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| AUSSIE COALITION TO STRIKE NEW DEALS WITH LANKA AND INDONESIA ON BOATS |
| 2012-12-12 |
Opposition Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has vowed to dramatically ramp up regional deterrence measures by striking new bargains with Sri Lanka and Indonesia following Labor’s failure to stop the boats by reintroducing offshore processing.
Mr Morrison also said today that he was unconvinced the permanent facility planned for Nauru would suffice over the long term, particularly once refugee assessments had been conducted.
Acknowledging the problem of boat arrivals was far wo
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| Transfer orders for some 50 army seniors |
| 2012-12-12 |
Nearly 50 senior army officers including eight Major Generals and Brigadiers have been transferred by Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya, military sources said and added that the transfers will take effect in December and January next year.
The transfers will affect eight Major Generals, 24 Brigadiers, nine Colonels and seven Lieutenant Colonels.
Maj. Gen. J.C. Dias has been appointed as Adjutant General of the Army Headquarters in place of the present AG Maj. Gen. Kamal Guneratne who wil
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| Workshops to solve human-elephant conflict |
| 2012-12-12 |
A mahout walking along a street in Colombo. A little more than 7,300 wild elephants roam the island nation, according to data announced by Sri Lankan wildlife authorities in September 2011. AFP
The Wildlife Department authorities will have discussions with the public at workshops to solve the human-elephant conflict, Wildlife Director General H D Rathnayake said.
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| Pathways Of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism In Sri Lanka |
| 2012-12-12 |
Many scholarly studies on Sri Lanka explain the nature and the roots of the ethnic conflict between the Tamils and the Sinhalese, which eventually opened the way for the birth of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the separatist Tamil organization, commonly known as the LTTE, established in May 1976 and violently defeated in May 2009). However, very few studies on Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflicts focus on the Tamil perspectives and the complexities of their struggle or the dynamic evolution from the non-violent stage (1947-1976)
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| Lawyers in North protest |
| 2012-12-11 |
The lawyers in the North have commenced a protest against the impeachment proceedings of Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake.
They stated that the impeachment proceedings were one sided and the judgement was incorrect.
The lawyers from Vavuniya, Mannar, Kilinochchi and Jaffna are protesting and it is reported that the protest will continue for four days. (Ceylon Today Online)
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| Lawyers in three districts to refrain from duty |
| 2012-12-11 |
Lawyers of the Galle, Matara and Jaffna districts are to refrain from duty charging that the investigations into the impeachment against the Chief Justice were not carried out in a fair manner.
Secretary of the Lawyers' Association, Amaradiwakara Liyanaarachchi stated the association met yesterday to discuss about the matter
''As the Secretary of the Association, I state that according to the decision the Lawyers Association of Galle arrived yesterday, the members of the Law
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| Beggar found dead in Kirulapone |
| 2012-12-11 |
An unidentified body was found today near the Lalith Athulathmudali Stadium in Kirulapone.
The police said that the male body was found, based on a tip-off.
Police noted that preliminary investigations have revealed the victim to be a beggar.
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| Corruption is also a human rights violation |
| 2012-12-11 |
It is certainly not a co-incidence that the International Human Rights Day (10 December) comes on the heels of the International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December). The two issues are inextricably linked, and in the Sri Lankan context, it couldn’t have been more apt, given the rampant corruption currently pervading the country and increased efforts to subjugate the rights of people.
When corruption is taken as a norm and not the exception, the infusion of corrupt practices into daily li
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| To ignore and suffer Champika’s madness? |
| 2012-12-11 |
Minister of Power and Energy, Champika Ranawaka, has authored an op-ed piece (The Nation, November 25) that is quite mad. Titled “Blatant attempt to justify ethnic cleansing in North,” it made me naturally think, given his extremist politics, that he wanted to rid the North of us Tamils – but no, he was alleging the North being cleansed of Sinhalese.
In arguing that Jaffna has been ethnically cleansed, he queries why Jaffna is still deprived of Sinhalese bakery food although, he avers, a sales outlet for J
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| Human Rights Day: Importance Of The UDHR |
| 2012-12-11 |
The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948 by the United Nations, 48 countries voting in favour, , has marked a new era in human history creating the possibility of modern societies moving towards achieving a wide range of important human rights through legal enactments supported by institutional and policy changes not only in the sphere of civil and political rights but also in the realms of economic, social and cultural rights. What we celebrate this year is the 64th
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