Engaging Sri Lanka.Peace, Reconciliation and Democratisation. Speakers: Professor Arjuna Aluwihare, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Peradeniya Alan Keenan, International Crisis Chair: Nirmala Rajasingam, Sri Lanka Democracy Forum Tuesday 31 May 2011. 6.30 pm St.Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace 78 Bishopsgate,  London EC2N 4AG (nearest tube stations:  Liverpool Street & Bank) For the last forty [...]

Mr. Niroshan Premaratne, a professional journalist attached to the Independent Television Networks (ITN) of Wickremasinghe Pura, Battaramulla was subject to arbitrary assault by two police officers at the Panadura Police Station on 8 May 2011. In the morning Niroshan had gone to participate at a family event at Wadduwa with his wife and his brother-in-law following which they travelled back to Colombo in his vehicle. Some officers of the Motor Traffic Unit of the Panadura Division pulled him over on charges of driving his vehicle while disobeying Police orders.

The armed conflict in Sri Lanka had been over for less than ten days when on 27 May 2009 the UN Human Rights Council adopted a Resolution praising Sri Lankan Government efforts “to ensure the safety and security of all Sri Lankans and to bring permanent peace to the country,” while ignoring credible allegations that war crimes had been committed by both sides. It also ignored calls by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and non-governmental organizations for an international investigation into such allegations.

 1.Introduction Thisnote is based on conversations with 15 former detainees (7 women between 21 and35 years and 8 men between 21 and 41 years) from villages in the Vanni region(areas previously under LTTE control from where the entire population wasdisplaced during the final phase of the war and have begun to return since late2009 and [...]

The Sri Lankan government rejected a surrender offer by Tamil Tiger rebels at the end of the war, reports released through the Wikileaks website say.
They say that Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa dismissed US pressure to allow a mediated surrender with the words “we’re beyond that now”. The leaked US cables suggest requests for the International Red Cross to go into the war zone were refused.

இலங்கையில் வகைப்பொறுப்புப் (accountablity) பற்றிய செயலாளர் நாயகத்தின் நிபுணர்கள் குழுவின் அறிக்கை நிறைவேற்றுச் சுருக்கம்- Executive Summary  2009 மார்ச் 23ஆந் தேதியன்று ஐ.நா. செயலாளர் நாயகம்  இலங்கைக்கான விஜயத்தின் முடிவில் இலங்கைச் சனாதிபதியாலும் செயலாளர் நாயகத்தாலும் வெளியிடப்பட்ட கூற்றில் உள்ளடக்கப்பட்ட கூட்டு ஈடுபாட்டுப் பொறுப்பைச் செயற்படுத்துதல் பற்றி அவருக்கு ஆலோசனை வழங்குவதற்கு நிபுணர்கள் குழுவொன்று நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதை, 2010 ஜூன் 22ஆந் தேதியன்று செயலாளர் நாயகம் அறிவித்தார். இக் கூட்டுக் கூற்றில் செயலாளர் நாயகம் “வகைப்பொறுப்புச் செயல்முறையொன்றின் [...]

වහසි බස්වලින් මෙන්ම, සම්ප‍්‍රප්ප‍්‍රලාප හෝ පම්පෝරි ගැසීම්වලින් ද මනුෂ්‍ය ජීවිතයට අයහපතක්. අවැඩක් මිසක යහපතක් නම් සිදු නොවේ. බුදු බනේ පවා ඒ ගැන සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ එබැවිනි. සාමාන්‍යයෙන් මිනිසුන් මෙසේ පම්පෝරි ගැසීම හෝ වයසි බස් දෙඩවීම් කරන විට සමාජයේ අන් අය ඔවුන් දෙස බලන්නේ නුරුස්නා බවත් සහ පිළිකුලක් පෙරදැරි කර ගෙනය. ඒ මෙම අයහපත් ගුණාංග සමාජය [...]

71 අපේ‍්‍රල් මාසය අපට අමතක නොවන මතකයකි. එයට වසර 40 ක් ගෙවී ගිය ද අපට එය අදත් අපේ ජීවිතවල කොටසකි. එදා අපි අද වැනි අපේ‍්‍රල් මාසයේ විවිධ සිර ගෙවල සහ හිර කඳවරු තුළ සිර වී සිටියෙමු. අත්දැකීම් සහිත මුහුකුරා ගිය සමාජ දේශපාලන දැනුමකින් තොරවූවා වුව ද, යහපත් සමාජයක් (තිබුණ සමාජයට වඩා* ගොඩනැඟීමේ අරමුණ පෙරදැරි කරගෙන [...]

New Year CelebrationSinhalese / Tamil New Year scheduled for the 13th-14th April was celebrated by the survivors of Torture, rape, families of the disappeared and the families of the Prisoners at of St. Mary’s church premises, Ampitiya Kandy. There were more than 250 participants for this annual celebration. Letters of invitation were sent out to [...]

தமிழ் மக்களை இனியும் ஏமாற்றி காலத்தை தாழ்த்தி கொண்டிருக்காமல் அதிகார பகிர்வு தொடர்பில் பேச்சுக்களை நடத்தி தேசியப் பிரச்சினைக்கு தீர்வு காணப்பட வேண்டும் எனவும் அவர் சொன்னார். பாராளுமன்றத்தில் நேற்று நடைபெற்ற அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்தை மேலும் ஒரு மாதத்திற்கு நீடிப்பதற்கான பிரேரணை மீதான விவாதத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டு உரையாற்றியபோதே அவர் மேற்கண்டவாறு தெரிவித்தார். அங்கு அவர் தொடர்ந்து உரையாற்றுகையில், ஐ.நா. வின் நிபுணர் குழுவின் அறிக்கை, தருஸ்மன் அறிக்கை என பலகோணங்களில் விமர்சிக்கும் அரசாங்கம் அதை தற்போது திருட்டுத்தனமாக அமுல்படுத்தி வருகின்றது. அவசரகாலச் சட்டத்திலுள்ள ஒழுங்கு விதிகளை ஆரம்பித்துள்ளது. தடுத்து வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளவர்களை விடுவிக்கின்றது.