A political dynasty rises in Sri Lanka

(By Feizal Samath, The National (Abu Dhabi), 01 10 2009) - COLOMBO // With Sri Lanka heading for a prolonged bout of elections in the next six to eight months, [...]

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An appeal to the European Union not to extend the GSP plus to Sri Lanka

(Sydney, 30 09 2009) - The Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA) has appealed to the European Union not to extend the GSP plus tariff concessions to Sri Lanka. “EU [...]

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Security Council demands end to conflict-related sexual violence

(UN News, 30 September 2009) – The Security Council today demanded that all parties to armed conflict take immediate action to protect civilians, including women and children, from all forms [...]

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SRI LANKA: Concerns growing over pace of IDP resettlement

(ININ, BANGKOK, 30 September 2009 ) - The international community is increasingly worried about the pace of resettling more than 260,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from closed camps in Sri [...]

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High court to review parts of anti-terrorism law

(AP, WASHINGTON, 30 09 2009) — The Supreme Court will consider whether portions of a law that makes it a crime to provide “material support or resources” to designated terrorist [...]

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Sri Lanka and its Manik approach to human rights: “Anyone would point to Guantanamo Bay and say, gosh, we’d like one of those …”

(by Jeff Sparrow, Crikey, 30 09 2009) - In what’s surely one of the more remarkable fact-finding missions in recent years, Sri Lanka’s attorney-general Mohan Peiris is heading to Washington [...]

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Bianca Jagger is warning of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe in Sri Lanka

30 09 2009 - Announcing her support for the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice, Ms Jagger said: “The world cannot continue to ignore the suffering of the [...]

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At UN, Ban Cannot Stop Sri Lanka’s Shooting, Blake’s Visit, Report Mid-October

(By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, UNITED NATIONS, September 29 2009) — In the wake of the Sri Lankan Army shooting at least two children on the margins of [...]

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Risks have to be taken to overcome North-South divide

(By Jehan Perera, 30 09 2009) - It was nearly two years after my last visit to Jaffna. On that occasion, in December 2007, the war was over in the [...]

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Walter Kaelin on Freedom of Movement for a Quarter of a Million Displaced: “I remain very concerned about the very slow pace of releases”

(UNHCHR, GENEVA, 29 September 2009) –”Restoration of freedom of movement for more than 250,000 internally displaced persons held in closed camps in Northern Sri Lanka is becoming a matter of [...]

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