Courtesy The Nation Sri Lanka’s de facto colony status is complete with the hybrid courts that are to be established under terms of the UNHRC resolution of which Sri Lanka was a co-sponsor. Local prosecutors and judges are being deemed to be incompetent, and local legal systems deemed inadequate. But the deeper implications are in […]

By Cecil Atukorale (LLB Col.) – Courtesy The Nation Whatever the form of Government, a monopoly of power in State would be the end of all civilised politics, whether it be the presidential executive or parliamentary executive. Constant experience has shown us that every man/woman invested with power is apt to abuse it to carry his/her […]

By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Courtesy The Nation As the UK Permanent Representative explicitly stated when addressing the Human Rights Council on Oct 1, the US-UK resolution is firmly founded upon Zeid al Hussein’s report. As Zeid al Hussein made amply clear in his video statement to the Council a day earlier, Sept 30, his report contains […]

By The Nation Online The National Joint Committee (NJC) has issued a statement expressing regret at the initiative taken by the Government of Sri Lanka to co-sponsor the resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva together with the United States. The full text of the committee’s statement is given below: STATEMENT […]

Dilrook Kannangara After eight (8) years of deliberations, the Nepali parliament has finally approved its Constitution. Going by modern democratic standards, it is a fairly progressive constitution. Indian ethnic groups that are minorities in Nepal protested against it. India also protested against it claiming it doesn’t represent the interests of minorities. These minority groups live […]

Shenali D Waduge The UN keeps telling us that our local mechanisms are not good enough, our judiciary is not competent enough and our people are not good enough. Just who do these UN officials think they are pointing fingers when they can’t even put their own house in order. Sadly, we have a government […]

“සිංහලයා මෝඩයා – කැවුම් කන්න යෝදයා” “සිංහලයා මෝඩයා – කැවුම් කන්න යෝදයා” මේ උපහැරණය සිංහල ජාතිය පිළිබඳව අප රට යටත් විජිතයක් බවට පත්කරගෙන සිටි බටහිරයින් දුන් චරිත සහතිකයකි. එමෙන්ම “සිංහලයන්ට සියල්ල මතකයේ ‍රැ‍ඳෙන්නේ එක සතියක් පමණකි” යයි කියමින් සිංහලයින්ට චරිත සහතිකයක් දුන්නේ පිරබාහරන් (මැතිතුමා?) විසිනි. “සිංහලයින් කෙලෙහි ගුණ නොදත් ජාතියක් බවත්, තමන්ගේ මෘත කලේබරයවත් ලංකාව […]

by Shenali D. Waduge No post – independent Government won as much global plaudits for Sri Lanka’s foreign policy as during the time when Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was Prime Minister. The country witnessed a string of foreign policy successes one after the other mainly during her first two terms of office i.e. 1960 – 1965, and 1970 […]

By Jon Schwarz  Courtesy Information Clearing House October 08, 2015 ” Information Clearing House” – “The Intercept” –   On October 3, a U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Kunduz, Afghanistan, partially destroying it. Twelve staff members and 10 patients, including three children, were killed, and 37 people were injured. According to […]

King Ashoka, the third monarch of the Indian Mauryan dynasty, has come to be regarded as one of the most exemplary rulers in world history. The British historian H.G. Wells has written: ” Ashoka (264 to 227 B.C.), one of the great monarchs of history, whose dominions extended from Afghanistan to Madras… is the only […]

Courtesy Sputnik News Following the success of the Russian airstrikes in Syria, and Washington’s failure to do so thus far, Iraqis are looking for new ways to wipe out the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group. Many are calling for the assistance of “Hajji Putin.”  With Russian missile strikes dealing significant damage to IS infrastructure in Syria, many […]

Dr Hector Perera    London Even in cooking chemistry is applied. Remember your kitchen is a kind of real chemistry laboratory.  All the cooking ingredients are nothing but chemicals that is vegetables, chickens, fish or even beef are nothing but complicated chemicals and they are mixed with a number of other chemicals such as in spices […]

By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note Washington, D.C. 10 October (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lanka could not avoid the ‘Carrot & Stick’ policy of the United States in November 2002 during the then Ranil Wickremasinghe’s administration when it was forced to sign the globally controversial ICC Article 98 with the Super Power in exchange of […]

පලාලි සින්ඩ්‍රෝමයේ කම්පනය –පශ්චාත් යුද මානසිකත්ව සංකූලතාව පිලිබඳ ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය අත්දැකීම  වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංගගේ කෘතියක්.  පශ්චාත් යුද මානසිකත්ව සංකූලතාව පිලිබඳ ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය අත්දැකීම  වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංගගේ කෘතියක්.  මෙම ග්‍රන්ථය ලෝකය පුරාම මිලදීගැනීමේ පහසුව සලසා ඇත. පහත දැක්වෙන සබඳතාවයෙන් පිවිසෙන්න. මෙතනින් පිවිසෙන්න http://www.amazon.ca/Shell-Palali-Syndrome-Lankan-Experience-ebook/dp/B00MOE1IBA වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම්. ජයතුංග විසින් රචිත Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome- PTSD Sri […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy Island The fact that the Government did not exploit these internationally accepted provisions to restrict the impact of the OHCHR report, but instead, co-sponsored the resolution on Sri Lanka is to be deeply regretted. Since the findings in the report are not mandatory it may not be too late to reevaluate at […]

Adopted Resolution (with SL’s co-sponsorship)Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General -Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka High Commissioner’s recommendations) (SL has agreed in the adopted resolution to implement them) – Remember, this report has been […]

General Assembly Distr.: Limited 29 September 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Albania, Australia,* Germany, Greece,* Latvia, Montenegro, Poland,* Romania,* Sri Lanka,* the former Yugoslav Republic of […]

United Nations A/HRC/30/61 General Assembly Distr.: General 28 September 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Comprehensive report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights […]

Desarasa Today (2015.10.08), when Hon Dinesh Gunawardena, MP, raised a matter of “public interest” (transferring of permanent employees of Central Bank who had given hard evidence to parliament on the infamous bond scandal under good governance in February 2015) under section #17 of Standing Orders in Sri Lanka Parliament (Mr Gunawardena is one of the […]

This weekend, a US airstrike claimed the lives of ten humanitarians from Doctors Without Borders and 12 patients — including three children. Sign the Petition The staff came from all over the world, offering their time and talents to heal the people of Afghanistan’s war-torn Kunduz province. Patients journeyed from miles away for medical and […]

Citizens Electoral Council of Australia Media Release  Friday, 9 October 2015 If Islamic State inspired 15-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar to kill NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng on 2 October, then the deadly consequences of recent Australian government foreign policy have now blown back onto the Australian people. Islamic State has not emerged as a backlash […]

Robert Bridge Courtesy RT Robert Bridge has worked as a writer and journalist in Russia since 1998. His articles have been featured in a number of publications, including Russia in Global Affairs, Drudge Report, Russia Insider and Infowars.com. Bridge is the author of the book, Midnight in the American Empire”, which was released in 2013. Published […]

හේමන්ත රන්දුණු Courtesy Divaina “සුදු දුවේ උඹට මොකද වෙලා තියෙන්නෙ. උඹ මොකාට හරි බය වුණාද, එහෙමත් නැතිනම් උඹට අසනීපයක්‌ද?” පුංචි දිනිතිගේ හැසිරීමේ කිසියම් වෙනසක්‌ දුටු ඇගේ මව ඒ පිළිබඳව ඇගෙන් විමසුවාය. එහෙත් දියණියගෙන් ඊට පිළිතුරක්‌ නැත. ඇය එදින කාලය ගත කළේ කිසියම් චකිතයකින්ය. වෙනදා මෙන් ඇය කෙළි සෙල්ලම් කළේද නැත වරක්‌ ඇය නිවස තුළ වූ පැදුරු […]

ජයසූරිය උඩුකුඹුර  Courtesy Divaina (තව කොටසක්‌ හෙට) දිනපතාම වාගේ අලුත් ප්‍රවෘත්ති සොයමින් සිටින අපිට නොයෙක්‌ ප්‍රවෘත්ති ගැන ලියන්නට ලැබෙන්aනේය. ත්‍රාසය භීතිය මුසුවූ පුවත් එදා බොහෝ විට අපට ලියන්නට ලැබෙන්නේ නගරයේ සිටය. නමුත් අද ඈත පිටිසර ගම්මානවලින් අසන්නට ලැබෙන ඇතැම් පුවත් ලොවම මවිත කරවන තරම්ය. වයස අවුරුදු තුනක දැරියක්‌ හුදකලාවේ අලි, කොටි, වළසුන්ගෙන් ගහණ වනයක්‌ මැද […]

ජයසූරිය උඩුකුඹුර Courtesy Island මෙහි මුල් කොටස ඊයේ පළවිය දේවගැති මෑණියන් දේවාරූඪයෙන් මට කී කාරණා පටිගත කර ගැනීමටද මම වග බලා ගත්තෙමි. ඇය මා හට සඳහන් කළ තොරතුරු අනුව දරුවා කැලේට ගොස්‌ ඇත්තේ කම්පනයකින් සිත තුළ ඇති වූ බියකින්ය. නමුත් අසිහියෙන් නොවේ. කැලේදී ඇය අසනීපව ඇති බවද පාන්දර 3.00 ට පෙර දරුවා සොයා ගැනීමට අපහසු වූයේ […]

By H. L. D. Mahindapala – Despite all the hot air pumped to float the UNHRC Resolution A/HRC/30/L. 29 its future is not guaranteed as the stormy atmospherics which seem to be gathering over the horizon are putting a heavy strain on the stability of the Siri-Wicky regime and, more importantly, its ability to deliver […]

Shenali D Waduge In 2014 Navi Pillay appointed 3 international experts to investigate Sri Lanka. Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, Dame Silvia Cartwright, former High Court judge of New Zealand, and Asma Jahangir, former President of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. The previous report personally initiated by UNSG Ban Ki Moon became the […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara 4.10.2015  Dear all, Now the much hyped UNHCHR Resolution on Sri Lanka is unanimously passed, I feel we are standing on the brim of disaster and perhaps extinction as well, as a sovereign Nation.  No wonder it was unanimously passed as Sri Lanka itself did not object […]

Dear All, We, Global Sri Lankan Forum contacted his wife and family and made a visit. And following actions have been taken. Appointing  a senior lawyer to follow up the his Appeal – for this we are in contact with Gomin Dayasiri; and a senior lawyer is now being appointed – our initial budget for this is Rs. 300,000.00 Complete […]

Ranjith Soysa Keerthi Waranakuslsuriya the veteran defence columnist of Sunday Divaina was reporting from Geneva the treacherous role played by the individuals and NGOs et during the sessions of the OHCR for last two weeks. He had been covering the Geneva OHRC sessions for last 10 years and had set a record of 25 years […]