A closer look at the Darusman Panel

Each member appointed by Ban had expressed derogatory views about Sri Lanka long before they were appointed. Therefore they should never have offered themselves to sit on a panel, merely to collect millions of dollar payments. Ban himself knowing that each of them had entertained preconceived prejudicial views amounting to hatred towards Sri Lanka, and its forces, should never have selected precisely these three,

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A story of a girl, a photograph and a photographer

Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi worked for Reuters at the time. One of the most skilled photo journalists this country has produced, Anuruddha possessed an eye that could extract the ‘human’ in the things he surveyed through lens and mind,

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The Mouse’s Tail

Attempted rape is a heinous crime, even worse when it is committed against an employee - sexual assault compounded by sexual harassment in the workplace. But Strauss-Kahn has only been accused of this double crime, not convicted - except perhaps by the media,

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