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| Catholic Community Appeals for Devolution of Power to the Periphery |
| 2010-11-23 |
Mr. Andrew Samaratunga, President of the Sri Lankan Movement for Peace, Justice And Reconciliation leading the delegation representing the Catholic Community of Sri Lanka to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) on Monday the 22ND November stated that addressing the long standing grievances of the Tamil Community is a pre-requisite for Reconciliation & also stated that state should not delay anymore, the work towards devolution of power to the periphery.
The delegation also compris
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| Sri Lankan priest urges justice for war crimes |
| 2010-11-23 |
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Father Reid Shelton Fernando testifies before the commission
A Sinhalese Catholic priest is calling for justice for nine Tamil priests who were killed or have disappeared during the civil war which ended last year.
“Catholics and the priests’ relatives have the right to know the priests’ whereabouts or their final resting grounds…If they are dead, please do issue death certificates, if it is not done yet,” said Father Reid Shelton Fernando, coordinator of the Young Christian Workers movement
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| N. Ram interviews Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| 2010-11-22 |
The Hindu Mahinda Rajapaksa: 'We defeated terrorists, not freedom fighters.' -
Sri Lanka is now one country, my aim is to see whole nation gets all benefits: President Rajapaksa
During his first term, Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, underestimated by his political opponents and the outside world, achieved overwhelming political dominance after his politico-military strategy eliminated the LTTE as a military force and he went on to score two big electoral victories.
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| CaFFE and CHR Sri Lanka condemns the systematic intimidation during LLRC sessions at Kaytes Island |
| 2010-11-15 |
Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Centre for Human Rights - Sri Lanka (CHR) strongly condemns the systematic intimidation of those who wanted to make submissions at the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation (LLRC) sessions at Kaytes Island and the harassment and intimidation of P. Winslow of Yaal Thinakural by an unidentified group during the session at St. Anne’s Church, Kaytes, yesterday (November, 14, 2010.)
Kaytes Island is famous for numerous abductions, disappearances and ass
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| LLRC should ensure a free and secure environment where people can give evidence |
| 2010-11-21 |
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) – Sri Lanka stressed that Lessons Learnt andReconciliation Commission (LLRC) should ensure a free and secure environment where
people can give evidence without fearing future persecution in its up-coming sessions inTrincomalee and Mannar.
LLRC’s visit to Jaffna is commendable and the sessions they held are a step towards thehealing process. Nevertheless certain incidents which occurred in the Kaytes Island onNovember 14, reports of a systematic intimida
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