Monthly Archives: May, 2009
Journalists trying to cover fate of Tamils are threatened, obstructed – RSF
29 May 2009 Reporters Without Borders is extremely worried by statements by Sri Lankan officials, including army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka, that journalists who visited areas formerly controlled by the … Continue reading
Photographs show destruction and despair of Sri Lanka’s no-fire zone
Catherine Philp From The Times, May 29, 2009 From the dusty helicopter window the ground looked like any number of other tropical war zones; the bombed-out buildings, the charred palm … Continue reading
Statement delivered by Mr. Sunanda Deshapriya at UNHRC SS
Oral statement delivered by Mr. Sunanda Deshapriya on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 11th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Human Rights Situation … Continue reading
Freedom of Expression news from Sri Lanka Monthly report No 04
MEDIAFREEDOMINSRILANKA Freedom of Expression news from Sri Lanka Monthly report No 04; period covered April 2009 List of Incidents 1. 01st April 2009 - Editor assaulted 2. 09th April 2009 … Continue reading
Tamilnadu TV programmes banned in Upcountry
[TamilNet, Monday, 25 May) The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Sri Lanka Police have ordered Tamil residents in Hatton police division to dismantle dish antennas from their residences as a … Continue reading
SLA interrogates Tamil daily editor in Jaffna
TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 May 2009, Sri Lanka Army (SLA) civil administration office summoned Monday the editor of a popular Tamil daily in Jaffna for interrogation into a news item related … Continue reading
Presidential HR probe to die a natural death?
(DM) By Sandun A Jayasekera The much publicized Presidential Commission appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to investigate serious violations of human rights will suffer a natural death without completing its … Continue reading
Injunction against ‘Neththa Wenuwata Eththa’
(Colombo Today) The Colombo, Sri Lanka Commercial High Court today (May 27) issued an injunction against the printing and distribution of the book ‘Neththa Wenuwata Eththa’ by NFF leader Wimal … Continue reading
Catholic group slams reality show
May 27, 2009 COLOMBO (UCAN) — A Catholic charismatic group is incensed by a locally-made reality TV series called “Loving Star” that features scantily dressed women. The program is modeled … Continue reading
New fight brews in Sri Lanka after the Tigers
By Simon Montlake | Correspondent,Reuters from the May 27, 2009 edition Colombo, Sri Lanka – When newspaper editor Nadesapillai Vithyatharan was snatched by six burly men one morning in February … Continue reading
‘Media personnel in the pay of the LTTE will be exposed’
Prabhakaran might come as ghost and… – Army Chief Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka yesterday said the media personnel who had been paid by the LTTE to promote its cause … Continue reading
The Grip Of Power
By Newmatilda.com The Tigers have been defeated but don’t expect dissenting voices to be welcome in Sri Lanka any time soon, says Sri Lankan journalist Sunanda Deshapriya in an interview … Continue reading
Physicians for Human Rights Calls for the Release of Sri Lankan Doctors
Cambridge, MA (Vocus) May 18, 2009 — Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) demands the immediate release of three Sri Lankan physicians whom the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) detained on May … Continue reading
Sri Lankan war zone doctors detained (for speaking to media)
(AP) By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer Ravi Nessman, Associated Press Writer – Mon May 18, COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Three Sri Lankan doctors who treated hundreds of badly wounded … Continue reading
SRI LANKA: Government must now end the operation of anti-terrorism laws
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Sri Lankan government has officially declared victory against the LTTE. The Secretary of Defence in an interview to the BBC Sinhala … Continue reading
Where are the images of horror from Sri Lanka?
From The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6307730.eceMay 18, 2009 History shows us that there is always the need for a witness to war Don McCullin Pictures of the beach near Mullaitivu, the last … Continue reading
Tamils need to be heard – John Pilger
[TamilNet, Sunday, 17 May 2009, 12:24 GMT] “In order to conduct a slaughter, you ensure the pornography is unseen, illicit at best. You ban foreigners and their cameras from Tamil … Continue reading
No fresh visa for UN spokesman
The Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry summoned the Acting United Nation’s Resident Representative in Colombo Amin Awad on Tuesday and strongly protested against the undiplomatic behaviour of its spokesman here Gordon … Continue reading
Call to transfer murder investigation
By Nirmala Kannangara (SL17th) The police yet again failed to submit the investigation report into the assassination of The Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge to the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate when … Continue reading
Restraining order on Leader Publications vacated
(SL 17th) The order restraining Leader Publications preventing the publication of articles defamatory of Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse was vacated by Additional District Judge Mohamed Mackie on Thursday (14). The … Continue reading
