Sri Lanka
End the persecution of Sri Lankan Tamils
By Wije Dias, November 6, 2009
The plight of Tamils living in intolerable conditions in Sri Lanka has been brought into sharp relief by the tragic drowning of 12 Tamil asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia in a small vessel.
SEP/ISSE meeting in Colombo
Seventy years since World War II: lessons and warnings
November 5, 2009
The SEP and ISSE will hold a public meeting in Colombo on November 10 to mark the eruption of World War II and discuss its lessons.
Sri Lankan public meeting: Lessons of the plantation workers’ struggle
November 5, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party and the Balmoral Action Committee will hold a joint meeting on November 15 at Agarapathana in Sri Lanka’s central hills district.
Sri Lankan government resettles Tamil detainees in prison-like conditions
By Subash Somachandran, November 5, 2009
Sri Lankan government claimed last month that it had started resettling thousands of Tamil civilians held in detention centres. In fact, these refugees have been sent to areas under military occupatio...
A socialist perspective for public sector workers in Sri Lanka
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), November 3, 2009
Two public sector industrial disputes have erupted in Sri Lanka over pay and conditions fuelled by widespread discontent among workers over the government’s austerity measures.
US makes cynical overture to Sri Lanka over war crimes
By Wije Dias, October 31, 2009
The US State Department has issued a report detailing Sri Lankan army atrocities in the final months of the country’s civil war. Its purpose, however, is not to bring war criminals to justice, but t...
Sri Lanka: Plantation unions accept wage sell-out
By M. Vasanthan, October 28, 2009
All the plantation unions, including those that initially opposed it, have effectively fallen into line behind a deal that binds workers to poverty-level wages and productivity speed-up for the next t...
Sri Lanka: Petroleum unions call off work-to-rule bans
By W.A Sunil, October 27, 2009
Unions called off a work-to-rule campaign by petroleum workers in the expectation of talks yesterday over wages. However, the Sri Lankan president rejected outright any pay rise before next year.
The Sri Lankan government’s “resettlement” of Tamil detainees
By Sarath Kumara, October 26, 2009
The government last Thursday carried out a much-publicised resettlement of around 6,000 Tamil detainees held in internment camps. Every aspect of the exercise was a fraud designed to deflect criticism...
Sri Lankan regime keeps student union convener detained
By Kapila Fernando, October 23, 2009
The remand custody of Inter University Students Federation convener Udul Premaratne has been extended until October 30. Premaratne has been in remand prison since he and 14 Ayurvada University student...
Phoney Indian concern about Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka
By Sarath Kumara, October 19, 2009
A delegation of parliamentarians from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu recently visited Sri Lanka and the country’s detention camps, where more than 250,000 Tamil civilians have been incarcerate...
Australia: Rudd intervenes to block Tamil asylum-seekers
By Richard Phillips, October 17, 2009
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s response to the Tamil refugees is completely predictable and reflects the views of the entire political establishment, from the crisis ridden Liberal-National ...
