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Monday, 03 September 2007 |
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The international community shows great concern over the situation in Sri Lanka in recent times. The war and the continuing human rights violations have caused great concern among the international community.
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Monday, 03 September 2007 |
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Every day there is an announcement of increase of prices of goods. Every day there is an announcement t of increase in service charges. The increases in prices and service charges are so high that the people do not know what to do.
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
 Charged by the Brisbane City Council for damaging “significant vegetation”, in reality some bushes of grass and gum-tree saplings in my back yard, tried and convicted by a Magistrate in a potty little suburb in Brisbane, and awaiting sentencing on September 20, 2007, my mind is too confused to write a proper article on the terrible suffering of our Tamil people.
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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The report jointly compiled by the Law and Society Trust, the Civil Monitoring Commission and the Free Media Movement on details of the civilians either killed or reported missing is rather startling. At least 547 civilians have been killed and 396 have disappeared.
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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The cost of living has gone up to unbearable heights. The prices of children’s milk powder, sugar flour and other essential commodities are increasing daily.
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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In a context of worsening human rights violations in the country, the image of Sri Lanka has been tarnished both internally and internationally.
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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On the one hand, John Holmes, UN Under Secretary for humanitarian affairs, stated that Sri Lanka is among the countries, which are dangerous for aid workers. And on the other, the International Press Freedom Mission has stated that Jaffna is a precarious place for journalists.
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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While there is an emphasis on finding a political solution to the national problem in the country, there are military operations causing great concern among the people. Every time there is a military operation, it is the ordinary people who are affected. They lose their lives. They lose their limbs.
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Friday, 31 August 2007 |
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The delegates of the International Press Freedom Mission and the Reporters Without Borders, who visited Sri Lanka two months ago, travelled to many areas including Jaffna, met the media men serving in those areas personally, appraised themselves of the problems of those journalists and expressed their views on the plight of journalists in Sri Lanka.
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Friday, 31 August 2007 |
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The refugees in the north-east face never ending problems and are denied basic facilities. As far as the east is concerned, even if the people are resettled, normalcy has not returned. People, who were displaced following military operations had fled from their own villages abandoning all their belongings including cattle.
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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People are concerned over the new laws and regulations implemented in the peninsula that can cause harassment to the civilian population.
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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In 2003 a quarrel between two youths over a cap they were wearing led to clashes between two groups and ended up n the deaths of 27 persons. As a continuation of this murder a small girl was killed two weeks ago in a village in Kalutara district. Last Sunday 5 persons were killed following clashes between the underworld gangs.
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Wednesday, 29 August 2007 |
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Although the Ceasefire Agreement is said to be in force, it is a dead letter today. Military operations are pursued despite the declarations that there is a ceasefire. This duplicity can be seen in all matters. The government of President Rajapakse has been continuing military operations since it came to power.
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Wednesday, 29 August 2007 |
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John Holems, Under Secretary for humanitarian affairs stated that Sri Lanka is a precarious country for the aid workers and his statement triggered off a serious controversy in the country. The controversy was so intense that he was branded as a terrorist.
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Wednesday, 29 August 2007 |
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The increase in the cost of living of the people has affected all sections of the society. It has affected the estate workers most. The estate workers who obtain merger wages are unable to cope up with the increase in the cost of living.
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