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The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka Tamil-majority Northern Province C.V.Wigneswaran has suggested that the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) explore the legal possibility of instituting its own independent war crimes accountability mechanism in the absence of an international judicial mechanism recommended by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in September 2015. Wigneswaran said this on Monday while speaking at a function in Vattakandaal Tamil Mixed School in …
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 9:17 am,
by eyeadmin
‘Insider Knowledge’ can be roughly defined as real-time intelligence that shapes the events and gives us a peep into situation room to highlight why decisions were made by then government. But, blunders will be too many and difficult to count if the ‘insider knowledge’ is ‘sexed-up’ with deceptions and lies by the faceless intelligence officials. The CIA, top American intelligence agency, which had convinced the people …
Friday, January 27, 2017 9:38 am,
by eyeadmin
A UN Special Rapporteur, in a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has recommended that Sri Lanka immediately repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), review the draft legislation to replace the PTA and immediately withdraw the proposed amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure Act that would deprive a suspect of access to a lawyer until his or her statement has been …
Monday, January 23, 2017 1:36 pm,
by eyeadmin
FORECAST This year will bring more political infighting in Sri Lanka as former President Mahinda Rajapaksa tries to stir discontent ahead of local elections and constitutional reform. The disarray will continue to cause headaches for China, which invested in strategic and lucrative development projects in the country at a more placid time. Tamil nationalism will further complicate matters as nostalgia for the defunct Liberation Tigers of …
Sunday, January 22, 2017 8:20 am,
by eyeadmin
Though there is no Jallikattu tradition in Sri Lankan Tamil villages, the Tamils of the island nation have enthusiastically joined the Jallikattu restoration movement now going on in Tamil Nadu by organizing demonstrations in support of it. On Wednesday, a demonstration was held by Junior Rotarians opposite the Nallur Kandswamy temple in Jaffna. A call has been given to attend a similar demonstration in Chavakachcheri on …
Friday, January 20, 2017 11:00 am,
by eyeadmin
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for the Jaffna District M.A. Sumanthiran, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, shares his views on the Constitution making and the way forward. He says his party remains optimistic about a positive outcome. Q How optimistic are you of the Constitution making process? Well, this is a one’s in life opportunity. It is, in fact, once in the life of …
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:31 am,
by eyeadmin
Sri Lanka, though a small island state, lies at the tip of the South Asian subcontinent and at the center of the Indian Ocean. In a vastly interconnected world, the sweeping effects of globalisation; China’s economic downturn; growing discontent and destabilisation in the West; and India’s enhanced involvement in the region as an emerging power, have all been major thrusts of global politics in 2016. Sri …
Saturday, January 14, 2017 9:21 am,
by eyeadmin
During his trip to formalize the friendship agreement between the City of Markham and district of Mullaitivu, Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran spoke on transitional justice and post-war development to diaspora Tamils in Toronto. At a press conference, the CM, accompanied by strategic advisor Mr Karthikeyan, Markham Councillor Logan Kanapathi and Mr Ayyadurai from the organizing committee, spoke on several matters. The press conference was …
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:42 am,
by eyeadmin
They could be found on the outskirts of Sirte, Libya, supporting local militia fighters, and in Mukalla, Yemen, backing troops from the United Arab Emirates. At Saakow, a remote outpost in southern Somalia, they assisted local commandos in killing several members of the terror group al-Shabab. Around the cities of Jarabulus and al-Rai in northern Syria, they partnered with both Turkish soldiers and Syrian militias, while …
Sunday, January 8, 2017 7:17 am,
by eyeadmin
The leaders and parliamentarians of the Ilankai Tamil Arusu Katchchi (ITAK), the Eelam People Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF), the People Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) met at the Opposition Leader’s residence on 6 January. The constituent parties of the main opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Friday called for a federal-based solution in a merged North-East within united a Sri …
Saturday, January 7, 2017 1:33 pm,
by eyeadmin
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