Monthly Archive: June 2017
His Excellency Maiththreepala Sirisena, President, The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 01. Your Excellency, An Appeal Calling for Withdrawal of the Sri Lankan Co-sponsorship of UNHRC Resolution A/HRC/30/L. 29 that Make Unfounded War Crime Allegations against the Sri Lankan Armed Forces Your Excellency is already aware...
by Shamindra Ferdinando The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has assured that a report titled ‘A factual appraisal of the OISL report: A rebuttal to the allegations against the armed forces’, too, would be examined. Thomas Hunecke, human rights officer, Asia-Pacific section has...
By K. Jayasinghe Regrettably, when these horrors were being orchestrated, the UK allowed the LTTE headquarters to be situated in Eelam House located at 202, Long Lane, London SE1. Even now, European governments continue to pressure Sri Lanka to prosecute some segments of the armed forces for excesses, little realizing that...
by Gamini Gunawardane Rtd. Snr. DIG Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his recent Wesak visit to Sri Lanka had said among other things in his speech at the BMICH to celebrate the International Wesak Day, that “Whether it is on land or in the waters of Indian Ocean...