A man suspected of staging a terrorist attack that left a British soldier dead near a military barracks in London, was caught on camera clutching a meat cleaver and knife in…
On the Vesak celebration for this year, the Asian Human Rights Commission offers the following greetings. Vesak …
By Colombo Telegraph - GuardianSelect429x46 Colombo Telegraph has the honour of being first Sri Lankan site to be approved for inclusion in ‘Guardian Select‘. Colombo Telegraph was proposed for membership…
Acquisition Notices: Militarization Through Grabbing Of Tamil Lands
1474 Tamils of the Northern Peninsula have filed writ application No. CA (Writ) 125/2013, pleading for relief from the Appeal Court, against steps by the ruling Rajapaksa regime…
End Cattle Slaughter: Sri Lanka’s First Attempt At Self-Immolation By A Buddhist Monk
Buddhist monk Bohowatte Indararatna thero today set himself on fire in Kandy outside the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic demanding an end to cattle slaughter, Sri Lanka’s first attempt at…
Last Night Dinner At SB’s Residence: MR To Appoint UGC Chairperson’s Husband As The VC Of University Of Colombo
The government seems to be heading for a yet another confrontation with university academics, this time over the highly controversial appointment of the Vice Chancellor (VC) of University…
Impeachment Ruling Appeal To SC: AG Violates Procedure And Gets Leave To Appeal Behind Back Of Shirani B And Others
The latest development following the illegal ousting by the Rajapaksa regime of Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake and installation of Mohan Pieris as de facto Chief Justice despite…
Video: London Attack: Jihadist Claims Filmed On Mobile
A man suspected of staging a terrorist attack that left a British soldier dead near a military barracks in London, was caught on camera clutching a meat cleaver and…
Ganeshan Nimalaruban Case: De Facto CJ Denies Petitioner’s Right To See Replies Filed By AG
De facto Chief Justice Mohan Peiris denies petitioner’s lawyers right to see replies filed by Attorney General The Fundamental Rights case of Ganeshan Nimalaruban was taken before the…
Wholesale Corruption Continues, Public Funds Are Freely Expended On Ostentatious But Manifestly Worthless Schemes – Bala To Mahinda
“We have to point out that your Government has manifestly failed to make good the promise of a better life for the people of this country, that you…
WikiLeaks: CPC And CEB – Sri Lanka Is Meeting IMF Targets
“An IMF team conducting its first quarterly assessment has determined that Sri Lanka is meeting the targets of the July IMF standby agreement, and it appears that the…
Sunila Has Given To The World, Now It’s Time To Give To Her!
“We are writing to ask you to join a solidarity effort for our dear friend Sunila Abeysekera, a leading women’s human rights defender, who is in a life…
WikiLeaks: JVP Electricity Strike Could Delay Reforms – US
“Unions affiliated with the Marxist- Nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party have warned of a strike and country-wide blackout on May 23 in protest of government moves to…
Serious Doubts On The Inquiries Into The Mass Graves At Matale: Gota The Suspected Perpetrator
“Serious doubts have emerged regarding the future investigations into the mass grave at Matale where the remains of 156 persons have been found. In today’s press it was…
Politicization Continues: FUTA Condemns Sacking Anuruddha Pradeep
“Politicization, loss of academic freedom and autonomy are grave threats faced by the university community currently. The latest victim of this malaise is Mr Anuruddha Pradeep, Probationary Lecturer…
US Department Of State: The International Religious Freedom Report On Sri Lanka
The U.S. Department of State’s International Religious Freedom Report describes the status of religious freedom, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S.…
No Progress 4 Years On: Since War’s End An Erosion Of Rights, Absence Of Accountability -HRW
Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This week…
Beware Travelers To Sri Lanka Of Extortion Scam By Immigration Officers
A traveler’s experience on arrival visa and fraud at Colombo International Airport By Jurgent T. Steinmetz - After a short and pleasant flight on SriLankan Airllines, the national airline for Sri Lanka, from…
1474 Jaffna Tamils’ Writ Case Against Land Grab By Rajapaksa Regime To Be Supported On Next Monday
CA (Writ) 125/2013, the case filed by 1474 desperate landowners of the Jaffna Province against steps by the Rajapaksa regime to take over their traditional lands in the…
Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter: A Giant Step In The Right Direction – Prof. Francis Boyle
Lancaster, Pennsylvania - report by Nimal Vinayagamoorthy - Chair, Conference Committee In the legendary city of Lancaster (Pennsylvania, U.S.A) the birth place of Thaddeus Stevens, the immortal 19th century egalitarian…
4 Years On, Largest Rally Since May 2009 On Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day In London -BTF
Thousands of people came together to take part in a rally through London, in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians who were killed, maimed and…
I Don’t Mind Shaking Hands With The War Criminal
I don’t mind shaking hands with the war criminal – Cameron I’m President of Sri Lanka Determined to Annihilate Tamils – Rajapaksa British Tamils organised a rally on…
Was The London Killing Of A British Soldier ‘Terrorism’?
By Glenn Greenwald - Two men yesterday engaged in a horrific act of violence on the streets of London…
Sri Lanka’s Culture Of Impunity And Prosecuting For Picking Coconuts
By Lal Wijenayake - Several incidents in the recent past where criminal acts were committed by persons…
Lessons For Sri Lanka: Pakistani Voters Snub Religious Extremists
By Shanie - I want to be the rainbow From the inside out To show…
Political Machinations: The Irresponsibility Of A Cabinet Decision
By Rajiva Wijesinha - Having looked at one example of rent seeking, in an unusual format, in…
BBS And Vesak!
By Malinda Seneviratne - The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) is alleged to have warned that those who…
Vesak Day Reflections On The Matale Mass Grave
On the Vesak celebration for this year, the Asian Human Rights Commission offers the following…
Blatantly False, Politically Motivated Reports Aimed At Denigrating My Character
By Maithree Wickramasinghe - Federation of University Teachers’ Association Dear Secretary FUTA, I refer to…
Electricity Price Hike, Token Strike And Mass Protests
By Laksiri Fernando - As the events unfolded in the month of May, culminating in…
A Religious Police For The Rajapaksas
By Tisaranee Gunasekara - “The BBS will take immediate steps to form a ‘Cane Force’…
Tamils Of The Vanni – Betrayed By All
By Elilini Hoole - It really bothers me that the protest depicted by photograph titles…
Devolution, Sri Lanka’s Defence And Security
By Dayan Jayatilleka - Prof G.H. Peiris in his latest response (‘The Case against the Thirteenth Amendment’,…
Midweek Politics: The Proxy War Against 13A
By Dharisha Bastians - To mark four years since the end of the military conflict…
SLMC & Leadership: ‘Policy Of Something Is Better Than Nothing’
By Rushdy Nizar Getaberiya - Rally-round the Muslims under one umbrella was most likely the founding…
Possessing Memories, Designing Cemeteries: The Production And Policing Of Memories In Post-War Sri Lanka
By Sinthujan Varatharajah - The aftermaths of wars are coined by various, often divergent, forms of…
Target Practice
By Kath Noble - Dealing with ‘inconvenient’ people is one of the Government’s main talents.…
A Stand For Solidarity
By Kamaya Jayatissa - “A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in…
Worries Of Bodu Bala Sena: Religious Jealousy Of BBS
By Rifai Naleemi - In this part of our series we shall try to expose some aspects…
Rohini Marasinghe And The Proportionality As A Ground Of Judicial Review
By Lakshman I.Keerthisinghe - “We as judges of this land must take the lead from our departed…
Sri Lanka Has To Do A Lot To Improve Its Fiduciary Risk Management
By W.A Wijewardena - Fiduciary risk: Failure to handle others’ money properly When someone handles…
Make All People Part Of War Commemoration
By Jehan Perera - The government’s decision to celebrate May 19 as a day of victory…
Vaddukkottai Memories: Jaffna In The 1960s
By Glenn Yocum - Confessions: I’m an American, now almost 70 years old. I spent a…
Lessons (Not) Learnt And Reconciliation Spurned!
By Lukman Harees - Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a…
The Question Of Religious Pluralism And Unity In Sri Lanka
By Ayathuray Rajasingam - The issue of enforcing unity among the people in Sri Lanka…
Pick Another Day
By Dayan Jayatilleka - The usual polarised debate is on again, on the issue of the Victory…
Low Caste Tamil Hindu Converts: Failed Effort To Hide The Identity Of Muslims
By Rushdy Nizar Getaberiya - Failed effort to hide the identity of Muslims origin in Sri…
A Response To The President’s Address On ‘Victory Day’
By Rajasingham Narendran - I read with much interest the President’s ‘Victory Day’ speech at…
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