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| Bring an end to ‘wave of terror’: Jaffna Bishop TELLS SECURITY FORCES |
| 2011-01-27 |
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Bishop Thomas Savundranayagam of Jaffna has appealed to top military leaders in the North to bring an end to what he described as a wave of terror.
At a meeting held in the Jaffna Secretariat with the Jaffna security forces commander Maj. Gen. Hathurusinghe, Government officials, military commanders, police and clergy of different religions, the prelate said: “Violence has become rife at this stage. I kindly request your immediate action. People are numbed by uncertainty and fear.”
Unidentified armed groups roa
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| Govt. struggles on the ‘Language front’, LLRC told |
| 2011-01-27 |
A study has revealed that there are 1,437 schools without a single teacher of English in spite of a surplus of 1,512 teachers of English in some educational zones.
The government’s efforts to create a trilingual Sri Lanka with English as the link Language had run into a snag with ministries tasked with the accomplishment of the ambitious project dragging their feet on the implementation thereof contrary to public pronouncements, the Lessons Learnt and
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| Former US Ambassador says Sri Lanka's reconciliation process is slow |
| 2011-01-21 |
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While post-war Sri Lanka has made significant progress in the economic front, its reconciliation process has not proceeded sufficiently, a former United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka said.
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr., who was the Ambassador in Colombo from 2006 to mid-2009 said while Sri Lanka's economy has thrived since the end of its brutal civil war that ended in May 2009, its reconciliation has proceeded more slowly.
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| It’s “Lesson Learnt” — 146,000 Equal “Naught” — Equals “Reconciliation” |
| 2011-01-23 |
For most like me, especially if they had been in teaching like me, a “lesson” is something we think we know the meaning of. We do have a very broad, a very intangible idea of what a “lesson” is, but not its actual, concise meaning.
Bishop Rayappu Joseph wants the government to clarify what happened to the 146, warAt least, that “intangible idea” was what I had in me about a “lesson.
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| US reaffirms support to reconciliation process |
| 2011-01-23 |
Responding to queries over the ongoing private visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the US State Department on Friday reaffirmed its support to the Sri Lankan domestic process on accountability issues now before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).
Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley told reporters in Washington on Friday that the US is supporting Sri Lanka’s process, when asked about calls to investigate President Rajapaksa for alleged violations of humanitarian laws, adding that the
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| LLRC prepares to conclude sittings |
| 2011-01-23 |
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was due to conclude its public sittings after the completion of sittings in the Ampara District in mid February and would then be expected to prepare its final report that would be submitted to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in May, LLRC Media Consultant Lakshman Wikramarachchi said.
He said that the reviewing and analyzing of evidence together with the papers submitted to the Commission would take place before preparing the final report. (Read More)
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| AG acts on LLRC advice: Top team probes Boossa detainees’ cases |
| 2011-01-21 |
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The Attorney General’s Department is in the process of inquiring into cases involving detained LTTE suspects, including those held for high profile attacks.
The inquiry follows the recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) to President Mahinda Rajapaksa late last year. The Attorney General’s Department launched the inquiry on Wednesday (Jan. 19) with a special team headed by Deputy Solicitor General Shavendra Fernando visiting the Boossa detention facility to speak with LTTE suspects.
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| Civilians not allowed to address LLRC: Herath |
| 2011-01-21 |
DNA MP Vijitha Herath in Parliament yesterday charged that civilians who were keen on coming forward to testify before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission were being threatened and turned away.
Mr. Herath made this point while speaking during the adjournment debate on the situation in Jaffna in the House yesterday. The DNA MP said that this makes one wonder whether the motives of the members of the LLRC were genuine or not.
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| Media groups accuse govt. of state terrorism |
| 2011-01-19 |
Media organizations yesterday alleged that responsibility for attacks on the media in the recent past lay with the government because it had failed to bring the culprits to justice.
Holding a demonstration in front of the Fort railway station yesterday to protest the government’s failure to bring the culprits to justice, media organizations accused the government of indulging in state terrorism.Organizations pointed out that culprits would not be brought to justice only if they had the blessing of the
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