3 Sinhala traders knifed, injured, in Jaffna
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| No 42– 17 Tuesday Aug 2010 | |
| Violation of Democratic rights in Sri Lanka- Intellectuals for Human Rights complains to UN Secretary General
Intellectuals for Human Right (IH fR) has forwarded a letter to UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon to urge him to intervene against the deterioration of democracy and human right violations in Sri Lanka. |
UN and Sri Lanka/ democratic rights |
| Boys ‘abused’ in Buddhist temple
Four boys are in hospital after being sexually abuse in a Buddhist temple. Three suspects, including a Buddhist monk, are missing after four under age boys were admitted to a hospital in eastern Sri Lanka with injuries, police said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100815_boys_abused.shtm |
Child rights/sexual abuse |
| Fonseka punishment and Rajapaksha family – Tisaranee Gunasekara
Sarath Fonseka is no ordinary man; If that man can be denied his own past, if he can be transformed from patriot to anti-patriot, if he can be arrested, tried and convicted in a manner which violates all norms of justice and fair-play, simply because he opposed the Rajapakses, what cannot happen to other less exalted citizens when they fail the test of unquestioning obedience to the Ruling Family? http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/08/post_562.html |
Rule of Law / Sarath Fonseka |
| 3 Sinhala traders knifed, injured, in Jaffna
A gang of eight men arriving on bicycles inflicted injuries with swords on three Sinhala traders Monday around 7:15 p.m in Kokkuvil in Jaffna where they were selling furniture along Aadiyapaatham road , sources in Jaffna said. Jaffna police rushed two seriouslay injured men to Jaffna Teaching Hospital. |
Reconciliation/ Sinhala domination |
| Disabled and discarded at the end of the war?
THE last days of the war in May 2009 in North Sri Lanka are just painful memories for M10, an injured ex-Tamil Tiger young woman combatant, who is now reunited with her sister’s family in Batticaloa district after spending 11 months in an army detention center http://sonnyinbaraj.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/disabled-and-discarded-at-the-end-of-the-war/ |
IDPs/ former LTTE cadres |
| UN reports on Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka and UN Charter-based Bodies & Sri Lanka and UN Treaty Bodies Most recent Special Procedures’ reports can be viewed at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/LKIndex.aspx |
UN reports on Sri Lanka |
Microsoft Word – SLB daily update No 42- 17 Tuesday Aug 2010.pdf
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