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Dying for Journalism: Lasantha Wickrematunge of Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | January 8, 2009 |

[ Time ] Lasantha Wickrematunge, one of Sri Lanka’s leading journalists, a freelance reporter for TIME and an outspoken critic of the Sri Lankan government, was shot this morning as he drove to work in Colombo, his country’s capital. He later died of his injuries. The attack, by two gunmen on motorcycles in the middle…

Sri Lanka reinstitutes ban on Tamil Tigers – govt

By pearlaction | January 7, 2009 |

[ Reuters ] Sri Lanka’s cabinet reinstituted on Wednesday a ban on the Tamil Tiger rebels which designates them as a terrorist group, Sri Lanka’s defence spokesman said. “The cabinet has decided to ban the LTTE as they are not allowing civilians to leave the war zone,” defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, also a minister, told…

SRI LANKA: The need for a new alliance for democracy and rule of law in the south, north and the east

By pearlaction | January 5, 2009 |

[ AHRC ] The government’s declaration that the terrorism represented by the LTTE has been substantially defeated, despite of a small area which remains under LTTE control, should provide a much needed opportunity to deal with the widespread lawlessness in all parts of the country, the south, north and east; the most unprecedented types of…

In Sri Lanka, Victory Brings Reprisal

By pearlaction | January 3, 2009 |

[ Time ] At Kollupitiya junction in the heart of Colombo Friday afternoon, the streets filled with confetti and bursts of firecrackers. Sri Lankans were celebrating their government’s claim that troops had captured Kilinochi, the administrative capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist group that has waged a 25-year struggle for an…

Lasting peace is unlikely, even if the Tamil Tigers are beaten

By pearlaction | January 2, 2009 |

[ Telegraph ] Since his narrow election victory in 2005, Mahinda Rajapaksa has dedicated himself to the cause of defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by military means. He opposed moves towards peace made by Sri Lanka’s previous government on the grounds that too much was being given away to the rebels. Talks…