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| Don’t skip CHOGM, but keep it low key |
| 2013-11-05 |
The exposé of another Sri Lankan war crime by UK’s Channel 4 changes very little except that it piles on even more pressure on the Indian government on the stand it has to take at some point in the next 10 days or so ahead of the CHOGM meet in Colombo November 15-17. War crimes on and forced disappearances of Sri Lanka’s ethnic minority Tamil citizens had been going on for years before the war against the Tamil Tigers ended in May 2009.
In the guise of winning the battle against separatists, Ma
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| Matale court rejects objections |
| 2013-11-05 |
The Matale Magistrate today rejected objections raised to send the skeletal remains found at the Matale mass grave to China for tests, lawyers who appeared in the case said.
Appearing on behalf of the aggrieved party, the lawyers had raised objections to the Court granting approval to a request by the CID to send the skeletal remains to China on the basis that in the past Sri Lanka sought assistance from Commonwealth countries or America for such tests to be carried out.
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| Sri Lanka Tamil Minister asks President to conduct an independent inquiry on Channel 4 video |
| 2013-11-05 |
Sri Lanka government Minister and Leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Douglas Devananda has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa requesting an independent inquiry on the latest video documentary released by the Britain's Channel 4 television.
Minister Devananda has asked the President conduct an independent inquiry in to the claim made by the Channel 4 documentary that Isaipriya, an LTTE media woman was killed by the Sri Lanka troops after she was captured and not during the final battl
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| Prying is right for US |
| 2013-11-05 |
The shameless shenanigans of the United States came to light last week when the ‘spy scandal’ implicated the country’s intelligence agency for tapping the phones of millions of people. However, it is the same country which lectures Sri Lanka regularly on human rights.
Nearly forty years ago, the then President of the United States, Richard Nixon, resigned. That was following the Watergate scandal where it was revealed that he was aware of, and had agreed to, taping conversations in his office. N
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| IFJ condemns Sri Lanka detaining Asia-Pacific Directors |
| 2013-11-05 |
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the detention and interrogation of two of its journalists by Sri Lankan authorities before deporting them for violating country's visa regulations.
IFJ's Asia-Pacific Director Jacqui Park and Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Jane Worthington were detained by Sri Lanka's immigration authorities on Wednesday for questioning on the grounds that they participated in a media workshop while on a tourist visa.
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| Sharma refuses to back probe |
| 2013-11-05 |
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma refused to agree to calls for an international investigation on Sri Lanka over alleged human rights abuses.
When asked in an interview on the BBC about UN calls for an international investigation, Sharma said the Commonwealth does not have a position on something which he says is “not practical”.
Sharma says the Commonwealth Secretariat is engaging with Sri Lanka on advancing human rights and he says the Secretariat has a lot to
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| Killinochchi in the dark |
| 2013-11-05 |
The Killinochchi town has been without electricity for the past one month, officials and businessmen in the area said.
According to them the cause for the power-cut is an unpaid bill amounting to over Rs. 400,000.
The Ceylon Electricity Board has to be paid the money for the electricity which had reportedly been used to decorate the town.
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| NEW ZEALAND URGED TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST SL AT CHOGM |
| 2013-11-05 |
New Zealand is being urged to take a stand against Sri Lanka at this month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, foreign media reported.
The call is being made by Amnesty International, which has sent a deputation and a petition to Parliament today.
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| Hundreds make use of amnesty |
| 2013-11-05 |
Hundreds of Sri Lankans have made use of the amnesty period offered by Saudi Arabia for those staying in the country illegally, Foreign Employment Minister Dilan Perera said.
The Minister said that 16,000 Sri Lankans had registered with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia during the amnesty period which ends today.
He said that most of those who made use of the amnesty and registered with the Embassy have been brought back to the island.
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