By Ranee Mohamed They are maids in Sri Lanka, but when they return from the Middle East they are broken women. There seems to be nothing that can bring happiness to the life of Lahanda Purage Ariyawathie (49) as she suffers from the nails within her and the excruciating pain from the cuts that have [...]
(October 7, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) At a secret meeting of senior officials of the Sri Lankan intelligence service attached to the Defence Ministry held in Colombo, a plan has been hatched to assassinate the Chief Editor of The Sunday Leader, Frederica Jansz, the Sri Lanka Guardian learns. According to the information provided to the [...]
“No one can terrorise a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” Edward R Murrow on Sen McCarthy (See It Now) By Tisaranee Gunasekara The government is not the state; the Rajapakses are not the nation. Equating one with the other is false and contrary to democratic norms. Condoning, with words or with silence, [...]
General Sarath Fonseka By Frederica Jansz The first Court Martial has found (Rtd) General Sarath Fonseka guilty of political activity and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge. The ruling has to be approved by President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. This comes after an often-delayed trial which finally [...]
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