Interview with Fr. Rohan Silva :Sama Bima(sinhala)

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Amid claymores and human bombs,it is time to take stock the peace building strategies

-Sudarshana Gunawardana
The life of a young woman living in Mannar, in Northern Sri Lanka, is insecure. She lives amidst the fighting between the GoSL security forces and the LTTE. A young man in Buttala, Southern Sri Lanka, cannot apprehend the agonies and miseries that she goes through. Put another way, young Sumanasiri in Buttala cannot [...]

Rohitha Bashana Abeywardane :Samakaya_03(Sinhala Artical)

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Peace in Sri Lanka: From Symbols to Substance

by Dr. Colin Irwin, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool
24 June 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The research for this poll was carried out by the staff of Social Indicator of the Centre for Policy Alternatives in collaboration with Dr. Colin Irwin from the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of [...]

Don’t let the murder of 17 aid workers go unpunished

Muttur drama in brief
On August 4th 2006, 17 ACF aid workers were murdered in the town of Muttur, located in the North East of Sri Lanka. This slaughter accounts for the most dramatic crime ever committed against a non-governmental organization. Shortly after, three investigation proceedings were launched in Sri Lanka and none came to an [...]

Police baton-charge monk protest-Mahinda Rajapakse regime

The protest demonstration was held against the indefinite closure of the Buddhashrawaka Bhikku University, Anuradhapura.
Source : LankaEnews, LankaDissent,vikalpaSL

Tissainayagam further detained

Source : Release Tissinayagam
By: T. Farook Thajudeen.
Senior journalist J.S. Tissainayagam was further detained yesterday while his counsel insisted that the detention by the TID beyond 90 days was illegal.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi reserved the order for June 30 and ordered the TID to produce Mr. Tissainyagama and the other suspects Vetrivel Jesikheren [...]

Kilinochchi – Urgent appeal

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Vasudeva Nanayakkara Speaks on Civilin Targeted of War(sinhala)

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Prayathna Peoples Movement Political Academy

India to expand military ties with Lanka

Source : The Time Of Indian
NEW DELHI: India is likely to further bolster military supplies to Sri Lanka, alarmed as it is with the way Colombo continues to turn to China, as also Pakistan to some degree, to obtain weapon systems and platforms.
The arms supplies will be “largely” defensive in nature, in keeping with the [...]

South African Tamils express support for Eelam HomeLand

Pongku Thamizh rally_South Africa
Diaspora Tamils in South Africa on Saturday gathered for Pongku Thamizh rally at the Arena Park Regional Hall, in Chatsworth, where they pledged to support the Eezham Tamils’ right to statehood, and urged the international community to voice for the Tamils’ rights.
The key speaker was Dr. Brian Seneviratne, a Australia-based Sinhala expatriate [...]

Resolution of INSD Conference in Oslo (May)

Resolution of Conference on international diaspora respond to Sri Lankan Current situation

The International Network of Sri Lankan Diaspora e.V. (INSD) and free media organized a three-day conference in Oslo from the 23rd to the 25th of May, 2008. The title of the conference was ‘‘A response of the international diaspora to Sri Lanka’s current [...]

The Rajapakse Legacy : Tisaranee Gunasekara

Source : The Island Online

“…if crimes have been committed the evil is not that they should be made known but that they have been committed.”
Anatole France (Monsieur Bergeret in Paris)

The war is real. The war is unavoidable because it is the [...]

Lanka ready to revive talks with LTTE

Source : The Hindu
Colombo (PTI): In an apparent softening of its stand, Sri Lanka has offered to hold talks with the LTTE after a two-year gap, saying the outfit does represent a “fair amount” of Tamils but ruled out immediate revival of the ceasefire scrapped in January.
“The (Sri Lankan) President has already announced that [...]