Sri Lanka remembers to forget
Source: Open Democracy
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-05-21 07:01:56 -0700 | travel-news
Celebrations to mark the end of Sri Lanka's civil war perform the function of collective forgetting. If the country looked back at recommendations made in the past, Sri Lankans might understand better how to go forward. On 18 May 2013...
Tears of joy mark family reunion of fishermen
Source: The Hindu
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-04-13 01:09:58 -0700 | business-news
The Hindu An emotional scene at Rameswaram fishing jetty on Friday...Balachandar Assistant Director of Fisheries received them; they said they were not harassed by Sri Lankan authorities Nineteen Rameswaram fishermen, who were released by a Sri Lankan court on Thursday,...
Sri Telo in the Northern Provincial Council Election Fray
Source: Asian Tribune
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-04-09 15:54:27 -0700 | political-news
09 editor The proposed Northern Provincial Council election has begun to evince interest in the midst of Tamil political leaders and the latest young Tamil leader to show interest in the election is none other than Pararajasingham Uthayarasa alias...
President Condemned Attack on the Branch Office of Uthayan Tamil daily
Source: Asian Tribune
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-04-05 16:34:38 -0700 | political-news
Uthayan Tamil News Daily is one of the two Tamil newspapers owned by Mr. E...He also owns another Tamil daily Sudar Oli, published from Colombo...Asian Tribune learnt President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the spot telephoned Mr. N.K. Illangakoon, Inspector General Police...
Srilanka army arrests Tamil Nadu Lawyer and her associate !
Posted by: accesskollywood
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-03-05 20:43:18 -0800 | disasters-news
The arrogant and callous attitude of Srilankan army was exposed when they allegedly arrested and detained a Chennai-based lady advocate, Kayal alias Angayarkanni and her associate Thirumalai a functionary of Naam Tamilar Iyakkam on Wednesday near Omanthai in Vavuniya district,...
Indian Foreign Secretary Visits Sri Lankan IDPs
Posted by: Anuradha K. Herath
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-04-18 23:24:48 -0700 | political-news
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is visiting the northern Sri Lankan towns of Vavuniya and Jaffna Tuesday to assess the situation of the remaining internally displaced persons (IDPs). The foreign secretary arrived on Monday evening and will spend three days...
Sri Lanka to Complete Resettlement in Four Months
Posted by: Anuradha K. Herath
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-04-18 23:24:49 -0700 | humanitarian-news
The Sri Lankan government expects to complete resettlement of all of the remaining internally displaced persons (IDPs) in four months. "The end of this year - we are 100 percent sure we will resettle the people," said Minister of Economic...
LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran surrendered and killed while in custody
Posted by: peerjournalist
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2009-06-14 04:38:02 -0700 | disasters-news
The mystery over the killing of Velupillai Prabhakaran, guerilla leader of the Tamil separatist organisation LTTE in the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka, is slowly being cleared by the sources close to the Tamil rebels. The last days of...
Stench of dead bodies permeate Vanni, wounded allowed to die without treatment
Posted by: citizenjournal
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-07-26 15:50:14 -0700 | political-news
An uncounted number of dead bodies between 2,000 and 3,000 are lying all over the places in civilian congested area and the civilians are all struck by a heavy stench of dead bodies, said a volunteer doctor from Mu'l'li-vaaykkaal. "Sri...
Sri Lankan Military Again Shells Hospital In No-Fire Zone
Posted by: citizenjournal
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-07-26 15:50:19 -0700 | disasters-news
In another cold-blooded war crime, the Sri Lankan military shelled the only remaining hospital in the “no-fire zone” on the north-eastern coast on Wednesday, killing dozens of people. The latest attack had killed at least 50 people, including patients, relatives...
Sri Lanka artillery barrage in the no-fire zone kills 378, doctor says
Posted by: citizenjournal
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-07-26 15:51:49 -0700 | disasters-news
Rescue workers within the Mullaiththeevu Safety Zone have counted more than 1200 bodies after the large scale slaughter Saturday night and Sunday morning by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) with the use of cluster ammunition, multi-barrel rocket launchers and cannons,...
Sri Lankan Armed Forces Attack on hospital kills 64 Tamils
Posted by: citizenjournal
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-07-26 15:54:12 -0700 | disasters-news
Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone on Saturday, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel-linked Web site said. A health official in...
War Without Witness: Innocent Tamil Civilians Killed by Sri Lankan Armed Forces (Images)
Posted by: citizenjournal
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated 2012-07-26 16:01:00 -0700 | disasters-news
The NGO, War Without Witness estimates based on first-hand information obtained from government-run hospital authorities, police and judiciary sources in Vanni, the North East Secretariat of Human Rights, aid workers and credible media outlets confirmed more than 3546 innocent Tamils...
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