A Sri Lankan ‘side event’ in Geneva with a difference
The meeting rooms at the Palais des Nations in Geneva have been reverberating with pro-LTTE rhetoric during the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council sessions which are now underway.
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Missing Persons Commission Concludes Public Sittings in the East
The Presidential Commission to investigate cases of alleged disappearances of persons in the Northern and Eastern Provinces during the period 1990 – 2009 concluded its first public sitting in the East yesterday (March 22) with 129 people from Chenkallady, Vakarai and Batticaloa making submissions.
Rivals trying to oust me with global support- MR
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has blamed opposition parties of trying to engineer his downfall with international support saying his government is being punished for ending terrorism.
Pakistan’s brotherly and time tested relationship with Sri Lanka is of Choice not Compulsion
The High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Maj Gen (R) Qasim Qureshi said that the brotherly and time tested relationship between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is one of choice not compulsion, as it is based on trust and mutual respect, and its strength lies in multifaceted engagement in many fields Read More
A false and Misleading Report by “Sri Lanka brief”
The report published by “Sri Lanka Brief” ( http://www.srilankabrief.org/2014/03/sri-lanka-army-says-video-of-solidiers.html ) is misleading. The title that they used deliberately to mislead the reader is ”Sri Lanka Army says video of Solidiers beating Tamil female recruits is authentic”
අතුරුදහන් වූවන් පිළිබඳ කොමිසමට නැගෙනහිරෙන් නව පැමිණිලි 1,289ක්
අවශ්‍ය නම් ස්වාධීන පරීක‍්ෂණ කණ්ඩායමක් පත් කරනවා – ලේකම් චෙන්කලාඩි, වාකරේ හා මඩකළපුවේ පුද්ගලයන් 129 දෙනෙක් නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ සිය පළමු මහජන සාක‍්ෂි කැඳවීමට එක් වූ බවත් එහිදී නව පැමිණිලි 1,289ක් ලැබුණු බවත් පුද්ගල අතුරුදහන්වීම් පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනය කරන ජනාධිපති කොමිසමේ ලේකම් එච්.ඩබ්. ගුණදාස මහතා පැවසීය. කොමිසමට අනුව යාපනයේ හා කිලිනොච්චියේ පැවති සාක‍්ෂි විමසීම්වලදී ලැබුණු පැමිණිලිවලින් කිහිපයක් Read More
Agitation against UNHRC Resolutions Continues
The Unity for the United Sri Lanka organization based in Europe has organized a protest march to garner support of UNHRC member countries to vote against the US sponsored resolution on March 27th against Sri Lanka.
Major issues of compliance with ICCPR US Under heavy fire On Human Rights and humane values in Geneva
By Lucien Rajakarunanayake While the US is currently leading its campaign against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, over alleged violations of human rights, alleged war crimes and the failure to achieve reconciliation etc., after the defeat of the LTTE terror, elsewhere in Geneva the US came in for heavy Read More
Army Commander Orders Strict Disciplinary Action Against Violators of Standard Procedure
Upon finding a Youtube video depicting a group female recruits being harassed by some female as well as male instructors, the Commander of the Army had ordered an investigation on 4 March 2014.
Secretary to the President Responds to Accusations of Former President Kumaratunga
Secretary to the President Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, in a letter to Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, has responded to the accusations put forward by her toward the Government of harassment through illegal surveillance.