The Government Agent (GA) Mrs Imelda Sugumar of Jaffna deserves the praise for her hard work under trying circumstances in the war ravaged north. When good governance in Sri Lanka overall is on the declining scale, the situation in the war ravaged and military controlled north is expected in addition to reflect the degeneration that inflicted the troubled area for three decades in a much greater scale.

Mrs Imelda Sugumar recently gave evidence before the Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). It was widely reporte

Media has obtained photographs that appear to show Sri Lankan army soldiers abusing Tamil civilians in the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war.

The pictures show various graphic scenes, with dead bodies blindfolded and hands bound, shot through the head and mounds of bodies on the back of a farmer's trailer.

It is claimed that the photos were taken in the closing months of the country’s long-running conflict that ended 18 months ago.

One of the photos shows a line of bodies, including what is believ

On Tuesday 9th November, the UPFA government in Parliament passed the continuation of the emergency regulations for a further month by 125 votes to 11. The outcome of the vote was never in doubt for a government, that if it so desired could muster a two-thirds majority in the legislative chamber.

Catholic Christian leaders oppose emergency in peace time
However, a few days earlier His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, argued against and opposed the continuation of emergency rule in

Al Jazeera, the international news network headquartered in Qatar, published photographs Wednesday "showing graphic scenes, with dead bodies blindfolded, hands bound [and] shot through the head," that appear to provide further believable evidence of alleged massacre of Tamils during final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war. One of the photos shows a line of bodies, including what is believed to be the body of the son of Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the news network said.


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"Truth has no rights and wrongs. Truth is a part of us. If we are talking to ourselves – without any expectations of benefits or fears of costs – then we are experiencing Truth through that ‘talk’. That is what happens during meditation – expect that mediation is passive observation of ourselves. The moment we start allocating rights and wrongs – we are no longer experiencing Truth, but are moving towards ‘knowledge’ and ‘facts’. Once we experience Truth – that Truth i

New photos emerged Thursday of piles of dead bodies and execution-style killings allegedly taken during the final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war which ended in May last year.

Broadcaster Al-Jazeera said it had obtained the images from an unnamed Tamil source who said they had been taken by a member of Sri Lanka's military.

Some of the disturbing photographs show bodies with twisted limbs piled on the back of a trailer, others show almost naked corpses, blindfolded and with hands bound behind their backs, lying in

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Colombo is limiting democracy and open debate by tightening its control on media and aid workers, rights group Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Foreign and local aid workers in Sri Lanka has been ordered to register with the powerful defence ministry on Wednesday. The 250 international and some 1,000 domestic aid agencies working in Sri Lanka would now have to obtain approval from the defence ministry following

New grisly photos of LTTE cadres allegedly killed by Sri Lankan Army during the final stage of civil war were released by a TV channel, prompting a strong rebuttal by Colombo.

Dubai-based Aljazeera television aired images of a pile of dead bodies and execution type killings saying they were taken during the final stages of the war between the government troops and the LTTE that ended in May last year.

However, the television channel said they obtained the images from an unnamed source and is unable to verify the authentici

The BBC has claimed that Sri Lankan authorities have denied them access to cover the proceedings of a government-appointed Commission probing the last phase of the LTTE war in former strife-affected areas in northern Jaffna peninsula. "Defence ministry refused to give reasons for

 
preventing the BBC from covering the story in Jaffna," the British media giant reported on Wednesday night.
The denial came two days after President Mahinda Rajapaksa extended the Commission's mandate by six months "in vi

“I have not seen my husband Yogarathinam Jogi who was taken away by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Vadduvaakal in Mullaiththeevu on 18th May 2009 after surrendering himself expecting general amnesty as announced by SLA that day over loud speaker,” the wife of Yogaratnam Yogi, a senior member of the LTTE said bearing witness before the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Committee (LLRC) Thursday around 3:30 p.m in Ariyaalai Saraswathy Community Centre. In response to a question by Rajapaksa's LLRC panel Ms. Jeyavathy Jogi, who confirme