Pakistani Navy War College delegation visit Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News-01.April.2013, 10.00PM) A group of officers from Pakistan Navy War College visited Sri Lanka recently as part of their Foreign Study Tour Programme. The delegation led by Commodore Sajid Mahmood, comprised of Officers from Pakistan Armed Forces and four allied officers from Nigeria, China and Turkey. During their stay in Sri Lanka the delegation called on Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal WDRMJ Goonetileke, Commander of Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Jayanath Collombage, High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka H.E. Maj Gen (R) Qasim Qureshi. The visiting delegation also visited Trincomalee and Sigiriya beside visiting various Naval establishments and harbour. SRI LANKA: A new Sinhala monthly publication - Sri Lankave Manave Himicam - an E-publication This issue covers many current issues relating to human rights in Sri Lanka such as the resolution before the United Nations for Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka and the opportunities that this resolution opens up for resolving some of the troubling problems in the country, the mass grave found in Matale and its implications; the long-standing problem of the killing of children in Sri Lanka; the issue of the impeachment of the Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayke and the future of the independence of the judiciary; political killings and the responsibilities of the government; the 1978 Constitution and its impact on today's politics and several other issues currently being discussed among Sri Lankans. This issue also carries several poems and dialogues and also the translation of a short story by Tolstoy, What Men Live By. The issue, which consists of 50 pages, has been colorfully produced and is reader-friendly. The issue may be seen here. Compiled in April 2013 by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), 50 pages. Language: Sinhalese Attempt to set up bar association supportive of the Rajapaksas Tuesday, 02 April 2013 03: A group of lawyers affiliated to the President has asked him to set up a “Rajapaksa Bar Association” since the actions of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka have dealt sever blows to the government, sources from Temple Trees said. Although attempts were made to take control of the BASL at its recent election for office bearers, the government supporters experienced a humiliating defeat. The proposal to set up a Rajapaksa Bar Association first came to light following the BASL elections. Meanwhile, the President has ordered his staff to take note of the state institution heads and board members who are lawyers and the number of them who had worked in support of the Chief Justice’s impeachment. The President has asked that lawyers who had not supported the impeachment motion be sacked from their posts in state institutions. Sources from Temple Trees added that the President has also asked that these lawyers be asked to join a lawyers association that would be converted into a Rajapaksa Bar Association.