Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Sri Lanka urged to end detentions

Human Rights Watch has warned the Sri Lankan government against arbitrary detention of suspected opposition fighters, as the country prepares to free 130,000 Tamil refugees held in camps. The international rights group said on...

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Group welcomes Sri Lanka's decision to free refugees

The Associated Press Date: Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009 6:41 AM ET COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An international rights group welcomed Sri Lanka's decision to free all war refugees from camps, but said Wednesday that thousands of other...

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Fonseka looks forward to support from India

Expressing that he was "very fond" of India, Fonseka, who is being endorsed as the joint opposition candidate to challenge the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa, said he was looking forward to support from India during his future plans.

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Sri Lanka told promise to free displaced must be followed by action

Human rights groups have welcomed the government of Sri Lanka’s promise to lift by 1 December any restrictions on movement of at least 130,000 people displaced by the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam.

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Sri Lanka: Promise to free displaced must be followed by concrete action

Amnesty International welcomes the government of Sri Lanka’s promise to lift by 1 December any restrictions on movement of at least 130,000 people displaced by the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam.

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Singh's unabated duplicity with Pak

Singh's unabated duplicity with Pak Pakistan Observer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has once again resorted to the traditional Indian duplicity, distortion and double standards by talking of peace with Pakistan as well...

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Sri Lanka ex-military chief asks court to restore bodyguards

SHARE COLOMBO, Nov 24, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former top army general Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to restore his security contingent which has been drastically scaled down following a spat with the president, officials...

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Conflict Transformed? The start of a debate ,

At the time when the Soviet empire began to break up, I was working with the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), a network of local nonviolence activists around the world. We were elated at the astonishing impact...

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Sri Lanka general to mount poll bid

Legislator Dissanayake said the former army chief was a consensus opposition candidate [AFP] Sri Lanka's former military chief will challenge his former boss Mahinda Rajapakse, the incumbent president, in the country's...

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CONFLICT OPENED A SPACE FOR WOMEN TO HAVE RIGHTS

COLOMBO, (Oct. 27, 2009) IPS/GIN - When Thamalini, leader of the women's wing of Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger guerrillas, entertained guests at the women's political wing office in northern areas once controlled by the rebels, the...

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