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| LLRC assures transparency, rejects criticism |
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Responding to criticism by a section of the media and NGOs over the police denying the media access to the Boossa detention facility, a spokesperson for the Lessons Leant and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) told The Island, now an attempt was being made to discredit the presidential commission. The LLRC had always conducted its work in a transparent manner since launch of public sittings last August in Colombo, the spokesperson said.
The spokesman said: "It is a well known fact that all sessions so far conducted at the Ka
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| ICG singing for its supper |
ICG singing for its supper
January 1, 2011, 6:52 pm
By Shamindra FerdinandoSri Lanka cannot expect the International Crisis Group (ICG), which is pressing for a UN ‘war crimes’ probe targeting the country’s political and military leaderships to take an impartial stand due to its heavy financial dependence on those who had opposed war against LTTE terror, senior officials say. Alan Keenan, Senior Analyst and Sri Lanka Project Director
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| LLRC criticised for preventing journalists coverage |
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) has strongly criticized the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) yesterday for preventing journalists from covering the session at the Boosa Detention Camp recently stating that transparency and accessibility is vital in bridging the gap between communities.CHR Executive Director, Keerthi Tennakoon said that hundreds of suspected hardcore LTTE cadres are detained in the Boosa Detention Centre.
He said that during the LLRC sessions in Jaffna and Trincomalee it was clear that addre
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| ‘Hardcore Tigers’ held at Boosa want police probes expedited – LLRC |
Hardcore LTTE cadres detained at Boossa want the government to expedite investigations into their alleged involvement in terrorist activities. They urged the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) on Thursday (Dec. 30) to intervene on their behalf.
A spokesperson for the LLRC told The Island that they had had an opportunity to meet 20 detainees between 10.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. as part of the on-going consultations in keeping with its mandate. The LLRC launched its sittings last August at the Kadirgamar Centre fo
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| Representations made by Commander of the Army Jagath Jayasuriya |
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Wanni, Security Force Commander Wanni, from 7th Aug 2007 till I took over command on 15th July,
2009, I am also represented with four other officers here. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne who was the general
officer commanding officer 53 division who took part in the battle. Then Gen. Prasanna Silva, who was
the general officer commanding 55 division, which came from North and finally at the last stage at the
Mullaithivu and Gen.Shavendra Silva who commanded the 58 division involved in the final battle, also
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| 24th Anniversary of the massacre of 320 Tamils in Batticaloa remembered |
| 2010-11-10 |
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The massacre of 320 innocent Tamils of Pullumalai in Batticaloa district on 10.11.1986 by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Sinhala thugs was remembered Wednesday by the people of Batticaloa district. The SLA soldiers and the Sinhala thugs who brutally massacred the 320 Tamils were not arrested during the United National Party (UNP) government then and the present United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) too has failed to take action on them or to pay compensation for the affected or find the disappeared persons, sources in Batticaloa said. Complai
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| Gen. Kalupahana at the LLRC |
| 2010-11-07 |
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The evidence of Major General Devinda Kalupahana at the LLRC as reported, repeat as reported, would no doubt have surprised those who followed closely the progress of the so-called Peace process of 2002. I am happy and relieved that he has clarified matters but we do need however to comment on his statements.
Gen. K was known to be a compassionate general and one of a kind and what he said is quite revealing at the time that RW himself was pursuing his Norwegian sponsored, CFA based, Peace Process with the LTTE. He seems to have been
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| Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) tenure extended |
| 2010-11-07 |
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa extended the tenure of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) by another six months in order to facilitate the Commission to record more evidence.
On May 15, President Rajapaksa appointed the eight member ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation’ Commission to report on lessons to be learnt from the events in the period, February 2002 to May 2009, their attendant concerns and to recommend measures to ensure that there will be no recurrence of such a situa
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| President extends mandate of LLRC Many more await to give evidence |
| 2010-11-10 |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has extended the mandate of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) by a period of six months in view of the large number of persons from Sri Lanka and abroad still to give evidence before it.
In May 2010, President Rajapaksa appointed the eight-member Commission to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events in the period, Feb 2002 to May 2009, their attendant concerns and to recommend measures to ensure that there will be no recurrence of such a situation. The Commission is chaired
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