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		<title>Urgent Action Appeal Update on Sri Lanka Journalist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Urgent Action Appeal Update on Tissainayagam
J. S. Tissainayagam was also granted access to his lawyer on 14 May, for the first time since 21 March. J. S. Tissainayagam however remains in Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) detention in Colombo, where he is being held without charge&#8230;
Amnesty International is alarmed by a number of recent attacks and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1252</link>
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		<title>Sri Lanka decision to establish telephone hotlines hailed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement by Tamil Information Centre, London:
Arrest or Disappearance Telephone Hotlines: Positive Step by the Sri Lankan Government
The Tamil Information Centre welcomes the decision of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights to establish 24-hour telephone hotlines at the Disaster Management Centre in Colombo for a period of eight months with effect from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1251</link>
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		<title>Sri Lanka court ruling on evictions hailed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CPA welcomes Supreme Court order on evictions
5th May 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) welcomes the Supreme Court order stating that future evictions should not take place unless in accordance with the law and with a judicial order. The order was by a three-member bench headed by the Chief Justice in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1250</link>
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		<title>IFJ condemns statements by Sri Lanka Defence Secretary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement by International Federation of Journalists:
Sri Lanka Government Must Explain Defence Minister&#8217;s Comments
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Free Media Movement (FMM), in calling on Sri Lanka’s Government to explain chilling and inflammatory statements by Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary suggesting independent media should be prevented from running reports allegedly detrimental to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1249</link>
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		<title>Sri Lanka inflation hits near 30% record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Natasha Gunaratne
Sri Lanka&#8217;s inflation hit an all-time high in recent decades when it peaked at a near 30 percent, according to the latest Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) figures &#8212; up from 28.1 percent the previous month.
Inflation &#8212; measured by the new Colombo Consumer Price Index, the CCPI (N) – also peaked to 25 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1248</link>
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		<title>Tamil Information Centre urges to end civilian killings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka warring parties urged to protect civilian lives
&#8220;The targeting of civilians is barbaric and short-sighted, and contributes to the ruination of the legitimacy of any cause, irrespective of who carries out the acts,&#8221; The Tamil Information Centre in London said in a press release issued on April 28th. The statement, issued expressing distress over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1247</link>
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		<title>Media Prevented From Reporting on Sri Lanka War Casualties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement by The International Federation of Journalists:
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the actions of government officials in denying photojournalists access to report on casualties of the latest violence between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
According to the Free Media Movement (FMM), an IFJ affiliate, four photographers were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1246</link>
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		<title>RSF: Sri Lanka army obstructs media following clashes in north</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The army obstructs media following clashes in north
Reporters Without Borders today condemned moves to prevent the media obtaining information after violent clashes in the north of the country on 23 April in which the Sri Lankan army reportedly lost 185 men.
&#8220;The clashes and the evident losses have pushed the military authorities into establishing preventive censorship, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1245</link>
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		<title>India should organize peace talks, says Tamil Nadu Chief Minister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;India should organize negotiations between the warring parties in Sri Lanka to bring peace to the island nation,&#8221; said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kalaignar Karunanidhi in an exclusive interview to the Times of India on Friday. His statement comes at a time when India has chosen to ignore all calls to mediate between Colombo and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1244</link>
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		<title>UN wants charges against Sri Lanka troops for misconduct in Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UN confirms sex charges-114 Lankan troops in Haiti involved in child abuse: 
After an investigation into pending charges against Sri Lankan troops in Haiti, the UN&#8217;s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has concluded that ‘acts of sexual exploitation and abuse (against children) were frequent and occurred usually at night, and at virtually every location [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/1243</link>
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