03/27/2010
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Global Post
Incumbent President Rajapakse has made it clear he favors economic growth over the well-being of his populace.
02/07/2010
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The Sunday Leader
EDITORIAL: In a democracy, a thumping majority is expected to result in cool heads among the victors and cold feet among losers. The recent presidential election in Sri Lanka has had the opposite effect with the winners going for the jugulars of the losers and the losers preparing for rearguard action. General Sarath Fonseka is alleged by some leading personalities of the Rajapakse government of planning a military coup against the government and several of his close associates being arrested while the opposition parties within six days after the election, took to the streets and staged a massive demonstration in Colombo’s Hyde Park in protest against what they allege was a rigged election.
02/03/2010
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Himal Southasian
Up-country Tamil plantation workers remain a subjugated community, treated as little more than bonded labour. The current political foment includes opportunities for change.
02/02/2010
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BBC Sinhala
The Sri Lankan authorities have re-imposed fishing restrictions in Mannar district after the recently concluded presidential elections, fishing community organisations say.
02/02/2010
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BBC
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that President Mahinda Rajapaksa's new term will begin in November, giving him almost another year in power.
01/27/2010
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The Economist
Mahinda Rajapaska claims a landslide election win in Sri Lanka. Soldiers surround his main rival
01/27/2010
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The Huffington Post
James Ross is Legal and Policy Director at Human Rights Watch. An op-ed.
01/27/2010
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CNN
Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Sri Lanka has held its first presidential election since government forces put down a 26-year insurgency by Tamil Tiger rebels.
CNN's Sara Sidner looks at the election, claims of vote rigging from political rivals who were war-time allies, and what the future may hold for Sri Lanka.
01/27/2010
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Daily Mirror
The military claims that several army deserters are holed up at a leading Colombo hotel and troops have been deployed to surround the hotel to ensure law and order is maintained.
01/27/2010
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New York Times
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s president, was re-elected by a wide margin, election officials here said Wednesday, defeating the newly retired army general who had tried to lay claim to Mr. Rajapaksa’s biggest political victory, the defeat of the Tamil Tiger insurgency.