The coverage of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission was limited and was similar to the coverage you get in Parliament, said Government Spokesperson and Media Minister Keheliya Rabukwella.

Asked why the Defence Minister refused to allow a BBC correspondent to cover the sessions of the LLRC held in Jaffna the Media Minister said, “The coverage of these sessions were limited to only a few, just like the coverage you see in Parliament, there not everyone can attend the sessions, but  they can report from outside.

Sri Lanka on Thursday denied the shocking new photos of LTTE cadres allegedly killed by Sri Lankan Army during the final stage of 3 decade civil war which were released by Doha based Aljazeera TV channel.

Al Jazeera recently aired images of a pile of dead bodies along with a video added on popular video content sharing website www.youtube.com (link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11Vvb4uyPQ) showing execution type killings saying they were taken during the final stages of the Sri Lankan war between the government troops and the LTTE

Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has extended its time period to accept written representations from public until Dec 31, 2010, the government announced.

Under the instructions issued by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the government last week extended the mandate of the LLRC by six months.

The Commission's term was to expire on November 15 and it was extended to May 15, 2011 as a large number of witnesses from Sri Lanka and abroad is yet to give evidence before the commission.
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All the persons who witnessed before the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Committee (LLRC) in Ariyaalai and Neerveali in Jaffna Thursday accused Sri Lanka Amy (SLA) Intelligence Unit and soldiers for taking away their family members who had disappeared without trace after arrest, sources in Jaffna said. Hundreds of mothers, fathers and wives of the disappeared persons witnessed before the LLRC in Neerveali where the session continued even after midnight Thursday. The wife of Rangasamy Mahintharaj alias Reka who is said to be the former head

Keheliya Rambukwella, the media minister, told the AFP news agency on Friday that the photos that shows graphic scenes of piles of dead bodies with hands bound and blindfolded were put together from old material.

The "footage on the killings is nothing but lies" and a collection of "bits and pieces" of a past clip shown on British television, Rambukwella said in a statement.

He said some of the photos, showing such scenes as lines of bodies and corpses with shots to the head in shallow graves, were &quo

The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has decided to accept written representations from individuals and organizations till December 31, 2010 as a result of the extension of its mandate by President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a period of six month in view of the large number of persons from Sri Lanka and abroad still to give evidence before it.

The mandate of the LLRC was to expire on November 15 but now it will be able to continue hearings and submit its reports until May 16, 2011.

The Commission encourages in

The writer focussed on two objectives of the Commission sitting on Lessons Learnt for Reconciliation while making submissions this week.  They were: people are assured an era of peace, harmony and prosperity;   multi-ethnic polity undertake a journey of common goals in a spirit of co-operation, partnership and friendship.

  The first of the objectives   needs to ensure that IDPs no longer have needs specifically related to their displacement as a priority consideration. One fundamental need is access to

Representatives of Maathakal Fishermen Society complained Friday to the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Committee (LLRC) against the closure of the fishing jetties in Valikaamam North High Security Zone (HSZ) of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the continuing restrictions to fish using the only jetty in the area, in A’laveddi Mahajana Hall Friday.

Witnessing before LLRC, the representative from Maathakal pointed to the LLRC that Sri Lanka government that had urgently executed the verdict of the Suprem

Introduction

This is the third report by the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) – Sri Lanka on the tragic situation
prevailing in our universities. In our first report we examined the restriction of the political freedom of
university academics while the second report focused on student suppression hitherto unseen in ‘peace’
times. In our second report (October, 18, 2010) we warned that the authorities have pushed the students to
the verge of militancy with their excessive repression