Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka was released from the prison, after being granted a Presidential pardon. The Supreme Court on May 21 allowed the withdrawal of two pending appeals by Sarath Fonseka’s counsel. Court has granted approval for the withdrawal of the appeal on the ‘white flag’ case and the special appeal challenging the [...]
Gen.Sarath Fonseka has been brought to the Welikada Prison from the Supreme Court. He is scheduled to be released shortly. The Supreme Court today allowed the withdrawal of two pending appeals by Sarath Fonseka’s counsel. Court has granted approval for the withdrawal of the appeal on the ‘white flag’ case and the special appeal challenging [...]
Sri 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 [...]
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s secretary Lalith Weeratunga alleged India had a big hand in the mid-eighties in the planning and executing terrorist strikes in Sri Lanka while India, Britain and France made intense pressure on the President to stop the war when Sri Lanka was on the verge of defeating the Tamil Tigers. Lalith [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Undercover NATO troops are already in Syria despite denials from their parent governments, according to a leaked brief from a highly-placed analyst. The information comes from a hacked email from leading private US intelligence agency Stratfor, whose correspondence has been released by Wikileaks since February 27. The email appears to be written from the [...]
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 [...]
