Opinion:
Using ‘torture’ but talking human rights in Sri Lanka
Canada depicts itself as a ‘Paragon of Virtue’ and acts as
the model of excellence on democracy, good governance, rule of law and
human rights, giving advice and counselling to nations such as Sri
Lanka. In November this year, Sri Lanka will host the 23rd Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting. Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of
Canada has announced that he will not attend the meeting,
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Opportunists try to gain political mileage out of minor
incidents
It seems that political opportunists are
attempting to blow small incidents out of proportion to gain cheap
political mileage. Knowing that they cannot come to power and put
the INGO and Western agendas in motion, they now resort to various
tactics to create problems in the country. The recent developments
in Weliweriya and the Noori Estate are classic examples.
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Opinion:
TNA follows bidding of LTTE cohorts
War crimes, human rights violations, media
freedom and public protests are attractive headlines that surface
from time to time, each time before an international fora or
sessions of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Those
are the periods even Callum Macrae and his men,
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