Sri Lanka: The Road to Reconciliation – 101 East

With a final report on the civil war due, we ask if Sri Lanka’s ethnic communities are more divided than ever. Since Sri Lanka ended a long-running civil war in May 2009, the country has attracted new tourists and trade. But critics say Sri Lanka’s ethnic communities appear more divided than ever with the risk… Continue reading Sri Lanka: The Road to Reconciliation – 101 East

Sri Lanka ‘still torturing’ Tamils – Channel 4 News

Sri Lanka’s civil war ended with "credible" evidence that war crimes were committed. Now Channel 4 News can reveal mounting evidence that the government is still torturing Tamil prisoners. The UN has already found that evidence of the killing of up to 40,000 civilians amid allegations of serious human rights abuses amounted to "credible allegations"… Continue reading Sri Lanka ‘still torturing’ Tamils – Channel 4 News

Sri Lanka Team Calls UN Ban "Close," No "Darusman" Report Action For Year?

After Sri Lanka’s special envoy Mahinda Samarasinghe met Wednesday morning with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Inner City Press asked him how the meeting had gone. Video here and below. "Constructive," he called it, saying that the government’s Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission report, due November 15, will be presented nearly a year later in… Continue reading Sri Lanka Team Calls UN Ban "Close," No "Darusman" Report Action For Year?

Liam Fox and Adam Werritty in Sri Lanka meeting footage

Video footage has emerged that appears to show Liam Fox and his close friend Adam Werritty at a meeting with the Sri Lankan president last year. It comes as the defence secretary is facing a Ministry of Defence inquiry into his working relationship with Mr Werritty, who has no official role. The video purports to… Continue reading Liam Fox and Adam Werritty in Sri Lanka meeting footage

Liam Fox quizzed about friend’s access to MoD – Channel 4 News

Labour MPs quiz Defence Secretary Liam Fox about his friendship with a man who allegedly claims to be one of his advisers and has visited him at the Ministry of Defence on many occasions. Former armed forces minister Kevan Jones told the Guardian that Dr Fox’s unrecorded meetings with Adam Werritty could pose "a threat… Continue reading Liam Fox quizzed about friend’s access to MoD – Channel 4 News

UK Labour party calls for Sri Lanka’s War Crimes investigations

Speaking to Tamil supporters at a meeting during the Labour party conference Wednesday, Douglas Alexander MP, the British Shadow Foreign Secretary, said his party supports the establishment of an international commission to investigate the “acts of unconscionable violence” perpetrated in the final months of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict in 2009, a press release issued by… Continue reading UK Labour party calls for Sri Lanka’s War Crimes investigations

Last-minute court order halts Sri Lankan deportation – Channel 4 News

A forced removal of failed asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka has been put on hold by a judge after a day of frantic legal appeals. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports. Frantic efforts by lawyers in London to prevent an aircraft, chartered by the British government, from forcibly returning failed asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka have succeeded… Continue reading Last-minute court order halts Sri Lankan deportation – Channel 4 News

UK Apeals Court stays deportation order of Tamil asylum seekers

An unknown number of Tamils, rumored to be close to 50, who were to have been on today’s flight and who had appealed for judicial review of their cases have had their High Court removal orders overturned in the Court of Appeal Wednesday, Channel-4 reported. An appeal court judge had overturned one Tamil woman’s removal… Continue reading UK Apeals Court stays deportation order of Tamil asylum seekers

At UN, Kohona Tells Rajapaksa Ban "Has Seen Video We Sent Him"

When Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Permanent Representative to the UN Palitha Kohona left their meeting with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday night, they paused at the elevator speaking to and about Mr. Ban.   As caught on video by Inner City Press and put online here, Kohona told Rajapaksa, about Ban,… Continue reading At UN, Kohona Tells Rajapaksa Ban "Has Seen Video We Sent Him"

Villagers protest over Sri Lanka tourism expansion

Sri Lanka has opened itself up to more tourism opportunities and companies are scrambling to take advantage of the prime real estate. Luxury resorts are planned for the islands off the country’s west coast. Nearby villagers say they have been barred from their habitual fishing grounds and are losing their livelihoods. [Full Coverage]

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