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Mullikulam: Restrictions on fishing, cultivation, access to the church and school continue
The continuous appeals and campaigns carried out by the people of Mullikulam, the Bishop of Mannar, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu...
Continue reading »Police detains families of disappeared from Northern Sri Lanka and prevents peaceful protest and petition to the UN
[Editors note: See our earlier report, Police impeding the movement of Tamils.] March 5th, 2013, Vavuniya On March 5th, 2013, at...
Continue reading »Sri Lanka Navy vs. the people of Mullikulam
“The Cardinal never even visited our church or spoke to our children. He came directly to the Navy Head Quarters...
Continue reading »The death of Freedom of Assembly, Expression and Religion in the North of Sri Lanka
Every 26th[1] and 27th of November since the end of the war (2009), we hear of people in the North...
Continue reading »Who burnt houses of returning Muslim IDPs in Mannar?
“We can see how the people are suffering but who are we to tell? Nothing can be done. Who can...
Continue reading »Mullikulam: The continuing occupation of a school by the Sri Lankan Navy
[UPDATED: 2200hrs, Colombo: A keen reader, Mike Horgan, flagged the erroneous positioning of Mullikulam on Google Maps. The correct location...
Continue reading »A disappearance every five days in post-war Sri Lanka
Photo courtesy WSWS On 21st at 2.31pm, August 2012, 32 year old Vasanthamala sent a sms from her mobile to...
Continue reading »Latest victims of a heinous trend: Abduction of political activists Premakumar Gunaratnam and Dimuthu Attygalle
Political activists and leaders of the People’s Struggle Movement in Sri Lanka, Mr. Premakumar Gunaratnam[1] and Ms. Dimithu Attygalle[2] disappeared...
Continue reading »Menik Farm after the cyclone: The continuing misery of IDPs
After a punishingly hot day, the skies seemed to provide some relief to the residents of Chettikulam as they opened...
Continue reading »Horrible rise of disappearances in post-war Sri Lanka continues unabated
Image from Transcurrents [Editors note: Also read New wave of abductions and dead bodies in Sri Lanka] Twenty nine disappearances...
Continue reading »What is the bigger lie? US resolution in Geneva or number of people in Vanni in 2009?
Image from Wikimedia Commons “One of the rankest untruths in the public domain today is that the US resolution is...
Continue reading »New wave of abductions and dead bodies in Sri Lanka
Image from Transcurrents In the past 5 months – October 2011 to February 2012 – there has been a disturbing...
Continue reading »DISAPPEARANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS & POLITICAL ACTIVISTS LALITH KUMAR WEERARAJ AND KUGAN MURUGAN ON 9TH DECEMBER 2011
Two Sri Lankan human rights defenders and political activists disappeared in Jaffna in the North of Sri Lank on 9th...
Continue reading »42 Political Activists and HRDs Detained and Prevented from Participating in Peaceful Protest in Jaffna Town on Human Rights Day
On December 10th 2011, a group of 42 HRDs and political activists from the South of Sri Lanka were detained...
Continue reading »Post-war situation in Northern Sri Lanka & Prospects for Reconciliation
Changes since the end of the war: 30 months after the end of war, more people travel between the once...
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