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Is UNHRC Navi Pillay probe, a push to replace Sri Lanka with Diego Garcia?
Shenali D Waduge
 There are many wanting to know why a country enjoying 4 years of post-terrorist peace with people and even former cadres getting on with their lives should be hounded by the likes of Navi Pillay, the US, UK and even India bringing Resolution after Resolution with non-associated additions with each new Resolution while no such Resolutions have come before the UNHRC for the Christian West’s successive imperial military interventions and regime change programs – the reasons are complicated just as they are unjust raising the need to always juxtapose demands made by US directly or through... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/14)

Latest On Ukraine -Kissinger: Demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.
Kissinger: Leave Ukraine to Ukrainians
John Glaser,
Ukraine crisis is merely an illustration of how degenerate and juvenile our politics has become in the generation that has followed his. Henry Kissinger, architect of the destruction of Indochina and secretary of state to one of America’s most corrupt leaders, wrote an Op-Ed in the Washington Post yesterday making arguments that, if uttered on any of the cable news shows, would be condemned as anti-American. Kissinger’s analysis is a balanced one, in contrast to much of what we’ve seen. “Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation,” he laments. “Far... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/03/14)

Delegates at the UNHR Council should reject the report presented by Navi Pillai as her impartiality is in question.
By Charles.S.Perera
The UNO according to its Charter is to develop good relations with its member states, to develop, peace and security. UNO is to harmonize the actions of its member states to solve their common economic, cultural or humanitarian problems.  It accepts the equality of all states without consideration of their  economic or political status.  Every one working in the UN System from the Director General to the junior most staff member should be an embodiments of the noble principles laid down in the UN Charter. All members of the UN System should perform the duties allocated to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Will Sri Lanka end up in a Sierra Leone type Situation? Darussaman Panelists Feed the Conspiracy Theory
By Bandu de Silva
 Whether Sri Lanka will have to finally face a Sierra Leone like situation depends on what the UNHRC decides on the draft Resolution which was finally submitted to the Council yesterday (March 7th ) in the original form with no major  modification of its Clause Three. The original Clause 3 led India to express some reservations on it and seek a modification. The only modification is the words “relevant mandated agencies” being replaced by “Relevant special procedures.” The modified form makes the position even more complicated. What are the special procedures anyway?   That the Draft... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Government Defiance Pays Off: UNHRC Draft Resolution Falls Well Short of Tamil Demands
Dilrook Kannangara
Sri Lankan government should be congratulated for its defiance against threats by the UNHRC Chief, many rapporteurs, US diplomats, British PM, Indian foreign minister and PM, TNA politicians, NGO camp and the likes of Dayan Jayatillake. They knew very well UNHRC has no mandate to impose an international investigation as it violates the supreme concept of sovereignty on which the UN is based. Knowing very well their inability to impose international investigations, demilitarisation demands and devolution demands, they opted for fear tactics. They hoped for an “out of court settlement”. However, the government stood firm and rejected... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Ukraine
Mr. Bernard Wijeyasingha Says: March 5th, 2014 at 8:18 pm
Russia cannot be seen without including the CSTO, SCO and China. The CSTO was formed as Russia’s NATO but unlike the members of NATO the CSTO members are financially sound, rich in natural resources and strategically better placed. Many NATO members are in deep financial trouble including the US, UK, France. Putin did not take over the Crimea to engage in proposals for peace talks. Already the world has accepted the annexation of the Crimea as part of Russia. President Obama wants to make the Ukraine a member... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Latest News fron Ukraine-Washington's Arrogance, Hubris, and Evil Have Set the Stage for War
Russia Starts Massive Air Defense Drills Amid Crimea Standoff
MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Western Military District has begun large-scale air defense drills at its southern testing range of Kapustin Yar on the backdrop of further escalation of tensions with the West over Ukraine. Kapustin Yar, located some 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the Ukrainian border, will host about 3,500 troops and over 1,000 units of military hardware for about a month. The exercise will culminate with live-firing drills, involving S-300, Buk-M1 and other air defense systems. “It is for the first time that all air... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Latest News from Ukraine-Kiev snipers hired by Maidan leaders - leaked EU's Ashton phone tape
Kiev snipers hired by Maidan leaders - leaked EU's Ashton phone tape
The snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were allegedly hired by Maidan leaders, according to a leaked phone conversation between the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Estonian foreign affairs minister, which has emerged online.“There is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers, it was not Yanukovich, but it was somebody from the new coalition,” Urmas Paet said during the conversation.“I think we do want to investigate. I mean, I didn’t pick that up, that’s interesting. Gosh,” Ashton answered.The call took... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Silence on Lanka Resolution - March 5,2014
Ira de Silva London,  Canada
The Editor, Letters The Telegraph Calcutta, India Dear Sir: It is indicated that India and Sri Lanka were "non-committal" on the third resolution against Sri Lanka tabled at the UNHCR in Geneva. No one in Sri Lanka will find that surprising because they know that India will as usual vote against Sri Lanka although  Mr. Singh claims to be "thinking about it" as he has done in the past and Sri Lanka is well aware of India's constant harassment of Sri Lanka based on the claim that they want to help the Sri Lankan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/03/14)

Navi Pillay is disqualified to be Head of UNHRC
Shenali D Waduge SRI LANKA
When public sentiments against international public officials are voiced internationally there is an urgent need to investigate why the world public should openly find an international public official unsuitable. Thus, the UN Secretary General is duty bound to listen and in the least hold an impartial inquiry to ascertain the grounds on which people in different parts of the world are vocalizing their dissatisfaction with Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Countries too need to pay heed to calls of the public and place an official No Confidence Motion against her. Navi... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/14)

RESPONSE TO SENATOR CHRISTINE MILNE's ATTACK ON SRI LANKA
Janaki Chandraratna PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA
 Dear Senator  I refer to your speech to the Australian Parliament on Human Rights Abuses in Sri Lanka on 12 February 2014. The purpose of this speech was to request Australian Parliament’s support for the US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, which is expected to be tabled at the March 2014 UNHCR meeting. The resolution calls for a full independent inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka. As evidence for alleged allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka you tabled the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s (PIAC) report “Island Impunity? Investigation into international crimes in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/14)

Belligerent Babble on Bible and the Earth's tilt
By Shelton A. Gunaratne
 My hometown newspaper, The Forum of Fargo-Moohead, carried an unusual editorial (on Feb. 18, 2014) appreciating the change of seasons wrought by the Earth's axial tilt of 23.4 degrees. Wisely, the editorial did not attribute this natural phenomenon to a creator God thereby leaving the readers to infer whatever they wished. However, Christian propagandists in the area could not resist their temptation to disrupt the editorial's neutrality by injecting a mischievous religious slant to the Earth's tilt. Ken Koehler, a religious educator in the area,  reacted to the editorial with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/14)

US led UNHRC Resolution on Lanka disappointing -Karuna
Mahinda Gunasekera
By E-mail                                                                                                                    84 Tambrook Drive Toronto, Ontario Canada M1W 3L9 March 5, 2014 The Editor ZeeNews.com Essel Studio, FC-19, Sector 16-A, Noida - 201301, India Dear Sir/Madam, Re: 'US led UNHRC Resolution on Lanka disappointing -Karuna' - March 5, 2014 I refer to the above captioned news report published in your edition of March 5, 2014, and wish to comment as follows: The DMK Party Chief, Mr. M.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/14)

Minister Peiris rejects High Commissioner’s Report says those “those who exalt its virtues only seek to inflict harm on the reconciliation process”
 Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Geneva
Minister of External Affairs and Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation Prof. G.L. Peiris, delivering the National Statement at the High Level Segment of the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today (5 March 2014), rejected the Report of the High Commissioner in its entirety, saying it was fundamentally flawed and disregarded the substantial progress made by the Government during the five years which have elapsed since the end of the thirty year conflict against terrorism. He said it also pays scant regard to the complexities and local nuances of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/14)

Statement by Hon. Prof. G.L. Peiris at the High Level Segment of the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council
Minister of External Affairs & Leader of the Sri Lanka Delegation
Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka.  May I at the outset congratulate you Mr. President, as well as Members of the Bureau on your election as office bearers of this Council. I pledge my delegation’s support to you at all times in the discharge of your office. Sri Lanka also reiterates its continued support to the High Commissioner in the discharge of her mandate as contained in GA Resolution 48/141,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/03/14)

Sri Lanka scores preliminary moral victory at UNHRC 2014
Shenali D Waduge
 The hype behind the US sponsored third resolution against Sri Lanka looks to be frizzling out with US/UK and India managing to get as co-sponsors nations that would hardly constitute power bases. Thus the 2 world bullies and their stooge together with Montenegro, Macedonia and Mauritius have placed the 1st draft forward. Nations of the UNHRC are obviously more concerned about the situation in Ukraine where a democratic leader has been replaced by a US puppet. If this could happen to Ukraine representatives of the UNHRC and the UN General Assembly must seriously think the likelihood... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/14)

UNHRC - Part I: Navi Pillay Faulted For Abuse of Power
By Kalinga Seneviratne* | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
SINGAPORE (IDN) - UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) head Navi Pillay’s current campaign against Sri Lanka over alleged human rights violations – along with similar campaigns against Libya and Syria earlier – could jeopardize the cause of human rights around the world, analysts say. Pillay released a report in February calling for an international investigation into alleged war crimes when the Sri Lankan armed forces crushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a final battle in May 2009. Navi Pillay | Courtesy: Wikimedia Sri Lanka’s Permanent Envoy in Geneva conveying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/14)

The Spirit of the Christian Inquisition returns to the UNHRC to take Sri Lanka to the stake
Shenali D. Waduge, SRI LANKA
The Christian Inquisition in Europe, Goa and other parts of the Portuguese Empire of Asia including Sri Lanka, goes down in history as one of the most horrible crimes against humanity. The Inquisition launched by the Vatican, Catholic Church, civil authorities of Spain and Portugal paved the way for a brutal legal system in most parts of Europe that lasted for over 600 years. There was neither a Rule of Law, nor respect for Human Rights nor religious tolerance in Europe during the period of the Inquisition. Heretics were burned at the stake for merely... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/14)

THE GENEVA TRAP: Can private citizens help devise an escape-route?
Dharshan Weerasekera
‘Flawed UN Strategy’ A reply to Vernon Boteju (Senior Attorney at Law) UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay’s long-awaited report on Sri Lanka is finally out. In it, she does exactly what I predicted in a paper published a few weeks ago in the Foreign Policy Journal, (“The UN’s Sri Lanka Strategy and its implications for international law”) to wit: whereas up to March-2013 the primary and principal basis for allegations of war crimes against the Government was the Report of the Secretary General’s Panel of Experts (POE) of March... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/03/14)

Putin-s army salutes a Nulandized Kiev
By Peter Lee
The coup in Kiev was a loss for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but doesn-t look like much of a win for the US, Europe, or Ukraine. What we see in Ukraine today is the messy consequences of a clumsily executed regime change strategy. Clumsy, because somehow it excluded pro-Russian forces in Ukraine that make up about half of the country. And clumsy because it blew out of the water an EU-brokered transition deal by which Viktor Yanyukovich and his party would have stayed in the government and Russia would have supplied US$12 billion to help Ukraine... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 05/03/14)

Ukrainian blood on Kerry-s hands
By M K Bhadrakumar
How far the blunt and threatening posture US Secretary of State John Kerry took in his interview with the CBS News toward Moscow - and President Vladimir Putin in person - over the Ukraine situation was genuine and how far it was intended to meet the domestic criticism of the Barack Obama administration being "weak" in its foreign policies doesn-t really matter. What matters is that Kerry demanded virtual capitulation by Russia under the shadow of US retribution and that-s being plain dishonest and unrealistic.... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 05/03/14)

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA-Missing in action in world at boiling point
By Tom Engelhardt
There is, it seems, something new under the sun. Geopolitically speaking, when it comes to war and the imperial principle, we may be in uncharted territory. Take a look around and you-ll see a world at the boiling point. From Ukraine to Syria, South Sudan to... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 05/03/14)

US hawks take flight over Ukraine
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - A familiar clutch of hawks have taken wing over the rapidly developing crisis in Ukraine, as neo-conservatives and other interventionists claim that President Barack Obama-s preference for diplomacy over military action invited Russian aggression. At stake in the current crisis, according to these right-wing critics, are not only Ukraine-s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also Washington-s "credibility" as a global superpower and the perpetuation by the US and its Western allies of the post-Cold War international order.... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 05/03/14)

What is going to happen to Ukraine-s Crimea?
Lyuba Lulko
Emergence of statehood is evident in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. A government independent of Kiev has been formed, a referendum to change the status of the Crimea from the autonomy to a state has been announced, and a decision to form their own Ministry of Defense has been made. The primary goal is to hold a referendum on self-determination. But what-s next?... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 05/03/14)

Putin: Deploying military force is last resort, but we reserve right
RT
Russia will not go to war with the people of Ukraine, but will use its troops to protect citizens, if radicals with clout in Kiev now try to use violence against Ukrainian civilians, particularly ethnic Russians, Putin told the media. Putin, who was given a mandate by the Russian senate to use military force to protect civilians in Ukraine, said there is no need for such an action yet.... -Full Story- (rt.com - 05/03/14)

US Human Rights Record 2013 – The Emperor disrobed
 Shenali D Waduge SRI LANKA
It is time the world stood up against a tyrant that is destroying world peace and exposes not only the tyrant but the other nations working in association with the tyrant. It is only then can the world find true peace. Should the world continue to heed derogatory statements and reports issued by the US State Department on nations while the US blatantly violates every law in existence and the UN can only silently watch because its officials have degraded themselves by bowing at the feet of imperialists headed by the US? Planet earth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

Rachel Maddow: U.S. ‘has no leg to stand on’ lecturing Putin about Ukraine
By Arturo Garcia
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow noted on Monday the “central awkwardness” in U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chastising Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine under, as Kerry put it, a “completely trumped-up pretext.” “Absolutely true,” Maddow said. “And something on which the United States has absolutely no leg to stand on after we did exactly that same thing, famously, and on a much larger scale.”... -Full Story- (rawstory.com - 04/03/14)

Yanukovich sent letter to Putin asking for Russian military presence in Ukraine
RT
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin says ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has sent a letter to Putin asking him to use military force in Ukraine to restore law and order. "Under the influence of Western countries, there are open acts of terror and violence," Churkin quoted the letter from Yanukovich to Putin in the third emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "People are being persecuted for language and political reasons," Churkin read. ”So in this regard I would call on the President of Russia, Mr. Putin, asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian... -Full Story- (rt.com - 04/03/14)

From Kabul to Kiev, American meddling wreaking havoc
Robert Bridge
Although Obama’s talk tough was little more than tossing raw meat to the hawks in the Republican Party, diseased beyond recognition by Neo-Con ideology, his comments nevertheless betrayed a breathless amount of hypocrisy. After all, Washington wrote the book on violating the territorial integrity of sovereign states with its 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was wrongly accused of harboring weapons of mass destruction. Urgent pleas on the part of UN weapons inspectors, not to mention worldwide anti-war protests, fell on deaf ears in Washington as intelligence-challenged leaders dropped smart bombs on Baghdad.... -Full Story- (rt.com - 04/03/14)

Tamil civilian rapes in North Sri Lanka : 18 by Sri Lanka Armed Forces, what about 4000 by Indian Peace Keepers?
 Shenali D Waduge, Sri Lanka
 Garth Pritchard, a Canadian filmmaker who accompanied the forensic team to Kosovo said “this was a massacre that never happened….I was standing there when the forensic teams were telling Louise Arbor there were no 200,000 bodies and she didn’t want to know”. Louis Arbor was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, she was part of the ‘mass grave’ lie. Her successor is Navi Pillay and she is happy to continue the mass lies. Sri Lanka is the target and every effort is being taken to co-link rapes with the Sri Lankan military presence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

Sri Lanka defended Japan at the Peace Treaty of San Francisco – its Japan’s turn to reciprocate
Shenali D Waduge
 On 8th September 1951, 51 nations gathered at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco to officially end World War 2 and to formally end Japan's position as an imperial power, and to allocate compensation to Allied civilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes. Powerful nations objected to Japan being set up as a US military base and coercing Japan’s to align to the West. India did not even attend the conference. Japan, would recall that it was little Sri Lanka who defended Japan before all the nations present and went a step forward... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

Sri Lanka: UN's Navi Pillay Fails To Dispel Charges Of Bias
By Kalinga Seneviratne | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
SINGAPORE (IDN) - Giving a press conference at the end of seven-day visit to Sri Lanka, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) head Navi Pillay, a South African, said that she was highly offended by comments in the Sri Lankan media accusing her of bias because of her Indian Tamil ethnicity. “Some media, ministers, bloggers and various propagandists in Sri Lanka have, for several years now, on the basis of my Indian Tamil heritage, described me as a tool of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). They have claimed I was in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

Re: Article titled 'Diplomats fear Australia will wreck UN probe into Sri Lankan war crimes
Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive Agincourt, Ontario, Canada
February 6, 2014  By E-mail   Mr. Scott Reid, MP Member for Lanark- Frontenac-Lennox  and Addington Chair of the Sub-Committee on  International Human Rights Of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Int’l Dev. House of Commons Ottawa   Dear Mr. Scott Reid, Resumed Hearings on the Human Rights situation in Sri Lanka : Nov 7 to Dec 10,2013 Further to my earlier communications, I have pleasure in forwarding an article published in the Colombo Telegraph on February 14, 2014, written under the pen name of 'Mango', which gives a detailed analysis... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

External Affairs Minister Peiris to address HRC High Level Segment on Wednesday
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Geneva
 Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris who leads the Sri Lanka delegation to the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) arrives in Geneva on Tuesday (4 Match 2014), and is  scheduled to deliver the Sri Lanka National Statement at  the High Level Segment of the HRC on the morning of Wednesday.  The 3 day High Level Segment began today with statements by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, President of UN General Assembly John W. Ashe, President of Human Rights Council Baudelaire Ndong Ella, High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Navi... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

Apartheid didn’t die in South Africa
by John Pilger
The racist theory of “separate development” has followed a line that runs from De Beers’s earliest monopolies to Marikana today. It is inspired by a global order of “free markets” upheld by force.The murder of 34 miners by the South African police, most of them shot in the back, puts paid to the illusion of post-apartheid democracy and illuminates the new, worldwide apartheid of which South Africa is both a historic and contemporary model.... -Full Story- (newstatesman.com - 04/03/14)

Imperial Crusaders For Global Governance
by Michael Barker
(Swans - April 20, 2009) The International Crisis Group was set up in 1995, and describes itself as an "independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation," which works "through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict." Taking issue with this misleading self-description, Diana Johnstone described the Crisis Group as a "high-level think tank supported by financier George Soros... [devised] primarily to provide policy guidance to governments involved in the NATO-led reshaping of the Balkans." Johnstone adds that "[i]ts leading figures include top US policy maker Morton Abramowitz, the eminence grise of NATO-s new humanitarian intervention policy... -Full Story- (swans.com - 04/03/14)

Markets fall on Ukraine tensions
BBC
World markets fell on Monday amid a growing sense of crisis over events in Ukraine. In London, the FTSE 100 closed down 1.5%, while markets across Europe fell as much as 3.5%. Markets in the US also dropped sharply in early trading. Earlier, the Russian rouble fell to a fresh all-time low against both the US dollar and the euro, while Moscow-s stock exchange fell nearly 11%.... -Full Story- (bbc.co.uk - 04/03/14)

Ukraine: UK rules out Russia trade curbs?
BBC
The government will not curb trade with Russia or close London-s financial centre to Russians as part of any possible package of sanctions against Moscow, according to an official document. The document, which was photographed as a senior official carried it into a meeting in Downing Street, says that "the UK should not support for now trade sanctions or close London-s financial centre to Russians", while it confirms that ministers ARE considering - along with other EU countries - visa restrictions and travel bans on key Russian figures.... -Full Story- (bbc.co.uk - 04/03/14)

Ukraine: The military balance of power
By Jonathan Marcus
On paper, at least, the Ukrainian military looks credible, though it is numerically inferior to the Russian armed forces - Moscow having about four times as many active troops and twice as many tanks as Kiev.Given the divisions inside the country, there must also be question marks about the loyalty of elements of the Ukrainian military to the new interim political authorities in Kiev.... -Full Story- (bbc.co.uk - 04/03/14)

Faultlines in Navi Pillay’s report to UNHRC
H.L. D. Mahindapala
 The anti-Sri Lankan resolution sponsored USA, UK and India – the three prime movers -- will rely essentially on the report presented by Navy Pillay, the High Commissioner of UNHRC. It is likely that other nations too will be influenced by it.  In the following analysis addressed to Ms. Pillay, the former Editor of The Observer, H. L. D. Mahindapala, exposes the failure of Ms. Pillay to deal with the central issues fairly and comprehensively.  It also exposes the partisan approach of Ms. Pillay which accuses only Sri Lanka and not the violations  of human  rights... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/03/14)

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WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL GOMIN DAYASRI IN THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
SC/ Appeal No: 21/13
-Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/13)

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL GOMIN DAYASRI IN THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - PART II
ANALYSIS OF APPENDIX II
-Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/13)

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Which religion is the best? -Very wise words from a great Sage.http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items12/Yourreligionisnotimportant.pps
SLG Officials Theory conveyed through Dr. Telli C. Rajaratnam on LankaWeb Policy Prof. Hudson McLean-Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/02/12)

LIKE THE WEST ASKING SRI LANKA TO SUBMIT ITSELF TO AN INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION, WE ASK THE CHANNEL FOUR TO SUBMIT ITSELF TO AN IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE ‘KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA’ VIDEO
MEDIA RELEASE - SRI LANKA SUPPORT GROUP, CANBERRA
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Sri Lanka: Recent accusations and some relevant facts
Published in June 2011 News Letter of New Zealand Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka-Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/07/11)

An Indian eyewitness account of the last 70 hours of Terrorist War in Sri Lanka .FINAL HOURS
B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone-Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
Final assault .
B. MURALIDHAR REDDY in the war zone
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The war is over With the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran, the militant campaign for a Tamil state in Sri Lanka seems to have come to an end. -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
LTTE RISE & FALL -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)
Where is Prabakaran? -Full Story- (frontlineonnet.com/ - 08/06/09)

ජනාධිපති මැතිවරණ උණුසුම් පුවත් in Sinhala'

Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil Warby Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya -Full Story- (globalresearch.ca - 25/10/09)

"Poor Hillary the Victim"
by Hela Puwath
 We think it is appropriate time for Lankaweb viewers to be reminded of Hillary Clinton's views of the LTTE terrorists, now that it has become a little clearer as to the reason for her views.  This is very appropriate specially for those who view Mrs. Clinton as "Poor Hillary, the Victim"  Appreciate if you would share the Youtube video with your readers, with the heading:  "Hillary Clinton on TAMIL TIGERS"

Visiting the Vavuniya IDP camps: an uplifting experience
N. Ram

The photographs by Thilak Bandara – taken during our visit on July 1, 2009 to some of the Zone 1 IDP camps on the outskirts of Vavuniya town in Sri Lanka’s mainland North – speak for themselves. They are testimony to the Sri Lankan government’s efforts, with international assistance, to care for a brave and resilient Tamil community, which will be resettled and rehabilitated in the next few months through an ambitious programme.
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On-the-spot investigations of forged deeds
‘If any party has threatened you and made you to part with your legal property under duress or used force to evict you from such property you are requested to lodge a complaint to the following officers of the CID on the given telephone numbers or through a fax message - CID -DIG on 011 2328138 -Fax 011 2326937,’ DIG Kulatilaka said. The special Investigation Unit Nos-011 2320141 upto 4 and FAX - 011 2380380.

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Lies Agreed Upon-part 1-Full Story- (youtube.com - 03/08/11)
Lies Agreed Upon-part 2 -Full Story- (youtube.com - 03/08/11)
Lies Agreed Upon-part 3. -Full Story- (youtube.com - 03/08/11)
Lies Agreed Upon-part 4. -Full Story- (youtube.com - 03/08/11)

An Anthology of Sri Lankan English Literature and history of Sri Lanka’s English literature
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Arsenic in Drinking Water
Sri Lankan legislator claims cyanide in addition to Arsenic and Mercury in pesticidesAthureliya Rathana  Thero - A Buddhist monk legislator-Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/11)
What you should know about arsenic in Drinking water- the truth
Samarasinghe
Arsenic poisoning brings with it other complications: liver and spleen enlargement and cirrhosis of the liver; myocardial degeneration and cardiac failure; peripheral neuropathy affecting primary sensory functions; diabetes mellitus and goitre; and skin cancers.If such diseases are common in your area, get your ground water tested by a certified authority. -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/11)

"Who will guard the guardians?" asked Roman satirist Juvenal. Now we must ask, who is watching Human Rights Watch, We will.
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Amnesty and HRW may research their material and appear to be neutral in their assessments every time, no one can really evaluate their impartiality unless one sets out to investigate their background funding, behind-the-scenes researchers and the influences under which they operate. Read "Gutter Tactics of Amnesty International (AI) in Sri Lanka"
http://www.ai-watch.net/

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Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South.
12000 BC - MaduruOya findings World's oldest findings of the use of Steel, Copper, and irrigation technology
7500 BC - Connections between Cambians, Sri Lankans, Ramayanaya & Mahabharataya The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from north India, were from the Yadu family from Gujarat. Yadus dominated the southwest of India (which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura, just south of Delhi).
6000 BC - Lankan city on Mahamevuna Uyana - Archeologists uncovered 35 feet under the present Mahamevuna Uyana in Anuradapura,
3000 BC - Sigiriya is considered the AlakaMandava of the Ravana
2517 Ramayanaya and Sri Lanka According to Ramayana story, Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, belongs to a family of migrants from North India who had close connections with region of the Yadus,
2517 BC - Ravana gets killed in Balangoda during March, 2517BC Ravana, while attending to the wounds suffered in combat by Vibishana (his brother) in Balangoda,
1000 BC - Sri Lanka has the latest technology : Iron technology is evident in SL
900 BC - Anuradapura, a major town of, at least 10 Hectares (25 Acres). Anuradhapura was at least 10 ha in extent by ca. 900 BC (perhaps much more). By then prehistoric stone tool technology had been completely superseded by that of iron
700 BC - Anuradapura Town, 50 Hectares (125 Acres) .
600 BC - Earliest Proof of Brahmi writing in Lanka At 600-500 BC, the very first appearance of writing (in Brahmi letters almost identical to the Asokan script 200 years later) marked the beginning of the Early Historic period. This writing, radiocarbon dated on charcoal and checked by thermoluminescence dating, is inscribed on potsherds signifying the ownership. Among the names, was Anuradha.
483 BC - Vijaya lands in Sri Lanka. Girihadu Seya is built in Thiriyaya. Buddha's relics are enshrined in Mahiyanganaya Dagaba Sarabu Maharahatan Vahanse picked Budda relics from the burning cortege and arrived in Mahiyanganaya
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