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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

SRI LANKA: In Search of Serendip
POLITICS: Sri Lanka Dropped From Human Rights Council
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: 'My Daughter, the Terrorist'
SRI LANKA: Turning to China, Iran for Funds
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State Responsibility for “Disappearances” and Abductions in Sri Lanka

State Responsibility for “Disappearances” and Abductions in Sri Lanka
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Srilanka a Failed State

Srilanka a Failed State
Sri Lanka, which was positioned 25th among the most failed states during the last two years, ranked this year as the 20th in the Failed States Index (FSI), compiled by the Washington based think-tank, Fund for Peace (FfP) and Foreign Policy magazine. Sri Lanka's score further dropped this year in almost all of the 12 indicators in the FSI. The country was ranked 2nd worst, next to Sudan in one of the indicators, 'Group Grievances'. Five of the eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, including Sri Lanka, accounting for one-quarter of the population of South Asia, are placed among the 35 critically failed states of the world in the FSI 2008 index.

The Carter Center calls on the General Assembly not to re-elect Sri Lanka to the Human Rights Council in the upcoming Council elections. Recently adopted reforms of the former Commission on Human Rights, including competitive elections, call for the conduct of a government to be a factor in whether it is selected for a seat on the Council.

Bruce Fein Project
The time has come to bring the Rajapaksa brothers and General Fonseka to justice, especially Defense Secretary Gotabaya who is a United States citizen.
The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has been internationally repudiated for its genocidal campaign against Sri Lanka’s Tamils.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"No right to be there"
With a terrible record of torture and disappearance, Sri Lanka doesn't deserve a seat on the UN human rights council. It should be voted out
--Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Sri Lanka's War Crimes: State Terrorism

Sri Lanka's War Crimes: State Terrorism

Reporters Without Borders o Srilanka

  • Journalist stabbed to death in restive northern Sri Lanka
  • Journalists continue to be physically attacked in connection with minister’s use of force at state TV station in December
  • TV reporter hacked to death in Jaffna
  • The army obstructs media following clashes in north


Last week, Mr Noyahr, deputy editor with the English weekly The Nation, was abducted in Colombo.

Body of Mahenthiran Varathan in Jaffna Teaching Hospital mortuary.

Body of Paranirupasingam Thevakumar, Jaffna correspondent of Sakthi TV station, in Jaffna Teaching Hospital mortuary.

Torture: Lawless Law Enforcement in Sri Lanka

Torture: Lawless Law Enforcement in Sri Lanka

A shadow report to the UN Committee Against Torture, 10 November 2005
In its second periodic report (CAT/C/48/Add.2 of 6 August 2004), the government of Sri Lanka painted a rosy picture about its efforts to combat torture. In reality, torture forms an integral part of lawless law enforcement in Sri Lanka. The unprecedented flattery shown by Sri Lanka by enacting a law having the same name as the Convention Against Torture has been deceptive ...More

The Bindunuwewa Massacre in Sri Lanka, A Cry for Justice, 25 October 2005
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Bindunuwewa Massacre of 25 October 2000 in which 28 Tamil youth between the ages of 14-23 years were massacred while approximately 14 other Tamil youth were seriously injured by a Sinhala mob and Sri Lankan police, has not been made public. ACHR managed to obtain a copy of this SECRET report and at a Press Conference at Women's Press Corps, New Delhi made the report public ...More

Sri Lanka: Miscarriage of Justice Mass Acquittal in the Bindunuwewa Massacre Case, 02.06.2005
On 27 May 2005, a five-member bench of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka comprising of acquitted all the four accused convicted by the Trial-at-Bar of the High Court on charges of mass murder of 28 inmates and attempted murder of 14 others at the Bindunuwewa Rehabilitation Centre on 25 October 2000. The Supreme Court justified destruction of evidence on the grounds it was done under the instructions of the superior officers to preserve peace. From day one, the investigators and prosecutors worked in tandem to systematically destroy the evidence ...More

The State of Civil and Political Rights in Sri Lanka, 30 December 2003

A fter nearly a decade, during its 69th session from 20 October to 7 November 2003, the United Nations Human Rights Committee examined the 4th periodic report of the government of Sri Lanka on the implementation of ICCPR ...More


Tamil rebels say military attack has killed 16 civilians in ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil separatist rebels have said 16 Sri Lankan civilians were killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by government forces ...www.pr-inside.com/tamil-rebels-say-military-attack-has-r606435.htm - 17k - 15 hours ago - Cached - Similar pages


Tamil rebels say military attack has killed 16 civilians in ...
Tamil separatist rebels have said 16 Sri Lankan civilians were killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by government forces in the country's war-torn ...sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080524/tap-as-gen-sri-lanka-civil-war-2nd-ld-wr-d3b07b8.html - 13k - 15 hours ago - Cached - Similar pages


Silobreaker: Sri Lanka troops, jets kill 20 civilians: Tamil Tigers
16 civilians killed in blast in N Sri Lanka - Xinhua News Agency [17 hours ago] .... Eight Tamil civilians, majority of them are from upcountry or NorthEast ...www.silobreaker.com/DocumentClusterReader.aspx?Item=16_860581393 - 149k - 10 hours ago - Cached - Similar pages


http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=64153
A website close to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said 16 civilians were killed in a claymore mine attack that targeted a van in the rebel-held ...www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=64153 - 64k - Cached - Similar pages


Tamil Tigers report the death of 16 civilians in a roadside ...
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam alleged 16 civilians were killed in a roadside claymore attack at Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam alleged 16 civilians ...www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/11365 - 27k - 11 hours ago - Cached - Similar pages


Press TV - 16 civilians killed in north Sri Lanka
At least 16 civilians are killed in an attack carried out by Sri Lankan government forces in restive north, a pro-Tamil website says. ...www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=56993&sectionid=351020406 - 68k - Cached - Similar pages


16 civilians killed in DPU attack in Vanni, 6 children, 6 females ...
16 civilians killed in DPU attack in Vanni, 6 children, 6 females among victims - World News Headlines in Tamil - Your complete website source for latest ...www.koodal.com/news/worldnews.asp?newsid=28744&news=1&section=worldnews - 21k - 9 hours ago - Cached - Similar pages


Trend News : 16 civilians killed in blast in N Sri Lanka
The Peace Secretariat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said in a statement that 16 civilians, including four children, were killed as the van they ...news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1207272&lang=EN - 66k - 16 hours ago - Cached - Similar pages


[PDF]
civilian toll - July 2007.xls
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLOne civilian. M. 16-Jul-07. Killed - He was shot and killed by SLAFs ... Number of Tamil civilians killed in Tamil homeland by the GoSL operated forces - ...www.ltteps.org/mainpages/images/2007/08/civilian_toll_-_July_2007.pdf - Similar pages


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