COLOMBO TELEGRAPH Leave aside the problem of countering the ‘bad publicity’ created by Navi Pillay, the main problem now for the so-called ‘thinkers’ attached to the Sri Lankan government is about how to handle the...
Presented at the meeting in Derry on 14th May – organised by European United Left/Nordic Green Left Introduction Sri Lankan state today can only be described as a dictatorship with thin veneer of democracy....
Hundreds of people protested outside London’s Houses of Parliament on 14 April to demand that caste oppression in Britain be outlawed. 2010 attempt to illegalise the discrimination suffered by many in the South Asian...
A contribution to the debate taking place inColombotelegraph from Tamil Solidarity TU Senan 28 August 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the great moments of American ‘rhetoric’. In 1963 Martin...
Development of Bodu Bala Sena must be stopped The recent growth and actions of Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) in Lanka is very alarming. BBS is an extreme right-wing group headed by...
The first employment tribunal to deal with castediscrimination was dismissed recently after the judge ‘recused’ herself from the case. Sound like an ‘excuse’? With it, caste discrimination appears to have been ‘rescued’. The caste system,...
The Tamil Eelam supporters’ organisation (TESO) acts as a tool for the Dravidian Progress Federation (DMK) to sooth their voters. This has been the case since its formation in 1985 with the leader of...
increasing oppression do not justify a compromise Leena Manimekalai asks an important question about the character of the ‘International Community’ in her recent article in Tehelka. This is, however, not a new question....
An organised attack by the elite – not a spontaneous ethnic riot The 1983 pogroms stand as a stark moment in the history of Sri Lankan politics. Much myth-making has surrounded the events –...
At last, many will think, the so-called international community of governments has recognised the horror of the 2009 genocide in Sri Lanka. But unfortunately the passing of the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC)...
