Sunday, October 16, 2011- Impunity lies at the heart of the Kolonnawa killings
“A foul, dishonourable crew….” Giaccomo Leopardi (To Angelo Mai III)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara
Impunity lies at the heart of the Kolonnawa killings “A foul, dishonourable crew….” Giaccomo Leopardi (To Angelo Mai III) By Tisaranee Gunasekara In the Rajapaksa Security State, insecurity is the common condition of the rest of us… Impunity makes jungles out of civilised societies, where the big and the powerful prey on those smaller andRead More »Government Rejects New Summons On MR
Sunday, October 16, 2011- MR can be served summons via the local media – US Judge
By Indika Sri Aravinda
The government will not respond to the summons issued on President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a US court even if it is published in the local media, the Attorney General’s department said.Deputy Solicitor General Jayantha Jayasuriya told The Sunday Leader that the US District Court has not issued valid reasons as to why the President should respond to the summons.
It was reported on Friday that in a precedent setting order issued by the District Court of the District of Columbia on Thursday on the case against President Rajapaksa filed by three Tamil plaintiffs, Judge Kotelly authorized service by “posting the full summons and complaint on the main page of the TamilNet website,” and by publication in two Sri Lankan newspapers.
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When The Elected Government Is Not What Rules The Citizen
Sunday, October 16, 2011
It is a shock that the incident that took place last Saturday happened under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government. We have to enforce the law against the ‘barbarians’ who assassinated former parliamentarian and Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and social justice needs to be put in place as a tribute to him.”General Secretary of the SLFP and Minister Maithripala Sirisena,
in his funeral oration
Read More »in his funeral oration
