BBC – Sri Lanka court acquits Tamil MPs
A court in Sri Lanka has acquitted four Tamil MPs charged under anti-terror laws with making statements against the government and security forces. More
Bloomberg – Sri Lanka Tells U.S. Not to Question Army Chief on Rights Abuse
Sri Lanka won’t allow its army chief, Sarath Fonseka, to be questioned in the U.S. over alleged human rights violations committed during the island nation’s war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the government said.
The president and the government “stand firmly” behind the office of the chief of defense staff and “we will not allow that high post to be denigrated or made vulnerable,” Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said, according to a statement on the government’s Web site today. More
BBC – S Lanka opposition forms alliance
Opposition parties in Sri Lanka have formed an alliance to fight presidential and parliamentary elections due by next April.
They hope to dislodge a governing coalition still riding high on a tide of popularity among majority Sinhalas after the Tamil Tigers’ defeat in May. More
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