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Sri Lanka’s Ruling Alliance to continue till 2020

By Policy Research July 21, 2016

The United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), which came together in 2015 to form the National Unity Government (NUG) have decided to extend their alliance until 2020, the secretaries of the two parties announced at a press conference in Colombo on July 20. Welcoming the development, Daily Mirror editorial on …

Tamil parties embrace UN report on Sri Lankan war crimes

By Policy Research September 26, 2015

Tamil parties and groups in Sri Lanka and internationally have “welcomed” the September 16 report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) on war crimes committed during the island nation’s 26-year civil war. Those backing the report include the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the Tamil National …