04/17/2011
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Sunday Observer
BY RAJIVA WIJESINHA I have now had an opportunity to read through what is supposed to be the Report of the Panel appointed by the UN Secretary General to advise him on what were termed accountability issued. The report has been leaked by the indefatigable Sanjana Hattotuwa, who does however note that he cannot confirm if this is the actual text. He adds that the UN has regretted the leak. (followed by http://groundviews.org/2011/04/17/government-mp-rajiva-wijesinha-clarifies-allegation-against-groundviews/)
01/31/2011
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BBC
The Forum has travelled from London to the Galle Literary Festival at the Galle Fort on the South Western tip of Sri Lanka.
12/25/2010
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BBC
HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur reflects on a year where HARDtalk travelled the globe to secure some compelling interviews.
11/14/2010
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BBC
Sri Lanka reverses a decision to block the BBC from travelling to the city of Jaffna to attend public hearings of a commission looking into the civil war.
11/11/2010
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Hindustan Times
The BBC has claimed that Sri Lankan authorities have denied them access to cover the proceedings of a government-appointed Commission probing the last phase of the LTTE war in former strife-affected areas in northern Jaffna peninsula. "Defence ministry refused to give reasons for preventing the BBC from covering the story in Jaffna," the British media giant reported on Wednesday night.
09/30/2010
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BBC
What really happened in the closing stages of Sri Lanka's civil war? There's been a chorus of international demands that the final months - January to May last year - be the subject of an international investigation, with allegations that both the government and the Tamil Tigers committed war crimes causing the deaths of thousands of civilians. But the island's victorious government has defiantly rejected such calls and has instead launched its own inquiry into the last years of the war which it says will establish important facts, promote reconciliation and prevent future wars. Some of its witnesses have testified in private, but our correspondent in Sri Lanka Charles Haviland has been attending its public hearings.
09/23/2010
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BBC
A business leader in Sri Lanka has called on the government to apologise for itself and on behalf of previous regimes for suffering during the war.
09/20/2010
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BBC
People in northern Sri Lanka have told a war inquiry that family members who served with the Tamil Tigers disappeared after surrendering.
09/17/2010
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BBC
The BBC has been blocked from covering public hearings about Sri Lanka's civil war in former rebel-held territory.
06/07/2010
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The New York Times
In an interview with the BBC, Sri Lanka’s powerful defense minister, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, exploded with rage and said that the former head of the country’s military, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who was lauded last year for defeating a Tamil separatist insurgency, could be hanged for reportedly claiming that the government had ordered the military to execute prisoners.