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| TN politicians creating problems for Lanka Tamils: ex-LTTE spokesperson |
| 2013-03-25 |
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Valautham Dayanidhi, alias Daya Master, speaks to Hindustan Times in Jaffna.Politicians in Tamil Nadu are creating "problems" between Tamils and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. The race to prove who among Tamil Nadu parties helped Sri Lankan Tamils most is motivated, says Valautham Dayanidhi, alias Daya Master, the former spokesperson for the LTTE. Dayanidhi spoke to
Padma Rao Sundarji in an exclusive interview for Hindustan Times in Jaffna.
QUESTION: Why did you surrender to the Sri Lankan army, one month before th
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| Et tu, India? |
| 2013-03-25 |
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My Dear Manmohan,
I thought I must write to you when I heard that your country has voted against Sri Lanka at the United Nations again, while your countrymen are engaging in their favourite pastime of bashing Sri Lankans-even Buddhist monks-who visit your country.
Whenever this type of event happens-which, these days, is quite often-we on this side of the Palk Strait like to refer to India as the country that produced Lord Buddha and Mahathma Gandhi. I guess the hope is that you too will act in a benevolent manner.
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| Resolution Does Not Change Government’s Position – Samarasinghe |
| 2013-03-25 |
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No need for resolutions in Geneva to do what is right for Sri Lankans
President’s special human rights envoy, Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe says that resolutions adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva in 2012 and 2013 are not indicative of an agenda to promote and protect human rights. “We noted that there is a political or other extraneous agenda at work,” he observed. However he noted that Sri Lanka managed to garner considerable support at the UNHRC during the vote o
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| Sri Lanka gets immune to Indian betrayals |
| 2013-03-25 |
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Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe represents Sri Lanka at the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in Geneva last Thursday Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe represents Sri Lanka at the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in Geneva last Thursday
The week began with the ceremonial opening of the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) making it a historical day for Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa, while appreciating the Chinese government’s financial assistance via Exp
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| Impact Of Resolution Would Be Determined By Govt’s Reactions – Sumanthiran |
| 2013-03-25 |
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TNA parliamentarian, Attorney-at-Law M. A. Sumanthiran says the international community has realized that the request for time and space is not a genuine one but only for the government to implement its own agenda. He observed that if the government acts responsibly at least at this stage and engages constructively with the international community following the adoption of the 2013 resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the country could deal with all outstanding issues. “The people of this country will have to as
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| Farmers take non-payment of their pensions to HRC |
| 2013-03-24 |
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Farmers have moved the Human Rights Commission against the government’s failure to pay their pensions.
The All Ceylon Farmers’ Federation said that the government had failed to pay the farmers’ pensions for one and a half years.
The Federation has complained to the HRC that the government’s failure is tantamount to a violation of their fundamental rights.
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| Resolution not ‘against’ Sri Lanka says US |
| 2013-03-24 |
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The US Government yesterday emphasised its successful resolution at the UNHRC was not against Sri Lanka but aimed at helping the country to achieve lasting peace, justice and equality through an inclusive, constructive and expeditious process.
“I want to stress that this is a resolution on Sri Lanka and not against Sri Lanka,” US Ambassador Michele Sison told a press roundtable at the American Centre.
She said that Sri Lanka had been given ample time and space to address allegations of violations of huma
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| GL clashes with Canadian Senator over CJ impeachment |
| 2013-03-24 |
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A heated exchange took place at a guest-lecture by visiting Canadian Senator Hugh Segal at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute yesterday when the impeachment of Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake arose during the ensuing question and answer session.
Responding to a journalist, Senator Segal said the Canadian Federal Court and the Supreme Court had given many rulings against the Canadian Government on the issue of the ‘first nations’, which constitute four percent of the total population.
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| Lanka says Geneva resolution combined US-EU project |
| 2013-03-24 |
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The Sri Lankan government yesterday pointed out that the majority of those who had voted for the US resolution targeting Sri Lanka, at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions on Thursday, were either member states of the European Union (EU) or those waiting to join the grouping.
Of the 25 votes received in support of the resolution, as many as 12 EU member countries and those seeking EU membership threw their weight behind the US resolution.
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| Blake says resolution not watered down |
| 2013-03-24 |
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US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake says the US sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka submitted to the UN Human Rights Council was not a watered down document.
In an interview with the BBC Sandeshiya (Sinhala), Blake said that the resolution urges Sri Lanka to work towards reconciliation among all the communities.
He says the resolution does push Sri Lanka to investigate alleged abuses committed during the war and punish those responsible.
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