Freedom of movement: Does it work both ways?

In Sri Lanka Freedom of Movement is guaranteed under Chapter 3 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka which gives power to invoke the jurisdiction to enforce, under Article 126 which states: that Supreme Court shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any question relating to the infringement or imminent infringement by executive or administrative action of any fundamental right or language right declared and recognized by Chapter III or Chapter IV.

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President clearly states

Ethnic cleansing is false propaganda at ILO Conference

According to the Tiger plan, as stipulated during the workshop conducted by Arivumudan as sea borne attack on Naval craft in Colombo is going on, few explosive laden vehicles will be exploded in different places to create more panic. To divert the attention of the Security Forces the Tiger also had planned to launch a major artillery assault on an Army camp in the North as the operation was going on in Colombo. Few Tiger cadres will be deployed at the Fish Market in Colombo to shoot at the aircraft arriving at the scene to thwart the attack.

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Expatriates' assistance vital to curb false LTTE propaganda

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing the International Labour Organisation's 96th Session in Geneva on Friday, said his Government is not prepared, at any cost, to bow down to terrorism. He said terrorism has no place in the contemporary world and that the LTTE, a known ruthless terrorist organisation continues to challenge the Lankan Government, determined to force it to compromise on the standards that have been developed over the years.

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