09/04/2011
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Times of India
NEW DELHI: In what might prove to be a political embarrassment for Congress in Tamil Nadu, a Wikileaks cable has revealed that India viewed Western criticism of Sri Lanka's human rights record with concern as it felt shunning the island nation would drive it towards China.
08/28/2011
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The Sunday Leader
A US embassy cable released by the Wikileaks website last week quotes a former US official in Colombo as saying that a group of doctors who were in the Wanni during the war, had been “coached” on what to say at a press briefing in Colombo after they were arrested.
05/10/2011
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BBC
The Sri Lankan government rejected a surrender offer by Tamil Tiger rebels at the end of the war, reports released through the Wikileaks website say.
05/07/2011
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Aftenposten (Norway)
TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN VIA GOOGLE TRANSLATE: In March, warned the U.S. ambassador, Robert Blake, of a humanitarian disaster. In a meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Blake made it clear that if the government forces continued in the same pace they did last time, it would lead to tens of thousands of fatalities, which likely would cause international condemnation and accusations of war crimes.
04/01/2011
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The Hindu
Concerted international action to curb fund-raising and weapons procurement by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) started in the first half of 2006, around the time Sri Lanka's fragile ceasefire broke down and an all-out war started. It was the United States that unveiled and initiated the plan to create two international
03/26/2011
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BBC
India believed 'Rajapaksas did not know about the real situation' during the last phase of the war, according to the latest Wikileaks.
03/16/2011
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The Hindu
India played a key role in warding off international pressure on Sri Lanka to halt military operations and hold talks with the LTTE in the dramatic final days and weeks of the war in 2009, confidential U.S. Embassy cables accessed by <i>The Hindu </i>through WikiLeaks showed.
03/15/2011
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The Hindu
On June 5, 2007, Sri Lanka Director of Naval Projects and Plans (DNPP) Commodore Lakshman Illangakoon contacted Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) to provide a readout of a meeting in New Delhi with the Indian Navy Commander and others (no further information) on the proposed U.S.-provided coastal radar system.
02/02/2011
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Daily Mirror
The whistle blower website Wikileaks today revealed a diplomatic warning given by the United States to Sri Lanka over its close relations with Iran. The cables reveal conversations between the US embassy officials and Central Bank governor Ajith Nivad Cabraal and the then foreign secretary Palitha Kohona.
12/21/2010
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AFP
Sri Lanka on Tuesday warned the United States to exercise "circumspection" in diplomatic cables after a message released by WikilLeaks suggested Colombo had colluded with murderous paramilitary groups.