Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey -Pravda.Ru Who shall we bomb next? David Cameron has questioned Sri Lanka’s human rights record before the Commonwealth Summit begins on Friday, yet another example of the intrusive arrogance that goes hand-in-hand with NATO foreign policy, yet another example of sheer hypocrisy, insolence and chauvinism. The pig-faced arrogance with which NATO committed war […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 15 November 2013 Hon. Deepak Obhrai, MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario. ‚ Dear Deepak: In my last letter to you on 13th November on your laying a wreath for the Tamil Tigers at Elephant Pass, I […]

By Janaka Perera ‚ The level of Indian participation in this year-â„¢s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) reflects the deterioration of Indo-Lanka relations within a span of less than 40 years. ‚ When the last major international conference, the Non-Aligned Movement Summit, was held in Sri Lanka in 1976 the ties between the two countries were […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The CHOGM is now in full swing. During the last few weeks‚ there was so much talk about countries which were going to boycott the Summit. Mean while in the domestic front, we have the UNP and TNA which‚ boycotted the CHOGM. The UNP is in a mess and some claim that there are signs […]

Professor Nalin de Silva. ‚ The Channel 4 (of the BBC) crew that has come to Sri Lanka with Visas to cover the CHOGM is not doing what they have being given accreditation to do. It is clear by their behavior that they are interested in cooking up another video footage(s) against the Sri Lankan government […]

Asada M Erpini ‚ There was a time, some decades ago, when Canada was viewed as a distant country, which gave aid to Sri Lanka, and not having any malicious intent towards the small island nation. There were Canadian railway engines that chugged along the age old rail tracks, assistance following the December 2004 tsunami and […]

Professor Nalin de Silva. Going by the reports that appeared in Indian news media I thought that finally the Indian Prime Minister would come to Sri Lanka to participate at the CHOGM even for a few hours at least to mark his presence. However, it was not to be. Remember that it is not Manmohan […]

Shenali D. Waduge ‚ If the international community were to raise the issue of the lack of effective legislative protection for animals in Sri Lanka incorporating modern standards of treatment of animals, ‚ in addition to their never-ending spotlight on the country-â„¢s human rights track record, Sri Lanka-â„¢s politicians and law makers will have nowhere to turn. […]

Just watch how Dr. Nonis shreds this CNN guy apart…just brilliant! I bet they won’t rebroadcast this clip!! http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/14/world/asia/sri-lanka-commonwealth-nonis/index.html?hpt=ias_c2

Divaina.com November 14, 2013 The Pet Tiger, Callum MacRae, who recently arrived in Sri Lanka to report on the CHOGM, cannot be dismissed as a mere idiot. Having been educated at Britain-â„¢s Edinburgh Arts College, he is an educated crafty man. Therefore, his vile activities have some impact and public acceptance. Britain, the birthplace of […]

Ira de Silva, Ontario, Canada F. Harrison states that she has interviewed these people in the U.K. They have gone there to claim refugee status. All over the world those claiming refugee status make these claims. If they are in the U.K. why do they not go to the British courts? It is said that […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that the UK government was acting as if Sri Lanka were still a British colony. The actions of some of the British representatives here for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) had undermined bilateral relations, Rajapaksa said. He was responding to statements attributed to UK […]

RT Berlin has suspended the purchase of armed drones on the grounds that it -categorically rejects illegal killings.- This follows a report by Amnesty International that accused Merkel-â„¢s government of aiding the US with drone strikes in Pakistan. A draft agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives obtained by Der Spiegel condemns the use […]