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Sri Lanka`s Continued Attempt to Murder a Minority Culture

Is culture eradication a spoil of war?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - It isn't enough that Sri Lanka's military forces committed Genocide against the minority Tamil population.

Now Sri Lanka is setting out to literally erase every sign of the historic Tamil culture they can get their hands on.

Beware! After Impeachment He May Look Towards An `Election-less Miracle`!!

The new CJ is selected, appointed, sworn in and has assumed office.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo Telegraph) - “I am no Messiah ! No fortune reader !!

I am only proposing, no matter where, events from history can be chosen to be replayed in the future, if the people decide, wise !!!” – Wonder who’d said it, before.

End Of Constitutional Governance In Sri Lanka - Gadaffi Also Said `The People Love Me`

The purported removal of a serving Chief Justice, and the purported appointment of a new Chief Justice, marks the end of constitutional governance in Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo Telegraph) - In Libya, at the height of the 2011 revolution, it was said that Colonel Gadaffi did not believe rebel claims of captured territory.

And, as Tripoli was being encircled, Gadaffi famously exclaimed to a BBC interviewer that “the people love me”.

Special Feature: A Spark of Unity for Sri Lanka?

Tim King asks activists, writers, and a Member of Sri Lanka's Parliament, if the widespread support for a Muslim maid in Saudi Arabia eased other tensions.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I frequently joke about how an alien invasion from outer space would bring the human race together onto the same page very quickly. I hope the united struggle that ultimate failed to save Rizana Nafeek, but seemingly put all Sri Lankans onto one page, can lead to a microcosm of that idea taking place on the island nation.

Sinhala Military Opens `Holiday Resorts` in Occupied Jaffna with `Kiribath Pongkal`

The real culprits are those who want what is happening in the North and East not viewed as genocide and colonialism, but ‘development and reconciliation.’

(JAFFNA, Srl Lanka TamilNet) - Amidst the beat of Sinhala drums and blessings of Sinhala-Buddhist monks, the SL military occupying Jaffna opened two new ‘holiday resorts’ on Sunday along the northern coast of Jaffna.

While the housing and even shelters of the hundreds of thousands of Eezham Tamils affected by the genocidal onslaught of the Sinhala military is still a pressing question, the military opens and running ‘holiday resorts’ for its use...

Frederica Jansz Interview Reveals Shocking Danger Facing Sri Lankan Journalists

"Post war Sri Lanka remains trapped in a bubble of intolerance..." - Frederica Jansz

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The new Al Jazeera video interview, Listening Post - Feature: Frederica Jansz: Sri Lanka's media crackdown, offers a direct line of sight into Sri Lanka's deadly, ongoing campaign against the media.


Frederica was the editor for The Sunday Leader in Colombo and after years of remaining determined to stay and make a difference, she was forced to flee Sri Lanka in recent months and appeal for asylum. She is now living in an undisclosed location.

Justice Not Mourning Or Doles, Is What The Victims Want

The muted response of Mr. Ban on the Tamil issue makes many to believe that there are ulterior motives in his and the UN inaction.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo Telegraph) - As the dust settles down over the fortnight long protests against the barbaric gang rape of a 23 year old girl in Delhi, the world reacted strongly, a number of world leaders commented on the need to protect women.

Catholic Leaders Release Memo After Visiting Sri Lanka`s War Torn North

Memorandum given by the Jaffna diocesan clergy to the CBCSL

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - May God bless you.

We are happy that you have come once again to the North and visit certain places to hand out the situation here and see for yourselves the real difficulties and anxieties of the people here.

`Murdered With Impunity` - Sonali Samarasinghe on the Assassination of Lasantha Wickramatunga

Widow of Murdered Sri Lankan journalist shares candid information about a great man whose death remains unresolved.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Journalist Sonali Samarasinghe is the widow of the Sri Lankan journalist said to have "predicted his own death", Lasantha Wickramatunga.

She appears in a video released by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), addressing the tragic killing.

US has Serious Concerns Over Lankan CJ Impeachment

Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was found guilty on three of 14 charges.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The US on Thursday expressed serious concern over the impeachment proceedings against Sri Lanka's first woman Chief Justice

She says she will not be given a fair trial and also claimed verbal abuse by the government members of the parliamentary committee.