Personal page and articles by Dr. P. Saravanamuttu
The SLFP Proposals: The Slap in the Face and the Shot in the Arm
The international spotlight is upon us yet again and this time against the backdrop of the third successful outing of...
Continue reading »The Offensive Defence Secretary Must GO!
The infamous telephone call by the Defence Secretary to the Editor of the Daily Mirror and its fall out is...
Continue reading »The Amnesty Campaign: Taking the Eye Off the Ball
A lot of heat and indeed anger has been generated by the Amnesty International campaign‚ – Sri Lanka: Play By...
Continue reading »Human Rights and a Political Settlement: Regime Defences Wearing Thin
The two main criticisms against the Rajapaksa regime relate to human rights and a negotiated political settlement of the conflict. ...
Continue reading »LTTE Air Strike: Turning Point or Confirmation of Protracted Conflict?
Mr Prabhakaran has managed yet again to shock and even awe with the air strike on the Katunayake air base,...
Continue reading »The politics of hate and harm
Most readers in Colombo would have seen the posters of the National Movement Against Terrorism (NMAT) calling for the peace,...
Continue reading »Isolation and International Relations
One of the warnings sounded by ex-minister Samaraweera was about the certainty of the international isolation of Sri Lanka if...
Continue reading »The Unraveling of Chinthanaya Alliances
The electoral alliances Mahinda Rajapaksa forged to win the presidency are unraveling faster than expected. The relationship with the JHU ...
Continue reading »The Sham of Independence Without Human Rights Protection
Two days before our independence tamasha, an event with deep significance and bearing for the independence, integrity and unity of...
Continue reading »A circus has come to town
From The Morning Leader – 31st January 2007 With the LTTE cleared from Sampur and Vaharai, the UNP depleted and...
Continue reading »Insight into Governance from the Arrest that did not happen
From Morning Leader – 3rd January 2007 The story that the editor of the Sunday Leader was to be arrested...
Continue reading »The Costs and Consequences of ‘Clearing’ the East
From Morning Leader – 10th January 2007 Last week this column ended with the statement that there was a lot...
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