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| War Widows Struggle in a ‘Man’s World’ |
| 2012-12-18 |
"War or no war, it is still a man's world out there,” says war widow Rajina Mary from Sri Lanka's northern Kilinochchi District. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS
DHARAN, Nepal, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) - Sita Tamang’s husband went missing sometime in 2004, two years before Nepal’s civil war came to an end. A native of Dharan, a town about of Kathmandu, Tamang waited seven years after his disappearance before she tried to claim compensation offered by the government after
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| One Hundred Thousand Tamils Missing After Sri Lanka War |
| 2012-12-18 |
World Bank population data from Sri Lanka indicates up to a hundred thousand Tamils are unaccounted for after the final war against the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, raising questions about whether they could be dead.
A UN report cited a death toll of forty thousand for the climax of the war in month acknowledged for the first time that up to seventy thousand civilian deaths were possible.
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| The Pitfall Of Implementing LLRC Only In Part |
| 2012-12-18 |
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Recent incidents in Jaffna are a matter for concern. Two such incidents have widely publicized and have attracted much commentary. Both of them involve the civilian population and the security forces. One case has involved Tamil women recruits into the army and the other university students who were commemorating the war dead. As a result of these incidents the political debate about inter-ethnic relations in relation to the government has taken a turn for the worse. The good work that the government is doing in terms of
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| SINGAPORE DEPORTS SRI LANKAN-BORN DOCTOR |
| 2012-12-18 |
An 81-year-old Australian doctor and human rights activist with Sri Lankan heritage has been refused entry to Singapore.
Brian Senewiratne, a long-time critic of the Sri Lankan Government, was on his way to Malaysia and Indonesia to speak at forums on the Tamil refugee issue, when his deportation took place.
He was scheduled to travel from Singapore by road to Johor Bahru in Malaysia to give two talks about the political situation in Sri Lanka, and the factors influencing Sri Lankans to
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| Suspect connected to several murders arrested |
| 2012-12-18 |
A suspect in connection to several murders and other crimes have been arrested in Chilaw.
The suspect is also wanted by police in connection to an abduction.
Police said that the suspect was arrested while investigating a separate murder.
The police were conducting investigations into the murder of a person who was shot dead in Wennappuwa when they made the arrest.
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| Qatar HRC, Lankan human rights body sign MoU |
| 2012-12-18 |
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Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the Qatar National Human Rights Committee signed a MoU on Tuesday in Colombo to provide greater protection to Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar. NHRC Qatar Chairman Dr. Ali Bin Samikh Al-Marri led the delegation from Doha which included Ms. Jumaya Al Sulaiti – Director, Investigation Department, and Boyko Atanasov – Country Representative, Solidarity Center/Qatar.
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| Lankan migrant workers to be fingerprinted |
| 2012-12-18 |
Sri Lanka is introducing an electronic fingerprinting system for migrant workers to retain their personal identification data for reference both here and abroad. Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) Chairman Amal Senadhilankara told the Business Times that this system will apply mainly for Middle East job seekers who have to face various difficulties in the event of losing their passports in those countries.
Fingerprinting devices would be installed at the SLFEB and at all Sri Lankan diplomatic missions in
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| ASSAULT ATTEMPT ON ATTORNEY GUNARATNE WANNINAYAKE |
| 2012-12-18 |
Attorney Gunaratne Wanninayake says four unidentified armed men had attempted to attack him and his vehicle near his residence in Boralesgamuwa today.
Wanninayake is a former Secretary of the UNP affiliated National Lawyers’ Association (NLA).
Boralesgamuwa Police have launched an investigation into the incident according to a complaint received by the 119 police emergency hotline at around 4.59pm today.
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| Security forces rescue University Students :www.defence.lk |
| 2012-12-18 |
Security forces rescued a group of University students who were stranded at the Hantana Mountain in Kandy this morning (17th December 2012).
Students of three Universities had gone on a hike to the mountain range, a popular hiking site for an educational exploration visit. Due to the sudden change in the weather they have got stranded. Unceasing rains and fog had reduced visibility and safe movement and the students had found it impossible to find their way back.
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| Intelligence swap with Colombo raises rights fears |
| 2012-12-18 |
AUSTRALIA will share intelligence about people-smuggling with Sri Lanka in a significant - and controversial - expansion of the security relationship with Colombo.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced yesterday a "four-point plan" with Sri Lanka, aimed at cracking down on the booming people-smuggling trade now operating across the Indian Ocean.
Under the plan, Australia will boost the capacity of the Sri Lankan navy to disrupt smuggling ventures by training officials in maritim
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