Articles by JS Tissainayagam
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US Stand on Sri Lanka Perverts International Justice
JS Tissainayagam – Asian Correspondent,
14 Sep 2015
8 Sep 2015 – AT the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next week, the US is to sponsor a resolution on war crimes in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Colombo government. This is despite wide recognition that Sri Lankan leaders are implicated in these war crimes.
→ read full articleRethinking Strategy: Some Reflections on Political Structures and Accountability in Sri Lanka
JS Tissainayagam – Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka,
27 Oct 2014
J. S. Tissainayagam at the meeting of the International Association of Tamil Journalists held in London, 11 October 2014. “So why are we here? We are here because such an exchange of ideas and opinions is impossible in Sri Lanka today. The trend of suppressing free institutions, including the media, has continued.”
→ read full articleSri Lanka: The Time for an International Investigation Is Now
JS Tissainayagam, Asia Correspondent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
An international investigation into Sri Lanka’s war crimes is long overdue. It is time for the rest of the Commonwealth and the international community to stop treating Sri Lanka with kid gloves and follow the lead of Mauritius whose prime minister said world leaders must act because Sri Lanka’s total lack of accountability was unacceptable.
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