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		<title>Illusionary Justice: Threats to the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/11/20/illusionary-justice-threats-to-the-rule-of-law-and-human-rights-in-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Ontario
Professor C. Kananganayakam
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
 
Dear Sir:
 
Panel Discussion at Munk Centre for International Studies on Monday Nov. 16,2009 titled
Illusionary Justice: Threats to the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Sri Lanka
 
I am writing to you because I was informed of your association with the Munk Centre and the University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement on October 23 in Parliament Re 77 Sri Lankan Illegal Migrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Ontario
John McKay MP, Scarborough-Guildwood
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario.
Dear Mr. McKay,
I read a report in the National Post of October 26,2009 which reads &#8211; &#8220;in the House of Commons on Friday, Liberal MP John McKay says Tamils are seeking refuge in Canada because of the injustices they experience each and every day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa Citizen Editorial &#8211; October 23,2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Canada
The Letters Editor
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario.
 Dear Sir:
 Re: Canada&#8217;s Refugee Challenge
 The challenge to Canada&#8217;s self-image from what you call a &#8220;ship full of desperate migrants&#8221; is not it&#8217;s dedication to compassion, tolerance and justice but a challenge to Canada&#8217;s lax immigration laws and system of justice. The message it has sent to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka &#8211; Close the Camps October 20,2009</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/10/21/sri-lanka-close-the-camps-october-202009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London,Canada
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:52:33 -0400
The Editor
The Star
Toronto, Ontario
Dear Sir:
Re: Editorial &#8211; Close the Camps
 These so-called refugees are reported to have paid $45,000 to human smugglers to bring them to Canada. Those in the camps do not have that kind of money, they are mostly farmers etc. If these Tamils are from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statements on Sri Lanka From State Department</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/10/12/statements-on-sri-lanka-from-state-department/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Canada
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:30:21 -0400
Mr. Robert Blake
Assistant Secretary of State, South &#38; Central Asia
State Department
Washington,D.C.
U.S.A
 
Dear Sir:
 
I am writing to you again because of the latest statement by Mrs. Hillary Clinton at the U.N. in which she accused  Sri Lanka of using  rape as a &#8220;tool of war&#8221;. It is possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s Abuse of Press Freedom &#8211; Sept. 1,2009</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/09/03/sri-lankas-abuse-of-press-freedom-sept-12009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Canada
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:25:32 -0400
The Editor
National Post
Toronto, Canada
 
Dear Sir:
 
Re: Sri Lanka&#8217;s Abuse of Press Freedom &#8211; Sept.1,2009
 
J.S. Tissanayagam, a Tamil reporter has received a 20 year sentence after his trial because he was found to have violated Sri Lanka&#8217;s laws, specifically the Prevention of Terrorism Act. As all your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Channel 4 News-Video Alleging War Crimes in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/08/28/channel-4-news-video-alleging-war-crimes-in-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Canada
Chief Executive
Channel 4
P.O.Box 1058
Belfast
BT 1 9DU
 
Dear Sir:
 
Re Channel 4 News Broadcast &#8211; Is this Evidence of Sri Lankan War Crimes?
 
I refer you to the video that is now being broadcast throughout the world. The very fact the question is asked &#8220;is this evidence&#8221; implies that there was some doubt as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting with American Tamil Diaspora &amp; Statement on Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/08/19/meeting-with-american-tamil-diaspora-statement-on-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Canada
Mr. Robert Blake
Assistant Secretary of State, South &#38; Central Asia
State Department
Washington,D.C.
U.S.A.
 Dear Sir:
 
I have written to you in the past when as Ambassador in Sri Lanka you were doing what you could to help the Tamil Tiger terrorists (LTTE), projecting an attitude that your mandate was to &#8221;instruct&#8221; the government of Sri Lanka in their dealings with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: Tamil tragedy Continues &#8211; July 17,2009</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/20/re-tamil-tragedy-continues-july-172009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva London, Ontario, Canada
To National Post
Toronto, Ontario.
Re: Tamil tragedy Continues &#8211; July 17,2009
 I am writing in response to an article by Roy Ratnavale titled &#8220;The Tamil Tragedy Continues&#8221; published on July 17, 2009. It is a litany of half truths and fabricated statistics that are the hallmark of Tamil Tiger terrorist propaganda. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka &#8211; Your Goal to Investigate</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/06/08/sri-lanka-your-goal-to-investigate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira de Silva  Ontario, Canada
Ms. Navanetham Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Madam,
I have written to you already regarding your vindictiveness towards Sri Lanka. As a Tamil from South Africa you probably feel that you can use your current position to continue to harrass Sri Lanka after the LTTE were defeated militarily. LTTE [...]]]></description>
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