US Embassy in Colombo issues statement demanding an end to media harassment
by Amal Jayasinghe COLOMBO, June 30, 2012 (AFP) – The United States Saturday joined rights groups in demanding that Sri Lanka stop “harassing” media organisations, a day after police shut down opposition news websites and arrested nine workers. The US embassy in Colombo said it was closely following Colombo’s shutting down of the websites and [...]
Opposition parties must unite to abolish the Executive Presidency
Opposition parties must unite to abolish the Executive Presidency
Enduring anguish of mothers whose children are reported ‘missing’
by Camelia Nathaniel Bereavement for families of a missing person is an unrelenting anguish. The suddenness of a person vanishing and not knowing what has happened, disallows the family to accept the finality of death. Saroja Devi and Tharsalamma, the mothers of Leon Roxi and Hudson Lorantine, the uncertainty of not knowing whether their sons [...]
Endemic Kandyan Dwarf Toad believed to be extinct is re-discovered in Lanka
By Risidra Mendis A small toad believed to be extinct and not spotted since 1876 was rediscovered by a group of scientists at the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary. The Kandyan Dwarf toad, Adenomus kandianus (Günther, 1872) was first recorded in 1872 and then vanished for over a century before been accidently found by the group of [...]
Nine arrested in Colombo Police raid on offices of two web sites
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns today’s police raids on the offices of two Colombo-based news websites, the SriLankaMirror and SriLankaXNews, in which eight of their journalists and an office assistant were arrested. “We call for the immediate release of all those detained,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The exact reasons for the raids on these two [...]
