Powerful landmine recovered from Badulla stadium
A powerful landmine was recovered on Thursday night from Badulla Football Stadium in the Uva province, according to police sources.
A senior official of Badulla Police said after getting information from a terrorist now in police custody, they launched a search operation in the area and recovered the landmine weighing 15 kg.
2 senior Roman Catholic clergy speak out against detention of IDPs
Sri Lanka’s two senior Roman Catholic clergy have spoken out against the continued detention of nearly 300,000 Tamil war refugees.
Jaffna bishop Thomas Saundaranayagam, who is also a Tamil, said the refugees are being held in the camps like prisoners.
Sri Lankan State Terrorism: Tamil young womans in refugee camps asking to stay with Sri Lankan Army for to make them happy in S*x
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in refugee camps in the island nation were torn asunder and young women were forced to stay with strange men in make-shift tents. This is what the former Attorney General and Solicitor General of Sri Lanka Chitta Ranjan de Silva had told Lankan media, according to Nimalka Fernando, human rights activist and a lawyer from the island nation, on Thursday.
Attacks on free media in SL put displaced civilians at risk: Amnesty
Attacks on journalists, relentless intimidation, and government-imposed restrictions on reporting threaten freedom of expression in Sri Lanka and jeopardize the safety and dignity of civilians displaced by war, says Amnesty International.
A statement from Amnesty International Friday said: The Sri Lankan government actively obstructed reporting on the last stages of the recently concluded armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE – Tamil Tigers). Civilians were subjected to artillery attacks and both sides were accused of committing war crimes.
Rains cause sufferings to IDPs in camp – TNA MP
Heavy rains have caused untold sufferings to the IDPs in the Manik Farm camp in Vavuniya.
“They don’t have facilities to cook and it has become impossible to live in tents as the area is flooded”, said Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliament Member for Wanni district, Sivasakthi Ananthan.
Congress MP accuses DMK of ‘betraying’ Sri Lankan Tamils
Congress member of Rajya Sabha, Dr EM Surdarsana Natchiappan, said the DMK has failed to serve the Tamil cause in Sri Lanka and missed a great opportunity to secure them a homeland in the island republic.
Abduction of KP shows state terrorism goes on unabated
The Sri Lankan government came out last week with its own military intelligence agents to Malaysia to kidnap the head of LTTE’s International Relations Department. They escorted him in a plane to Colombo and his whereabouts and his destiny are still unknown.
The war in Sri Lanka has ended but the suffering continues
Any health system would have difficulties responding to the needs of over 260,000 people who recently came out of a war zone. And so, facilities in the Sri Lankan IDP camps are overstretched. People sometimes need to wait days before they can see a doctor for treatment and at night non‐medical people decide who gets referred to a hospital and who does not.
Arrest of KP was a result of a long term plan ‐ Gotabhaya Rajapakse
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse says the arrest of Kumaran Padmanadan alias KP was a result of a long term plan with the Sri Lankan government focusing attention on dismantling the LTTE on the international level as well, following the killing of the LTTE leader.
Special investigating team to arrest any personnel who function against the government
Reports state the government of Srilanka has decided to deploy a special investigating team to arrest any personnel who function against the government. Sources say these personnel had joined hands with the LTTE and acting against the government of Srilanka.
