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| SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DURING COLOMBO NIGHT RACES |
| 2012-12-14 |
Several roads near the Galle Face area will be closed from 6pm onwardsDecember 14and 15in view of the Colombo Night Races.
Chaitya road from the Harbour to Janadhipathi Mawatha, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha junction to Clock tower roundabout, Reegal roundabout, Seenor junction and Galle Face roundabout will be closed during this time police stated.
Justice Akbar Mawatha, Malay street junction, Gamini roundabout and Kollupitiya junction will be closed to heavy vehicles during this time.
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| Australian Navy Chief here amidst anti-human smuggling ops |
| 2012-12-13 |
A high powered Australian delegation is in Galle to attend the third edition of the ‘Galle Dialogue’ 2012 beginning today (13).
The two-day event will be held under the theme ‘Strategic maritime cooperation and partnership to face the future with confidence’ at the Light House Hotel, Galle under the auspices of the Defence Ministry and the Sri Lanka Navy.
Chief of the Royal Australian Navy Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, AO, CSC will speak on the ‘role of na
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| CaFFE, CHR condemns LankaeNews attack |
| 2011-02-01 |
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The attack, in the wee hours of Monday Morning, on the Lankaenews office, in Malambe, came in for strong condemnation from the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and the Centre for Human Rights (CHR).
A statement from the two organizations, condemning the attack said the attack on Lankaenews office in Malambe, Sri Lanka on Monday morning, which destroyed property worth up to fifteen million rupees was the latest attack on media, right after the end of the Galle Literary Festival (GLF) when the attention of the whole world w
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| Lanka-enews fire, editor says arson |
| 2011-02-01 |
The News Editor of Lanka e News Bennet Rupasinghe charged that the attack was by a group not happy with the news reports of its website Lankaenews.com. “The incident took place at around 1.30 a.m. in the morning and we were informed by the residents in the area. There is a Devalaya right next to our office, who informed the police immediately,” he said.
“All the computers, telephones, fax machines and the two photocopiers were completely damaged due to the fire. We had a library with bo
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| LLRC suggests solutions for amity |
| 2011-01-30 |
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’s (LLRC) final report to the president will focus on land issues, releasing the names of all detainees in camps, language rights and restitution. LLRC sources said. However the defense establishment is not ready to meet several demands of the LLRC, including the release of a list of detainee names. (Read More)
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| Tension between IDPs and host community an issue – CHR |
| 2011-01-10 |
The Northern Muslims claimed that lack of information and resources prevented them from going back to the North. Testifying before the LLRC some of them claimed that they preferred to stay in Puttalam citing better economic opportunities as the reason.
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) met representatives of Northern Muslims, (IDPs) driven away from the North in 1990 by the LTTE, and those from the host community of Puttalam on 7th January 2011. (Read More)
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| Karuna group behind more abductions, cash demands for release |
| 2010-12-05 |
The desire of ordinary womenfolk in the war affected areas to talk about their loss and grievances was more than obvious at the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) sessions in Trincomalee.
Despite the heavy rains and the fact that many villages, including Thambalagamuwa and Kappathurei, had not received information about the LLRC sessions and venues hundreds gathered to give submissions at the first session held at Trincomalee Kachcheri.
Hearing the men and women wh
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| CHR urges LLRC to ensure free, secure environment in Trincomalee, Mannar |
| 2010-11-23 |
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) – Sri Lanka in a statement has requested the LLRC to ensure a free and secure environment where people can give evidence without fearing future persecution in its up-coming sessions in Trincomalee and Mannaar.
Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) is to conduct its sittings in Trincomalee on December 17, 18 and 19.
The LLRC would record the evidence from relatives of affected persons in the Trincomalee distric
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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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