Hearing in court-martial of Sri Lankan postponed (Boston Herald)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Judges presiding over the court-martial of Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate…
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party vows civil disobedience (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party on Saturday vowed to launch a Gandhi-style civil disobedience campaign to press a long-standing demand for regional autonomy for their ethnic minority.
Expert panel for Sri Lanka will not infringe on sovereignty Ban Ki-moon (TamilNet)
The panel of experts being set up by the United Nations as part of an accountability process following the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka will not infringe on the countrys sovereignty, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. Mr. Ban told journalists that the establishment of the panel is in line with a joint statement he issued with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his visit …
Ethnic question in Sri Lanka: The Tamil Diaspora (TamilEelam News Service)
Much of the recent commentary on the Tamil Diaspora, both in research and media, not only fails to account for the specific reality of Tamil expatriates in the West, it consciously serves to misrepresent and vilify them, with the explicit objective of denying them their rightful place in the resolution of the Tamil question in Sri Lanka, and limiting their role in the island’s politics, the …
Sri Lanka’s hero general faces court martial (WFMJ Youngstown)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – The Sri Lankan general who led the army to victory in the civil war and then was roundly defeated in his bid to win the presidency faced a court martial Tuesday on allegations of sedition.
Ban goes ahead with Sri Lanka panel (The Hindu)
COLOMBO: United Nation’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is going ahead with his proposal for a panel of experts on Sri Lanka despite objections from Colombo that the panel would infringe on the country’s sovereignty.
UN chief defends move on Sri Lanka (People’s Daily)
After facing protest from some corners of the world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday defended his authority to establish an advisory body on human rights issues in Sri Lanka and said he will continue to press the matter. “There will be no delay in the establishment of the panel,” Ban told reporters during a press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York. “I am …
Hearing in court-martial of Sri Lankan postponed (Sify News)
Judges presiding over the court-martial of Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate indefinitely postponed a hearing into one allegation against him Wednesday, a defense attorney said, but
