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| Emergency extended |
| 2011-05-05 |
Unlike on most previous occasions, the Opposition called for a division by name, during yesterday’s vote on the extension of the state of emergency and, notably, 20 Cabinet Ministers (including Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa) were absent during the vote. The emergency was extended for a further period of one month, with 116 votes for it and it.
As usual, the TNA, DNA and UNP voted against the extension, and demanded that it be lifted with immediate effect.
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| Suspension of Sabaragamuwa Uni students revoked |
| 2011-05-04 |
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The Vice Chancellor of the Sabaragamuwa University Professor Mahinda S Rupasinghe stated that the suspension of 36 students, who were among the 58 students convicted for ragging, has been revoked and arrangements made for them to continue their studies as from yesterday.
Their suspension lasting six months and was revoked considering the appeals submitted by them.The Vice Chancellor also said that with regard to the appeals of the others they would be produced before the disciplinary committee and a decision taken after obtaining sta
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| No new regulations for news websites: TRC |
| 2011-05-02 |
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) said yesterday it would not impose new regulations on news websites despite recent reports to that effect.
Media reports had said that the TRC would introduce new regulations for news websites in the wake of a court directive to the TRC asking it to temporarily suspend the Lanka e News website until ongoing court proceedings involving the website were completed.
“The TRC does not intend introducing new regulations for news websites or any other websites and will do so o
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| LLRC resumes its sittings |
| 2011-05-02 |
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The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) that had earlier announced that it had concluded its public sittings is to conduct public sittings once again.
LLRC spokesman Lakshman Wickremasinghe told Tamil Mirror Online yesterday that Dr. Chatura De Silva, Senior Lecturer of the Moratuwa University’s Department of Computer Science, would testify before the commission tomorrow.
He said that Dr. Chatura De Silva would provide expert opinion to the Commission on the video footage shown over Channel 4 of alleg
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| LLRC will not consider facts in UN report |
| 2011-04-29 |
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) would read the UNSG Expert Panel report but facts in the report would not be analyzed in depth, a Commissioner said yesterday.
The Government recently gave consent to the LLRC to examine the advisory panel’s report.
LLRC Coordinator, Lakshman Wickremasinghe said that on the advice of the Commission’s Chairman C.R De Silva, it had been decided not to look into specific issues in the report.
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| court suspends lanka e news |
| 2011-04-29 |
The Lanka e News website was suspended from yesterday on contempt of court charges after it published a news item on the court proceedings relating to a person who died while in police custody.
Pugoda Magistrate Aravinda Perera made this order to the Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulation Commission (TRC) when the Kirindiwela police filed a charge sheet alleging that the news website had acted in contempt of court when it published the news item on April 19.
The Magistrate also di
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| UN Releases Report on Possible War Crimes in Sri Lanka |
| 2011-04-26 |
The U.N. Secretary-General says he will launch an international investigation into allegations of possible war crimes during the final phase of the Sri Lankan government’s war with separatist Tamil Tigers only if the government agrees or U.N. member states call for it. The long-awaited report was released late Monday and says war crimes were likely committed by both sides.
The release was delayed several days as the U.N. awaited a reply from Sri Lanka as to whether it would issue a response to the report al
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| Peace process and accountability issues: UN report out, await Norwegian evaluation |
| 2011-04-26 |
In the wake of a simmering controversy over UNSG Ban Ki-moon’s dubious ‘war crimes’ report dealing with Sri Lanka’s successful war against the LTTE, Norway will release a comprehensive evaluation of Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka.
Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) conducted the evaluation of four separate peace efforts by Norway from 1997 to 2009. It would have been better, if Oslo hadn’t picked a major recipient of Norwegian funding to evaluate their peace efforts.
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| Deal with UN panel report through moderation |
| 2011-04-26 |
The report by the Expert Panel set up by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has sharply polarized Sri Lankan society and is likely to do so even more unless the government takes remedial action. The report on alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the last phase of the country’s separatist war was totally rejected by the government as being biased and factually inaccurate and failing to give adequate recognition to the role played by the LTTE in the tragedy that occurred.
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| LLRC to seek expert opinion |
| 2011-04-26 |
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As a measure towards making its final report more practical and effective, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has decided to seek expert assistance in clarifying particular matters during the data analyzing process being carried out at present.
LLRC media spokesman Lakshman Wickramasinghe said that during the synthesizing and analyzing process of the thousands of written as well as oral submissions at the hearings, the commissioners have come across several problematic areas requiring expert clarification.
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