Posts Tagged ‘Mahinda Rajapaksa’
Sri Lankan ambassador promises accountability from war-crimes defendants
[Washington Times] Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes during its decades-long civil conflict, the island nation’s ambassador to the U.S. says. [Full Story]
Read MoreThe Continued Militarization of Sri Lanka
[Journal of Foreign Relations] Led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, post-war Sri Lanka is a sad place. In May of 2009, the Sri Lankan government achieved a resounding military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). [Full Story]
Read MoreVoting underway in Sri Lanka’s mid-term test
[AFP] Voters in Sri Lanka’s capital went to the polls on Saturday to elect a local municipal council, in a contest widely seen as a mid-term test for President Mahinda Rajapakse. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka frees former Tamil Tiger fighters
[Al Jazeera] Almost 2,000 former rebel fighters in Sri Lanka have been released. They were among thousands of Tamil Tigers who surrendered or were arrested near the end of the country’s bloody civil war, which spanned more than a quarter of a century. At a ceremony to announce their release, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa…
Read MoreTamils sceptical of development, voting in Sri Lanka’s war-weary north
[Reuters] Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils say President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s post-war development and infrastructure projects in the former war zone in the island’s north have yet to address their real concerns and have not excluded their participation. [Full Story]
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