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| UK says no to CHOGM boycott |
| 2013-07-31 |
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Britain has rejected a demand from the British Tamils Forum (BTF) to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka.
The BTF said that at a recent meeting with Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt he had said that the UK Government has made a decision to attend the summit which reflects the importance of the Commonwealth as well as the opportunity for attendees to see the situation on the ground.
A BTF statement quoted Burt as saying that the UK Government had been clear on its concerns o
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| British Tamils Reiterate Call For UK Govt To Boycott CHOGM In Sri Lanka |
| 2013-07-31 |
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British Tamils Forum will continue to engage with the UK Government and will seek justice through an International Independent Investigation into war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide in Sri Lanka, says the British Tamils Forum.
Issuing a statement the BTF further reasoned that this Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka would be against the fundamental political values of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth charter signed by the Queen on Commonwealth Day this year.
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| Sri Lankans among 100 war crimes suspects identified in UK |
| 2013-07-31 |
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The UK Home Office last year identified nearly 100 suspected war criminals including Sri Lankans who had made UK immigration applications, figures released to the BBC suggest. The majority of cases involved people already likely to have been living in Britain for a number of years.
Suspects originated from countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Rwanda, Serbia and Sri Lanka.
The Home Office says it is determined the UK doesn’t become a “refuge for war criminals”.
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| Sweeping Thugs Under The Rug |
| 2013-07-31 |
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An awful lot of effort is being put into bringing the killers of Khuram Shaikh to trial. The British aid worker died in Tangalle in December 2011, having been set upon by a group of men at a party in the hotel in which he was staying. His girlfriend was raped.
Of course the people who did it should be punished. His brother is doing what is both right and natural in using every opportunity to press the Government to move ahead with the investigation. And his MP, Simon Danczuk, should be congratulated for taking his job as a rep
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| Baird denies sending Sri Lanka Commonwealth summit RSVP |
| 2013-07-31 |
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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird denied reports Tuesday that he has confirmed plans to attend the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka.
Two newspapers in Sri Lanka reported Tuesday that Baird had sent his RSVP to be part of the Canadian delegation to this November's summit of the 54 Commonwealth leaders.
"About 85 per cent of the participants from 54 Commonwealth countries including Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird have confirmed their attendance ... We hope the Canadian Premier will also confirm his par
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| 68 Sri Lankans face return or transfer to PNG |
| 2013-07-31 |
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A group of 68 Sri Lankans who recently arrived at Cocos (Keeling) Islands is now on Christmas Island about to begin enhanced screening processes, Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship said today.
They face the same assessment process that unauthorised maritime arrivals (UMAs) of Sri Lankan background have since last year when the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) took steps to stem a significant upsurge in boat arrivals from Sri Lanka, a release said.
“Those who are screene
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| Buddhist Monk Led Mob Sabotages Meetings Again, This Time On LLRC In Batticaloa |
| 2013-07-31 |
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On Saturday July 27, 2013 a workshop discussion between community leaders and experts on land law and policy conducted by the National Peace Council in Batticaloa was forcibly disrupted by a Buddhist monk of the area and his supporters.
Violent disruption of educational programme demonstrates threat to pluralism, multi-culturalism and religious tolerance, says the Peace Council .
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| In Sri Lanka, Will Mass Grave Case Be Buried? |
| 2013-07-31 |
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On November 24 last year, workers digging a trench in the compound of Matale hospital, central Sri Lanka, made a gruesome discovery. Using a backhoeing machine ahead of plans to build foundations for a new bio-gas unit behind a kitchen, workers began to unearth what appeared to be human remains.
Forensic excavation over the next three months confirmed at least 154 human skeletons, the largest mass grave discovered in Sri Lanka, where more than three decades of civil war ended with the defeat of the rebel Tamil Tigers in 2009.
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| Education Ministry of Sri Lanka to take stern action against errant teacher on roof top |
| 2013-07-31 |
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Education Ministry of Sri Lanka to take stern action against errant teacher on roof top
Sri Lanka's Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena says that his Ministry will take stern disciplinary stern actions against teachers who do not accept transfer orders.
Addressing a meeting held at the Homagama Divisional Secretariat, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena today said a female teacher of the most respected school in the island staging a protest on a roof top of a school building sets a bad example to the teacher ser
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| Former LTTE man deported to Sri Lanka |
| 2013-07-31 |
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1Mumbai crime branch Monday (29) handed over 35-year-old former member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ,Theva Satesh Kumar ,to Sri Lanka.
Crime branch officers had arrested Theva when he was leaving to Nairobi from Mumbai.
He faces torture or death as Indian immigration plans to deport him to Sri Lanka.
The arrested person, identified as Theva Satesh Kumar, was born and brought up in Jafna in Sri Lanka, which has been an LTTE-dominated area
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