updated Thu. June 27, 2024
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MediaShift
April 4, 2018
Here's a list of current media and journalism fellowship programs, including the deadlines for applying. If we're missing any major programs, or you would like your program to be in the featured fellowship slot, please let us know by contacting Mark Glaser at mark [at] mediashift [dot] org and we'll add themÃâà...
Geographical
April 2, 2018
... allow the 2013 CHOGM to be hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a state where then-President Rajapaksa and his government stood accused of war crimes committed during the long conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels. .... 'It's not just about Britain providing answers, or Britain providing leadership,' he affirms.
World Politics Review
April 2, 2018
In late March, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was in Pakistan for a three-day visit that included attending the country's Republic Day celebrations as the guest of honor, a sign of deepening ties between the two South Asian nations. The visit was seen as an attempt to build on defense cooperationÃâà...
Lankaweb
March 27, 2018
The Sinhala extremist forces inside the government have embarked on a campaign to spread hate speech against the Tamil leadership fighting for self-rule and ... How can she under-estimate the victory of the forces over the Tamil Tiger Terrorists, the most brutal terrorist organization in the world? FurtherÃâà...
The Hindu
November 25, 2017
Considering that the Tamil leadership had currently accepted Sri Lanka as one country, the flag must be recognised as a national symbol, he said. It is in a similar spirit that the Tamil leaders like them welcomed the reintroduction of the Tamil national anthem which former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had,Ãâà...
The Japan Times
November 7, 2017
The strangers said they were accused of trying to revive the Tamil Tiger rebel group and were tortured between early 2016 and July this year. Sri Lankan authorities ... Recently, the Indian Ocean nation was asked to sit on a U.N. leadership committee trying to combat sexual abuse. An investigation earlierÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
October 13, 2017
The war ended in 2009 after Sri Lankan soldiers killed the leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, and many hoped that would lead to a period of post-war reconciliation and a resolution of widespread war crimes allegedly perpetrated by both sides. But no independent investigations have been allowed.
BBC News
August 29, 2017
Tens of thousands of Tamils - and the rebel leadership - were killed at the end of the conflict, in which both sides were accused of atrocities. ... While government forces were accused of indiscriminate shelling leading to massive casualties, the Tamil Tiger rebels were alleged to have used civilians asÃâà...
TIME
May 18, 2009
We want to rid this country of terrorism; that is why we went after the LTTE leadership," Lakshman Hulugalle, director-general of the Defense Ministry's Media Centre for National Security told TIME. "With the leadership wiped out, this organization cannot re-emerge." Army Commander Lieutenant SarethÃâà...
BBC News
January 22, 2009
Sri Lanka's army says it has captured what it believes is the main operations centre of Tamil rebels in the north. Army spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara said troops had found detailed maps of army and rebel deployments in an empty building in Mullaitivu district. Meanwhile the UN has criticised theÃâà...
