The Asian Human Rights Commission categorically condemns the arrest of Former Deputy Mayor of Colombo Azad Sally.

According to a communique issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission, the use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act purely for political purpose indicates the extremely serious threats that exist in Sri Lanka against personal freedom and the rule of law.  

 

An internal conflict has raised regarding the registration of Tamil National Alliance (TNA), reports say.
However, commenting on the situation TNA MP M. Sumanthiran stated that a registration of the party is problematic due to a legal condition.

According to the prevailing constitution the parties must be registered in January. There are no constitutional provisions for the Election Commissioner to register parties during other months of the year, he said.

The wife of Kugan Murugananthan says that she no longer believes that her husband who has been missing for some time, is still alive.

Murugananthan disappeared several months ago in Jaffna.

Speaking on a BBC documentary telecast on Saturday, titled, Our World - Sri Lanka‘s open wounds, Murugananthan's wife expressed these views.

The Government Registered Assistant Medical Officers Association states that the strike action commenced by the association, calling for communication allowances, will continue Tuesday.

Secretary of the Association, Dr. Mahinda Liyanage says that government registered assistant medical officers serving in joined the strike.

 

Speaking at an event held on Monday, Minister of Education Bandula Gunawardena commented on the death sentence that was handed down to Rijzana Nafeek.

''A no confidence motion is being put forward in protest of the beheading of this girl, saying that there is no confidence in the minister who sent her abroad for employment. Our expertise and broad dialogue have fallen to a state where certain groups can say that they have no confidence in a minister who went to great lengths to save her when another state had sentenced

Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dullas Alahapperuma, says that cornering Children's opportunities of educating themselves, and blocking them from learning their preferred fields, are graver sins than separatism.

The Minister made this observation, at a convocation ceremony held in Colombo on Monday.

A house maid had been cut and chopped in Lebanon-body parts sent to BIA

A house maid who had gone to Lebanon as a expatriate house made had been cut into pieces and the severed parts of the body had been sent to the BIA on the  day before yesterday the 5th.

A post mortem on the house maid was made by the Negombo’s Judicial medical officer Dr Keerthi Sirijayantha Wickremaratna  had requested the Katunayake Police to bring the suspects before our courts on the sixth.

Sending the Muslims out of North is a “racial clear-up” – TNA

TNA agrees that there is a racial clear-up from the side of Tamils.

The TNA parliamentarian M A Sumandiran says that the Muslims have been sent out from North within 24 hrs and it can be called as nothing other than a “racial clear-up”.

“It is true we are racists. It is true we are religious fanatics. Yet, we are not the authors of racism and religious fanaticism in this country,” Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera, Leader of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said.

“When racial and religious issues spring up, we too make emotional utterances. If we have committed any indiscretions, we humbly request the defence establishment to summon us and question us on that,” he added.

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of slain Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra said that she and the daughter of Asath Salley are in the same situation.

She said that the two fathers of us were devoted to the President but both of us are in a same situation now and in future, others will also to be victimized similar to this situation.

My father was assassinated and I tried to get the fair decision and father of Amina is in the CID been questioned and she is fighting to save his life and to get a fair decision. They bo