01/11/2012
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Groundviews, Lanka Solidarity
***LANKA SOLIDARITY STATEMENT*** We welcome the Report’s contributions to political discourse, but even its most critical conclusions reveal its irredeemable limitations: like the many commissions of inquiry before it, it is neither a truly investigative body, nor empowered to hold political elites to account. Nevertheless, the Report, which contains the testimony of thousands of citizens and surveys the political challenges confronting Sri Lanka, invites further discussion and debate.
12/30/2011
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New York Times
If Sri Lanka wants true reconciliation, the government must take responsibility for civilian deaths during the civil war.
09/07/2011
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Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — A leading human rights group on Wednesday urged the United Nations to launch an independent investigation of alleged atrocities committed in the final stages of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war, saying the country's own probe into the matter was flawed.
07/31/2011
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Sunday Times
The United States has delivered a demarche to Sri Lanka that it wants the final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) discussed at the 19th sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March next year.
05/30/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka asks HRC for time, space, and opportunity to complete domestic process (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
05/08/2011
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The Nation
The extension of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has nothing to do with the Darusman report, the commission’s media coordinator, Lakshman Wickremasinghe said.
05/08/2011
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Sunday Times
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) will look into the issues raised in the UN Panel of Experts’ report and bear in mind its contents when compiling the final report, Commission spokesman Lakshman Wickremasinghe said.
05/07/2011
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Colombo Page
May 07, Colombo: The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), appointed by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe Sri Lanka's armed conflict, has requested the President to extend its term for another six months.
05/02/2011
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Indian Express
COLOMBO: Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, a senior minister in the Rajapaksa government and a former Prime Minister, has quit the government delegation now in talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on finding a political solution to the Tamil question.
03/28/2011
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www.hindustantimes.com
The ambitious Indian project to build 50,000 houses for the displaced Tamil civilians in the north seems to have been delayed. Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday that the pilot project of 1000 houses is likely to take off in July. The foundation stone for the pilot project was laid last November by External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna, amid much fanfare. And, the project was announced in June 2010.