By Gomin Dayasri Once deemed unthinkable may become inevitable if the Human Rights Council by a majority vote endorses the resolution proposed by the United States of punishing Sri Lanka for successfully eliminating terrorism comprehensively. The danger zone of the resolution lies in the final clause, which reads: – “Encourages the Office of the United […]

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By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ Can the 47 Member States participating in the UNHuman Rights Council Sessions after the news of the massacre of 16 young and old Afghan Villagers by a ƒ”š‚ Soldier of the USArmed forces still want to beƒ”š‚  fooled by America’sƒ”š‚  pretended respect for human rightsƒ”š‚  by moving a resolution against Sri Lanka ? ƒ”š‚ America […]

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Shenali Waduge In this day & age when no one is to be trusted there is greater urgency to be informed and more importantly to be able to filter what one sees, hears or reads about. It is the people who become the ultimate tool for the coups that take place by powerful nations and […]

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By Nalin de Silva- The much-awaited US resolution on Sri Lanka was brought before the UNHRC last Wednesday. It made the opponents of the government, who propagated the lie that the latter has created a gonibilla to divert the attention of the people from fuel prices, bus fares, electricity bills etc helpless. It exposed them […]

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S de Silvaƒ”š‚  UK HE The Ambassador in the UK for Sri Lanka, “…..Sri Lankans are NOT objecting to the UN resolution because SL is ƒ”š‚ “ƒ”¹…”afraid’ of investigations into the conduct of its Forces as implied by the writer. It is the crass double standards on a monumental scale that infuriates most Sri Lankans.ƒ”š‚  If […]

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From Asoka Weerasinghe Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP MP for Scarborough-Rouge River, Ontario (First Sri Lankan-Tamil elected to Canadian Parliament.) Oh! No, Rathika.ƒ”š‚  What’s going on?ƒ”š‚  Your leader Velupillai Prabhakaran must be turning in his graveƒ”š‚  After all you shocked me when you displayed the Tamil Tiger flag in your Facebook pages after you won your riding.ƒ”š‚  […]

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Top Spin By Suni March 15th 2012 The ICC surely plays a role towards the absurdity of Sri Lanka’s current international schedule as Sri Lanka’s itinerary over the past few months which included tours of South Africa and Australia, and shortly after the Asia Cup the effects of which are already showing in the form […]

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Island March 13, 2012, 12:00 pm On 6th March 2012, Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka participated as a special guest lecturer at a seminar organized by Prof. Michel Korinman, professor of geopolitics at Sorbonne University (Paris IV). Prof. Korinman is also the editor of Outre-Terre a French periodical on geopolitics. Among the participants present were French officials, […]

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