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Ban voices concern about lack of progress on key issues in Sri Lanka
(UN News, 9 March 2010) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concerns about the lack of progress on political reconciliation, the treatment of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the setting up of an accountability process in Sri Lanka since the United Nations signed a joint statement with the Government last year in the wake of the end of its civil war with separatist Tamil rebels.
Mr. Ban told reporters that he had …
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13 groups from seven countries support Merak asylum seekers
(By Grant Morgan, International secretary, Socialist Worker-New Zealand, March 09, 2010) - Here is an international statement supporting …
USTPAC highlights the plight of Tamil Women in North-East Sri Lanka on International Women’s Day
(The United States Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC), March 8, 2010) - Washington - USTPAC joins the world …
Ban voices concern about lack of progress on key issues in Sri Lanka
(UN News, 9 March 2010) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concerns about the lack of progress on …
Remembering the Bravery and Unparalleled Sacrifice of Tamil Women in Leading the Freedom Struggle
(TGTE, 08 03 2010) - Ensure the due process for the Tamil women held in “Special Camps” - …
Tamil women against rape and violence in Sri Lanka
(Demotix, 08 03 2010) - UK members of the newly created Global Tamil Forum UK women’s section took …
GTF Inaugural Conference in London – UK calls for constitutional reforms in Sri Lanka
(GTF Press Release, 02 03 2010) - Global Tamil Forum (GTF) Conference was formally inaugurated on Wednesday 24 …
Three Messages from the Western Establishment to the Diaspora
(by S. Maheswaran, March 2, 2010 ) - The Purpose of This Paper - On 23rd February 2010 …
Investigate Sri Lankan Human Rights Defender’s Disappearance
(Amnesty International, 28 02 2010) - Pattani Razeek, a Sri Lankan human rights defender, has been missing since …
THE REVISED VERSION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S REPORT WILL BE RELEASED ON MARCH 8TH!
(PTGTE, 28 02 2010) - The Advisory Committee for the formation of the Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil …
SRI LANKA: A new lie – police training without constitutional reforms
(By Basil Fernando, Asian Human Rights Commission, February 28, 2010) - Peter Mountford who returned from a visit …
SRI LANKA - Bishops meet resettled refugees in Jaffna
(UCAN, March 9, 2010) - JAFFNA, Sri Lanka - Six Catholic bishops have met resettled Tamil war refugees …
On Sri Lanka, UN’s Ban Restates Concern on Lack of Progress, Unaware of Job Request
(By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, March 9 2010) - After a weekend during which Sri Lanka’s …
Ban announces appointment of new UN police chief
(UN News, 8 March 2010) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed an experienced female Swedish police officer as …
RALLY TO MARK 150 DAYS AT MERAK FOR TAMIL REFUGEES
(Refugee Action Coalition Sydney, 07 03 2010) - Welcome refugees - No Indonesian solution - Let the boats …
UN Secretary-General to go ahead with the establishment of a panel of experts to advise him on the way forward on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka
(UN Department of Public Information, 5 March 2010) - Daily Press Briefing - The following is a …
LOSS OF TAMIL EELAM LEVERAGE – DELHI’S (INDIA) GEO-POLITICAL DISASTER
(by Vssubramaniam, Ground Report, March 05, 2010 ) - Ironically the Narayanan ‘trio’ played up the China …
On Sri Lanka War Crimes, UN’s Ban to Name Panel to Advise Only Him, No Pascoe, Nambiar Nepotism Follow Up
(By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, March 5 2010) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has …
Araud of France Gives Economic Read of Iran Sanctions, Ban’s Sri Lanka Inaction
(By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, March 4 2010) - “The United States for historical reasons has …
UN human rights chief voices concern about abuses in Iran, Sri Lanka
(UN News, 4 March 2010 ) - The top United Nations human rights official today voiced deep concern …
IMF Says “No Agreement” With Sri Lanka, Meets in Hungary, Omits Bulgaria, Angola and Chavez Questions
(By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, March 4, 2010) - The International Monetary Fund’s lack of transparency …
On Sri Lanka, UN’s Ban Was Lied To, But Pascoe Trip Delay, of Job Requests
(By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, March 3 2010) - The UN’s failure to follow through even …
Sri Lanka faces sanctions
(The Catholic Leader, 7 March 2010) - A BRISBANE Church agency is calling for the Australian Government to …
Video: SBS Dateline - Sri Lanka War Stories
(SBS Datelinz, 01 03 2010) - It’s almost a year since the Sri Lankan government defeated the Tamil …
SRI LANKA: Arulamma Thambiraja, “I have seen things I never thought I would, so much death”
(IRIN, 1 March 2010 ) - COLOMBO - This time last year, Arulamma Thambiraja, 99, was among tens …
Map: Vanni IDP Camps and Resettlement Information - Updated as of 14 February 2010
(ReliefWeb, 18 02 2010) - Map: Vanni IDP Camps and Resettlement Information - Arrivals since 01 April 2008 …
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at the British Labor Party
conference
"Next time you want to buy underwear from Marks & Spencer, you want to buy a t-shirt from Next, you want to go on a holiday of a lifetime in a beautiful island off the coast off India - Do you really want to spend your money on a government that chooses to lock 300,000 people up behind barbed-wire.
A country that is the most dangerous in the world to be a journalist.
A country where we can see on Channel 4 News, young men, naked and bound shot at close range.
Is that what we want for our money, for our democracy?
I ask you to not only support the emergency resolution on Sri Lanka but to use your money and not prop up that government,"
witnessed the bloody conflict
from a Vanni hospital
Video: The Guardian Video: Channel 4
is this evidence of
'war crimes' in Sri Lanka?
25 August 2009 - Channel 4 News shows footage claimed to show Sri Lankan forces executing Tamils earlier this year. Jonathan Miller reports.