by Ranjith Jayasundera Hello Friends, There is a raging controversy on about the abduction and release of Frontline Socialist Party leaders Kumar Gunaratnam and Dimuthu Attygalle. Much of the spotlight is on Gunaratnam alias Noel Mudalige and his alleged offences of travelling under a false passport and overstaying his visa. The Australian Govt is also [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Guest blogger category.
Sandhya Ekneligoda, Wife of missing Sri Lankan journalist speaks out to WSWS
By Panini Wijesiriwardane and Wasantha Rupasinghe Sandhya Priyangani Ekneligoda, wife of disappeared Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda, recently spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about her ongoing struggle to discover what happened to her husband, and the continuing harassment of the Sri Lankan authorities. Prageeth Ekneligoda disappeared on 24 January 2010, after [...]
‘We never deported him; he could have stayed but he wanted to leave the country’-Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
by Shamindra Ferdinando Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that many of those listed missing during the war could have obtained new identities courtesy foreign governments. The recent Gunaratnam affair revealed how Australia had issued a passport (N 1016123) to the leader of the newly formed Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) under a different name in [...]
‘Who says Sinhalese are against devolving powers to Tamils? That’s absolute rubbish!’ says Chandrika Kumaratunga
by S.Venkatnarayan Chandrika Kumaratunga speaks with “Island” Special Correspondent in An Exclusive Interview Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has vehemently rubbished the claim being made by some people in the present government that the majority Sinhalese are opposed to devolving political power to the minority Tamils in her island-nation. “Who says the Sinhalese are [...]
Is Sri Lanka targeting India’s Koodankulam project as retaliation for UNHRC vote in Geneva?
By Indrani Bagchi NEW DELHI: In what is seen as an apparent retaliation for India’s vote against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka’s energy minister has said they were threatened by the Kudankulam nuclear plant, in case of a Fukushima-like disaster. “We are not Alone, We are all Together.” by Emi [...]
The Koodankulam protest is to assert democracy
by V. Suresh By all accounts, the 230-day anti-Koodankulam nuclear power plant protest by villagers of Idinthakarai and Koodankulam in Tirunelveli district has been totally Gandhian. Not a single stone has been thrown, although local people have been engaged in an intense struggle to safeguard their rights to a safe environment threatened by the nuclear [...]
We must implement comprehensive action program that is not restricted to conditions laid down in UNHRC Resolution only
By Victor Ivan It is correct for Sri Lanka to express its protest against the US sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution against Sri Lanka. Yet, the government had apparently failed to mobilize the protest move in a manner conducive to safeguarding the dignity of the country. The government’s approach has resulted in [...]
Abduction of political activists Premakumar Gunaratnam and Dimuthu Attygalle
Political activists and leaders of the People’s Struggle Movement in Sri Lanka , Mr. Premakumar Gunaratnam[1] and Ms. Dimithu Attygalle[2] disappeared on 6th April 2012. Prior to their disappearance both activists had been preparing for the first convention of the Frontline Socialist Party, a party formed by a dissident group from the opposition party, Janatha [...]
Did Sri Lanka misconstrue that everything was fine internationally including India?
By Austin Fernando Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa was a rights defender. Among political demands during ‘Pada Yathra’ he led, were two, i.e.: (1) Premadasa Regime should take responsibility for the disappearances taken place (2) implementing a peace solution instead of warring. Ironically and unfortunately, in Geneva President Rajapaksa’s representatives battled against similar international demands, under different [...]
‘You do not want the TNA because you want to remove the roots of our right to equality, justice and dignity’
by Rajavarothayam Sampanthan Mr. Deputy Chairman of Committees, we are discussing in the House today, an Adjournment Motion pertaining to the Resolution passed at the UN Human Rights Council at the 19th Session last month. Before I commence my views in regard to what happened at Geneva , I think I need to outline briefly [...]
Is ‘News Story’ about 150 Tamil ‘Terrorists’ being trained in Tamil Nadu true or inspired mischief?
Subterranean threats to India-Sri Lanka relations By Col. R. Hariharan According to a news item in the Colombo daily “The Island,” Sri Lanka intelligence services have received information that around 150 terrorists who returned to Sri Lanka from India were now hiding in the North and the East. They are reported to have undergone “a [...]
This is the time to repair and re-launch USA – Sri Lanka Relations
by Teresita Schaffer Teresita Schaffer, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, was U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1992-1995 The meeting in Geneva is over, leaving a sour taste in everyone’s mouth. It’s time to put Sri Lanka’s political rebuilding on track, and repair US-Sri Lanka relations in the process. Despite [...]
