Written statement to the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council (10-28 September 2012) Sri Lanka’s failure to account for serious violations of human rights has created a climate of impunity where arbitrary detentions, torture and other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, and custodial killings continue unchecked. More than three years after the armed conflict with [...]
Archive of entries posted on 31st August 2012
Veteran Music Maestros MS Visvanathan and TK Ramamurthy Honoured with “Thirai Isai Venthar” title by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
by Malathi Rangarajan It was nostalgia unplugged for many of the yesteryear actors and musicians in the audience at the celebration to mark the beginning of the 14th year of Jaya TV. The occasion also saw the Kings of Melody — Viswanathan and Ramamurthy – honoured for their yeoman service to Tamil cinema. The Chief [...]
