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25Jun

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China, Sri Lanka

Behind on Payments to China, Sri Lanka Coughed Up Territory Instead

NOVANEWS A cargo ship navigating one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, near Hambantota, Sri Lanka, in May.CreditAdam Dean for The New York Times By Maria Abi-Habib HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, turned to his Chinese allies for loans and assistance with an ambitious port project, the answer was yes. Yes, though feasibility studies said the port wouldn’t work. Yes, though other frequent lenders like India had refused. Yes, though Sri Lanka’s debt was ballooning rapidly under Mr. Rajapaksa. Over years of construction and renegotiation with China Harbor Engineering Company, one of Beijing’s largest state-owned enterprises, the Hambantota Port Development Project distinguished itself mostly by failing, as predicted. With tens of ...

19May

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Sri Lanka

Tamils mark Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day as struggle for freedom continues

NOVANEWS By Satya Vatti Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day 2016. Photo: Vikalpa | Groundviews | Maatram | CPA To learn about the history of the Tamil national liberation struggle for self-determination under the Sinhala-Buddhist chauvinist Sri Lankan government,check out this Liberation News article. For the Tamil diaspora across the world and the Tamils in Eelam — the homeland of the Tamil people on the island of Sri Lanka — May 18 of every year is commemorated as Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day. It is a day to remember, mourn and seek justice for the tens of thousands of Tamil civilians and freedom fighters who lost their lives to the murderous military campaign by the Sri Lankan government in 2009. It is estimated that between 40,000 to 150,000 unarmed Tamil civilians in the town of Mulli...

27Jun

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India, Pakistan & Kashmir, Sri Lanka

Journalists Increasingly Unsafe in the Indian Subcontinent

NOVANEWS By: Nava Thakuria Journalists in India. | Photo: Reuters India and Pakistan headed the list with seven of the professional journalists killed in the last six months. The Indian subcontinent as a whole today stands on the cusp of being a danger zone for journalists, as the region witnessed the murder of over 10 journalists in the first half of 2017. RELATED: Indian Metro Praised for Including Transgender Workers India and Pakistan headed the list with seven of the professional journalists killed in the last six months; with Bangladesh, Myanmar and Maldives added one casualty each. The year started with sad news for India as the dead body of a Jharkhand-based journalist was recovered in Hazaribagh in the first week of the year. Hari Prakash, 31, whose body...

22Oct

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Sri Lanka

Who is Behind Assault on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner?

NOVANEWS By Sajjad Shaukat Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar was assaulted by a group of persons at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sep 4. 2016, when he was returning after dropping several Sri Lankan parliamentarians at the Airport after attending a conference in Kuala Lumpur. In this regard, Colombo Telegraph wrote on September 5, 2016, “The Sri Lankan Government summoned the Malaysian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka to express their displeasure and deep concern over the attack on the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Malaysia, and to also inquire about the investigations into the incident which occurred at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport…Meanwhile, Malaysia’s IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said that the Malaysian police have launched an investigation...

30Aug

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Pakistan & Kashmir, Sri Lanka

Targeting Pakistan on Human Rights Violations in Sri Lnka

NOVANEWS By Sajjad Shaukat The civilized Western World has always shown double standard of human rights in the modern era of open diplomacy, economic development and maintenance of fundamental rights of various peoples. But, it is regrettable that major powers like the US and some European countries have continuously been acting upon duplicity regarding human rights violations. In this regard, their silence over the massacre of the Rohingya Muslim community at the hands of the Rakhine extremist Buddhists in Burma (present Myanmar), perpetual bloodshed of Kashmiris in the Indian occupied Kashmir and unending genocide of several Palestinians in Gaza might be cited as example. In these cases, US-led Western World which was overtly or covertly supporting the state terrorism of Myanm...

1Aug

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Sri Lanka

How the West has always backed brutal Sri Lanka

NOVANEWS My weekly Guardian column: The Sri Lankan Navy band was busy last week, learning the tune to Waltzing Matilda. They played it to welcome Scott Morrison, the Australian immigration minister, who was visiting to launch two patrol boats donated by the Australian government. A photo of the moment,tweeted by journalist Jason Koutsoukis, showed Morrison sitting alongside president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, defence minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Perhaps it didn’t worry Morrison that there are growing calls to prosecute Gotabaya Rajapaksa for war crimes, because of his actions in 2009 during the Sri Lankan civil war. Australia has been aware of Sri Lanka’s breaches of human rights for some time. Australia is now closer to the regime than ever, because of their assistance in im...

26Apr

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Sri Lanka

Stop the extreme group of monks called Bodu Bala Sena

NOVANEWS Stop the extreme group of monks called Bodu Bala Sena in who ignites the religious hatred, enmity and violent oppressions against Muslims and other minority religious groups. https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-director-stop-the-extreme-group-of-monks-called-bodu-bala-sena-in-who-ignites-the-religious-hatred-enmity-and-violent-oppressions-against-muslims-and-other-minority-religious-groups This petition aims to gather opposition to the extremist Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation in Sri Lanka. Its general secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero, along with other members, continues to violate the religious rights of minorities via their hatred propaganda and violent activities. We appeal to all human rights activists, organisations and individuals to demand immediate actio...

5Dec

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Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

UK prime minister covers up crimes against humanity, and lectures Sri Lanka on crimes against humanity

NOVANEWS by hasta_la_victoria Fallujah in Iraq, destroyed by Nato's stormtroopers in 2004 Sirte in Libya, destroyed by Nato's luftwaffe in 2011 By Felicity Arbuthnot, via Global Research “Hypocrisy, the most protected of vices.” Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) Last week, a little more was learned as to the circumventions in Whitehall and Washington delaying the publication of the findings of Sir John Chilcot’s marathon inquiry in to the background of the Iraq invasion. The UK’s Chilcot Inquiry, was convened under then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, to establish the decisions taken by the UK government and military, pre and post invasion. It ran from 24 November 2009 until 2 February 2011 and cost an estimated £7.5m. The as yet unpublished report is believed to run to 1,000,0...

21Nov

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Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

UK Prime Minister Covers Up Crimes Against Humanity – Lectures Sri Lanka on Crimes Against Humanity

NOVANEWS By Felicity Arbuthnot Global Research “Hypocrisy, the most protected of vices.” Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673.) Last week a little more was learned as to the circumventions in Whitehall and Washington delaying the publication of the findings of Sir John Chilcot’s marathon Inquiry in to the background of the Iraq invasion. The UK’s Chilcot Inquiry, was convened under then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, to establish the decisions taken by the UK government and military, pre and post invasion. It ran from 24th November 2009 until 2nd February 2011 and cost an estimated £7.5 million. The as yet unpublished Report is believed to run to 1000,000 words. The stumbling block – more of an Israeli-style “separation barrier” in reality – has been the correspondence between Tony ...

14Nov

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Sri Lanka

Tamil Solidarity protest warns Cameron: don’t go to Chogm!

NOVANEWS Protest Friday 15 November, 4-7pm Say NO to Chogm British government supports war criminal regime in Sri Lanka An important warning shot was fired on Wednesday 9 October. On the day the world heard about Canada’s boycott of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Sri Lanka, Tamil Solidarity called a successful protest at Downing Street. “Cameron, Cameron, don’t go to Sri Lanka,” was roared across the road to the home of the British Prime Minister David Cameron who plans to attend the meeting. The Guardian reports Canadian PM Harper citing “reported disappearances, and allegations of extra judicial killings” to explain his historic withdrawal from Chogm. This continued horrific trampling of democratic rights, and the genocidal slaughter of up to 100,000 Tamils in ...