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| From Reconciliation to Impeachment: From Citizen to Subject? |
| 2013-01-04 |
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As we moved into 2012, the buzz- word was reconciliation and with it the acronym - understood by too few of our fellow citizens- was LLRC. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission Report had been presented to the President who in turn had sent it to Parliament. There was some hope that since the Commission had been set up by the President, that he would accept its recommendations in full and get on with the task of implementation. After all this was the Commission he and his government had told the world would answer a
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| Rising rights violations against students – Report |
| 2013-01-03 |
Two student unions in Sri Lanka published a report last Monday claiming an increase in rights violations against university students. The report claimed that students have suffered more than 1,000 human rights abuses since 2009.
The Student Human Rights Report 2012 contains statistics from all 15 state universities. It reported 524 cancellations of classes and, in the past year, students, and 44 imprisonments.
There were also 67 cancellations of Mahapo
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| Sri Lanka to cut down on maid exports |
| 2013-01-03 |
Sri Lanka announced yesterday its plans to reduce the deployment of housemaids in the Middle East, including in the Kingdom.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), which is the statutory articlebody set up to look after the welfare of the country’s overseas workers, aims to reduce women migrating overseas to work as domestic aides by 80 to 90 percent by 2020.
“We do not approve of women going overseas to work as domestic aides. However, we cannot put a complete end to it immediately. Therefore,
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| Gotabhaya welcomes UN decision, calls for action against LTTE rump UN closes dossier on child soldiers |
| 2013-01-03 |
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that the global community should realize that the contentious issue of child soldiers could never have been resolved if the LTTE had retained its fighting capability.
The Gajaba Regiment veteran said that the conclusion of the conflict in May 2009 had brought the appalling practice of the LTTE using children as cannon fodder.
Defence Secretary Rajapaksa was responding to the United Nations Security Council Working group on Children an
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| Politicians must reject kickbacks - Welgama |
| 2013-01-03 |
Transport Minister Kumara Welgama says politicians must not get involved in government contract and reject commissions offered by those handling projects under their purview. Such unethical practices lead to bribery and corruption which had to be wiped out root and branch in the public interest, he says.
Speaking at the launching of the construction of a new Divisional Secretariat for Matugama recently Minister Welgama said that the people of the Matugama area had been unable to have their problems solved for wan
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| Moratuwa University partially closed following clash |
| 2013-01-03 |
The Moratuwa University Engineering Faculty and Institute of Technology have been closed indefinitely following a clash between two student factions on Tuesday night.
The university premises and hostels have been declared out of bounds for students attached to the Engineering faculty and Technology Institute to prevent further clashes.
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| Implement Teacher Transfer Policy |
| 2013-01-03 |
The Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) threatened to take legal action against the Education Ministry next week, if the National Teacher Transfer Policy is not implemented immediately.
Speaking to Ceylon Today, CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said teacher transfers are taking place with irregularities and in complete violation of the National Teacher Transfer Policy.
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| Action Plans and Information as a Guard Against Inaction: Sri Lanka’s LLRC Revisited |
| 2013-01-03 |
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The LLRC Action Plan gives great weight to land questions, which makes a lot of sense. Solving problems relating to land ownership and usage would go a long way towards satisfying personal needs with regard to what we have described as Recovery in the Draft National Policy on Reconciliation. While government has done well with regard to the public aspects of Recovery, through large scale infrastructure projects and livelihood programmes, ensuring a sense of dignity requires affirmation of property rights.
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| MDMK to build awareness on alleged atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils |
| 2013-01-03 |
Chennai, Jan 2 (ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) has announced that it would release videos and pamphlets in multiple languages highlighting alleged atrocities committed on Sri Lankan Tamils by their government during the civil war in that country.
The MDMK's plan was outlined by its chief Vaiko during a news conference here yesterday.
"To create an awareness on what happened in the Sri Lankan Island, the genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils we are taking all possible efforts. Therefore, we are brin
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| A horror story on Sri Lanka's war |
| 2013-01-03 |
"Still Counting the Dead"; Author: Frances Harrison; Publishers: Portobello Books; Pages: 259; Price: Rs.399
If even half of what Frances Harrison has uncovered about what the Sri Lankan state did to crush the Tamil Tigers is true, then Colombo's political and military leadership can be in the dock for war crimes.
The former BBC journalist talks to a few who got trapped in the LTTE war zone until the Tigers were vanquished and later made their way to the West -- with revolting stories of death, destruction
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