Sri Lanka Update: June 10, 2007.

Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) has urged India to shed its "do-nothing" policy on Sri Lanka, and adopt a proactive one under which the LTTE is denied bases in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka is given economic support, in exchange for devolution of power to the Sri Lankan Tamil moderates.
Adopt pro-active stance on Lanka, says leading Indian think-tank, Daily News, June 11, 2007.

Japan's special peace envoy has voiced concern at human rights abuses blamed on both the Sri Lankan state and Tamil Tigers as police returned hundreds of deported Tamils to the capital in a U-turn.
Simon Gardner, Japan peace envoy concerned at Sri Lanka rights abuses, Reuters, June 09, 2007.
He has also said that human rights violations by the Sri Lankan government would not prevent Japan from continuing to give humanitarian and development aid to the people of Sri Lanka.
PK Balachandran, Japan to aid Lanka despite rights violations, Hindustan Times, June 9, 2007.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka stopped the forced eviction of ethnic Tamils from the capital city of Colombo Friday, calling the government "misguided" in its latest attempt to reduce attacks by "Tamil Tigers." Later in the day, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse invited the evicted Tamils back to Colombo, promising a disciplinary probe against the police chief responsible.

Nearly 200 ethnic Tamils who had been expelled by police as part of a crackdown on Tiger rebels have returned to the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo after a three-man bench of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Friday stayed the expulsion of Tamils belonging to the Northern and Eastern provinces from Colombo, and the bar on their entry into the capital city.
PK Balachandran, Lankan Supreme Court stays Tamils’ expulsion, Hindustan Times , June 9, 2007.

Centre for Policy Alternatives Executive Director Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, has voiced his opinion on the human rights situation in the country. He has said that "the government needed to act more responsibly, especially in the light of distinguishing itself from a terrorist organisation such as the LTTE, instead of becoming the mirror image of the terrorists".
Keith Noyahr, Govt. is becoming the mirror image of LTTE, The Nation, June 10, 2007.

Mr. Ban Ki - Moon has condemned the killings, voicing concern about the security of civilians and aid workers in Sri Lanka and reminding “all parties in the country that aid workers have a right to protection at all times,” according to a statement by his spokesperson.
UN human rights experts condemn murder of Sri Lankan aid workers, UN News, June 9, 2007.

In the media from Azerbaijan to the United States, Sri Lanka has now been portrayed as the latest ethnic cleanser, a charge which was previously levelled at the LTTE for cleansing the north of thousands of Muslims over 10 years ago.
Neville de Silva, Insensitive acts that blacken our already tarred image, Sunday Times, June 10, 2007.

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Faced with a conflict situation for over three and a half decades, players and stakeholders in the `war(s)/peace industry' have taken to the Internet with a vengeance. Since the Internet hit the Sri Lanka airwaves in 1995, it has been a story of non-stop e-proliferation.
B. Muralidhar Reddy, In the web of war, Frontline, June 2, 2007.