Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Saturday, April 9, 2011

2010 Human Rights Report: Sri Lanka


http://www.state.gov/images/2010/usdos-logo-seal.png2010 Human Rights Report: Sri Lanka


Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
April 8, 2011 
Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with a population estimated at 21 million. President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was reelected to a second six-year term in January, and the parliament, which was elected in April, share constitutional power. The government is dominated by the president's family; two of the president's brothers hold key executive branch posts as defense secretary and minister of economic development, while a third brother is the speaker of parliament. Independent observers generally characterized the presidential and parliamentary elections as problematic. Both elections were fraught with violations of the election law by all major parties and were influenced by the governing coalition's massive use of state resources. There were instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of civilian control.                                    Full Story>>>
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The government is dominated by the president's family;
3.Speaker of parliament..
    1.Defense secretary
2.Minister of economic development

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Submissions and debates on 18th Amendment from Centre for Policy Alternatives on Vimeo.

Parliamentary debate on deterioration of human security in the North of Sri Lanka

 


Parliamentary debate on deterioration of human security in the North from Centre for Policy Alternatives on Vimeo.              21 Jan, 2011 Groundviews