Monthly Archives: September, 2009
Government moves to silence Damilvani
2009-09-24 | 11.30 AM The government in response to the damning and controversial interview given to the London Guardian by after returning to London following her release from the “illegal … Continue reading
Election laws blatantly broken
Southern Provincial Council polls PAFFREL files rights petition in Supreme Court By S.S.Selvanayagam An election monitoring body has filed a rights petition in the Supreme Court for a direction to … Continue reading
I was beaten and made to sign a confession: Jashiharan
By Susitha R. Fernando Vetrivail Jashiharan facing charges of helping to print, publish and distribute the ‘North Eastern Monthly’ magazine in his evidence said he was beaten up by TID … Continue reading
Dr . Packiasothy summoned to CID and questioned for over 2 ½ hours.
(Lanka-e-News 22.Sep.2009 7.00PM) Executive Director of Center for policy alternatives, Dr. Packiasothy Saravanamuttu was summoned to the Colombo CID and questioned for two and half hours. A 12 page statement … Continue reading
SAFMA-SL President questioned by CID
COLOMBO: Senior journalist and South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA)-Sri Lanka President, Lakshman Gunasekara, was questioned for over an hour by officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CID), Friday afternoon. … Continue reading
Abducted and assaulted journalist Poddala Jayantha led team elected uncontested for SLWJA 2009- 2011.
23rd September 2009, Colombo Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) elected new office bearers for next two years uncontested today. The team led by former secretary of SLWJA Poddala Jayantha … Continue reading
Court fixes inquiry into FR filed by Sunday Leader journalist
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 08:07 GMT] The three –member bench of the Supreme Court Friday listed the Fundamental Rights petition filed by journalist Arthur Wamanan Sornalingam of the Sunday … Continue reading
Election violence very high in the UPFA: PAFFREL
By Olindhi Jayasundere In the days leading up to the Southern Provincial Council election, the UPFA has had eight internal conflicts within the party and has had the highest number … Continue reading
Journalist to settle dispute with minister
When the fundamental rights petition filed by The Sunday Leader journalist Arthur Wamanan Sornalingam was taken up for inquiry yesterday, the Court was told that the two parties concerned were … Continue reading
VP writes to President against violence campaign launched in South by President’s Security Division (PSD)
Galle District Parliamentarian for the JVP Chandrasiri Wijesinghe, in a letter, has asked the President to take measures to halt the violence being carried out by President’s Security Division (PSD) … Continue reading
Tissanayagam, Daya Master and the Return of the Hangman
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “War is the health of the state. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate co-operation with the Government into coercing … Continue reading
Police inaction in face of growing violence, say polls monitors
Southern Provincial Council polls As the Southern Provincial Council election draws closer, election monitors are accusing the police of not doing enough to prevent the increasing incidence of pre-poll violence … Continue reading
Threats force Elder to leave Lanka early
By Leon Berenger Threatening calls prompted UNICEF Communications Chief James Elder to leave Sri Lanka earlier than scheduled, sources said. They said he left the country on Friday though he … Continue reading
Lanka’s Mandela
By Janaka Abeywickrema Both made it to the 20s. One was jailed for 27 years at Robben Island in South Africa and the other for 20 at Welikada in Sri … Continue reading
Action filed only against the JVP for election law violations
On 20 September 2009 An action has been filed in the Tangalle Courts against all the Hambantota JVP provincial council candidates for using the main roads for their advertisements and … Continue reading
JVP offices burnt down in Galle, Matara
[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 September 2009, 07:27 GMT] Two election offices of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) located in Seenipella and Kiriveldeniya in Galle and Matara districts were set on fire … Continue reading
Release Tissanayagam now! A general amnesty for Tamil political prisoners!
Many who defend democracy are appalled by the unfair and unjust 20-year jail sentence which a Colombo high court judge passed on journalist J.S. Tissainayagam on charges of supporting terrorism … Continue reading
Colombo’s paranoid secrecy – Prof. Kumar David Column
Full text of Prof. David’s article follows: What Ranil, Mangala and Mano Ganesan said on 3 September at a Platform for Freedom Press Conference on the IDP issue was fairly … Continue reading
Even after complaining to the Court of brutal assault – Jessiharan
Even after complaining to the Court of brutal assault – publisher Sasitharan was attacked when he was taken back to TID (Lanka-e-News, Sep.16, 2009, 7.55PM) ‘North Eastern monthly’ magazine publisher, … Continue reading
