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  Sri Lanka jails journalist who criticised war policy

  September 1, 2009 senan

  Twenty years for writer who was hailed by President Obama as a hero facing persecution By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent, Independent Journalist JS Tissainayagam leaves court yesterday after he was jailed for 20 years for causing ‘racial hatred’ and ‘supporting [...]

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  Channel4 reports horrific killings.

  August 26, 2009 senan

  Is this evidence of Sri Lankan ‘war crimes’? 25 August 2009 By Jonathan Miller Channel 4 News shows footage claimed to show Sri Lankan forces executing Tamils earlier this year. Jonathan Miller reports. Just three months after the Sri Lankan [...]

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  August 25, 2009 senan

  Thanks: Groundviews After first breaking news on Friday, Groundviews continues to receive disturbing photos on the flooding in Menik Camp after last Friday’s torrential downpour. No journalists have been allowed to visit the IDP camp even after the floods. Key [...]

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  Dark triumphalism clouds Sri Lanka

  August 12, 2009 senan

  EDITORIAL: Financial Times (London): August 11 2009 After the government of Sri Lanka finally and violently crushed the 25-year-old insurrection by Tamil rebels last May, there were hopes this sparkling island in the Indian Ocean would finally emerge from its [...]

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  Protest

  Austrian Solidarity with the Tamil people‏-Sebastian Kugler

  July 9, 2009 senan

  “Facing the crimes against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, a wave of international solidarity rolls towards the Sri Lankian embassies all over the world. Austria is no exception. On the 24th of June activists from the „Socialist LeftParty“ (SLP), [...]