Govt. Has Successfully Concluded World’s First Hi-Tech Election Rigging Operation — Mangala

(Sunday leader, 31 01 2010) - SLFP (M) Wing Leader and Co-media Spokesperson for General Sarath Fonseka, Mangala Samaraweera charged that software/paper rigging finally changed an approximately 1.5 million vote [...]

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‘Tamils Have Given A Clear Verdict’

(Sunday Leader, 31 01 2010) - TNA MP Suresh Premachandran called on President Rajapaksa to focus his attention on solving the minority problem.
“The Tamil people have given a clear-cut verdict [...]

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Sri Lanka opposition newspaper shut down

(AFP, 30 01 2010) - Police in Sri Lanka shut down the offices of an opposition newspaper on Saturday, the weekly said, as international rights groups accused the authorities of [...]

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President Rajapaksa urged to halt post-election crackdown on media

(RSF, 29 January 2010) - Two days after he was declared the winner of this week’s election, Reporters Without Borders appealed today to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to put a stop [...]

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Australian refugee activists deported

(ABC News, Jan 30, 2010) - Two Australian human rights advocates who were detained and deported from Indonesia have arrived back in Sydney.
Sara Nathan and Pamela Curr travelled to Indonesia [...]

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Sri Lanka president must heal ethnic rift

(By Amal Jayasinghe , AFP, 30 01 2010) - Sri Lankans opted for stability in their first post-war presidential poll, but analysts say the results underscored simmering ethnic tensions that [...]

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Sri Lanka opposition appoints panel to probe election result

(Xinhua, 30 01 2010) — A senior member from Sri Lanka’s opposition alliance said here Saturday that a panel has been appointed to review the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election,
“We [...]

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Sri Lanka’s losing candidate vows protests

(Reuters, 30 01 2010) - Sri Lanka’s losing presidential candidate on Saturday vowed protests against what he said was his stolen victory and accused the government of removing his personal [...]

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Muthukumar - The fury of fire rages on

(Truth Dive, January 30, 2010) - On the First anniversary of Self immolation of Muthukumar - No mainstream political party or media sympathize with him since he condemned the [...]

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O India! Let your head explode To hundreds of pieces!! - Thamarai

(Truth Dive, 30 01 2010) - A POEM BY THAMARAI WRITTEN A YEAR BACK - MAINSTREM MEDIA DECLINED TO PUBLISH THIS - The curse by Thamarai was against those [...]

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