Police order Kalmunai Muslim youths to surrender weapons
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| Sri Lanka Brief No 73 – Friday 01 October 2010 | |
| Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief begins jail sentence
Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, who led troops to victory over Tamil rebels to end a decades-long civil war, on Thursday began 30 months in jail after the president confirmed the sentence. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100930/wl_asia_afp/srilankamilitaryjusticepolitics |
Rule of Law, political victimization /News |
| Anoma To Fight For SF’s Release
Former Army Commander and DNA Leader Sarath Fonseka’s wife, Anoma Fonseka, today (30) said the verdict, instead of discouraging her has strengthened her to resolve to fight for her husband’s freedom http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/09/30/anoma-to-fight-for-sfs-release/ |
Democratic campaign, Sarath Fonseka/ New |
| Seeking the truth in Sri Lanka – What really happened in the closing stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war?
The island’s victorious government has defiantly rejected calls for an international investigation into alleged war crimes by troops and the Tamil Tigers. A website commentator said it even appeared that witnesses were being photographed by plainclothes police, raising serious questions on witness protection. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9047814.stm |
War crimes< LLRC/article |
| Bishop seeks equal aid for Tamil refugees
A Tamil bishop in Sri Lanka has appealed to authorities for equal distribution of aid and cash grants to resettled families.“Deal fairly with all refugees as they had lost virtually every possession they owned to the war,” Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar diocese appealed to state officials in a recent meeting on Sep.21 http://www.ucanews.com/2010/09/29/bishop-seeks-equal-aid-for-tamil-refugees/ |
Tamil rights / News |
| Police order Kalmunai Muslim youths to surrender weapons
Officer-in-Charge of the Kalmunai Police warned this week that legal action will be taken against Muslim youths who fail to surrender their weapons and continue to engage in unlawful activities. |
Para military, Muslim militancy / News |
Microsoft Word – SLB daily update No 73 – Friday,01 October 2010.pdf
Over 89,000 war widows in N&E
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| Sri Lanka Brief No 72 – Thursday 30 September 2010 | |
| Over 89,000 war widows in N&E
The has left 89,000 women in the North and the East widowed and most of them are from the Batticaloa District, Deputy Minister of M. L. A. Hisbulla says.Addressing the media, he said there were 40,000 widows in the North and 49,000 in the East. Some of them were the wives of LTTE cadres, he said. Eight thousand of them were those with three children while 12,000 were young widows, Hisbulla said. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=7837 |
War widows /News |
| Big price paid for China, India’s help – By Dr. Ameer Ali
Sri Lanka’s political foolhardiness in its inability to solve peacefully its domestic ethnic minority issue over the last fifty or so years, as an independent sovereign nation state has, as a consequence of a bitterly fought civil war, pulled her into the vortex of a new geo-political game played amongst India, the United States and China in which the island nation’s sovereignty is in danger of being compromised . http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe6.htm |
Geo politics re sri Lanka / analysis |
| Mahanayakes ask President to release General
altThe Mahanayakas of the four Chapters have asked the President to take measures to release former Commander of the Army Gen. Sarath Fonseka considering the great service he rendered to the country. |
Political victimization, Sarath Fonseka /news |
| Norwegian NGO picked to evaluate failed Sri Lankan peace process
Norway-based NGO Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) has won a major contract from the Norwegian government to appraise the Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka, with the emphasis on the disastrous 2002 bid, launched during the tenure of the then Sri Lankan Premier Ranil Wickreemsinghe. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=7757 |
CFA 2002, Norway role / News |
| A man is shot dead while in the police custody of Special Task Force
According to the information we received Mr. Jayakody Arachchilage Oman Perera of No 22, Palle Kalley Janapadaya in Kurunegala was arrested at around 4.45 pm on Tuesday 31 August 2010, at his residence by police officers attached to the Special Task Force (STF). The police officers brought Jayakody by a police jeep from Kurunegala to Colombo. |
Rule of law, police brutality / News |
Microsoft Word – SLB daily update No 72 – Thursday,30 September 2010.pdf
Sri Lanka MP interrogated over ‘dictator’ posters
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| Sri Lanka Brief No 71 – Wednesday 29 September 2010 | |
| Study on Criminal Accountability in Sri Lanka
As of May 2009 more than 40,000 civilians were reported dead and almost 300,000 were reported as being interned in camps. By not sparing any civilian, both the Sri Lankan government‘s military strategy to fight the LTTE in northern Sri Lanka as well as the LTTE‘s counterstrategy, constitutes not only a violation of international law and standards, but also amounts to criminal conduct. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/study-on-criminal-accountability-in-sri.html read full report here – http://www.scribd.com/doc/38206877/Study-on-Criminal-Accountability-in-Sri-Lanka |
War crimes /
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| Virginity, virginity, virginity; Labai labai… cheap ones here!!!!
Last week, Vice Chancellor’s love phobia was a burning news. So I wanted to get some opinions from my university friends about it. Most of them didn’t know anything about either virginity or VC’s love phobia. No wonder; typical Sri Lankan Uni students!! http://grassrooted.net/2010/09/26/virginity-virginity-virginity-labai-labai-cheep-ones-here/ |
Fundamentalism, Moral police / article |
| AHRC condemns the politically manipulated verdict of the second court-martial proceedings against Sarath Fonseka
The Asian Human Rights Commission categorically condemns the decision of the second court-martial delivered today in the case against Sarath Fonseka. The political use of the judicial process is a complete denial of the basic freedoms of a citizen. http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2010statements/2840 |
Rule of law, political victimization / Statement |
| Sri Lanka MP interrogated over ‘dictator’ posters
The main opposition Sri Lankan United National Party (UNP) has accused the authorities of undermining democracy by intimidating parliamentarians. Mr Samaraweera has admitted responsibility for printing a poster depicting the president as a dictator. |
18th amendment. Poster ban / News |
| Sri Lanka to appoint Assistant Superintendents of Police at Divisional Secretariat level Sri Lanka police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya intends to appoint Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) at Divisional Secretariat level. He said plans are afoot and discussions are underway in this regard. Accordingly, ASPs are to be appointed for 331 Divisional Secretariat areas. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10B/Sep28_1285683655KA.php |
Militarization / News |
Microsoft Word – SLB daily update No 71 – Wednesday,29 September 2010.pdf
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