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| “You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.” |
by Gareth Thomas
( July 02, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) I rise to raise two issues. First, I want to ask a series of questions on the Government's view of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and, through them, to ask a series of questions of the Sri Lankan Government. I understand that the UN Secretary-General is due to receive a report on 13 April produced by a three-member panel that has been mandated to advise him on options for addressing accountability for crimes committed during the final stages of the recent conflict with which all who have an interest in Sri Lanka will be familiar. I ask whether that document will be published, and if not-or, indeed, if we are unsure whether it will be published-I ask the British Government to call on the UN Secretary-General to publish it. Read More
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July 1, 2011 – 1:16 pm By Guest Writer Sundaram Aiyer, New York
In the second week of June an Indian delegation led by Mr.Shiv Shankar Menon the National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of India met Srilankan President Rajapakse and discussed for two hours. There is a mystery about what transpired between them.
Mr. Menon was one of the troika comprising him, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and defense secretary Pradeep Kumar which went to Colombo immediately after a change in Government in Tamil nadu. At that time Colombo was panicked by the resolution passed by the Tamil nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that called upon the Government of India to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka and declare President Mahinda Rajapaksa a war criminal. Therefore the high level delegation might have been meant for giving assurance to Rajapakse on the continued support to him. But anyone can guess that such assurance if made public will invite the wrath of people from Tamil nadu. Read More
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The Anti Tamil Dialogue of Shiv Shankar Menon with Rajapakse
July 1, 2011 – 1:16 pm By Guest Writer Sundaram Aiyer, New YorkIn the second week of June an Indian delegation led by Mr.Shiv Shankar Menon the National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of India met Srilankan President Rajapakse and discussed for two hours. There is a mystery about what transpired between them.
Mr. Menon was one of the troika comprising him, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and defense secretary Pradeep Kumar which went to Colombo immediately after a change in Government in Tamil nadu. At that time Colombo was panicked by the resolution passed by the Tamil nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that called upon the Government of India to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka and declare President Mahinda Rajapaksa a war criminal. Therefore the high level delegation might have been meant for giving assurance to Rajapakse on the continued support to him. But anyone can guess that such assurance if made public will invite the wrath of people from Tamil nadu. Read More
