged in a lengthy discussion of the conflict and offered a nuanced view of …
A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people, including 57 military commanders, were killed. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman also sentenced 157 others, mostly border guards, to life in prison while 271 people were acquitted. The announcement of the verdicts has yet to be completed. The mutiny …
The selection of Sri Lanka as the location for the biennial Commonwealth summit has been defended by the Commonwealth secretary-general. Critics have said that alleged human rights abuses make the country an unsuitable location for the meeting. Kamalesh Sharma told BBC News that the organisation’s strength is “engagement”, and the gathering would further efforts to improve human rights in the country.(BBC)
Government plans to force visitors from “high risk” countries to pay a £3,000 security bond to enter the UK have been scrapped, it is understood. Home Secretary Theresa May’s scheme was due to be piloted from this month as a way of deterring temporary visitors from staying on after their visas expire. It had been suggested that visitors from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be travelling to Sri Lanka to attend the 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo (15-17 November). In a rarity, he may also be visiting Jaffna, the once-upon-in-a-time capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the focal point of a fierce war between the LTTE and Sri Lankan government troops in 2009 but now home …
Relatives of the victims of abductions blamed on Sri Lankan authorities have called on David Cameron and other western leaders to meet them during the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Colombo next month. “Sri Lanka is not worthy of this summit but as it is happening I ask the leaders who come here to meet each other to meet us too, the relatives …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may visit Colombo for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ( CHOGM) on November 15-17, the Official Spokesperson at the Indian ministry of external affairs Syed Akbaruddin indicated at its Media Briefing on October 31. The chief minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council CV Vigneswaran wrote to Mr Singh this week inviting him to visit Jaffna. There are expectations that the Prime …
While a decision is still to be taken on whether the Prime Minister will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran has invited Manmohan Singh to visit Jaffna (capital of the Tamil majority province). In a message to Dr. Singh, Mr. Wigneswaran thanked the Prime Minister and India for “persuading the Sri Lankan government” …
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