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Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe paid tribute to the late UNP minister Gamini Dissanayake last month, pledging to expand the controversial Mahaweli project, which has seen Sinhala settlers colonise the Tamil North-East.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna’s (JVP) National Organizer Bimal Rathnayake said the United National Party (UNP) and current Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe were responsible for the 1983 Black July pogroms that killed thousands of Tamils and claimed ‘that false information’ regarding his party’s involvement was preventing Tamils from joining the JVP.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has been appointed as the UK’s new foreign secretary, a move that will see a familiar face return to the frontline of British politics. David Cameron has twice written in the Tamil Guardian. We take a look back at his previous time in office, remarks on Sri Lanka and Tamils, as well as his involvement on the island after his previous
The former British Prime Minister once spearheaded efforts on accountability for war crimes on the island. Now, he is drumming up investment for a controversial multibillion-pound Chinese project in Colombo.
The ethno-nationalist political underpinnings of Black July still characterise the Sri Lankan state today.