‘Anti-Tamil ideology, international meddling make reconciliation impossible’

Sri Lanka Brief No 52– 31 Tuesday Aug 2010
Vanquishing the victor Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe writes on the Court Martial of Retd. General Sarath Fonseka The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) guarantees to every citizen the right and the opportunity to be elected at periodic elections to ensure the free expression of the will of the electors (Article 25). http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100829/News/nws_14.html	Rule of law/Sarath Fonseka / analysis
CMB "deliberately shelled civilians," accuses UN’s departing Holmes United Nation’s Human Rights Co-ordinator, John Holmes, in a parting shot at Colombo the end of his 3-year tenure at the UN, defended his department’s funding of the Sri Lanka government’s internment camps where more than 350,000 held for several months while admitting the Sri Lanka government may have “deliberately shelled” civilians and hospitals, Inner City Press reported. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32493	Crimes against humanity /News
Mannar – Tamil misery continues Broken, torn buildings tower over the tiny UNHCR tents on the gardens and court yards. Hanging clothes, pots and pans and carry bags scattered around the land show signs of civilian life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100829_vanni_visit.shtml	Tamil rights / Report
‘Anti-Tamil ideology, international meddling make reconciliation impossible’ In a recent paper titled "Why National Reconciliation in Sri Lanka Is Not Possible," Brian Senewiratne, a renowned physician and an Australia based Sinhala expatriate, says although he had realized that ‘national reconciliation’ in Sri Lanka was ‘totally unrealistic’, after witnessing the major human rights violations inflicted upon the Tamil people. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32514	Reconciliation / Analysis
Jayantha Dhanapala responds to erroneous and selective media reports of his submission to LLRC many present at this session of the LLRC said that media reports, including those on the Ministry of Defence website of Jayantha Dhanapala’s submission were extremely biased and inaccurate. We publish below a response to these reports by Jayantha Dhanapala as well as his written submission to the LLRC. http://www.groundviews.org/2010/08/30/jayantha-dhanapala-responds-to-erroneous-and-selective-media-reports-of-his-submission-to-llrc/	CFA, Tamil question and / News feature

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