C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Eurocentric thinking Those who argued unjustly for a South Africa/Rwanda-type “truth and reconciliation commission”ƒ”š‚ in Sri Lanka (impermanence and EhiPassiko as guiding principles Sinhala Buddhists never discriminated against their minority communities) disliked the LLRC from its inception,and tried to “humiliate”ƒ”š‚ it by questioning the qualifications of its membership. In addition, several […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 15 August 2011 ƒ”š‚ Editorƒ”š‚  EMBASSY , Ottawa Sir: Kristen Shane’s article “ƒ”¹…”Sri Lanka investigation calls about values or votes?’ (August 10), invariably produces two questions that need answers for the curious. Firstly, if according to 2006 census there are only 122,020 Canadians whose first […]

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Gunadasa Amarasekera This document was presented by Gunadasa Amarasekera in his evidence before the Sinhala Commission last weekƒ”š‚  (12-Nov-1997) ƒ”š‚ The English language established a socio-economic class hegemony centred in the commercial capital Colombo, that has remained largely unchanged from colonial times. On the other hand, the continuing transfer of surplus money, knowledge and skills from […]

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Media Release – SRI LANKA SUPPORT GROUP, CANBERRA Re. news story about the Tamil Credit Card fraud in Australia amounting to approximately $200 million – it is widely believed that the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers (LTTE) and/or their affiliated organistions ƒ”š‚ are behind the scam. Sri Lanka Support Group has vehemently lobbied the Australian Governments to […]

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