Dr Palitha Kohona, an Australian citizen and Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary has now assumed duties as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, New York. This new appointment follows the retirement of M.G.S. Palihakkara due to personal reasons. The appointment is no surprise as Kohana played a strong hand in the recent […]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 14/06/2011 Reporter: Sarah Dingle Fresh evidence has emerged of alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan civil war. Sarah Dingle reports. Transcript LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: 7.30 has obtained exclusive material, allegedly showing evidence of war crimes at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, two years ago. The photos and […]
July 22, 2009 (New York) – Members of the International Monetary Fund should insist that the government of Sri Lanka address significant post-conflict human rights abuses as part of the approval for a US$2.5 billion stand-by loan, Human Rights Watch said today. The IMF board is expected to vote on the stand-by arrangement on July […]
APRIL 2004 – MARCH 2O09 2004 1. Aiyathurai A. Nadesan – Journalist / 31 May 2. Kandaswamy Aiyer Balanadaraj – Writer / 16 August 3. Lanka Jayasundera – Photo journalist/ 11 December 2005 4. Dharmaratnam Sivaram – Editor / 28 April 5. Kannamuttu Arsakumar – Media worker/ 29 June 6. Relangee Selvarajah – Journalist / […]
“..Gotapaya Rajapakse spoke with the “commander of the army’s 58th division, giving orders not to accommodate any LTTE (Tiger) leaders attempting to surrender and that they must all be killed”, Fonseka said…” Full Text of AFP News S.Lanka rebels killed in cold blood: ex-army chief COLOMBO — Sri Lankan troops shot dead surrendering Tamil Tiger […]
“Dr Kohona is a dual Australian-Sri Lankan citizen. The fact that he is an Australian citizen automatically activates obligations for Australia to investigate this matter at the legal level, but the fact that he was a former high-profile official for the Australian Government representing Australia in international negotiations, I think perhaps places an even stronger […]
Full Text Clarification By General Sarath Fonseka On Our Lead Story On December 13 “As Commander of the Army during the final stages of the war, I did not receive any communication that some LTTE leaders were planning or wanting to surrender.I was not told at any stage they wanted to do so and that […]
The Times December 15, 2009 Video footage that appears to show Sri Lankan troops committing war crimes by summarily executing captured Tamil Tiger fighters on the battlefield was not fabricated, as claimed by the Sri Lankan Government, an investigation by The Times has found.The findings come after General Sarath Fonseka, the former head of the […]
A British medic held for months in an internment camp for Tamil civilians has revealed how military guards dealt out cruel punishments, while many suspected of links to Tiger rebels were taken away and have not been seen since. Gethin Chamberlain The Observer, Sunday 20 December 2009 Tamil women interned after escaping the horrors of […]
7 January 2010 – An independent United Nations human rights expert said today there are strong indications that the video of alleged extrajudicial executions by Sri Lankan soldiers that aired last August on British television is authentic, and called for an inquiry into possible war crimes committed during the conflict with Tamil rebels. Philip Alston, […]
