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By Shamindra Ferdinando Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) could revisit resolution 30/1 titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ top UN official said on Wednesday. The US resolution, co-sponsored by Sri Lanka was adopted on Oct 1, 2015 without vote. Farhan Aziz Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for...
The Editor The Washington Post 1301 K. Street NW Washington DC 20071 US Dear Editor: The article that you published by Kate Cronin-Furman, Are Sri Lankan officers ordering soldiers to sexually assault Tamil detainees?’ nudged me to come out of retirement temporarily on the Sri Lanka-Tamil ‘Eelam’ refugees...
By M.L.Wickramasinghe The Sri Lankan State, once again, in serendipitous circumstances is offered an opportunity to counter the grossly unfair war crimes charges leveled against it since the release of the Darusman report (DR). The adverse publicity against Sri Lanka in relation to the ‘allegations’ arising out of DR...
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph Michael the Lord Naseby has set a cat among the British and international pigeons by extricating the reports of Lt. Col. Anton Gash (Defence Attache at the UK High Commission in Colombo in 2009) and presenting a summary review to the House of Lords....