'Military dominates every aspect of public life' - Lal Wijenayake
30 JULY 2012
Lal Wijenayake joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) in 1963, which was considered to be 'the most influential professedly Trotskyist party anywhere in the world' as Robert J. Alexander has written. In 1972 he was elected to the Central Committee of the LSSP and soon he was appointed to the politburo. After contesting the first ever Provincial Council election in 1988 and becoming the opposition leader of the Central Provincial Council, he served as a LSSP Provincial Councillor for almost fifteen years, continuously.Read more
- 18 JULY 2012
'Reconciliation' is a facade used to coverup crimes'
In January 2010, a Peoples' Tribunal on Sri Lanka was conducted in Ireland by Milan based Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT), an independent international body, which derives its legacy from Russell - Satre Tribunal on Vietnam. The international hearing....
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- 25 JUNE 2012
'Five habours under military occupation' - Herman Kumara
Few months back Herman Kumara was living virtually in hiding. He was a target of a state orchestrated smear campaign that portrayed him as the ‘prime culprit’ behind the massive protests staged by angry fishermen. Unidentified men visited his house to query his....
- 17 JUNE 2012
'13th Amendment is irredeemable' - Constitutional expert
Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne is a President's Counsel who served as a Consultant to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs from 1996 to 2001. In 2004, he was made a Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and also functioned as a member...
Interviewed by Kithsiri Wijesinghe
- 03 JULY 2012
'Political deadlock caused by Sinhala supremacist thinking'
In March, when the UN Human Rights Council session was in progress, the Sri Lankan State media launched a scathing attack on the rights activists who were attending Geneva sessions. They were accused of 'orchestrating a plot to destroy Sri Lanka’s reputation’....
Interviewed by Kithsiri Wijesinghe
