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  • Tamils must register with Police

    Jul 15
    The Sri Lankan Government has announced that Tamils living in Colombo city and suburbs, and in the hill country are required to register with the Police station nearest to their residences.

    Deputy Inspector General of Police, Pujitha Jeyasundera, detailed the procedures to be followed by Tamil residents in fulfilling this new requirement at a press conference held on June 30 in Colombo district Administrative Secretariat.
  • JVP calls for war against Tigers
    The ultra-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna last week indicated its willingness to join the President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s minority government once he ‘proves himself’ by taking action to militarily defeat the Tamil Tigers.
  • Indian initiative to unite Sinhala parties fails
    “The opposition leader did not know that even as they met, the government had secured the defection of one of his MPs.”
  • Canada ban fanning conflict - Tamilselvan
    'We know the complexity of the political problems any party would normally come across during a period of transition or a change from one party to another''.
  • McGuinness meets LTTE leaders
    “[It was a] huge mistake for the EU leaders to demonize the LTTE and the political leaders of the Tamil people” - Mr. McGuinness
  • How the EU produced a war
    Given that EU always had leverage over the Colombo government, it is surprising that things have gotten so bad.
  • Context determines who is a terrorist
    Even Mandela would not escape label today
  • ‘They took me to Colombo and tortured me’
    Tamils who fled Sri Lankan military harassment are in limbo amid rising violence
  • ‘Undeclared’ war takes toll in Jaffna
    “Anything can happen at any time,” M. V. Kanamylnathan, chief editor of the Tamil-language newspaper Uthayan said from his offices.
  • The end game that won’t end
    What the international community have not quite grasped yet is that this is a Sri Lankan Government like none before.
  • Acting Army commander takes over
    “Maj. Gen. Mallawaratchchi will serve in this capacity until Lt. Gen. Fonseka, now undergoing treatment in a Singapore hospital, recovers and returns to his post.”
  • Army officers to avoid roads
    The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) high command in Palaly military base, Jaffna, has issued a directive to all SLA camps in Jaffna peninsula advising high level military officers to only use Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopters for internal travel within the Peninsula.

    The directive comes in the wake of increased claymore attacks targeted on SLA vehicles, and on soldiers deployed on sentry duty and street patrols.
  • Violence continues across Northeast
    Claymores, Killings, Disappearances and Rapes continues across the Northeast.
  • Disappearances surge in Jaffna
    'The numbers have steadily increased after the stepping up of search operations by the Sri Lanka Army'' - HRC officials.
  • Paramilitaries abduct more underage youth
    Parents of the abducted children, gripped by fear for their children’s safety, are reluctant to make complaints to the police or human rights watchdogs, a Grama Sevaka official told reproters.
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