SRI LANKA BRIEF

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• Human Rights defender, a job not without risk in Sri Lanka: Herman Kumara’s story.
• Mervyn Silva cleared at disciplinary inquiry
• New Delhi cold-shouldering Colombo for over two years
• Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism Generally Perceives Muslims to be a Grave Threat
• US wants quick action on ex-LTTErs

Human Rights defender, a job not without risk in Sri Lanka: Herman Kumara’s story. Posted: 31 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT Herman Kumara is a well-respected Sri Lankan human rights defender. Convenor of the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, founder member of People to People Dialogue on Peace and Sustainable Development [PPD], an active member of Platform for Freedom [PfF], and a board member for the Women for Development Alternatives of Sri Lanka. Read more »

Mervyn Silva cleared at disciplinary inquiry Posted: 31 May 2012 12:56 AM PDT The SLFP central committee, at a disciplinary inquiry, has cleared minister Mervyn Silva of a charge that he had threatened the media.  The committee has taken the decision to clear him after the minister disowned the related remarks published in the media. Read more »

New Delhi cold-shouldering Colombo for over two years Posted: 31 May 2012 12:43 AM PDT Sri Lanka and India haven't had a bilateral engagement at the top-most levels in governance, reflecting the changing priorities in New Delhi towards its immediate neighbourhood. A series of issues between Sri Lanka and India since the close of the Eelam war IV in May 2009, which saw the demise of the Tamil Tigers, has seen New Delhi cold-shoulder Colombo for over two years. Read more »

Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism Generally Perceives Muslims to be a Grave Threat Posted: 30 May 2012 03:58 PM PDT By Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri The recent attack led by Buddhist monks on the Khairya Jumma mosque located in the so-called "sacred zone" of the Dambulla rock temple in the central province is important even though it did not develop into a larger scale clash between the Buddhist and Muslim communities of Sri Lanka. Read more »

US wants quick action on ex-LTTErs Posted: 30 May 2012 03:50 PM PDT The United States yesterday reiterated that it looks forward to a 'speedy and transparent judicial process' regarding ex LTTE combatants and all other detainees held in various prisons.  The US Embassy in Colombo made this remark in the wake of a campaign by some political activists to secure the release of LTTE suspects Read more »

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