Monthly Archives: April 2012

Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri Lanka

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly deplores the alarming escalation in hostile rhetoric and the barely concealed threats of reprisals that have been made against some of the country’s leading
journalists and human rights defenders by representatives of the Sri Lankan government and by state-owned media outlets.
This follows the adoption of a resolution by the […]

By Staff Correspondent | Published on April 23, 2012 at 1:17 am

A snake may lurk in the UN grass

‘A snake lurks in the grass’ – Virgil, Aenid
US backed resolution
It was reported in the media that the US backed draft resolution presented to the UNHRC inter alia :
1. Calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to implement the constructive recommendations in the LLRC report and additionally to take immediate steps to fulfill its relevant legal […]

By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe | Published on April 22, 2012 at 7:45 am