By Camelia Nathaniel Reporting from Mullaitivuƒ”š‚ Courtesy The Sunday Leader Although there has been much spoken about those disabled in the government forces, little has been heard or said about the disabled LTTE cadres that were injured during the war that plagued the country for three decades. While the government troops are said to have over […]

Jith W The dawn of the hunting season is on line in a few days time. David is once again pitted against the Goliath of superpowers and their cohorts. Sri Lanka cannot expect justice as the stage had been manipulated by the Great Satan and his servile lapdogs. In addition muscle power will also be […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Feb.26th. 2013 ƒ”š‚ If only The UN High Commissioner for Human rRights Navi Pillay paused for a moment to overview her blatantly unfounded allegations against the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) in her ongoing barrage of wordsƒ”š‚ which is beccoming a nagging menace to the well being and smooth functioning of Sri Lanka […]

Media Release- PERMANENT MISSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTREPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE, GENEVA Hon. Minister Samarasinghe, Minister of Plantation Industries, H.E. the President’s Special Envoy on Human Rights and Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation, who is due to arrive in Geneva on Tuesday, will deliver Sri Lanka’s National Statement during […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratne Gunaratne is a professor emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He conducts a monthly Buddhist discussion group in Moorhead on the second Saturday of every month. More than 2600 years after the Buddha passed away, a modern-day Sri Lankan atuwacaria (commentator), L. Jayasooriya, has been trying to save Buddha Dhamma from […]

Shenali Wadugeƒ”š‚  For people who are so passionate about revealing the truth, getting justice and showcasing to the world how horrible Sri Lanka’s armed forces are would there be any need for “sequels”ƒ”š‚. The best thing would have been to pool everything available against Sri Lanka’s armed forces “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” mobile phone pictures, videos, eye witnesses […]

  Berlin – Sri Lanka has warned the United Nations against allowing a British-made documentary about the Asian country’s civil war to be shown on the sidelines of a human rights meeting. The island nation’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva says the Channel 4 documentary, titled “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri […]

India will vote in support of a US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka proposed to be moved before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next month, Union minister in the Prime Minister’s Office ( PMO) V Narayansamy said on Sunday. Talking to reporters, he said that PM Manmohan Singh has promised to support […]

ƒ”š‚ Shripal Nishshanka Fernando ƒ”š‚ -The Disappearance of The Disabled LTTEers-As reported by Camelia Natheniel from Mullaitive for The SundayLeade Although there has been much spoken about those disabled in the government forces, little has been heard or said about the disabled LTTE cadres that were injured during the war that plagued the country for three decades. […]

Asada M Erpini ƒ”š‚ The small island nation of Sri Lanka can point out two of its aspects that no other country can even dream of having. ƒ”š‚ The large majority in the US never knew where Sri Lanka was on a world map “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” it was just a speck somewhere in the East, in the vast […]

ƒ”š‚ Ernest Pereraƒ”š‚  Judging by the flow of articles in praise of the peaceful nature of Islam and the peaceful co-existence of Muslims the general inference is that all the issues have been created by the Buddhist “extremists”ƒ”š‚. Having read a few articles I realize the issue is becoming misunderstood because the Muslims are evading answering […]

by Gamvaesiya, Canada Human Rights Watch (HRW) had published a `damning report’ on the disappearance of some 600 aboriginal women in Canada, as well as over 50 cases of sexual violence against women (along the `tears highway’) in the hands of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Previously, the RCMP as well as the local […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario, Canada The Editor The Hindu New Delhi, India Dear Sir: Your front page story regarding the death of Prabhakaran’s son and the allegation that he was shot by the Sri Lankan army typifies India’s attitude to Sri Lanka, namely that of an interfering bully who will use any excuse to […]

The Editorial The Daily News Pillay is not coming because Pillai is cunning. Sajin Vaas Gunawardene, Member of Parliament, has, though in understated fashion, stated one of the most devastating truths about the UN establishment, when he laconically observed that UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay should have come to Sri Lanka, the way she […]

Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe The unbridled freedom of expression the West is advocating around the world is subject to certain well known restrictions in their home countries – the word “ƒ”¹…”conspiracy’ for example, is subtly censored in the West through the labelling of opinions, ideas or observations on certain subjects as “ƒ”¹…”conspiracy theories’. At a social […]

Chamikara WEERASINGHE Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday said Sri Lanka is geared to face the full brunt of UN politics in the coming weeks. “One must not forget that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a highly politicised body. The Sri Lankan delegation participating in UNHRC review […]

by S. Thillainathan The London based Channel 4 TV station is the mouthpiece of the LTTE diaspora. The LTTE rump is said to fund this station heavily to carry out its mudslinging campaign against Sri Lanka. The money raised by the LTTE rump in Britain and Europe is allegedly spent lavishly on such covert operations […]

By Manjula Fernando International counter terrorism expert based in Singapore, Prof. Rohan Gunaratna warns that there is a well concerted campaign in Tamil Nadu, launched by the LTTE, to make Tamil people rise up against Sri Lanka and this is a development that Sri Lanka should be concerned about. In an interview with the Sunday […]

by N. Sathiya Moorthy The writer is a member of the Observer Research Foundation Courtesy: Defence.lk As was to be expected under the circumstances, the Sri Lankan Government has promptly dismissed the published pictures of LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran, before and after his killing in the North in May 2009, as “lies, half-truths […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Feb.23rd. 2013 ƒ”š‚ It seemsƒ”š‚  quite in order to request a trashing of rubbish wherever it surfacesƒ”š‚ as Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary has done relative to the latest Channel 4 portrayal. As Channel 4 continues the rubbish it regularly throws at the international community over cookedƒ”š‚ upƒ”š‚ rights violations and attrocities, this one said to […]

Shenali Wadugeƒ”š‚  “”ƒ”¹…”We will teach you a lesson’: Sexual violence against Tamils by Sri Lankan Security Forces”ƒ”š‚ is a 140page report published on 22 February 2013 giving 75 cases of alleged rape and sexual abuse between 2006-2012 in official and secret detention centres throughout Sri Lanka The 140page report gives 3 accounts out of 75 […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario Editor The Island Colombo, Sri Lanka ƒ”š‚  Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  Canada has overtaken other pro-LTTE groups against Sri Lanka as the current Canadian Government is being “guided/dictated to” by the LTTE front organizations in Canada on it’s policyƒ”š‚ on Sri Lanka.ƒ”š‚ It is now the Canadian Government that is pushing the LTTE […]

Mahinda Gunasekera By E-mailƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  February 23, 2013 Editor Toronto Star Dear Editor, Further to my letter of February 21, 2013, on the subject, I am pleased to […]

By Charles.S.Perera Theƒ”š‚  Indian Express of the 20 February,2013, ƒ”š‚ reports of the deep concern of the “benefactors”ƒ”š‚ the Angel of God theƒ”š‚  USA State Department on whoseƒ”š‚  kindness seems theƒ”š‚  future of theƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Sovereign State of Sri Lanka depends .ƒ”š‚  USA thinks it had some hand with the Almighty God duringƒ”š‚  the creation of the […]

Shripal Nishshanka Fernando The United States should not bully a small country like Sri Lanka, considering the difficulties it has had to face during a 30 year conflict, a member of the US House of Representatives who is visiting Sri Lanka, said yesterday. “Why is the United States taking the lead in bullying a small […]

ƒ”š‚ Asada M Erpini The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has still not come out of her make believe and fantasy world of Tamil movies of yester year, when her gyrations with her hero and mentor mesmerised illiterate movie goers who were only looking for an escape from the drudgery of the day to day life […]

Shenali Wadugeƒ”š‚  The GOSL has issued a fresh circular to monitor the construction of places of religious worship in Sri Lanka. A Committee is to be appointed to monitor such work and a director board of members representing the departments overseeing Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity is to be appointed Let it not go unsaid […]

By: W M Rajakaruna A death of a child, no doubt is a reason to mourn. The disturbing image of a bullet-ridden body of a boy and the pictures of him, said to have been taken a few hours before he had fallen dead; the latest pictures extracted from the controversial Channel 4 video “No […]

Rearƒ”š‚  Admiral (Rtd) Dr. Sarath Weerasekera Member of Parliamentƒ”š‚  I thought of responding to the article published in Sunday Leader on 16th Dec 2012 titled ” Plight of resettled IDP’s, striving make ends meet”ƒ”š‚. The article has been written by Niranjala Ariyawansa and Chrishanthi Christoper and mentions the “concerns”ƒ”š‚ of the TNA MP’s Sumanthiran and […]

Mahinda Gunasekera By E-mail ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  84 Tambrook Drive Agincourt, ON M1W 3L9 Tel. (416) 498-0783 February 21, 2013 Editor Toronto Star 1 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M5E 1E6 […]