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Sri Lanka - fear and trauma, one year on Print E-mail
News and Features
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 12:45
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By Nina de la Preugne

 

The flow of words stopped suddenly and her voice was replaced by quiet sobs. The thought of her son, who went missing around November in the infamous Manik Farm ‘displacement camp’, always raises uncontrollable emotions in Pavitra. Until a few months ago, she was not too worried. She thought they would be reunited as they left the camp.

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Sri Lanka - reclaiming a paradise Print E-mail
Comment and Analysis
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 13:42
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Aitzaz AhsanOn the first anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, Pakistani lawyer, politician and human rights activist Aitzaz Ahsan writes on why the ongoing abuses in Sri Lanka should concern Pakistanis and all South Asians.

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For Colombo's Tamils, Eelam is a faraway place Print E-mail
News and Features
Friday, 23 April 2010 14:34
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In Colombo's shanty towns, Tamils are more concerned about daily needs than the struggle for independence. Nina de la Preugne meets the Tamils for whom Eelam won't pay the bills.

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Sri Lanka's Generation Y Print E-mail
News and Features
Monday, 19 April 2010 16:01
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The best and brightest young Sri Lankans intend to steer well clear of the country's politics - but there are some who cannot afford to. Nina de la Preugne reports.

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Sri Lanka - 'the campaign is not free and fair' Print E-mail
News and Features
Tuesday, 13 April 2010 13:13
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By Nina de la Preugne

An independent monitor has criticised the recent Sri Lankan parliamentary election as not being free and fair.


“The campaign is not free and fair – it’s crystal clear, the election law has not prevailed on the ground,” Rajith Tennakoon, of the Campaign for Fair and Free Elections (CAFFE), told The Samosa.

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