Wimal appears before the FCID to make a statement

Swiss push for reconciliation plan in Sri Lanka

Almost four years after Sri Lankan government forces crushed Tamil rebels, Switzerland is backing a South African post-Apartheid reconciliation initiative to bring parties to the negotiating table, but the prospect for lasting peace remains elusive. Since 2011 South Africa and civil society groups have been leading a multi-pronged peace initiative aimed at restarting Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Sri Lankan government negotiations and supporting potential reconciliation efforts following the

15 Feb, 2013

Tamils stage hunger strike in Jaffna

Tamils, including war displaced people and politicians, staged a hunger strike in Jaffna today. The demonstrators were calling for the war displaced people to be resettled in their original lands in parts of the north. The hunger strike was launched by war displaced people from Valikamam who are yet to be?resettled?in their original lands after being forced out of their homes in 1990. Meanwhile leader of Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF)?Gajan Ponnambalam said that some Tamil journalists who

15 Feb, 2013

Bill on Resettlement Authority to parliament

The draft bill prepared by the legal draftsman to extend the term of the Resettlement Authority, is to be submitted to parliament. Cabinet has approved the proposal by the Minister of Resettlement Gunaratne Weerakoon to submit to parliament the draft Bill to extend the validity period of the Resettlement Authority Act of 2007 for a further period of three years, beyond April 10, 2013. The Resettlement Authority was formed during the latter stages of the war in 2007 as the central body to impleme

14 Feb, 2013