Left Discourse ‘Reconciliation - the South African Experience’ Presenter: Geoff Doidge - High Commissioner for South Africa in Sri Lanka Thursday, 13 March 2014 at 4.30 pm at the N.M. Perera Centre 106, Dr. N.M. Perera Mawatha,…
The shortlist for the Gratiaen Prize 2013 will be announced at an event on Monday 7 April, 6pm at the British Council Library. All are invited to attend the announcement…
A number of Arab and Iranian women staged an unusual protest in the Louvre Art Museum’s Square to call for equality and secularism on the occasion of the International Women’s…
The New York based Inner City Press has asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about whether he has a view on the ban on the Colombo Telegraph in Sri Lanka.…
The Sri Lankan Government periodically blocked access to the Colombo Telegraph website as well as several Tamil news websites including the pro-LTTE Tamilnet, a US State Department report on Sri Lanka’s…
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The Media Minister’s leaked files now in possession of the Colombo Telegraph show that the Rajapaksa regime has granted 547 journalists and media workers a Rs. 1,200,000/- of interest free government…
Journalists from virtually every mainstream media in the country with the exception of the Sunday Times newspaper have accepted laptops and car loans or both from the Rajapaksa regime, a…
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…
‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ To Visit Sri Lanka: “We’ve Not Signed Any Agreement With 969 Movement”: BBS
“We have not signed any agreement with Burma’s Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu or the 969 movement” the Chief Executive Officer of the Bodu Bala Sena Dilanthe Withanage told…
CBK-Ranil Meet Amid Press Glare
Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga held talks with Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on the ongoing attacks on religious minorities today (11). Kumaratunga’s think tank, SAPRI handed over recommendations it…
School Principal Ignores Governor’s Orders; Bans Punjabi And Makes Students Worship
On Monday March 3rd, 2014, two students in Grade 7 of Janadipathi Balika Vidyalaya, School Lane Nawala, were ordered to kneel down and worship the Principal of the…
Anti-Muslim Rhetoric In Sri Lanka Similar To Myanmar’s
An international panel of experts concluded in Budapest last week that the anti-Muslim rhetoric in Sri Lanka is similar to that of Myanmar where hundreds of Rohingya Muslims…
TN Student Groups Says F**k Off USA: Anti-US Protests On ‘Weak’ US Sponsored Resolution On Sri Lanka
On Sunday 9th of March, two anti-US protests were held in Chennai against a ‘weak’ US sponsored draft resolution on Sri Lanka, which was leaked during the ongoing…
Urgent Appeal: Human Rights Defender Wanatamulle Sunil Samaradeera’s Life Under Threat
Wanatamulla Sunil Samaradeera appeals for protection for himself and his family members and justice for the abuse of his fundamental rights.justice for the abuse of his fundamental rights, says the…
Jayaratne Says Dhanapala Will Stand By Best Practices, Dhanapala Pussyfoots On Illegal Web Blocking
In an email to Colombo Telegraph, received a few hours ago, Dialog Axiata PLC Board member, a Friday Forum’s key co-signatory, former UN under secretary general Jayantha Dhanapala…
Sri Lanka Says Draft Resolution Of Core Group Violates Sri Lanka’s Constitution
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, has said “the draft resolution on Sri Lanka deposited with the Human Rights Council by a…
TNA On Draft Resolution: Statement By TNA Leader Sampanthan And NPC Chief Justice Wigneswaran
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has given careful consideration to the draft resolution on Sri Lanka proposed at the 25th sessions of the Human Rights Council by the…
Sri Lanka: New Video Evidence Of Grotesque Violations
There has been no shortage of distressing images emerging from the final two or three years of Sri Lanka’s awful civil war. But this footage is amongst the…
UNP Demands Mobile Networks Reveal Who Orders Internet Censorship
The UNP today accused the Rajapaksa regime for illegally blocking web-based media. “What began as the censorship of websites disseminating separatist propaganda, soon extended to the blockade of…
Article 19 Slams Ban On Colombo Telegraph Website
Freedom of expression watchdogs Article 19 has strongly criticised the Sri Lankan Government for its continued censorship of the Colombo Telegraph website in the country. Article 19′s Executive…
NPC Calls On Both UNP And TNA To Join The Parliamentary Select Committee
“Sri Lanka now has eighteen months to move towards dealing with the range of issues, including human rights and governance, which have been raised in the draft resolution. …
Rajapaksas Don’t Know How To Handle The Crisis In Geneva Nor The Numerous Crises At Home: UNP
The United national Party calls on the people of Sri Lanka not to be misled by the propaganda of the regime and to seek rational reasons as to…
Court Reverses Decision On Dehiwala Mosque; Permits Reopening
Two days after ordering the closure of a small mosque in Dehiwala, the Gangodawila Magistrate has set aside the order after mosque trustees appealed against the order refuting…
Three Days After Anarkalli Meme: No Apology, No Regrets And No Deletion From Namal
Three days after the crown prince of Sri Lanka’s ruling Rajapaksa dynasty tweeted an offensive picture of his ruling party colleague Anarkali Akarsha on his official Twitter page…
The Mad Monk’s Birthday Party: Look Who His Patrons Are
Deshamanya R Duminda Silva, suspected murderer of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, UNP MP Wijedasa Rajapaksha and EAP Edirisinghe Chairperson Soma Edirisinghe featured prominently among…
Finally, A Defeat For Gota: UDA Pledges To Stop Seizure Of Lands At Wanathamulla
The Urban Development Authority has promised to stop the seizure of lands in Wanathamulla, strong resistance from a residents’ movement which filed action against the UDA at the…
Sumanthiran Lobbies Support For UNHRC Resolution In Australia
Representatives of the Tamil National Alliance, now on a mission to Australia, have urged the Australian Government to consider co-sponsor the resolution at the UN Human Rights Council…
Dialog Board Director And Friday Forum Member Jayantha Dhanapala Fails To Stop CT Blockade On Dialog Network
Jayantha Dhanapala, a prominent member of the Sri Lankan civil society group, the Friday Forum, is a member of the board of directors of Dialog Axiata PLC, Colombo…
‘Appoint Ratnajeevan Hoole As Senior Professor Of Computer Science’ – JUSTA
Following the rejection of Ratnajeevan Hoole’s application for the post of Senior Professor of Computer Science, the Executive Committee of Jaffna University Science Teachers’ Association seeks the UGC’s intervention…
Full Text Of The Sri Lanka’s Response: ‘Sri Lanka Reiterates Its Continued Cooperation And Engagement With The Work Of UNHRC’
“Sri Lanka reiterates its continued cooperation and engagement with the work of the Council” says Minister of External Affairs and Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation at the…
US Confirms OHCHR Inquiry On Sri Lanka
The US Government has just confirmed that the draft resolution on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva calls on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…
After Gota Assures No Closure, Court Orders Shutdown Of Dehiwala Mosque
Five days after Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa assured Muslim representatives he would not permit the closure of registered mosques, a court has ordered the…
Namal Rajapaksa Tweets Meme Of Himself Making Offensive Remarks About Anarkali
Namal Rajapaksa, widely regarded as the crown prince of the ruling Rajapaksa dynasty, who maintains a relatively modest presence on the social media website Twitter, has just tweeted…
Credible Allegations Point To Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity In Sri Lanka’s North – Sri Lanka Campaign’s New Report
The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice has today released a report which presents crimes against humanity allegedly done by the Sri Lankan security forces during the five…
Does USA Or India Want Regime Change?
By Kumar David - The short answer is “no” in the case of India, but…
The Royal Tweet And Sexual Harassment
By Parvathi Ram-Bandaranayake - The Royal tweet from the Presidential scion about Anarkali Akarsha is…
Sexist Jokes: What Namal And Anarkali Fail To Grasp
By Kshama Ranawana - In Canada, the University of Ottawa’s men’s hockey team and its…
Under Siege: Sri Lanka In Geneva, March 2014
By Dayan Jayatilleka - Political correctness or the fear of it makes Sri Lankan commentators…
Good, Bad And Ugly Of The Draft Resolution In UNHRC
By S. V. Kirubaharan - Looking at history, we see there have been political and…
Dudley S’ “Mismatch” And Sri Lanka’s Youth
By Charitha Ratwatte - The never ending saga of Sri Lanka’s job market The words skills mismatch…
Is South Africa’s Model Of TRC A Trap Or Trajectory For Sri Lanka?
By Nirmanusan Balasundaram - Background Three days after the armed conflict in the island of…
Archbishop Tutu’s Initiative For Sri Lanka Reconciliation
By S. Sivathasan - Archbishop Tutu has placed his name and prestige for the cause…
Fighting For FOI: Have We Realized What An Ugly Being A Dictator Is?
By Shyamon Jayasinghe - There’s Nothing Like Free Flow Of Information; Let’s Fight For It Yes, unhindered…
Face The UNHRC Resolution To Restore Credibility
By Jehan Perera - There was speculation that the ongoing 25th session of the UN…
Controversy Over Household Income: The Heated-Up Debate Is A Salutary Development
By W.A Wijewardena - Lively debate on controversial PCI numbers My View in this series two weeks…
Issaipriya, Vany Kumar And Ananthi Sasitharan; Women Of Courage – Beating The Labelling
By Usha S Sri-Skanda-Rajah - Out of the many women of courage the world has…
Rape Of Tamil Women, Men And Children By Sri Lankan Armed Forces And Their Collaborators
By Brian Senewiratne - Executive summary The rape of Tamil civilians (women, girls and even…
Mahinda Chinthanaya And Geneva
By Tisaranee Gunasekara - “…our troops went to the battlefield carrying a gun in one…
Crimea And Geneva: Reverse Lessons For The Rajapaksa Regime And Diaspora Separatism
By Rajan Philips - What is happening in Crimea is what diaspora separatism would love…
The Politics And Humbuggery Of The United States Of America
By Malinda Seneviratne - UNHRC. That’s United Nations Human Rights Commission. Key term, ‘Human Rights’. The UN…
Indo-Lanka Relations: Refreshing Resetting
By Austin Fernando - The article Resetting Indo- Lanka relations by Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman of…
What Worth, Our ‘Sovereignty’?
By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena - Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations declared in Geneva this week…
Wigneswaran’s Polite Persistence Is Winning Over The Sinhalese
By Kumar David - “Any fool can state ultimate goals - Wisdom is getting the next…
More Of The Same!
By Emil van der Poorten - A short while back I chronicled what poor rural folk had…
UNHRC Draft Resolution: Tight Grip With A Soft Approach And Why The UNP Is Absolutely Correct In Its Statement
By Laksiri Fernando - The West has employed overtly a soft approach towards Sri Lanka,…
Geneva, India, And American Imperialism
By Izeth Hussain - At the moment of writing I have not had access to…
Disillusioned Revolutionaries: The Butcher, The Media-Intellectual-NGO Circles And The Killing Of Wijeweera
By Rajan Hoole - 1989: The Eclipse of the JVP and the Perplexity of the Left –…
Instability In The Middle Kingdom: Why Some Uyghurs Resort To Violence?
By Imtiyaz Razak and Habib Siddiqui - On Saturday, March 1, more than 10 assailants slashed scores…
China: Kunming Terrorist Attack
By R Hariharan - Indians who have been facing terrorist attacks for decades will condemn the dastardly…
Political Monotheism, Institutional Erosion And Moral Decay
By Tisaranee Gunasekara - “All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy…
A Note On The Leaked-Draft Resolution On Sri Lanka
By Malinda Seneviratne - This is not THE resolution. Let’s keep that in mind. It is not…
India’s Direction, Modi’s Strivings And Impact On Sri Lanka – Part ll
By S. Sivathasan - Continued from Part l of 3.3.2014 Financial Muscle Economic muscle taking…
Is The Noose Tightening On The Regime And What Is Awaiting Sri Lanka?
By G K Nathan - Military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)…
A Crisis Of Expectations
By Dharisha Bastians - Months of anticipation for human rights campaigners, the Tamil Diaspora communities…
Roger, Royce And The Likes
By Helasingha Bandara - Roger Senaviratne and Royce Fernando (coincidentally R & R) are two…
Geneva After GL
By Dayan Jayatilleka - At the High Level Segment of the UNHRC Geneva, Prof GL Peiris did…
Human Rights Council Meeting March 2014 – Another Farce
By Brian Senewiratne - Here we go again. It is carnival time (or shopping time…
On ‘Kotiya’ Bishop Rayappu Joseph
By Paul Newman - Bishop Rayappu Joseph is called the Oscar Romeiro of Mannar by the Tamils…
Gota, Please Don’t White-Van Sunli
By Kumar David - Neoliberalism Underpins Wanathamulla And Slave Island Evictions: The Informal Economy and its…
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