A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission-AHRC-STM-168-2010 This is a narrative of the husband of the victim, a 17 year old woman with a two month old child, who was subjected to the horrible experience of being beaten about 100 times with the hard centre stem from a coconut frond in the presence of […]

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By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam. Dear Sir, As a fellow Sri Lankan, it is both a privilege and an honour that Kumar Sangakkara is presently ranked the best batsman in Test Match cricket. I believe Sangakkara has all the strokes both on the front and on the back foot, including the vertical and horizontal bat […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .ƒ”š‚ Canada August 11, 2010 The Editor (Letters)ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚ Sir: The ship “ƒ”¹…”Sun Sea’ with a cargo ofƒ”š‚  500 Tamilsƒ”š‚ and among themƒ”š‚ are suspect Tamil Tigersƒ”š‚ that is heading for the B.C. coast was predictable as night follows day, after we let in the 76 Tamils smuggled […]

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ben silva Attention of Mr Ban Ki Moon Secretary General, UN ƒ”š‚ Please help the flood victims of Pakistan instead of harassing Sri Lanka ƒ”š‚ It is generally thought that the proposed investigative panel on Sri Lanka is to harass Sri Lanka and its leaders forƒ”š‚  having close ties with China, Pakistan and Iran. ƒ”š‚ As Mahinda Gunasekera […]

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RANJIT WICKREMERATNE. Everybody talking about the naughty boy in politics these days and Media makes him a villan as always. Mervin Silva is not a bad person as you all think.He is true Sinhala son of Motherlanka. He won all the elections with thumping majority in his electorate Kelaniya. If he is a bad guy […]

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By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka. `The Holy Quran states: `O ye who believe, fasting is prescribed for you during a fixed number of days as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may safeguard yourselves against every kind of ill and become righteous. But whoso from […]

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