by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Sri Lanka was rapped sharply on the knuckles at the UN in New York on Wednesday February 22nd 2012 when its controversial deputy permanent representative Major –General Shavendra Silva was debarred from participating in meetings of the Special advisory group of which he is a member representing the Asian group of countries. [...]
Archive of entries posted on 22nd February 2012
Burgeoning Defense Expenditure and Escalating Social Antagonism
by Chanakyan The defense personnel in Sri Lanka are paid on average, half a million rupees per head per annum. Housing scheme and water scheme opening at Delft, Jan 26, 2012-pic courtesy of: np.gov.lk Stranger than fiction, but none the less true. If this is the average, how much is it for the higher echelons? [...]
The Sri Lankan government must stop persecuting Tamils and acting like a rogue nation
by Robert Halfon MP Today there was a major debate in Westminster Hall. With many other backbench Conservative MPs, I urged the Government to speak out against the persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka. As many ConservativeHome readers know, the years between 1983 and 2009 saw a bitter civil war between the Sri Lankan Government [...]
Marie Colvin, wounded while working in Sri Lanka in 2001 dies in Syria
Marie Colvin, a Sunday Times journalist, and French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs after the house where they were staying was shelled, today, Feb 22, 2012. Marie Colvin, recognized as Best Foreign Correspondent in many Press Awards, was wounded in the eye when she was fired upon [...]
