Newspaper editor accused of helping rebels, Reporters Without Borders rebuts claims

(RSF, 28 02 2009) - Reporters Without Borders is stunned by government claims that N. Vithyatharan, the editor of the Tamil daily Sudar Oli, helped the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]

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Chennai journalists demand Vithyatharan’s immediate release

(TamilNet, Saturday, 28 February 2009) - Over a hundred journalists held a demonstration in Chennai near the State Guest House on Saturday to condemn the increasing attacks on the media [...]

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A Genocide Sri Lanka is Proud to Talk About on Camera

(Vijay Sappani, February 28, 2009) - This is a Shocking Video. The Sri Lankan defence minister who in the past has attacked media personal for writing against the government human [...]

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Seize the opportunity of LTTE’s ceasefire offer and work out safe passage for trapped civilians - Pranab Mukherjee appeals to Sri Lankan Government

(Tamilinsight, 28 02 2009) - “It is reported that the LTTE has offered a ceasefire. While this may fall short of a declaration of willingness to lay down arms, it [...]

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Ghost of Bush wishes ‘fight to the end’

(TamilNet, Saturday, 28 February 2009) - The lessons of history are that actually there is nothing called ethnicities winning and losing. It is always forces of oppression and liberation losing [...]

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UN Working Group on Disappearances: Out of the 5,727 outstanding cases of disappearances Sri Lanka Government has replied on 4 cases

(Tamilinsight, 28 02 2009) – UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in its latest annual report for 2008 says that out of the 5,727 outstanding cases of disappearances [...]

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Credible reports cited unlawful killings by paramilitaries and others believed to be working with the awareness of the government - US State Department

(Tamilinsight, 28 02 2009) - US State Department in its ‘2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ released this week says human rights are another casualty of Sri Lanka’s civil [...]

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Security Council Should Urgently Take up Humanitarian Situation - HRW

(Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York, February 27, 2009) – The United Nations Security Council should without delay address the humanitarian crisis for civilians in northern Sri Lanka, Human Rights [...]

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Malaysians threw footwear at an effigy of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse

(New Straits Times, 28 02 2009) - Some 500 Malaysians threw footwear at an effigy of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse outside the United Nations building here to protest the [...]

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UN urges Sri Lanka to delay final assault until civilians rescued

(DPA, New York, 27 02 2009) - The Sri Lankan government has been urged to hold back its final military battle in areas where tens of thousands of civilians remain [...]

Written on February 27, 2009 | Posted in News & Analysis | 1 Comment
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