• TNA sets out to win support of the masses

    Sep 17
    The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) held a mass election rally in Nallur today, with several candidates addressing the crowds, and urging them to come out and vote.


       
    Front page of the TNA electoral publication  

    See below  for commentary from the event as it took place.
  • SL military and MoD receive high corruption ratings

    In a recent study conducted by the Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme (TI-DSP) , Sri Lanka was placed amongst the 14 most likely countries that were likely to suffer from high level corruption in their Ministry

  • ICP questions UN on impunity for SL peacekeepers
    Questioning the UN's claim of 'zero tolerance' for sexual abuse, the Inner City Press (ICP), asked the UN whether it was denying the allegation of rape against Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti.

  • Sri Lanka brought up again in UNHRC general debate

  • Rajapaksa: 'army will never be withdrawn completely' from North
    In an interview with the Hindustan Times, the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa answered a wide range of questions concerning the end of the armed conflict and the time that has passed since then. See here for full interview, extracts reproduced below.
  • SL collecting data for citizen identity cards

    Sri Lanka’s Department of Registration of Persons will commence issuing new electronic National Identity Cards to all ‘citizens’ from November, reported Colombo Page.

  • Tamil TNA campaigner killed in Mullaitivu

    A Tamil National Alliance (TNA) campaigner, Rasiah Kavithan, was killed by a group of supporters of the ruling party UPFA in Mullaitivu today, reports TamilNet. 

  • Sri Lankan Cricket preparations
    Sri Lankan cricket players take part in a ceremony in preparation of the Champions League Twenty20, in Colombo.
  • SL court brings criminal charges against impeached chief justice
    A Sri Lankan court brought criminal charges of corruption against the former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake, who was impeached earlier this year, in a move that was condemned internationally.

    Speaking to AFP, the head of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Upul Jayasuriya, said:
  • Rajapapksa: 'easy for the western countries to talk, to criticise'
    In an interview to China's state TV, President Mahinda Rajapaksa scorned western criticism of his government, remarking "it's easy for the western countries to talk, to criticise".

    He said:
  • Tamils mark the passing of Sunila Abeysekara, aged 61
    Sunila Abeysekara, an internationally respected Sri Lankan human rights activist died on Monday aged 61 from cancer.



    An outspoken figure amongst her colleagues in Sri Lanka, she was deeply respected by a number of international figures and Tamils for fearlessly raising the issue of human rights abuses committed against Tamils at the end of the armed conflict.

    She eventually fled to live in exile in the Netherlands, after the Sri Lankan state owned media site called her a traitor for her endorsement of the 2012 UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.

    She was also an ardent advocate for women's rights in South Asia as well as that of sex workers and homosexuals and transgender people.

    In the days following her death on September 9th, a number of Tamil activists and organisations paid tribute to her work.
  • Mahinda campaigns in the Northern Province

    Addressing a public rally in Mullaitivu, Mahinda Rajapaksa outlined that the government had taken expeditious measures to develop the war-battered Northern Province over the last 4 years.

  • Commonwealth covers up damning Sri Lanka report
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  • Map of NPC election violence goes live
    A map of violence associated with the Northern Provincial Council election has now gone live online. The map was created by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence, an organisation formed by the Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Free Media Movement and the Coalition Against Political Violence.

    See here and a screenshot  of the map, taken today, below -

  • Sinhala Buddhist orgs attack TNA for 'pro-LTTE agenda'
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    Several Buddhist organisations are planning to take legal action against the Tamil National Alliance's 'manifesto' in the run up to the Northern Provincial Council elections.

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