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Sri Lanka: Genocidel Rajapaksa Visit to Gaya (Bihar)

Genocidel Rajapakse, has no moral right, even to pronounce the name of Buddha.

(JAFFNA, Srl Lanka ) - Dear Shri Nitishkumar ji, Vanakkam. I would draw your immediate kind attention to the following matter of grave concern causing unbearable agony in the minds and hearts of Tamils of Tamilnadu and all over the world.

With a bleeding heart, I would like to point out that hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils were massacred by the brutal military attacks launched by the racist Sinhala regime of Genocidel President Mahinda Rajapakse.

Sri Lanka Dramatically Fails to Peruse Meaningful Reconciliation, Human rights: - Jason Kenney

He says Impeachment of a female Sri Lankan Chief Justice was unlawful and in conflict with the norms of the Commonwealth.

(TORONTO) - Prime Minister Harper says Sri Lanka has been failing to deal with reconciliation in post-war environment.

He cites a failure to produce any meaningful accountability for crimes committed during and after the civil war, and failure to protect and strengthen Human rights and the Rule of Law...

Chelvanayakam was Willing to Settle

Chelvanayakam ‘reluctantly switched his stand to call for a separate state’. The rest is history.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ) - Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam was born in Malaysia on 31ST March 1898, one century and fifteen years ago.

He received his secondary education at the Union College, Tellippalai and later became a student at St. Thomas’ College, which was at that time situated at Modera.

Casey, Leahy Call for Independent Investigation into Possible War Crimes by Sri Lankan Government, LTTE

In Letter to Secretary Clinton, Senators call for Independent International Examination; Sri Lankan Government hasn’t addressed legitimate concerns of people.

(WASHINGTON DC) - U.S. Senators are calling for an independent, international investigation into war crimes charges against the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE during the civil war in Sri Lanka.

They say the legitimate concerns of the Sri Lankan people have not been answered.

On Extending Sri Lanka`s Detention Period for 48 Hours...

A statement issued by the Law & Society Trust.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Guardian) - A new law stipulates that suspects arrested without a warrant could be detained for 48 hours.

Police routinely torture people into confessions, the new law cannot be justified...

Sri Lankan Govt. Withdraws Funds from TNA Councils

“They do not want us to spend these funds for development work because they fear we will win votes at the Provincial Council elections...” - M. K. Sivajilingam

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The Government has withdrawn more than Rs 560 million allocated for development work to Northern Province local councils controlled by the Tamil National Alliance.

The move comes in a year during which Northern Provincial Council elections will be held as pledged by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Colombo, Tamil Nadu & New Delhi What`s In Them For Sri Lankan Tamils?

The changing scenario in Tamil politics begins with 2005's presidential elections.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The impeachment against Chief Justice Dr. Ms. Shirani Bandaranayake was brought to an end with the Rajapaksa government shunning the determination of the apex Courts in Hulftsdorp, to remove her and appoint on 15 January, the new Chief Justice.

Its trusted choice, former Attorney General and thereafter Legal Advisor to the Cabinet of Ministers, Mohan Peiris.

More Countries are Now Breathing Down Sri Lanka`s Neck and it is a Good Sign

An overwhelming 210 concrete recommendations were made by 99 countries.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in which member countries need to review their human rights records periodically once in four years.

The review would be conducted by a Troika of 3 countries.

The Struggle to Go Home in Post war Sri Lanka: The Story of Mullikulam

Their struggle to return home continues.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka GroundViews) - In 2011, a young Advanced Level student from Mullikulam in the district of Mannar, living as an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in a camp in Thalvupadu, Mannar, shared with me an assignment she had done about her village and effects of displacement.

She proudly described the richness of her hometown in terms of natural resources, culture and traditions.

National Front Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka Protest Over Beheaded Maid

The demands of the National Front of monks were handed over to the President.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - National Front Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka are protesting against a decision in Saudi Arabia to execute a house maid for the alleged death of a child in her charge.

The monks protested as part of a National Front demonstration.