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Country must expose UNHRC’s double standards - Prelate Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Mahanayake of Asgiri Chapter Most Ven. Warakagoda Sri Gnanaratana Thera stated that the whole country should rally against the resolution passed by the Geneva Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka, irrespective of party affiliations. He also said that if we are not united as a country at this critical juncture, the forces against us will benefit. The Mahanayake Thera made this statement when Education Minister Prof. G.L Pieris visited the Asgiriya Maha Viharaya yesterday (4) and receiv...

Intense focus on two key events Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Government is focusing this week on two key events that are likely to be in the news for some time to come because of their potential political fallout - the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in 2019 and the Resolution passed on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions last week. The Easter Sunday attacks have been the subject of much discussion of late because the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe the heinous attacks, appointed by former President Maithripa...

news Geneva Issue – the Way Forward Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) Power revolves around in a nation’s foreign policy and how you conduct it with the rest of the world. Nations have given top priority to economic diplomacy and foreign relations and policy is based on your economies and political conduct and how you conduct and manage your economics. They need to verify your balance sheet and any economic benefits one could derive from you. The era is gone when the goodwill is maintained by sipping a glass of wine and socialising with the diplomats. Ambassadors are given re...

Right Honourable Prime Minister, Canada’s efforts to prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is greatly appreciated. Your statement on the 12th of February 2021 reaffirming Canada’s commitment to draw attention to this inhumane practice with the longstanding intent of ending such conscription along with nearly 100 UN Member States endorsing the Vancouver Principles on ‘Peacekeeping and the Prevention of  the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers’ is most commendable. The Late, Honourable Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lanka’s former distinguished Minister of Fore...

Posted on February 18th, 2021 C. Wijeyawikcrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Introduction Lemkin who lost 49 family members to the Holocaust coined the term Genocide in 1943/4. Applying his definition to past events, the first genocide took place in USA when, white man distributed blankets soaked with smallpox germs to native Americans (Red Indians). Perhaps, even before that in 1818 and 1848 genocide took place in the British colony, Ceylon. Genocide is primarily a European-Christian affair. It is also a growing organic idea in the hands of ex-colonial masters. However, what Vignes...