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Chair-Rapporteur of the UN’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), Ariel Dulitzky and his team will arrive in Sri Lanka on 4 August at the invitation of the government to assist in the local probe mechanism intended to deal with alleged human rights violations during the war.The team will be in Colombo until 12 August. Dulitszky, an Argentinean, was appointed Chair-Rapporteur in 2010 by …
Monday, May 25, 2015 10:12 am,
by eyeadmin
Dr.Daya Somasundaram, Professor of Psychiatry at Jaffna University, blames the breakdown of traditional social and administrative structures for the gang rape and murder of 18 year old school girl, S.Vithya, at Pungudithivu on May 13, and the mayhem that engulfed Sri Lanka’s Northern Province subsequently. Mobs burnt tyres on the streets, stoned the court and the police station, ordered hartals, and called for the public execution …
Saturday, May 23, 2015 7:01 am,
by eyeadmin
Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran said some mischief- makers are trying bring the people into conflict with the police and create opinion that it could only be controlled by the Army. These mischief makers should not be allowed to ride on the back of the grieving people and that the people should be careful to protest peacefully and resume routine life. Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi Leader Jaffna Parliamentarian Mavai Senathyraja …
Friday, May 22, 2015 2:06 pm,
by eyeadmin
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Wednesday a local investigation into allegations of war crimes committed during the island’s separatist conflict would begin by June, vowing to prosecute anyone found guilty. Sirisena said he welcomed any guidance from the UN Human Rights Council on setting up the probe, amid international pressure for the island to account for alleged atrocities committed during the war which ended …
Thursday, May 21, 2015 11:59 am,
by eyeadmin
President Maithripala Sirisena said that the Government will give priority to ethnic reconciliation towards achieving sustainable peace and development. “Having experienced war, we must understand the need to give priority to the reconciliation process,” Mr. Sirisena said in his “Remembrance Day” address. In a veiled criticism of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government’s stress on physical infrastructural development to the neglect of emotional reconciliation after the war, the President said: …
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:08 am,
by eyeadmin
The Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council Justice C.V. Wigneswaran called on the Government together with the international community to intensify its efforts for reaching a decision regarding the political aspirations of the Tamil speaking people. He warned that further delay would change the dimensions of the problems further. The Chief Minister said this addressing at the Mullivaikkal commemoration event in Mullivaikkal on 18 may 2015. …
Monday, May 18, 2015 10:05 pm,
by eyeadmin
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who hopes to romp back to power in the coming parliamentary elections on a Sinhalese-nationalist wave, will be celebrating May 18, the day on which LTTE Supremo Prabhakaran was killed, as “War Heroes’ Day.” Rajapaksa’s rally to be held at Colombo’s Viharamahadevi Park is noteworthy in the context of President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to observe May 19 as “Remembrance Day” …
Monday, May 18, 2015 9:27 am,
by eyeadmin
By Rev. Fr. S. J. Emmanuel. The 18th of May 2015 will be commemorated by all Sri Lankans as a turning point in the history of relations between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. The end of the war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE meant two entirely different things with different rationale to justify their actions. For the Government it was a victory over Tamil …
Friday, May 15, 2015 2:30 pm,
by eyeadmin
In the wee hours of April 3, 2004, Maithripala Sirisena, the then General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, received a telephone call from former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. A sleepless election night had come to an end and the results indicated the United People’s Freedom Alliance, of which the SLFP was the main stakeholder, was in a position to form a government. The former …
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 9:20 am,
by eyeadmin
Sri Lankan Tamils welcome the acquittal of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Supremo J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, and are looking forward to her taking charge as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister again. “Lankan Tamils need a strong leader to be at the helm in Tamil Nadu. While Jayalalithaa was away from office, there was no one with authority in Tamil Nadu with …
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:54 am,
by eyeadmin
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