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| FUTA to agitate again |
| 2013-02-27 |
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The Federation of University Teachers' Association (FUTA) has threatened to re-launch their agitation campaign as their demand for 6% GDP to be allocated for the education sector has been 'overlooked by the government.'
"We are going to reassume the struggle for 6% for education with the help of a large number of other trade unions. We intend starting again because the government remains indifferent to granting higher provisions for primary, secondary and tertiary education in Sri Lanka," FUTA Spokesperso
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| Sri Lanka allows Red Cross committee access to LTTE rehabilitation camps |
| 2013-02-27 |
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After stonewalling for nearly three years, Sri Lanka has allowed a team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to visit the rehabilitation camps housing ex-LTTE combatants.
Brigadier Darshana Hettiarachchi, the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation said that ICRC delegation had visited the Marandhamadu rehabilitation camp in the north on February 22.
The ICRC had not been provided access to camps since early 2010, Hettiarachchi said.
"They (ICRC) spent over 3 hours in the camp inspecti
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| Govt Cannot Overcome Current Crises – Ravi K. |
| 2013-02-27 |
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UNP Colombo District parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake said the government’s incompetence in handling the international community has resulted in the current issues faced by the country. “Your own bad governance, your own white van records, your own media harassments, your own opposition attacked or your own impeachments have led to the resolution,” he said referring to the US move to present a new resolution before the UNHRC. According to Karunanayake, it is now time the government made friends with the international
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| People in Jaffna are Deeply Concerned About the Failure of Government to Function in Tamil |
| 2013-02-27 |
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After some depression about not achieving very much with regard to either Reconciliation, or the Human Rights Action Plan, I was heartened by several factors last week. In the four Divisional Secretariat meetings I attended in the Wanni, it was clear that things were improving all the time. Several problems were brought to my attention, but these were largely practical problems, similar to those prevalent in other parts of the country. The impact of inclement weather on agriculture, the need for better roads for rural connectivity, and f
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| Private universities in FTZ good or bad? |
| 2013-02-27 |
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Private universities in FTZ good or bad?
The government’s decision to set up private universities through the Board of Investment has met with a positive response from several foreign universities wishing to invest capital and set up affiliated universities and colleges from leading universities abroad. Ten universities from the United Kingdom and India have already sought approval to set up such institutions.
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| Sri Lanka opposes UN screening of Channel 4 film |
| 2013-02-26 |
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Sri Lanka has warned the United Nations against allowing a British-made documentary about the Asian country’s civil war to be shown on the sidelines of a human rights meeting, the Associated Press reported today.
According to the report, Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva says the Channel 4 documentary, titled “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka,” contains a narrative that is “discredited, uncorroborated and unsubstantiated.”
The film alleges Sri Lankan troops
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| Lanka says UN Charter should be followed |
| 2013-02-26 |
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The Sri Lankan government, today told members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), that the promotion and protection of human rights as enshrined in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) should be carried out in a spirit of cooperation, mutual respect and dialogue, and in conformity with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and norms governing international relations.
Speaking during the High Level Panel meeting at the 22nds session of the UNHRC on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Acti
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| Sri Lanka faces more challenges at UN Human Rights Council |
| 2013-02-26 |
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions began on Monday placing a strong challenge for the Sri Lankan government to prove that it has improved its human rights record and post-war reconciliation or have a second U.S.-led resolution passed on them.
Last year the U.S. tabled the first resolution on Sri Lanka insisting that it had not done enough to address war crimes allegations that civilians were killed during the last phase of a three-decade war against the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam ( LTTE) in 2009. The reso
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| Protection of HR must conform to UN charter-SL |
| 2013-02-26 |
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Sri Lanka today recalled that the promotion and protection of human rights as enshrined in the Vienna Declaration & Programme of Action (VDPA) should be carried out in conformity with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and norms governing international relations.
Intervening during the high level panel on VDPA at the Human Rights Council 22nd Session, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Permanent Representative Manisha Gunasekera stated: “Sri Lanka recalls that the promotion and protection of human rights as enshrin
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| UNHRC Sessions to commence today |
| 2013-02-26 |
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The twenty second United Nations Human Rights Council Sessions will commence in Geneva, Switzerland today.
The sessions will begin at 04.30 p.m. Sri Lankan time and will conclude on March 22.
Head of the Sri Lankan Delegation Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe is scheduled to address the sessions on the 27th of this month.
Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Commissioner Rupert Colville speaking to Newsfirst stated that nearly 90 individuals including Foreign Affairs Ministers from around the world are due to tak
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