Rights of Tamils for Self-Determination in Sri Lanka
The UN covenant on civil and political rights which came in to effect in 1966, lays down the right and principle of self-determination under Article 1 as follows:- “All peoples…
Thambu Kanagasabai
International Criminal Court & Sri Lanka
There appears to be some confusion as to the scope of functions and jurisdiction of this court. ICC, and more particularly its jurisdiction over Sri Lanka’s alleged war crimes etc.…
Desperate Tamils and Delaying Solutions with Deceptive Promises
Tamils in Sri Lanka, being the original inhabitants even before BC 500 according to legend, have ruled Sri Lanka before the arrival of Buddhism in BC 247 and formation of…
Need for Protection of Civilians by the United Nations in a war
The United Nations is a global organization that brings together its member states to confront common challenges, manage shared responsibilities and exercise collective action in an enduring “quest for a…
Never Ending Promises of Sri Lanka’s Rulers And The Continuing Woes of The Tamils
From the day of Sri Lanka’s independence on February 04, 1948, when the rule was handed over to the majority Sinhala community, the Sri Lankan governments launched a genocidal agenda…
Sri Lanka: 13th Amendment: A Golden Goose to Reap Political Mileage And Gains
The 1987 13th Amendment, a conceived and delivered baby of India which is now a part of parcel of the constitution of Sri Lanka has been lying partially implemented with…
Dilly-Dallying Tactics to Keep the Ethnic Problem Alive and Kicking in Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremesinghe who was elected by a majority members of parliament on 18 July 2022 has been dishing out various promises to suit the occasion and the audiences. A meeting…
A debt ridden Sri Lanka and a desperate President seeking debt relief
President Ranil is expected to visit India from July 20 to 30 and a meeting with Prime Minister Modi is scheduled for on the 21st July 2023. So far neither…
Sri Lanka: Dilly-Dallying Tactics To Keep The Ethnic Problem Alive And Kicking
Ranil who was elected by a majority members of parliament on 18 July 2022 has been dishing out various promises to suit the occasion and the audiences. A meeting was…
Sri Lanka’s unconvincing response to Universal Periodic Review’s forthright findings
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process with involves a review of human rights record of all UN member states. It is a process conducted under the articles of…
Ranil’s political gamble to resurrect the half alive but kicking 13th amendment
The 13th Amendment is the baby born from the Indo-Ceylon Accord of 1987, a brain child of India which is an international agreement as entered by two independent nations India…
Sri Lankan President’s Promises for Tamil Leaders
It is a well-known fact that most of the past agreements written and/or oral promises including undertakings of the past Sri Lankan governments are mostly complied with breaches, partial and…
Ranil: Blowing Hot and Cold
73 year old Ranil Wickremasinghe after serving as a prime minister for five years achieved his ambition of becoming the President of Sri Lanka on 21 of July 2022 as…
Sri Lanka Financial Crisis Needs Accountability
The recent statements of President Ranil Wickramasinghe and Foreign Minister Ali Sabry expose and confirm the financial, political, and economic bankruptcy of Sri Lanka even admitted by the leaders and…
UNHRC 51/5 Resolution Against Sri Lanka
UNHRC in its 51st session passed a Resolution against Sri Lanka with 20 countries supporting and 7 countries opposing while other 20 countries abstained from voting. This striking Resolution has vindicated…
Ensuring Sri Lanka’s Compliance with UNHRC Resolutions
Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka and Tamils all over the world are very deeply concerned in relation to Sri Lanka’s past human rights violations including war crimes and the very…
UNHRC Session 51 September 2022: Acid test for Sri Lanka
At the UNHRC 51st Sessions due to commence on September 12, 2022, the members are expected to debate the final draft Resolution on accountability, justice and reconciliation in Sri Lanka…
Sri Lanka’s determined Non-Compliance of UNHRC Resolutions in Defiance of UN and UNHRC Charters
Sri Lanka’s extent of compliance with the Recommendations of UNHRC Resolutions passed against it since 2012 particularly No. 30/1 of October 01, 2015 to 46/1 of March 23, 2021 raises…
Gotabaya’s ascent and descent in power as the President of Sri Lanka
Gotabaya’s election as the President of Sri Lanka in December 2019 is unique as it exposes and endorses the underlying political ills of Sri Lanka namely racism, communalism, majoritarianism and…
Human right council’s resolutions discarded and ignored by defiant Sri Lanka
The opening statements of Human Rights Commissioner and Core Members (UK, Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Malawi) sum up Sri Lanka's hollow and dismal performance and the disappointing compliance…
The Galle Face Protests – A Lesson For All Political Leaders
The Galle Face protests which commenced on April 9th 2022 cannot be described as a mass uprising by the majority of the Sri Lankan population representing all sections of the…
An ignored genocide of Tamils at Mullivaikkal in Sri Lanka on 18th May 2009
There cannot be any plausible reasons to deny the fact of a genocidal agenda initiated by the Sri Lankan Governments immediately after the independence in 1948 against the Tamils living…
Rulers For National Interests or Parochial Interests in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's past 74 years of political history since independence in 1948 is marked with rules by eighteen Prime Ministers and by seven Presidents from 1978 after the late J.R.…
Recommendations on Human Rights in Sri Lanka should be implemented
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Madam Michael Bachelet’s Report on Sri Lanka submitted on 24th February 2022 for discussion is fully welcome which is also endorsed by the Sri…
Sri Lanka’s exercise in futility at human rights council to whitewash its decades of human rights violations
Foreign Minister G.L. Pieris’s speech at the 49th Session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is impeccably laced with web of lies and littered with hollow and empty promises…
UN: Protectors of human rights or silent watchers of war crimes?
The United Nations is a global organization that brings together its member states to confront common challenges, manage shared responsibilities and exercise collective action in an enduring “quest for a…
Prevention of terrorism act (PTA) 1979- Preserving it for a potential Presidential dictatorial rule
The much widely criticized PTA of 1979 described as draconian is doomed to live as long as Rajapakshas hold the reins of power in Sri Lanka. The demise of it by repealing…
High time to recognize the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka, including structural genocide, commenced in 1948 soon after the independence. As defined in the United Nations Genocide Convention of 1948, genocide includes “killing members…
Sri Lankan Tamils Wait For Crucial 49th UNHRC Session For Justice
In the March 2022 UNHRC Sessions Human Rights Commissioner Her Excellency Michael Bachelet is expected to present her oral Report on progress made by Sri Lanka in respect of…
Providing Facilities To Tamils: Presidents’ new Panacea to solve their 72 years of Ethnic Problems
Sri Lankan President's opening speech on January 18, 2022 detailing his commitments and acceptance of current volatile situations is welcome in paper and words but whether they would be put…
It is high time the Indo/Ceylon accord of 1987 is fully implemented
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Shri V. Muralidharans’s following statement on July 31, 2021 in the Rajya Sabha is timely, fitting and correct which also alludes to the…
Sri Lanka: Activating the dormant 13th amendment of 1987
The 1987 13th Amendment, a conceived and delivered baby of India under the Indo/Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 for adoption by Sri Lanka has been lying in the constitution of…
Sri Lanka: Unfulfilled Commitments And Unending Promises
There is no dearth of promises and undertakings dished out by the successive Sri Lankan Governments and their opportunistic political leaders since 1948 whose sole intention and aim is…
High Time for USA and UK to live up to their commitments
The recent meeting of Tamil National Alliance {TNA] with the United States “{US] State Departments second rank officials provides a welcome relief and hopes kindling opening and as a light…
Sri Lanka: One Country One Law-Consolidating and entrenching Buddhism
President Gotabaya’s latest Presidential Task Force headed by a convicted, jailed and pardoned Gnanasara Thero who is the founder of Bodu Bala Sena {Peoples’ Power Force] is entrusted to “Make…
Zero Performance of Tamil Parties and their Leaders
The Tamils in Sri Lanka, victims of genocides, the worst during the war between 2006-2009 including structural genocide since 1948 [immediately after the independence from the British] which is still…
Granting of GSP to Sri Lanka – Boosting and Encouraging Human Rights Violations
The European Union is currently reviewing the suspension of GSP+ granted to Sri Lanka in 2017. In this respect, one has to consider the unacceptable state of accountability, justice and…
The Fallout and Lessons Learnt from HRC and UN September 2021 Sessions
The 48th UN Human Rights Council’s sessions has evoked much interest for Sri Lanka’s Human Rights activists and Government coupled with mixed signals from the Human Rights Commissioner. While the…
Devalued Accountability And Justice In Sri Lanka
Minister of Justice Ali Sabry at a Zoom discussion on 30 August 2021 disclosed that the President in Cabinet meetings and outside has again and again stressed to us his…
Illusive unity and eroding the aspirations of the Tamils in Sri Lanka
There is no doubt that unity is the most uttered and much used and abused word by the Tamil politicians and leaders who took control of the political destiny of…
Need of a savior for the desperate Tamil in Sri Lanka
In common parlance Saviour, - [Called as Messiah in the Hebrew Bible] - is usually regarded “As a liberator or would be liberator of an oppressed people ''. Looking back…
Sri Lanka’s Falling Economy And Failing Good Governance
President Gotabaya acclaimed as un uncrowned king of Sri Lanka after defeating the Liberation of Tigers in the genocidal war with the assistance of 22 countries particularly from India, Pakistan…
US Congress Resolution 413: Option for Sri Lanka to choose either Confrontation or Conciliation
The recently tabled US 413 Resolution in the US Congress led by Ms. Ross breathes fresh air, confidence and hopes for the Tamils, particularly the victimized Tamils whose grievances which…
Sri Lanka’s Steady Sliding Towards Military Dictatorship
President Gotabaya’s compelling necessity to install a military dictator rule is due to many reasons, some of which can be listed as follows:- The military mindset of the President is…
Paper Value Pledges And Time Passing Tamil Politicians
This article focuses on the performances of Tamil National Alliance [TNA] since its monopoly role in Tamils’ politics and issues from 2010 as endorsed by the late Liberation Tigers of…
UNHRC Resolution 46/1 – A Welcome Development
A welcome move for the United Nations, Security Council and International Community to uphold accountability and rein in Sri Lanka. At the 46th Session of UNHRC, the final Resolution on…
UNHRC Resolution 46th – Improved But Insufficient For Accountability And Justice
Sri Lanka’s contemptuous stand regarding the UNHRC Resolutions 30/1. 34/1 and 40/1 as rejected by it has come under discussion in the current 46th Session of UNHRC which is expected to…
Upholding or Upending Accountability and Justice
The 46th Session of UNHRC now in progress has generated heated comments and discussions in Sri Lanka and elsewhere among Tamils as well as the Council is readying to pass…
Sri Lanka’s Desperate Damage Control Exercise To Degrade Draft UNHRC Resolution
Recently. President Gotabaya Rajapakshe appointed a three man Commission to study and find out if any human rights violations have been revealed in the Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission…
Elusive Unity And Eroding Expectations Of Tamils In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Tamils, victims of genocide perpetrated by the majority Sinhala Governments since independence in 1948, appear to be poised to continue to live with miseries also partly contributed by…
UNHRC 46th Session In February/March 2021 – Judgement day for Sri Lanka and its War Victims
The forthcoming 46th UNHRC Sessions in February/March 2021 holds the key to uphold accountability, justice and human rights in Sri Lanka while halting Sri Lanka’s history of evasions and denials …
UNHRC Sessions In March 2021 – Duty to Ensure Accountability and Justice
The UNHRC Sessions in March 2021 assume a greater political importance for the war victims of Sri Lanka and above all for the relevant roles of United Nations and UN…
Living Power Of People’s Agitations And Uprisings
Popular uprising refers to the action or an act of rising or uprising by the people in a country involving large numbers to confirm its general support to the cause…
Crucial Time For Urgent Actions By UNHRC, UN, International Community And Diaspora Tamils
An unassailable present Rajapakshas Government could rule for another ten years and possibly more if the 20th Amendment finds its way in the Constitution. An entrenched dynastic rule appears to be…
Sri Lanka’s Boiling Tamils And Failing Tamil Political Leaders
There is no denying of the fact that the Tamils in Sri Lanka have been at the receiving end by the successive Governments in power and targeted in the agenda…
President Gotabaya’s Forward March Towards An Exclusive Sinhala-Budhist State In Sri Lanka
President Gotabaya’s throne speech on August 20, 2020 as expected does not spring any surprise or disappointments to the minorities particularly Tamils as it is a frank and forthright speech…
A Choice Between Existence And Extinction For The Tamils
The forthcoming general election on August 5th 2020 is crucial for the Tamils for their survival as a race and lives with respect, equal rights and dignity, and as a…
Looming Dictatorship Rule In Sri Lanka
Alarm bells are ringing and heard from various quarters about the direction of Sri Lanka being piloted by the military machine of Rajapakahe’s clan led by the military mindset President…
The Dark Face Of COVID-19 In Sri Lanka
The pandemic Covid-19 which originated in Wuhan province, China sometime in December 2019 made its cruel impact as a global deadly disease in January 2020 declared as a pandemic on…
President Gotabaya’s Twisted Accountability And Justice
President Gotabaya Rajapaksha’s pardon and release of former Army Sergeant Ratnayake who was sentenced to death in 2015 for the brutal murder of 8 Tamil civilians including children in…
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