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Carnatic journey crosses Palk Strait
[ Times of India ] [ 09 May 2018 01:45 GMT ]
A quiet cultural interaction between Tamils in India and Sri Lanka has been taking place for a long time, but it was only in the beginning of the 19th century that it was documented.
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The resounding rebirth of Sri Lanka
[ Honolulu Star-Advertiser ] [ 07 May 2018 03:42 GMT ]
The Portuguese arrived in 1505, followed by the Dutch in 1658, then the British in 1796. Independence came peacefully in 1948 but did not last.
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Old Kachcheri
[ Atlas Obscura ] [ 05 May 2018 02:05 GMT ]
Vines and plants now look like integral parts of this beautiful example of Neo-Renaissance architecture, and moss adorns the Roman arches wrapping around the central yard.
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In wondrous Lanka
[ The News ] [ 21 Apr 2018 00:04 GMT ]
On a connecting note, I immensely enjoyed the local tracks the buses would be playing. Up-beat, melodious and plain incomprehensible, they added to the experience of the country.
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World Tamil conference on May 19, 20
[ The Hindu ] [ 15 Apr 2018 23:06 GMT ]
The Federation of International Tamizh Association (FITA) is organising World Tamizh Conference 2018 at Angkor Wat in Cambodia on May 19 and 20.
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The Origin of Others
[ Ground Views ] [ 29 Mar 2018 04:39 GMT ]
There is only one race, the human race; there are no foreigners but only different versions of ourselves .
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SRI LANKA - Split island
[ The Week ] [ 27 Mar 2018 01:08 GMT ]
There are certain entrenched socio-economic, historic and political factors behind the Sinhala-Muslim conflict.
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Sri Lanka Bans Cluster Munitions
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 18 Mar 2018 00:29 GMT ]
Officials have denied the armed forces ever used these weapons, although there were allegations of use during Sri Lanka’s civil war which ended in 2009.
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State of Emergency Declared in Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 13 Mar 2018 00:09 GMT ]
The government needs to protect the human rights of all ethnic groups to ensure that the ugly communal violence that presaged Sri Lanka’s long civil war does not return.
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Blooming Errors In Sampanthan’s Eelam-Bud Thesis–A Rejoinder
[ CT ] [ 02 Mar 2018 02:05 GMT ]
It is the Sinhalese people, not the Tamil people who should decide whether they are prepared to share power with the Tamils within and undivided and indivisible country or force the Tamil people to invoke the principle to the right to self-determination.
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Amnesty International Report - SRI LANKA 2017/2018
[ Amnesty International ] [ 24 Feb 2018 00:49 GMT ]
Sri Lanka continued to pursue its 2015 commitments to deliver justice, truth, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence for alleged crimes under international law, but progress slowed and there was evidence of backsliding.
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Back to The Chess Board
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 Feb 2018 01:26 GMT ]
Worse still, the much-valued programme of constitutional and political reform, peace building, inter-ethnic reconciliation and democratic consolidation will enter an extended state of stalemate.
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The Banality Of Evil
[ Outlook India ] [ 22 Feb 2018 02:05 GMT ]
The original sin of the Sri Lankan state was its origin itself. A structure that depended on a permanent suspicion of the Tamil Other – all leading to a policy of assimilating or annihilating the Other.
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Editorial: Tamil Spring
[ TWG ] [ 19 Feb 2018 01:57 GMT ]
We must confer to both the UN and its co-sponsors in the strongest possible way that the exercise of getting any Sri Lankan government to grant any meaningful autonomy that will protect Tamils from harm's way or any future repetition of the past is a futile exercise.
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70 TOO MANY
[ TSIMT ] [ 18 Feb 2018 00:51 GMT ]
Voices are heard in the North, weeping. A thousand women weeping for their children, refusing to be comforted, for they do not know if they live or have died.
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Editorial: Fault Line
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 15 Feb 2018 00:01 GMT ]
Through Sri Lanka’s 70 years of independence Sinhala ethno-nationalist parties have been voted into power whenever any possibility of power sharing with Tamils drew near, and governments who oppressed Tamils have been consistently rewarded by Sinhala voters.
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The fear inside us: Confronting Sri Lanka's past
[ Al Jazeera ] [ 10 Feb 2018 00:02 GMT ]
Once political parties dominated by the Sinhalese majority got entrenched, they pushed through certain policies that had an effect on the everyday life of Tamils and made them feel marginalised.
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TNA wants solution on par with Oslo Declaration
[ Daily Mirror ] [ 06 Feb 2018 02:55 GMT ]
The TNA in its manifesto for the forthcoming local government election said that that the solution it seeks with regard to the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka was similar to what was in the Oslo Declaration.
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Sri Lanka: Caged Independence
[ SL Guardian ] [ 04 Feb 2018 03:55 GMT ]
Sri Lanka, in its current state, evolved from an aristocratic democracy to a militarised ethnocracy, leaving limited space for minority rights to prosper, let alone integrating all communities to be part of one nation.
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Is Sri Lanka on course for a lost decade?
[ East Asia Forum ] [ 02 Feb 2018 02:10 GMT ]
Should the government abandon constitutional reform, the TNA may begin to lose ground to their previously electorally unsuccessful and more strongly Tamil nationalist rivals.
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Reality check in Sri Lanka
[ The Hindu ] [ 01 Feb 2018 03:57 GMT ]
In the last three years, the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration has left the people of Sri Lanka, including Tamils, with fewer reasons to remain hopeful.
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Sri Lanka: Repeal Draconian Security Law
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 29 Jan 2018 04:51 GMT ]
For decades, the PTA has been used to arbitrarily detain suspects for months and often years without charge or trial, facilitating torture, and other abuse.
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Banker, tea-boy, librarian, intellectual
[ The Hindu ] [ 10 Jan 2018 01:59 GMT ]
Best known for his political essays and his novel When Memory Dies, Mr. Sivanandan made original contributions to understanding communities of resistance in Britain.
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JAFFNA FISHERMEN - Sri Lanka
[ Ada Derana ] [ 30 Dec 2017 02:45 GMT ]
At the time of educating the Sinhalese of the truth to establish reconciliation, a false propaganda claims Jaffna Kingdom was ruled by Aryan lords whilst exploiting the fishing crisis.
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Sri Lanka Joins Global Landmine Ban
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 16 Dec 2017 00:03 GMT ]
'After deliberating for almost two decades, Sri Lanka ultimately decided to get on the right side of history by relinquishing antipersonnel mines,' Goose said.
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Sri Lanka At The Crossroads
[ CT ] [ 11 Dec 2017 00:37 GMT ]
Taking advantage of the Westminster-type constitution, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists now claim, in the name of the state, to rule the whole country, unilaterally deciding the fate of Tamils and Muslims in the North and East.
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Thousands of British Tamils commemorate Maaveerar Naal
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 28 Nov 2017 00:05 GMT ]
The British parliamentarian added that the parliamentary group will continue to work to increase international pressure on Sri Lanka to hold them accountable for mass atrocities committed against the Tamil people.
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The Constitution conundrum
[ The Hindu ] [ 26 Nov 2017 01:20 GMT ]
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution created a system of diarchy in the structure of government, the two centres of power managed to function in a spirit of cooperation.
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Sri Lanka: Adopt Timeline for Action
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 16 Nov 2017 00:05 GMT ]
'UN members need to look beyond the increasingly hollow promises of reform, and insist that the government present an action plan and timeline for honoring its commitments.'
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The forgotten people
[ The Hindu ] [ 15 Nov 2017 02:11 GMT ]
The plight of Sri Lankan refugees, who have been here for nearly 35 years, appears to have gone out of the public consciousness.
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Reid has found a new life
[ Shepparton News ] [ 22 Oct 2017 03:08 GMT ]
His story is filled with fear, discrimination and injustice, but also a desire to represent and create a better life for his people.
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Demographic future of Sri Lanka
[ SL Guardian ] [ 10 Oct 2017 02:55 GMT ]
With 89,000 war widows among Tamils, 25,000 of whom are from Batticaloa and 4000 women under the age of 40, there was a marriage squeeze of Tamil women.
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Just Back From...Sri Lanka
[ Harpers BAZAAR ] [ 04 Oct 2017 03:01 GMT ]
Buddhist culture was one of my personal favorite takeaways that it can be broken down into one simple rule of being a good person, and with that in mind, being good to the Earth and the people that inhabit it.
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Jaffna yet to over come trauma of war
[ Millinium Post ] [ 07 Sep 2017 00:57 GMT ]
Kumaratunga believes this is a 'golden opportunity' for Sri Lanka to address the Tamil question, for both the major parties of the country are in government together.
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'Fearless' Indian journalist shot dead
[ BBC ] [ 05 Sep 2017 23:45 GMT ]
The Editors Guild of India released a statement calling her murder an 'ominous portent for dissent in democracy and a brutal assault on the freedom of the press'.
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The Killing Fields
[ Modern Farmer ] [ 12 Aug 2017 00:09 GMT ]
A mysterious kidney disease afflicts an estimated 400,000 people in the province, representing about a third of its population.
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GATHERING EVIDENCE - UNSTOPPED
[ ITJP ] [ 17 July 2017 03:32 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has made it clear another domestic mechanism will not have the trust of victims after so many have failed to deliver justice.
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Sri Lanka’s Difficulty With Truth
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 14 July 2017 03:05 GMT ]
Foreign governments watching Sri Lanka’s progress on the resolution need to ask tough questions about why yet another Sri Lankan Government report is banished into silence.
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Changing perceptions in South Asia
[ The Kathmandu Post ] [ 25 Jun 2017 02:27 GMT ]
Countries in South Asia seem to be embroiled in a never-ending display of confusion, suspicion, misconception and a lack of understanding about each other.
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Limits of exclusivism
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 Jun 2017 03:05 GMT ]
The Centre also aggravates the dire state of the Tamil community with a terribly flawed reconstruction programme, with no meaningful investment in the local economy or job creation.
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Sri Lanka’s elusive housing logic
[ The Hindu ] [ 17 Jun 2017 01:25 GMT ]
Activists and a section of northern residents are worried that the proposal to build steel homes will neither regenerate local economy nor employ local labour in the war-torn areas.
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The cost of a cup of tea
[ Church Times ] [ 16 Jun 2017 03:55 GMT ]
'Tea-pickers are considered the lowest of the low, despite being the backbone of the Sri Lankan economy,'
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Sri Lanka’s missing people
[ The Daily Star ] [ 27 May 2017 04:44 GMT ]
As many as 65,000 people, mostly from the ethnic Tamil minority, are still missing in the country.
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Sri Lanka's Transition to Nowhere
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 17 May 2017 01:25 GMT ]
If current dynamics continue, the country will likely lose a real opportunity to address the roots of its decades of political turmoil. The chances of an eventual return to violence would then grow considerably.
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Upcountry Tamils set to welcome Modi
[ The Hindu ] [ 11 May 2017 01:02 GMT ]
Senior upcountry leaders deemed the Prime Minister's visit 'historic', after Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru's visits in the pre-Independence era.
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Feasting on Tamil performing arts
[ The Jakarta Post ] [ 27 Apr 2017 02:45 GMT ]
The event is an annual signature event organized by ITS to showcase cuisine, traditional games and performing arts from the Tamil-speaking community.
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Bend It Like Granny
[ BBC ] [ 26 Apr 2017 00:10 GMT ]
Nanammal is 98 years old and an expert yoga instructor from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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SRI LANKA: 'ONLY JUSTICE CAN HEAL OUR WOUNDS'
[ Amnesty International ] [ 19 Apr 2017 01:05 GMT ]
Amnesty International urges Sri Lanka to seek and accept international assistance where it is needed to ensure the most effective and rigorous process possible, so that all Sri Lankans can finally learn the truth.
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Sri Lanka’s slow dance on transitional justice
[ Lowy Institute for International Policy ] [ 15 Apr 2017 01:53 GMT ]
The suppression of Tamil rights in a range of areas – including language, education, employment and land – led to the rise of Tamil militancy in the 1970s.
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Why Sri Lanka's past refuses to be forgotten
[ Amnesty International ] [ 09 Apr 2017 03:02 GMT ]
They must commit to a public timeline in order to restore the people’s confidence that justice is on track and assure them that they are serious about taking action.
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Whither human rights in Sri Lanka?
[ The Hindu ] [ 28 Mar 2017 20:17 GMT ]
The state is at the core of the historical problems, whether it is repressive militarisation, the reinforcement of majoritarian interests or the centralisation of state power in Colombo.
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Martin McGuinness 'was freedom fighter, not terrorist'
[ BBC ] [ 24 Mar 2017 00:05 GMT ]
'We spent a lot of time together when I was President and I wanted to honour him for what he did, for changing from war to peace and to emphasise that, its' one thing to make a peace, another thing to make it work and that's an endless process' - President Clinton.
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Sri Lanka: Ballot Vs Bullet
[ SL Guardian ] [ 20 Mar 2017 05:11 GMT ]
It is the mode and the manner of Governance that decides the Choice between the Ballot and the Bullet.
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Sri Lanka: Many misunderstood our advocacy
[ SL Guardian ] [ 16 Mar 2017 05:47 GMT ]
Former President Chandrika, whom I earlier criticised for her 'War for Peace' as now having the potential to become the mother of a united rainbow nation of three ethnic groups and four religions.
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Return land, restore dignity
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 14 Mar 2017 06:22 GMT ]
Forcible appropriation of land not only attacks the socio-economic well-being and livelihoods of the people to whom it belongs.
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Editorial: Elusive reconciliation
[ The Hindu ] [ 08 Mar 2017 02:02 GMT ]
The Sirisena-Wikremesinghe government should seize the moment and start addressing the core issues, keeping reconciliation and the future of Sri Lanka in mind.
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Sri Lanka: UN Human Rights Council
[ UK PARLIAMENT ] [ 03 Mar 2017 02:07 GMT ]
Many of the key promises made by the Government of Sri Lanka in 2015 - justice, accountability, human rights protections, reconciliation - have not been fulfilled.
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Key elements for a follow-up resolution on Sri Lanka
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 27 Feb 2017 05:17 GMT ]
Anything less would fall substantially short of the expectations of victims, and risk undermining faith in the process long before the promises of reconciliation, justice and reform have been translated into reality.
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Are Tamil leaders losing patience?
[ The Hindu ] [ 25 Feb 2017 01:24 GMT ]
The tone and content of his address, moving an adjournment motion, signalled a possible shift in the Tamil leader's engagement with the government.
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Sri Lanka's constitution making process is in the doldrums
[ The New Indian Express] [ 18 Feb 2017 02:44 GMT ]
Samaraweera said that priority will be given to drafting a new constitution because the new constitution will be the ultimate guarantor of equality, justice, and non-recurrences of the ugly inter-ethnic incidents of the past.
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Sustained Concerns About Torture in Sri Lanka
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 17 Feb 2017 04:14 GMT ]
The obligation to prevent torture is that of the state; if they don’t tackle institutional reform and security sector reform seriously then the international community must start to put them on terms.'
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Treasures of the Indus - Of Gods and Men
[ BBC iPlayer ] [ 13 Feb 2017 01:02 GMT ]
In a journey across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sona Datta traces the development of the Hindu religion from its origins as an amalgamation of local faith traditions to its dominant position today.
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Lankan Tamils want a political settlement
[ Daily News & Analysis ] [ 12 Feb 2017 02:25 GMT ]
Wigneswaran alleged that President Maithripala Sirisena had misled the opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan by not settling the Tamil question as pledged by him in 2016.
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Maithripala Sirisena And Sri Lanka's False Dawn
[ Forbes ] [ 04 Feb 2017 00:33 GMT ]
The transitional justice process has been marred by opacity, an absence of leadership, a lack of inclusivity and a reneging of previous commitments pertaining to robust international participation.
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SRI LANKA: REFUSING TO DISAPPEAR
[ Amnesty International ] [ 31 Jan 2017 00:03 GMT ]
Until parents, wives, siblings, and children know the truth about the fate of a missing family member, they can find it almost impossible to seek justice and reparation for crimes they have suffered.
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Sri Lanka: Justice is paramount
[ SL Guardian ] [ 27 Jan 2017 03:11 GMT ]
With a backlog of over 100,000 alleged enforced disappearances since the late 1980s, there is no shortage of examples of frustrated justice.
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Why did no one see the bull hit?
[ The Tribune ] [ 26 Jan 2017 04:28 GMT ]
Many believe that one of the images unearthed during excavations of the Indus Valley civilization is an image of a person fighting a bull during Jallikattu.
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Sri Lanka braces for trouble ahead
[ The Manila Times ] [ 21 Jan 2017 15:02 GMT ]
Signs of growing grassroots opposition to the central government are cropping up in Tamil areas, mostly in response to the enduring presence of Sri Lankan forces there and their continued occupation of land.
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Sri Lanka: Adopt Task Force's Justice Proposals
[ Human Right Watch ] [ 12 Jan 2017 01:55 GMT ]
The government should recognize that its commitments were not only to concerned governments in Geneva, but to its own citizens seeking justice and reconciliation after a terrible war.'
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Time for a political solution
[ The Hindu ] [ 11 Jan 2017 01:00 GMT ]
For lakhs of Tamils still struggling to rebuild their lives since the island's brutal war that ended seven years ago, the wait has been long and painful.
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Had We But World Enough, and Time
[ The Indian Express ] [ 22 Dec 2016 01:15 GMT ]
'When you have the consciousness to understand that you belong to a culture and a history that is being destroyed, you realise it is your duty to be an embodiment of that history and culture.
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EU: Don't turn a blind eye to torture in Sri Lanka
[ The Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 18 Dec 2016 02:14 GMT ]
The EU Commission must remain mindful of the role that GSP+ will surely play in the much broader effort, to ensure that Sri Lanka effectively deals with the legacy of the war through a credible justice and reconciliation process.
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Remembering and rebuilding
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 11 Dec 2016 03:39 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's faltering approach over the last year does not bode well for those who wish to see a genuine peace on the island.
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Sri Lanka's UN Fiasco
[ Huffington Post ] [ 19 Nov 2016 02:44 GMT ]
Sri Lanka was recently under the microscope of the committee and, to put it mildly, things did not go smoothly.
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UN probe sought on torture by Sri Lankan security forces
[ The Indian Express ] [ 18 Nov 2016 00:02 GMT ]
'The international community, including the UN is under an obligation to ensure that the Government of Sri Lanka honours its commitments made in the Human Rights Council in regard to the transitional justice programme in Sri Lanka.
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The Lankan example
[ Dawn ] [ 28 Oct 2016 00:23 GMT ]
Sri Lanka is realising that ending a war doesn't equal peace. It only represents a window of opportunity.
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Sri Lanka: Separatists or Minorities?
[ The Diplomat ] [ 27 Oct 2016 03:44 GMT ]
The government has done little to credibly identify and address the root causes of the conflict, despite calls by local minority political parties and many foreign governments for a political settlement.
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Travails of a war-torn people
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 Sep 2016 02:42 GMT ]
The need of the hour is a movement for social justice combining calls to address the grievances of minorities with demands for decent economic life for the citizenry at large.
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Sri Lanka's Fleeing Tamils
[ World Policy ] [ 21 Sep 2016 04:24 GMT ]
Fear or experience of severe persecution, in addition to a de facto military occupation in the northern, predominantly Tamil parts of Sri Lanka, appear to be key push factors in the latest waves of emigration.
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Sri Lanka: Still Counting the Wounds
[ The Indian Express ] [ 01 Sep 2016 00:05 GMT ]
Scholars argue that the sprouting of Buddhist shrines and icons in the north will inevitably be seen as cultural colonisation and will hamper reconciliation efforts.
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Caught by the tiger
[ The Hindu ] [ 29 Aug 2016 02:07 GMT ]
Engaging not only for its thrilling description about war, captivity and freedom, but also for its moral courage in imagining the possible future of a reconciled republic.
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Why Sri Lanka Doesn't Trust the UN
[ The Diplomat ] [ 28 Aug 2016 00:15 GMT ]
Supranational bodies shall have the authority to take decisive action on matters of human rights if a state party is either unable or unwilling to promote, protect, incorporate, and disseminate international human rights principles.
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US Commends Sri Lanka's Reconciliation Measures
[ Voice of America ] [ 24 July 2016 01:02 GMT ]
According to U.N. estimates, up to 100,000 people were killed in the 26-year war, but many more are feared dead, including up to 40,000 civilians in the final months of the fighting.
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EU links aid to reconciliation in Sri Lanka
[ The Hindu ] [ 23 July 2016 03:05 GMT ]
The European Union (EU), one of leading trading partners of Sri Lanka, has urged the latter to include reconciliation and good governance under its €210-million development programme.
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When Mirrors Are Windows
[ Oxford University Press ] [ 15 July 2016 02:29 GMT ]
Scholarly writings sourced from the A.K. Ramanujan Papers archived at the University of Chicago - are studied to illuminate the influence of classical Tamil, medieval bhakti, and oral folk aesthetics and literature on his work.
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Sri Lanka must stay the course
[ The Hindu ] [ 09 July 2016 02:45 GMT ]
Having set in motion the process for a new Constitution and measures for reconciliation and reform, any loss of momentum now on the part of the government will result in a loss of credibility.
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Sri Lanka government consulted us on OMP bill: TNA
[ The Hindu ] [ 02 July 2016 05:10 GMT ]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), on Friday acknowledged that the Sri Lanka government had consulted the alliance during the preparation of the draft bill on the Office on Missing Persons (OMP).
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Sri Lanka: Broken promises again at the UN?
[ Asian Correspondent ] [ 22 June 2016 00:10 GMT ]
The international community should insist on course correction by Colombo through both a strong oral update by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights later this month and by the co-sponsors of Resolution 30/1.
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Sri Lanka: Enforce Commission Directives on Terror Detainees
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 13 June 2016 05:51 GMT ]
The government has still not put forward a plan to provide redress for those unjustly detained under the PTA, or addressed the issue of detainees charged and prosecuted solely on the basis of coerced confessions obtained during detention.
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A tale of two languages
[ The Himal Southasia ] [ 09 June 2016 05:29 GMT ]
Will the new Constitution mend the deep scars left behind after the conflict?
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Time to seize the moment in Sri Lanka
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 26 May 2016 01:50 GMT ]
There is no better place to start than by acknowledging the suffering and injustice experienced by all communities - and the equal right to remember and mourn.
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Sri Lanka: Jumpstarting the Reform Process
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 24 May 2016 03:10 GMT ]
To rebuild confidence among Tamil communities in the north and east, the government must quickly release detainees and military-occupied land, begin credible inquiries into the fate of the disappeared, investigate and end abuses and repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
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Preventing Post-LTTE Violence in Sri Lanka
[ Economic and Political Weekly ] [ 14 May 2016 18:11 GMT ]
If political violence is to be averted, the state ought to provide a package of reforms that addresses the core grievances of the Tamil population.
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Sri Lanka's path to peace
[ Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 07 May 2016 02:57 GMT ]
For many in the north and east of Sri Lanka the conflict has not ended and structural violence continues to be a part of their daily lives.
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Rampant militarisation across the North-East - Report
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 21 Apr 2016 03:02 GMT ]
'Sri Lanka's continuing lack of progress on key issues such as accountability and demilitarization throws into question the government's sincerity and political will to implement the pledges it has made,'
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Post-war Sri Lanka
[ RisingKashmir ] [ 20 Apr 2016 01:55 GMT ]
Fundamental issues when left unaddressed can lead to violent uprising at any time.
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Sri Lanka Tamils Look for Federal Solution
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 17 Apr 2016 03:08 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA is seeking a federal solution to resolve the long-pending issue of political independence for the counry's minority Tamil community.
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Stand with Survivors
[ Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 15 Apr 2016 02:17 GMT ]
The survivors of Sri Lanka's civil war have been ignored for too long.
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A bridge too far?
[ The Asian Age ] [ 08 Apr 2016 02:09 GMT ]
The DMK had pulled out in protest over India's reticence over the wording of a UN resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations during the 30-year long civil war.
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Treasures of the Indus
[ BBC iPlayer ] [ 25 Mar 2016 01:26 GMT ]
This is the story of the Indian subcontinent told through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world.
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The Continuing Need For International Presence
[ CT ] [ 14 Mar 2016 05:44 GMT ]
The issue of international participation should not become or be seen as foreign interference that erodes national sovereignty. On the contrary, it is to strengthen the confidence of the Tamil polity in the transition process.
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Tamil Chair at Harvard University
[ Generosity ] [ 04 Mar 2016 02:15 GMT ]
The creation of a permanent Tamil Chair at Harvard University is vital for the longevity and health of the Tamil language in the western hemisphere.
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Sri Lanka After the Tigers
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 21 Feb 2016 01:29 GMT ]
The Sri Lankan government has a historic opportunity to mend a nation broken by war. But it will only succeed if accountability triumphs over old distrust.
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Tamil council calls for federalism
[ The Hindu ] [ 03 Feb 2016 00:01 GMT ]
The Tamil People's Council, a forum of different Tamil political parties and groups, has proposed that Sri Lanka be converted into a federal republic.
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Sri Lanka: Fulfill Rights Council Call for Justice
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 26 Jan 2016 00:15 GMT ]
'The countries that worked so closely with Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council last year have a responsibility to ensure that this important resolution will be properly adopted, Adams said.
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Sri Lanka's Rebirth
[ Project Syndicate ] [ 26 Jan 2016 00:02 GMT ]
What is required is full integration of the Tamils, Sri Lanka's embittered minority, into the country's economic life.
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Key to Lanka's success
[ Arab News ] [ 25 Jan 2016 04:51 GMT ]
There is a conviction in Sri Lanka today that by shedding majoritarian ego and displaying magnanimity the country can be re-invented.
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Sri Lanka PM vows greater political power for Tamils
[ The Daily Mail UK ] [ 17 Jan 2016 00:05 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's prime minister on Friday promised greater political power to the island's Tamil minority under a new constitution aimed at preventing a return to ethnic war and healing the wounds of the past.
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Sri Lanka's historic opportunity
[ The Hindu ] [ 12 Jan 2016 04:41 GMT ]
It is a historic opportunity for all stake-holders, including Tamils, Muslims and plantation Tamils, to participate in the process. It is time all sides left their nationalist rhetoric of the past behind.
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TMP Watchdog of Lanka Tamil Politics
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 11 Jan 2016 03:49 GMT ]
The Tamil Makkal Peravai (TMP),is not a rival to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), but is a non-partisan, civil society watchdog meant to see that the basic interests of the Lankan Tamils are upheld by their leaders and not compromised for petty gains.
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Scholars too flock to Puducherry
[ The Hindu ] [ 04 Jan 2016 00:02 GMT ]
Penguin Publishers in collaboration with the French Institute of Pondicherry brought out a book on the contemporary Tamil writing in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka : History
[ The Commonwealth ] [ 24 Dec 2015 04:05 GMT ]
Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages filtered down to Sri Lanka, from the south and north of India respectively, with modern-day Tamils and Sinhalese each often claiming their forefathers arrived first.
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A Few Thoughts on Sri Lanka's New Court
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 05 Dec 2015 02:49 GMT ]
The announcement of this new court means that Sri Lanka will finally begin adding a degree of specificity towards its transitional justice approach.
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US Ambassador praises resilience of Tamil journalists
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 22 Nov 2015 05:55 GMT ]
Pointing to a media worker who had been assaulted, she acknowledged the threats faced, 'as this man's body attests, because he bears the evidence of the sacrifices you all make for the good of your people.
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Justice for a Sri Lankan Massacre
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 18 Nov 2015 01:11 GMT ]
The government should recognize that there can only be justice for the ACF killings if all those responsible - not just the low-ranking triggermen - are held to account.
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Sri Lanka mourns activist monk
[ UCA News ] [ 12 Nov 2015 05:05 GMT ]
"The highest tribute we could pay, is to continue with his struggle to ensure that the qualities of honesty, transparency and justice are strongly entrenched in the public life of this country,"
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How can Sri Lanka Demonstrate its Commitment to Peace?
[ Foreign Policy ] [ 03 Nov 2015 00:05 GMT ]
Demilitarization, returning more civilian land to its rightful owners and releasing (or at least bringing to trial) political prisoners are fundamental war-related issues and of utmost importance to the Tamil community.
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No graves for Sri Lanka's disappeared
[ UCA News ] [ 01 Nov 2015 04:28 GMT ]
About 40,000 civilians died during the final days of that war. It was a period of unlawful killings, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and torture.
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REFUGEES - Now here and nowhere
[ Frontline ] [ 30 Oct 2015 05:17 GMT ]
As the debate rages on what constitutes conditions conducive to the return of the refugees, the life of the refugee continues to remain in limbo.
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'The identity of Sri Lanka must be redefined'
[ SL Guardian ] [ 28 Oct 2015 04:15 GMT ]
We Tamils also demand an honest attempt at finding a political solution in addition to the reparations to those affected. Thereafter the reconciliation process can be realised.
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Sri Lanka at a Crossroads
[ The Huffington Post UK ] [ 26 Oct 2015 00:47 GMT ]
It's essential that one important group is not forgotten - exiled victims and witnesses.
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Sri Lanka: UN Resolution Could Advance Justice
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 30 Sep 2015 00:03 GMT ]
'The resolution's endorsement of a judicial mechanism with international participation is an important recognition of the need for an international role to ensure justice for victims.'
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Resolution on Sri Lanka at the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
[ U.S. State Department ] [ 25 Sep 2015 11:44 GMT ]
Today the United States, Sri Lanka, and our partners tabled a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that represents a landmark shared recognition of the critical importance of truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-recurrence in promoting reconciliation and ensuring an enduring peace and prosperity for all Sri Lankans.
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Sri Lanka's watershed moment
[ The Boston Globe ] [ 23 Sep 2015 05:01 GMT ]
The process of accountability in Sri Lanka has to be accompanied by domestic pursuit of a lasting political solution.
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Statement on the UN Sri Lanka Investigation Report
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 21 Sep 2015 02:15 GMT ]
Their acceptance by the government and strong follow-through by the president and prime minister can be a path-breaking moment in Sri Lanka's democratic recovery and its emergence as a more stable and inclusive state.
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The fine balance of hybrid courts
[ The Hindu ] [ 19 Sep 2015 05:51 GMT ]
It stops short of calling for an international investigation, preferring instead to advocate a 'hybrid court' - a mechanism utilised in aid of transitional justice.
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Call to probe Sri Lanka war crimes
[ Independent Online ] [ 13 Sep 2015 02:05 GMT ]
President Maithripala Sirisena, who is backed overwhelmingly by ethnic minority Tamils and Muslims, has promised a domestic probe with international standards to address abuses and reconciliation.
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Human misery behind a cup of tea
[ BBC ] [ 08 Sep 2015 03:55 GMT ]
Living and working conditions are so bad, and wages so low, that tea workers and their families are left malnourished and vulnerable to fatal illnesses.
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The Curse of the Obama Doctrine
[ Foreign Policy ] [ 04 Sep 2015 05:24 GMT ]
The abrogation by the world's leading power of its leadership responsibilities has contributed to the contemporary tragedy we are witnessing.
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Daybreak in Lanka
[ The Statesman ] [ 01 Sep 2015 00:16 GMT ]
Even after six years of the end of the civil war, the war-weary Tamils' most urgent needs remain unmet.
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Sri Lankan Tamils still wait for elusive reconciliation
[ UCA News ] [ 28 Aug 2015 05:49 GMT ]
"A number of unresolved issues remain, including the lack of progress toward a long-term political solution, human rights violations, thousands of widows, political prisoners and disappeared, allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes,"
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Sri Lanka Chooses Change
[ Despatch Times ] [ 23 Aug 2015 04:08 GMT ]
Wickremesinghe agreed with President Sirisena's party to form a national unity government to push ahead with reforms.
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Sri Lanka Between Elections
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 12 Aug 2015 11:12 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's chance to finally start on the road to a sustainable resolution of the country's decades-long ethnic strife, including a negotiated political settlement, depends on the outcome.
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VISION OF HOPE - Part II - Freedom
[ TWG ] [ 12 Aug 2015 02:12 GMT ]
The Tamil question must be resolved within the framework of a federal system that is free of interference from Colombo, with Tamils able to exercise their desire to control their own lives, to rule their own destinies, and to govern themselves in their traditional home land.
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ACF killings: No justice 9 years on
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 07 Aug 2015 03:15 GMT ]
In 2014 ACF publically accused Sri Lanka of delaying justice for the massacres and called for an international inquiry into the killings.
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The 'Unfinished War' Against Sri Lanka's Tamils
[ The Diplomat ] [ 01 Aug 2015 01:05 GMT ]
Let's hope that those walking the corridors of power in Washington, London, Geneva and elsewhere haven't forgotten that sustained, constructive engagement with Sri Lanka is absolutely essential.
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TAMIL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
[ Harvard University ] [ 27 July 2015 05:22 GMT ]
Tamil has one of the oldest literary traditions in the world with traceable beginnings to over 2,000 years ago and is spoken by over 65 million people worldwide.
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TNA reiterates self determination, North-East re-merger
[ The Hindu ] [ 25 July 2015 15:09 GMT ]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a coalition of four parties in Sri Lanka, on Saturday reiterated its adherence to the right to self determination for Tamils and the re-merger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces under federal structure.
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The American Stake in Myanmar and Sri Lanka
[ The Diplomat ] [ 19 July 2015 01:55 GMT ]
Washington has made it clear that democratic progress must continue, and that there must be accountability for the killings at the end of the civil war for bilateral relations to improve.
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'Tamil people must attain self-rule'
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 16 July 2015 05:08 GMT ]
The Northern Province Chief Minister, C. V. Wigneswaran, has stressed that comprehensive autonomy for Tamils in the North-East is the only way of recovering from the effects of genocide.
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Age-old Tolerant Haven Warrants Legal Props
[ New Indian Express ] [ 21 June 2015 04:44 GMT ]
We should renew our commitment to extend our helping hand to these unfortunate people who have been forced to flee their homeland due to insecurity and persecution.
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Sri Lanka's Wounds of War
[ Foreign Policy ] [ 13 June 2015 05:08 GMT ]
It remains too early to say for now how far Sri Lanka will be able to go in mending its strained past.
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The blight of militarisation
[ The Hindu ] [ 06 June 2015 01:25 GMT ]
The occupation by the military of the land of those displaced in the civil war is a prime cause of resentment.
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Atrocities in the frame
[ Open Democracy ] [ 31 May 2015 01:14 GMT ]
Documentaries such as No Fire Zone perform a politically crucial service in safeguarding the subjectivity and the very humanity.
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Help at last for Sri Lanka war widows
[ IRIN ] [ 27 May 2015 01:08 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's new government estimated last month that Northern Province, which bore the brunt of the three decades of conflict, has an astonishing 50,000 families headed by single women.
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Sri Lankan Tamils openly mark anniversary of war's end
[ The HIndustan Times ] [ 19 May 2015 03:41 GMT ]
Hundreds of Tamils lit oil lamps and gave offerings of flowers during a ceremony in Mullivaikkal village that was held openly for the first time after the country's new government lifted a ban on commemorating Tamil victims.
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A new Sri Lanka?
[ International Crisis Group ] [ 19 May 2015 01:20 GMT ]
Sirisena has made a number of small but positive moves to address longstanding grievances of Tamils in the north and east where they are the majority.
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VISION OF HOPE
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 18 May 2015 00:18 GMT ]
The question remains as to whether Tamils will be brave and prepared to move on from the past violent years of suffering by swapping a clear opportunity for peace.
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Sri Lanka: New Army Chief a Blow to Justice
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 17 May 2015 12:02 GMT ]
'The government's appointment of General Dias is further proof that Sri Lanka needs an independent justice process with a strong international component that can undertake impartial investigations and prosecutions,' Adams said.
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In search of truth in Lanka
[ The Hindu ] [ 07 May 2015 02:09 GMT ]
The one-hour film was screened at the Chennai Press Club here on Sunday as part of the World Press Freedom Day celebrations.
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Sri Lanka: Widows of War
[ Aljazeera ] [ 27 Apr 2015 02:03 GMT ]
The guns have since fallen silent but 90,000 widows like Sivalingam are now struggling to earn enough to feed themselves and their children.
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How countries cope with migrants seeking asylum by boat
[ CTV ] [ 22 Apr 2015 02:52 GMT ]
Two recent shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea believed to have taken the lives of as many as 1,300 asylum seekers and migrants has highlighted the escalating flow of people fleeing persecution, war and economic difficulties in their homelands.
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Minority Report
[ The Asian Age ] [ 21 Apr 2015 03:18 GMT ]
Any democratic government has to be mindful of the views of small groups that have a significant number of votes.
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The Wind Hums A Tamil Air
[ Outlook ] [ 20 Apr 2015 02:04 GMT ]
Ties had been built with Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and IndoÂnesia, onward to China. Dominating this maritime trade were Tamil merchants.
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Sri Lanka: Can Sirisena Deliver on Reforms?
[ The Diplomat ] [ 18 Apr 2015 00:25 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's complex political transition - towards more responsible governance, lasting institutional reform, and healing the wounds of three decades of war - is still in its early stages.
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Sri Lanka: The more things change...
[ Frontline ] [ 17 Apr 2015 01:02 GMT ]
'successive governments asked the Lankan public to tolerate the curtailment of civil liberties under Emergency Regulations…. Over time, these restrictions created an entire generation that does not know what normalcy is.'
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Winning Sri Lanka's peace
[ Japan Times ] [ 08 Apr 2015 04:55 GMT ]
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa made only the most half-hearted of efforts to bring about reconciliation with our Tamil citizens.
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A House For Tamils
[ Outlook India ] [ 28 Mar 2015 00:11 GMT ]
We want a political solution first and only then, all this development.'
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Modi's Lankan Visit Can be 'Transformational': Tamil Diaspora
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 12 Mar 2015 04:04 GMT ]
The devolution package contained in the 13th Amendment of the Lankan constitution is inadequate and requested Modi to bring about a permanent political solution 'jointly facilitated, mediated, and underwritten by India, EU, US, and the UN.'
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After decades, Sri Lanka war widows demand justice
[ Asia News] [ 16 Feb 2015 02:29 GMT ]
The signatories call on Sri Lankan authorities to set up an independent investigation to find the truth about past human rights violations, discover the fate of the "forgotten" victims of the civil war.
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'Delhi must push Colombo on devolution'
[ The Hindu ] [ 15 Feb 2015 03:07 GMT ]
There are similar constitutional arrangements in India, he said, adding that the countries needed to engage on the basis of an idea of shared sovereignty.
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A time for healing
[ The Indian Express ] [ 13 Feb 2015 00:02 GMT ]
The new government has given indications that it will not be unresponsive to the concerns of the Tamils.
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Shock and Joy in Sri Lanka
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 31 Jan 2015 02:56 GMT ]
The biggest challenge will be reconciliation with the minorities and resolving the Tamil national issue.
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New Crossroad?
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 17 Jan 2015 03:55 GMT ]
The return of normalcy to the Tamil areas and a political solution to the Tamil question, will be determined entirely by international pressure.
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A New Era in Sri Lanka’s Politics?
[ IDSA ] [ 16 Jan 2015 02:27 GMT ]
The unfettering of democracy would work to the advantage of all the stakeholders with an interest in fostering a multi-ethnic and plural polity and maintaining democratic stability.
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Can the ‘unknown angel’ deliver?
[ The Hindu ] [ 15 Jan 2015 04:48 GMT ]
The international community will and should continue to pressure for accountability for the unspeakable atrocities during the war: brutal murders, rapes and killing of innocent civilians.
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Postwar Sri Lanka’s Awkward Peace
[ The New York Times ] [ 06 Jan 2015 02:55 GMT ]
Thousands of civilians had died there, trapped between the government and the rebels during the last, flattening assaults of the war, but there is no memorial for them.
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Sri Lanka’s Violent Buddhists
[ The New York Times ] [ 04 Jan 2015 00:25 GMT ]
If it continues unchecked, Sri Lanka will face more instability, ethnic polarization and suppression of dissent.
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Diaspora split on the Tamil vote
[ CG ] [ 03 Jan 2015 01:11 GMT ]
Changing the nature of the state, not just a change in government, is the viable path to genuine democracy and permanent peace in the island.
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Last days of the Raj?
[ The Economist ] [ 02 Jan 2015 02:25 GMT ]
Electing Mr Sirisena may also be the only way of saving Sri Lankan democracy.
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Book review: Sri Lanka's Secrets
[ Brisbane Times ] [ 14 Dec 2014 03:38 GMT ]
Initial discrimination in work and educational environments, following independence from the British in 1948, eventually led to state-sanctioned persecution culminating in violent attacks against Tamils.
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Sizing up the Sri Lankan strife
[ The Express Tribune ] [ 08 Dec 2014 00:01 GMT ]
The face of Sri Lanka, with all its natural beauty and jovial people, seems like the face of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa – half-smiling, half-troubled.
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Sri Lanka’s Next Step
[ The Wall Street Journal ] [ 05 Dec 2014 04:52 GMT ]
Sri Lanka has yet to heal from a civil war that cost more than 80,000 lives.
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A legacy for generations
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 02 Dec 2014 03:57 GMT ]
The Tamil homeland remains under military occupation, Tamils continue to face the threat of rape, disappearance, torture and death by the state and the Tamil nation lacks any meaningful autonomy.
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FORUM ON MINORITY ISSUES
[ Amnesty International ] [ 30 Nov 2014 01:35 GMT ]
The United Nations, including the Human Rights Council, must be attentive to this risk and be prepared to assert its authority to prevent further violence and to respond robustly to violence if it occurs.
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A fault in his stars?
[ The Economist ] [ 29 Nov 2014 00:47 GMT ]
Mahinda Rajapaksa expected a coronation. Instead he faces a tricky election.
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An appeal to India’s conscience
[ The Hindu ] [ 14 Nov 2014 00:29 GMT ]
Mr. Wigneswaran’s lecture marks the first articulation from a public platform in Chennai on the plight of Tamils by a legitimately elected leader of the community in the last 25 years.
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Commonwealth fabricates genocidal history
[ TamilNet ] [ 12 Nov 2014 02:01 GMT ]
The page is a good example for how the Eezham Tamils and their posterity (if it wants to remain as Eezham Tamils) would be looked at and treated under a single State in the island.
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Impeding justice
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 04 Nov 2014 00:45 GMT ]
Five years ago the government sought to ban international actors from the battlefied as it systematically herded and slaughtered Tamils in their tens of thousands.
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INDIA'S IMPERATIVES IN SRI LANKA - ANALYSIS
[ Eurasia Review ] [ 24 Oct 2014 01:26 GMT ]
No country has a greater stake than India in ending the legal and political discrimination against Tamil-origin Sri Lankans because of the resonance of their concerns, especially in Tamil Nadu.
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Review: 'This Land Belongs to the Army'
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 19 Oct 2014 03:47 GMT ]
The documentary is an important contribution to the documenting of the ongoing violence against the Tamil nation in Sri Lanka, particularly providing photographic evidence of militarisation and land grabs.
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Death threats en masse for Sri Lankan journalists
[ UCANews ] [ 17 Oct 2014 02:25 GMT ]
According to the Free Media Movement more than 50 journalists have been forced to flee the country during the last 25 years, while more than 80 journalists, staffers or owners of media organizations have been murdered.
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Call for Submissions: OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka
[ United Nations Human Rights Council ] [ 12 Oct 2014 01:01 GMT ]
The OISL will not make final judgments as to criminal guilt; rather, it would make an assessment of possible suspects that may pave the way for future criminal investigations. Submissions must be made by 30 October 2014.
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Sri Lanka before UN Human Rights Committee this week
[ Just Security ] [ 10 Oct 2014 00:09 GMT ]
The issue of accountability, particularly in the context of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country's decades-long civil war, has come under continuing international scrutiny.
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U.S. position on Sri Lanka
[ U.S. State Department ] [ 03 Oct 2014 03:39 GMT ]
The Secretary, in no uncertain terms, made clear to the president that Sri Lanka needed to take meaningful steps to act like a country that is no longer at war and instead is now building a future that includes all of its citizens.
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News from Jaffna
[ Aljazeera ] [ 30 Sep 2014 03:58 GMT ]
A young reporter dares to cover press freedom in one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists - Sri Lanka.
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OHCHR wants accountability in Lanka
[ CG ] [ 27 Sep 2014 02:08 GMT ]
The High Commissioner firmly believes that a more fundamental and far-reaching accountability process in Sri Lanka, addressing both past and ongoing violations.
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Renewing resolve
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 20 Sep 2014 01:01 GMT ]
Sri Lanka has systematically sought to criminalise NGOs and activists.
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Ethnic discrimination in Sri Lanka
[ Khaleej Times ] [ 12 Sep 2014 01:44 GMT ]
It is indeed a tragedy that the entire world has conveniently forgotten about the massacre of the Tamil population in Sri Lanka.
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Sinhala colonisation a great worry for Tamils
[ The Hindu ] [ 28 Aug 2014 04:12 GMT ]
The most urgent step necessary in Sri Lanka is to halt the Sinhala colonisation programme being implemented by the government to change the very identity of the traditional Tamil areas.
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A Letter to Pope Francis
[ TWG ] [ 25 Aug 2014 01:40 GMT ]
We sincerely hope it will also include an open visit to the war ravaged northern Sri Lanka and one which will be free of any attempt to muzzle the local people's access to you.
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Sri Lanka's Intransigence
[ The New York Times ] [ 24 Aug 2014 03:09 GMT ]
If Mr. Rajapaksa's goal is truly, as he claims, truth, justice and reconciliation, he should cooperate with the investigation.
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Call for Submissions: OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka
[ United Nations Human Rights Council ] [ 19 Aug 2014 00:01 GMT ]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by both parties in Sri Lanka. Submissions must be made by 30 October 2014.
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Sri Lanka's accountability crisis
[ Open Democracy ] [ 06 Aug 2014 00:04 GMT ]
It is necessary that all allegations of serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law are credibly investigated, and systematic patterns of abuse exposed.
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Sri Lanka's NGO Clampdown
[ Foreign Policy ] [ 26 July 2014 01:54 GMT ]
Talking about what actually happened during the end of the war would be extremely difficult and even dangerous.
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SRI LANKA: WAS IT A GENOCIDE? - ANALYSIS
[ Eurasia Review ] [ 22 July 2014 01:25 GMT ]
U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright had stated that the least the U.S. could do for the Eelam Tamils was to grant them the right of “remedial sovereigntyâ€ÂÂÂ
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Sri Lanka's Downward Spiral
[ Foreign Policy ] [ 16 July 2014 02:14 GMT ]
The international community's failure to intervene in a host of global hot spots has had devastating consequences.
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SRI LANKA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICAL TOURISM
[ Right Now ] [ 28 June 2014 02:02 GMT ]
War-weary citizens are eager to see some economic benefits and most tourists are oblivious to the history of the war and beaches of Mullaitivu where tens of thousands died.
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SRI LANKA: Advocating A Different Political Project
[ Asian Human Rights Commission ] [ 16 June 2014 00:08 GMT ]
The exploitation, and ultimate destroying, by the political elite of popular movements formed by survivors of political violence from the North to the South is an important core point of this socio-political exploration.
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Time To Act on Sri Lanka
[ The Huffington Post ] [ 11 June 2014 00:55 GMT ]
Why has the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict forgotten the Sri Lankan survivors?
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The perils of peacekeeping
[ UCA News ] [ 08 June 2014 00:02 GMT ]
Making peace is not just a question of political parleying, it's very much a matter of healing souls and bodies.
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UN drafts probe team for Lanka
[ Daily FT ] [ 02 June 2014 03:39 GMT ]
The UN team probing major human rights abuses by both sides during the last seven years of the Sri Lankan war will comprise at least 13 members.
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Slice of Lankan life
[ Financial Chronicle ] [ 30 May 2014 00:02 GMT ]
Gives you a insights into the lives of poor Tamil estate workers unceremoniously packed off to India, uprooted from their soil, feeling the ground slip from beneath their feet.
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Sri Lankan Youth Desperate for Change
[ IPS ] [ 25 May 2014 03:47 GMT ]
Mega development projects have failed to improve the lives of the local population, possibly due to lingering racial discrimination against the Tamil minority.
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US Senate Resolution On Sri Lanka, 19 May 2014
[ Sri Lanka Guardian ] [ 22 May 2014 13:24 GMT ]
Whereas the people of Sri Lanka suffered greatly as a result of this conflict, the impact and aftermath of which has been felt especially by women, children, and families.
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Sri Lanka 5 Years on: Beyond the Beach
[ Aljazeera ] [ 20 May 2014 00:02 GMT ]
Sri Lanka hovers between war and peace, as a profoundly traumatised population grapples with creeping militarisation, continuing ethnic divisions and a crackdown on dissent.
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Tamils bank on Modi
[ The Hindu ] [ 16 May 2014 21:31 GMT ]
The TNA leadership seemed let down by the fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, contrary to speculation, would not be an ally at the Centre.
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Jaffna varsity teachers assert right to mourn
[ The Hindu ] [ 14 May 2014 03:09 GMT ]
'The Tamil people should have the freedom to mourn collectively the untimely death of a large number of members of their community whether or not the dead persons are members of their family,'
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Sri Lanka: Annual Report 2013
[ International Federation of Red Cross ] [ 01 May 2014 03:15 GMT ]
The programme supports a number of community-led initiatives addressing various risks posed by natural and human-made hazards.
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Enter South Africa?
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 30 Apr 2014 02:20 GMT ]
The government of Sri Lanka is not genuine in its attitude to find a political solution, and the talks about talks is just another diversionary tactic,'ÂÂÂ
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Transcending Terror
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 22 Apr 2014 02:27 GMT ]
Any remaining faint hopes of reconciliation, are made even more unlikely.
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Playing with fire
[ The Hindu ] [ 18 Apr 2014 00:55 GMT ]
A section from the Tamil epic 'Manimekhalai' is placed as a parallel of the 'Mullivaikkal' which evokes the actors to speak about the Sri Lanka episode.
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Inducing fear
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 16 Apr 2014 01:14 GMT ]
As the international probe begins its work, escalation of state violence, as a means of repressing Tamil engagement with the probe, is inevitable.
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Canada Suspends Voluntary Commonwealth Funds
[ Government of Canada ] [ 15 Apr 2014 02:06 GMT ]
Canada believes that if the Commonwealth is to remain relevant it must stand in defence of the basic principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human dignity.
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Hearing the silence
[ The Indian Express ] [ 13 Apr 2014 21:48 GMT ]
The Jewish minority was brutally attacked, interned and killed.
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Sri Lanka - Country of Concern
[ UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office ] [ 11 Apr 2014 03:33 GMT ]
A resolution which establishes an international investigation into allegations of violations and abuses of international law on both sides of the conflict, and calls on the Sri Lankan government to make progress on accountability, reconciliation and human rights.
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Sri Lanka stance needs urgent rethink
[ The Herald ] [ 10 Apr 2014 00:50 GMT ]
Sri Lankan Tamils have almost universally made it clear that an honest account of what happened to civilians, along with a political solution, is the only way forward.
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Sri Lanka's Displaced
[ The Diplomat ] [ 09 Apr 2014 03:55 GMT ]
Tens of thousands of internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka place their hopes in a recent UN resolution.
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Still searching for justice: victims in Sri Lanka
[ Open Democracy ] [ 06 Apr 2014 01:25 GMT ]
For the victims and their families in Sri Lanka, the resolution passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council this week in Geneva offers the first glimmer of hope for truth, justice and reparation.
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U.N. launches investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka
[ Reuters ] [ 27 Mar 2014 12:59 GMT ]
By a vote of 23 states in favor, 12 against (including China and Pakistan) and 12 abstentions (including India), the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council adopted a resolution presented by the United States on behalf of countries including Britain.
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Time to Act
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 25 Mar 2014 01:11 GMT ]
What is in the balance are both the possibility of stability and peace in the island, on the one hand, and, the relevance of international humanitarian and human rights law, on the other.
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Sri Lanka and human rights - Never a good time
[ The Economist ] [ 23 Mar 2014 02:05 GMT ]
The world would do Sri Lankan democracy a great favour on March 26th if the UN were to push ahead and call for an international inquiry into both war crimes and ongoing repression.
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Accountability in focus
[ The Hindu ] [ 12 Mar 2014 01:08 GMT ]
The question of the political rights of Tamils remains to be addressed with a measure of seriousness and urgency.
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'UN Ignored Plight of Lankan Tamils'
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 13 Feb 2014 05:55 GMT ]
The proposed international independent investigation recommended by the UNHRC was ignored by Ban Ki-moon, denying justice to Tamils.
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A traumatic past and a stifling present
[ The Hindu ] [ 12 Feb 2014 02:21 GMT ]
It is important to fix accountability for the atrocities committed during the war, it is equally crucial to see if the end of the war has actually translated to peace.
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Why Sri Lankan children in north drop out
[ IRIN ] [ 08 Feb 2014 02:54 GMT ]
The conflict-affected north, where economic pressure and poor prospects are creating conditions that could have negative consequences for the future development of the region.
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Holding Sri Lanka to Account
[ The New York Times ] [ 03 Feb 2014 05:58 GMT ]
It is important that the world stand with those Sri Lankans who have demanded a full accounting of what happened during the war.
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“Tamil People Are Gravely Harmedâ€
[ Sangam ] [ 02 Feb 2014 03:44 GMT ]
The Government is engaged in implementing a programme, the objective of which is to further alter the demographic composition of and alter the linguistic and cultural identity of the Northern and Eastern provinces.
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Sri Lanka - WORLD REPORT 2014
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 25 Jan 2014 02:35 GMT ]
Sri Lanka’s failure over several years to address war crimes allegations prompted the HRC in March to issue a resolution calling on Sri Lanka to independently and credibly investigate violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.
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Country updates: Sri Lanka
[ Foreign and Commonwealth Office ] [ 22 Jan 2014 00:25 GMT ]
The human rights situation in Sri Lanka did not improve during the last three months.
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Sri Lanka: Little Progress on Rights
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 21 Jan 2014 05:55 GMT ]
“The Sri Lankan government makes a lot of claims about pursuing accountability for wartime abuses, but the world is still waiting to see some results,†said Brad Adams.
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Scars of Sri Lanka
[ Al Jazeera ] [ 15 Jan 2014 02:55 GMT ]
Thousands of Tamils, including many who surrendered or were arrested at the end of the war, are still unaccounted for.
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MGR: A legend lives on
[ Business Standard ] [ 14 Jan 2014 05:39 GMT ]
A legendary hero who went on to act in over 130 movies - and also rule Tamil Nadu for 10 long years.
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Happy New Years
[ Khaleej Times ] [ 03 Jan 2014 00:41 GMT ]
It’s also a time to remember your roots, indeed the roots of civilisation.
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Pope stresses strength, courage, hope in new year
[ USA Today ] [ 01 Jan 2014 09:55 GMT ]
Hearing "the cry of peace from peoples who are oppressed by war and by violence," Francis prayed that "the courage of dialogue and reconciliation prevail over the temptation for vendetta, arrogance, corruption."
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Scars of Sri Lanka
[ Aljazeera ] [ 25 Dec 2013 03:47 GMT ]
Tamil groups also claim thousands of Tamils, including many who surrendered or were arrested at the end of the war, are still unaccounted for.
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Modi Triggers Hopes and Fears in Lanka
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 18 Dec 2013 03:58 GMT ]
The Tamil media here noted with satisfaction Modi's remark in Chennai that States should be given a role in shaping foreign policy vis-a-vis neighbours.
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Erasing the dead
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 17 Dec 2013 02:55 GMT ]
Sri Lanka's intention is not to establish an accurate count of civilian casualties.
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US: Patience With Sri Lanka Could 'Wear Thin'
[ ABC News ] [ 04 Dec 2013 03:42 GMT ]
Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal stopped short of endorsing a deadline set last month by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who said he would call for a U.N.-backed inquiry into allegations of war crimes.
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Sri Lanka: Tamil Struggle Continues
[ The Diplomat ] [ 03 Dec 2013 02:07 GMT ]
With luck and a great deal of international support, this third way seems to offer Sri Lanka's beleaguered minorities their best chance.
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Probe war crimes against Tamils
[ Arab News ] [ 01 Dec 2013 00:05 GMT ]
If Sri Lanka takes the opportunity to heal these old wounds then there is the prospect of a much brighter future for all its people.
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The shadow of war
[ The News International ] [ 30 Nov 2013 03:42 GMT ]
The dead, the disappeared and the displaced call for justice.
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Sri Lanka: Engaging the Diaspora
[ The Diplomat ] [ 21 Nov 2013 00:12 GMT ]
Effecting a strong and credible visibility strategy of national progress, plans and challenges is critical to perception management.
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Sri Lanka: trouble in paradise
[ Channel4 ] [ 19 Nov 2013 02:51 GMT ]
To host the first summit after the signing of the charter was bound to leave a strong stench of hypocrisy hanging over the affair.
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Rajapaksa's Rule
[ LRB ] [ 19 Nov 2013 02:02 GMT ]
There is compelling evidence that tens of thousands of civilians died.
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Cameron stole India's show
[ The Asian Age ] [ 18 Nov 2013 02:58 GMT ]
Mr Cameron has definitely won space in the hearts of over 150,000 disaffected Sri Lankan Tamils who live in the UK.
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Commonwealth: Press Sri Lanka on Rights at Summit
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 15 Nov 2013 00:35 GMT ]
'It's a chance to show the victims of abuses in Sri Lanka that other countries want to see justice done. And it could set the stage for adoption of an international inquiry at the upcoming council session.'
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Sri Lanka: would you holiday at a mass grave?
[ Channel4 ] [ 14 Nov 2013 02:56 GMT ]
With Sri Lanka named as British Airways' top destination for 2013, and the publicity from the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, President Rajapaksa's dynasty may well achieve the growth in tourism they desire.
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'A Perfect Storm'
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 12 Nov 2013 03:03 GMT ]
The Commonwealth gives the notion of backing such blatant disregard of its basic human rights tenets by choosing Sri Lanka to host the Commonwealth Heads' meeting this month.
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Sri Lanka - the Kings of Spin
[ Amnesty International UK ] [ 08 Nov 2013 03:08 GMT ]
Why has UK been quiet on calls for an independent, international investigation into alleged war crimes?
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Don't shelve human rights
[ Times of India ] [ 06 Nov 2013 03:41 GMT ]
India has to confront the crimes and push for truth and justice - the preconditions for peace, reconciliation and political solutions to long-standing injustices.
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Sri Lanka's hidden genocide
[ The Toronto Star ] [ 05 Nov 2013 00:07 GMT ]
The United Nations, which has acknowledged its calamitous failures under the Responsibility to Protect - R2P.
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Sri Lanka's tragedy
[ The Telegraph UK ] [ 02 Nov 2013 00:02 GMT ]
The relatives of the missing deserve an independent and international inquiry, empowered to discover the fate of each outstanding case.
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Tamil diaspora thanks Jaya
[ Deccan Chronicle ] [ 28 Oct 2013 03:29 GMT ]
The support shown by you and the Assembly for truth, accountability, justice and human rights in Sri Lanka is most welcome.
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Commonwealth: Don't Award Sri Lanka Chairmanship
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 17 Oct 2013 02:02 GMT ]
“The Commonwealth can be an agent for improved human rights protections and justice in Sri Lanka, or it can risk becoming a propaganda vehicle for an abusive government,†Adams said.
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Vote for liberation
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 04 Oct 2013 03:52 GMT ]
The landslide victory of the Tamil National Alliance at the Northern Provincial Council election was an act of sheer defiance by the Tamil people.
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Long, hard road ahead for the Tamils
[ Gulf News ] [ 24 Sep 2013 02:48 GMT ]
We must get an opportunity to exercise a substantial measure of self-rule that will enable us to fulfil our legitimate social, economic and cultural aspirations.â€
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Watch "No Fire Zone"
[ Sri Lanka Campaign ] [ 08 Sep 2013 00:05 GMT ]
"No Fire Zone" is the brand new feature length film about Sri Lanka's civil war from the team behind the two Channel 4 documentaries.
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UN chief fears for post-war future of Sri Lanka
[ Herald Scotland ] [ 01 Sep 2013 03:35 GMT ]
Pillay said reconstruction and redevelopment are important achievements in former war zones, but added: "Reconstruction alone will not bring reconciliation, dignity, or lasting peace."
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HOW NOT TO WIN A WAR
[ The Global Mail ] [ 27 Aug 2013 03:24 GMT ]
War's end has unleashed a rampant Sinhalese nationalism that has many of the country's Tamils – fearful that they are being subjected to a generational ethnic cleansing.
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UN to probe Sri Lanka 'war crimes'
[ Aljazeera ] [ 25 Aug 2013 02:55 GMT ]
Sri Lanka has resisted pressure from the UN and Western nations for an investigation into allegations that up to 40,000 civilians were killed in the final months of its separatist war.
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The True Face Of Sri Lanka's War
[ Newmatilda ] [ 16 Aug 2013 03:33 GMT ]
The government of Sri Lanka has done little to promote reconciliation and rehabilitation and bring about justice for victims.
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Lee: Rajapakse a Sinhalese extremist
[ Free Malaysia Today ] [ 15 Aug 2013 03:55 GMT ]
The former Singapore prime minister also described the actions taken in 2009 by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil minority as 'ethnic cleansing'.
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Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka
[ The New Indian Express ] [ 13 Aug 2013 02:32 GMT ]
The political system should provide sufficient space for minorities to preserve, foster and promote their distinct identities.
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On the long road to justice
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 10 Aug 2013 03:08 GMT ]
Given the failure of justice so far, it is hard not to see the latest government action as just another attempt to deflect criticism from the international community.
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Black July
[ BBC Radio ] [ 24 July 2013 03:42 GMT ]
The violence ended after a few days, but the killings had sparked off a civil war which would last for more than quarter of a century.
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Take bold stand for Tamils in Sri Lanka
[ The Hindu ] [ 15 July 2013 03:25 GMT ]
The Assembly passed a resolution on March 27 calling for a referendum on a “separate Eelam†among Tamils in Sri Lanka and Tamils displaced and resident in other countries.
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Facing the inconsequential
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 06 July 2013 01:10 GMT ]
Neither the 13th Amendment, nor the provincial council election, is of any consequence to the Tamil question.
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Dangerous games with devolution
[ The Hindu ] [ 02 July 2013 00:30 GMT ]
It increases minority discontent and closes vital political space, thereby exacerbating the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka.
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Commonwealth ought to take Sri Lanka to task
[ Gulf News ] [ 28 June 2013 01:07 GMT ]
The leaders of the UK, Australia, India, South Africa and other democratic nations should feel sick about accepting the hospitality of a Sri Lankan government with a grim record of human-rights abuses.
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Sri Lanka - Sun, Sea, Torture and Impunity
[ The Huffington Post UK ] [ 27 June 2013 02:12 GMT ]
In contrast it also detains its citizens without trial, restricts freedom of expression, arrests members of the judiciary, stands accused of committing war crimes and routinely tortures.
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The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka
[ Salem-News ] [ 26 June 2013 03:58 GMT ]
International law and practice establish that an independent state of their own is the only effective protection as well as the only appropriate reparation for a people who have been the victims of genocide.
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Sri Lanka: Looking back and forward
[ Indian Weekender ] [ 24 June 2013 01:45 GMT ]
This issue needs to be dealt with realism, pragmatism, not idealism.†Weiss was particularly referring to qualifying the situation in Sri Lanka as genocide.
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Former War Zone Craves Democracy
[ Independent European Daily Express ] [ 16 June 2013 00:04 GMT ]
Tamils in Sri Lanka have long demanded some degree of autonomy and independence from the rest of the island, citing economic exclusion and discrimination.
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Rajapaksa's games
[ Deccan Herald ] [ 15 June 2013 03:15 GMT ]
The north Indians who, they believe, are also Aryans and, therefore, lack any real sense of involvement emotively with the Sri Lankan Tamils.
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Sri Lanka's ugly side
[ Bangkok Post ] [ 03 June 2013 02:59 GMT ]
Although the ethnic Tamil minority, which witnessed the killing of more than 70,000 civilians during the final phase of the war against the Tamil Tigers in 2009, has yet to find its place in the post-war.
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Seeking security
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 29 May 2013 01:25 GMT ]
Tamils have not seen a credible, international process towards accountability and justice, or a meaningful attempt to deliver a political solution that ensures their future security.
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The Way Forward
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 28 May 2013 00:02 GMT ]
They have to stand on their own feet to be counted to claim for justice and accountability.
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The 2013 Annual Report on Sri Lanka is now live
[ Amnesty International ] [ 23 May 2013 01:32 GMT ]
The government failed to implement recommendations aimed at accountability made by Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and the UN Human Rights Council.
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Sri Lanka: No Progress 4 Years On
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 21 May 2013 00:02 GMT ]
“Four years after Sri Lanka's horrific civil war ended, many Sri Lankans await justice for the victims of abuses, news of the ‘disappeared,' and respect for their basic rights,†said Brad Adams.
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'There are no human rights in Sri Lanka'
[ Amnesty International USA ] [ 15 May 2013 00:32 GMT ]
Journalists, lawyers, grassroots activists – anyone who dares to criticise the authorities – can be picked up under arcane security laws and detained for years without access to the outside world.
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A People Without a Story
[ The New York Times ] [ 12 May 2013 00:03 GMT ]
They are now a people without a story, a traumatized people, devastated by decades of war and migration.
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Grounding the struggle
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 10 May 2013 02:22 GMT ]
The intensification of Sinhala oppression will lead to the intensification of Tamil resistance.
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The Sun Rises on Human Rights
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 20 Apr 2013 01:23 GMT ]
For decades, Japan's foreign policy has been built around the country as a donor nation, with few strings attached.
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US warns Sri Lanka of return to conflict
[ AFP ] [ 10 Apr 2013 02:12 GMT ]
“History has shown that societies that do not adequately address reconciliation and accountability usually return to a conflict situation at some point down the road,â€
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Broken Paradise
[ BBC Radio 4 ] [ 08 Apr 2013 00:08 GMT ]
Translator Lakshmi Holmström introduces some of the most powerful Tamil poetry to emerge from the 26 year long conflict, in which an estimated 70,000 people were killed.
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Beyond Geneva
[ Tamil Guardian ] [ 03 Apr 2013 01:25 GMT ]
It is Sri Lanka's repression that will continue to ensure Tamils' aspiration for independent statehood remains undiminished.
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Is international pressure failing in Sri Lanka?
[ IRIN ] [ 23 Mar 2013 00:07 GMT ]
With an increasing chance that in the next year or two the Human Rights Council will authorize an international investigation and that other international bodies will take stronger action.â€
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Sri Lanka: Rape of Tamil Detainees
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 27 Feb 2013 01:02 GMT ]
“The Sri Lankan security forces have committed untold numbers of rapes of Tamil men and women in custody,†said Brad Adams.
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Government unsympathetic to Lankan Tamils: Karunanidhi
[ India TV ] [ 25 Feb 2013 01:19 GMT ]
At a time when the world is gearing up to condemn and punish Rajapaksa as a war criminal it is not understood why the central government continues to say the relationship with Sri Lanka is progressing, Karunanidhi said.
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UN Looks, Sri Lanka Ducks
[ Independent European Daily Express ] [ 21 Feb 2013 00:02 GMT ]
The government was successful in its endeavours to keep international pressure at bay.
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Sri Lanka's squandered opportunities
[ The Washington Post ] [ 19 Feb 2013 02:04 GMT ]
The regime has meanwhile brushed off demands by the U.N. Human Rights Council that it conduct a serious investigation into crimes that may have been committed in the final months of the war.
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Rajapaksa rules out Tamil autonomy
[ The Hindu ] [ 05 Feb 2013 02:07 GMT ]
Canada, Great Britain and U.S. lead the international group for devolving power to the Tamil minority as a way to achieve reconciliation.
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Sri Lanka: World Report 2013
[ Human Rights Watch ] [ 02 Feb 2013 02:49 GMT ]
The government continued to ignore the 2011 report of the panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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US senators press for Sri Lanka probe
[ AFP ] [ 30 Jan 2013 02:22 GMT ]
Two US senators on Tuesday renewed calls for an international investigation into potential war crimes in Sri Lanka, accusing Colombo of failing to address legitimate concerns.
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No serendipity for Sri Lanka
[ FirstPost ] [ 28 Jan 2013 02:31 GMT ]
It must use all its influence with Sri Lanka to ensure justice for past violations and an end to the many present ones so that the people of Sri Lanka can enjoy the future that they deserve.
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Save the Commonwealth Brand: Tell Sri Lanka 'Enough'
[ Huntington News ] [ 26 Jan 2013 00:54 GMT ]
If Commonwealth Heads of Government turn-up in Sri Lanka, they would be sending an unacceptable signal to the world community that governments that violate human rights and the rule of law can do so without fear of censure.
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Sri Lanka destroying Tamil culture: Karunanidhi
[ IANS ] [ 20 Jan 2013 02:25 GMT ]
Sri Lankan is carrying out an intensive and systematic programme of erasing the Tamil language, culture, religion and diluting the concentration of Tamils in areas where they had historically been predominant.
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Weak, weak, weak
[ Progress Online ] [ 16 Jan 2013 00:28 GMT ]
International community was still failing in its duties.
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Protesters claim Sri Lankan spy tactics
[ The Sydney Morning Herald ] [ 13 Jan 2013 00:02 GMT ]
''They say they have done this before, using the photographs and film for identification, in order to harass relatives back in Sri Lanka,''
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The Face of Suffering
[ The Indian Express ] [ 07 Jan 2013 00:02 GMT ]
The untold suffering of the “Sri Lanka optionâ€: the systematic extermination of a political insurgency by deliberately keeping the rest of the world out.
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Tamils urge Sri Lanka Test boycott
[ The Sydney Morning Herald ] [ 28 Dec 2012 01:02 GMT ]
The United Nations report after the war in 2009 said the Rajapaksa regime needed to be investigated for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields Tourism
[ The Huffington Post UK ] [ 27 Dec 2012 02:48 GMT ]
Nearly four years on they have shown no desire to address the root causes of decades of ethnic violence and discrimination.
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The UN Report reverberations
[ TWG Editorial ] [ 25 Dec 2012 00:05 GMT ]
The powers behind the UN could consider removing the culprits amongst their ranks lock stock and barrel if they have brought the once respected institution into disrepute.
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Sri Lanka: War is Over but Tensions Run High
[ The Diplomat ] [ 13 Dec 2012 02:58 GMT ]
The excluded Tamil population protested and demanded a government based on federalism where the Tamils in the east and north of the country would enjoy greater autonomy.
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Why does the world ignore Sri Lanka's crimes?
[ National Post ] [ 12 Dec 2012 00:45 GMT ]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's threat to boycott next year's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka is a start, but it's essential that the rest of the world open its eyes to the country's bloody deeds as well.
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A British journalist & the Tamil poet
[ The Hindu ] [ 10 Dec 2012 02:29 GMT ]
He was one of the finest late Victorian war correspondents, Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856-1941) whose work had been commended by writers such as Lawrence of Arabia.
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The Sri Lankan Silk Road
[ Harvard Review ] [ 07 Dec 2012 01:10 GMT ]
Colombo successfully thwarted Ban Ki-moon’s initiative with Indian backing and Chinese support in May 2009.
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EU raises concerns over Sri Lanka
[ CG ] [ 05 Dec 2012 01:09 GMT ]
The European Union Delegation in Colombo is concerned by a number of recent developments in Sri Lanka surrounding the rule of law and individual freedoms.
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