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The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) which concluded its second hearing on Sri Lanka in Bremen, Germany today, found the Government guilty of committing grave human rights abuses and also found that India, Britain and the US were complicit in those crimes. An eminent panel of jurors were assembled by the PPT to ...
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A demonstration was staged inside the Northern Provincial Council when it convened today in Jaffna. Northern PC members protested over the army demolishing civilian houses in Vallikamam North. PC Memeber M.K Sivajilingam initiated the protest over the land issue. The Northern PC members later remembered former South African President Nelson Mandela when ...
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The main opposition UNP today raised doubts over Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne being involved in drug smuggling in Sri Lanka. Speaking in Parliament today, UNP MP John Amaratunga said that the Prime Minister is known to be a respectable politician and so it is hard to imagine him being involved in such ...
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As the world celebrates International Human Rights Day today, the Human Rights Commission in Sri Lanka (HRCSL) reaffirmed its commitment to protect and promote Human Rights in Sri Lanka. “It is an obligation of every government to guarantee rights of all citizens,” HRCSL said in a statement today. The United Nations General ...
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Representative of the Government of Japan for Peace-Building, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi, who met President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday will meet the Tamil National Alliance today. Akashi will meet the TNA delegation led by R. Sampanthan for talks tonight at the official residence of the Japanese Ambassador in Colombo. The ...
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Canada says justice will be served in Sri Lanka over allegations of human rights abuses and the Canadian Government will look to work with the Tamil community in Canada to achieve that goal. Canadian ruling party Brampton-Springdale MP, Parm Gill, said the Sri Lankan government has failed to uphold the Commonwealth’s core values, ...
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The European Union (EU) Delegation in Sri Lanka today urged the Government to take further action to implement the recommendations in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission Report in order to ensure justice and meaningful reconciliation. Issuing a statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Sri Lanka to mark world ...
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Over 30 people were injured when a passenger bus overturned along the A-9 road in Panichamkulam this evening, the Jaffna media reported. The bus driver lost control of the vehicle while travelling at high speed resulting in the accident. The online edition of the Jaffna based Uthayan newspaper reported that the bus ...
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Vajira Neththikumara, the owner of the Union Place premises where an illegal betting center was operating, has been given notice to appear in Court, the police media unit said today. The police said that a case was filed against Neththikumara over the illegal betting center and the Fort Magistrate had issued notice for ...
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From Monday, 16 December, 2013, all visa applicants for the UK will have to pay their visa fees online in US dollars via Visa or MasterCard debit or credit cards or e-wallet (Skrill), the British High Commission in Colombo said today. As is the current practice, applications will also continue to be ...
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Senior Japanese diplomat Yasushi Akashi called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at the President’s House and discussed a number of matters including progress on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), the overall reconciliation process and general bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Japan, the President’s office said. The last time ...
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The Government has declared two days of mourning over the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Accordingly December 10 and 11 will be days of mourning for the former President and the National flag will fly at half mast on both days at Government institutions.
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Two Indian Nationals were arrested in Mannar for being employed while on tourist visas in the country, the police media unit said today. According to the police, the two Indian were arrested in Thalaimannar last evening. The two Indians are to be produced before the Mannar Magistrate later today. The Thalaimannar police are ...
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Northern Provincial Council Minister P. Ingaranesan has decided to snub the National flag saying it does not represent the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. At a function held over the weekend the Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Water Supply, who was the chief guest, refused to raise the National flag. Ingaranesan ...
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa will head to Kenya for talks, at a time the Kenyan leadership is facing a trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). President’s spokesman Mohan Samaranayake said that President Rajapaksa will first travel to South Africa to pay his respects to the late South African President Nelson Mandela. From ...
