US 2009 Human Rights Report cites Sri Lanka abuses

(US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 11, 2010) - 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with [...]

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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success

(By Father S.J. Emmanuel, President - Global Tamil Forum, 10 March 2010) - Dear Tamil Sisters and Brothers,
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success

I [...]

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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 [...]

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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” - Today, on International Women’s Day, we remember with deep pain, the suffering [...]

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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 about the violent crackdown on dissent in Iran and the marred prospects [...]

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Sri Lankan government voices anger as UK MPs address Tamil group: David Miliband and Gordon Brown meet delegates at London conference of Global Tamil Forum

(By Sam Jones, The Guardian, Thursday 25 February 2010) - The diplomatic rift between London and Colombo has widened after Gordon Brown and David Miliband met delegates from a new [...]

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Sri Lanka’s Lasantha Wickrematunge Named 53rd IPI World Press Freedom Hero

(International Press Institute - IPI, 18 February 2010) - Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader who was shot dead in January 2009, has [...]

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The Malvana Convention of 1598, and other historical conventions

(By By Anthony Hensman, Daily Mirror, 15 February 2010) - Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke’s letter of 4th July in the Daily Mirror captioned ‘The Defence Dimension of Devolution’ opens [...]

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EU temporarily withdraws GSP+ trade benefits from Sri Lanka

(European Commission Trade Press release, Brussels, 15 February 2010) - EU Member States decided to withdraw preferential tariff benefits to Sri Lanka under a special incentive arrangement for sustainable [...]

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Lankan President should empower Tamils : Krishna

(PTI, Chennai, Feb 14 2010) - India wants Sri Lanka to empower the minority Tamil speaking people through a political process and open a new chapter in the island nation’s [...]

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