Home Archives for December 2010

New Year Wish List 2011

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (December 31, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian) We hope that wishing for a happy new year in Sri Lanka is not just...

Out Lickspittle Press

Doorkeepers to the House of Lies President Barack Obama pauses as he golfs with friends at Mid-Pacific County Club in Kailua, Hawaii, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. by...

LLRC: Can reconciliation be achieved through a veil of secrecy?

by Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon (December 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Centre for Human rights (CHR) strongly criticizes preventing journalists from covering...

A statement from the son of a White Flag victim Mr. Nadesan

Media have received several testimonies from family members of those killed, including those who were killed while crossing into the Sri Lankan government held...

Text of Norwegian letter to Prabhakaran follows

[December 30, London, Sri Lanka Guardian] "Letter from Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs "To Mr. Velupillai Prabhakaran, Leader,...

Nallur Kanthaswamy temple

by A. Theva Rajan (December 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The article in the daily newspaper based in Colombo has suggests that the Nallur Kanthaswamy Temple...

Happy Christmas & New Year Umbatai Mattai

" A great war leaves the country with three armies: An army of mourners, army of cripples and an army of criminals." by Gamini Weerakoon (December...

Need to restore public confidence in CBI

" What is even more disturbing is the seeming indifference of the Government to public criticism of the functioning of the CBI in relation to these and other...

What can the Tamils do in Sri Lanka?

by Subramaniam Masilamany (December 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Well, we made terrible mistakes, We never trusted each other, stayed divided and furthered...

lsrael ex-president guilty of rape

Moshe Katsav is found guilty of rape and other sexual offences by Israeli court. (December 30, Jerusalem, Sri Lanka Guardian) An Israeli court found Moshe...

Senior official victim of witch hunting in the Sri Lankan High Commission

Kapila Fonseka (Sri Lanka) and M Subhashini (India) (December 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Sri Lankan High Commission in London is said to be in a state...

Colombo airport infested with intelligence sleuths

(December 29, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)Following the debacle visit of the President Mahinda Rajapakse to speak at the prestigious Oxford Union, the Defence...

INTERVIEW: Ex- Prisons Commissioner speaks out

Interviewed by Harshi C. Perera (December 29, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) 1. Please introduce yourself, briefly. I am Lionel Weerasinghe, Correctional...

La Lanka’s Les Miserables in 2011; please Mr President, we are hungry

I rage at remand prisoners who are kept in custody without recourse to lawyers. I cannot feel the Christmas cheer when I find six years since Tsunami struck,...