Media Development Authority: Another name for media control in Sri Lanka?

No 29– 29 Thursday July 2010
Lessons Learnt and Re-conciliation Commission – first hearing The Lessons Learnt and Re-conciliation Commission (LLRC) will conduct its first public hearings for three days,starting from August 11 at its Secretariat at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Centre in Colombo, Read More	Accountability of War /GOSL commission
Sinhala magistrate to be appointed to Mullaiththeevu, in Vanni Chaavakachcheari magistrate expressed strong discontent over police noncooperation Monday when Jaffna police authorities failed to submit the statement of the suspect, Allexander Soosaimuthu alias Charles, Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) in the killing of student Kapilnath in Chaavakachcheari, sources in Jaffna said. . Read More	Rule of law/ Tamil rights
Identifying the unidentified is a police duty- courts The Police was slammed by courts for not been able to identify those who attacked the residents and caused damage to property in Mattakkuliya, Colombo.In early July, following a clash between residents and police a number of houses were damaged and residents were assaulted. Read More	Rule of law/ police partiality
Govt. responds to academicians’ strike – Deducts a day’s pay! The government, instead of resolving the issue that led to a token strike carried out by more than 4000 university teachers in universities throughout the island, has taken measures to cut a day’s wages from the university academics who took part in the token strike. Read More	Right to strike / political victimization
Media Development Authority: Another name for media control in Sri Lanka? The sections dealing with the policy of MDA SL is almost copied word by word from the wikipage on the Singapore MDA, which in turn is based on the official Singapore MDA site.. Read More	Media freedom/ state regulation of media
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TNA MP seeks release of 765 LTTE suspects

No 28– 28 Wednesday July 2010
Lanka to oppose Ban The Sri Lankan government is to oppose the re-election of Ban Ki Moon as the UN Secretary General and will also seek the support of several other countries for this move, a senior government minister told Daily Mirror online on the condition of anonymity.. Read More	UNSG panel/GOSL position
Sinhala magistrate to be appointed to Mullaiththeevu, in Vanni Sri Lanka Justice Ministry has decided to appoint Jayawardne, a Sinhala magistrate to Mullaiththeevu magistrate court in Vanni which had begun to function after a period of nearly 20 years, sources in Mullaiththeevu said. Read More	IDPs/ language rights
TNA MP seeks release of 765 LTTE suspects P Ariyanethiran, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for the Eastern Sri Lankan district of Batticaloa, has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa asking him to release 765 Tamil young men and women who are kept in various prisons in the island for suspected links with the LTTE. Read More	LTTE detainees/ reconciliation
Israel style PM post for Sri Lanka According to a senior govt spokesman a study is being conducted by the govt already to create an executive prime minister post in Sri Lanka in the model practiced in Israel in a way that would suit Sri Lanka and a top govt team is already studying the Israel model and the Israel constitution thoroughly for this purpose. Read More	Executive Presidency/good governance
Police, instead of an impartial inquiry, put up posters against students The personnel of Matara Police Station launched a poster campaign to put the blame of the student’s killing on University students while ignoring impartial inquiries which are to be carried out against the Police who were accused against this death. Read More	Rule of law/ police bias
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Army records statements from (Vanni) villagers

No 27– 27 Tuesday July 2010
PTF imposes restrictions on local NGOs in Jaffna Sri Lanka government which allows only a few Non-government Organizations (NGO) to serve in Vanni, now imposes restrictions on NGOs serving in Jaffna too through its Presidential Task Force (PTF), headed by Basil Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan Minister and brother of SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa, NGO circles in Jaffna said. Read More related – Restrictions imposed in Vanni	NGOs / Jaffna
Army records statements from (Vanni) villagers The military has recorded statements from some villagers in Gaudarimunai in the Poonekery division of the Kilinochchi after a team of JVP members visited the area recently, former MP Bimal Ratnayake said yesterday.. Read More	IDPs/ political rights
Political leaderships not bothered to solve educational problems of Muslims The All Ceylon Muslim Educational Conference (ACMEC) has charged the Muslim parliamentarians and the new education minister for not showing any interest in solving the educational problems of the Muslims. Read More	Right to education/Muslim issues
Black July 1983: Dedicate ourselves not to repeat the mistakes of the past In the past several years, the week of Black July was acknowledged and commemorated by civil society, and sometimes even by the government. But this year it has received very little attention. The readiness of society to put behind the events of July 1983 would be appropriate if reconciliation in the country after the war were truly taking place. Read More	Ethnic Discrimination/ Tamil rights
Manmohan Singh to send envoy (to Lanka) India is deputing a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs to Sri Lanka to assess the progress of restoration of normal life in Tamil-dominated northern and eastern parts of the island at the end of the war against LTTE. Read More	Reconciliation/ Indian pressure
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Microsoft Word – SLB daily update No 27 – 27 Tuesday July 2010.pdf