“Events in Sri Lanka mark a grave failure of the UN to adequately respond... during the final stages of the conflict and its aftermath, to the detriment of hundreds of thousands of civilians” according to the UN internal review panel.
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Publishing Reports after Reports will not stop the continuing structural genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
- Monday, 19 November 2012 10:15
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A heavy price will have to be paid for losing the judiciary as a separate branch of governance - AHRC
- Sunday, 18 November 2012 10:41
- Lanka News Web
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The late Mr. A.C. Soyza (Bunty), a well-known criminal lawyer and the president of the Bar Association, was retained by a group of young, radical leftists, who had been charged for their political work.
INSD calls for Democratisation, Devolution & Demilitarisation
- Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:38
- Lanka News Web
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We, the participants at the 2012 annual INSD conference from Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, India and Sri Lanka, comprising Sinhalese, Tamils and others,
Joint statement with CHRI - attending Commonwealth summit must be conditional
- Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:25
- Lanka News Web
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The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative[1], have issued a joint letter to the Commonwealth Secretary General reiterating our previous call for attendance at the Commonwealth Summit to be conditional upon human rights improvements. To quote the letter:
