Kalathma Jayawardhane Courtesy The Daily Mirror      National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and MP Wimal Weerawansa yesterday condemned the remanding of former Navy Spokesman Commodore D.K.P. Dassanayake who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday over the alleged abduction and disappearance of several youth between 2008 and 2009. MP Weerasansa told a […]

Courtesy The Island July 15, 2017, 12:00 pm The former Navy Spokesman Commodore D.K.P.Dassanayake was arrested last week on charges of causing the disappearance of 11 persons in 2008. Dassanayake, a highly decorated Naval officer who played a major role in the war, is the latest high ranking armed forces officer to be arrested under […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island July 14, 2017, 10:49 pm Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, had a heated argument with Ben Emmerson, QC, Special Rapporteur at the onset of a meeting over latter leveling unsubstantiated allegations at law enforcement authorities and the judiciary. Emmerson had a series of meetings over the past few days […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island flays security establishment and its allies in govt  Geneva to review New Anti-Terrorism Act Alleging that ‘retrograde elements in the security establishment and their allies’ in the government were trying to undermine post-war reconciliation process, the UN yesterday warned Sri Lanka of dire consequences unless the government fully implemented Geneva […]

 Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government is lying when it says that the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances would not have a retrospective effect, the joint opposition said today. Former MP G.L. Peiris told the weekly news conference that the convention would not only permit action to be taken […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror    Former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake has said that it was a myth that he orchestrated a rescue of Tamil refugees from a northern beach to help LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran escape Sri Lankan armed forces, India Abroad news reported on Tuesday. Blake said it was also fiction […]

Courtesy DNA The wife of a former top LTTE leader was today sworn in as a minister in Sri Lanka’s northern provincial council. Ananthi Saseetharan was appointed as the minister of rehabilitation and women’s affairs by Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran in the reshuffle of the northern council of ministers. Saseetharan’s husband Velayutham Sasitharan alias […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island June 29, 2017, 9:36 pm The fundamental right to “the freedom of speech and expression including publication” in Article 14. (1) (a) of Sri Lanka’s Constitution, as well as the First Amendment to The United States Constitution, and other United Nations instruments, is being seriously undermined by the spate of […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island June 29, 2017, 10:17 pm Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday said those demanding a new lenient Counter Terrorism Law (CTL) to replace the Prevention of the Terrorist Act (PTA), however in the wake of attacks in the West had adopted stringent measures which were even tougher than the PTA. […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mrs. Munisamy Mariannan Gauri. A resident of Mutwal, she migrated to Kuwait as a domestic helper on 8 April 2017. At 6 a.m. on 9 June 2017, the wife of Gauri’s employer in Kuwait telephoned. She […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mrs. Siranji Siriyawathi Fernando. A resident of Chilaw, she migrated to Kuwait as a domestic helper in 2014. On 15 June, 2017 an official in the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau in Colombo informed Mrs. K […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mr. Kaluthantri Arachchilage Shanka Sanjaya Perera (24). On 17 June 2017, returning home after work, he was illegally arrested and detained by police officers attached to the Pamunugama Police Station. He was not involved in any […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Alleging that the yahapalana government had taken contradictory positions in respect of continuing UN interventions made in accordance with 2015 and 2017 resolutions co-sponsored by Sri Lanka, the Joint Opposition Leader Dinesh Gunawardena, MP, yesterday demanded an immediate clarification from the UNP-SLFP coalition. Gunawardena accused the government of repeatedly deceiving […]

ලංකා සී නිවුස් මෙරටට විදේශ විනිසුරුවන් ගෙන ඒම සදහා ආණ්ඩුව දෙවත්වක්ම ජිනීවාහිදී එකග වූ බව දෙමල ජාතික සන්ධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී එම්.ඒ. සුමන්තිරන් මහතා පවසයි. එසේ ජිනීවාහිදී පොරොන්දු වූ ආණ්ඩුව මෙරටදී සිංහල ජනතාව රවටමින් සිටින බවද ඔහු කියා සිටියේ හිරු රූපවාහිනියේ ‘සලකුණ’ වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමිනි

Darshana Sanjeewa Courtesy The Daily Mirror Security forces personnel do not engage in garbage disposal, Military Spokesman and Army Media Director Roshan Seneviratne said yesterday. He said however they were currently involved in monitoring the unauthorized and haphazard disposal of garbage. Military personnel will inform relevant authorities about such incidents and monitor the proper collection of […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mr. Sandaradura Nilanka de Silva. On 28 March 2016 he was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Kalutara North Police Station. Later he was severely tortured resulting in the loss of one tooth. Nilanka […]

By Ayshwarya Yapa Courtesy  Adadderana Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), Udaya Gammanpila stated that the Secretary of the National Bhikku Front, Ven. Wakamulle Uditha Thero must be arrested before Ven. Gnanasara thero for attempts to arouse racism. Udaya Gammpanpila stated that although nine years had elapsed since the end of the civil war, the […]

By Kavindya Chris Thomas Courtesy Ceylon Today Police fear that the arrest of the Bodu Bala Sena leader Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera would lead to negative consequences and even a possible public uprising, a high ranking Police official said yesterday. The official who did not wish to be named, for obvious reasons, told Ceylon Today that […]

The UNHRC Special Rapporteur Ms. Monica Pinto’s allegations following her visit to Sri Lanka in 2016 that SL Judiciary was highly politicised and judges give verdicts favouring the Government was a derogatory and contemptuous statement made towards the Judiciary with a proud history of 200 years, retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara said. Addressing United Nations’ […]

By Dr. Nalaka Godahewa Courtesy Ceylon Today The terrorist attack on the London Bridge and Borough Market became instant world news. Over the last few days we heard global media channels continuously reporting details of the incident. Country after country has come forward to condemn the brutal attack on British soil, which according to information available […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Ja-Ella Police stealing the wallet of an innocent woman and subsequently filing false gambling charges against her. Several witnesses testified to the police that the woman did not participate in any gambling activity. The victim complained […]

Gotabaya responds to Rajitha’s accusation on SriLankan Airlines (English)

ලංකා සී නිවුස් බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමියන් ප‍්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය යොමු වුයේ නම් එසේ වූයේ ඇමති චම්පික රණවක විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් බාර දුන් කොන්ත‍්‍රාත් ඉටු කිරීම නිසා බව බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානය පවසයි. එම සංවිධානයේ ප‍්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරී ඩිලන්ත විතානගේ මහතා කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් අමතමින් මේ බව කියා […]

They sent a peace delegation to a local mosque in Colombo assuring international support for Muslims in Sri Lanka. Why can’t they do likewise ( visit Mosques in England and other European countries) to protect Muslims in embattled cities in Europe? Why are mainstream papers in Sri Lanka maintaining a deafening silence on this indefensible […]

Courtesy Sputnik In May 2009, a bloody civil war in Sri Lanka ended after 25 years with defeat for a rebel group who represented the island’s Tamil community. Thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils have migrated to Britain in recent years and a tiny minority appear to have been desensitized by the violence they witnessed growing […]

Courtesy The Daily News  Wednesday, June 7, 2017 – 01:00 Bodu Bala Sena(BBS) Chief Executive Officer and Coordinator Dilantha Withanage said yesterday that details of an assassination plot against BBS General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera by an outfit similar to that of the Islamic State or ISIS terrorist group have been revealed. Addressing […]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, According to the information the Asian Human Rights Commission has received, a man was illegally arrested, detained and tortured by police officers attached to the Kandy Headquarters Police Station. Lahiru Perera was first questioned about an abandoned mobile phone which he picked from the roadside […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම නෙත් බොදුබල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමියන්ට මරණීය තර්ජන ඇති බව උන්වහන්සේගේ නීතිඥයින් අභියාචනාධිකරණයට දැනුම් දුන්නා. ඒ, උන්වහන්සේට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමේ චෝදනාව යටතේ ගොනුකර ඇති නඩුවක් අද (12) කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදීයි. ඉකුත් වසරේ ජනවාරී මස 25 වැනිදා හෝමාගම මහේස්ත‍්‍රාත් අධිකරණයේ දී හැසිරුණු ආකාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥාණසාර ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේට එරෙහිව මෙම […]

Courtesy Express News Service   |   Published: 10th June 2017 04:36 AM  | Last Updated: 10th June 2017 01:57 PM CHENNAI: MDMK general secretary Vaiko, a vociferous Tamil rights campaigner, who just got released on bail in a 2009 seditious speech case, was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday morning, charging him of being a member of […]

Courtesy  ANI Updated: Jun 10, 2017 09:05 IST  Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 10 (ANI): MDMK chief and ex-lawmaker Vaiko, who arrived here after not being allowed to enter Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to attend a marriage, claimed on Saturday that he was deported because he was considered “a security threat” by the Malaysian authorities […]