Questioning the legal possibilities of conducting a credible investigation within the domestic sphere of the Sri Lankan Constitution and pointing out other hurdles within the SL State system, C.V. Wigneswaran, the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on Tuesday passed a resolution rejecting the domestic process being proposed by ...
Read More »Sri Lanka, an appeal from the North: Save the Tamils from the army and drugs (Video)
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran said today the people in the North would be very happy if the armed forces were withdrawn from the Northern Province because of several allegations levelled against the army. He told a media briefing at the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDCB) head office ...
Read More »Sri Lanka holds talks with Tamil diaspora in London
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera was also present during the dialogue, the country’s main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, said. Sri Lanka’s new government has held talks with Tamil diaspora groups in London, discussing at length needs of those displaced during the war against the LTTE. Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala ...
Read More »Liberating Champoor is fundamental to Tamils’ existence in East – TamilNet
Liberating Champoor is liberating Tamils from permanent subjugation in Trincomalee district, say the Tamil people of Moothoor East in Trincomalee. From the average Tamil families languishing in the camps to experts among Tamils coming from Moothoor East, having in-depth knowledge of their region and the politics, are unanimous in their ...
Read More »NPC CM addressees Colombo leaders at Vazhalaay in Jaffna – TamilNet
Northern Province Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran on Monday urged the Sri Lankan government to address the issue of Land and Property based on well-established international principles and rights as outlined in the Pinheiro Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Geneva Conventions and the Universal ...
Read More »Tribunal delivers Sri Lanka’s guilty verdict
A tribunal of 11 eminent judges has unanimously found the Sri Lankan government guilty of the crime of genocide against ethnic Tamil people. Sitting in Bremen, from December 7 to 10, the Second Session of the Peoples’ Tribunal on Sri Lanka found that the crime of genocide has been and ...
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