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Gen. Sarath Fonseka to be releasedSri Lanka’s president has promised to free jailed former army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka and at the earliest opportunity, the ex-general’s wife Anoma Fonseka said Thursday. She said she met President Mahinda Rajapakse on Wednesday night and that he assured her that her husband would be freed as soon as possible. “I was promised that [...]
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Sarath Fonseka will be permitted to remain at Hospital until the verdict given
The Supreme Court ordered the Attorney General to inform the court before May 9 of her decision on whether former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka will be permitted to remain at the Nawaloka Hospital until the verdict on Fonseka’s bail petition is given. The order was given when the bail petition compiled by Sarath Fonseka was [...]
India votes against Sri Lanka
India voted against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council by voting in favour of the US sponsored resolution on Lanka. Both the government and the LTTE have been accused of atrocities. Sri Lanka has rejected the resolution and has said today that the criticism at the level of the United Nations is [...]
India to Back UN Resolution Against Sri Lanka
Under US and domestic pressure, India’s prime minister says the country may back a United Nations resolution this week criticizing Sri Lanka for alleged human rights abuses. Human rights groups accuse Sri Lanka’s army of deliberately attacking tens of thousands of civilians in the final months of its decades-long struggle against Tamil separatist terrorists. Indian [...]
Villagers set fire to houses over Kahawatte double murder
A local politician’s house was among three houses set on fire in Kahawatte by villagers who are suspicious that the politician’s brother was involved in the recent double murder. The politician’s brother was questioned and released earlier by the police, but was later taken into CID custody. The mother and daughter were murdered on January [...]
Sri Lanka is ready to face UNHRC resolution
As Sri Lanka braces itself to face a possible resolution at the 19th United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions starting tomorrow in Geneva, major powers have already assured their support to shoot it down in view of the country’s domestic reconciliation process. Minister and President’s Special Envoy on Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe told the [...]
TNA sends letter to 47 countries asking to support the US backed resolution
The TNA has sent a letter to 47 countries urging them to support the US backed resolution calling for the LLRC recommendations to be implemented in Sri Lanka at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Political sources claimed. Sources further stated that the letter signed by TNA leader R. Sampanthan and had [...]
SLAF MiG-27 crashed, pilot safe
Sri Lankan air force MiG-27 ground-attack aircraft has crashed near Dummalasuriya in Kurunegala yesterday (13th Monday) afternoon. The aircraft which took off from Katunayake had crashed at around 1.35 pm, on a training mission, the SLAF reported. The pilot Flight Lieutenant Tharidu Herath had ejected from the aircraft before it hit the ground and is [...]
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