Police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Ward Place
Post by Newsfirst.lk.
December 22, 2014
The police fired tear gas to disperse a group of university students in front of the University Grants Commission (UGC) in Ward Place, Colombo 7, this afternoon.
The tense situation was reported as the protesting students attempted to march towards the UGC, according to the police.
However, severe traffic congestion was also reported in Ward Place, Borella, and Townhall areas due to the protest.
Matale Mass Grave: Skeletons In Closets As Well?
By Darshanie Ratnawalli -December 21, 2014
Darshanie Ratnawalli
The Matale mass grave has had its 15 minutes of fame. From the time when it was first uncovered in November 2012, throughout the judicial inquiry by the Matale Magistrate and right up to the appointment of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, the media fluttered around it moth like. Recently the mass grave got a definitive date. The news failed to grip.
Wrong news-They had a decent burial- The lying posture of the skeletons from the mass- burial at St. Mary Spital London are different from Matale
The only news site to report it, adaderana.lk got it wrong. They reported on 18 November 2014 that the Police informed the Matale Magistrate’s Court that day that the skeletons of the mass grave belong to the early 1950s. In reality the early 1950s don’t come into the picture at all. I reproduce the report below;
“Report on Radiocarbon Analysis of Samples, Matale Case No. B.1810/12, Sri Lanka Douglas H. Ubelaker, PhD Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. USA October 30, 2014
This report is in reference to samples submitted to Beta Analytic Inc. for radiocarbon analysis. According to the report from Beta Analytic Inc., these samples originate from skeletons number 27, 50, 81 and 136. For all samples, values of PMC are less than 100 and values of fraction modern are less than 1.0. These values indicate that the samples were formed prior to the modern period (defined as post AD 1950 with the entrance of excess radiocarbon in the atmosphere due to thermonuclear weapons testing). Details of the analysis procedures and specific results are cited in the report by Beta Analytic Inc..”
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