Should England be touring Sri Lanka?
Today the second test match between England and Sri Lanka started. Some say Cricket is Sri Lanka’s only true religion. But in the aftermath of the Channel 4 documentary and the Human Rights Council decision not everybody is convinced England should be there at all. We thought we’d put forward both points of view – and then put it to a vote. Here’s More...
‘Galle literary festival, backed by establishments, gives mask of normalcy to genocidal Sri Lanka’
The Galle Literary Festival, which is scheduled to begin Wednesday is reported to involve diverse participants with the funding from a variety of corporate houses and Western embassies in Colombo. But the prevailing More...
Sustained Sri Lanka boycott campaign draws attention of GAP, WP
“They were holding up signs that read, “Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret” and “Big GAP in ethics” in front of Banana Republic and the Gap, warning shoppers to check labels, lest they buy clothing made More...
The NY Times has dropped Sri Lanka from the best destinations list
Sri Lanka is not within the 45 best destinations to visit in 2012. The New York Times listed “45 places to go in 2012” destinations including Kerala and Maldives. The list published January 6, 2012 in the More...
TNA, GTF join ANC centenary celebration, Sri Lanka boycotts
Delegations from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) are amongst international attendees of the centenary celebrations of the African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday. Sri Lanka has More...
North England Tamils protest at Sri Lanka cricket match
Diaspora Eezham Tamils from Manchester and Liverpool demonstrated and handed out leaflets Saturday outside the Old Trafford grounds where Sri Lanka played England in the fifth one-day-international this summer More...
Jayasuriya’s inclusion in cricket team raises awareness of SL mass killings
Several dozen British Tamils leafleted Saturday outside the Bristol grounds where Sri Lanka’s cricketers played a Twenty20 match against England to further raise awareness of the mass killings of civilians at More...
Should England’s cricketers rethink Sri Lanka tour?
Former captain Mike Atherton questions whether England’s cricketers should still tour Sri Lanka, in light of alleged war crimes. In a Channel 4 News poll, 87 per cent agreed there should be a rethink. More...
Boycott Sri Lankan Cricket England join us at a protest on Saturday, June 25
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who became an MP (for Matara) in Mahinda Rajapakse’s government, is joining the Sri Lankan team to play England, starting with a match in Bristol on Saturday, More...
Srilanka’s Cricket and the Killing Fields
A Sri Lankan scandal On Saturday, England will face a direct representative of a government accused of war crimes on a horrific scale by the UN Sanath Jayasuriya packs his bags at his home in Borelasgamuwa, More...
