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| Sri Lanka facing constitutional crisis concludes IBAHRI report |
| 2013-03-30 |
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The removal from office in Sri Lanka of Chief Justice Bandaranayake was unlawful, is undermining public confidence in the rule of law, and threatening to eviscerate the country’s judiciary as an independent guarantor of constitutional rights states the Executive Summary of an International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) report released today.
Issued ahead of the full report, the Executive Summary of A Crisis of Legitimacy: The Impeachment of Chief Justice Bandaranayake and the Erosion of the Rule
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| Double Speak With Forked Tongue: A Response To Ambassador Jaliya |
| 2013-03-30 |
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Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya is a first cousin of the President and that is the only reason he has been given this posting which he is clearly incompetent.
The article “A Role For Sri Lanka In US Pivot To Asia” reverses the foreign policy of GOSL by promoting full alliances with USA when they are already close allies with China and undermining US and Indian foreign policy in the Indian ocean. Perfect example of double speak with their forked tongue. I doubt the US or India would trust the Rajapakse regime any m
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| Video Evidence BBS Encourages Violence Against Muslim Owned Fashion Bug |
| 2013-03-30 |
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Two weeks before large angry mobs attacked the warehouse of the Fashion Bug clothing store in Pepiliyana on Thursday (28) night, the Bodu Bala Sena group launched a tirade of verbal abuse against the Muslim owned textile chain at a massive rally in Kandy.
Galabodaaththe Gnanasara
Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary and vociferous hardline monk, Galabodaaththe Gnanasara accused the clothing chains Fashion Bug and No Limit of forcibly converting Sinhalese women working at their stories into Islam.
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| Sri Lankan Muslims fear reprisals as monks vent anger |
| 2013-03-30 |
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Muslims in Sri Lanka, a predominantly Buddhist country, have been living in fear over the past couple of months as comments and statements made by Buddhist monks at public rallies have led to hate campaigns, mostly using social media.
The concerns saw an online campaign being launched this week seeking the intervention of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to protect the liberties of Sri Lanka's minorities and to defend their interests against hate speech and hate acts.
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| Indian Minister wants CHOGM out of Lanka |
| 2013-03-30 |
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Close on the heels of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa urging urging India to stay away from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) meet to be held in Colombo later this year, senior Congress leader and Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan today said the meeting should be shifted out of the island nation, India’s News Today reported.
Stating that the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and Leaders’ Retreat from 15 to 17 November this year should not be held in Colombo, Vasan told reporters that
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| Sri Lanka police probe attack on Muslim establishment |
| 2013-03-30 |
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The police in Sri Lanka on Friday said they were investigating an attack on a fashion store warehouse by a mob including several monks.
Security was strengthened outside the Muslim owned Fashion Bug warehouse at Pepiliyana, just outside the capital Colombo.
The police said that at least 20 men led by some monks had initially carried out the attack on Thursday night damaging the building and property including a vehicle.
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| Against 'heinous human rights violations' |
| 2013-03-30 |
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The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), referring to the skeletal remains found at the backyard of the Matale Hospital, said they would take legal action against the 'heinous human rights violations' committed against youths involved in the insurgencies of the '80s and '90s.
They alleged that the torture and killings, which appears to have involved the sawing of limbs and electrocution of persons, had taken place in a room in Wijaya Vidyalaya, adjacent to the site where the skeletal remains
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| Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy lacks architecture: Dayan |
| 2013-03-30 |
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Consequences of the UNHRC resolution
Q: With regards to the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions, you have stated something along the lines of; we have made enemies of our friends and become friends with our enemies, could you start off by elaborating on that statement?
I don’t think that we have become friends with them, because I don’t see any country in the world as an enemy of Sri Lanka. But Sri Lanka does have enemies and those are the hardcore fanatics we see in Tamil Nadu, who are becoming
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| Splendid Collection On Constitutional Issues |
| 2013-03-30 |
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May 1972 was undoubtedly a ‘constitutional moment’ as the editor of this mammoth two volume publication has correctly stated. Many people were excited about it including myself at that time, but the new republican constitution (1972) did not bring about the expected results, except the so-called ‘constitutional revolution.’ It couldn’t capture the aspirations of the youth who rebelled in April state oppression by democratising the state structures. Some of these aspirations are articulated by Li
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| Ranatunga calls Lankan players to boycott IPL6 |
| 2013-03-30 |
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Malinga is playing for Mumbai Indians in the IPL tournament. (AFP)
World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has urged Sri Lankan players to boycott the Indian Premier League (IPL) after they were barred from participating in Chennai.
Bowing to intense political pressure, the IPL Governing Council, withdrew top Sri Lankan players from the Chennai matches of the tournament which begins on April 3 after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said they were unwelcome in view of the prevailing anti-Sinhalese sentiments
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