Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan SEP to hold election meetings
December 30, 2009
The SEP has organised public meetings throughout Sri Lanka as part of its campaign for the January 26 presidential elections.
Sri Lanka: Victims still live in misery five years after tsunami
By Panini Wijesiriwardena, December 29, 2009
Five years after the 2004 tsunami, many survivors in Sri Lanka do not have proper housing, jobs and services, and poverty is still rampant.
Sri Lankan students face lack of university places
By Kapila Fernando, December 23, 2009
Of the 199,000 young people who sat the exams this year, 126,000 are eligible to enter a university, but only around 20,000 will have the chance to do so.
US Senate report proposes a more “robust” policy toward Sri Lanka
By Wije Dias, SEP presidential candidate, December 22, 2009
A report by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations called for a policy shift toward Sri Lanka aimed at boosting US influence in Colombo and countering China.
Sri Lankan presidential candidates accuse each other of war crimes
By K. Ratnayake, December 16, 2009
As the campaign for the January 26 election gets underway, President Mahinda Rajapakse and rival General Sarath Fonseka have traded blows over who bears responsibility for war crimes and human rights ...
Sri Lanka: Election meeting participants speak to the WSWS
By our correspondent, December 15, 2009
Audience members at the SEP’s election meeting expressed disgust at the entire political establishment and responded positively to the socialist alternative outlined by the SEP’s presidential cand...
Sri Lankan SEP launches presidential election campaign
By our correspondent, December 15, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka held the first public meeting of its presidential election campaign in Colombo on December 12.
Sri Lankan unions rally behind presidential candidates of ruling elite
By S. Ajanthan, December 14, 2009
The anti-working class character of the plantation unions in Sri Lanka has been underscored by the campaign for the January 26 presidential elections.
Right-wing Sri Lankan leader thanks ex-lefts for services rendered
By Wije Dias, December 11, 2009
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe gave fulsome thanks to the leaders of the NSSP and USP for their support over the past year and wished their presidential candidates well.
Sri Lanka: Free movement of Tamil detainees—a cynical election ploy
By Sarath Kumara, December 10, 2009
After detaining more than a quarter of a million Tamil civilians for months, the Sri Lankan government has allowed restricted free movement for the detainees.
Twenty members of the LTTE convicted in France
By Athiyan Silva, December 9, 2009
The recent conviction and jailing of 20 members and supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in France is a flagrant assault on democratic rights.
Sri Lankan SEP announces presidential candidate
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), December 9, 2009
The SEP will stand General Secretary Wije Dias in the January 26 presidential election in Sri Lanka. It is the only party fighting to mobilise the working class on the basis of a socialist program aga...
