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2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Sri Lanka
[ U.S. Department of State ] [ 16 Mar 2020 11:15 GMT ]
Despite the country's cosponsorship of the 2015, 2017, and 2019 resolutions, senior government officials continued to make public statements attacking the UN process and asserting they would not take any steps to hold 'war heroes' accountable.
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The good immigrant’s dilemma
[ Livemint ] [ 05 Mar 2020 02:16 GMT ]
At home, as a Tamil, he is reviled by the Sri Lankan state; in his adopted home, Danny is just a poor brown man, who lives in a storeroom above a shop and cleans the homes of the rich.
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Abandoned promises?
[ Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 21 Feb 2020 00:30 GMT ]
It is vital that members of the international community remain vigilant - and that they maintain a firm and principled stance on the need to deal with the past in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka out of the shadows
[ The Tribune ] [ 16 Feb 2020 22:17 GMT ]
Rajapaksa point-blank ruled out any solution to the Tamil problem that 'the majority community in Sri Lanka will not accept'.
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The enemies of writing
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 Jan 2020 22:59 GMT ]
How do journalists report pain, loss and grief without exhibiting voyeuristic tendencies?
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Human Rights Watch - World Report 2020
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 22 Jan 2020 20:10 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly criticized the government's failure to implement its human rights commitments, and warned that 'continuing impunity risks fueling communal or inter-ethnic violence, and instability.'
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Eyes on the pearl
[ The Week ] [ 21 Jan 2020 20:33 GMT ]
New Delhi has a high stake in ensuring that the assurances given to the war-ravaged Tamil minority in northern and eastern Sri Lanka are implemented.
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TNA cautions Gotabaya against 'majoritarianism'
[ The Hindu ] [ 05 Jan 2020 23:58 GMT ]
However, welcoming President Rajapaksa's proposal for a new constitution, Mr. Sumanthiran said considerable drafting work had been done during the predecessor government's time in office.
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'They did not see us'
[ The Indian Express ] [ 30 Dec 2019 18:00 GMT ]
Camp inmates are not allowed to visit other states, and prior permission is required even if they go out of the district.
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The art of darkness
[ India Today ] [ 29 Dec 2019 02:35 GMT ]
We know the Sri Lankan civil war killed over 40,000 and displaced millions.
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Success story of a 'victim diaspora'
[ The Hindu ] [ 28 Dec 2019 10:47 GMT ]
Traumatised by loss of livelihood and the lives of loved ones, working upwards from an economic zero, Sri Lankan Tamils had struggled to survive.
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India 'satisfied' with Gotabaya's Lanka assurance
[ The Asian Age ] [ 01 Dec 2019 02:56 GMT ]
PM Modi expressed confidence that Sri Lanka would fulfil the aspirations of Sri Lankan Tamils for 'equality, justice, peace and honour' and take forward the process of 'national reconciliation'.
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Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajas
[ The Asian Age ] [ 24 Nov 2019 10:15 GMT ]
If the war-victors in the Rajapaksas cannot deliver a negotiated settlement to the vexatious issue, no other leader and party could be expected to do so - as the past five years have shown, since.
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Cautious optimism
[ The Week ] [ 23 Nov 2019 23:40 GMT ]
The reconciliation process should continue so that we can... continue the energetic engagement of pluralism.'
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The Challenge of Securing Tamil Support
[ Asianews Network ] [ 03 Nov 2019 22:58 GMT ]
There is anger within the Tamil community about the lack of progress in finding missing persons, returning civilian land and in moving towards a political solution to the ethnic conflict.
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A film questioning identity politics
[ The Hindu ] [ 22 Oct 2019 00:47 GMT ]
The Tamils are still demanding political rights and the distrust between the two communities or their political leadership hasn't evaporated a decade since.
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Contradictions of Tamil, 'oldest' living language
[ Asia Times ] [ 06 Oct 2019 14:11 GMT ]
By mentioning Tamil as the world's most ancient (living) language in his address to the UN General Assembly on Sept 28, Indian PM Narendra Modi switched the global spotlight on to my mother tongue.
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UN asks Australia to release Tamil family
[ Daily Mail UK ] [ 03 Oct 2019 00:35 GMT ]
An application was made to the Human Rights Committee on September 27 under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on behalf of Tharunicaa.
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Picturing Sri Lanka's Undead War
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 27 Sep 2019 00:05 GMT ]
The government has done little either to heal the war's wounds or to address the ethno-nationalist dynamics that drove the conflict.
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Briefing: Sri Lanka after the bombings
[ IPE International ] [ 24 Sep 2019 01:43 GMT ]
Its politicians need to be prepared to embrace a pluralist, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic democracy, rather than the ethnocentrism and majoritarianism that have prevailed since independence.
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Sri Lanka World Report 2019
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 12 Sep 2019 00:45 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sri Lanka for speedier and more meaningful implementation of its traditional justice commitments, and underlined the importance of 'more progress in advancing accountability and truth-seeking'.
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The True Cost of your Trip to Sri Lanka
[ Pearl ] [ 29 Aug 2019 20:04 GMT ]
Behind Sri Lanka's beaches and tropical climate, lies a government with a long record of human rights violations lasting a 26-year-long civil war which has left the minority Tamil population marginalised and seeking justice.
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In Sri Lanka, Victor's Justice Means No Justice at All
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 20 Aug 2019 23:24 GMT ]
For the relatives of victims of abuses committed by Silva's 58th Division - who have long held vigils seeking justice and answers - this appointment negates all the government's pledges toward accountability, reconciliation, and reform.
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SRI LANKA: JUSTICE FOR THE TRINCO 5
[ Amnesty International ] [ 12 Aug 2019 20:08 GMT ]
Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the Attorney General of Sri Lanka to recommence investigations into the killing of five Tamil students - known as the 'Trinco 5'.
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Tamil Writers Guild - CJT Thamotheram Memorial Lecture
[ TWG ] [ 10 Aug 2019 22:40 GMT ]
Guest Speaker, Madurika Rasaratnam appealed to the Tamil Diaspora world over to raise the matter of continued injustice inflicted on the Tamils of North East Sri Lanka to their respective local MP's and seek justice.
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Report of Sri Lanka Voluntary National Review
[ Ministry of Sustainable Development ] [ 06 Aug 2019 00:12 GMT ]
There have been occurrences of aggressive situations in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces due to factors including the high presence of the military, poverty, illiteracy, and corruption.
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Refugees display diversity in Tamil culture
[ The Hindu ] [ 05 Aug 2019 02:33 GMT ]
A host of foreign diplomats had a glimpse of the varied facets of Tamil art and culture as young refugees living in the State displayed their talent in Bharatanatyam, Silambam and Veena recital at an event.
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