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| Karuna group behind more abductions, cash demands for release |
| 2010-12-05 |
The desire of ordinary womenfolk in the war affected areas to talk about their loss and grievances was more than obvious at the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) sessions in Trincomalee.
Despite the heavy rains and the fact that many villages, including Thambalagamuwa and Kappathurei, had not received information about the LLRC sessions and venues hundreds gathered to give submissions at the first session held at Trincomalee Kachcheri.
Hearing the men and women wh
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| Jaffna fishermen complain against SLA restrictions before LLRC |
| 2010-11-12 |
Representatives of Maathakal Fishermen Society complained Friday to the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Committee (LLRC) against the closure of the fishing jetties in Valikaamam North High Security Zone (HSZ) of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the continuing restrictions to fish using the only jetty in the area, in A’laveddi Mahajana Hall Friday.
Witnessing before LLRC, the representative from Maathakal pointed to the LLRC that Sri Lanka government that had urgently executed the verdict of the Suprem
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| LLRC sits in Trinco today |
| 2010-12-03 |
Members of Civil Society have been invited to testify before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), Chaired by former Attorney General PC C. R. De Silva, when it holds sittings in the Trincomalee District today (3). The Commission which held sittings mainly in Colombo and the districts of Batticaloa, Jaffna, Killinochi, Mullaitivu and Mannar will hold sittings at the Trincomalee District Secretariat today. It will sit at the Muttur Divisional Secretariat tomorrow (4) and in Ku
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| Facing the Truth in War and Peace |
| 2010-11-23 |
This imaginary conversation between father and son seems appropriate now with the issue of the horrors of war coming up in evidence before the Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, and in some happenings connected to it.
It is also in this connection that this columnist has received a power-point presentation that is being re-circulated about the holocaust that took place over sixty five years ago in Germany.
It refers to General Eisenhower giving instructions to
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| ACMC to highlight Muslims’ grievances to LLRC |
| 2010-11-22 |
The All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC) said yesterday the party would in its submission to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) highlight the grievances of the Muslim Community.
ACMC Leader and Industrial Development and Commerce Minister Rishad Badiudeen told the Tamil Mirror Online the party’s decision was made after the party high command meeting recently.
We had already asked the commission to give a date for our party submissions, Minister Badiudeen said.
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| CHR urges LLRC to ensure free, secure environment in Trincomalee, Mannar |
| 2010-11-23 |
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) – Sri Lanka in a statement has requested the LLRC to ensure a free and secure environment where people can give evidence without fearing future persecution in its up-coming sessions in Trincomalee and Mannaar.
Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) is to conduct its sittings in Trincomalee on December 17, 18 and 19.
The LLRC would record the evidence from relatives of affected persons in the Trincomalee distric
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| Sri Lankan priest urges justice for war crimes |
| 2010-11-23 |
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Father Reid Shelton Fernando testifies before the commission
A Sinhalese Catholic priest is calling for justice for nine Tamil priests who were killed or have disappeared during the civil war which ended last year.
“Catholics and the priests’ relatives have the right to know the priests’ whereabouts or their final resting grounds…If they are dead, please do issue death certificates, if it is not done yet,” said Father Reid Shelton Fernando, coordinator of the Young Christian Workers movement
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| N. Ram interviews Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| 2010-11-22 |
The Hindu Mahinda Rajapaksa: 'We defeated terrorists, not freedom fighters.' -
Sri Lanka is now one country, my aim is to see whole nation gets all benefits: President Rajapaksa
During his first term, Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, underestimated by his political opponents and the outside world, achieved overwhelming political dominance after his politico-military strategy eliminated the LTTE as a military force and he went on to score two big electoral victories.
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| LLRC to begin hearings in Trinco |
| 2010-11-25 |
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) will commence open public hearings in Trincomalee in December 2010.
The Commission expects to obtain views and accounts of the people in Trincomalee who have been affected by the conflict.
The Commission conducts its regular hearings at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute in Colombo 7.The LLRC previously has held public sittings in Colombo, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu and Batticaloa.
The itinerary o
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| Threat to Yarlthinnakkural is a clear indication of compeled self-censorship |
| 2010-11-29 |
The Center for Human Rights (CHR) Sri Lanka releasing a press release emphasis that attacks and the degree of intimidation on Jaffna media have rapidly increased, during the past few days.
The members of the editors attached to ‘Yarl Thirukkal’ news paper informs that during the early hours on 27 November 2010 (today), a mob carrying rods and clubs have gathered opposite the road access to the press office, and lingered over one hour.
It is noted by editors who were statione
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