This guide, written by a wannabe, is a handy guide to live by. It will help you understand how our twisted minds work. For the journalists, think of it as a code of conduct. Some are rules that apply to journos, some apply to friends, and some apply to lovers. We can’t be bothered to sort it out. That’s ...
Today’s action by the UN Human Rights Council encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to continue on the path toward reconciliation following 27 years of civil war. The United States, together with the international community, sent a strong signal that Sri Lanka will only achieve lasting peace through real reconciliation and accountability, and the international community stands ready to help. ...
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America Introduction of Draft Resolution L.2 on Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka Delivered by Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe Human Rights Council 19th Session Geneva, March 22, 2012 The United States is pleased to introduce draft resolution L.2, on Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka for consideration and approval ...
In a series of compilations for Ceylon Today, I’ve gone back to digging around the cables to profile how several key political players were portrayed in the US Embassy cables. The first of which, published last week, is on Mangala Samaraweera. Mangala Samaraweera As former Minister of Foreign Affairs and strongman of successive governments and the current opposition, Mangala Samaraweera ...
An analysis / reportage piece that I wrote for Ceylon Today, published on December 5, 2011. Dates in the article are relative. The tensions within the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the vulnerable position the party is in have come into focus again with the passing of a weekend which saw the vulnerabilities of the party exposed. A series of ...
The leadership training programme implemented by the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Defence has come under criticism by student unions, academia, various political parties and some sectors of the civil society. The leadership training programme commenced last week amidst mixed reactions from the public at large. The ministry however has expressed its confidence that the programme would ...
India believes that the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights lies with the States. Consequently resolutions of this nature should fully respect the sovereign rights of states and contribute to Sri Lanka’s own efforts in this regard. India had welcomed the recommendations of Sri Lanka’s LLRC report. We believe that there is indeed a window of ...
Wikileaks finally went ahead with a complete dump of the cables. Whilst the media partners who understand journalism were critical of the move, which put out the cables without censoring names, Wikileaks went ahead with it anyway. People might get killed over the content of it, since the cables effectively manages to name names. I’ve [...]