Ban Acknowledged Lapses, Sri Lanka Says, Writing Out Rights & Sex Violence

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, September 25 -- When Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his team on Saturday night, Rajapaksa accused Ban of undermining the UN's credibility and, cravenly, the "Secretary General's team acknowledged that there had been a lapse in communication" regarding the Panel of Experts report alleging war crimes.

Rajapaksa shown in by Ban, Nambiar- then Wallstrom     
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Appeal for critically ill Tamil prisoner

 25 September, 2011

Authorities says at least 200 former Tamil Tigers are yet to be charged

By P Manikkavasagam
BBC Tamil service, Vavuniya

Family members of a Tamil political prisoner, who is critically ill, have appealed for an early release and medical assistance.

Rasaratnam Jegatheeswaran, 33, is now being treated at the ICU of the National Hospital in Colombo.

Doctors have revealed to his wife that her husbund’s kidneys have failed to function and he is under dialysis treatment.

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India, Lanka poles apart on Tamil issues

Satarupa Bhattacharjya & Devirupa Mitra

Last Updated : 25 Sep 2011 10:18:25 AM IST

NEW DELHI: While New Delhi has been asking Colombo to find a solution to the political problem that fuelled the Eelam movement, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has managed to offer nothing, just as he had intended since his overwhelming re-election in 2010.

Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23, he reiterated his stance, “home-grown solutions.” He warned “friends in distant lands to drop pre-conceived nations.” Seemingly intended for Western governments, his message however drove closer to home.

Tamil National Alliance, the largest Tamil coalition in the Sri Lankan Parliament,draws its MPs from the north and east.                          more>>