By Satheesan Kumaaran The UN has become a refuge providing employment and protection not only to war criminals but also to the abettors of war crimes, an explicit irony of the principles for which it was founded. Since the end of Eelam War IV (the final phase of a ‘civil war’ in Sri Lanka … Continue reading
Sri Lankans went to the polls on Tuesday to vote at the end of a hard-fought election campaign to decide whether President Mahinda Rajapaksa or his former army chief General Sarath Fonseka should lead the nation. Both men led the bloody war that last year ended in defeat for Tamil Tiger Nationalists fighting for independence … Continue reading
By Satheesan Kumaaran Although Sri Lanka maintains a dubious status as a democracy, Sri Lankans will vote on January 26 to elect a president. The Tamil voters are in a state of shock and dismay as they face enormous hardships at the hands of the Sri Lankan State. Tamils have no hope whatsoever to overcome … Continue reading
The two communities in the north, however deeply divided by religion, share an outlook on life which is different from that prevailing in the south and which bears the stamp of a common heritage. E. Estyn Evans, The Personality of Ireland. Like that of many other nations, Ulster’s border, territory and population has dramatically shifted … Continue reading
You may already have read the report on this website by by Krista Clement, A Mother’s Glimpse into the Life and Death of Iraq. We have subsequently been contacted by Emma Brown — a quirk of fate, for she had not seen Krista’s letter — with a suggestion primarily (but not exclusively) aimed at Christians, … Continue reading
This very sad open letter came to 3W, with its account of the present situation for ordinary people in an Iraq still under import/export sanctions imposed by the Gulf War allies. Are their victims real people, or mere collateral damage? December 8, 1999 A Mother’s Glimpse into the Life and Death of Iraq I have … Continue reading
