“In Tamil Sri Lanka, Cameron promises justice” by Channel 4
David Cameron flew to the Tamil dominated north of Sri Lanka to see – and hear – for himself the allegations of human rights. Jon Snow asked him whether he thinks his presence at the summit can...
View Article“Sri Lankan Migrants and Identity in Contemporary British Fiction: Roma...
We are pleased to share a link to download the Master thesis of Marianne Godard which deals with “Sri Lankan Migrants and Identity in Contemporary British Fiction: Roma Tearne’s Art of Memory”. This...
View Article“Against caste in Europe” by Parvathi Menon (Frontline.in)
“The ringing indictment of caste-based discrimination and prejudice contained in a strongly worded resolution that the European Parliament passed last month has put this particular form of human rights...
View Article“Sri Lankan Police Officer’s UK Asylum Case: SL Authorities Involved In...
“We were satisfied that there was ample evidence of a “widespread” and “systemic” attack conducted by the Sri Lankan authorities, the AI and EU reports referring in terms to the abuse of the Tamil...
View Article“UK let SAS veterans coach Sri Lanka in 1984″ by Phil Miller
“The British government had “no objection” to retired SAS officers training security forces in Sri Lanka three months after India’s 1984 Golden Temple massacre, recently released government papers...
View Article“India set to back UN investigation into Sri Lanka war ‘crimes'” by Dean Nelson
India is set to support an international investigation into alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan army in the final stages of its long civil war, government sources said on Wednesday. Its decision to...
View Article“Britain joins call for UN to investigate alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka” by...
“Britain is to join the US and three other countries in pushing for a full international inquiry into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka after the government there failed to satisfy international calls...
View Article“Lankan Muslims in London and Political Myopia” by Raashid Riza
This is a significant error of judgement on the part of sections of the Lankan British Muslim community in London and I am both thankful and relieved by the political astuteness of the Sri Lankan...
View Article“One Sri Lankan Tamil’s testimony: beaten, branded, suffocated and raped” by...
“It started that first night at the police station in Colombo, with kicking, punching, slapping and beating with blunt instruments. Siva was hung upside down by his feet, his hands tied behind his...
View Article“Foreign Secretary welcomes announcement of UN investigation team on Sri...
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has welcomed the appointment of a team of experts to investigate alleged abuses in Sri Lanka. via:...
View Article“LTTE Reaches Out To Scottish Separatists” by Camelia Nathaniel
“The LTTE network outside London was the strongest in Leicester and Milton Keynes but even their participation was limited. Thanam was disappointed because he had operated from Milton Keynes, yet even...
View Article“Rebuilding Sri Lanka after the flood” by Alistair Dutton
“When I arrived in Sri Lanka in 2004 I saw the total destruction caused by the Boxing Day tsunami. Houses and trees had been ripped out of the ground along the eastern coast, with bodies and belongings...
View Article“Britain’s three decades of dirty war against the Tamil people” by Phil Miller
“The report initially examines Thatcher’s policy on Sri Lanka during her decade in power. Her opening salvo was to dispatch former MI5 director (Jack Morton), a veteran of Malaya and Ireland. He...
View Article“Tamil “Extremists” Target Sampanthan and Sumanthiran of the TNA as...
“Tamil National Alliance(TNA)Leader Rajavarothayam Sampanthan MP and TNA National list Parliamentarian MA Sumanthiran won many hearts and minds by participating in the official Independence day...
View Article« ‘I thought I was a bad son’: the emotional distance between migrants and...
In 1951, Guy Gunaratne’s Sri Lankan father learned English by reading in a London bookshop. Almost 70 years later, the same shop sells his son’s novel.Guy Gunaratne considers their very different...
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