‘Noose, hear my story’

| by Murugan The writer, One of the death Convicts in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination casetranslated by L.Annadoure – (Junior Vikaden dt.5.10.2011)
( February 06, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) When I was in Ilangai I had not heard much about the structure of police force and their activities and the court proceedings, for these were less conspicuous there. But having been entwined and indicted in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, the perennial tortures which I was subjected to while being...

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‘அமெரிக்க ட்ரோன் தாக்குதல்களில் பெருமளவு பொதுமக்கள் கொலை’

'பாகிஸ்தான் பழங்குடி மக்கள் பகுதிகளில் அமெரிக்கா கடந்த 3 ஆண்டுகளில் நடத்திய வான் தாக்குதல்களில் நூற்றுக்கணக்கான பொதுமக்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டனர்': புலனாய்வுச் செய்தியாளர்கள்...

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‘Tamils are a distinct people entitled to certain rights like Self-Determination in International law’

M.A. Sumanthiran MP Interviewed by Namini Wijedasa Hello Friends, Talks between the Sri Lankan Government’s main constituent the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) and the Tamil National Alliance(TNA)has currently reached an impasse. The Govt which engaged in bi-lateral talks with the TNA has now suspended it unilaterally and instead convened a Parliamentary Select Committee.It now wants [...]...

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Popular Tamil movie actress arrested for prostitution

Pune, Feb 5: A popular Tamil actress was arrested , for alleged involvement in a prostitution case from a five-star hotel in Viman Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra, last evening, said the police."We laid a trap and sent a decoy customer. Caroline...

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The former JVP MP K.D.Lal Kantha says that the Tamil National Alliance is using the issue of power devolution for their political objectives.

The former JVP MP K.D.Lal Kantha says that the Tamil National Alliance is using the devolution issue achieve their political objectives....

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Mr. Minister, my name is Sunanda Deshapriya. I am not a terrorist.

Photo courtesy JDS

An Open Letter to Minister Keheliya Rambukwella

Mr. Minister, I don’t know whether you have seen the film called ‘my name is Khan. In it, the main character played by popular actor Shah Rukh Khan Repeats the lines ‘My name is Khan. I am not a terrorist’ at different points in the film, in order to affirm his innocence. I too am about to tell you a similar story.  ‘My name is Sunanda...

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A Nation Adrift

In a democracy, a thumping majority is expected to result in cool heads among the victors and cold feet among losers. Not in Sri Lanka. 64 years after seeing the back of British settlers, Sri Lanka moved on. But far from progressing towards true democracy and self-determination these 64 years have seen rivers of blood and hate mar this beautiful land.
Independence did not make us a happy bunch. Instead it somehow has had the opposite effect with the winners of...

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Death of press freedom post independence

Of all the liberties enjoyed up to the early '80's, press freedom suffered the saddest blow. Up until the eighties the governments allowed freedom of speech and then came President Premadasa and he spelt the death-knell for free speech and democracy and tragically the murders of journalists which ensued beginning with the brutal murder of versatile actor, anchor and journalist Richard de Soysa who was dragged out of his...

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Rajapkse attire and its international ramifications

| by A Worried Sri Lankan
( February 04, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The international pressure is slowly and surely building up on Sri Lanka.
The direct pressures of suspension of trade privileges, so far had a miniscule effect but indirect circumstantial pressures are giving all the indications that Sri Lanka will have to respond to its conduct in the war in 2009 and follow an honest and transparent reconciliation process to end the climate of endless suppression of the...

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Rajapaksa says ‘imported solutions’ won’t work in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Feb 4: With differences over a political solution hampering Sri Lanka's efforts to resolve the Tamil issue, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said participation in a parliamentary panel and not an "imported solution" was the way to heal the ethnic...

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