Monthly Archives: March 2012

Sri Lanka ratcheting up the rhetoric against US domination and Western imperialism

Sri Lankan model
In the aftermath of the last phase of the war that ended in the military defeat of the LTTE, government leaders considered the “Sri Lankan Model” of overcoming terrorism to be one that the world could emulate. An international
conference was held in Colombo that was attended by military strategists from around the world. […]

By Dr. Jehan Perera | Published on March 4, 2012 at 1:38 am

Convergence of minds on importance of LLRC

The 19th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva is seeing Sri Lanka’s implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission recommendations taking centre stage. The United States and its western
allies in particular will be presenting a resolution on Sri Lanka. The indications are that the resolution will call on the Sri Lankan government […]

By National Press Council | Published on March 1, 2012 at 2:39 pm

On accountability the LLRC report is disappointing – Butenis

The US is not the enemy of Sri Lanka and come what may in Geneva, the two countries will continue to have good bilateral relations – outgoing US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Patricia Butenis told local media
recently.
We publish below excerpts of an interview appearing in Ceylon Today
Q:The Government and protestors are calling […]

By Ceylon Today | Published on March 1, 2012 at 3:23 am

STOLEN: He kept looking behind and cried “amma, amma”

Footprints in Sand is a report of children missing from the North and East of Sri Lanka. It is called the MAM report an acronym for the three villages from which these children were taken – Mandaitivu-Allapiddy-Mankumban
(M-A-M). The disappearances occurred between 25-08-90 & 23-09-90. The report was published fifteen years after the disappearances in 2005 by […]

By NESOHR | Published on March 1, 2012 at 2:34 am

TCHR appeals to the the International community and files report in Geneva

The Tamil Centre for Human Rights which was established in 1990 and has branches in Switzerland and the United Kingdom has appealed to the international community to take a stand on Sri Lanka and has tabled a report at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
According to the TCHR it has […]

By | Published on March 1, 2012 at 2:09 am

Second film by Channel Four: Damning new video evidence of war crimes in Sri Lanka

Killing Fields follow up film – Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished to air on Channel 4, on Wednesday March 14, 10:55pm
Last year Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, a critically-acclaimed and RTS Award winning forensic investigation into the events of the last few weeks of the decades-long war between the government of Sri Lanka
and […]

By | Published on March 1, 2012 at 12:54 am