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May

8'th May, 2012

13:51 Read it | Silence of Good People: Ven Walpola Rahula & #Dambulla violence, via @CeylonToday #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham http://t.co/7riSx5hO

13:52 @mwikramanayake True. This is the mag after all that had Mervyn on its cover recently as a model Lankan.

14:57 @cfhaviland @mhmhisham @bfonseka @lankasol @apelankawe @vijaysappani Thanks Charlie.

17:12 Very interesting | How Tagore inspired Sri Lanka's national anthem http://t.co/sdnjivEx #lka #srilanka #india

17:41 RT @SouthAsiaWired Religious tensions flare in #SriLanka after Buddhist monks storm a mosque in Dambulla. More at RNW's South Asia Wired: http://t.co/7lxAapvM

17:42 Religious tensions flare in Sri Lanka via @SouthAsiaWired flags #Dambulla violence and Not In Our Name http://t.co/v1dY5y2C #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 2

17:45 Sri Lanka has been hit by fresh religious unrest between Buddhists and Muslims. In a recent incident in Dambulla,... http://t.co/AzT0LBkY

23:05 @mbmrameez @slcampaign @lankasol Missed it - how did it go?

23:05 @Prashandevisser Thanks.

23:07 RT @Dinoukc Ravinatha appointed to http://t.co/cyaRhgv3 } First to confirm this story?

23:15 RT @CeylonToday Ravinatha Replaces Tamara: Ravinatha Ariyasinghe , andnbsp;Sri Lankaandrsquo;s Ambassador to and... http://t.co/kOmafGBd #lka #SriLanka

9'th May, 2012

07:49 Can't wait for UPR review | Sri Lanka appoints new Ambassador to U.N. http://t.co/29wvh9Nb #lka #srilanka

07:55 #srilanka's foreign policy: Silence Dayan, kick out Tamara, promote Namal, have a a supine FM, puppet Ambassadors, good karma for rest #lka

07:57 Hasta la vista baby! "At the end of a short-lived war waged through the media by a few diplomats, the Sri... http://t.co/JD8mjTK8 May 2012 / 3

08:51 It'll take a bit more than a polite request, Mr. Speaker | Speaker request MPs to speak correctly http://t.co/7JnNTZqw #srilanka #lka

08:55 Had us in stitches. Clearly some rather talented folks out there with time to spare! http://t.co/i9OBGEd1

08:59 @MelGuna Indeed.

10:42 RT @nilmashazdole @groundviews #Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy is crap! Even G.L. can't get his Palestine/Israel facts correct so who knows who we support?

11:33 Over 1,300 signatures to date | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/lk8mneAD #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham

11:34 Not In Our Name has now exceeded 1,300 signatures, and features some very interesting comments in English, Tamil... http://t.co/IaynpvhI

17:32 RT @AmanthaP Channel 4 doco on #SRILANKA wins award http://t.co/wDjRQQ0l #lka

17:32 @AmanthaP So much for the bizarre campaign over email to get 'patriots' to vote for Bahrain.

19:01 RT @iam_project Quick visit to . Took time out to meet some elders from series one like Dr Sivarajah http://t.co/oLFafCMU at his book launch #lka May 2012 / 4

20:03 Good question from @Apelankawe to @srilankaunites: "we do not believe in criticizing the political structure we operate in" | Why?"

20:05 Sri Lankan UN ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam demoted http://t.co/4mkQBF8n #lka #srilanka

20:06 The Sri Lankan government has demoted its ambassador to the UN in Geneva after the Human Rights Council adopted a... http://t.co/K3zSHhKA

23:30 What is going on? Bad example for #lka | The Pirate Bay, Vimeo blocked in #India http://t.co/PG6ZmBYv @ShashiTharoor @vijaysappani #srilanka

23:42 Groundviews was invited by Google to attend @InternetLiberty http://t.co/pJKqFEDM Anyone else coming? #Internet #FOE #media

23:59 If you understand #Sinhala, a good interview with Buddhist monk http://t.co/EHvfgLk7 Trying to get subtitled in English #lka #srilanka

10'th May, 2012

00:11 @ShaadHamid To extent possible, yes.

06:28 Letter by former #la Amb to UN in Geneva published by @dbsjeyaraj cogent example of rot within Govt http://t.co/wBXFSDZY #srilanka May 2012 / 5

06:30 Incredible | No foreign policy strategy - absolutely none - for #srilanka at the @UN_HRC in #Geneva http://t.co/wBXFSDZY #lka @lankasol

06:31 * In preparation for that 18th Session, no instructions were received by me nor guidelines provided on the... http://t.co/IZO4WYar

06:52 Oh dear | Sri Lanka may start blending its pure Ceylon tea http://t.co/gS9uODLy @AmanthaP @MelGuna @NalakaG #srilanka #lka

07:00 @rkguruparan What gives?

07:07 @NalakaG @dbsjeyaraj It really is mind-bogglingly inept an ill-thought. Letter worth translating to Sinhala we believe.

07:20 @ThilinaRa LOL. Thanks.

07:24 @rkguruparan Fascinating. Does suggest again so clearly that it is only a matter of time before inconvenient truths come out.

08:25 RT @adaderana VIDEO: US President Obama backs gay marriage http://t.co/Hk56rnH8 #lka #srilanka

08:29 @StateDept wants to see plan for reconciliation in #srilanka. Citizens haven't even been given LLRC in Sinhala or Tamil. #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 6

09:57 @MelGuna @amanthap @nalakag Not sure how that fits in with this story? Recall also how we once wanted to rebrand as Pure Sri Lankan Tea?

11:27 A simple comment on Not In Our Name, that we wholly endorse http://t.co/SRIhlm0e #lka #srilanka

11:27 Isn't it ironic that lay-persons have to tell the clergy in #Dambulla how to live by the Dhamma? http://t.co/iiDNOJlW #lka #srilanka

11:27 Prof. Savithri Goonesekere signs up to Not In Our Name http://t.co/u7qIM81g joining a number of other leading academics #lka #srilanka

11:39 Here’s what I think. I think, we need to start thinking rationally and question what we believe in. Its 2012, we... http://t.co/3nvGmnHH

11:43 On the enduring need to question religion | No longer blind, No longer bound http://t.co/77TWag8X #lka #srilanka

12:50 No longer blind, No longer bound: Poster for the film Oh My God I was born into a Malay family, where religion n... http://t.co/u2PQEdbC

13:13 It's a no brainer. If in #Colombo this weekend, see Samhara http://t.co/WxkotHF1 6 nights at Joyce in New York, all standing ovations. #lka

13:21 @Dinoukc And who is the author? Person noted in title? May 2012 / 7

13:50 @Dinoukc Oh my. Fascinating. Someday, perhaps a book will be written on the author as well, focussing on his JVP days...

16:20 Lively & interesting debate on religion now happening on our Facebook page https://t.co/C6Vdr66x around http://t.co/77TWag8X article #lka

18:22 RT @AmanthaP #SRILANKA gov/UN 2012 Joint funding appeal heading for a shortfall/updated breakdown of requirements and commitments http://t.co/QZFVzKuF

18:29 RT @rkguruparan Supreme court grants leave to proceed in the Navaanthurai cases against the army and police after sitting on it for 8 long months. #lka

18:29 RT @rkguruparan The Navaanthurai cases is the result of a joint effort put in by the Navaanthurai people, Jaffna Bar Association, CPA and the CHRD. #lka

19:13 @SLcampaign Worth noting that this article was based on a misleading media report. Dr. Dhanapala full submission here - http://t.co/c7vok3rK

19:19 What's special about these discussions? | TNA in special discussions http://t.co/k8i7fQeh #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan @nirananketell

19:22 When the Little Guy's Tools for Change Are Co-opted http://t.co/10MkhhEM @TechChange #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 8

19:23 Can readers please confirm what's noted in the 1st sentence of this article? Is it true? http://t.co/10MkhhEM #lka #srilanka @samarajiva

19:29 @Dinoukc @samarajiva Precisely why we are asking. We've not encountered it. The charge is a serious one, for "every" call or SMS made.

19:34 @NILENTH 1. What provider/package are you on? 2. Can you take a photo of it and send us?

19:34 @Dinoukc Neither did we.

19:46 @gopiharan @dinoukc @samarajiva Seems that only @NILENTH confirms this to be true, for the moment.

19:46 @NILENTH Thanks much. Others on other networks, can you please confirm you also received this notification?

19:50 @Dinoukc Actually, he's already noted that - https://t.co/wbDhGwKn

19:52 @Dinoukc Please do - it's a pity Huff Post had to break this. Who is paying for this? Across all providers? For how long? Why not post-paid?

19:53 @Dinoukc What connection does petition have to Govt to influence this kind of deep tie in with telcos? May 2012 / 9

19:56 @Dinoukc In light of this, worth recalling, and revisiting vital points made in this article http://t.co/UA4apbjT esp. on @dialoglk.

20:06 @Dinoukc Au contraire, petition claims 7,500+ signatories in 4 days. And problem here is not how many signed up, but how messages got thru.

20:06 @Dinoukc Anytime.

22:07 Forgot to note that all short eats (rolls, pastries etc) we bought today had gone up 5 - 8 rupees today because of LPG hike #lka #srilanka

11'th May, 2012

06:42 Mannar Bishop questioned by Sri Lankan CID on ‘disappearances’ http://t.co/N79KAi5r #lka #srilanka

06:48 @AnnieConnected Worrying, knowing the present.

12:19 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka buys up local milk to reassure local farmers. My BBC reports. http://t.co/JspbgPoz #lka

12:20 RT @SAGlobalAffairs Is there a permanent solution of the struggle for a separate #TamilEelam in #SriLanka? Our May issue will cover the future prospects!

12:20 @SAGlobalAffairs Take it entire content of the issue will be available online? May 2012 / 10

12:21 @francesharris0n There are many, Frances, within Sri Lanka, who never left, who deeply care about the country too.

12:41 Congratulations are in order for @guygunaratne & team for being chosen as finalists in Virgin Pioneers. Proud of them, and wish them luck.

12:42 Related to last tweet, read about @guygunaratne's idea and the contest here http://t.co/GEuRXePP #lka #srilanka

13:29 @SAGlobalAffairs Thanks much.

18:00 Steep increase in rape cases in Sri Lanka http://t.co/s62RBP0l But #lka Govt in denial? http://t.co/YcbHAdNG #srilanka @womenandmedia

18:03 @MathildeDratwa @samarajiva Thanks for that @Dinoukc is following up on this story, @NILENTH & @iromip confirmed getting the message #lka

18:04 This is tragic | War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka http://t.co/NuIhwAQu #lka #srilanka

18:07 @jasonwhat @dinoukc Thanks.

18:15 Smoothing Rapid Return of Internally Displaced People in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province http://t.co/bPUI3xgT #lka #srilanka #jaffna

18:37 @antonpadmasiri Indeed. May 2012 / 11

18:59 @NILENTH @dinoukc We haven't heard a denial from @dialoglk Where did you see/read it?

12'th May, 2012

06:35 Does headline match the story? | Man freed in NYC Tamil Tiger case http://t.co/x2K7NMOW #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:43 @Dinoukc @nilenth @dialoglk Very interesting. Pity no one seems to have a photo of the message.

10:30 Montreal man killed in northern Sri Lanka http://t.co/8D4UC5LU #canada #srilanka #lka

17:23 Sri Lankan parties brace for snap elections http://t.co/bnscW1VB #lka #srilanka

17:26 @mhmhisham Where are we at with the mosque issue in #Dambulla? Vesak's come and gone, but no updates from MR & Co? #lka #srilanka

13'th May, 2012

09:56 RT @Joviarul #Sumanthiran demands independent international #investigation #LLRC #TNA #TNA http://t.co/rIyqdmkn @groundviews @YoungAsiaTV @tamilamerican

09:56 @mhmhisham Hoping this will blow over is to pander to a brutish, militant prelate. One hopes for best. May 2012 / 12

09:57 @rangi_fern Preparing for the victory day parade perhaps?

09:59 From the august and inspirational Dr. Mendis, we now have a foreign minister who doesn’t know the difference... http://t.co/UvPYdgg6

10:01 Where is 2012's Vernon Mendis? | The revolting diplomat http://t.co/RCHoyNSx #lka #srilanka

15:23 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka Terrorist Invstgn Dpt says will “provide details of detainees & those already freed” to close family http://t.co/mWBAX6A2 #tamils

15:23 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka TID gives no public list of detainees. Rtd diplmat N Godage told LLRC >2,000 young #Tamil men in jail not tried (not end-of-war).

15:37 MEA "will require endorsement of partners in the UPFA" for action plan | Washington maintains tough stance http://t.co/5sP9fKao #srilanka

15:41 CM "gave his consent to dissolve the council" | Eastern provincial election soon; parties consulted http://t.co/XMrP1B3m #srilanka #lka

15:46 SLC's submission had duplicated and blank pages | Was Sri Lanka trying to bamboozle COPE - Rajiva http://t.co/9M4MupQI #srilanka May 2012 / 13

15:48 Communist Party proposals submitted to the Govt. | No going beyond 13th Amendment, says DEW http://t.co/ViOZAHaZ #srilanka #lka

14'th May, 2012

09:08 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/9aqZq6UP #srilanka #lka #economy

09:13 Sri Lankan military behind slaying of Montrealer: Reports (Toronto ) http://t.co/4TMTBd1J #srilanka #lka

09:15 Sri Lanka has the opportunity to grow fast, expand regional trade and build bridges with neighbours (ET) http://t.co/2iIFaPc6 #srilanka

10:53 For a belated “Left” Option http://t.co/ggbuWuO4 #lka #srilanka @Cokroach

10:54 There is certainly an opening for a “Left Agenda” now. One that would propose a far reaching democratic agenda... http://t.co/zekTPATe

10:58 In early May, Kopinath said that Antonipillai was attacked by a group of men at the site of the home he was... http://t.co/XV7WWab4

11:14 For a belated “Left” Option: More than 5000 people packed Colombo’s Sugathadasa stadium (photo above) for the in... http://t.co/F9MEgi74 May 2012 / 14

12:14 A Muslim, hailing a Buddhist priest, signs up against violent extremism http://t.co/DP9nungq Have you? #lka #srilanka

12:14 Born to Muslim and Sinhalese Catholic parents & against extremism http://t.co/iT4cwyMd Have you signed up? #lka #srilanka

12:29 @gehan99 Working on translations, a travelling exhibit & a MSM campaign, all which require funding. So unsure, but want to highlight widely.

12:32 Very interesting paper | Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict http://t.co/ZRoSP1PR @TechChange @KmSedra

12:41 Patriots will latch on to this, ignoring worse atrocities in #srilanka | NATO underplayed civilian deaths in Libya http://t.co/qWH7QDLN #lka

16:59 @gehan99 Thank you very much, and for signing up. Of course, will send ALL comments to those mentioned at end of statement, incl. President.

17:25 And just before V-Day parade… | Sri Lankan police find massive explosives haul http://t.co/5tgkFmzx #lka #srilanka

17:31 @cernoblog You serious?! :)

17:43 #srilanka clearly & beautifully visible in stunning 121-Megapixel Photo of Earth http://t.co/5PAeM8kj #lka @NalakaG May 2012 / 15

19:44 The book, ‘Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka,’ written by C.A.Chandraprema, a... http://t.co/WDuBI9Qt

19:44 RT @SarongJohnnie Whose war was it? Controversy over title of book on Gotabaya Rajapaksa: http://t.co/vTcoltdM / Via @mhmhisham #lka #srilanka

19:45 Nation-building in Sri Lanka: the potential and the promise http://t.co/2uqvaeUj #lka #srilanka

19:46 'The core problem is the elites, not the people': Sanka Abayawardena responds http://t.co/TpBMiyt3 #lka #srilanka

19:48 @Dinoukc No we haven't. Expect it to be on sale, and freely available?

19:51 Not to nitpick, but Salma Yusuf is Javed Yusuf's daughter, which she doesn't disclose http://t.co/2uqvaeUj @open_security #lka #srianka

20:00 @open_security Hundreds of articles, thousands of comments on substance & process of #reconciliation http://t.co/dYmhaJya #lka #srilanka

20:03 @Dinoukc Certainly possible, and richly deserved by a best-killer.

20:05 @open_security As we do, yours. May 2012 / 16

21:23 Audiences in Colombo were over the weekend treated to Samhara, a collaboration between India’s Nrityagram Dance... http://t.co/vyNcFzvy

21:26 Samhara: An interweaving of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and the Chitrasena Dance Company http://t.co/GYmyU1ln #lka #srilanka

21:42 Samhara: An interweaving of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and the Chitrasena Dance Company: Photo provided by Nr... http://t.co/5bLvQA4x

15'th May, 2012

01:06 @aleddavid @christinasyms We're not betting on that, for it is a guarantee there are. Lots. To be found at strategic times.

05:45 Reconciling what? History, Realism and the Problem of an Inclusive Sri Lankan Imaginary: What does reconciliatio... http://t.co/JxhKZCrb

08:04 President told The Hindu newspaper that jailed will be released soon via @DMbreakingnews #lka #Srilanka

08:23 @Dinoukc This is true.

09:40 Minister Peiris Goes to Washington http://t.co/kDVPJ4bj #lka #srilanka @lankasol May 2012 / 17

14:27 Sri Lankan Communities: The Cost of Distrust and Social Harmony http://t.co/wuymfN6r #lka #srilanka

14:28 Today, spawning distrust in a society is an effective marketing tool. Spawning distrust in a harmonious society... http://t.co/hmK2j0nH

14:49 Sri Lankan Communities: The Cost of Distrust and Social Harmony: Today in the contemporary society there is a co... http://t.co/JUoOQNJM

15:02 We encourage you go. By invitation only | "Cast as Mother"- A Reading https://t.co/rc0k39wB #lka #srilanka @radmadtheatre @floatingspace

21:56 Five Tamil parties drop ITAK umbrella for #TNA http://t.co/6eQQzSjV #srilanka #lka

22:04 UNP doubts whether Govt. is genuine http://t.co/AgtSZfP4 #srilanka #lka

16'th May, 2012

00:31 RT @USEmbSL For #WPFD 2012 panel discussion on “Difficulty in the Access to Quality Information Undermines Media Freedom’ http://t.co/C4SH1qla #lka

00:35 Such a pity Gotabaya R not featured in this debate | Can Dual Citizens Be Good Americans? http://t.co/fpfCTkIm @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 18

09:54 3rd Anniversary Reflections: Geneva, May 2009 http://t.co/sZkT3nEL #lka #srilanka

09:55 Fourthly, our victory in the vote in May 2009 did not put or retain Sri Lanka on the agenda of the UN HRC; the EU... http://t.co/8Hc7EvyK

10:12 3rd Anniversary Reflections: Geneva, May 2009: Photo courtesy UN May is the month of the diplomatic success of S... http://t.co/WLbs1CiL

10:42 RT @AmanthaP After a lengthy absence, spent on writing/researching/traveling/interviews, begun to file again this week http://t.co/9O1FnNQ7

11:29 The dhamma and religious co-existence in Sri Lanka http://t.co/TryCCYH7 @NalakaG @aufidius @mhmhisham @lankasol #lka #srilanka

11:30 This interview is essential viewing for those who expressed their condemnation over the violence in Dambulla, and... http://t.co/iltO8oQ1

11:42 A different take from the Sangha: The dhamma and religious co-existence in Sri Lanka: When first put online by Y... http://t.co/nEITRUTc

13:43 RT @NavamaniLK Media gathered outside Nawaloka Hospital in anticipation of Sarath Fonseka release #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 19

13:43 RT @NavamaniLK Government Information Dept. summon urgent Press conference. Is it to announce Sarath Fonseka release ? #lka #srilanka

13:44 RT @AzzamAmeen to meet Sarath Fonseka in Nawaloka Hospital later today taking a message from President Rajapaksa #lka #Fonseka

13:44 @AmanthaP Which position are you in? :)

13:50 Sri Lanka's April tourist arrivals rise 9 pct yr/yr http://t.co/CuwhbHpt #lka #srilanka

14:29 RT @kodeckmanu @groundviews The Transitional Justice Function of Multicultural Policies in Sri Lanka http://t.co/eSk7zRYm #srilanka #lka

14:29 @kodeckmanu Thank you.

14:30 RT @Joviarul #Buddhist structures in the #North: Co-existence or #Colonization? #TNA #Killinochchi #culture #Tamil #lka http://t.co/VEKSzPMD

14:31 RT @aufidius Superb piece by @johnprescott on how twitter is challenging conventional journalism, lankan tweeps take note. #LKA http://t.co/hxGBQvGb

14:31 @aufidius @johnprescott Lankan politicians also take note @MilindaMoragoda is hardly the model to follow in this regard. May 2012 / 20

17:36 What Samhara Means: A review of Samhara and an unraveling of what it really means for Sri Lankan Dance http://t.co/xLgfKh5Z #lka #srilanka

17:36 It feels like the Chitrasena Dance Company has truly arrived in a new era of creative excellence and they have... http://t.co/kSioWbDI

17:40 RT @TypoInColombo Headline of the day: http://t.co/YnjLbFWJ #typoincolombo #lka #srilanka

17:53 What Samhara Means: A review of Samhara and an unraveling of what it really means for Sri Lankan Dance: [Editors... http://t.co/mFvfsAhU

20:13 Petition Against Ban of 5 News Sites Rejected http://t.co/KpOb3M9b #lka #srilanka #media @cpjasia

22:05 @mbmrameez @mhmhisham @lankasol @apelankawe @akeenan23 @cfhaviland @azzamameen @bfonseka @sunili No.

22:30 RT @AzzamAmeen Former Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger rebels 'disappear http://t.co/qnXXm8rX #lka

22:36 @cfhaviland Classic wording | "an absolutely false statement which is factually incorrect". So there are false statements factually correct? May 2012 / 21

22:36 @cfhaviland PC that created that statement also running a pirated version of MS Word. #Microsoft #srilanka would not be amused #lka

23:11 @mbmrameez Not one of Gihan's best, for it implies President can't control his actions or statements. We think he can & does, calculatingly.

23:21 RT @francesharris0n Ch 4 vs prof rajiva debate in 1 hr #Frontlineclub #killingfields http://t.co/q94RKLDc watch it live here http://t.co/y0eNBxfW #SRILANKA

23:46 We are looking at live web stream of Frontline Club's event on #srilanka http://t.co/6LKARdvD #lka

23:47 Live. Now. Conversation around Channel 4 videos and the denouement of the war in Sri Lanka, at the Frontline Club,... http://t.co/MOWEhwiP

23:58 RT @DMbreakingnews Crucial announcement on SF likely on Saturday http://t.co/OeeSyLJM #srilanka #lka

17'th May, 2012

00:02 @tom_meade Inter alia, we may add.

00:18 @tom_meade We know, we are watching the live stream.

00:37 @bfonseka Stephen Sackur is doing a good job in a hard position. Interesting discussion. May 2012 / 22

00:38 @bfonseka Shouldn't the point that the circular wasn't really a new one been made?

00:45 Dear god. 's response to Dr. Manoharan was just appalling. What kind of simile was that? @bfonseka

01:36 @bfonseka Yes, and one tends to forget now that President said there were no civilian casualties. At all. http://t.co/AiH26LJU #lka

05:46 A cold, hard look at homophobia: I’m a scientist by training and as such, generally avoid public debate, which t... http://t.co/VxTpZmEl

10:24 A cold, hard look at homophobia http://t.co/iSz0cpyT #lka #srilanka @lankasol @womenandmedia

10:25 There’s an important distinction between being comfortable with ones sexuality and being overt about it. Most... http://t.co/qWJliKcL

10:54 Winning Sri Lanka's Peace http://t.co/WqsjPbQd #lka #srilanka

10:55 @dhume01 @donacamp Good piece in the WSJ, which we just tweeted.

11:11 RT @CPASL CPA's Executive Director on the implementation of the LLRC http://t.co/tzEGSaOa #lka #srilanka #reconciliation @lankasol May 2012 / 23

11:11 RT @adaderana Mechanism developed to implement LLRC recommendations - GL http://t.co/ddbkWB4l #lka #srilanka

12:39 Anoma Fonseka says President has promised to free jailed Sarath Fonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity @dmbreakingnews #lka

14:31 @MelGuna Sorry, we can't see the connection? @iromip has nothing to do with our work, so what are you referring to?

19:51 RT @DMbreakingnews President obtained approval from the cabinet of ministers to release Sarath Fonseka- Presidential Spokesman #SriLanka #lka

20:57 @milindat Yes! Because all things good and great need Cabinet approval. The Rajapaksa's are but mere servants to Cabinet's authority.

21:02 RT @francesharris0n Just written a piece about to be posted to http://t.co/Xzl2XxVk marking the 3rd anniversary of end of #srilanka war. #killingfields

21:03 @francesharris0n Hi Frances, good seeing you via the web at yesterday's Frontline event. What's the direct URL to your piece?

22:20 Sri Lanka Supreme Court slams door on websites http://t.co/LAx8o0l3 #lka #srilanka #censorship May 2012 / 24

22:34 @francesharris0n That would be great! :) Frontline hugely entertaining & good for most part, save for appalling response to Dr. Manoharan.

22:34 @francesharris0n Also thought Stephen did a tremendous job moderating that panel, and audience!

22:36 Who isn't? IFJ disappointed by court decision on website restrictions http://t.co/oY593Bpe #lka #srilanka

22:57 @francesharris0n Bril - thanks.

23:00 @francesharris0n 844,042 watched last night's web cast? Seriously? Good grief - that's a lot.

23:01 Raw, yet compelling read | 'Journalists failed to tell the story of war crimes in Sri Lanka' http://t.co/3m1mzHL1 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

23:03 At the time 400,000 Tamils were trapped in the war zone in Sri Lanka, international media attention was focused... http://t.co/kAD7qk03

23:05 On Wednesday, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court slammed the door on a case about the shutdown of four websites that had... http://t.co/H3ExWGKP

23:10 Good round up of key moments from yesterday's Frontline event "Sri Lankan #warcrimes evidence doctored?" http://t.co/Jo4Y4G7x #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 25

23:11 War crimes and political issues were at the centre of last night's Frontline Club event 'Sri Lanka:... http://t.co/SbE3ofJZ

23:20 @gowricurry Thank you very much.

23:20 @SivJ Just checked their UStream page. The recording should be there eventually, but isn't yet.

18'th May, 2012

00:27 RT @theyrc @rkguruparan's presentation at #yrf2012 on the evolution of #tamil politics http://t.co/OTpyrn8G

00:32 @theyrc You should be uploading videos to your own YouTube channel? It looks odd to find them on "morquendi's" channel. Branding matters.

10:07 Three Years After War’s End, Sri Lanka is Only Beginning to Make Peace http://t.co/iQ8p3vxX #lka #srilanka via @AmanthaP

10:29 RT @rkguruparan Correction student leader attacked is the secretary of the university students union. Name of the student is Paramalingam Tharsananth.

10:29 RT @rkguruparan Students had planned a Mullivaaykkal memorial event today at 9.30 at the university. Reason for attack connected to this event. May 2012 / 26

10:33 RT @amnesty Sec of State Clinton must push for accountability for abuses when she meets w #SriLanka official on Friday http://t.co/wdM9yrFr @StateDept

10:51 Anonymous Targets Indian Govt Websites Over Censorship http://t.co/gH2bWsw1 #lka #srilanka

11:05 @JayantaW @sivj Thanks for the heads up. Correct URL is http://t.co/6QsIsmJz Video on YouTube http://t.co/U22glLFZ

11:06 Frontline discussion on #srilanka now as podcast and video. See http://t.co/6QsIsmJz Video on YouTube http://t.co/U22glLFZ #lka @lankasol

11:11 Full video and audio podcast now online. Sri Lanka: reconciliation and justice at the Frontline Club, London, 16... http://t.co/0iaaQYHx

11:12 Sadanand Dhume, a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said that he may have been... http://t.co/H5B9eVWM

12:02 "ITAK is not in favour of such a body…wants to retain its house symbol" | TNA divided over high command http://t.co/MrDRbmkl #srilanka #lka

18:07 Thousands missing three years after war ends http://t.co/687Bo1Nr #lka #srilanka

21:38 With audio podcast | Sri Lanka rejects fresh calls for probe into war atrocities http://t.co/kbOxyeeZ #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 27

21:52 RT @MsAMR25 Re attack on Dharshanthan, very little coverage. Primarily Tamilnet and teeny reference in . #srilanka #lka

19'th May, 2012

00:08 Why does @StateDept get to see LLRC implementation plan before citizens of #srilanka or MP's? http://t.co/uDNFvZIU #lka #srilanka

00:11 The United States says Sri Lanka has presented a “serious and comprehensive” plan for reconciliation in the... http://t.co/K3txqUCY

00:31 Govt mantra: Economic growth as reconciliation | #srilanka FM's statements before meeting Hillz at @StateDept | http://t.co/2JlErqV7 #lka

00:59 RT @Vasugi I wrote this two years ago. This weekend is the third anniversary of the end of the war. http://t.co/1AxcoaLA #lka #war #srilanka

09:27 For the 3rd successive year, the Sri Lankan government has made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the end of... http://t.co/rSRFmjON

09:27 Three years after the war in Sri Lanka: To celebrate or mourn? http://t.co/MfkeKEw4 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

09:37 RT @USEmbSL #SecClinton urges #SriLanka to make #reconciliation plans public. http://t.co/1Cff4cCF May 2012 / 28

09:39 According to Nuland, Clinton told Peiris, “’Good plan. Now you really need to make it public. Now you really need... http://t.co/Ik6ELKXO

09:43 One year on, @akeenan23 remembered http://t.co/vVrsDAYi–-19-may-2010/ Three years on, we still remember, and yearn for peace. #lka #srilanka

09:47 Three years after the war in Sri Lanka: To celebrate or mourn?: Photo courtesy Vikalpa For the 3rd successive ye... http://t.co/vHFJo3zY

09:47 A powerful article, from 2010 but so resonant even today: I remember. http://t.co/VSMdzTQx

10:07 The army’s non-martial tasks do not stop at lamp-making. Between 2006 and 2009 Sri Lanka inducted thousands into... http://t.co/6nyJ1QKB

10:08 But who is footing the bill? | A victorious army keeps busy despite the lack of an enemy http://t.co/xfVcORcR #lka #srilanka via @EconMobile

10:23 @thegrimhope Could be strategic move. The more "comprehensive" it is, the less excuses for non-implementation come review time? ;)

10:29 The absurd & insulting on parade as normal & logical | Sri Lanka to probe civil war abuses on its own http://t.co/IeAIw1WJ #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 29

10:51 Contrary to what @usmariaotero demanded in February http://t.co/nNpxz758 President says Army camps will remain http://t.co/QzyHCgEo #lka

11:28 Ask why, 3 years later? "every three kilometres, an army post; every 10 km, an army camp" in #Jaffna http://t.co/lfSgAKed #lka #srilanka

11:38 RT @NalakaG "Study of #genetic admixture revealed that Sinhalese...have a higher contribution from Tamils of southern #India" #lka http://t.co/2NpmJaVe

11:38 @NalakaG Can someone communicate this to the Chief Prelate of #Dambulla, who believes he is 100% pure Sinhalese?

13:39 RT @cfhaviland #LKA military parade over. Highlights: men in awesome jungle camouflage; dogs in coats; parachutists. Superb played "Final Countdown".

13:40 @cfhaviland Why were leading acolytes of the regime asked to wear coats? Strange.

15:23 Picking apart the President's V-Day address | Wilful lies or just ignorance? http://t.co/gXpenFfh #lka #srilanka

15:23 3 years after the end of war: Official statements vs. reality http://t.co/gXpenFfh #lka #srilanka @lankasol May 2012 / 30

15:24 We will soon make this area free of military presence. I need a month’s time from you to work on this,” Minister... http://t.co/6muAVZaC

15:55 This is confusing. Was LLRC implementation 'plan' given to #US @StateDept http://t.co/uDNFvZIU or not? http://t.co/tEAD5pES #lka #srilanka

15:59 3 years after the end of war: Official statements vs. reality: Sri Lankan Army soldiers march during a Victory D... http://t.co/I7lHUvAM

20'th May, 2012

01:21 Truth and Dialogue as Theatre: Some Reflections on the Frontline Club Panel on Sri Lanka: I watched the Frontlin... http://t.co/upYBAKRA

01:30 Actually, Mr. Wijesinha’s performance of the evening in general merits particular comment because it embodies the... http://t.co/etM3sgcU

01:31 Truth and Dialogue as Theatre: Some Reflections on the Frontline Club Panel on #srilanka http://t.co/Lm5GHNvH @francesharris0n #lka

02:00 RT @francesharris0n I hope @StateDept is not trading #SRILANKA concessions on #Iran oil imports 4 war crimes accountability. 3 yrs on zero justice! May 2012 / 31

02:02 RT @Vasugi On the third anniversary of the end of war in Sri Lanka, this is still how I feel about it: http://t.co/FHowX6WL (via @GrantaMag) #lka #war

02:02 RT @AzzamAmeen Prez can pardon only the convicted prisoners.Until Fonseka withdraws his appeal against Whit flag case, he cant be released legal exp #lka

06:00 DEVOLUTION AND THE CONCEPT OF CONCURRENCY: ABOLITION OR REFORM?: Among proponents of devolution as a means of po... http://t.co/Yoel1qwn

10:00 DEVOLUTION AND THE CONCEPT OF CONCURRENCY: ABOLITION OR REFORM? http://t.co/jumveAx6 #lka #srilanka

12:27 groups still active; military camps in north will remain: President http://t.co/xJxDVVqH #srilanka #lka

12:30 Moves afoot to get UPFA “home grown”policy going http://t.co/X23bQMSy #srilanka #lka

16:38 RT @TNAmediaoffice #TNA MPs meet #Tamil #prisoners who agree to #Sumanthiran's advice to suspend fast if satisfied with high level Tue meeting. @groundviews

16:38 @TNAmediaoffice Thank you for update.

16:49 3 years after the end of the war, reconciliation and power-sharing - Groundviews Updates - http://t.co/H8NlOrCJ #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 32

16:50 3 years after the end of the war, reconciliation and power-sharing - Email newsletter. From... http://t.co/ZW484Gam

22:58 @TNAmediaoffice And may we add, very nice to see the reactivation of the TNA Twitter account after a long hiatus.

21'st May, 2012

05:42 Reloading Gen SF for a post-paid Sinhala package: Photo via JDS. AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI. The V-Day cel... http://t.co/EGoIwqLM

08:36 RT @DMbreakingnews DNA MP Tiran Alles says Sarath Fonseka was discarged from the hospital a short while ago #SriLanka #lka

08:49 Reloading General Sarath Fonseka for a post-paid Sinhala package http://t.co/efEqtgv3 #lka #srilanka

08:50 Yet the unpredictable factor is, the “time factor”. How soon will it be, or how long will it take the tide to... http://t.co/6Gwohyuh

08:52 But what about his own complicity in alleged war crimes? | Sri Lanka's Fonseka to return to politics? http://t.co/HD8vuMZp #lka #srilanka

10:30 Surely the parameters of his politics are set by the regime? | SF will be released with civic rights intact - AG http://t.co/VURiZjR4 #lka May 2012 / 33

11:13 Interview with Dr. Farzana Haniffa: The eviction of Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka http://t.co/EAxFAJPf #lka #srilanka

11:15 First interviewed in 2010, Dr. Farzana Haniffa appears again on Groundviews to talk about the Citizens’... http://t.co/wBaIoWUt

11:22 Interview with Dr. Farzana Haniffa: The eviction of Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka: First interviewed in 2010, Dr... http://t.co/gmEMxD3R

11:43 RT @Dinoukc Excitement surrounding the release shows that the political parties are not interested in a change in direction, just personal #lka

11:43 @Dinoukc Support of his Presidential candidature in 2010 also revealed some in civil society can be faulted for same.

11:46 RT @mhmhisham Apparently there is no fire crackers avilable in ANY shop in and around Colombo, Sold Out! is it waiting to be lit for General Fonseka? #lka

11:46 RT @Dinoukc Euphoria already lifting with Fonseka's imminent release. Ironic that media groups are getting excited #lka

15:34 Lending of Buddha relics to Sri Lanka sparks row http://t.co/gStjjslJ #lka #srilanka

15:35 Anything for a party? | SC allows to withdraw SF’s appeals http://t.co/BcEz8Sv1 #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 34

15:40 RT @NavamaniLK Conditions of Presidential pardon granted to Sarath Fonseka not yet known #lka #srilanka

15:40 @NavamaniLK And will possibly never make it to the public domain in the near to medium term future.

15:41 @nisald How about #amnesia?

16:50 @nisald As a tag, you're right. As a general condition over release, given euphoria and media attention, clearly it does! :)

17:01 RT @vamarts Sarath Fonseka is released on presidential pardon. Supporters celebrate lighting fire crackers #lka

17:01 RT @DMbreakingnews After the long wait Fonseka walks out free surrounded by family, , Tiran Alles, Arjuna and Kottegoda #srilanka #lka

17:02 RT @teearuna #Fonseka poised to replace RW as new (permanent) opposition leader? Or simply to fuel in-fighting? Is there a strategy behind pardon? #lka

19:21 RT @francesharris0n V interesting analysis of why it might benefit #SRILANKA gvt 2 release fonseka now. http://t.co/MzQxhfD4 #lk @groundviews

19:30 Legacy of war - unemployment and homelessness http://t.co/1PP3veP8 #lka #srilanka

19:31 Sri Lanka is a long way from the peace and reconciliation desired by so many http://t.co/qVVPyQgl #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 35

19:34 Anushka Wijesingha, an economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, a national think-tank, [... http://t.co/VYMVoIyR

19:35 @anushwij from @TalkEconomicsSL quoted in this IRIN story on post-war SL's job creation prospects http://t.co/1PP3veP8 #lka #srilanka

19:38 RT @RKKrishnan Thousands of #LTTE combatants are still at large in #, says #Island. Is there a limit to lying at all in #srilanka ?

19:39 @RKKrishnan Missed that story. Are they sourcing it to that perennially oxymoronic source, the Sri Lankan Intelligence Services?

19:52 @RKKrishnan Smashing. Clearly, the vital distinction between an Orange Prize and Pulitzer Prize is lost at .

20:56 RT @womenandmedia Internet & women’s rights: how do they relate to economic justice? | http://t.co/BQxWXkRh http://t.co/NzGf8cJJ

21:03 @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan The reduction of journalism to stenography must be resisted, and shamed.

21:50 RT @open_security @groundviews latest in the debate: multi-religious&multi-ethnic, VoicesForReconciliation work to build shared history http://t.co/ftGuZOxx

21:50 @open_security Thanks for heads up. May 2012 / 36

21:54 Amidst the deep hurt of civil war, many think it impossible to speak with, let alone work with, people from... http://t.co/dYUPa9cp

21:55 Video of Sarath Fonseka's release courtesy ETV http://t.co/e0YzHWVe #lka #srilanka

21:57 Video of Sarath Fonseka's release, courtesy ETV. See video here -... http://t.co/FFSi07wf

22'nd May, 2012

02:53 Only media from #lka attending @InternetLiberty, as a Fellow. Looking to the cit media workshops & talks #srilanka #InternetLiberty

02:55 Also looking forward to meeting, after long time, @kathleenreen from @Internews, one of our earliest supporters @ Google's #InternetLiberty

16:38 Sri Lanka's Sarath Fonseka urges co-operation over war (BBC) http://t.co/sjzVHIAO #lka #srilanka #warcrimes

23'rd May, 2012

03:10 Out of jail, Sri Lankan ex-general says government must go http://t.co/qgucbaV7 #lka #srilanka

03:10 Freed General Fonseka promises to stay thorn in side of Sri Lankan government http://t.co/75HJtlTi #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 37

03:10 Sri Lanka main Tamil party backs removal of military camps from north http://t.co/OKKwDRfJ #lka #srilanka

03:24 @MsAMR25 Interesting, but unlikely.

03:31 RT @MsAMR25 Dear Sarath Fonseka, could you have made a stronger protest/symbol of resistance by staying in jail ? #lka #srilanka

04:03 RT @cfhaviland My BBC TV story on ex-army chief Fonseka: watch BBC World News The Hub 2130 #SriLanka time (1700 BST). Intrview excerpt http://t.co/B5WQhZ4k

04:10 Why do MNC's like @unilever_press in #srilanka sickeningly curry favour with human rights abusers and brutes? http://t.co/yQatzLXQ #lka

15:03 Another meme that's quite funny, and perhaps some truth too? http://t.co/SGkOoCA6

15:13 @SriLanka No.

15:14 @azwaanameer @mhmhisham The same Intelligence Services that claimed India was training LTTE cadres this year?

16:36 Transcript of first one-to-one interview with Sarath Fonseka after release from prison - http://t.co/F7HjofYq via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 38

16:44 The BBC met Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday morning at the rented house where the family now stays on the outskirts of... http://t.co/1izyrTOd

16:51 Transcript of first one-to-one interview with Sarath Fonseka after release from prison: Image courtesy the Econo... http://t.co/LdpXKeFL

16:54 Letting the general out of the bottle http://t.co/1bTvloWu #lka #srilanka @lankasol

16:54 A woman who waited in the sweltering heat outside the prison for hours to catch a glimpse of Mr Fonseka said she... http://t.co/coMLjzrh

18:34 Google's #Internetliberty has some nice table decor! http://t.co/9IUoafuM

19:00 @wbend Didn't realise you were here. Must meet up?

19:04 @ElijahHoole Thanks much.

19:04 RT @ElijahHoole @groundviews http://t.co/W3jztnMq Might interest you . . . #lka #indianreturnee

19:06 All plenary sessions of Google's #InternetLiberty 2012 broadcast via YouTube. Details at http://t.co/pJKm84CS

19:10 @wbend Inside now to grab a decent seat. Over a cuppa over break?

19:22 @Dinoukc Gallup? Or new one? May 2012 / 39

19:26 RT @citizentube LIVE NOW: The plenary sessions of the #InternetLiberty conference: http://t.co/1wngbUTY

19:26 RT @InternetLiberty #InternetLiberty Debate 1: Should laws and regs that affect the Internet favor individuals over the state? WATCH LIVE: http://t.co/dFPs9fNJ

19:31 Fascinating. Even as speaker on podium talks, almost everyone in audience is looking down at their screens #InternetLiberty

19:35 @ruhatd Will try!

19:39 RT @InternetLiberty Attendees standing up to speak and share what work they are involved with and why they are here. Great to hear from you! #InternetLiberty

19:45 RT @MFA_Russia Sergey #Lavrov: Russia has no reason not to trust the objectivity of the work by #SriLanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission

19:46 @MFA_Russia Precisely why Russia must support fullest implementation of all recommendations?

19:46 RT @francesharris0n murder of Tamil-Canadian won't help "reconciliation" or diaspora returns in #srilanka http://t.co/0oTDC0ET via @globeandmail

19:56 RT @cfhaviland The BBC meets Fonseka. http://t.co/MiJJ0z5t May 2012 / 40

19:56 RT @cfhaviland @dbsjeyaraj Very sorry to see the demise of #Transcurrents - it was invaluable to very many of us. Happy Birthday, though.

19:57 @dlgriffiths @cfhaviland Features audio podcast as well.

20:02 @ivonotes Just noticed that. Annoying.

20:04 @InternetLiberty @avilarenata @cima_media Situation not too different in post-war #srilanka.

20:14 Unsurprisingly a laptop or mobile device on every single lap means the wifi speed at Google's #InternetLiberty 2012 is a trickle.

20:23 @Dinoukc From some time ago non? Also see @CPASL's more detailed poll and rating for President from '11. Contact @iromip #lka

20:25 @cfhaviland's transcript run today on GV is great example of small civic media supporting much larger media outlet #lka #srilanka

20:33 RT @ict4peace No one stresses importance of (new/web) media literacy at Google #InternetLiberty's 1st debate. Literacy determines use and perception.

20:45 RT @ict4peace Digital media surely creates new avenues for protection of civil liberties that were weak or non-existent in analog era? #InternetLiberty May 2012 / 41

23:48 RT @AmanthaP My story on homelessness and unemployment in #SRILANKA former war zone, now on gov Def Min site http://t.co/3bvUFs39 #lka

24'th May, 2012

00:03 RT @anjakovacs At Google's Internet at Liberty conference in Washington DC today. Plenary panels livestreamed here: http://t.co/atzjH1z1 #internetliberty

00:04 RT @afiasalam Burt of Storify, says through smart phones and cameras, everyone can be a reporter & this is an amazing opportunity #internetliberty

00:13 RT @anjakovacs The cofounder of @storify is @BurtHerman. Some very interesting thoughts on relationship MSM-social media and curating #internetliberty

00:14 Issue of long term funding even more complex when MSM does NOT find convenient to republish citizen journalists? #InternetLiberty

00:24 Top @ustream videos in ' 11 are from and on US or West. But more imp to look at streams on social-political issues? #InternetLiberty

00:40 @rezwan Not truer. Just flag more perspectives than what the Govt and MSM would publish,produce and promote. We bear witness for posterity. May 2012 / 42

00:41 @MelGuna Yes, but in contrast to another example from Pakistan at #InternetLiberty MSM from #lka nowhere close to embracing CJ.

00:42 @mhmhisham Send! :)

00:43 RT @anjakovacs Main challenge for most citizen journalism initiatives worldwide seems to be funding/sustainability. True in India also. #internetliberty

00:46 @emjacobi And especially civic media that explores and curates inconvenient truths in repressive regimes.

00:47 RT @emjacobi "Any foreign funding has serious consequences." - @Groundviews on the challenges of finding support for local media. #InternetLiberty

01:03 @emjacobi @storify And the larger issue of CJ content archival on commercial platforms which are profit not rights oriented #InternetLiberty

01:04 RT @AzzamAmeen Don't get involved in any Political groups now take some rest Asgiriya Maha Nayake Thera says to Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka #lka

02:39 Well that's it then? | Fonseka cannot contest an election for seven years, says AG http://t.co/RfzYwdHg #lka #srilanka

02:48 @ruhatd We haven't forgotten. Many have. May 2012 / 43

03:07 @ruhatd But this is precisely what voters had to choose between in January 2010. So in that sense, nothing new in SF re-entering politics.

03:51 When home grown means still born | US Govt. stands by HRC decision-Victoria Nuland http://t.co/yVA1f9CY #lka #srilanka

14:30 Reveal secret ‘Action Plan’ presented to US http://t.co/MloZrcxj #srilanka #lka #LLRC

14:35 "The #LLRC recommendations had been verbally communicated" to the US | LLRC Action Plan ready soon http://t.co/vBc95bv9 #srilanka #lka

15:26 The killing has inflamed tensions on both sides of the divide between Sri Lanka’s two ethnic groups, on the... http://t.co/I8JkXxPP

15:27 Against the backdrop of grave planetary changes, Sarath Fonseka’s release, G.L. Peiris’s visit to Washington DC... http://t.co/YIKVVYNk

15:28 Reconciliation: The Symbolic and the Substantive http://t.co/t40sV47e #lka #srilanka

15:31 Reconciliation: The Symbolic and the Substantive: Photo courtesy JDS Against the backdrop of grave planetary cha... http://t.co/i3Cj1vWo May 2012 / 44

16:05 How legal are these new courts? | Sri Lanka sets up new courts to try war suspects http://t.co/pBHzmWrw #lka #srilanka @bfonseka

16:06 What happened to threat to sue hotel? Expect more attacks on media too | Keheliya to return tomorrow http://t.co/MvHaYkVn #lka #srilanka

16:29 @jehan_ara @drawab @sharmeenochinoy What happens at TED, I noted, stays at TED. Last thing I want is a nuclear war head heading towards #lka

16:29 One week left | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/pA1ddViE #lka #srilanka Please sign up, and forward.

16:30 Not In Our Name has now exceeded 1,300 signatures. The initiative has been highlighted by Radio Netherlands... http://t.co/s6mieBun

16:48 @jayshreebajoria Thanks for the retweet, and good to see you on Twitter!

16:50 RT @adaderana Military presence in North and East should resemble other part of SL - UK http://t.co/6rXofAjp #lka #srilanka

16:54 RT @cfhaviland #Lka police spx tells BBC hv arrestd 4 suspects in murder of #Canada citz Anthonypillai. "Ordinary citz, 1 prime/3 contract, motive robbery" May 2012 / 45

17:09 @cernoblog On the same lines, one hope judges aren't former executioners.

17:11 RT @francesharris0n #amnesty says #un security council inaction on #srilanka & #syria makes it look redundant. @innercitypress http://t.co/V8F7jp9A

18:55 Second day of Google's #InternetLiberty 2012. Looking forward to first plenary, now live on YouTube.

18:58 RT @InternetLiberty Guy Berger from #UNESCO presenting his slides about Mapping Digital Media in South Africa at #internetliberty: http://t.co/sfvYKdKR

18:58 RT @InternetLiberty #InternetLiberty Day 2: live-stream: http://t.co/jcFYDafx is up! Full agenda: http://t.co/ABCU1orn #netfreedom

19:02 Neat formulation. New digital divide is between big screen and small screen content, via #InternetLiberty

19:05 RT @francesharris0n And why won't #srilanka reveal names of Tiger detainees to give families of disappeared some closure? http://t.co/jpRa9U6h

19:05 RT @lonelyplanet Sri Lanka for food lovers http://t.co/ulh5M30P #lp

19:12 @courtneyr @jeffmedialawyer This has long been the practice of the Govt of #srilanka Very effective we may add. May 2012 / 46

19:13 RT @rezwan RT @jameslosey: Next #Internetliberty lightning talk ab the Internet in Azerbaijan by @sarahkendzior. Her article: http://t.co/tBcymd92

19:16 Interesting presentation on CryptoCat https://t.co/kDecGJS4 at #InternetLiberty Useful for HR activists in #srilanka too as it evolves.

19:28 RT @InternetLiberty @Katrinskaya presenting about @mobileactive @safermobile Mobile Monitor - collecting data about the mobile ecosystem #InternetLiberty

19:37 RT @InternetLiberty @oliviama and @SamGregory are rolling out the new #YouTube #humanrights channel: http://t.co/MwiO52PC #netfreedom

19:39 Channel 4 video on #srilanka highlighted on presentation of new HR channel on YouTube. #InternetLiberty See previous tweet for links.

19:43 How will @SamGregory & YouTube help authenticate contentious videos like ones feat. on Channel 4 on #lka? Murky legal area? #InternetLiberty

19:45 RT @NetizenProject Safer Mobile creator @Katrinskaya working with @privacyint for more empirical data on mobile surveillance worldwide #internetliberty

19:45 @NetizenProject @katrinskaya @privacyint Vital to engage with even in post-war #srilanka May 2012 / 47

23:17 RT @Vasugi Stopping the rot: http://t.co/4WVNgY0r A speech by the relentlessly brilliant Namini Wijedasa of News #lka @bfonseka #srilanka

23:18 @AzzamAmeen Marvellous. Who is paying for their sojourn and frolicking?

23:18 RT @cfhaviland BBC: Fonseka lawyer confirms he can't stand for office as things stand now. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/rjH8Bctq

23:27 RT @SueKiri I secretly think Sri Lanka is launching a teleco + surveillance satellite on the premise of teleco-only satellite. For defence reasons.

23:29 @SueKiri Quite possible, given http://t.co/A8quoRGV how embedded #China already is in our telecoms infrastructure #lka #srilanka

23:52 @nuzster Will you or somebody review it please?

25'th May, 2012

00:13 RT @AmnestyOnline In at least 91 countries, people took to the streets, the airwaves & the internet to demand freedom & justice http://t.co/K4QcjDpb #AIR2012

00:13 RT @AmnestyOnline We have just launched our annual report online - an overview of the state of #humanrights worldwide. http://t.co/1XydcbxP #AIR2012 May 2012 / 48

01:20 @StateDept Report on Human Rights 2011. Chapter on #srilanka http://t.co/mB98wIK8 Damning indictment on, inter alia, media freedom post-war.

01:26 Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 Sri Lanka continued to rely on security laws and a military apparatus... http://t.co/AN6iPNGY

01:38 @sunil_abraham's pithy submission demanding #US companies and Govt to walk the talk highlight of #InternetLiberty. Please post online?

02:11 Reading the @StateDept and @AmnestyOnline reports on #srilanka for 2011, you can scarce believe it is post-war, given affronts to democracy.

03:32 @SueKiri Ominous Orwellian overtone.

03:55 Come again? | Sri Lankan Stranded In Airport For Four Months Disappears Mysteriously http://t.co/v08aKxQe #lka #srilanka

06:09 What’s next for General Fonseka?: Image courtesy CNN It has been a couple of days since the former military comm... http://t.co/mwvo15mL

14:13 "We need officials who will put the interest of the country first" | Treasury outlines serious challenges http://t.co/w0KyACnE #srilanka May 2012 / 49

15:54 What’s next for General Fonseka? http://t.co/Jji1M7je @mhmhisham #lka #srilanka

15:54 It has been a couple of days since the former military commander of Sri Lankan Army and common opposition’s... http://t.co/eeu58JQu

16:07 Forty years ago this week, at the auspicious time of 12:34 p.m. at the Navarangahala on 22nd May 1972, a new... http://t.co/ZGSHNHxf

16:29 THE SRI LANKAN REPUBLIC AT FORTY: REFLECTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PAST AND PRESENT: Image courtesy ... http://t.co/i9Y5MGR6

17:27 RT @philiprajamohan 2 bus load people ledby few monks arrived 2.45pm opp.Darul Rahuman Mosque in Gal Vihara Rd near Zoo & pelted Mosque wit stones #lka#srilanka

17:28 @philrnc @navamanilk Thank you - very disturbing.

17:29 @Dinoukc @MelGuna @mhmhisham Can you please confirm this madness? https://t.co/39zMjJs7 which @NavamaniLK is reporting?

17:32 @mhmhisham @dinoukc @melguna @navamanilk Sorry, come again? How on earth can putting tiles on the floor of a mosque lead to this violence? May 2012 / 50

17:42 @mhmhisham @dinoukc @melguna @navamanilk The inability and unwillingness of President to stem #Dambulla violence has ill effects elsewhere?

17:47 @Dinoukc @mhmhisham @melguna @navamanilk Why aren't they pelting stones at abattoirs across the city?

18:38 RT @CPASL LLRC Recommendations - Translation into #Tamil http://t.co/Oqo6x78h #lka #srilanka

18:56 @vijaysappani @cfhaviland There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip?

20:20 @mhmhisham @philrnc @navamanilk Thanks everyone. We encourage attribution whenever possible, out of respect & also ethics. Hope situ calmer?

21:00 @mhmhisham @navamanilk @philrnc Good to hear.

21:12 @LankaMuslims @mhmhisham @dinoukc @navamanilk We agree, but haven't yet heard President's decision on #Dambulla?

21:20 Why online civic #media innovation will occur OUTSIDE #lka's wretched tertiary education system http://t.co/TwyQzEMN via @NalakaG #srilanka

21:52 @mhmhisham Hope you respond to some of the leitmotifs? May 2012 / 51

26'th May, 2012

01:50 @emjacobi @avilarenata @sunil_abraham @techsoc Thank you. It was great meeting you too!

02:32 Seriously, don't we have better things to do? | China to help Sri Lanka launch satellite by 2015 http://t.co/oSEK39WE #lka #srilanka

02:44 Only in #srilanka | No response to Ambassador’s transfer offer http://t.co/QbahwFTH #lka

02:45 @Apelankawe Care to highlight this for GV? Would appreciate photos and short write up.

05:50 @sunil_abraham The privilege, esp. reg. the debate you were part of, was ours. Hope very much you publish the trenchant 'demands' online!

05:59 @sunil_abraham Just make sure there's no Arab around...

06:03 Funds for #UN in #lka elusive | Only 13% of $147 million met. Not that Govt gives a damn for affected Tamils http://t.co/PqW2UqJY #srilanka

06:08 The worst sort of racism, in full, proud display. Fringe lunacy is mainstream politics today? | http://t.co/wLZaZtBT #lka #srilanka

16:43 Save for the odd cluster bomb? | Sri Lanka clears over 90-pct of mined area http://t.co/d8Sqn5wG #lka #srilanka May 2012 / 52

16:45 Can't say we missed this palaver and lying. Read ref to #Australia by | http://t.co/D3OGqanB #lka #srilanka

22:26 @ceycitizen @newsfirst_en Not sure.

22:26 @ceycitizen @rkkrishnan @azzamameen @karavaibalu @cfhaviland @christopherteal Good question to ask Govt & President?

22:31 @UKinSriLanka is tragically sanguine to believe Police investigations into Mervyn are meaningful? http://t.co/rbMboRjC #lka #srilanka

22:31 RT @UKinSriLanka Our Human Rights page have been updated with a latest quarterly report on Sri Lanka. http://t.co/1C9VNmWI

22:33 RT @DMbreakingnews Earth tremor felt in Colombo & Diyathalawa and a few other areas in the country, inquiring into it - DMC #SriLanka #lka

22:34 @NavamaniLK And what had the Def Sec's answer been?

22:35 Sorry, but Sarath Fonseka as Mahatma Gandhi? We think not. Not now. Not ever. #lka #srilanka

22:44 Interesting piece | Sarath Fonseka: Historic confluence of twin processes http://t.co/nLELWrfN #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham May 2012 / 53

22:55 @philrnc Around 7:30 into video by @DMbreakingnews here http://t.co/aKJdRBRq

22:55 RT @mhmhisham happy to see proSF, antiSF & Neutral camps have constructively engaged on my @groundviews thoughts http://t.co/rIeqflJN responses - soon :)

22:57 @Seductv He's a bit like Pop-eye? Sees a hint of green, and his inflection gets all bloated…

27'th May, 2012

10:26 "Govt. rejects opposition conditions on 13th Amendment" | Reconciliation talks process at a dead end http://t.co/eOxLeEPG #srilanka #lka

10:29 "A solution within the merged Northern and Eastern provinces" | Main Tamil party wants NE merger http://t.co/kKCOH0fp #srilanka #lka

10:34 "By 2041 the total pop. of #srilanka will be around 24 million" | Census shows Lanka’s population 20.2 million http://t.co/1S6fKB1C #lka

10:36 "Advice and technical assistance not required" | Govt. slams door on UNHRC team http://t.co/uNAxoiNs #srilanka #lka

17:21 Why would you bite someone's nose? We don't understand | UNP MP Gankanda to be arrested for biting nose http://t.co/M7ixFJOB #srilanka #lka May 2012 / 54

18:38 @TMnY Oh dear.

19:12 In sum, then, anyone who concentrates on the DISAPPEARED as an item of news or advocacy must elucidate the... http://t.co/pMRk2NJ7

19:13 The Disappeared in Sri Lanka’s War in the Recent Past: What is missing in those “Missing”? http://t.co/3Aqmj8Xs #lka #srilanka

19:24 The Disappeared in Sri Lanka’s War in the Recent Past: What is missing in those “Missing”?: IRIN has recently hi... http://t.co/mFqcyuia

21:57 Why are memes powerful? Facebook and Twitter are often dismissed as platforms for banal gossip. Yet a careful... http://t.co/RrKBZlwV

21:58 The Sri Lankan Meme https://t.co/CY1IAfhv #lka #srilanka @lankasol

22:58 As a whole Cast as mother is a brilliantly conceived project which brings together some of the finest female... http://t.co/iogq73SA

23:01 Cast as mother: A review of a work in progress: Cast as mother – A reading produced by Stages Theatre Company is... http://t.co/U975yHFG May 2012 / 55

28'th May, 2012

01:44 RT @francesharris0n report says gvt of #srilanka set 2 reject offer of tech assistance from #UNHRC in line with March resolution. http://t.co/yrOD0eA1

01:46 @francesharris0n Excellent news. The more the resistance on this score, the faster the cards are stacked up against #lka Govt.

05:40 RT @NalakaG @groundviews It happens when megalomania meets "charismatic megascience" - our money launching their egos 2 orbit! #lka http://t.co/rFRGTab3

05:42 @NalakaG Had forgotten about that article. Thanks for reminding us, and larger GV readership.

05:43 @vijaysappani Ref the pertinent 'Sacred Cows and Orbital Dreams in Sri Lanka' by @NalakaG http://t.co/y2qIBFki

06:07 LONG READ: Operation Liberation: 25 years on http://t.co/HCQPTBUX #lka #srilanka @longreads

06:08 The Sri Lanka military’s ‘victory’ in Vadamarachchi was incomplete and its potential for delivering a crushing... http://t.co/7TI837tD

06:16 Operation Liberation: 25 years on: The commanders of “Operation Liberation” commonly known as “Vadamarachchi Ope... http://t.co/aC95RrcY May 2012 / 56

12:22 RT @TNAmediaoffice #Sampanthan`s speech at #ITAK natl #Convention http://t.co/3cZCoOqY with Eng translation http://t.co/ERP8blu5 #TNA #Tamil #lka #srilanka

15:27 @sunil_abraham Brilliant. Thanks.

15:27 Open letter to Hillary Clinton on Internet freedom http://t.co/C5EDsvqg via @sunil_abraham @StateDept #InternetLiberty

15:56 LONG READ: Parama Weera: What it takes, and what it means http://t.co/SJAI9E6s #lka #srilanka @longreads

15:57 The eyes stared expressionlessly back at me from the fifteen small pictures, some clear, and some blurred;... http://t.co/QyYleYDn

16:05 Parama Weera: What it takes, and what it means: Image credit Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images via The Baltimor... http://t.co/q8gVFzMX

16:06 @mhmhisham Yes, we read that. Sadly he doesn't go on to give more details of the numbers. Just saying they are wrong doesn't cut any ice.

16:20 @JayantaW @mhmhisham Clearly, Big Brother hadn't consulted Little Brother in the matter of a certain Sarath Fonseka's release. May 2012 / 57

16:22 Very timely and compelling portrait of Fr. Miller of # |The Jesuit Priest http://t.co/Cl8qV6ZN via @iam_project #lka #srilanka

16:39 Father Harry Miller S.J. left Louisiana in 1948 for Batticaloa. The Jesuit priest talks about the development of... http://t.co/MDZx5V7W

17:11 Good or bad? @anushwij @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL | World Bank Says Lending To #srilanka Will More Than Double http://t.co/dygbGipR #lka

17:12 Gotabhaya Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka north 'not just for Tamils' http://t.co/jNyKD6jD via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka

17:18 @mhmhisham Also obliquely refers to us in this BBC interview http://t.co/jNyKD6jD but then says the abduction are in #India. Go figure.

17:22 This is patently absurd. What is the Police there for? | Dismantling camps will give rise to terrorism http://t.co/49ZSpkdN #lka #srilanka

17:32 @mhmhisham Meant to say that according to Def Sec, the abducted from #srilanka are in #India.

18:04 Interesting speech, fully worth reading. From https://t.co/3OBpaZiy http://t.co/HF1mDkTQ

23:12 @mhmhisham And we hope too that extended vacations courtesy the Ministry of Defence Tourism don't come our way. May 2012 / 58

29'th May, 2012

00:16 ITAK’S PLAN OF ATTACK: THE BREAKOUT STRATEGY http://t.co/CQaTfjMB @rkguruparan @TNAmediaoffice @nirananketell #lka #srilanka

00:46 ITAK’S PLAN OF ATTACK: THE BREAKOUT STRATEGY: The keynote speech by Mr. R Sampanthan, the leader of the main Tam... http://t.co/Poxulg8L

03:03 So long as voters underwrite all the loss without a fuss, the Govt can & will do as it likes | http://t.co/16MXPn9F #lka #srilanka

03:30 And what signal does the Queen inviting the President send? | Sri Lanka sends a signal http://t.co/94A0gbFU #lka #srilanka @UKinSriLanka

03:33 Illusion of women's empowerment http://t.co/jIp5Z0lG #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:07 Where brevity cripples and distorts reportage: Image courtesy eHow Once upon a time, after I presented a public ... http://t.co/nhjc9nEZ

16:32 Two days left | Not In Our Name: Against religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/gci6XTjj #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius

16:33 The Not In Our Name initiative closes for signatures at the end of May, one month after it was launched. Given... http://t.co/JJhupfWD May 2012 / 59

17:13 Where brevity cripples and distorts reportage http://t.co/HiwJr9Yd #lka #srilanka

17:14 Brevity just to please readers, the many readers, who do not wish to address a complex topic in all its... http://t.co/U6xxfR3o

17:17 @USEmbSL We hope you're covering aspects of online safety and security as well in your training?

17:18 RT @iam_project Trying to trace the priceless recording of the singing fish of Batticaloa. No luck with 's archives https://t.co/Mj4e0LFc #lka

17:18 RT @nirananketell Dayan now joins #Tamil fringe lunatics in distorting Sampanthan's speech. Bit like MR and Gajen both labeling #TNA traitors #lka #srilanka

17:18 @nirananketell Consider a response?

17:20 RT @SLcampaign Internet censorship in #SriLanka http://t.co/392nU8En @opennet @secdev @wikileaks @accessnow @jilliancyork @Jiraffa @leila_na

17:28 @USEmbSL Great, thanks. Vital in #lka, given violence & surveillance regime, though ironical given your own plans http://t.co/icz4fKQD

17:30 RT @CPASL Executive Director talks about #srilanka's flawed language policies on public TV | Part 1 http://t.co/fJYYtcaN #lka @lankasol May 2012 / 60

17:30 RT @CPASL Executive Director talks about #srilanka's flawed language policies on public TV | Part 2 http://t.co/bOU4ZaYB #lka @lankasol

17:45 RT @CPASL Executive Director talks about #srilanka's flawed language policies on public TV | Part 3 http://t.co/IEM6LZW3 #lka @lankasol

30'th May, 2012

02:00 Suspend Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka says @HRW to @UKinSriLanka | http://t.co/9hmVhViN #lka #srilanka

02:40 The war from a soldier's perspective, what's missing from reports on the missing and Northern Muslims From... http://t.co/SOC93rJE

03:05 Why Sri Lanka is a Hot Destination for Tourists http://t.co/37OFvEXM #lka #srilanka #tourism

03:06 After decades of civil war, Sri Lanka is having a tourism revival. But as WSJ Life and Style Editor Andrew... http://t.co/hIOj4N2o

05:29 Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: What? Why? How?: Image credit Steve Chao, via Al Jazeera With our Government busy d... http://t.co/I67KErEp

12:06 Gota wants to change demography: TNA http://t.co/Yo4SxYTE #srilanka #lka #TNA May 2012 / 61

15:12 @ElijahHoole We have already responded to you via email - the image is there for a purpose, and will not be removed.

15:17 One notable similarity in all the reconciliation related materials available is that words such as process,... http://t.co/dSg33IQQ

16:12 RT @AmanthaP Why #SRILANKA capital floods in high rains? 30% of drainage capacity lost in last 10yrs due to landfills/encroachment - World Bank #lka

16:14 @AmanthaP If so, why isn't @WorldBank, to the extent known,questioning UDA/MoD on opaque development plans for #Colombo? #lka #srilanka

16:15 Perhaps @sandyasalgado from the World Bank can shed some light on this https://t.co/Jv71oW8E and our response https://t.co/ZGH8dC4e #lka

16:16 @DMbreakingnews Why don't your journalists stop just reporting verbatim Govt Min's, and probe them? Where and what is this 'action plan'?

16:17 @SarongJohnnie With possible price hikes of fuel in July, expect prices of fish rotti's to go up further!

16:18 RT @AmanthaP How #SRILANKA police does its job #lka RT@ameenizzadeen I can hear a suspect crying in pain unable to bear the beating. May 2012 / 62

16:19 RT @AzzamAmeen Sri Lanka will only have 4 players in #london2012 #Olympics. Only 1 player representing Athletics #lka

16:19 @AzzamAmeen Bet the official delegation will be many times larger than the actual number of athletes. #lka

16:27 @AmanthaP So @WorldBank is supporting the very UDA/MoD which is responsible for opaque dev plans that lead to flooding? Good stuff. #lka

16:31 @AmanthaP @worldbank @tmny That's rich, given vice grip MoD over UDA, and the scale of the landfills. If illegal, who is brought to book?

17:05 Next he'll say he's really a virgin? | Army’s name used to repress media – Fonseka http://t.co/KuiIKDjb #lka #srilanka

17:06 @SarongJohnnie The resulting somnambulism will no doubt help Govt in increasing prices further! :)

17:25 Would @TNAmediaoffice or @nirananketell care to respond to this comment http://t.co/M4fMjLwp or thrust of DJ's article? #lka #srilanka

17:30 @YoungAsiaTV's Sharmini Boyle new convenor of #srilanka media freedom group @FMMsrilanka http://t.co/HhuUxX1i #lka May 2012 / 63

17:44 RT @adaderana Channel 4 wins award for Lankan documentary at AI Media Awards http://t.co/8kreEjD2 #lka #srilanka

18:30 Unsurprisingly, the official Govt website plagiarises convenient content from Groundviews http://t.co/8hnBoc5V #lka #srilanka

20:56 @SivJ @newsfromamnesty @francesharris0n Yes we know, and this was published not before, but after he was killed.

21:02 @SivJ The article you flag in the Guardian, based on the Editorial, is from 3 years ago. Where else was it published recently and why?

21:10 @SivJ Cheers - and sadly, the content of that editorial still deeply resonant.

21:33 RT @CPASL Short-Term Benchmarks for Peace and Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka - http://t.co/P2GvmBWZ #lka #srilanka @lankasol @bfonseka

21:47 This is very strange | Robert Mugabe asked to be UN 'leader for tourism' http://t.co/SqeNSIiq #Zimbabwe

31'st May, 2012

03:50 RT @mhmhisham Last day to sign "Not In Our Name: Against Religious Extremism in #SriLanka" if you haven't signed yet http://t.co/YLWSoavQ on @groundviews May 2012 / 64

04:02 Small wonder? | New Delhi cold-shouldering Colombo for over two years http://t.co/JsfUQL1S #lka #srilanka

05:30 Review of ‘ at War’ by Channa Wickremesekera: Image courtesy Sri Lanka Travel Guide “When we think of it, w... http://t.co/ASlpe6TY

06:25 Saving Galle http://t.co/ttfKl6vj #lka #srilanka #tourism

06:26 Galle Fort is far from the only heritage destination that has faced this conundrum: The more popular it becomes,... http://t.co/HNoP1ofD

13:05 Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported (The Independent) http://t.co/JziufHG0 #srilanka #lka #UK

13:07 Religious tolerance under scrutiny in Sri Lanka (EPW) http://t.co/ULGEpRhm #srilanka #lka

21:49 On the (Non)sense of Being ‘United’ and/nor/or ‘Unitary’ http://t.co/MJfn4GbH #lka #srilanka

21:55 Finally, this affair also raises the issue of policing and regulating speech. It is important to note that the... http://t.co/1eyufpkc

21:56 @TNAmediaoffice will be interested in this article http://t.co/MJfn4GbH esp. in conclusion #lka #srilanka @lankasol May 2012 / 65

22:13 On the (Non)sense of Being ‘United’ and/nor/or ‘Unitary’: Image courtesy The Hindu I must admit that reading Dr... http://t.co/Y7wHTiNw May 2012 / 66

June

1'st June, 2012

00:12 This will probably be squashed by the govt. | Bill to stop monks from becoming MPs http://t.co/BbMZ293p #srilanka #lka #religion

04:10 @teearuna Appealed to the Treckie in us too.

05:19 A call for lese majesty in #lka, like #Thailand? | President claims 8 websites bring evil to the country http://t.co/oRrKcHIn #srilanka

05:20 Absolutely incredible | cleared at disciplinary inquiry http://t.co/OcFKVuWf #lka #srilanka

05:20 Sri Lanka May Inflation Rate Accelerates To A Nine-Month High http://t.co/VMhgul0I #lka #srilanka

05:21 At the central committee, minister Pavitra Wanniarachchi has said that everything published in the media cannot... http://t.co/kXViIpIQ

05:42 The burning of the Jaffna library: 31 years on: 31 years ago, the public library in Jaffna was burnt. As noted o... http://t.co/OKUEtIpc

05:57 31 years ago, the public library in Jaffna was burnt. As noted online, at the time of its destruction, the... http://t.co/9IRDSx3i June 2012 / 67

05:58 A poem | The burning of the Jaffna library: 31 years on http://t.co/CWIz4lXe #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:56 Hilarious! Govt caught lying, stands by lie | Rupee value: CB denies report, Reuters stands by its story http://t.co/Q3Y2NY5L #lka #srilanka

06:57 @TalkEconomicsSL & @cepaSL can should a @bundlr bundle on these gaffes? | http://t.co/Q3Y2NY5L #lka #srilanka Vital for posterity.

07:01 Joining a global outage http://t.co/tAsTA5Mr Facebook is well and truly down for us in #srilanka via SLT ADSL #lka @facebook

07:05 Absolutely brilliant work by @CrisisGroup | Sri Lanka after the war: a timeline http://t.co/HPxfeUBC #lka #srilanka @lankasol

07:09 Three years after Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, the island is still far from genuine reconciliation. Beginning... http://t.co/0ohVe3Ej

07:13 Taking a page from #srilanka | #Syria Sees No Need for Journalists to Investigate Massacre http://t.co/239tPW1Y #lka

08:00 Tamil asylum seekers due for deportation given reprieve http://t.co/1OLO2Ch3 #lka #srilanka

12:02 Not In Our Name: 1,400+ signatures against religious extremism in Sri Lanka http://t.co/BnkD0EuR #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @muslimLK June 2012 / 68

12:04 NION didn’t save any lives. During the four weeks it was open for comments, there were more attacks against... http://t.co/mUtfJcfx

12:08 For a Wordle visualisation of the top 50 words in Not In Our Name, see http://t.co/U5qF8aKF #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius

13:19 Not In Our Name: 1,400+ signatures against religious extremism in Sri Lanka: Not In My Name (NION) ran from 27th... http://t.co/gZzjLl90

17:10 "We are a democratic party and I respect the views expressed by members" | No rift says Sampanthan http://t.co/VfZYvN3d #srilanka #lka #TNA

21:06 Interesting blog post - A Burning: 31 Years Later http://t.co/wST7ggkE #lka #srilanka

21:07 The burning of the Jaffna Public Library in 1981 was not just a repulsive act of violence, hatred and cruelty. It... http://t.co/aInsDC8L

21:57 Were we a target in first place? | Flame virus- No impact on SL yet http://t.co/E7rR55LN #lka #srilanka

22:10 Chief Sanghanayaka Thera of Great Britain sentenced to prison for child abuse http://t.co/yJ67dMJQ via @colombotelegrap Read 1st comment! June 2012 / 69

22:33 We love | Weekend Recipe: Sri Lankan Crab Curry http://t.co/2qsxBgOH #lka #srilanka

2'nd June, 2012

05:51 A heads-up for Sri Lanka press freedom watchers http://t.co/vh5mvNcn #lka #srilanka @cpjasia

05:56 Sri Lanka's hidden scourge of religious child abuse http://t.co/xT0Aq2lW #lka #srilanka @mhpss

05:57 Research carried out by the BBC Sinhala service has revealed that over the last decade, nearly 110 Buddhist monks... http://t.co/PddAjr1l

08:38 @ceycitizen Not sure what you meant by "sho"? But the issue of child abuse is real and very sensitive. BBC's right - #lka MSM won't touch.

10:31 Wonder if NIL will be screened in #srilanka? http://t.co/BC3FKMV4 #lka

10:32 Tokenism, at its worst. What about the SUV's said Parliamentarian usually uses? | http://t.co/XmiJbfTp @NalakaG #lka #srilanka

13:03 CID requests list of Mosques and Madrasas http://t.co/yrwA4BiP via @CeylonToday Thoughts? @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 70

13:28 @aufidius @ceylontoday @mhmhisham @lankamuslim As ever, no one from Police will confirm or deny. And what was response to #Dambulla? Anyone?

13:39 Gotabaya Rajapaksa on disappearances in Sri Lanka (with audio) http://t.co/4LswlhkC #lka #srilanka @lankasol

13:43 In March after making a feature on enforced disappearances for the BBC, I made a further radio broadcast for our... http://t.co/CBjYXgD0

13:51 Back on the radar as a tourist destination, Sri Lanka is on the verge of a hotel building boom with both... http://t.co/Ho5132gA

13:51 Hotels Return to Sri Lanka http://t.co/to0PbqBa #la #srilanka #tourism

13:56 Gotabaya Rajapaksa on disappearances in Sri Lanka: Screen grab from BBC video In March after making a feature on... http://t.co/KRQeObyB

13:56 Any ideas from #srilanka? | Using Facebook to Promote Human Rights? You Could Win $20,000 http://t.co/LN3IGrTa #lka @lankasol @YoungAsiaTV

17:53 @milindat @dmbreakingnews True, and needed in #Jaffna, more than #Colombo? June 2012 / 71

17:54 RT @NalakaG Anyone tracking #carbon footprint of #lka Prez - helicopter travel, foreign trips w/ entourage? He flew BKK-CMB yest just 2 attend wedding!

17:55 @NalakaG And you can bet it wasn't the wedding party that footed his bill to attend, and return to Thailand!

17:56 @aufidius Why doesn't CID demand list of all temples and buddhist monks, to stem child abuse?

18:01 @milindat @dmbreakingnews On that score, things may have improved esp. in and around Wellawatta, though of course, baseline was appalling.

18:02 @aufidius @ceylontoday @mhmhisham @lankamuslim It's also mind-boggling. Why is CID involved in this at all?

18:43 RT @CPASL rights in #srilanka (English version) http://t.co/xuPg5aOf #lka

19:46 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka Defence Sec can give no comfort to families of disappeared. More incl audio/video from my BBC interview. http://t.co/PnfuOy0E #lka

20:16 Egyptian Court Sentences Mubarak to Life in Prison http://t.co/CqucCNkW #Egypt

20:30 @Joviarul @ceylontoday It's incredible really. Even naming and shaming by an NGO they love to hate doesn't get them to release translations. June 2012 / 72

3'rd June, 2012

05:48 Visiting Thailand last week, Mahinda Rajapaksa lamented that “eight websites, run by one person, are bringing evil... http://t.co/7YuVFshH

05:57 Sri Lanka’s Fast-track to Post-war Development: Remember the Mahaweli’s Costly Lessons! http://t.co/HpkhnX2p #lka #srilanka @NalakaG

05:58 Dr Ranil Senanayake is a rare public intellectual in Sri Lanka. He is extremely well informed, analytical,... http://t.co/TpmcAZrc

06:07 Sri Lanka’s Fast-track to Post-war Development: Remember the Mahaweli’s Costly Lessons!: Systems Ecologist Ranil... http://t.co/SyqkLoa2

06:47 @SLcampaign Thank you, but full credit goes to @cfhaviland

07:09 THE ‘AUTONOMIST-SECESSIONIST CONTINUUM’ IN TAMIL POLITICS: Photo courtesy news360.lk Professor Urmila Phadnis th... http://t.co/AEipNZjB

07:25 HE ‘AUTONOMIST-SECESSIONIST CONTINUUM’ IN TAMIL POLITICS http://t.co/imF6K27P @rkguruparan @nirananketell #lka #srilanka

07:27 Mr Sampanthan, the most prominent local leader of the Northern Tamil community, which exists a few miles away... http://t.co/qq8wQX4l June 2012 / 73

11:26 RT @rkguruparan This piece is an apt demonstration that Dayan knows nothing about the current state of Tamil politics. http://t.co/n13YSXhQ

11:26 @rkguruparan You should respond?

11:33 @DMbreakingnews Media should ask when the last time President practised what he preaches?

13:01 @rkguruparan @mhmhisham @aufidius @lankamuslim Given #Dambulla alone and response, or lack thereof, by Govt, we agree.

13:17 Two-page proposal (Mar. 2011) submitted by #TNA outlined in the article | TNA fires salvo for self-determination http://t.co/yU8kpKyv #lka

16:35 Extended time in police custody: Is it Necessary or permissible? http://t.co/vqrOA7o1 #lka #srilanka

16:36 Are lock ups and cells inside police stations fit for human use? Are they provided with light and fans? Most... http://t.co/JlyZNT36

16:40 Are lock ups and cells inside police stations fit for human use? Are they provided with light and fans? Most cells... http://t.co/RWrOfq7r

16:57 Extended time in police custody: Is it Necessary or permissible?: Image courtesy JDS The decision of the Justice... http://t.co/ysRXsgmX June 2012 / 74

17:01 RT @teearuna Very troubling given propensity for detention & abuse RT @groundviews: Extended time in police custody http://t.co/ZbdA8Q3i #lka #srilanka

17:06 Why don't we call ourselves Szechuan Lanka henceforth? | hotel near BIA, China frontrunner http://t.co/IwavEsmY #china #lka #srilanka

17:41 @MsAMR25 We like eating there. So no.

17:48 Oh bugger. @USEmbSL's plans for world domination outed. | US want to take over SL: Wimal http://t.co/8LNC2n0Y #lka #srilanka #farce

17:49 US$ 4 billion loan from @WorldBank perfectly fine http://t.co/d1oEJ0gM but calls to demilitarise North by West not http://t.co/8LNC2n0Y #lka

17:55 Curious - is backing #syria's Assad #srilanka's official foreign policy stance? http://t.co/DSxpJzsQ #lka

17:56 RT @Shaahima So there's a 'Little Sri Lanka' in Staten Island, New York: http://t.co/BIADdteU Watalappan on the ferry I say! #lka

4'th June, 2012

07:39 Lanka looks to restore war zone property http://t.co/TRpiNpjo #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 75

11:50 This report by @amnesty suggests otherwise - http://t.co/DzWvahYZ | 'Police don’t practice torture' http://t.co/bbi4MOhi #srilanka #lka

13:24 @DMbreakingnews But isn't Mervyn Silva's behaviour and public expression more obscene than rape, animal porn and incest combined?

17:32 RT @Joviarul A glimpse of Home: Residents of #Mullikulam #Mannar #Militarization #lka #SLA #tamil http://t.co/pa0VCueY @groundviews @TamilSolidarity

21:54 Bizarre Poson parties on streets of #Colombo. Masks from Scream, lewd , shouting from trucks. Is this #dhamma in #lka today? #srilanka

22:23 Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on ethnicity in Northern Sri Lanka post-war: Image courtesy 3mana In my interview with the S... http://t.co/ANoSFcF0

22:28 Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on ethnicity in Northern Sri Lanka post-war http://t.co/Od4znMwq #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan @lankasol

23:51 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka Defence Sec Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (a) on ethnicity (b) transcript. Final posting from BBC intv http://t.co/aeBsgZNc @dbsjeyaraj #lka June 2012 / 76

5'th June, 2012

14:08 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/hqvcmOE5 #srilanka #lka #EPF #economy

14:25 Leadership training clearly didn't work | Ragging continues despite all effort to control it - UGC http://t.co/qVuwOpxG #srilanka @theyrc

15:38 How times change in Sri Lanka, and how they don't via @pressfreedom http://t.co/y4oiBR5W #srilanka #lka #media #pressfreedom

17:16 "I don't know if he is alive or dead " | Only god would know: Mohan Peiris http://t.co/cEtZBg96 #srilanka #lka

18:36 @SLcampaign No.

6'th June, 2012

00:11 "…the Treasury was considering reimbursing Rs.65 bn. to CPC" | Fuel price reduction considered: Susil http://t.co/2JsLzIbU #srilanka #lka

00:19 RT @cfhaviland Former #lka AG Mohan Peiris tells magistrate court that now he doesn't know where P Eknaligoda is; he wishes he could shed light. #SriLanka

00:19 RT @cfhaviland Sandhya Ekneligoda says came to court hoping ex-AG would help find husband. "But he could not help me, yet I've strength to continue." #lka June 2012 / 77

03:43 Egg on face redux? | Rajapaksa speech halted over Tamil protest fears http://t.co/X3lrRZl8 #lka #srilanka

03:47 RT @DMbreakingnews Channel-4 director also deported http://t.co/KoV9OECp #srilanka #lka

04:56 Transcripts of BBC interview with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, critiquing ITAK, reconciliation and development - http://t.co/jnEMI0oP #lka #srilanka

04:57 Groundviews updates over past week. From http://t.co/51RifhxR http://t.co/OjUEYYzv

05:22 RT @cfhaviland Uncertainty on missing #SriLanka journalist/cartoonist Ekneligoda's fate: BBC. http://t.co/sCevhbSs #lka

05:23 RT @iam_project Photographs taken at the Eechanthivu temple festival and koothu over the weekend, posted on https://t.co/U1HmUfKT #lka http://t.co/HFsgUPd0

05:47 Responding to comments whether the End of the War should be Celebrated or Mourned: Photo courtesy Vikalpa Given ... http://t.co/X1JPIcVW

06:06 @thegrimhope It appears to be the case, also reg. the canard of LTTE training camps in India.

08:19 This is really just too bad. We had hoped for so much better | #Nepal, on the Brink of Collapse http://t.co/I73qRowe Perhaps not too late? June 2012 / 78

12:55 The first question point I raise is still debatable – and clearly demonstrates the polarization in the North and... http://t.co/RQnLgh8i

14:17 @cfhaviland But they actually believed they could enter the country? Strange.

14:20 @rja54 Is it online too? Can you scan and post? What the rest of the content like?

16:35 Wonder if place reserved for Ranil? | New detention centre for naughty jumbos http://t.co/rEBRUIAU #lka #srilanka

16:39 @arosha Touche!

16:51 No action plan on LLRC, only approach discussed http://t.co/Ztmi1MZC Clearly then, the Govt was lying earlier http://t.co/6HmN4KOg #lka

16:52 RT @teearuna @groundviews Language of security permeates life in #lka: 'detention centres' for wildlife not reservations; imprisonment not conservation.

16:52 @teearuna Well said.

17:06 Was @StateDept's Nuland lying http://t.co/Nyvc92OC when she said this given Govt stance now? http://t.co/Ztmi1MZC @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 79

17:07 In the absence of Prof. Peiris, the Leader of the House replied the JVP MP. He said that there was no action plan... http://t.co/WDBGnI7H

17:15 What about the Weeratunga committee to oversee LLRC implementation? http://t.co/OLsK3B2j No ref. today to it http://t.co/Ztmi1MZC #lka

17:17 @USEmbSL Weeks after this meeting with Hon. #SecClinton, citizens of #srilanka still clueless about what was discussed and presented! #lka

17:19 @cfhaviland @statedept @usembsl How about even the small p starting with release of Sinhala & Tamil translations? Not out yet. Absurd. #lka

18:40 RT @AmanthaP RT @helenlewis Bad timing: Guardian splashes on #SriLanka torture claims but supplement extols its wonder http://t.co/yO9N9CWA #lka

18:40 @AmanthaP @helenlewis Is it possible to scan and upload supplement to Scribd? #lka taxpayers needs to know the propaganda they are funding.

18:48 RT @TalkEconomicsSL #srilanka shouldn't try to just emulate other countries' development models, pragmatism is key - http://t.co/Rul3s5eD

23:50 Sri Lanka protest greets royal lunch guests http://t.co/Y9cSzURi #srilanka #lka June 2012 / 80

7'th June, 2012

03:05 In this second part of a long interview, South Asia’s first systems ecologist Dr Ranil Senanayake shares his... http://t.co/FMo20fC6

03:09 Who’s Afraid of Exotic Species, Gene Pirates and Government Babus?: Dr Ranil Senanayake, photo by Janaka Sri Jay... http://t.co/G9rAxOAO

03:15 Who’s Afraid of Exotic Species, Gene Pirates and Government Babus? http://t.co/O63T73p8 #lka #srilanka @NalakaG

14:36 PNM wants action against TNA leader http://t.co/5nvzhe2n #srilanka #lka #TNA

14:39 Most of them need to go back to school | Speaker suggests educational visit for MPs http://t.co/qeRyyQlY #srilanka #lka

14:42 UPFA trade unions on war path demanding salary hike http://t.co/5JGbAkCM #srilanka #lka #tradeunions

14:46 "The demand for an end to salary anomalies stretches back to 2004" | Non-academic university staff strike in #srilanka http://t.co/TsrYzf9E

14:47 As its President dines with the Queen, Sri Lanka's torture of its Tamils is revealed (Independent) http://t.co/fWU48Sof #srilanka #torture June 2012 / 81

14:51 "One cannot have true reconciliation without that accountability" | US envoy for Sri Lanka to prioritize human rights http://t.co/HpVqCXoI

8'th June, 2012

02:18 Has implications for #srilanka too | The War for India's Internet http://t.co/5AVwvsOX via @rmack | @ShashiTharoor & @sunil_abraham respond?

02:31 Sri Lanka without the chaos http://t.co/q5UTeOrX #lka #srilanka

03:06 As its President dines with the Queen, Sri Lanka's torture of its Tamils is revealed http://t.co/fWU48Sof #lka #srilanka

05:12 @thegrimhope Neither could we - and the Channel 4 video report on his visit there does not include this footage.

05:16 Sri Lanka stocks rise, led by John Keells; outlook uncertain http://t.co/ABVChStU #lka #srilanka Long term outlook? @TalkEconomicsSL @cepaSL

05:17 Should we follow #India and #Egypt and go for digital IDs? | Bane of lost IDs after wartime http://t.co/KJRCsgNa #lka #srilanka

12:50 Former Sri Lankan army chief to be tried for mutiny (Firstpost) http://t.co/eXDe2FPR #srilanka #lka June 2012 / 82

12:50 Lankan minister forced to leave after protests by Tamil groups http://t.co/hPTHvH5p #srilanka #lka

12:52 "…we remain available to assist..." | Human rights: Commonwealth ready to help Sri Lanka (Firstpost) http://t.co/Gn17u9HH #srilanka #lka

19:34 In conversation with Bishop Duleep de Chickera http://t.co/HWi875i0 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

19:35 We then talk about his more activist voice, during the 10 years he led the Anglican Church, in going before the... http://t.co/64QSTeU2

19:36 In conversation with Bishop Duleep de Chickera: I clearly remember Bishop de Chickera at S. Thomas’ College, fro... http://t.co/RGJqvr2g

20:50 @Dinoukc Can you corroborate this story? | Colombo Commander ordered to hunt down “web” reporters http://t.co/FHisA81K #lka #srilanka

21:22 CONGRATULATIONS! | Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize http://t.co/MTXmDdeI #lka #srilanka @PhBooks @Vasugi

21:23 Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka, a former advertising copywriter, has won the Commonwealth book prize for... http://t.co/DmHHItdi

23:18 @Dinoukc Neither have we. June 2012 / 83

23:27 Having some technical issues on server end. NOT a block within #lka. Looking into it. #srilanka

23:39 Groundviews is back online again. Was a backend MySQL database issue. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience #lka

9'th June, 2012

00:14 @MelGuna No - that's your ADSL connection. The interview is hosted on http://t.co/5TRtlSTc.

20:10 We won't accuse Pillay: Govt. http://t.co/S5eXghkp #srilanka #lka

20:10 Sri Lankan refugees are 'security threat' (Canberra Times) http://t.co/LB5PowaD #srilanka #lka #australia

20:10 Sri Lanka 'green' companies named by ILO http://t.co/dTbWHNrL #lka #srilanka

20:46 ITAK and the New Chapter in Post-War Politics of Sri Lanka http://t.co/E2nPJtEu @TNAmediaoffice @rkguruparan @nirananketell #lka #srilanka

20:51 From its inception in late 1949 as the Tamil Federal Party, the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) – a party... http://t.co/c5w8mTmt June 2012 / 84

21:10 ITAK and the New Chapter in Post-War Politics of Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy , via http://t.co/PBS4aTRb F... http://t.co/nwxUw8FW

10'th June, 2012

02:38 @tilanw Thanks for retweet Tilan. SH.

02:46 This is so mind-boggling, it sounds incredible. Can @TalkEconomicsSL, @cepaSL, @MelGuna or @Dinoukc confirm? | http://t.co/Idu4k0NW #lka

02:46 President’s vehicle pool jacked up by 8500% http://t.co/Idu4k0NW See our last tweet https://t.co/lP7HPncu #lka #srilanka

02:49 @nilmashazdole @talkeconomicssl @cepasl @melguna @dinoukc This can't surely be right? Where does he park all these vehicles, for a start?!

02:52 @nilmashazdole @talkeconomicssl @cepasl @melguna @dinoukc At this rate & if true, the horses may be well four Ferrari's in there…

02:52 @nilmashazdole @talkeconomicssl @cepasl @melguna @dinoukc BTW, do you know how much we taxpayers paid for Guardian supplement last week?

02:54 Just a tad off the Rs. 125 the President wanted & the Central Bank opined it would stabilise at | $1=Rs.140? http://t.co/yD9IaSbU #lka June 2012 / 85

02:57 @nilmashazdole OK & thanks. Sordid history w/ @bellpottdigital raised suspicions. Article in @guardiannews undermined it? #lka #srilanka

03:06 @nilmashazdole Any PR company worth their salt would have planned for & realised this? Sure you too saw tweets noting bizarre juxtaposition.

03:52 @KenRoth As if not more importantly, how did Tamara & #lka Govt get hold of what from the story appears to be internal #UN email? #srilanka

06:04 The successful efforts to prevent Mahinda Rajapaksa from speaking at the Commonwealth Economic Forum in London,... http://t.co/QdTuaxxg

06:11 Why it is wrong to silence government & the President | The Right to Speak http://t.co/1tHRCGA2 @millerC4 @hrw #llka #srilanka

10:32 MR's London fiasco: Diplomatic and intelligence failure http://t.co/EWroaVvx #srilanka #lka

14:33 Sri Lanka tourism urges Europeans to ignore bad media reports http://t.co/3HrBYedO #srilanka #lka #tourism

15:59 Let's all be ostriches then | Sri Lanka tourism urges Europeans to ignore bad media reports http://t.co/3HrBYedO #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 86

16:17 MOVING OUT OF THE MAZE: Image courtesy ITV The ubiquity of the Tiger flags was the most dramatic aspect of the d... http://t.co/lkWBqtAg

18:27 @ceycitizen @mhmhisham @navamanilk @sumaiyarizvi We haven't heard anything. As usual, we suspect this will go ahead, post-media furore.

18:28 @SLcampaign A counterpoint to your stance reg. cancellation of the President's speech in London http://t.co/1tHRCGA2 #lka #srilanka

11'th June, 2012

05:56 Interview with Anoma Wijewardene on ‘Deliverance’: Groundviews interviewed the renowned Sri Lankan artist Anoma ... http://t.co/VYxsCpHy

07:20 Interview with Anoma Wijewardene on ‘Deliverance’ http://t.co/K4sqDbeo #lka #srilanka

07:21 In the interview we cover why Anoma thinks an exhibition on environmental issues, and in particular, water... http://t.co/PAPbz9X4

08:40 RT @anushwij #srilanka airlines maybe struggling to profit but it's chairman, less so. Millions in cash and a 3mn rupee Rolex http://t.co/vkYmapMY

09:23 It's an honour to be followed by @firstpostin Thank you. June 2012 / 87

09:47 Brilliant, and should be emailed to every High Commission. Via Daily Mirror,... http://t.co/hIxK7J6I

09:57 SLMC is the kingmaker in the East, says Hakeem http://t.co/ipxeY3MC #srilanka #lka

16:24 Surrendering Airwaves & Liberty to Nepotism http://t.co/K37di4WU #lka #srilanka

16:25 In my view meaningful answers to the questions raised in this article can only be found by introducing systemic... http://t.co/rbjUoXeJ

16:53 Surrendering Airwaves & Liberty to Nepotism: TRC Spectrum Management website Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corr... http://t.co/F5vP7N4m

19:10 @HarithdeMel One would thinks so, but sans enabling RTI/FOI legislation, not sure about success in #lka.

21:16 Excellent snub to #lka Govt's banal foreign policy posturing by @USEmbSL http://t.co/8ZOCMbXb #lka #srilanka

21:45 This is really beyond absurd | Sri Lanka PR in Geneva kept in dark by ministry http://t.co/5CNpWIN0 #lka #srilanka

12'th June, 2012

07:39 Interesting question | Will the Galle Fort become a haven for the rich devoid of vibrant people? http://t.co/kcsTXADE #lka #srilanka #galle June 2012 / 88

07:48 @SLcampaign Not sure what connection is between 'having to stay alive' (whatever that means) and point made about response to cancellation?

07:48 @SLcampaign Also, you did in fact refer to protests in PRs, but nothing on symbolism, constitution, or biased weltanschauung of protesters.

07:48 @SLcampaign We submit that if you don't acknowledge this, there is no traction within country. Little/lack of time rings hollow.

07:48 So to be clear, @SLcampaign stand shoulder to shoulder with protests on the streets? If not, why not? Principles over expediency, surely?

09:44 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/O4gc9Zyl #srilanka #lka

09:49 S.B Dissanayake: "govt. had been able to rectify 90% of salary anomalies" | Universities paralysed for sixth day http://t.co/dvBWNzNS #lka

14:09 Sri Lanka among countries that cut Iran oil purchases: Clinton http://t.co/hB913gCo #srilanka #lka #oil #sanctions

15:47 3 years on, a hurting stalemate in Sri Lanka http://t.co/o05sXmYW #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 89

15:47 Circumstances have now changed and there is a real opportunity for great advances to be made for the country,... http://t.co/tMdTwz9Y

15:52 "an unhappy clash of editorial and commercial content" http://t.co/o6ms9v0i says @guardiannews Can @nilmashazdole comment? #lka #srilanka

15:55 3 years on, a hurting stalemate in Sri Lanka: Picture courtesy JDS Last month saw the official marking of three ... http://t.co/EZhezUID

16:01 An unpatriotic rupee which doesn't heed the President's instructions? | SL rupee hits record low http://t.co/f4fjeY94 #lka #srilanka

16:25 (1) Interesting to note that the @guardian and Report Company have a "media partnership" - http://t.co/h0zaEKJd | http://t.co/o6ms9v0i #lka

16:25 (2) Is it still an "independent supplement" when there's a partnership between @guardian News and Media and the Report Company? #srilanka

16:26 @Apelankawe Agree.

18:19 @NalakaG @guardian But according to @nilmashazdole, the supplement was paid for by corporate financing, not taxes.

18:54 Sri Lanka removed from #UN child conflict blacklist (BBC) http://t.co/7hPX3R0J #srilanka #lka #children #conflict June 2012 / 90

19:04 @SLcampaign Understand. Sad dynamic, because it plays, sometimes and inadvertently, to Govt agenda.

19:57 Lanka makes biggest leap in Global Peace Index http://t.co/lGBpXYJy #lka #srilanka

19:58 The end of the civil war saw Sri Lanka make the biggest rise in the latest Global Peace Index (GPI) released in... http://t.co/byCEwsQf

20:44 @nirananketell @slcampaign Yes, and also in relation to your point, therein lies the rub.

20:50 RT @USEmbSL @StateDept #SecClinton announced #SriLanka will not face #Iran oil sanctions for a renewable period of 180 days. #lka http://t.co/6mvSuCjd

20:51 RT @akeenan23 UNSG's report on children & armed conflict admits fate of five kids recruited by #srilanka govt ally TMVP still unknown http://t.co/GJOtIfPQ

20:51 RT @akeenan23 UN removes #srilanka from list of child-recruiting govts; chief-recruiter Karuna remains govt minister; impunity rules http://t.co/7S4zekXB

21:00 @nirananketell @slcampaign And unless there is a distinction made, and clearly, between separatism as goal and aspirations, Govt strong.

21:02 @nirananketell @slcampaign Legitimate aspirations and grievances, post-war, we meant to say. June 2012 / 91

21:03 @nirananketell @slcampaign Indeed, and not one progressively made on the pavements of London burning #lka flags and dragging effigy's…

21:21 @nirananketell @slcampaign Agree, but former does not help raise awareness of & help address latter? Just adds to (support of) silencing.

13'th June, 2012

11:59 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/VX8IbyeN #srilanka #lka #UN

12:12 Rs. 2.6 mn extortion: Minister Mervyn Silva’s aide given bail http://t.co/aoNlPjSb #srilanka #lka

12:25 Govt. slams TNA double speak: Says final solution has to come from Select Committee http://t.co/7ag60dk1 #srilanka #lka #TNA

12:27 NGO charges Women’s Affairs Minister not fit to handle job http://t.co/NB393vIF #srilanka #lka @womenandmedia

12:29 Sri Lanka Holds Rates To Sustain Growth As Rupee Fans Prices (Bloomberg) http://t.co/G9OSL7Ap #srilanka #lka

14:42 According to the ASP, there's a connexion b/t tech and child marriage | More than 1,000 child marriages in A’pura http://t.co/d1YmF3qP #lka June 2012 / 92

15:47 40 houses damaged | Tornado hits Matara http://t.co/qIBjcyE1 #srilanka #lka

16:09 RT @HalikAzeez Finally, a chance to use 'ostrichification' in proper context! RT @groundviews Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/pC3OrWde

17:03 @Ezarovia This is progress. Former IGP said in public that women could, as evidence, use cellphones to record themselves getting raped.

14'th June, 2012

02:15 Singlish is the term used to describe the mixture of Sinhala and English which is frequently used by bilingual... http://t.co/hA8BPl94

02:20 Very short interruption to access because of back-end Wordpress upgrade to 3.4. All is now well.

02:21 @smelleh Don't think #srilanka has exclusive rights on the usage and definition of term. The author writes about how it is used in #lka.

02:38 A-Z of Sri Lankan English: S is for Singlish: Singlish is the term used to describe the mixture of Sinhala and E... http://t.co/Re7iAkSZ

03:44 @UN Sec Gen welcomes @UN_HRC resolution on #lka on LLRC, and encourages #srilanka to cooperate with @unrightswire http://t.co/lZRAnrFC June 2012 / 93

03:44 UN Secretary General: "I also welcome the decision of the Council, in its decision 19/2, to call upon Sri Lanka to... http://t.co/K7rVeXLJ

03:48 Via @AmnestyOnline, a statement on #srilanka's human rights situation as of June 2012 http://t.co/kJDRpwra @UN_HRC #lka

07:03 TNA leader blames it on translation http://t.co/JUgZuZBR #lka #srilanka

07:09 An apologist reviews a racist writing about a sadist? | Gota’s War And The Quest For Peace http://t.co/eJTbhg8e #lka #srilanka

07:46 Sri Lanka's Road to Reconciliation http://t.co/TpSdM2p9 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

07:47 After a 27-year war, Sri Lanka has released a report on its aftermath. R. Cheran gives Steve Paikin his view of... http://t.co/G3kCekMy

07:58 Very interesting take on pachyderms in pageants | Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's elephants? http://t.co/cxBMALQr #lka #srilanka

15:22 Jaffna Challenge(r)s: Image from Jaffna Challengers website Two contrasting insights into reconciliation were on... http://t.co/KUZpwuEI

15:22 Jaffna Challenge(r)s http://t.co/ec7Rdt3i #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 94

15:23 The overarching question as always is as to whether the politics of hurt and harm and hate should be allowed to... http://t.co/RCLUD06t

15:30 RT @nigelvnugawela Watch from 1m 50s. Absolutely disgusting | Notorious Monk at Highway http://t.co/OQDjsj3A #srilanka @Vindic8d @Dinoukc @anukshi @TMnY

15'th June, 2012

00:24 "Scotland Yard was a mere spectator at the protest" | Govt. blames Scotland Yard for lapse http://t.co/d1Qjlzcw #srilanka #lka #UK

03:30 RT @teearuna That's approx 25%; which are 3/4 being ignored? RT @bfonseka: 33 LLRC recommendations to be implemented - Weeratunga: http://t.co/stFyNeCc

03:47 Interesting research & model for #lka? | How #China allows govt criticism online but silences collective expression http://t.co/7EcLDXGl

06:00 A man, a magistrate and 220 intimates: A reflection of the HIV response in Sri Lanka: Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatt... http://t.co/ljpNscev

06:10 RT @AzzamAmeen Senior editor sacked for favoring UNP over Fonseka“@colombogazette: Editor-in-Chief sacked http://t.co/3xB8ZNvp #srilanka #lka” June 2012 / 95

06:11 @AzzamAmeen @colombogazette At least we know where to read pro-Sarath Fonseka content henceforth.

06:14 Tamils lured with promise of citizenship http://t.co/kRRyL55n #lka #srilanka #Australia

06:18 @dinidu Perhaps you can reveal what stories Lalith didn't run in Ceylon Today from that contributed to his departure? #lka

06:20 @dinidu What are your thoughts now on partisan politics and media bias given no lack of Editors and journos to take Lalith's & your place?

06:33 @dinidu And some examples from #srilanka's MSM being?

06:43 @dinidu But if the architecture's rotting at the core, the exception does not make the rule, and MSM will remain wedded to partisan dross.

06:43 @dinidu And btw, well done on resignation.

06:51 Fact: The People Living with HIV Stigma Index (2010) for Sri Lanka indicated that 55% of respondents were tested... http://t.co/7D46IG0L

06:51 A man, a magistrate and 220 intimates: A reflection of the HIV response in Sri Lanka http://t.co/4YUaM01z #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 96

07:08 @devramiah What an incredibly pleasant surprise! Didn't realise you were on Twitter, and thanks for following updates here. SH.

09:54 Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief vows to lead opposition and topple government in next election (WP) http://t.co/BkTBS8mD #srilanka #lka

12:11 How much can Sri Lanka help itself? (The Guardian) http://t.co/RhwXBuvi #srilanka #lka @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL #development

22:42 A response to Rambukwella's assertion that S.Y. failed to "prevent the protest" | UK respects right to protest http://t.co/YpGBVU8d #lka

22:44 Shooting at JVP meeting; two killed http://t.co/dNorRHi6 #srilanka #lka #JVP

22:49 "The government wanted at least another $500 mn. from the #IMF" | Sri Lanka seeking fresh bailout, says IMF (AFP) http://t.co/OHPSkETR #lka

16'th June, 2012

04:59 RT @MsAMR25 The Grease Devil Is Not Real http://t.co/3K8Cqako #srilanka #lka @groundviews

04:59 Resigned journalists accuse Ceylon Today http://t.co/QlVAzSNZ #lka #srilanka @cpjasia June 2012 / 97

05:00 How much can Sri Lanka help itself? http://t.co/RhwXBuvi #lka #srilanka @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL

05:02 Indigenous charity and philanthropy has the potential to transform development in Sri Lanka. A few years after the... http://t.co/U77rVBpz

05:02 A few weeks after I returned home, Kumar sent an email to tell me about his brother’s new job and the play he was... http://t.co/2tQnyKld

06:35 Post-war #srilanka's Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity http://t.co/lK6eg9N6 #lka

06:35 The claims that its rehabilitation program for ex-combatants is more than sufficient and... http://t.co/VypnfaCE

06:38 @AmanthaP We've not seen or heard about any statement. Have forwarded your tweet to them.

06:39 Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity: ... http://t.co/QPOAcp2F

06:40 @ICTASriLanka Sorry but how on earth is this even remotely related to ICTs and the work of ICTA in #srilanka? June 2012 / 98

06:44 Why, with outrageous fiscal mismanagement & corruption of #lka govt, does @IMFNews consider another bailout? http://t.co/OHPSkETR #srilanka

06:46 Yet to see or hear Wimal W, Champika R, the JHU or the President rant & rail against this Western influence? http://t.co/OHPSkETR #lka

06:47 Good luck with that, in his position & with his record | Sri Lankan dissident: Overthrow president http://t.co/5tU08YHp #lka #srilanka

07:35 @teearuna Heard back from TSA in response to your query that they will publish with conclusion of series on GV. Await more content.

08:11 Gosh. Do we celebrate V-Day twice then? | LTTE was effectively defeated on April 19, 2009 http://t.co/uvV9mVtI #lka #srilanka

08:13 @CeylonToday website a tad late to catch up with its own news?! Those resigned or fired, still on it @dinidu #lka http://t.co/PDY3U10a

15:32 RT @AmanthaP #SRILANKA media activist group Free Media Movement holds silence on the sacking of ed/resignation of journos

18:38 "Call it the small island mentality. Life is supremely satisfying" | 'Sri Lankans do not read for pleasure' (ToI) http://t.co/duhnN8tm #lka June 2012 / 99

19:05 @Dinoukc Know you aren't malicious & sorry, but very bad form for SL given culture of MSM plagiarism? http://t.co/tfw5lQMi @AmanthaP #lka

19:17 @Dinoukc @amanthap Tx. Speaks to MSM culture which simply doesn't know/care enough to attribute, leaving those like you to pick up flak.

19:25 @Dinoukc @amanthap Thanks - it makes a difference when you give a damn.

17'th June, 2012

06:02 Leaked photos reveal fate of Tamil prisoners http://t.co/pOVZfj8N #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:02 Photos and videos recently smuggled out of Sri Lanka offer a rare glimpse of what happened at the end of the... http://t.co/eT1WIlsI

06:09 Mainstream (media's) morass https://t.co/tpUTf2CS @AmanthaP @dinidu @NalakaG @cpjasia @MelGuna #lka #srilanka

06:10 The dismissal of an Editor last week, and the principled resignation of four other journalists from the same... http://t.co/fuT715Jq

07:25 @AmanthaP Is this their official stance? June 2012 / 100

09:23 Congrats. Read Michael's contributions to GV - http://t.co/o40x9Xmk | Michael Meyler honoured by the Queen http://t.co/6xRZjjlY #srilanka

09:28 Battalions, supports services and HSZs reduced -G.R | Troop strength in Jaffna drastically reduced says Gotabhaya http://t.co/tzAvxUNh #lka

09:33 "Gotabaya says SF has swallowed the 'guliya'" | Sarath Fonseka: Where will he go from here? http://t.co/X6Zk6hCZ #srilanka #lka

09:37 Rs. 200m in public funds down the drain for C’wealth Games http://t.co/y3rA0i8p #srilanka #lka @TalkEconomicsSL

09:41 Expen. on education: 2005 - 3.4% of GDP, 2012 - 1.9% of GDP | Meet demands now or face strike action, says FUTA http://t.co/SV2mEiUv #lka

10:26 Troop strength in Jaffna drastically reduced says Defence Secretary http://t.co/3H43SjL6 #lka #srilanka

21:37 "The police media spokesman is trying to water down this incident" | JVP challenges Hulugalle http://t.co/WlOH9B8D #srilanka #lka

18'th June, 2012

07:02 Sri Lanka Tourism Board discovers Google Ad Words. And this is news?! | http://t.co/Wsf2GMfN #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 101

07:04 Not a word about ITN's hate speech and incitement to violence against HR activists in early '12 | http://t.co/HCBDzNen #lka #srilanka

07:11 @AmanthaP Can confirm FMM isn't going with statement on @CeylonToday events, and flags Lalith's silence as evidence this is internal matter.

07:14 The meaning of victory http://t.co/aio8KzVK #lka #srilanka #india

07:21 Amigos, para siempre? | Sri Lankan president visits Cuba http://t.co/NBSfSxUh #lka #srilanka

07:51 The Price of Inequality http://t.co/PSK755Hg #lka #srilanka

07:53 In order to ‘dole it out’, massive projects are mooted so that the politicians and their cronies take out their... http://t.co/zNUixfoN

07:55 The Price of Inequality: Evolution is the biological manifestation of development. Which, in action merely refe... http://t.co/1p2vxYLt

09:43 RT @iam_project Happy to report that Veerakathy, now 107 year old and living in north Colombo, is keeping well http://t.co/fgS5bl5W #lka elders

09:44 @iam_project Who do you think is the oldest living Lankan?

09:51 @iam_project It may well be Veerakathy! June 2012 / 102

10:05 Good | 0 content removal requests from Google by #lka Govt from July-Dec 2011 http://t.co/YGk9mTvd #srilanka

10:35 This level of corruption and nepotism is pathetic | defends TV deal http://t.co/1791d11L #lka #srilanka #cricket

10:42 RT @adaderana Military presence in North could affect children psychologically - Child Advocates http://t.co/t0vbDzV0 #lka #srilanka

14:45 RT @SNSalgado RT @dinidu Axed Newspaper Editor Reveals All - #LKA #SriLanka #MediaFreedom http://t.co/WhUNFw8Q

15:28 The new JDS site on media issues & freedom is quite spiffy. Congratulations are in order. http://t.co/Nl5ntonZ #lka #srilanka #media

15:31 Internet censorship in India up 49%: Google http://t.co/WtQttVgG @sunil_abraham #india #censorship

18:56 @ShaadHamid @sunil_abraham And therein lies the rub!

20:53 @AAMRaihan @ceylontoday @bundeljayse We couldn't care less.

20:54 Some nice photography | Sons of One Religion http://t.co/0P2XZAlt #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @ruhatd @lankasol June 2012 / 103

20:55 This montage comprises photographs I have taken at the many houses of worship I have visited, prayed in or merely... http://t.co/35ua8PIR

21:01 Sons of One Religion: Thirty years of civil war may have resulted in an awkward reconciliation process on racial... http://t.co/In39ayLs

19'th June, 2012

08:33 If the Rajapakse regime is to prevent the echoing and re-echoing of their humiliation in London, they must... http://t.co/005D9MKe

08:40 The political meaning of the retreat in London http://t.co/SAPsIYB9 #lka #srilanka

08:58 The political meaning of the retreat in London: Image courtesy ITV News “It was under these circumstances that R... http://t.co/tmspmkrJ

09:49 For those on Facebook, some very useful tips and guides https://t.co/Qysmc6bG #security

09:51 Wait a day for Cabraal to deny and decry | #Colombo world’s fourth worst bourse http://t.co/ZszP0cDM #lka #srilanka @TalkEconomicsSL

09:53 This is like reading bad fiction. Incredible. | SriLankan losses mount due to negligence http://t.co/ZC2muSVL #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 104

14:08 Sri Lanka First Quarter GDP: Details http://t.co/qGNG8VYq @cepaSL @TalkEconomicsSL #lka #srilanka #economy

14:14 #Media & #Police indicators weak. #srilanka tied with #Bangladesh for 29th spot in Failed States Index 2012 http://t.co/cMWTR1Vp #lka

14:27 @ABRFOTO #srilanka unchanged in ranking from 2011 http://t.co/g9PlT7us, 25th in '10 http://t.co/zIhB2lFs, 22nd in '09 http://t.co/jn1ycQZD

14:28 @ABRFOTO So just 7 spots up post-war, in 3 years. At least not going down, but wish progress was much better, esp. on #media side.

14:32 @AmanthaP We were told in the morning to expect FMM statement on this issue (in Sinhala) by end of the day.

15:09 @AmanthaP Well, technically, not yet, but we hope, soon!

20:45 @AmanthaP Asked FMM for confirmation that statement will be released tomorrow morning. They said yes. Not sure what delay is on account of.

22:35 @AmanthaP One does wonder why the Editors Guild is totally silent.

20'th June, 2012 June 2012 / 105

06:15 The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Religion and Art | Groundviews Updates - http://t.co/3BVFIR0H #lka #srilanka

06:16 Groundviews Update. http://t.co/DDHjhAjn http://t.co/4U9W6Dxi

10:20 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/IZJajXsJ #srilanka #lka

11:54 Attack which killed two attending JVP meeting is a forewarning of another round of terror (AHRC) http://t.co/f1SvKDFn #srilanka #lka

11:57 On pol. solution: "this goal appears just as it did then - a mirage." | Menon to visit Sri Lanka this month http://t.co/d57cliEP #srilanka

12:45 RT @Apelankawe Kath Noble on Army's various peace time enterprises http://t.co/FJ98r0Mx

12:45 RT @rkguruparan #Jaffna, Tellipalai protests against land grabs prevented by the police. And the English media (except for CT) doesnt give a damn. #lka

12:49 Good laxative for those constipated days | Reflections on a War Hero and patriotic legend of our times http://t.co/8nnby35S #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 106

13:10 'Ancient' skeleton excavated in #srilanka http://t.co/KligRvko Skeletons in and around Nandikadal we hope won't take so long to find #lka

13:52 @teearuna Quite.

15:47 RT @nirananketell Protesters' bus window smashed and attacked with engine oil @ Jaffna protest against land grabs.See pics http://t.co/MoBLVpI2 #lka #srilanka

15:55 SLWJA statement (in Sinhala) on @CeylonToday issue. FMM still silent. #lka #srilanka @AmanthaP @dinidu @tingilye http://t.co/btkj0Imq

16:17 @tingilye @ceylontoday @amanthap @dinidu Thanks, but content/wording is rather strange. "Highly reliable sources"=Lalith's letter to media?!

18:54 We have just asked for email/Skype interview with convenor of FMM and current editor of @CeylonToday. Awaiting response. #lka #srilanka

20:23 @CeylonToday No response yet.

21:27 @dinidu That was four hours ago? Any updates? FMM also said statement would be out last evening. Then this morning. So far, nada.

22:04 What a marvellous and well executed idea for news reporting from #India | Newsmericks http://t.co/wdfhEZfq #lka #srilanka @lankasol June 2012 / 107

22:28 Oh my | Sri Lanka invites UN human rights chief to visit http://t.co/GSzhPGVG #lka #srilanka

21'st June, 2012

06:31 @dinidu It's now a day after you were promised statement, two days we were told it would be released. Any sign of it? #lka #media

06:49 The Green Revolution and Rio: It has been many years of writing in the Sri Lankan media of the stupidity of the ... http://t.co/R8E8QFZs

06:49 Rio+20 interview: “Green Economy should not justify Greed Economy!”: Environmental activist Hemantha Withanage t... http://t.co/jr5cNly8

07:00 Until we decide to get out of the fossil addiction trap ourselves, until we place a high value on the health of... http://t.co/ITcb6olf

07:01 The Green Revolution and Rio http://t.co/nX6hIgJf #lka #srilanka #Rioplus20 @UN_Rioplus20

07:02 Rio+20 interview: “Green Economy should not justify Greed Economy!” http://t.co/xGWwxxGc #Rioplus20 @UN_Rioplus20 #lka #srilanka @NalakaG

07:03 Environmental activist Hemantha Withanage talks to Nalaka Gunawardene in Rio de Janeiro From... http://t.co/b2s6qPoM June 2012 / 108

08:04 RT @TNAmediaoffice #TNA #MP #Sumanthiran in #Parliament yesterday: #Govt suppressing peaceful demos http://t.co/BNESprPU #Tamil #lka #srilanka #GOSL

09:01 Still no response over request to interview @CeylonToday's current Editor or FMM's convenor. Seems they shun scrutiny? @AmanthaP #lka

09:02 RT @rkguruparan According to this piece by JC Weliamuna the Jaffna Magistrate's stay order on the TNPF rally is contestable. http://t.co/K0nxa7FT

09:03 RT @ABRFOTO Great piece of #cricket writing on by Shehan Karunatilaka via @IslandCricket http://t.co/BdQ2pq1X #srilanka #cricket #lka

09:05 @rangi_fern @tnlrocks We miss the intellect and sardonic wit of Tracy and Afdhel from the early 90s. Most radio DJs today are banal & dumb.

09:07 @teearuna That would be wildly optimistic, don't you think?

09:08 Codswallop. Start with Sin/Tam translations? | #srilanka committed to implement LLRC recommendations http://t.co/KytBymqB #lka @UN_HRC #UN

09:15 @SNSalgado @dinidu This is worse than waiting for Godot.

09:19 @dinidu And the reason for the delay being - spell checking? June 2012 / 109

11:57 FUTA chief complains of attempt to intimidate him http://t.co/6gaYpiEl #srilanka #lka @theyrc

12:31 Current @CeylonToday Editor promises full interview on imbroglio once paper gives official response, soon we are told @AmanthaP #lka #media

13:17 @MelGuna She did not say. Certainly from our end, the questions will be hard hitting, but official statement will come before.

13:27 @FMMsrilanka (FMM) statement on @CeylonToday incident (in Sinhala) http://t.co/VZ6v8UlM @AmanthaP @dinidu @tingilye #lka #srilanka #media

14:54 @MelGuna Indeed, if said publisher agrees to it.

18:33 RT @TMnY Very disappointed to see that @SriLankaUnites has deleted a particularly revealing conversation thread on their page re: sexual harassment

18:35 @TMnY This sounds bizarre. Why delete? What was the content and thrust of the debate? Can @srilankaunites comment please?

19:01 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Sri Lanka http://t.co/XgIvAosM #lka #srilanka

19:09 One would think a mainstream newspaper would get the name of #srilanka's President right? http://t.co/mfLRD8u2 @DMbreakingnews #lka June 2012 / 110

19:14 Macro-economic policies must be environmental sensitive says President @UN_Rioplus20 But what about http://t.co/OxG3I6ki #lka #srilanka

19:15 RT @jmccdon #UN says its review of its own actions at end of #SriLanka's civil war will be done by July or so. http://t.co/A5flz8WD

19:23 1. GV was shown a fax in a leading hotel in #Colombo sent by MoFA saying to not accept room bookings from 1-14 Nov 2013, during CHOGM #lka

19:23 2. Letter says CHOGM will be largest international meeting since NAM in 1976 and wants to ensure rooms for 3,500+ delegates #lka

19:23 3. Unclear as to why hotels are being asked to not accept direct bookings during this time, or who will pay for rooms booked by GoSL #lka

19:29 @ceycitizen Hotel we were at, though fax is a general one, and quite possibly sent to all hotels in the city, and elsewhere.

19:43 This is just awful | Asylum seeker disaster north of Christmas Island http://t.co/gNwzbm41 #lka #srilanka #australia

19:46 Scores of asylum seekers are feared dead after a boat capsized in the waters north of Christmas Island, with... http://t.co/ZOUq2Ylx June 2012 / 111

19:55 RT @Apelankawe Shocking! Australians knew about the ship and that it was taking water long time before it capsized. http://t.co/XyAYooiC #Refugees #Aus

20:50 Banks drag down Sri Lankan bourse after S&P report http://t.co/s9gVdabR #lka #srilanka

21:27 @nirananketell Why don't you do a round-up, write-up, translating the most pertinent points from originals to English? Will happily publish.

22'nd June, 2012

03:25 @lankasol Await full questionnaire in Tamil and English, and another follow up piece, anon. #lka

04:28 RT @SharnelleVella @groundviews @groundviews As I see you're following the story here is the most recent info on the #asylum boat http://t.co/Nth0hQlc

04:28 @SharnelleVella Thanks.

04:29 Bad writing, disunity & name calling amongst journos only helps Govt censorship more http://t.co/JDMzyDO6 #lka #srilanka

04:36 Real time updates of #asylum boat capsizing off #Indonesia https://t.co/cCql5Sde via Google News #lka #news @SharnelleVella @Apelankawe June 2012 / 112

04:41 @Apelankawe @sharnellevella Thanks - that live blog is also flagged on the Google News Real Time news update.

04:44 @SharnelleVella @Apelankawe Gist?

04:50 @SharnelleVella @Apelankawe There have been a number of bizarre tweets as well, speaking of those in the boats bringing "shame" to #lka.

04:50 @teearuna @dmbreakingnews @cepasl See our tweet https://t.co/CFO3w139

04:52 @Apelankawe @sharnellevella Like UNP/PA on so many vital+contentious issues in #lka, they play to same constituency & fear losing votes.

09:24 @SharnelleVella @apelankawe Fascinating, thanks.

09:56 @nirananketell Bear witness, translate, disseminate. Let others opine. Just allow the raw accounts to come through. New media can help?

09:57 @nirananketell Agree on need to focus on ground realities, and best if endogenous media initiatives do so, which we can highlight/amplify.

11:19 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/KjMVgpn5 #srilanka #lka

11:44 @RasCeylon Thanks, and congrats. Hope many more in #lka get to hear your music. June 2012 / 113

12:21 RT @Dinoukc What is the future of our military? http://t.co/47K6fDg8 #lka #military

12:21 @Dinoukc Do you know the author?

12:29 @Dinoukc Great. Is the anonymity on the blog intentional?

18:03 @lankasol Will do! :)

23'rd June, 2012

06:21 @CeylonToday EDITOR IN CHIEF FORCED TO QUIT, REASONS STILL UNCLEAR http://t.co/Z6ll88yf via @RSFNet #lka #srilanka #media @AmanthaP

24'th June, 2012

05:52 Post-war #srilanka's Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants & the Denigration of Tamil Identity: Part 2 http://t.co/jqbo7dhd

05:52 @lankasol Now up. See http://t.co/jqbo7dhd #lka #srilanka

05:58 As mentioned by TSA, ]the government has prepared a lengthy, heading-less, and inappropriate questionnaire (in... http://t.co/06iD1UPn

06:06 Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity: ... http://t.co/JmEwztjb June 2012 / 114

07:16 RT @teearuna Completely bizarre questionnaire included RT @groundviews: Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police Pt 2 http://t.co/FBuCMD7C

07:16 @teearuna Full version will be published next week, with concluding part of series. It gets weirder.

07:17 The New Violence - http://t.co/aa8psIto #lka #srilanka

07:17 This violence is one of expression, exclusion, marginalisation, dumbing down, stereotyping and pandering to the... http://t.co/98ch2Hae

07:20 @Joviarul @sundayleader Sorry?

07:25 @Joviarul @sundayleader Seems to be online here http://t.co/vVJvxhqH @Dinoukc can probably confirm.

07:37 @teearuna Suspect @lankasol will echo that sentiment.

07:40 @akeenan23 @hrw @AmnestyOnline @icrc_english @crisisgroup You need to read this GoSL questionnaire http://t.co/jqbo7dhd #lka #srilanka

15:11 The accused "…took part in election rallies on behalf of the ruling party." | Dangerous signals from the south http://t.co/osW1VDNa #lka

15:12 Killers protected by top politicians: JVP http://t.co/OjUpFWl0 #srilanka #lka June 2012 / 115

15:14 FUTA to continue union action despite threats, says its president http://t.co/cO8BRHqO #srilanka #lka

25'th June, 2012

04:30 International Widows’ Day Celebrations of 2012 in Nedunkerny: A group of war widows in the Nedunkerny region of... http://t.co/PufSLVbK

06:10 RT @MsAMR25 Issapriya’s Naked Body With Tied And Untied Hands http://t.co/7DnAEFkd #srilanka #ltte #killingfields

06:14 RT @pressfreedom 6/25 through 6/27 in #NYC: screening of "Silenced Voices" @hrwfilmfestival, re: #SriLanka #PressFreedom http://t.co/XWSQztcC

06:31 Let us hope when the International Widows’ Day celebrations are held next year, there will be fewer widows at... http://t.co/9ibg47iE

06:31 International Widows’ Day Celebrations of 2012 in Nedunkerny http://t.co/7ywgDG0H #lka #srilanka

13:16 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/X6oHmaiT #srilanka #lka #india

14:20 Extremely saddened to hear about @SouthAsiaWired's closure http://t.co/PSMdCWv0 Their focus on South Asia will be missed by us and others. June 2012 / 116

17:00 RT @MelGuna Besides running resorts, selling vegetables, collecting garbage|#SriLanka deploys #troops to battle #dengue fever http://t.co/0melmIzk #lk

17:00 @MelGuna Excel error?

17:00 RT @MelGuna #SriLanka #budget off track in first quarter 2012, overspending outpaces revenues http://t.co/3fStYwun #lk

17:13 @SouthAsiaWired & @DeviBoerema should take a look. Dominic's photos, which we were shown, are stunning http://t.co/yp5GONbw #lka #srilanka

20:56 INCREMENTAL SECESSIONISM: WHY DEVOLUTION MUSTN’T BE OPEN-ENDED http://t.co/l6zW5h6q #lka #srilanka

20:57 Messing in the maze: A response to Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka http://t.co/0lqOan7h #lka #srilanka

21:02 While everything is debatable, not everything is negotiable. Some things, a few things, simply must not be... http://t.co/EiIDFhkG

21:02 As my friend Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka is probably aware, I rarely miss his articles. Sometimes I have been mildly... http://t.co/JRJYEyLF June 2012 / 117

21:05 Messing in the maze: A response to Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka: Photo courtesy Reuters As my friend Dr. Dayan Jayatill... http://t.co/fOJdh4Wx

21:05 INCREMENTAL SECESSIONISM: WHY DEVOLUTION MUSTN’T BE OPEN-ENDED: Picture from While everything ... http://t.co/ml8RxoSd

21:11 This is a vital read, from a former #US President | A Cruel and Unusual Record http://t.co/L2Wvs4LM @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka @UN_HRC

21:11 The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials... http://t.co/ProMRr8m

21:42 @DeviBoerema Yes, sadly Dom only told us about it over weekend. See http://t.co/8hGFSQeS for other great works by photographers from #lka

26'th June, 2012

04:23 Cast as Mother – A Reading: Audience Reviews: Photo by Ruvin de Silva ‘Cast as Mother’ – a dramatic reading of a... http://t.co/svegikbC

06:19 @emjacobi Thank you.

06:56 ‘Cast as Mother’ – a dramatic reading of an upcoming play by Stages Theatre Group was held at the Lionel Wendt on... http://t.co/GEOKXVRm June 2012 / 118

07:30 Discuss | Dispelling perceptions of uncaring government in the North http://t.co/PKHRVhUZ #lka #srilanka #jaffna @lankasol

07:31 There is no doubt that the building of big infrastructure in the north will indirectly benefit the people of the... http://t.co/nn74rvAJ

07:39 Jehan is more sanguine about Omanthai today http://t.co/PKHRVhUZ than our report from April http://t.co/44qmkNpW Hope he is right #lka

08:31 RT @MelGuna #UN running low of funds for solid waste, #shelter, #water, #ambulance services for #SriLanka work in north http://t.co/pbsTzDb7 #lk

08:33 @MelGuna That's a staggering shortfall. Isn't primary responsibility of care on GoSL?

09:17 More chirpy news this morning! | Sri Lankan rupee at near record low; stocks down http://t.co/BMszll0d #lka #srilanka

09:48 We like! | Call for Ray Bradbury to be honoured with internet error message http://t.co/KsovQix8 #web #censorship @TechChange

10:12 @MelGuna We know - let's bring the Army to solve the issue. It's a 'bona fide' disaster, so no problem on that score, right?

11:56 @nirananketell Nope - on SLT ADSL. Trying again via Dialog HSDPA. June 2012 / 119

11:57 @nirananketell Negative on @dialoglk HSDPA (iPhone Personal Hotspot) connection. Will try with Etisalat dongle.

11:57 On the issue of "land grabs" by the government | #TNA protest in Killinochchi today http://t.co/05OIUx9K #srilanka #lka

12:01 @nirananketell And it's blocked on Etisalat as well. Guess one has to use @torproject via any network to access.

12:04 @nirananketell Given access issues, there is merit in mirroring via Wordpress, Blogger, FB page. Also, and at risk of repetition, translate?

12:05 @nirananketell CORRECTION: Site loads fine via Etisalat dongle. We were still on SLT ADSL when we tried last. Point reg. mirroring stands.

12:08 @nigelvnugawela @nirananketell And on Etisalat, which remains the MOST open 'net provider in #lka to date. http://t.co/NjzATg16

15:03 They are at it again - DESTROYING TREES via @cepaSL http://t.co/ZG2hevaE #lka #srilanka See our report from '11 http://t.co/xhGgJW1W

15:09 @Apelankawe @dmbreakingnews @adaderana @lankamuslims It ended peacefully? https://t.co/wt64EQhC

15:16 @NalakaG @cepasl They may be too busy reading for the next Hi book club gathering at the Hilton. June 2012 / 120

15:17 Human Rights, The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Sri Lankan | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/rYKy6Bu8

16:10 The plot thickens? | @CeylonToday Saga: The Management Speaks Out http://t.co/kOv4aiPI @dinidu @AmanthaP #lka #sirlanka #media

16:13 @AmanthaP You would know better than us.

16:28 RT @akeenan23 Is this reconciliation #srilanka style?: give ex-LTTE fighters guns and make them work for govt? http://t.co/lsOgOWQc

16:32 @InduNan If aimed at #lka audience (as .lk suggests), better to use local images than those just taken off the web? http://t.co/iSlqWP3c

17:21 @InduNan @shagee_1 Cheers and bon chance. Seems to be very different job from your earlier responsibilities!

17:47 Called Parkinson's Voice Initiative today. I encourage you to do the same. Sanjana | http://t.co/PgK4u9ab @tedtalks via http://t.co/y2LWXUEr

18:04 RT @rkguruparan http://t.co/VlRkGiN8, http://t.co/tEcbUhDA are down or blocked. Both are popular Tamil news websites. #lka #tamil

18:04 @rkguruparan Were these accessible recently? And what ISP are you using/trying? June 2012 / 121

19:08 A new spate of web censorship in Sri Lanka? http://t.co/AJO543f3 #lka #srilanka @nirananketell @rkguruparan @cpjasia @hrw @CrisisGroup

19:09 Today’s spate of arbitrary blocks on Tamil language sites reporting on issues and events of deep significance... http://t.co/P42SLAU9

19:22 A new spate of web censorship in Sri Lanka?: Reports online suggest that Dialog Axiata and Sri Lanka Telecom (SL... http://t.co/2v8m0Qhw

27'th June, 2012

00:28 saritham, ponguthamil & saritham, all .com, blocked on SLT & @dialoglk but http://t.co/IHrbImp2 now loading. #lka #srilanka @rkguruparan

00:49 A comprehensive curation of growing web censorship in Sri Lanka http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj #lka #srilanka

01:34 RT @francesharris0n #un internal inquiry into their #srilanka 09 war conduct has not interviewed key staff who worked in war zone! Due to finish soon.

01:34 @francesharris0n Is this confirmed?

01:35 RT @akeenan23 Strange but true? Law firm headed by Namal Rajapaksa 26 y.o. son of #Srilanka president getting lots of govt contracts? http://t.co/IcPMT1Fs June 2012 / 122

01:42 THIS is what passes for contemporary media studies in #lka http://t.co/K3Y5PHWC @NalakaG #srilanka Feel overwhelming pity for MSM journos.

04:13 An Archive of Memories: Viewing War Footage Critically: Image courtesy Ron Haviv’s photo essay The Fires Within:... http://t.co/xiEWXK9j

06:35 An Archive of Memories: Viewing War Footage Critically http://t.co/tgzARmvw #lka #srilanka

06:36 In thinking about war photography and coming to appreciate what imagery is important to us, we are in the process... http://t.co/mSa6cpls

06:41 RT @pressfreedom Considering watching "Silenced Voices" @hrwfilmfestival? Check out our video report on #SriLanka: http://t.co/MeFTqhCm

06:43 @pressfreedom @hrwfilmfestival Is there anyone who can send us a DVD of 'Silenced Voices'? #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:49 RT @Apelankawe Any reason why @DMbreakingnews and @adaderana didn't report on yesterday's protest in #Murigandy or the skirmish with Army the prev day?

07:16 RT @AJEnglish An open call for #documentary filmmakers in #Asia to submit proposals to Al Jazeera by Aug 3. More information on: http://t.co/LaiBuT4h June 2012 / 123

07:17 Open Call For Filmmakers in Asia Al Jazeera invites filmmakers in Asia to submit proposals for our Observational... http://t.co/cKE1mVwR

07:52 #srilanka's adivasi language on Google's Endangered Languages initiative http://t.co/Prgj6pwI #lka

08:01 RT @nirananketell Lankasri has translation of original Tamil story published on blocked http://t.co/PYyzQ133 http://t.co/q1xJijdy @groundviews #lka #srilanka

08:02 @nirananketell Thanks for heads up.

09:13 @ronhaviv Excellent photo essay on #srilanka. Have you returned since you were here around '07?

09:30 This is horrible | Refugee boat carrying 150 capsizes off northwest Australia http://t.co/QjBiSnKP #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella

09:32 A boat carrying around 150 suspected asylum seekers capsized on Wednesday between Indonesia and Australia's... http://t.co/PiEaKe2n

09:35 @SharnelleVella Thanks - this is beyond mad.

09:38 For latest news on asylum boat capsizing today, here's a Google News RSS feed http://t.co/BRLDwSyT #lka #srilanka @lankasol

09:48 @Dinoukc Thanks. June 2012 / 124

09:49 RT @Dinoukc @groundviews have a view here http://t.co/zG43vvyt

10:13 @ronhaviv Do let us know if you do. In the meanwhile, check out http://t.co/NaE6Sc9H for a different set of frames on #lka

10:14 @imagerata Yes, it's quite strange even to our ears and beyond current generation of Veddas not sure how it will survive.

11:02 @ashandilgith A fundamentally important question, this. 3 years ago, we published this http://t.co/wNyWRBye #lka #srilanka

11:07 @ashandilgith As you know, little meaningful debate on the issue in MSM, save for soundbites.

11:37 GoSL says no to LLRC plan http://t.co/T0yRHnW3 Media says yes http://t.co/vVJvxhqH Who is telling truth? @StateDept @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka

11:59 @francesharris0n Thanks.

12:05 North Central Provincial council will be dissolved with effect from mid night today -Govt sources via @adaderana SMS #lka #srilanka

12:10 @nnulk Yes - absolutely. Just lovely. Never mind destitute and displaced citizens http://t.co/2Ma31C3N let's spend on elections. #lka June 2012 / 125

12:17 @UNDP_BD Sri Lanka is post-war. It is emphatically not post-conflict. Had hoped UNDP would understand difference @devramiah #lka #srilanka

12:17 Fraud Bureau officials arrested on bribe charges http://t.co/oiDQbIqX #srilanka #lka #bribery

12:21 "Sabaragamuwa, North Central and Eastern Provincial Councils are to be dissolved midnight today - sources - DM" SMS Update #srilanka #lka

14:15 Real time news coverage of today's boat capsizing off #australia https://t.co/8wUzPUxl #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella

17:43 @USEmbSL Many thanks for that.

21:30 RT @cocoveranda Wow finally bought a on @iTunesMusic #iTunes #SriLanka! This awesome!!

21:32 @cocoveranda @itunesmusic Though we do wish there was a far better, wider selection. And please introduce more Books!

22:12 @NalakaG But they all wash dirtily laundry in public? http://t.co/nqD45jC9

22:13 Who to believe when media freedom defenders stand accused of threatening it? http://t.co/nqD45jC9 @cpjasia #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 126

28'th June, 2012

04:14 American Foreign Policy and the HRC Resolution on Sri Lanka: Image courtesy Onlanka News Obama and Human Rights ... http://t.co/46qXeyJv

07:14 American Foreign Policy and the HRC Resolution on Sri Lanka http://t.co/Hi9rxU8W #lka #srilanka

07:14 The HRC resolution on Sri Lanka was important, although there are still many reasons for people to be skeptical... http://t.co/zIwEUbMe

13:30 @AmanthaP Indeed. Read it yesterday and as we noted https://t.co/wRFwIzdY

13:35 BREAKING: Asylum seekers in boat that capsized off #australia yesterday were from #srilanka. All believed to be Tamil. Men, women & children

13:35 BREAKING: Related to last tweet - Some of them are apparently entire families (parents, grandparents, children) #lka #srilanka

13:36 BREAKING: We are told authorities confirm that asylum seekers were from #srilanka. Expect media in #australia to run with this anon. #lka

13:36 BREAKING: We are told that this is the alleged boat the asylum seekers were in #lka #srilanka #australia http://t.co/oHnjltaW June 2012 / 127

13:38 BREAKING: A photo of mother & son, allegedly Tamil from #srilanka, rescued and taken to #australia for processing #lka http://t.co/eHcigy21

13:39 BREAKING: Photo of young boy, allegedly Tamil from #lka rescued from capsized boat taken to safety in #australia http://t.co/UtOB6008

13:40 BREAKING: Photo of what appears to be a family, allegedly Tamil from #lka, rescued yesterday from seas off #australia http://t.co/nvVn0Eth

14:00 @SouthAsiaWired Most welcome.

14:10 RT @article19org @colombotelegrap reveals more info abt #SriLanka #journalist, Issapria. Absolutely shocking #warcrimes http://t.co/5jRMJwpt #rajapakse ^OS

14:21 RT @rkguruparan The Jaffna Magistrate has confirmed his order banning the TNPF protest against the land grab on 18.06.2012. (1) #lka #tamils

14:23 RT @Diplomat_APAC The end of the civil war brought hopes #SriLanka could unite. But attacks by radical Buddhists suggest a new challenge. http://t.co/aGZho4xS

14:25 @Apelankawe Our source with Australian media - will check and revert.

14:32 @Apelankawe Sorry, what pic is that with the 'not lankan looking mother'?! June 2012 / 128

14:33 @Apelankawe Our source reconfirms images are from the second ship that capsized, and that they are (largely/sadly) from #srilanka.

14:43 @Apelankawe Sorry but in that story, photo caption clearly notes, "survivors from an asylum boat sinking" http://t.co/c16bIu7H

14:45 @Apelankawe Too many bloody boats!

14:47 Speaking on the third anniversary of the end of the civil war, President Mahinda Rajapaksa used his annual... http://t.co/JU0TAxnT

14:48 @Apelankawe 1. We didn't tweet the second photo, so not sure what you were referring to 2. Never said those in boat 100% from #lka?

14:49 @Apelankawe Our source reconfirming with Australian Emergency Services. Will keep you and others posted.

15:24 1. Reg. #australia asylum seekers, this is what we know. Confirmed by source in media, who cross-referenced & confirmed with immigration.

15:24 2. Boat 1 which capsized had largely suspected Afghan asylum seekers. Boat 2 which was intercepted had ~100, largely from #lka apparently.

15:24 3. Boat 1 capsized. Boat 2 intercepted. See http://t.co/H7IV8X1r for story. June 2012 / 129

15:24 4. No fatalities in Boat 2 which was intercepted. Australian Emergency Services reconfirming to our source origin (i.e. lankan or not) anon.

15:24 5. Will keep tabs on story. Australian emergency and immigration also seem overwhelmed by so many boats over so little space of time.

15:24 6. It's 7:50pm in #australia, so those awake and following story, please tweet/update/clarify as media reports it over there. Thanks.

15:27 Very timely | Panel discussion on preventing human smuggling & trafficking organised by @SLPI on Monday #lka #srilanka http://t.co/huO5TqI2

15:46 @Apelankawe Well it's a helluva challenge isn't it? No easy answers. And the off-shore processing bill also defeated, so deadlock?

16:02 Sri Lanka’s Muslims Under Siege? http://t.co/6kt6Kbm9 @LankaMuslims @aufidius @mhmhisham #lka #srilanka

16:04 Muhammad Omar, a trishaw driver attending prayer services at the mosque, notes that “Everywhere, people have... http://t.co/4YJK5uDS

16:16 South Asia Wired says goodbye http://t.co/bEkUvLVF Sad day, this and we wish team & staff the best @SouthAsiaWired @DeviBoerema June 2012 / 130

16:32 Drastic budget cuts at Radio Netherlands Worldwide have meant that our South Asia service is one of the... http://t.co/YMRp22P1

18:06 The Oldest and the Greatest: A reflection on the Bradby Shield and what it stands for http://t.co/QKgvqUmp #lka #srilanka

18:07 That long observed silence of even rival supporters when a kick is lined up has been a hallmark of the Bradby... http://t.co/RKgzPzdi

18:19 The Oldest and the Greatest: A reflection on the Bradby Shield and what it stands for: Image courtesy Trinity Co... http://t.co/Ze8cGU4s

29'th June, 2012

04:14 Taking back our temples!: Image courtesy Global Abilities blog To visit a place of worship seems such a natural ... http://t.co/cRBMMSmH

06:34 To visit a place of worship seems such a natural thing to do to the extent that we rarely consider it in terms of... http://t.co/qcg6iqAq

06:36 RT @AmanthaP More boats with asylum seekers heading to Australia - http://t.co/cZ3A3cki @theage #SRILANKA #lka

06:37 @AmanthaP Hope you're coming for the discussion @SLPI on Monday. June 2012 / 131

06:47 Sri Lanka's Tamils face identity crisis http://t.co/8dyrii7G #lka #srilanka

06:47 Without a national identity card, many Tamils in Sri Lanka cannot avail of basic services and it makes them... http://t.co/2rKS312W

07:21 Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press photo on dengue prevention in #lka via @WSJ Photo Journal http://t.co/XZbBKzfs http://t.co/yJs7Z8Vc

07:24 Rupee continues its unpatriotic streak! | Sri Lanka rupee hits record low; shares down http://t.co/WhXIadeO #lka #srilanka @TalkEconomicsSL

07:42 @f_k_campbell Thanks again for submitting this article.

07:49 @f_k_campbell Trust you are already in touch with http://t.co/iHGh1xoZ and in particular, it's Chairperson.

08:13 2. Almost every single story from media in #australia or other wire reports. Nothing original, investigative, interrogative, inward looking.

08:13 1. The level of discussion in #lka media on recent spate of asylum seekers to #australia, via @DMbreakingnews #srilanka http://t.co/rlW3a9Y7

08:13 3. If mainstream media doesn't think this is serious & growing issue, how to best address? Does denial help strengthen human smuggling? #lka June 2012 / 132

08:13 4. Hope @Dinoukc's newspaper, and others pick up this issue via long-form and other reports. Desperate need for discussion in #lka on this.

08:21 RT @NalakaG @groundviews @SLPI Ask Sinhala lang journos WHY they portray human smuggling victims as mere law-breakers & not probe why so many flee #lka

09:02 LECO turns off the power in Delkanda/Nugegoda at 9am. Indefinite power cut. Sign of things to come. #lka #srilanka

09:03 RT @NalakaG Reporting on Human smuggling needs far more than a law & order approach. Illicit industry feeds a huge unmet demand from unhappy #lka youth!

10:33 @ABRFOTO @dinoukc Sex and topless models. Brilliant.

12:31 @Dinoukc Please DM or tweet URLs if it's not too much of a bother, for us to highlight? As @ABRFOTO flags, poor coverage on all sides #lka

12:51 RT @Dinoukc @groundviews http://t.co/o2IgSpr9 @ABRFOTO

12:51 RT @Dinoukc @groundviews http://t.co/haspzNkV @ABRFOTO

12:56 @Dinoukc @abrfoto Hope you or someone from the Leader is coming to @slpi's event on Monday https://t.co/Q47zkW3w #lka June 2012 / 133

13:08 CONFIRM: Report received that Sri Lanka Mirror office, under court order, has been raided by Police. Staff being questioned. #lka #srilanka

14:40 @nisald We were told, unsurprisingly, that it was over content published on their website network. Details vague as to what trigger was.

15:14 Told that Sri Lanka Mirror staff computers sealed and taken away by Police, mobile phone records checked, CID at Editors residence #lka

15:14 @nisald Thanks for this.

15:15 RT @nisald @groundviews yeah he talks to us short while ago :) http://t.co/RnawUddk

15:16 @nisald Is it confirmed that journos from Sri Lanka Mirror have been arrested? Didn't hear this.

15:35 Sri Lanka Mirror website contrary to some reports is NOT blocked in #srilanka on SLT ADSL and Dialog #lka

15:35 RT @nisald @groundviews http://t.co/L8OjE82P updated

17:34 @Apelankawe @adaderana @dmbreakingnews Nothing we have heard. Plenty of rumours, but cannot confirm so will not report.

17:39 An online paper the Sri Lanka Mirror raided http://t.co/Ap91L4OM #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 134

30'th June, 2012

09:58 "We will continue to support" | Political reconciliation a Sri Lanka issue: Menon (Hindu) http://t.co/mClJ6gBk #srilanka #lka #india

10:00 Sri Lanka Arrests 9 Web Site Journalists (@nytimesworld) http://t.co/IzUBQcAw #srilanka #lka #FOE #media

10:06 EPC poll: , SLMC on UPFA ticket http://t.co/agTy864N #srilanka #lka

17:51 India expresses displeasure over SL’s failure http://t.co/6oVk0jgX #srilanka #lka #india

17:58 Embassy Concern over Media Harassment http://t.co/IB9miuT2 #srilanka #lka @USEmbassySLanka #media #FOE @pressfreedom

18:06 Sri Lanka Mirror staff given bail http://t.co/Dyxv3CnE #srilanka #lka

18:08 State owned Sinhala daily says Sri Lanka Mirror raided for misinforming society & threats to national security http://t.co/Br1vTt12

18:24 US concern over media harassment http://t.co/KXaqMPpk @USEmbSL #lka #srilanka

18:25 Websites propagating false news sealed-MOD http://t.co/U5K9Fxxd #lka #srilanka June 2012 / 135

18:26 RT @Apelankawe 142 Lankans at Christmas Island: http://t.co/vE4yc5Cx via @DMbreakingnews

18:46 RT @Dinoukc @groundviews can the met dept. be shutdown for reporting rain? June 2012 / 136

July

1'st July, 2012

07:05 On how we can use technology for reconciliation, but aren't | ICT without agency? http://t.co/UmbA2Fdu @ICTASriLanka #lka #srilanka

07:06 There is in Sri Lanka an Information and Communications Technology Agency. There are also Ministries of Science... http://t.co/2MHs2rIG

07:15 Karu protests arrest of website staff http://t.co/eJ9A2qF2 #lka #srilanka

10:35 Menon calls for elections to the Northern PC http://t.co/NQyO56Bf #srilanka #lka #india

10:41 Rs. 600m in public funds for PC polls http://t.co/SLd2FPYB #srilanka #lka

10:54 Sri Lanka senior opposition figure calls for end to arbitrary rule http://t.co/gi2I7dQf #srilanka #lka

2'nd July, 2012

09:28 Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 1 http://t.co/l4eNZWFO #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 137

09:29 Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 2 http://t.co/kOVAmSiQ #lka #srilanka

09:30 The loss of forests also contributes greatly to the water cleaning functions of any nation. The quantity of water... http://t.co/WUOp2WQx

09:30 Living on a densely populated island, requires us to be extremely vigilant about our water, its quality, quantity... http://t.co/NFV5DXHw

09:33 Swiss Francs 85 Million Invested In Swiss Banks By Sri Lankans Last Year http://t.co/T7Kgvo0I #lka #srilanka

09:36 Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 1: Erosion from tea plantation. Photo submitted by author. The three basi... http://t.co/e8KecDfC

09:36 Towards an Informed Water Vision: Part 2: Uda Walawe Tank, photo submitted by author Through water qu... http://t.co/P2m9VLiy

09:43 EU concern over media harassment http://t.co/XpeDQSHX #srilanka #lka #media #FoE

12:52 Clearly, there's no end to this | Another Lankan boat to Christmas Island http://t.co/OzbYTvRs #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella

13:05 RT @DeaneJ @groundviews The Boat's name is "Sanjana Putha 04" July 2012 / 138

13:06 @DeaneJ *^%*&%(#^(!^ !!!! :)

13:44 @ThilinaRa @DeaneJ did! :)

16:00 RT @Apelankawe Its-not-the-biggest-blunder-but-only-a-blunder Keheliya now says media not being suppressed: http://t.co/WyZ8Mn5n So what then is it?

16:04 Thanks for tip @Apelankawe | New word / idea: "defamining President" via @TimesOnlineLK http://t.co/WqVfZKCO #lka http://t.co/ZTahHKKt

17:21 At @SLPI press conference on #asylum issue with @AmanthaP #lka #srilanka http://t.co/1M4PAPGf

17:25 Lots of electronic media present. Also @Vikalpa and perhaps print. But not packed as expected #lka #srilanka #slpi

17:30 Head table/panel for @slpi panel on #asylum issue. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/b2sq9X1K

17:30 Human trafficking different to human smuggling says ILO at #slpi media event #lka #srilanka

17:32 ILO rep talking at #slpi event #lka #srilanka Good presentation on lay of land. Useful for media. http://t.co/z2E1UoLn

17:35 Confusion between smuggling and trafficking in mainstream media says ILO Rep at #slpi event #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 139

17:38 Sinhala simultaneous translation of ILO rep talk absolutely pathetic @slpi event. Wrong words, mistranslation of ideas #slpi #lka #srilanka

17:41 Strongly suggest @slpi gets statement/presentation from ILO. VITAL that this is accurately translated to Sin/Tam #slpi #lka #srilanka

17:43 Sri Lanka needs victim and witness protection laws, says ILO rep at #slpi event in order to stem trafficking. #lka #srilanka

17:45 @Dinoukc You here at the #slpi press conf?

17:50 Dept of Immigration Anti Trafficking rep speaking at #slpi event says they are low on resources #lka #srilanka http://t.co/GeTL2L61

17:52 #srilanka's legal framework essentially inadequate to prosecute offenders of trafficking and smuggling & protect victims #lka #slpi

17:55 Pakistani's and Afghans entering #srilanka to go on to Australia. Measures in place to stem and address but hard #lka #slpi

17:56 #srilanka is now a transit point for trafficking says Govt rep at #slpi event.

17:58 Police spokesperson talking at #slpi event #lka #srilanka http://t.co/foZ7M4qL July 2012 / 140

17:59 @AzzamAmeen @slpi Is it as bad in Tamil too? Larger concern here is what our MPs are being told if floor speech is in Eng or Tamil!

18:02 Hundreds arrested since '09 who are into human smuggling says Police spox. No interest in issue beyond law and order #lka #srilanka #slpi

18:03 Trivia: interrupted by call Police spox says he gets 300-400 calls a day. #lka #srilanka #slpi

18:05 RT @AzzamAmeen @groundviews @slpi Tamil better comparing to Sinhala but not perfect

18:06 @AzzamAmeen @slpi Thanks. Shared problem this and a big issue when dealing with a issue like this where terminology needs to be spot on.

18:07 99% of suspects taken into custody this year for smuggling are Tamils or Muslims says Police spox #lka #srilanka #slpi

18:08 Police spox says image of country tarnished because of human smuggling #lka #srilanka #slpi

18:10 Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment speaking at #slpi press conf #lka #srilanka http://t.co/TgirGmLS

18:11 @MsAMR25 @azzamameen @slpi Translation is and was never transliteration? Need those familiar with ideas, no need to do verbatim. July 2012 / 141

18:13 @Apelankawe Certainly.

18:20 @AzzamAmeen @apelankawe Where they invited to be on panel? Odd they aren't, given issue?

18:23 What is conviction rate? Is first question. Many are still pending in court says Police spox #slpi

18:32 @Apelankawe Yes. Confirmed.

18:32 @Apelankawe Told there is and it is growing.

18:35 Access to those identified as from #lka limited by GoSL reps in Australia. Also noted that those not from #lka saying they are.

18:36 Asked what details of finances involved in smuggling and trafficking from ILO who said #lka data unavailable #slpi

18:37 @Apelankawe Also said there are links with Interpol to stem illegal outflows #lka #srilanka

18:39 Most asylum seekers are economic migrants says Govt rep at #slpi panel #lka #srilanka

18:51 Poverty, domestic violence, economic, plus curiosity of just going abroad some key reasons for illegal outflows says ILO rep #lka #slpi

19:04 @Apelankawe ILO research. Not sure what basis / methodology of research is. Rep a friend. Will pursue. July 2012 / 142

20:33 Sad that on a panel with four GoSL reps, the best, by far, in shedding some new light on the issue was #lka rep from ILO #srilanka @slpi

20:34 @slpi's question at the end of press conf to media resulted in usual pedestrian palaver about media hindering Police #lka

20:35 MTV rep present in audience said #asylum issue a matter of CSR for channel. We'd have thought it's just good journalism? #lka #srilanka

20:36 Not a single rep from #australia present in the room spoke out at any time, on any issue at @slpi press conf today #lka #srilanka

20:44 @sunili Don't know designations @slpi will know, since everyone had to sign in.

22:27 Growing Traffic in Sri Lanka’s Waters Threatens Blue Whales (NYT) http://t.co/w1JEhgwP #srilanka #lka

22:29 arrest 53 people for failing to remove stagnant water where mosquitoes breed (WP) http://t.co/34F2IkXv #srilanka #lka

22:35 ‘India’s stand at UNHRC will depend on SL’s actions’ http://t.co/U7rNpyOo #srilanka #lka #india July 2012 / 143

3'rd July, 2012

06:36 Marine biologist Asha de Vos wants to save a little understood population of blue whales off the coast of Sri... http://t.co/9ooaerWr

06:37 Saving Blue Whales http://t.co/g9mSsTKt on marine biologist Asha de Vos #lka #srilanka via @nytimes See also http://t.co/drczqx8z

11:34 RT @vijaysappani Former Sri Lankan naval officer ‘complicit’ in war crimes: Canadian Immigration-Refugee Board http://t.co/LFUDTdJl @RKKrishnan @groundviews

11:34 Colombo Uni. to shed light into seized computers http://t.co/8iPqadgq #lka #srilanka #media

16:57 The ghost ships that creep across the blue http://t.co/vBZe3n1i #lka #srilanka #australia #asylum @sunili @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella

17:44 UN concerned over raid on SL news websites http://t.co/FQu372Bi #srilanka #lka #FoE #media

18:02 An important, well reasoned critique | Failed Index http://t.co/0qy1OOxV @ushahidi @EthanZ

18:31 @vijaysappani @azzamameen @apelankawe Not sure - have to ask @slpi. @vikalpavoices recorded the entire event, but have to check quality. July 2012 / 144

18:38 "This sadly mirrors the response to rights issues more generally" | Sri Lanka: Halt Harassment of Media http://t.co/Fr2bLWEE #srilanka #lka

19:49 @pressfreedom @hrwfilmfestival @lankasol Have done so, thanks very much.

4'th July, 2012

06:37 A Tempest Brewing in My Heart O’er Mother Sri Lanka http://t.co/A6jOBnE1 #lka #srilanka

06:39 We witness this cognitive dissonance via websites and Facebook pages that promote an intolerant ideology by a... http://t.co/GVLSzOPa

06:43 Sri Lanka: Halt Harassment of Media http://t.co/Fr2bLWEE via @hrw #lka #srilanka #media

07:19 So the entire GOSL panel and ILO repo on Monday's press conference were wrong? http://t.co/zd7cGc7q Bizarre denial #lka #srilanka @sunili

07:23 @tonyowright Can you confirm #asylum seekers were of Sri Lankan origin? SL Govt now claims they weren't http://t.co/zd7cGc7q #lka #srilanka

07:26 @Dinoukc @abrfoto SL Govt contradicts your report, says that it's all a conspiracy http://t.co/zd7cGc7q Comment? #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 145

07:30 Discuss: Keheliya's fall in Australia may have led to as yet undetected brain injuries http://t.co/zd7cGc7q #lka #srilanka

09:31 RT @AmanthaP @groundviews really bad reporting/good stenography in @ceylontoday on @slpi discussion on smuggling (P4) http://t.co/SWsRTqQb #SRILANKA

09:32 @teearuna @ushahidi @ethanz Hadn't, thanks for link. Fear is that likes of SL Govt will use this criticism to say no reforms are necessary.

10:29 RT @NalakaG "This infrastructure will not be accepted as a trade-off for our rights" - Jaffna student speaks for many more in #lka http://t.co/TXupJo8d

10:36 @AmanthaP @ceylontoday @slpi 2. Article makes ILO rep into a 'he' & attributes statements to ILO real rep, a female, never said! Atrocious!

10:36 @AmanthaP @ceylontoday @slpi 1. It's horrible - also got completely wrong our question on financial architecture, and ILO response to it!

10:42 RT @IFEX #FMM concerned over termination of editorial director, cartoonist http://t.co/4h28IiVT | #SriLanka

10:44 RT @AzzamAmeen Buddhist and Hindu devotees walk together towards their respective historical temples in Nagadeepaya,#Jaffna #lka http://t.co/dju8JzCp July 2012 / 146

11:02 @AmanthaP 4. Noted that every conceivable fact & definition noted at press conf by her and others has been misreported. #lka MSM today?!

11:02 @AmanthaP @ceylontoday 3. Just received call from extremely annoyed ILO rep over article who intends to write to Ed Hana Ibhrahim directly.

12:36 Pres. Rajapaksa today asked govt. groups to vote against the bill blocking priests from engaging in mainstream politics - DM SMS Update #lka

15:50 @tonyowright Actually, Minister then notes "There were no Lankans in the recent boat controversies" GoSL deserves a Booker for its fiction.

15:58 So many in #srilanka would agree wholeheartedly | CRICKET IS THE BEST SPORT http://t.co/FV7ncuBM via @intlifemag #lka

18:47 RT @AzzamAmeen 2 Government Local council members from Akurassa and Tangalle arrested for raping teenage girls in two separate cases #lka

18:47 @AzzamAmeen But is there rape in Sri Lanka according to the Government? Read http://t.co/YcbD2DMM #lka #srilanka

20:39 Lifting of gay ban must come from people says Sri Lankan activist http://t.co/Fv4oGdm3 #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 147

5'th July, 2012

07:26 Sri Lanka FM hits back over crackdown criticism http://t.co/NUsW78jB #lka #srilanka

07:35 Vital video to watch | ILO rep on Human Smuggling & Trafficking at @SLPI press conf http://t.co/t8bwq6cD #lka #srilanka @sunili @ABRFOTO

07:38 Chandrika Karunaratna, National Programme Coordinator, Trafficking in Persons & Forced Labour, International... http://t.co/okNCFZfr

12:37 RT @iam_project On the road to Negombo to explore a new region for http://t.co/dz3b0m3O series two. Searching for #lka elders

12:37 @iam_project Good luck and looking forward to output.

12:37 RT @AzzamAmeen Another visit to PTK the former battle zone, Military presence reduced, only few check points #lka

12:38 @AzzamAmeen Photos please, thanks.

12:38 @Shaahima @halikazeez Started last year? Read Cutting down trees to make Colombo beautiful? http://t.co/xhGgJW1W

12:40 @ABRFOTO @slpi @sunili If @CeylonToday's pathetic coverage is anything to go by, not pegging too much hope to MSM! July 2012 / 148

12:41 Everyday it's like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole in #srilanka | Alleged plan to overthrow Govt. http://t.co/Q44mujpp #lka

12:50 @Dinoukc Absolutely spot on. We've also been in touch with the Martians, who have promised lots of green lasers for the UNP.

12:50 @Dinoukc But more seriously, @CeylonToday article says http://t.co/JqZUV7W5 *banned*. When did that happen? It's blocked surely, not banned?

13:05 @Dinoukc Precisely.

13:57 Going towards compulsory registration | Media laws to be amended http://t.co/XsxcduI4 #lka #srilanka

14:47 RT @iam_project @lankasol @groundviews thank you! If your followers know interesting characters please DM me

14:47 Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 1) http://t.co/u4df8jU8 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

14:49 Looking back at the July 1983 disaster, almost 30 years later, it would be natural to query how key policy issues... http://t.co/rZ7uEE7g

14:50 #srilanka's 1st Commissioner General of Essential Services recalls the '83 anti-Tamil pogrom http://t.co/u4df8jU8 #lka July 2012 / 149

15:07 RT @MsAMR25 Really intriguing piece by BW on @groundviews http://t.co/SuKwywnl #srilanka #lka #rights

16:17 RT @DhakshiM A really good article on the 1983 July riots by Bradman Weerakoon on @groundviews Well worth reading http://t.co/Xs3aULCU #srilanka

16:27 @MelGuna @dinoukc Actually, it's just bad journalism, to not clarify if "block" was indeed noted, or not care, if "ban" was intended phrase.

16:46 RT @Apelankawe A model for Sri Lanka? Check Out The Massive Chinese-Built Ghost Town In The Middle Of Angola http://t.co/REBapqXU via @themoneygame

16:46 @Apelankawe Thanks for that link - truly amazing.

16:46 RT @Apelankawe Blunder-blender Keheliya on Govt plans for the dissenting media. I think we need a more concerted movement to protect freedom of speech.

17:04 Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 1): Photograph by Chandragupta Amarasinghe, courtes... http://t.co/bBSnwfsx

6'th July, 2012

06:44 1. At least 41 people including women and children taken into police custody while awaiting to flee to Australia illegaly in Vakarai #lka July 2012 / 150

06:45 2. Tweet via @DMbreakingnews SMS update #lka #srilanka

07:05 3. SMS disaggregates age of asylum seekers - 38 men, 1 woman, 2 children #lka #srilanka

07:24 @tarakijr We cannot say, and don't know enough about ground conditions to comment with any authority. Perhaps @TNAmediaoffice will opine.

09:30 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/N2K9rATw #srilanka #lka

10:14 Disturbing reports of an abduction attempt on a journalist affiliated with a website. Media groups formulating statement. Details anon #lka

10:46 RT @judecper @groundviews guys can u share http://t.co/3etC40jg to get our Sri Lankan team to the top of Microsoft Imagine Cup People's Choice award #lka

10:50 Worth voting for and supporting | B­A­C­K­ ­2­ ­E­A­R­T­H­ http://t.co/wjkNv6m3 #lka #srilanka @KnightMalathy @anushwij

16:07 @ceycitizen @rangaba @rkkrishnan @srilanka @dmbreakingnews @newsfirst_en After the Ceylinco fiasco, not sure. Possibly still same group?

18:25 Media groups issue statement on attempted abduction of journalist last evening in Nugegoda (in Sinhala) #lka #srilanka http://t.co/KrqkbXrm July 2012 / 151

19:00 Opening: Co-Editor, Groundviews - http://t.co/3cynWZau #lka #srilanka @lankasol

19:02 The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is looking for a Co-Editor for its award winning citizen journalism... http://t.co/7pTVuewO

20:29 @SriLanka Thank for both updates. Given excellent research on Southern Highway @cepaSL will be interested in this.

21:17 RT @mashable Internet Access Is a Human Right, Says United Nations http://t.co/hJTr10Y2

22:31 Abuse by Sri Lanka’s army rubs salt in wounds of war, Tamil women say (WP) http://t.co/eEM6RNLl #srilanka #lka

7'th July, 2012

07:08 @ThilinaRa @cpasl Yes.

07:20 @ThilinaRa No.

07:23 @ThilinaRa Email us, or take us out for coffee.

07:35 @ThilinaRa You should join Govt - they would love to have you, given current dispensation. Goodbye.

08:21 Interesting. What's the real motive of seizure of equipment and attempted abduction of journo? | http://t.co/ql6bt2Pi #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 152

11:20 @ThilinaRa You were banned for wild accusations of hypocrisy (read definition) and trolling (zero tolerance).

11:28 You know, it's about this thing men | A-Z of Sri Lankan English: T is for this thing http://t.co/G4P0SWvg #lka #srilanka @Vasugi

11:29 What do you call something whose name you don’t know or can’t remember, or which you prefer to avoid naming for... http://t.co/nT9v9U9m

11:34 @MsAMR25 @DhakshiM @SivJ @francesharris0n @SabaThambi Bradman Weerakoon has promised us Part 2 by mid-July.

11:39 This really is a huge problem, given GoSL's own callous disregard | Donor interest in north waning http://t.co/TsKmZ2bZ #lka #srilanka

11:40 Donor assistance is waning in northern Sri Lanka, where the critical priorities of food, shelter, protection and... http://t.co/KALsTgvd

11:43 #srilanka Emerges as Launchpad for Human Smuggling http://t.co/K9hSaRGV via @AmanthaP #lka Best article out of @SLPI press conf on 2nd July.

11:51 A-Z of Sri Lankan English: T is for this thing: Original photo by Deshan Tennekoon What do you call something wh... http://t.co/ksWemrZC July 2012 / 153

12:02 Strangely, FUTA blog not updated since Aug 2011 http://t.co/F9oyBTzB Is uteachers.sl new official site? http://t.co/pJlLcpLZ #lka #srilanka

12:03 Worth reading and engaging | FUTA launched the Million Signature Campaign to `Save State Education’ http://t.co/f7RB9AoY #lka #srilanka

13:47 @ThilinaRa Censure? "Critisise"?! If you can't even spell or write correctly, we suspect comprehension of GV content must be difficult. Bye.

21:44 Why Jaya’s demands on Sri Lankan forces was right (Firstpost) http://t.co/Iz3RVa0X #srilanka #lka #india

21:44 "…we see light at the end of the tunnel..." | Govt. still hopes #TNA will take part in PSC http://t.co/CfsP9WJk #srilanka #lka

21:44 #TNA urges govt. to grant amnesty to detainees http://t.co/i1nPaycv #srilanka #lka

8'th July, 2012

06:19 RT @ABRFOTO Tamils suffer under army's heel by @simondenyer http://t.co/ovOAfT0N #lka #srilanka @groundviews

06:20 @ABRFOTO @simondenyer Thanks.

06:22 On web censorship and human trafficking | Sanjana Putha 04 http://t.co/PPxTKUNC #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 154

06:23 The banal palaver that infuses responses to both trafficking and online censorship is tiresomely predictable.... http://t.co/92o3A0Vp

06:36 RT @colombotelegrap #lka They Will Kill You – You Dirty Fucking Shit Journalist” “You Are Pigs Who Eat Shit” – Gota Threatened Again http://t.co/gFAFsRhV

06:37 This is not the kind of thing one wants to read on a Sunday morning | Gota goes on rampage. Again. http://t.co/LJeFWjh8 #lka #srilanka

06:39 FJ: Mr. Rajapaksa are you threatening me? GR: Yes! I am threatening you! Write every single word I have told you... http://t.co/3uTPZFzS

06:51 @nisald Said journalist is Editor of Sunday Leader and not on Twitter. Try @Dinoukc, who works there.

06:54 But according to GoSL, these must be Martians & Venusians | Another Lankan boat to Christmas Island http://t.co/yErmbV0P #lka #srilanka

06:57 Foreign policy challenges remain for Sri Lanka http://t.co/BrOTegwf Thing is, the Rajapaksa's are biggest problem #lka #srilanka

07:07 EQUALITY, UNITY, AUTONOMY, DEMOCRACY: “Ideas are great to the degree that they are feasible…Windbags with grand ... http://t.co/Mds7zp0P July 2012 / 155

07:29 @biggzio Given that the statements by him will be flatly denied, interesting if Editor has recording of calls @Dinoukc

07:56 We yearn for the day when we don't have to actively curate this | Web censorship in #srilanka http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj @bundlr #lka #srilanka

07:56 RT @akeenan23 Democracy #srilanka style: Court halts Jaffna doctors' protest at last month's violent attack on colleague at home http://t.co/ojuZyK5Y

07:56 RT @akeenan23 Text of politicians' letter to #srilanka president requesting burial, truth, justice in case of murdered Tamil prisoner http://t.co/jm0lafPW

07:57 RT @akeenan23 Will Canada immigration finding #srilanka naval officer complicit in war crimes affect SL amb to Aus, former navychief? http://t.co/E8CE0NCS

07:57 RT @akeenan23 What is #srilanka govt covering up? Were others murdered, too? Authorities refuse to return body of prisoner to family. http://t.co/E5Sq7dmv

07:58 @nirananketell @akeenan23 The underlying economics of MSM don't support this kind of journalism. Need micro-blogs to tweets to bear witness.

08:10 Very interesting presentation on #lka's economy in 2012 http://t.co/MRZAaZkz #srilanka @TalkEconomicsSL @cepaSL @lankasol July 2012 / 156

08:11 Senior economist Anila Dias Bandaranaike on Sri Lanka's economy in 2012. This is a very good presentation. From... http://t.co/LoKCsfw4

10:36 @Dinoukc @biggzio Understandably so.

11:40 @thekingsolomons @colombotelegrap We agree.

16:28 EQUALITY, UNITY, AUTONOMY, DEMOCRACY http://t.co/hVP4Wdc7 #lka #srilanka

16:29 What Mr Sumanthiran should have said is that if equal rights are not granted, then he, his party and his... http://t.co/7Ihar88T

16:43 Sri Lankan Tamil party claims several prisoners abused http://t.co/aNqOB2fJ #lka #srilanka

16:46 RT @cfhaviland Who is protecting safari drivers that kill rare species in #SriLanka parks? Rule of law lacking? What'll be effects on tourism? #lka

16:47 RT @SharnelleVella Very interesting to be in #srilanka and hear the radio reports here about Julia Gillard and boat people.

16:47 @SharnelleVella Which channel / programme?

16:48 RT @akeenan23 Someone for #srilanka gov to arrest: Karuna says "LTTE leadership should be held responsible" for use of child soldiers http://t.co/HkIg07eZ July 2012 / 157

16:48 RT @akeenan23 Outrageous: story on #srilanka child soldiers quotes gov minister Karuna w/o mentioning he was LTTE's main recruiter! http://t.co/HkIg07eZ

17:45 Call for submissions | A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka #srilanka @lankasol @sunili @ShashiTharoor

17:47 Prospective writers should anchor their story (or stories) to something very Sri Lankan – a phrase, place, event,... http://t.co/zLLqo8dT

18:11 @Mooresque Thanks! :)

18:15 The Press Release: Invitation to prospective writers: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/NPvbWRiK #lka #srilanka Pl share!

18:15 Invitation to prospective writers: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction: Photo courtesy The Blue Bookcase Arou... http://t.co/qqVCrisb

18:17 @SharnelleVella Not surprised. Thanks!

21:46 RT @Vasugi #lka From http://t.co/TxT5j1ua : "At the bloody end of the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009, 200,000 civilians were trapped on a beach..." (1)

21:46 RT @Vasugi ... between government forces and the Tamil Tigers. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed, but... (2) July 2012 / 158

21:47 RT @Vasugi ...the International Criminal Court has never investigated the case. Sri Lanka is a close ally of China." #lka #srilanka #icc (3)

21:57 RT @rkguruparan Yet another evidence that media in this country is racist: @DMbreakingnews reported Nimalaruban's death as "LTTE suspect dies" #lka

9'th July, 2012

07:03 Ok then | Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka calls for Arab Spring-style uprising http://t.co/XKe4qxsQ #lka #srilanka

07:14 RT @bfonseka Editorial in The Island- Paradise lost http://t.co/bpHjyoiN

07:14 RT @TNAmediaoffice Pics of #TNA #protest in #Mannar against #landgrabs by #army and fishing pass system http://t.co/foLYzJ7h #lka #srilanka #SLA #Tamil

07:54 Poetry | Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow http://t.co/VEbN111C #lka #srilanka

08:14 @ABRFOTO We know of many photos, but not of published essays. Publishing some of them will take years.

08:15 @ABRFOTO And thanks for the link to to, and for @JDSriLanka for putting them up. July 2012 / 159

08:16 In 2006, Sri Lanka stood on the brink of war. Q. Sakamaki, a Japanese born award winning photographer based in... http://t.co/j0ubEHH2

08:17 @ABRFOTO True, but no need to tell you that some of the photos are well… difficult to digest and for photographer, risks consequences.

08:18 Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: This request to write in 25 words or less the hint of a larger narrative teases my M... http://t.co/jL9CVcZO

08:57 RT @theyrc Money spent on bringing down indian actresses could have paid don's salary for two years http://t.co/FG2TWf17 #srilanka #universitycrisis

09:13 TNA says it has no faith in PSC http://t.co/aDwblsi6 #lka #srilanka

09:18 @TMnY Please write in too! :)

09:53 @TMnY Just in English.

10:40 RT @Callum_Macrae Gota Rajapaksa makes chilling threat to Sunday Leader journalist:'They will kill you!' Remember Lasantha #killingfields http://t.co/WtbuMUv6

10:46 Vital context on Gota issue | See http://t.co/PJk3qKmV & http://t.co/5c5VMjym then http://t.co/LWPbLlwV & http://t.co/3E2Y60Ho @Dinoukc #lka July 2012 / 160

10:49 A positive development for which @DMbreakingnews must be thanked for | Relief for brother and sister http://t.co/1AYGNcry #lka #srilanka

10:56 Sunday Leader has not one, but two Twitter accounts, both defunct! Why? @Dinoukc @sundayleader @sundayleaderlk

12:41 Already getting some amazing contributions to Hint Fiction initiative. This is going to be fun http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka #srilanka

13:11 Along with printed and bound copies of the over 1,400 comments in Tamil, Sinhala and English generated by Not In... http://t.co/7OOqmIre

13:14 Letter to President regarding religious extremism in Sri Lanka http://t.co/L7AGUa99 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

13:15 To every single reader who signed up to this, THANK YOU http://t.co/L7AGUa99 #lka #srilanka We remain a principled, concerned minority.

13:33 Letter to President regarding religious extremism in Sri Lanka: Along with printed and bound copies of the over ... http://t.co/caYPQD4A

14:46 RT @cfhaviland More ancient trees being cut down in Colombo streets. This blogger feels powerless. Why's it happening? http://t.co/98axdZK4 #srilanka #lka July 2012 / 161

19:24 Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka's Hidden War http://t.co/Vy5dgo3Y via @francesharris0n #lka #srilanka @lankasol

21:10 Bit of a gale in #Delkanda - very strong winds. Any other parts of #Colombo experiencing this weather? #lka #srilanka

22:24 No English MSM coverage of this? | Parents of dead Sri Lankan Tamil prisoner 'denied last rites' http://t.co/4YIjqYTX #lka #srilanka

22:25 The parents of a prisoner who died in obscure circumstances in Sri Lanka are locked in a battle with officials... http://t.co/lMJADkRS

23:03 @teearuna Completely off the Sinhala media radar too.

23:24 @teearuna #Sinhala translations by @vikalpavoices of #Tamil media content http://t.co/ldOTpgs8 Non-issue for MSM #lka #srilanka

23:24 RT @cfhaviland Parents of #SriLanka #Tamil prisoner, dead in obscure circumstances, seek to bring him home for last rites. BBC: http://t.co/obaa0zG3 #lka

23:27 Sheer genius | Met.warns of strong winds http://t.co/lLVMilVC #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 162

10'th July, 2012

06:45 How Credible are the Latest Official Claims Concerning Troop Reductions in Jaffna? http://t.co/fJpo36r1 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:48 Given that the war has now been over three years, there is no apparent strategic reason to withhold information... http://t.co/KVwtWFU7

06:54 How Credible are the Latest Official Claims Concerning Troop Reductions in Jaffna?: Image courtesy Kevin Sites i... http://t.co/mpvL3iFc

07:23 First-hand experience of July '83, the Army in Jaffna today, growing censorship and water management - http://t.co/ixw9UNCW #lka #srilanka

07:24 First-hand experience of July '83, the Army in Jaffna today, growing censorship and water management in Sri... http://t.co/SVzsVHgo

07:40 Fuck. Shit. Fucking fuck. Kill. Shit Pig Fuck? | Secretary Defence Briefs Diplomats http://t.co/XA8MOJgl #lka #srilanka

07:42 Read Gotabaya's comments on possibility of war crimes by SLA. Interesting shift in rhetoric? http://t.co/yteM6DXY #lka #srilanka

07:47 Good review | Chandraprema’s War: A Review Of Gota’s War http://t.co/xLMaFyaU via @colombotelegrap #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 163

07:49 Gota’s War, though deeply flawed, is a book that anyone interested in the conflict should read. It is certainly... http://t.co/oFzwMrHd

07:56 @SriLanka Merely paraphrasing what passes for the shrill expression and vapid vocabulary of senior civil servants in #lka today.

09:12 @ChulaneejkA Thanks. It's very still now, but last night was extremely blustery. And that was before the Met Dept said it would be windy...

09:39 @angrylion7 Good luck.

09:54 RT @ABRFOTO Photos: War Correspondent Marie Colvin’s Life in the Field http://t.co/oQCIhvtz via @VanityFair #journalism #media #lka

09:55 RT @SriLanka ‘Keep Frederica Jansz Safe’, ‘Embassies In #SriLanka Should Raise Her Case’ – #ARTICLE19 - Dr Agnes #Callamard #lka http://t.co/knRm2IC2

09:58 @ABRFOTO Gemunu from AP really has a knack for being at the right place, at the right time.

10:02 RT @akeenan23 Good analysis of #srilanka university teachers strike and its social and political importance http://t.co/oEwishu3 July 2012 / 164

10:02 RT @akeenan23 Inspiring new website and well-organised strike from #srilanka univ teachers' union. Can they withstand govt backlash? http://t.co/YMJWnrAk

12:06 @Gemunua @abrfoto Well said, and in the main, agree.

14:17 RT @francesharris0n wfp: 19000 kids under 5 estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition in Jaffna in #srilanka http://t.co/N2pvliLX

15:23 @Dinoukc Any updates on this?

11'th July, 2012

06:36 Jansz inherited the Leader's editorial position after Wickramatunga was killed by eight men on four motorcycles... http://t.co/oqSYxJhg

06:37 Sri Lankan editor needs backup after minister's tirade http://t.co/GXQ6l9k8 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

07:15 Sri Lankan activists say Tamil Tiger rebel suspect beaten to death by officers in prison http://t.co/Mn4j3nAn #lka #srilanka

07:31 India's struggle already is ours too | India's struggle for online freedom http://t.co/TK2mvqrR #lka #srilanka

07:31 RT @ABRFOTO @bundeljayse Out of curiosity what were the 'problems' cartoonist had with the president & what did president do to solve them? #lka July 2012 / 165

07:32 RT @AzzamAmeen 1 army officer in northern Sri Lanka for every 5 people, indian reports says http://t.co/UkuEC3ye #lka

07:33 RT @cfhaviland We don't feel safe, #SriLanka Public Health Inspectors tell BBC after brutal murder of colleague inspecting house for dengue prevention #lka

07:37 Essential reading | Notes on the Military Presence in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province | http://t.co/yAE8gtIX #lka #srilanka @lankasol

07:38 However, the omnipresent military in the north also presents other serious concerns. Under the veneer of benevo-... http://t.co/PFo5V3Ej

07:53 Elections for the Northern Provincial Council in September 2013 - President told the Hindu news paper- adaderana.lk #lka #srilanka

08:41 @SriLanka EPW article and one on Groundviews published yesterday (both tweeted) would suggest otherwise.

08:49 1. We're getting calls and texts from listeners those who had tuned into SLBC Chairman's morning radio talk show #lka #srilanka

08:49 3. He is alleged to have said that girls should be stitched up from the time they attain age #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 166

08:49 4. He is also alleged to have implied 7 year old girl killed recently by an older boy was actually in relationship with him #lka #srilanka

08:49 5. Awaiting one listener to send us in writing what she heard. SLBC's recordings impossible to get for public post-broadcast #lka #srilanka

08:49 6. Same SLBC Chairman openly incited hate against leading HR activists during last @UN_HRC session #lka #srilanka

08:49 2. The listeners tell us that he had made absolutely appalling statements on live radio about child abuse & the girl child #lka #srilanka

08:54 RT @AmanthaP Fifth of all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat in 2012 from #SriLanka/1413 out of 5242/5 fold rise from 2011 - officials #lka

08:54 RT @theyrc #FUTA is doing everyone a favor by raising these issues-"A Tale of Two Patriots" http://t.co/GwRsQF4V #srilanka #universitycrisis #education

09:08 Spoke with prospective Hint Fiction publishers @PhBooks who have great idea for book. Send your submission! http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka

13:14 @AzzamAmeen Fully agree! July 2012 / 167

13:55 The current political impasse suggests that Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict is far from over; the conflict endures... http://t.co/RCkNFVYa

14:13 @TMnY For reasons we will make clear a bit later (or through DM/email), we are holding back on updates on this score. Please bear with us.

14:15 What the devil is going on behind closed doors? | Website administrator squeals to President http://t.co/Utv0R0am #lka #srilanka @cpjasia

14:19 It's now like a boat a day?! | Australia responds to another boat 'in distress' http://t.co/Ian1SN4z @SharnelleVella @sunili #lka #srilanka

14:22 RT @tourismustv Sri Lanka: Marriott Signs its First Hotel in Sri Lanka, the Weligama Bay opening 2014 http://t.co/O3mqfWVa via @ASIATravelTips_ #SriLanka

15:40 @n1rmalj @Dinoukc @SueKiri Google, http://t.co/v3SotstV & http://t.co/JXrkZFVt didn't resolve on SLT ADSL around 6.50am for around 10 mins.

15:42 @Dinoukc And we've noticed growing 1-2 minute DNS resolution failures over past week or so. No particular site seems to be targeted.

15:43 RT @KTheena Debating the pros/cons of capital punishment aside, some of the comments on this page border on the lunatic. http://t.co/TzRnyZhh #lka #news July 2012 / 168

18:16 @azwaanameer @dinoukc We understand the FMM has issued a statement.

20:02 @TMnY 1. Sorry for being cryptic earlier. Told by some inside SLBC there was a possibility comments would go on air again, around 4.30pm.

20:02 @TMnY 2. This didn't happen. We didn't want to say it in public for fear SLBC may pick up on public outrage and not broadcast.

20:02 @TMnY 3. Trying to get recording of programme from other sources, but unsure of success. @YoungAsiaTV will record this show henceforth.

20:02 @TMnY 5. Gist of what was allegedly said in Sinhala provided to us by a listener - a mother, who heard it dropping children to school.

20:02 @TMnY 4. Will obvious post as podcast to GV if and when we get the recording. Till then, here is gist in English http://t.co/8pEewiNJ

20:06 RT @NalakaG Interactive infographic on #dengue fever in #lka and prevention - simple and informative. http://t.co/kgVlB39g

20:10 @TMnY The gist in English http://t.co/8pEewiNJ is, by more than one source, confirmed as fairly accurate. Of course Sinhala more outrageous. July 2012 / 169

20:11 @TMnY And again, to think this was said live on public radio, with total impunity. It's mad @womenandmedia should write letter to President.

20:47 RT @Joviarul Petition Save Sri Lankan Schools and Universities! http://t.co/zNgPFIAa via @ipetitions #lka #Srilanka #lka

20:53 SRI LANKA’s powerful defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, seemed to threaten a senior newspaper editor with... http://t.co/qKHRA9bb

20:54 #srilanka hitting international headlines for all the right reasons… | Gota explodes http://t.co/yGk09OPM #lka @lankasol @cpjasia

20:57 Would be good to get President's response to http://t.co/L7AGUa99 Not for us, but for 1,400+ who signed up @bundeljayse #lka #srilanka

23:00 RT @UN Watch now: special event at UNHQ on impact of #socialmedia. http://t.co/dYIvFCVQ. Details: http://t.co/nNVSKPcI

12'th July, 2012

04:20 Gotabhaya Rajapaksha: Too Drunk with Power to Exercise it?: Still image captured from BBC video interview. Excer... http://t.co/Flu5khtJ

05:58 @ABRFOTO Indeed. July 2012 / 170

05:59 Gotabhaya Rajapaksha: Too Drunk with Power to Exercise it? http://t.co/MYUYOMwS #lka #srilanka @lankasol @cpjasia @akeenan23 @hrw

06:00 I have called for his resignation or sacking on three occasions- the first in 2007. I do so yet again. The... http://t.co/ACErV4vP

06:16 For @NalakaG | Fifty Years Ago Arthur C. Clarke Accurately Predicted We’d Be Able To Work Online in Our Pajamas http://t.co/cJphteO2 #lka

06:56 From the Hold: I don’t merit praise, who am I to suggest inventing the west moon for the Lankan imagination, or ... http://t.co/HZIS4SCf

09:23 Around 35 stories so far for planned Anthology of Sri Lankan Hint Fiction http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 @PhBooks wants ~160. Write in! #lka #srilanka

11:16 @TMnY @womenandmedia Thanks, but unpardonable that article does not acknowledge former IGP's idea to address rape http://t.co/QSEr229M #lka

11:47 Sinister development, and will be interesting to get details of amendment, incl. definition of news site http://t.co/PJv0TI3m #lka #srilanka

11:49 Arbitrary Detention in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka http://t.co/n7jfAn8W See also 1st piece on GV http://t.co/qSohhh2Y #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 171

11:50 Freedom of Expression in #srilanka: How the #lka Constitution Fuels Self-Censorship and Hinders Reconciliation http://t.co/yqN1D4kk

13:33 @drac You can extrapolate a list from the reports we have up at http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj

14:13 iRead from MD Gunasena sounds interesting http://t.co/HIAqfxB2 but their 'online' bookstore down! http://t.co/KgUxgMwl @smriti_daniel #lka

14:18 @drac Actually, it's focussed on web media censorship in particular.

14:48 RT @AzzamAmeen Sri Lankan Media organizations protest against media suppression #lka #mediaattack http://t.co/DYD4KQFB

16:16 Noticing a large number of our emails read on iPhones | Readers should download our iPhone app - http://t.co/TfRFewqQ #lka #srilanka

16:17 In March 2011, Groundviews launched Sri Lanka’s as well as South Asia’s first civic media journalism app for... http://t.co/Gyu4TDO0

16:48 RT @SLcampaign More sense on #puppygate, this time from @groundviews http://t.co/T10hmK1U July 2012 / 172

17:10 Good report from @kataclysmichaos | News websites to be charged Rs.1 lakh for registration http://t.co/zxHdEpr7 #lka #srilanka

17:12 So damn typical: "When asked to elaborate on what was meant by the blanket term ‘news websites’ the Minster for... http://t.co/wSZt8l3z

17:21 From February, but sadly, still relevant | Vihara Maha Devi: Where have all the trees gone? http://t.co/mqSQk2QA @TMnY @NalakaG @cepaSL #lka

17:55 @antonnorbert Actually, in 3 months, the site and mobile versions will move completely into HTML5. Simply put, it will work fine on your BB.

20:41 RT @NalakaG Any comments? UK Telegraph sums up #SriLanka #lka history in 6 words: Buddhism, tea, Ceylon, Tamils, tragedies, Murali http://t.co/YzV7PhSG

20:42 RT @ESPNcricinfo Sri Lanka don't go for the win in Pallekele but get their first series victory since August 2009 http://t.co/wRLPZ944 #SLvPak

22:49 @jayshreebajoria Thanks for retweet.

23:08 Lest we forget, leading bloggers appalled by Gotabaya's unique expression & website tax supported him & Govt a few months ago #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 173

23:09 Sri Lankan journalists protest against state media suppression (The Guardian) http://t.co/La1geDLr #srilanka #lka #media

23:13 A rebel stronghold becomes an unlikely tourist trap http://t.co/c0enf13C #lka #srilanka via @TheEconomist @lankasol

23:14 Today triumphalism abounds among Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhala population. The army found the pool in 2009,... http://t.co/UmuSl3mg

23:20 Govt says it wants to filter 'row' (sic) filth http://t.co/zcolmizT Same Govt speaks in filth http://t.co/MYUYOMwS Go figure #lka #srilanka

23:31 More people boarding boats to #Australia http://t.co/0sVIRb7X #lka #srilanka

23:33 @MelGuna Unclear atm.

23:50 @ssukumaran But of course. Not an iota of doubt. Nada. Zilch.

13'th July, 2012

04:25 Land and the National Question in Sri Lanka: Image courtesy Sainthan Sivanesan on 500px I am thankful to the Nor... http://t.co/2K8YE2y7

08:03 Land and the National Question in Sri Lanka http://t.co/KlmYHrBW #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 174

08:04 The problem with the state is not only its ethnocratic character. Its authoritarianism and militarism, the... http://t.co/fp7d9EzT

08:09 FUTA Strike And Its Detractors: A Response http://t.co/XpZemz51 #lka #srilanka @lankasol @theyrc

08:10 For @AmanthaP, @MelGuna and others | Developing Asia Journalism Awards http://t.co/KF9DvhJL #lka #srilanka

08:12 Haven't read any any GoSL condemnation or statement to date on this remarkable tirade? http://t.co/MYUYOMwS @bundeljayse #lka #srilanka

08:19 RT @cfhaviland "I can't afford 2 pay these new gov registration fees," ed of a #SriLanka news site says. Might have 2 shut down. Wonders if blogs affected.

08:19 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka gov anno's new fees 4 news websites: $750 registrtion; $375 per year. Journos demo agst June arrest of website workers now on bail

08:19 RT @cfhaviland "Of course I feel threatened," says Sunday Leader ed Frederica Jansz at press demo after intemperate phone call from #SriLanka Defence Sec.

08:20 @cfhaviland There was at the end of that podcast a terrific recording of the ambient sounds of production at Bush House. It sounds historic. July 2012 / 175

08:27 Very nice photo essay | Defining the future of Sri Lanka http://t.co/Gma4zanw @ABRFOTO @Gemunua #lka #srilanka

08:29 After its civil war, critics warn that the country is descending toward dictatorship. A photo spread from The... http://t.co/4XMerAYL

08:46 @ABRFOTO @milindat Agree.

09:45 RT @nisald I get pissed off when i hear "Piritta|"on radio channel and they keep repeating how pure SL are when all the disgusting rapes happening #lka

09:46 @TheCitizen1 It must be added that when using said signal light, it is customary to turn in the direction indicated, and not other way...

09:48 RT @sunili RT @RSF_RWB: #SriLanka - Interview with editor who was threatened by defence minister http://t.co/AV1qgn2L #media

09:49 RT @the_hindu EDITORIAL: Northern provincial council elections should have been held soon after the war ended http://t.co/zbymBK2h #SriLanka

09:57 Good piece | THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN #COLOMBO http://t.co/fXhvRnRy #lka #srilanka Tx @kataclysmichaos for tip. Any tracks online? July 2012 / 176

10:23 @cfhaviland Apols, said podcast was from 27 June, 12pm via Global News from the BBC. Link on iTunes http://t.co/Wz5aOfz9 It's a good one.

10:52 RT @cfhaviland Age-old Central Cinema building reportedly torn down in Colombo days after police sealed it off. http://t.co/nr9gEoI0 #srilanka #lka

12:32 Realised how ironic it is to not put up many comments against Gotabaya using expletives, and how Govt really would like us shut down! #lka

12:32 RT @radzad WikiLeaks: Rajapaksa, In A Harsh Tone,Told Daniels That MTV Would Face Consequences http://t.co/Xxf8VKWg #lka

12:33 RT @vikalpavoices Lets rally up against the Suppression[Video] http://t.co/ZY2csZrD #srilanka #lka #media

16:01 Australian bound trawler with 41 pax incl 5 children onboard taken into Navy custody in the sea #lka #srilanka via Daily Mirror

17:10 #srilanka descending toward dictatorship, critics say; US determined to remain engaged http://t.co/E8wj6L1r #lka

17:13 Chinese weapons had been instrumental in helping the Sri Lankan government end the war. Now Chinese support is... http://t.co/4RLwu9MZ July 2012 / 177

17:17 RT @colombotelegrap #lka The Writers In Prison Committee Of #PENInternational Joins #Article19 In Its Concerns For The Safety Of Frederica http://t.co/xwzExsfq

17:18 RT @ABRFOTO Just spoke to Federica Jansz over the phone, seems shes is good spirits considering, such a strong women. #lka #srilanka

19:00 Good statement by @womenandmedia on increase of rape, abuse of girl children & gender based violence in #srilanka http://t.co/P8IvH127 #lka

19:13 RT @mhmhisham Provincial Elections Anouncement = Price Reduction of Goods >> #SriLanka truely Wonder of Asia :D

21:31 RT @akeenan23 #SriLanka "descending toward dictatorship"; gd story forgot to mention Gotabaya/Basil are US citizens; leverage exists. http://t.co/IWmvisOL

14'th July, 2012

06:34 This is getting most interesting | Gota Went Berserk Because Of Madini http://t.co/MMS59dif #lka #srilanka Comments? @bundeljayse

06:39 Whale researcher Asha de Vos spends her days weaving a 6-meter boat through shipping lanes crowded with giant... http://t.co/pB3ZOfDU July 2012 / 178

06:45 Whatever merits of letter & appointment, speaks to dangers of having working journos as intl. media freedom reps http://t.co/yXbrLOfH #lka

06:53 RT @rkguruparan Virakesari reports SLMC has decided to contest with UPFA. 12 slots to be allocated. (6 in Amparai, 3 in Trinco and 3 in Batticaloa) #lka

06:54 RT @vikalpavoices Lets rally up against the Supperssion - M.A.Sumanthiran[Video] http://t.co/6FaOKNiw #srilanka #lka #media #protest

06:54 RT @dinidu Sri Lanka's June tourist arrivals up 21.6% from last year: http://t.co/kGxTyo0b #LKA #Tourism

06:56 @dinidu Wonder where the most arrivals are from? #India?

06:59 Brief interview with Frederica Jansz: Gotabhaya | Federica | Dog http://t.co/9d3GX0Sg courtesy @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @Dinoukc

07:02 RT @mhmhisham Great Idea for Integration! - Former Tamil Tiger snipers, sailors to join #SriLanka shooting, swimming team http://t.co/poc5YRRJ

07:03 RT @rkguruparan SLA Commander: "no civilian wants the army to leave' http://t.co/bzpH0nIB Meaning those of us who want the SLA to leave are terrorists? #lka July 2012 / 179

07:03 RT @Apelankawe What noble advice would 'true sinhala buddhist', 'pig that eats shit' fame Gota have given the school children? http://t.co/n8AM48IO

07:03 RT @Apelankawe @bundeljayse Any statement from President regarding Gotabhaya's interview with Fredrica Janz? He is his Minister, No?

07:06 @Apelankawe Complete silence from the usually loquacious indicates extent of Govt embarrassment @bundeljayse Read http://t.co/MMS59dif #lka

07:28 UN examines Lanka’s missing http://t.co/gnPLKtT5 #lka #srilanka

14:38 @dinidu Thought as much. Thanks.

14:38 @TMnY Passed. Confirmed. Wanted to take photos and tweet but frankly was too depressed to do so.

19:19 RT @dinidu #Media activism and principles undermined by personal vendettas in #LKA: http://t.co/gxf1hX0c

19:22 RT @gopiharan Refreshing "Refresh Colombo" by @shiran_sanjeewa . A design concept for @refreshcolombo ! Isn't it awesome ?! :) http://t.co/oMWimAY4 #lka

19:25 @Life_TimesSL Is your website not being updated anymore? "This month's issue" loads April 2012. July 2012 / 180

19:31 Joint Humanitarian and Early Recovery Update, Sri Lanka, June 2012 http://t.co/BL8F9erz–-report-43 #lka #srilanka via @UNOCHA

19:52 @Life_TimesSL Thanks - found it useful to download the full issue as PDF. Might help to take down old site and put placeholder text?

19:59 @Life_TimesSL Thanks a bunch, though you may need to speak with marketing in case it buggers sales projections. Good luck.

20:29 RT @azwaanameer #IFJ confused on its priorities. Defend #Media or not antagonize members? http://t.co/0HD5HV6u #lka @ifjasiapacific #pathetic!

20:31 @teearuna @dmbreakingnews Hardly news. Period.

20:53 Three years ago the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers in Northern Sri Lanka, fighting to... http://t.co/F6mi25XL

20:55 Talk to Al Jazeera - : Sri Lanka's quest for justice http://t.co/q7HFSN0o @mhmhisham @lankasol #lka #srilanka

20:59 Relief for Sri Lanka drought may come too late http://t.co/xxx1vr2f #lka #srilanka Video via @AJEnglish For @AmanthaP #lka #srilanka

23:41 For the Blink of an Eye http://t.co/cmSMUMq7 #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 181

23:42 What I should have told the tuk-tuk driver is that I am not sure that I have ever spent time in a more... http://t.co/fkDqbSlZ

23:44 For the Blink of an Eye: Image courtesy Virtual Tourist I almost always enjoy my time in Jaffna. Riding on the A... http://t.co/XY2Q3yZ5

15'th July, 2012

06:49 The opportunity in all this lies in the impossibility of the intended goal – which is to control content with... http://t.co/piSTmz5I

06:50 On the internet and web censorship in #srilanka | A new chapter https://t.co/OrNJV1yJ @sunil_abraham @lankasol @InternetLiberty #lka

06:58 @AmanthaP @ajenglish Is Minelle on Twitter?

07:12 1. Incredible, in fullest sense of the word. Gota claims he didn't use foul language against Frederica Jansz http://t.co/kDj2fw0R #lka

07:12 2. Says language he used was NOT against her, but against incident and words he used very commonly used in the US http://t.co/kDj2fw0R #lka

07:13 3. Would @USEmbSL and @StateDept care to comment on assertion made by Gota http://t.co/kDj2fw0R about 'US idiom', used on media in #lka July 2012 / 182

07:14 4. Gota explicitly says "I did not use foul language to abuse her" http://t.co/kDj2fw0R but see transcript #lka http://t.co/9dqfaWdR

07:14 5. @bundeljayse Def Sec says he didn't threaten or use foul language against Editor http://t.co/kDj2fw0R True or false? http://t.co/HTlSxfIl

07:14 6. Gota asked "Who is Lasantha?" after he was killed. Now asks "Who are , The Economist, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu?" #lka

07:14 7. According to #srilanka's Def Sec @TheEconomist, inter alia, working against him, out to get him, hate him, have done nothing for #lka

07:45 But did you use foul language on the lady? I did not do so. I used words such as ‘bloody’ or whatever, not to... http://t.co/ClKCYrVO

07:55 RT @Apelankawe @bundeljayse Any updates on the death of prisoner in custody?

07:57 @TMnY @amanthap @nationnewspaper See our tweets on this score, 1 - 7, published a short while ago.

08:00 "Freedom of Expression and Rajapaksa rule are thus mutually exclusive. One will have to go." http://t.co/moScBQGF #lka #srilanka @lankasol July 2012 / 183

08:00 Hiding ugly realities behind attractive facades, which was honed on the ‘welfare villages’ has become a staple of... http://t.co/Vl3x1ZHH

11:19 @TMnY @amanthap @nationnewspaper Between recording in courts and Def Sec, who do you think the bets are in favour of?

13:12 @theyrc @womenandmedia Actually @mhmhisham and @aufidius may be interesting in commenting on that extraordinary submission too! :)

13:12 RT @Dinoukc Media have been barely touching the human smuggling, no one bothers to look at the cause behind the increase #lka

13:13 @Dinoukc Two boats today? It's like the flood gates have been opened, and those behind the smuggling see diminishing returns.

13:21 If you produce content on & live in #lka, you’re now liable for criminal prosecution, regulation and taxation http://t.co/SPtFQnYI #srilanka

13:22 RT @bfonseka UPR Report Complete, Key Recommendations Not Implemented http://t.co/qHwDDc8q via @sharethis

13:29 @Dinoukc 'A new chapter' addresses the issues we talked about https://t.co/OrNJV1yJ reg. 'net regulations & news definitions #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 184

13:35 @bundeljayse What's good about "fully" (sic) page interview? It's adding insult to injury with Def Sec now openly lying?! #lka #srilanka

15:38 @bundeljayse @apelankawe You don't respond to inconvenient truths - real or not, names have nothing to do with it? #lka #srilanka

15:39 RT @Apelankawe Rajpal's take on Gota's tirade:"intemperate speech under grave and abrupt provocation"?? What?? Does he read what he writes? @bundeljayse

15:39 RT @Apelankawe Radhakrishnan of Hindu and Lakbima Rajpal get to the right people, zero in on issues, almost right questions but accept lies and half truths

15:39 RT @Apelankawe Rajpal's lame and transparent defense of the defense Secretary. I thought Gota had better friends. http://t.co/eK1l2rOi

16:57 RT @nigelvnugawela Terribly imbecilic | Is legalising prostitution, the solution to rape of women? http://t.co/Vwnitnmu #srilanka #lka

16:57 @kodeckmanu Thanks for that link.

16:57 RT @kodeckmanu @groundviews Sri Lanka’s ‘illiberal peace’: implications for Western influence http://t.co/MT2MKhav July 2012 / 185

16'th July, 2012

00:04 RT @Apelankawe @groundviews I, a lankan, disseminate 'news', facts & opinions through tweets. The 100,000 rupee question is - should I register? @NalakaG

06:58 @NalakaG @apelankawe You've got it wrong? The power of censorship lies in how vague and over broad definitions are, for widest application.

07:16 @Dinoukc Where?

07:19 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka police tell BBC 127 more boat people/4 helpers held since Sat. 8 Sinhala/rest Tamil. "16 are govt servants." Had paid agents $1500

07:23 @Dinoukc Could have been fancy dress party at Temple Trees.

07:28 @NalakaG @apelankawe In light of SC's ruling upholding Govt's myopic edict to register sites, is there yet cause to wonder? :) #lka

07:29 @NalakaG @apelankawe Plus its not just a matter of courts? As noted, it's engendering fear & self-censorship, through possibility of duress.

07:32 @ruvanw This was in fact noted through audience questions at @slpi's press conf a few weeks ago. Panel didn't (couldn't) really answer. July 2012 / 186

07:58 Sri Lankan envoy backs the policy of turning back boats, amid spike in attempts by Tamils http://t.co/2MwUrw2d #lka #srilanka #australia

09:48 I pose the question now to you – have we passed the history or is history repeating itself? We are faced with a... http://t.co/a2596Zk9

09:51 Understanding Sri Lankan Version of Elections: A New Dimension http://t.co/4YrT3mIB #lka #srilanka

11:08 Understanding Sri Lankan Version of Elections: A New Dimension: Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters courtesy Chr... http://t.co/pGy00JMW

11:28 RT @Dinoukc SL Ambassador in Australia downplaying the boat people issue. No concern shown as to why the sudden increase #lka

11:29 @Dinoukc Can you / paper get through to him? Ask hard & necessary questions (and risk US English usage again)?

17:50 Buddhist monks and party politics in post-war Sri Lanka: In conversation with MP http://t.co/uxSpWTe8 #lka #srilanka

17:51 @mhmhisham will be interested in this conversation with Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe - http://t.co/uxSpWTe8 #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 187

17:52 Towards the end of the interview, we talk about the growing religious intolerance in Sri Lanka, and in particular,... http://t.co/ZphJnlYQ

17:57 Buddhist monks and party politics in post-war Sri Lanka: In conversation with Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe MP: Wijeyada... http://t.co/DuIsQYYD

17:58 Good piece | what lies between what the govt says and what the govt does (what pun?!) http://t.co/OVbNdgOD #lka #srilanka

23:09 Sri Lanka stops more asylum seekers http://t.co/BLXWgfPT #lka #srilanka

23:22 Essential reading for journalists et al | Truth in the Age of Social Media http://t.co/2hanaUW4 @AshokaNews @TechChange @PatrickMeier

17'th July, 2012

08:07 I am looking for such “Aadi Anandians” (Old boys of Ananda) who would distance themselves from these threatening... http://t.co/0V6jECUC

08:14 American Language & Gota’s Language: Any “Aadi Anandian” Who’d Take A Decent Stand? http://t.co/tzlSSW5R via @colombotelegrap #lka #srilanka

09:40 To rephrase an old Sinhala adage, 'horage puthata pena kiyanawa wage' | http://t.co/WvNXcNYJ #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 188

10:11 Govt defines reconciliation via lens of accounting, not peacebuilding?! Via http://t.co/5hLxNlx6 #lka #srilanka #fail http://t.co/AFr4Mr8n

11:14 RT @cepaSL Online Trilingual dictionary http://t.co/pNr60XYl

12:21 RT @Dinoukc Colombo Beautification Means Less Trees http://t.co/KLPxqx0r #lka

12:57 Brilliant. Best way to address censorship is to ridicule it | CRAP, DO I OWN A NEWS WEBSITE? http://t.co/XRkaX7zH #lka #srilanka

13:03 @dbsjeyaraj We have a monumentally incoherent Ministry and Minister of External Affairs. Why add to the odious mess? #lka #srilanka

13:04 RT @AmanthaP #SRILANKA Navy says it stopped four attempts to use trawlers to smuggle over 200 people to Australia in 7 days http://t.co/GUF2zAoA #lka

13:05 @SriLanka Sorry, what? Where did he say this?

13:54 @arosha By same logic, we must all be happy that LLRC's Final Report is out in English, not in Sinhala or Tamil? A flaw is a flaw. #lka

14:02 @arosha Which in itself is rather revealing, is it not, given absolute centrality of term and idea today, post-war? #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 189

14:04 @arosha Also a very healthy debate in Sinhala on translation for 'reconciliation' | Prathisandhanaya or as we prefer, Samagisandhanaya #lka

14:10 @SriLanka Thanks. Really don't know what to say...

14:13 Odious brute moralising | ‘Our girls expose what they shouldn’t’ http://t.co/77Row9nz @TMnY @womenandmedia @kataclysmichaos #lka #srilanka

16:57 @arosha Agree - general malaise in #lka is to be satisfied with the ordinary. Mechanism on site to elicit crowd sourced definitions useful.

17:12 Given recent stories, a different timbre of reporting on #srilanka from #australia | http://t.co/pzxBvOqA #lka

17:13 The top five 1. Stunning beaches: Whichever you choose, they really are gorgeous. 2. Travelling by train: An... http://t.co/GBlXCgR3

17:22 @HalikAzeez @tmny @womenandmedia @kataclysmichaos With respect, think it's girls and women who need to respond more, and more forcefully.

18:06 @TMnY @halikazeez @womenandmedia Guess the point is that there needs to be serious record of outrage, lest silence is seen as acceptance? July 2012 / 190

18:18 @Refugees Sorry, but what does a "Sri boy" mean? Did you want to say a Lankan boy? No such identity as "Sri". Surely UN should know? #lka

18:55 @Refugees Cheers, and yes, cute shot.

19:30 Six Sri Lankan journalists sue over their arrests, say gov't trying to stifle free expression http://t.co/4F8F4C5b #lka #srilanka

18'th July, 2012

00:44 @HalikAzeez @tmny @womenandmedia Good point, worth thinking about. But his violence (verbal & physical) is really the Govt's violence #lka

00:44 @Diya_Rakusa DMV?

00:46 RT @CitizenXSL @bundeljayse http://t.co/NMwZ0xxp can you confirm this? @groundviews my name is Roshan Siriwardena, a concerned citizen

06:44 Stand Athwart Censorship in Sri Lanka http://t.co/r72jxaTK #lka #srilanka

06:44 We are then afforded the opportunity to respond to these individuals. In doing so, we may hope to persuade them... http://t.co/W8EY2AYj

06:56 Attempted abduction of journalist and human rights defender Mr Shanta P Wijesooriya https://t.co/1zinhcuR #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 191

07:04 Stand Athwart Censorship in Sri Lanka: In Tom Stoppard’s superlative play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead... http://t.co/i9msJRi2

09:18 Also @SharnelleVella and @lankasol will be interested in this interview | http://t.co/AT1R36vK #lka #srilanka

09:21 On 2nd July, the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) organised a panel discussion on preventing human smuggling and... http://t.co/LJrZh9Fs

09:23 Growing concern over human smuggling and trafficking in #srilanka: Interview with ILO http://t.co/AT1R36vK @ABRFOTO @AmanthaP @sunili #lka

09:23 @sunili @abrfoto @amanthap Damn auto-correct! :)

09:33 RT @sunili Related: ILO on “People Smuggling” & “Human Trafficking” at @SLPI press conf http://t.co/a2KhY4mA #srilanka #Asylum (via @groundviews)

09:40 Growing concern over human smudging and trafficking in Sri Lanka: Interview with ILO: On 2nd July, the Sri Lanka... http://t.co/WfSXDxB9

09:57 @SharnelleVella Another very good piece, with on the ground perspectives from North and East on this issue, appears tomorrow early a.m. July 2012 / 192

10:03 RT @SriLanka 5 editors were invited for a “confidential” dinner with the President, Gotabhaya & Lalith Weeratunge #srilanka #lka http://t.co/Up61LjJU

10:04 RT @AndrewBuncombe Spokesman for #SriLanka's president declares support for return of death penalty. http://t.co/srb5A9vH

10:05 RT @MsAMR25 excellent stuff if your are researching the small voices in #srilanka http://t.co/OQzolNvt #counterpunctualhistory

10:07 The Resilience Series : Oral histories of Sri Lankan communities that are stronger than war or disaster ! From... http://t.co/W6oK9v5Z

10:08 RT @NalakaG #lka top demographer doubts process & outcome of 2011-12 national #census - and says so to state-owned newspaper! http://t.co/Qczr05B9

10:41 Another boat with 41 persons nabbed off Batticaloa last evening. It adds up to 334 persons nabbed within July via Ada Derana #lka #srilanka

10:42 RT @Sal_D_Man @SriLanka @groundviews to confidentialy threaten them rather than over phones and it getting ugly

10:42 @Sal_D_Man @srilanka Absolutely. Nothing like seeing oneself on the menu to comply and conform? July 2012 / 193

11:15 RT @rkguruparan Army blocking & threatening people enroute to nelliyady protest organized by the TNPF at Vallaiveli #lka #Tamil

11:19 @DMbreakingnews That's, save for one word, a verbatim copy off an SMS sent by @adaderana Better to attribute in future?

11:26 @SriLanka Thanks for concern. Govt et al knows who we are, where we are.

11:31 Brilliant! | “@vikalpavoices: Cartoon of the day http://t.co/x1FA3WZM #srilanka #lka”

11:32 Gihan nails it in today's Daily Mirror. http://t.co/o2l77Cir

19:11 Jaffna peaceful protest disrupted by masked men http://t.co/6Y2kSNFQ #lka #srilanka via @JDSriLanka

19:16 Today, there is ONLY ONE minority political alliance, the TNA, that still can negotiate independently. Tamil... http://t.co/zI2bPopg

19:46 Three Musketeers redux: Image from The Nation Close to four decades ago, Richard Lester’s film, “Three Musketeer... http://t.co/efsSurMD

19:53 @Dinoukc @amanthap @ceycitizen Bril. Keep us posted. Publishing fairly explosive piece from The Social Architects tomorrow morning. July 2012 / 194

20:15 RT @Nirmanusan Two TNA candidates withdraw due to threats http://t.co/NR96B9MA #Tamil #lka

20:16 @NavamaniLK How did the meeting go?

20:43 RT @globalvoices #Breaking #Syria: Netizens Say Countdown for #Assad Begins http://t.co/VQamDxqI #Damascus

20:46 RT @WBeducation Between 06-11 2825 new schools were constructed in #Srilanka #edstats

21:34 Activists in #srilanka note | Face blurring: when footage requires anonymity http://t.co/WorzqalY #lka @vikalpavoices @NalakaG @YoungAsiaTV

21:41 RT @gopiharan Deyata Kirula 2013 to be held in #Ampara. Development operation begins. http://t.co/InUc1ghD http://t.co/mdU7jhZq #lka

21:43 RT @article19org #SriLanka minister #Rajapakse admits swearing, not threat to kill editor #Jansz. Instead swears abt @stephensackur http://t.co/5LLfRfvn ^OS

22:34 @nisald @indunan @binku @yoshrox Sorry - not sure what is required?

23:12 La dolce vita | Nearly 400 Govt. members hold Swiss Bank accounts: Kiriella http://t.co/hfAt14sU #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 195

23:13 We approve amendments to the Act : Theras http://t.co/otupDooo See also http://t.co/uxSpWTe8 #lka #srilanka

19'th July, 2012

03:39 Troubled Waters: Corruption and Human Trafficking in Post-war Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy Herald Sun Introduction ... http://t.co/VrQG8gDn

06:34 Troubled Waters: Corruption & Human Trafficking in Post-war #srilanka http://t.co/hnDCULnE @SharnelleVella @sunili @lankasol @ABRFOTO #lka

06:38 Some people have said that it is curious that those coordinating these criminal activities have been able to... http://t.co/c136s3ze

06:39 Is Govt complicit in human smuggling and trafficking? Read http://t.co/hnDCULnE @Dinoukc & @AmanthaP can follow up? #lka #srilanka

06:43 @AmanthaP @dinoukc Absolutely. And more questioning by journos.

06:44 @nisald @indunan @binku @yoshrox Use data driven, evidence based arguments, analysis & advocacy. Data viz & new media can help with support. July 2012 / 196

07:00 SLMC did not get the blessings of the President before going alone for EP Polls says Presidential Spox via @adaderana SMS #lka #srilanka

07:05 RT @rkguruparan Three on motorbikes tried to sabotage protest by carrying tiger flags. Chased away by organizers. Suspected to be SLA intelligence work.

07:46 Concern in Sri Lanka over rising number of child rapes http://t.co/hAhTVisf #lka #srilanka

07:51 Speak no truth, hear no truth, see no truth | NCPA silenced on child abuse cases http://t.co/uITyDEDq #lka #srilanka

07:53 YouTube Now Lets You Blur Faces in Videos: What This Means for Safety-Minded Activists http://t.co/bvsbkiu8

08:55 Namal denies smuggling people http://t.co/EjKvRX6s #lka #srilanka

09:43 RT @NalakaG @groundviews nuanced & critical coverage of #lka human #smuggling & #trafficking is what rest of R media fails 2 do! http://t.co/TXe9ZE4Q

09:52 @SriLankaTelecom 1. 2 complaints in as many weeks over atrocious throughput on Web Master package. No response or fix to date #lka #srilanka

09:52 @SriLankaTelecom 2. Expanding is one thing, quality of service another. Large and growing gap between promised speeds and reality #lka July 2012 / 197

09:52 @SriLankaTelecom 3. Paying astronomical price for speeds no better than lower end packages. Utterly ridiculous. #lka #srilanka

11:19 Worth seeing, if in #Colombo, featuring photos from @anushwij http://t.co/tWEAcinM

11:34 @SriLankaTelecom 1. Ref # not with us at present, but will check. Only got one. If only official service channels are efficient at you are.

11:34 @SriLankaTelecom 2. 2nd complaint at Nugegoda Teleshop had service rep calling another on mobile and lodging verbal complaint. No ref given.

11:35 @SriLankaTelecom 3. There was more conversation about what was being consumed for b'fast than the technical issue. Go figure.

11:35 @SriLankaTelecom The same as many others in #lka complain about. It's slow, and with very high latency. Fast at ungodly hours only.

11:35 @SriLankaTelecom Noted earlier. On SLT (ZTE) wireless router too, to rule out any equipment mismatch. Etisalat HSDPA better sometimes.

12:06 Example of what's wrong with #lka's society - we celebrate playing truant and LACK of education! Read 2nd point. http://t.co/lCMQNyXz July 2012 / 198

13:34 @sunili The Rajapaksa Family Tree (from 2009) via an email that did the rounds that year #lka #srilanka http://t.co/LJrwjz8f

15:16 @sumaiyarizvi Best with some kasa kasa though? Also reminded of @Azra_tweets's watalappan, many moons ago. Heavenly.

15:17 RT @vipulananda Seriously out of touch: revival of TESO makes a mockery of political predicament of Tamils in Sri #Lanka http://t.co/9khWhWkS #LKA #Srilanka

16:56 @NavamaniLK Read your tweets - congratulations on assurances received, and inshallah, they are promises kept, not just said #lka #srilanka

19:31 RT @MsAMR25 Politics of the Mother Tongue ( Might be of interest to @groundviews readership) http://t.co/v0U6FKO8

19:39 What does @TNAmediaoffice MP Sumanthiran got to do with story on sexual abuse?! http://t.co/09svqHI1 #lka #srilanka @DMbreakingnews

19:50 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka military spks tells BBC: No naval collaboration with organisers of illegal migration. Troops & police collect intell 2 curtail it.

19:53 @cfhaviland @torontotamil @rangaba But is this increase due to moon phases? If not, what? Will GoSL continue blanket denial of boats? #lka July 2012 / 199

19:54 RT @ssukumaran i'm partial because my fam is from nainativu but lovely photos! RT @rtwdave: Journey to Northern #SriLanka http://t.co/bpi74dvi #lp #photos

19:55 RT @MsAMR25 Is violence justified in Theravada Buddhism? - page 2 | Ecumenical Review, The http://t.co/UbuVQ6YK #srilanka #buddhism

20:23 @teearuna Agree.

20:31 RT @teearuna Reverse Menik Farm manoeuvre? Release & Catch RT @groundviews: Is Govt complicit in human smuggling & trafficking? http://t.co/X98lxpDA #lka

20:36 @teearuna Indeed, but if seed information is debarred from public release, how to create data driven arguments for systemic change?

20:47 The best indication yet Mahinda Rajapaksa will remain President for at least next 6 years… | http://t.co/hZn80fUD #lka #srilanka

21:06 RT @teearuna An opposition that doesn't like elections. Does #srilanka stand a chance? RT @groundviews: http://t.co/XP2Bb6AH #lka #shootmenow #theend

23:36 Sri Lanka's repayment of loans during past 15 years over two trillion rupees http://t.co/CpkM1uM3 #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 200

20'th July, 2012

00:19 @cfhaviland And if you can't be the change you want to see, what real hope for systemic change? Regime change is just more or less of same.

00:20 RT @akeenan23 Are #srilanka officials and military facilitating illegal emigration to reduce Tamil population & power in northeast? http://t.co/l4vsOrt9

00:20 RT @akeenan23 Fascinating/disturbing/plausible claims of #srilanka govt involvement in human smuggling. UN, Oz govt should read it. http://t.co/l4vsOrt9

03:47 Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 2): Photograph by Chandragupta Amarasinghe, courtes... http://t.co/D9M7pfAl

06:35 Handling disasters: The man-made disaster of July 1983 (Part 2) http://t.co/LCRWgBn0 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:39 Immediately following the violence against persons and the damage to business establishments there came the... http://t.co/d2GSWsis

07:47 @teearuna The kind of question that would throw our Central Bank into a tizzy… @TalkEconomicsSL @anushwij @cepaSL

11:33 Human Rights, The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/bw7vjsmy July 2012 / 201

13:54 RT @francesharris0n "I bet my life that over 20,000 were killed in the last few months" expat UN staff on #srilanka 09 war. http://t.co/lrC9gcMB

13:56 RT @francesharris0n This article suggests UN had spread sheet prepared in Manik Farm of casualty data in #srilanka 09 war http://t.co/lrC9gcMB

15:58 For effing sake, at least try to make propaganda less ludicrous? | http://t.co/5VUHaycC #lka #srilanka

16:36 RT @Nirmanusan #SriLanka might lose the peace dividend http://t.co/IbKRxJwQ

16:37 RT @DushiYanthini "What has the Government done to prevent this from happening?"~. #WomenForWomen #LKA http://t.co/Kz7EeJQE

17:53 Internet and Social Media in Asia: Battleground for Freedom of Expression, by FORUM-ASIA This publication aims... http://t.co/orlGIUzr

17:55 Internet and Social Media in Asia: Battleground for Freedom of Expression http://t.co/JoUI6aFX @sunil_abraham @anjakovacs #FOE

20:25 Surprise surprise | No result meeting (between President and stock brokers) http://t.co/diHVb9WS #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 202

21'st July, 2012

03:40 The National Soil Question: Part 1: There are some very disturbing trends in the management of the land of this ... http://t.co/8tAaNqsb

06:52 RT @ABRFOTO Tamils: why we get on the boats http://t.co/4ngWjyVW #lka #srilanka @groundviews #australia

07:28 RT @iam_project We extend our best wishes to all our Muslim followers beginning the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem #lka http://t.co/ZfKhdEaE

07:31 Ramadan traditions with a digital twist http://t.co/N95OT93x For @aufidius @mhmhisham @LankaMuslims @NavamaniLK

07:37 The National Soil Question: Part 1 http://t.co/s4r9jjQv #lka #srilanka

07:38 Thus, history demonstrates that the great soil capital of this nation was lost with the advent of colonial... http://t.co/foacYBhQ

10:01 Against rape and child abuse | It’s Not OK! http://t.co/2e0kA5bp #lka #srilanka via @WorldBank

10:17 RT @rkguruparan Rauf Hakeem: "Dont want to comment about a fellow minister. But if his involvement is true condemn it as a lawyer" http://t.co/Q85pGLzZ

14:36 @aufidius We sincerely hope so too! July 2012 / 203

14:36 Why did this need to go to the AG? | AG informs SC: Body will be released to parents http://t.co/L1fBchLI #lka #srilanka

14:36 #srilanka gets final IMF tranche, asked to watch inflation, state firms http://t.co/z3XTNzqT #lka @TalkEconomicsSL

14:41 RT @theyrc Universities may be brought under the purview of the minister (as opposed to UGC) http://t.co/r2iilI5a #FUTA #lka #universitycrisis #SL

14:42 RT @Joviarul "We don't have a law which states that that the state can takeover #land for security reasons" #Sumanthiran http://t.co/SYd6SjXD #TNA #lka

14:43 RT @NadeekaS My new #blog post: From perceived impunity to apparent insanity. Please read and react. http://t.co/e0MlrAcS #mannar #SriLanka #politics

21:29 SRI LANKA & TAMIL SELF-DETERMINATION: The announcement that elections to the Northern Provincial Council will be... http://t.co/uWAj26NE

21:48 SRI LANKA & TAMIL SELF-DETERMINATION http://t.co/4za0kkX7 #lka #srilanka @TNAmediaoffice @rkguruparan

21:49 If as Mr. Sumanthiran says, the right of self determination does not necessarily mean that they must exist as a... http://t.co/WL5ZCqgn July 2012 / 204

21:58 @CeylonToday What is the URL of this new website? Your story does not carry it.

22:44 GoSL-Australia on collision course over refugee boats http://t.co/rqtcAn2q #lka #srilanka

22'nd July, 2012

03:48 The National Soil Question: Part 2: Read Part 1 here. The effect of clearing the forests and allowing erosion of... http://t.co/krXpIpUk

06:40 Systemic, not regime change https://t.co/8ql4jbwF #lka #srilanka

06:40 The day will come when the government will not be able face public opprobrium over the accumulation of and... http://t.co/gdauycmp

06:45 Cracking Sri Lanka’s human smuggling code http://t.co/6DUy6rlC’s-human-smuggling-code.html #lka #srilanka @sunili

06:52 RT @NalakaG Do #lka employers trust their staff to work from home? Yes and No. Mix of views, experiences found. #telework http://t.co/BO0H4tAk

06:53 RT @cfhaviland Really inspiring work by female and male deminers (mostly local #Tamils) in far NE of #SriLanka. Making living plots safe for returnees #lka July 2012 / 205

06:54 RT @DushiYanthini Women strongly urge to stop the wave of violence against women and children.Please click http://t.co/52fi74Pf to read and view. #Women #LKA

07:14 The National Soil Question: Part 2 http://t.co/3iz3rvuM #lka #srilanka

08:00 RT @rkguruparan Ranil to be leader of UNP until 2018. LOL http://t.co/DbKAEBI7 #lka #tamil

08:00 RT @rkguruparan BASL will initiate contempt of court proceedings against Minister Bathiudeen in the Court of Appeal tomorrow. http://t.co/DbKAEBI7 #lka

08:02 Deconstructing development in Sri Lanka: In conversation with Priyanthi Fernando http://t.co/i51kAoF3 @cepaSL @TMnY #lka #srilanka

08:02 Priyanthi Fernando is the Executive Director, Centre for Poverty Analysis, an independent, Sri Lankan think-tank... http://t.co/AaMTnIW5

09:02 Deconstructing development in Sri Lanka: In conversation with Priyanthi Fernando: Priyanthi Fernando is the Exec... http://t.co/SDVuOzfn

15:46 Banning news websites an insult to peoples’ intelligence http://t.co/19DjSKPF #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 206

18:57 @TMnY Thanks much. Kannan's work for @cepaSL also highlight in this presentation http://t.co/EhgXyVT9 (Slide 38) #lka

18:58 RT @ruvanw @groundviews Stuff about the economy that doesn't get reported in the media: http://t.co/LddlxG7z - quite scandalous!

18:58 @ruvanw We were sent this as well, and agree.

19:15 RT @cfhaviland Anantapuram #Srilanka: land full of mines/artillery pcs/mortars/shells. Army impounded big barrel worth of TNT. Palmyra trees with no tops.

23:42 @sumaiyarizvi LOL. Superb.

23'rd July, 2012

03:57 Negating that which negates us: In support of democratic dialogue: Photo courtesy Sri Lanka Guardian Hundreds ar... http://t.co/20myO6up

07:10 Bi-lateral relations over robust investigations? | Sri Lankan High Commissioner: Blood on his sword http://t.co/BhFNY7Og #lka #srilanka

07:13 Negating that which negates us: In support of democratic dialogue http://t.co/TVPA1Jo6 #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 207

07:15 A political consciousness is important. There are examples of Tamils in the country who tried to hide their... http://t.co/T9D2XwRN

07:35 Sad Passing of a Creative Genius: Nimal Lakshapatiarachchi http://t.co/yKosWEZC #lka #srilanka

07:36 Nimal Lakshapatiarachchi was an icon. I first met him with my partners Viren Perera and Pradip Jayewardene when... http://t.co/s6pb7IQd

07:37 Sad Passing of a Creative Genius: Nimal Lakshapatiarachchi: Nimal at a village promotion in 1988 Nimal Lakshapat... http://t.co/XXMHbBc8

07:49 RT @nirananketell People Power in the North and East: MA Sumanthiran http://t.co/fpF3VwUK #lka #srilanka #tamils

09:02 RT @rkguruparan Suresh MP confirms what I reported yesterday. Visiting Indian envoy to Jaffna insists that TNA should join the PSC http://t.co/A4Jx0M5v

09:02 RT @rkguruparan En route to Mannar. Northern lawyers converging to hold a protest in front of Mannar courts condemning threats issued to Mannar Magistrate.

12:29 The Rebel Who Peddled Dreams: On Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi (1954–2012) http://t.co/t01NevbQ #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 208

12:30 As we move into digital broadcasting, there is a danger of high tech gadgets edging out creative minds. As the... http://t.co/EBPKwZ7C

12:49 Were they PUBLISHING pornographic material? If not, how is this even remotely relevant? | http://t.co/Yz6UUsSe #lka #srilanka

12:49 The Rebel Who Peddled Dreams: On Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi (1954–2012): Nimal Lakshapathiarachchi, who suddenly ... http://t.co/j6a1Qzq9

13:09 Especially today | Articles written to remember the anti-Tamil riots of July 1983 and 1958 http://t.co/ZBRIkTDC #lka #srilanka @lankasol

13:18 Articles written to remember the anti-Tamil riots of July 1983 and 1958. This content was submitted to... http://t.co/OxH64arj

14:24 Never Again: Remembering ’83: First broadcast on aired on the MTV, Shakthi and Sirasa terrestrial TV channels in... http://t.co/j9966I2M

14:24 First broadcast on aired on the MTV, Shakthi and Sirasa terrestrial TV channels in Sri Lanka from 23rd to 30th... http://t.co/HHM1oa5U

14:34 Those in Sri Lanka, please apply! | 2012 Create UNAOC Challenge http://t.co/HUwdQYKM @mobitelsrilanka @dialoglk @etisalatsl #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 209

15:21 RT @rkguruparan Photo from the Mannar protest organized by the combined bar associations of the Northern Province #lka #tamil http://t.co/kKe0JtJg

15:21 @rkguruparan Just one?! :)

15:35 MoD tourism clearly flourishing | More Mi-17s for Sri Lanka http://t.co/Xlo8GOBM #lka #srilanka

16:11 When guilty, flatly deny. Works every time. | Min. Bathiyutheen claims Mannar magistrate lied about him http://t.co/S9DBQ7rP #lka #srilanka

16:15 Inexplicable & possibly short lived - http://t.co/LZuKNG9l accessible over @dialoglk WiMAX today #lka #srilanka http://t.co/HOBoAWdc

18:12 Orwellian speak for guaranteed interference | Independence of judiciary will be ensured - President http://t.co/1T1Ge1LY #lka #srilanka

23:37 Basically, a gag order | Sri Lanka Defence Secretary calls on media to report crime responsibly http://t.co/9Q7dgTOl #lka #srilanka

23:39 Sent home to 'arrest, torture' http://t.co/s50jLUuO #lka #srilanka

23:40 RT @Cokroach Now on for public, chandragupta's unique art, "Monument & Other work" in memory of #BlackJuly @ Lionel Wendt #Tamil #srilanka #lka July 2012 / 210

23:42 RT @AmarAmarasingam riots in Sri Lanka remembered 29 years later http://t.co/9K8I0qKx via @HuffPostCanada #BlackJuly #Remember 83 #Tamil #LKA

23:42 RT @CitizenXSL Independence of the judiciary vital - #prez http://t.co/A8A4fVmP ya right!! is this b4 or after he brought the 18th amendment? #lka

23:44 Sri Lanka Analysis: Bridging the language divide in Sri Lanka http://t.co/Qw1FCCIK #lka #srilanka

24'th July, 2012

03:43 Whither Sri Lanka’s media?: Image courtesy Now Public Having been through the grind in the field of Sri Lanka’s ... http://t.co/Dxxdxr8b

06:59 Asylum seekers return to living hell http://t.co/FwSwhxSg #lka #srilanka

07:00 Child Rape on the Rise in Sri Lanka http://t.co/xewwxhpE #lka #srilanka

07:19 CEB website's load shedding schedule link dysfunctional http://t.co/pHbi0LOj See https://t.co/uU1rScII for today's cuts #lka #srilanka

07:22 More debt repayments! Hurrah! | IMF starts talks with Sri Lanka on a new loan http://t.co/0m2Ezb54 #lka #srilanka

07:23 Whither Sri Lanka’s media? http://t.co/sofivlPG #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 211

07:24 I will conclude by saluting all my many colleagues in the media who try to be the exception and not the rule, who... http://t.co/PQx9SFL0

07:48 @anushwij Good point. Any data or studies on whether in the past these kinds of facilities have helped, & to what degree, FDI & ratings?

07:55 @anushwij Tx. In a country where one floor of CB refutes what another floor says in <24hrs, one hopes such loans actually help fiscal mngmt!

09:00 Now in the running for an Orange or Booker | ‘No rapes committed by Security Forces in North and East’http://t.co/eEvIAc34 #lka #srilanka

09:03 The Living Seeds of Black July http://t.co/08dav949 #lka #srilanka

09:07 @RasCeylon Look forward to final film! :)

10:43 Interesting comment for @NalakaG on quality of radio DJ's today http://t.co/TVI7fyYc #lka #srilanka

11:43 It's called convenient amnesia | Statement recorded from Duminda http://t.co/yg8BMZAL #lka #srilanka

13:34 Second day running, http://t.co/LZuKNG9l accessible on @dialoglk WiMax #lka #srilanka http://t.co/aYacaCUl July 2012 / 212

13:53 RT @NalakaG After cocky minister mocked at other South Asian countries on their power shortages, #lka too now has daily power cuts! http://t.co/SQhDoxEY

14:37 RT @cfhaviland Thalayady, Jaffna coast. Sea perfect blue-green like Maldives. But no fotos allowed: High Security Zone. Army sez necess for security. #lka

14:39 RT @TimesOnlineLK Refugee flights prove costly; another boat with asylum seekers arrives from Sri Lanka . http://t.co/AxTr2sJi #SriLanka, #Asylumseekers

21:05 @ICTASriLanka How does this sit with growing online content censorship by SL Govt? http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj #lka #srilanka

21:05 RT @iam_project Our next Muslim elder is the formidable Mrs Rasheed from Kandy http://t.co/Sh2w0Ast #lka elders http://t.co/4Ysbfosb

25'th July, 2012

07:32 @NavamaniLK Any updates on this?

08:25 RT @bfonseka Protesting calling for justice re threat ag Mannar magistrate by a Govt minister today @ 12.30 in front of the Supreme Court #SriLanka #lka

08:36 Australia caught in Sri Lanka refugee crossfire http://t.co/sBlFfG3v #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 213

08:38 Incredible statistic: 700% increase thus far over all of 2011 in number of asylum seekers from #srilanka to #australia http://t.co/sBlFfG3v

08:38 More than 1500 Sri Lankans have reached Australian territory by boat so far this year, an increase of more than... http://t.co/ArAvgEBq

08:40 Can @USEmbSL confirm or deny whether US English 'shit fucks' were exchanged at this meeting? http://t.co/NjuTySSe Thank you. #lka #srilanka

09:55 RT @theyrc The agony of Z- scores: http://t.co/CiG109Uv via @DMbreakingnews #lka #universitycrisis #SL

09:55 RT @SriLanka Love this Headline - #SriLanka imposes daily power cut after #Chinese plant fails again http://t.co/qfP3WjeC #lka #China

10:00 @vijaysappani @usembsl 1. :) Diplomatic traditions trump brutes in high office? Good they met, for regime prospers in isolation.

10:00 @vijaysappani @usembsl 2. We do hope that Amb. brought up issues of accountability and civility with person who understands neither.

11:56 Please share as widely as possible: New videos & posters on FOE online in #srilanka http://t.co/Ycm0VVPp @lankasol #lka July 2012 / 214

14:32 The institutional anchor of Groundviews, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), released today three new... http://t.co/f8tEEwsJ

14:49 How to be safe when browsing the web and producing content that may irk censorious authorities. Also contains... http://t.co/wIvmPQVh

14:49 How activists and even ordinary users can create, disseminate, archive and engage with content on the web and... http://t.co/edl2DEDD

14:49 A video that showcases domestic and international legal frameworks, including our constitutional rights on the... http://t.co/s65SSDS8

16:25 The writing on the campus wall http://t.co/XR6XkoYW #lka #srilanka @theyrc

16:25 As opposed to?! | Ranil fires all cylinders http://t.co/1VHucYs4 #lka #srilanka

16:39 Sri Lankan politician arrested for human smuggling http://t.co/fS4tOjBp #lka #srilanka @TNAmediaoffice comment?

16:42 RT @MsAMR25 It is so ridiculous that situ in #lka is so bad that CPA has to put this out http://t.co/q0x9Wo0N but cheers for it! #srilanka July 2012 / 215

16:42 RT @colombotelegrap #lka By Jayantha Dhanapala and Prof. Savitri GoonesekereThe Arrogance Of Power: Story Of A Plane, A Pilot And A Puppy http://t.co/ubBBQRhe

16:43 Love the meme | “@nisald: So THAT'S why there was no powercut! via @xelene #lka http://t.co/DvJamQrQ” #srilanka

22:51 @SLcampaign @newtactics Thanks, but that's not right at all. CPA's Twitter handle is @CPASL Has been around for months.

23:12 Sri Lanka's war torn image still hurting economic prospects: diplomat http://t.co/WuNOcbBh #lka #srilanka

26'th July, 2012

00:23 Defense tools for Sri Lanka's online onslaught http://t.co/f2pa8unJ via @cpjasia #lka #srilanka @TechChange @EthanZ @globalvoices

00:32 Sanjana Hattotuwa, the founder of the citizen journalism website Groundviews, sent us the links to a new series... http://t.co/E7WKLyYw

00:45 RT @cpjasia Posters and videos focused on digital communications security, from Groundviews (@groundviews)#SriLanka http://t.co/INR6vfxY

10:06 Norochcholai repairs over, Kerawalpitiya by Monday - CEB http://t.co/jtisJIDt #CEB #srilanka #lka #electricity July 2012 / 216

10:08 Cartoon of the day via @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/VQc23g8Q #srilanka #lka

10:33 RT @AmanthaP Very useful...more so now than ever b4 RT @groundviews: Defense tools for Sri Lanka's online onslaught http://t.co/9Y8mfJ1i

12:38 @aufidius Dysfunctional link. Please retweet? Thanks.

12:42 @aufidius Thanks.

12:42 RT @aufidius @groundviews Here's the link again, will retweet, thanks for the tip http://t.co/rQIP8P28

14:42 Human Rights, Tamil political prisoners, Media, Land, Reconciliation, | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/FQKbDdnG

19:35 @SLcampaign Yes it is - major technical issue on backend, proving hard to fix. *Nothing* to do with Govt.

19:35 Sounds ominous | Sri Lanka says returned asylum seekers will be dealt according to law http://t.co/Fgs1fg0M #lka #srilanka

19:47 Anyone seen this action plan? | Sri Lanka: War abuse inquiries may take 5 years http://t.co/5NyvoLKA #lka #srilanka

19:53 @akeenan23 Merci.

19:54 RT @akeenan23 .@groundviews #srilanka "NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LLRC" is now online. http://t.co/eILQFMcw July 2012 / 217

27'th July, 2012

01:21 EXCLUSIVE: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Governance and politics today, future plans and prospects http://t.co/TThPtOFk #lka #srilanka

06:54 RT @aufidius Excellent interview with former President by @groundviews http://t.co/iXc5vjI4 #lka

06:54 @aufidius Thank you.

07:19 Inadvertently sheds light of Gotabaya's mindset | US is the most insecure country in the world-Wimal http://t.co/oA74e06T #lka #srilanka

09:04 @bfonseka Through what fora and means is this feedback requested? Will the process be transparent? What is the timeline? Also in E/S/T?

09:16 @bfonseka Wonder if @bundeljayse has any answers in this regard. Worth asking him anyway @SLcampaign @lankasol @akeenan23 #lka #srilanka

09:19 @AAMFasly @manoganesan @lankaenews @lankamuslims Thanks - for legal reasons, we were told, this wasn't broadcast on TV by TNL @YoungAsiaTV

10:00 UPDATE: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/QIk3m7oL @Vasugi #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 218

10:01 Around two weeks ago, published, unpublished, casual and budding writers were invited to contribute to what we... http://t.co/TttYGlud

13:07 @anushwij Thank you.

13:10 LLRC roadmap: An ‘action plan’ to suit the US, not us! http://t.co/PmcvMh0e #lka #srilanka @usembsl #reconciliation

13:11 Such is what the US State Secretary, Hillary Clinton sees as an “excellent mechanism” to address post war... http://t.co/QYfC3CYi

13:18 LLRC roadmap: An ‘action plan’ to suit the US, not us!: Photo credit: Daily FT The government announced (26 July... http://t.co/rEDcWzA7

13:34 Await on 28th & 29th: A powerful poem on media freedom from the perspective of a soldier, and recollections of '83 violence #lka #srilanka

14:26 Happy to note that #Sinhala unicode font rendering under OS X Mountain Lion visibly & significantly better than Lion #lka #srilanka

15:42 Interview with Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Governance and politics today, future plans and prospects: On... http://t.co/w39PWKFf

16:05 TNA unable to comment on Action Plan http://t.co/QzAYUlX4 #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 219

16:10 As simple as that | Those who fled Sri Lanka during war can come back now - Govt spokesman http://t.co/GQvLcYrc #lka #srilanka

16:11 The most gut-wrenching section of the tour has to be the route of the final battles. It traverses ravaged... http://t.co/nrSZf7jH

16:30 Unbelievable! | New city to be erected in Sri Lankan capital with a Formula One race track http://t.co/72e5wh5x #lka #srilanka

16:38 Heard of Mervyn Silva Mr. President? | Role of a politician should be exemplary to society - President http://t.co/AIq3sFXx #lka #srilanka

19:21 Sri Lanka citizen activist calls for more budget transparency http://t.co/x01ruwL0 #lka #srilanka

21:26 @Flavbriatore It truly is bizarre to read, but indicative of the mindset that informs mega-development in #srilanka.

22:18 RT @open_security #remember83 immense bravery amongst brutal violence. Almost thirty years on #SriLanka 'not nearer sanity or normalcy'. http://t.co/iJXWHgTd

22:20 Amongst memories of the cataclysmic violence that spread across Sri Lanka and which still marks this time of year... http://t.co/N58yM2Ty

22:21 @MelGuna One does wonder if in Sri Lanka you have activists who aren't citizens?! July 2012 / 220

22:24 RT @akeenan23 First of many critiques to come: #srilanka govt LLRC ‘action plan’ is for int'l consumption not needs of SL http://t.co/rRD6rcKH @USEmbSL

22:35 RT @TamilGuardian Torture claims withdrawn by deported Tamil Asylum seeker after 16 hours of Sri Lankan Police custody 'inter... http://t.co/vpmyR62s #lka

23:23 RT @SriLanka #London court ordered CPC #Srilanka to pay $162 mn +intrst to Std Chartered bank on #hedging daeal- #Reuters #lka

28'th July, 2012

03:01 Lance Corporal: I’m tired. It’s midnight. I’m propped up Against the mud Like a cannon gun, To fight The battles... http://t.co/6RUCLnlN

05:06 Jayasena and Rajakulendran: Heroes of a Lesser God: Wars are terrible things. They kill people, destroy their pr... http://t.co/xbINjeK4

06:42 Jayasena and Rajakulendran: Heroes of a Lesser God http://t.co/IK9YPcxi #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:42 I have nothing against celebrating heroism in battle but I also believe that courage and heroism of the kind... http://t.co/riHT9zvP

06:57 Returns will stop the boats: Sri Lanka http://t.co/8cpP9duD #lka #srilanka July 2012 / 221

06:59 BEFORE TOMORROW: TOURISM IN POST-WAR SRI LANKA http://t.co/YzdVYwTO @lankasol @Gemunua @ABRFOTO #lka #srilanka

07:02 The lasted for a quarter of a century, from 1983 to 2009, with an estimated hundred thousand... http://t.co/I0uJznV2

07:08 Lance Corporal http://t.co/W29tCpfQ #lka #srilanka

07:08 I’m tired. It’s midnight. I’m propped up Against the mud Like a cannon gun, To fight The battles you Criticise... http://t.co/ANpeL1Kr

09:08 Ask yourself: WHY isn't this story hitting mainstream media? http://t.co/xyAtrGmg #lka #srilanka @AmanthaP @MelGuna

09:09 Moving images: Brutally murdered Nimalruban was buried, finally... http://t.co/JWq02HIU #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @Gemunua @lankasol

18:47 Deported Tamil recants tales of torture http://t.co/h4MuUE15 #lka #srilanka

29'th July, 2012

03:19 School closed early today: Original photo from Ilankai Tamil Sangam School closed early today. Amma was looking ... http://t.co/UOw19ae2 July 2012 / 222

07:27 Chandrika’s discourse: Former Chandrika Kumaratunga at business centre of Grand Palace Ho... http://t.co/9YjsPbic

07:30 Why so late? | Sri Lanka conflict report to be released in Tamil next week http://t.co/pDUvpdWA See http://t.co/4kN3MaDH by @CPASL #lka

08:30 #srilanka's collective trauma and Hint Fiction | http://t.co/b4RiB1NJ #lka @lankasol

08:31 It is, as yet, not a given that the anthology of Sri Lankan Hint Fiction will make it to print. The prospective... http://t.co/uUpcJvxD

16:36 Powerful writing about 1983 pogrom | School closed early today http://t.co/LOAj7N2v #lka #srilanka @lankasol

16:36 School closed early today. Amma was looking very jumpy when she came to pick me up, but she wouldn’t tell me why.... http://t.co/DuSB7Suy

16:38 We believe that by including the above in their election manifesto that there is a possibility that the TNA can... http://t.co/PyTUxOTd

16:44 Tamil Civil Society Memo to the TNA regarding the Eastern Provincial Council Elections: Editors note: Also read ... http://t.co/zPkbr0LX July 2012 / 223

16:54 RT @kataclysmichaos New Blog Post: Death, as a Final Destination http://t.co/4bal58e4 #lka #fb

16:57 Rich, considering his own record | Fonseka for ‘People Controlled’ media http://t.co/AjNb5tTG‘people-controlled’-media.html #lka #srilanka

19:13 RT @aufidius Another interesting photoshop job by racist extremist Sinhala elements https://t.co/qRXTJ90I #lka

21:55 The Writer Fighter: Have you become a lance corporal, wing commander, lieutenant, private, sergeant, major gener... http://t.co/bb0TzBQ2

30'th July, 2012

08:18 @lankasol Yes you did - http://t.co/2upHj3Gm

08:23 Commemorating the '83 anti-Tamil pogrom, elections in the East and LLRC's fate - http://t.co/uK8Vsol4 #lka #srilanka

08:25 Groundviews Update: Commemorating the '83 anti-Tamil pogrom, elections in the East and LLRC's fate From... http://t.co/PoUgpwtE

08:33 The Writer Fighter http://t.co/EnDxyJbY #lka #srilanka

10:36 Got receipt of Not In Our Name letter to #srilanka's Prez http://t.co/L7AGUa99 No apology or condemnation yet! #lka http://t.co/Gp5biaW2 July 2012 / 224

11:15 Like 0 civilian casualty policy? | 'No IDPs by mid-August' says Govt #lka #srilanka http://t.co/gC7GLdOG

11:47 Letter from the Presidential Secretariat acknowledging receipt of the Not In Our Name printouts delivered on 4th... http://t.co/pOItUWzJ

11:58 @SharnelleVella 1. Unlikely anything more will result. NION's power is as lasting repository of opposition to religious extremism. #lka

11:58 @SharnelleVella 2. With the JHU deeply entrenched & influential in the present regime, this violence is condoned if not engineered by them.

11:58 @SharnelleVella 3. NION's no barrier to this disturbing trend, but it's there & easily referenced for campaigns on equality & co-existence.

12:00 @SharnelleVella Well put.

12:01 RT @AmanthaP Valechchennei, with its fishing port and nearby Kathankuddi appear to be hubs for people smuggling networks #SRILANKA

14:29 A quotidian response: Letter to President regarding religious extremism in Sri Lanka - http://t.co/NTEQ2qkR #lka #SRILANKA July 2012 / 225

14:37 Fringe lunacy goes mainstream?! | The UN Sec Gen is helping TNA et al start another war for Eelam | http://t.co/fWVwHriT #lka #srilanka

14:59 Bon chance! | Niluka beats world number 8 http://t.co/sTIcidT8 #lka #srilanka

15:00 Record for Sri Lankan arrests http://t.co/P6nw7yy2 #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella @sunili @ABRFOTO

15:05 Stunning images from #srilanka from @jamesmorganfoto http://t.co/gJvR8Ckg Thanks @SharnelleVella For @Gemunua @ABRFOTO @lankasol #lka

15:07 Stunning photos of Sri Lanka, from James Morgan. From... http://t.co/a1T0nzsp

15:27 More perfervid madness from #srilanka | Buddhist clergy wants birth control operations banned http://t.co/mjL9QNbq via @kataclysmichaos #lka

15:30 @SriLanka Thank you. Please use and share.

15:33 A quotidian response: Letter to President regarding religious extremism: On 4th July 2012, along with printed an... http://t.co/BX7VH97Y

15:37 RT @ABRFOTO @Dinoukc hey how many olympic officials from #lka have gone to the olympics? July 2012 / 226

15:37 RT @SarongJohnnie Sri Lankans are leaving by the boat load. RT @DMbreakingnews Navy intercepts 3 boats carrying 103 migrants. http://t.co/sKccg3eI #lka

15:39 @Dinoukc During Premedasa's time, there were lots erected across #srilanka. History doesn't record impact on national punctuality.

15:40 RT @MsAMR25 Karma and killings in #Myanmar - interesting piece and relevant to #srilanka and #buddhism http://t.co/f7VP1v4x

17:03 3. Visualisation of 350k websites referred to in previous tweets is here - http://t.co/Bizq8cTq via @gizmodo

17:03 2. HiruFM, Derana TV & Derana FM websites are most visited media websites according to new web viz #lka #srilanka http://t.co/cCVoGUNa

17:04 1. Visualisation of 350k websites has http://t.co/bwshVtnG as most visited site after Google homepage in #srilanka http://t.co/QBCAOyXa

17:07 Sri Lanka's most visited websites, courtesy a new web visualisation. http://t.co/veghlQsP

17:33 Repeated requests over months to improve QoS on @dialoglk WiMax connection in office to no avail. Discontinued. Switching to SriLankaTelecom July 2012 / 227

17:35 Our advice from bitter experience, go for known evil (@SriLankaTelecom) over promises that never matched reality (@dialoglk's WiMax) #lka

17:48 Breaking the Ghostly Silence on Rape http://t.co/cdDNtYlF from @AmanthaP #lka #srilanka For @TMnY @kataclysmichaos

17:52 @SriLanka Link if available?

17:56 @SriLanka @newsfirst_en Cheers - expect organisers to put it up too anon. Got invite, but work got in the way of attending.

18:13 For urgent action @TMnY @cepasl | pact.lk's hosting account has expired http://t.co/I0pw1sZC It would be a HUGE loss if site went down.

22:06 In conversation with M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA National List MP http://t.co/p62NIi0J @rkguruparan @nirananketell #lka #srilanka

22:07 M.A.Sumanthiran, is a National List Member of Parliament from the (TNA). Groundviews has... http://t.co/gF4wTSOL

22:22 Tamil returned after Sri Lanka complaint http://t.co/qbVJC1gF #lka #srilanka

22:48 In conversation with M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA National List MP: M.A.Sumanthiran, is a National List Member of Parli... http://t.co/3BPnLTKA July 2012 / 228

31'st July, 2012

06:32 Govt. won’t introduce ‘Right to Information Act’ at the expense of national security http://t.co/OFN9Ni8G #lka #srilanka

06:33 Ex-combatants look forward to a new life in Sri Lanka http://t.co/tOUJfGTP #lka #srilanka

06:37 Is this true? 30 officials for 7 athletes attend the London #Olympics? http://t.co/58gjnnJJ #lka #srilanka

06:39 Tisaranee's excellent article | Sri Lanka, Through The Bathiudeen-Mirror http://t.co/SL83iw6B #lka #srilanka

07:18 Essential reading for #srilanka's own mainstream print media | Journalism’s Misdeeds Get a Glance in the Mirror http://t.co/Lqxfp6GW #lka

11:05 Without a Sinhala or Tamil translation of report? Wow. | Over 50% of LLRC recommendations implemented http://t.co/HWMl3giD #lka #srilanka

12:45 @SriLanka None we know of - good to crowdsource this question.

12:46 @SriLanka It gets better (pun intended) in 2012 http://t.co/x38YZRpG

12:46 RT @sunili Our single-minded “stop the boats” approach in #SriLanka fails to address huge #humanrights problems http://t.co/gdfa8fIR — @rightsagenda July 2012 / 229

12:48 @MelGuna Does he ever listen to himself? No need to see #srilanka to be turned off by the country.

16:34 Ganesan Nimalaruban: A damning murder, funeral and silence http://t.co/jpX9Rye1 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

16:35 It is very likely readers of Sinhala mainstream print media have no clue who Ganesan Nimalaruban was, or exactly... http://t.co/kMn1ZB6A

16:40 Ganesan Nimalaruban: A damning murder, funeral and silence: Photo credit: Vikalpa It is very likely readers of S... http://t.co/N1eynzoX

17:00 RT @cfhaviland The tragedy of Nimalaruban, #Tamil prisoner allegedly beaten to death in jail. @groundviews http://t.co/dD5o4t3d #srilanka #lka

17:00 @cfhaviland Thanks for retweet.

17:04 Press Release noting that 50% of all street lamps will be turned off from 1 Aug http://t.co/BUNcnN5M #lka #srilanka

17:07 Good news! | Kanak Mani Dixit in #colombo again for lecture at @slpi, 2 Aug, 4.30pm onwards. Details at http://t.co/lYthLWt9 #lka #srilanka

17:09 Interview with Kanak Dixit from '10 https://t.co/hituOOf9 @slpi #lka #srilanka #nepal #media Come to http://t.co/lYthLWt9 & see him live. July 2012 / 230

17:18 RT @kataclysmichaos Weren't 'saboteurs' behind electricity outage? : CEB to switch off 50% street lamps http://t.co/0ZEcdOhq #lka

20:37 RT @DMbreakingnews Gihan de Chickera of Daily Mirror wins - cartoonist of the year 2011 at the Journalism Awards held at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel #Srilanka #lka

20:38 @DMbreakingnews Richly deserved! Congratulations!

20:39 RT @NalakaG My friend @KanakManiDixit is chief guest at #lka Journalism Awards by @SLPI. Hope he tells our #mediasaurus MSM editors a few home truths!

20:41 RT @AsiaSociety Photo of the Day: A Pensive Observer in Sri Lanka http://t.co/mwsLzx3m #AsiaBlog July 2012 / 231

August

1'st August, 2012

03:35 The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Mullikulam: Photo courtesy National Fisheries Solida... http://t.co/T0Ng3feM

05:58 The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Mullikulam http://t.co/2CbXHBTO #lka #srilanka

05:59 @ssukumaran Have you submitted a story or two for Hint Fiction? :)

06:00 It is difficult to understand why the Navy is insisting on not giving back the land, houses and public buildings... http://t.co/st0XGiul

06:12 RT @mhmhisham if #srilanka Gov has any decency Ministers S.B., Bandula & Susil should have resigned/sacked by now. But arent we the #WonderOfAsia? :)

06:13 RT @Asia_Foundation Find out how bicycle patrols are rebuilding trust b/t #police and communities in #SriLanka http://t.co/eE2f4MO5

06:13 RT @colombotelegrap #US #ReligiousFreedom Report Says Attacks On Christian Churches By Buddhist Extremists Is Still Going On In #SriLanka http://t.co/HyyORZBD August 2012 / 232

06:14 RT @MelGuna #SriLanka briefs diplomats on war-panel action plan http://t.co/jJcjoQit #lk #diplomacy

06:15 @ssukumaran Marvellous. Thanks.

10:08 RT @Apelankawe @bundeljayse any idea when there will be an official translation in Sinhala and tamil of the LLRC report?

15:42 Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86 http://t.co/ghl5883t Glad to have met and heard him at Galle Lit Fest. RIP.

23:10 1. Muzammil should get a spine 2. We agree. Gota is perfectly capable of fooling himself http://t.co/dMk4CzjS #lka #srilanka

2'nd August, 2012

06:51 Sports for All http://t.co/rrvUOsBZ #lka #srilanka

07:06 Undocumented Sri Lankan Migration to Italy: Its Rise and Fall http://t.co/xcMnR144 #lka #srilanka

07:06 More than ten years ago the smuggling of people out of Sri Lanka by boat was thriving. While Australia is... http://t.co/iXsCb4c8

07:12 Undocumented Sri Lankan Migration to Italy: Its Rise and Fall: Photo courtesy Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images More t... http://t.co/tSOKGsRg August 2012 / 233

08:48 RT @platform_blog @groundviews See our writer @Vindic8d explore 'The Malevolent Reincarnation of Buddhism' in Sri Lanka and Burma http://t.co/Ikgfc5sv #lka

08:48 @platform_blog @vindic8d Thank you!

12:16 #US welcomes LLRC action plan. See press release by @usembsl http://t.co/5x2ApnbB #srilanka #lka

23:11 @Vasugi It's awful - had one of #lka's most senior diplomats, now retired, say he was moved to tears by this, a reaction widely shared.

3'rd August, 2012

06:44 The Anuradhapura attack was not the only recent incident of Buddhists behaving badly in Sri Lanka. In April,... http://t.co/rLMOl8Vj

06:47 Buddhists Behaving Badly http://t.co/WfdW78da #lka #srilanka

06:48 Right to Information Act: Media organizations attack Herath http://t.co/eWNEAPe4 #lka #srilanka

06:50 Excellent tongue-in-cheek Editorial | Olympics: Why this hullabaloo? http://t.co/SDGrXmho #lka #srilanka

06:51 Sri Lanka’s Fragile Gains In The Balance http://t.co/A0eUdxdJ #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 234

06:51 In sum, although Sri Lanka has ostensibly made great progress in the three years since the civil war ended, these... http://t.co/KDy2ySSZ

07:01 Little incidents being blown out of proportion: President http://t.co/8aQ6y3NH Guess we can forget about http://t.co/jpX9Rye1 #lka #srilanka

07:23 Vital report to read for activists in Sri Lanka: The capability of repressive governments to monitor users of... http://t.co/0EAy5RMx

07:32 Sri Lanka: Massacre of Aid Workers Goes Unpunished http://t.co/uQ94AC8X #lka #srilanka

07:33 The Sri Lankan government’s failure to hold accountable those responsible for the execution-style slaying of 17... http://t.co/nvQyrPhH

08:52 RT @jayshreebajoria Re: investigations into wartime abuses, #lka govt action plan reads more like inaction plan- J. Ross @hrw http://t.co/fGVxODG9 @ACF_France

08:53 RT @AzzamAmeen Sports Ministry lies exposed. SM statement said only 10 officials in Olympics blaming the media but reports say they had at least 13 #lka

08:53 @AzzamAmeen But zero accountability, even when a lying government is exposed? Who really cares?

08:54 @AzzamAmeen Perhaps he forgot his flight number? August 2012 / 235

08:54 RT @DushiYanthini "Journalists should have self confidence to challenge the authorities"~Kanak Mani Dixit. #Media #LKA http://t.co/VjeptIpu

09:56 Experiencing some backend technical issues. Looking into it. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/j0vKIp9V

10:23 Experiencing server side technical issues on Groundviews and Vikalpa too. Looking into it.

10:25 Groundviews and @vikalpavoices back online again. Apologies for any inconvenience. #lka #srilanka

12:15 RT @peacemother1 @groundviews investigation in #srilanka seems to have stalled http://t.co/tor3dkts

12:15 Long wait continues for family of Rochdale's murdered Red Cross 'hero' http://t.co/wCQ4BN3V #lka #srilanka

12:16 With close to 100,000 British tourists arriving in Sri Lanka every year, Nasir is well aware that his brother's... http://t.co/fQJiOj50

12:28 Groundviews is pleased to present a new web based timeline that traces key events and developments around the... http://t.co/P6k5M57s

12:46 Sri Lanka’s LLRC: A timeline from inception to implementation - http://t.co/JkJ9pq4z #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 236

12:49 Sri Lanka’s LLRC: A timeline from inception to implementation: Groundviews is pleased to present a new web based... http://t.co/8qzqnDoE

13:48 @TMnY Thank you very much.

13:49 Joint statement condemning statement by Sec. to Media Minister against Right to Information http://t.co/LHeZlEB3 #lka #srilanka (in Sinhala)

13:52 @TMnY Guess no one in #lka will really use it, but imp. to note our curation is open & available as JSON & CSV http://t.co/2RJG3l3t

16:12 The mirror-like symmetries of dogmatic Sinhala and Tamil nationalism are occasionally remarked upon but not often... http://t.co/j02KhdBs

16:26 A Critique of Political Fundamentalism in Sri Lanka: The mirror-like symmetries of dogmatic Sinhala and Tamil na... http://t.co/pFzxQQKu

19:38 He may have also forgotten he returned? | Duminda is back - Hirunika http://t.co/ao0izcXK #lka #srilanka

19:39 RT @GTFonline very useful timeline on inception and implementation of #srilanka's LLRC from @groundviews http://t.co/jOQLb0xN

19:39 @GTFonline Thanks. August 2012 / 237

20:18 RT @iam_project 14,000 now following I Am facebook page. Help spread the word about the #lka narratives project https://t.co/AdB3I4M5 http://t.co/HkdFUsjW

4'th August, 2012

03:52 The Urgent Need of a National Water Resources Policy: Sri Lanka is endowed with rich and sustainable water resou... http://t.co/XOI8R2dF

09:43 RT @UN_News_Centre Despite post-conflict gains, #SriLanka needs continued donor support – @UNOCHA official http://t.co/TqaSecnx

17:35 Human Rights, The President in London, Politics, Reconciliation, Sri Lankan Tamil Cinema | Vikalpa Update - http://t.co/hRfNn00o

5'th August, 2012

09:45 On 3 August at around 8.30 pm a second attempt was made by around fifteen individuals, all dressed in civilian... http://t.co/aLXw6tsG

09:51 Obliteration of Road Painting Commemorating Neelan Tiruchelvam on Kynsey Road (with photos): Following the assas... http://t.co/rnHtOZNa

10:06 Obliteration of Road Painting Commemorating Neelan Tiruchelvam on Kynsey Road (with photos) http://t.co/kujLXurY #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 238

10:07 Full colour, full page advertisements, TV and radio spots, statues, commemorative days, speeches, billboards,... http://t.co/uecjDmq9

10:08 The murder of a nobody https://t.co/9HBoT8C9 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

10:41 @TMnY @gehan99 Incredible, in the fullest sense of the word.

11:34 @TMnY @gehan99 Agree!

12:03 RT @Dinoukc Post War – The Cries Of The Desperate And Destitute http://t.co/9nrZoquU #lka

12:04 RT @cfhaviland Inside #Srilanka's final battle zone: my #BBC report from Puthukudiyiruppu & Mullaitivu. http://t.co/9umDX2db & do listen online. #lka

12:04 RT @Vasugi The Neelan Tiruchelvam "sanctity of life" mural on Kynsey Terrace has been destroyed. http://t.co/3exLMMST http://t.co/lHGoMrWF #lka

12:05 But the government says it still fears a resurgence of the Tamil Tigers and it is not loosening its grip. In one... http://t.co/cE1vU4qH

12:15 New dataviz from Google shows #srilanka's arms & ammunition trade. Figure seems too low? Via http://t.co/EOgmbFU6 http://t.co/0cGSXS4g August 2012 / 239

18:41 Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Censorship of the internet is ‘a pity’ http://t.co/JUOYdAnd #lka #srilanka

18:58 RT @Joviarul Didn't Weerathunge say that #translations of the #LLRC will be available in a weeks time from the 26th of July or did he say 2? #lka

18:59 RT @AzzamAmeen Electoral Register Online. Now any voter can surf the web and check his/her name in the Electoral Register. http://t.co/tAiVTtbm #lka

19:02 RT @MsAMR25 "Travelling across northern #srilanka is like criss-crossing from garrison to garrison." http://t.co/VLR8M7uU #sinhala #tamil #postconflict

21:35 Small arms and ammunitions imports into Sri Lanka from 1992-2010: A latent hypocrisy? http://t.co/tiElVzfa #lka #srilanka @lankasol

21:39 If anything, the UN HRC voting map compared to the trade of arms and ammunition strongly suggests that the arms... http://t.co/eGOpFOfC

21:48 Small arms and ammunitions imports into Sri Lanka from 1992-2010: A latent hypocrisy?: Google has just released ... http://t.co/9P4WWj5j

22:09 @ssukumaran The dataviz is by itself, very cool, but question we raise is one of accountability by those champion it http://t.co/tiElVzfa August 2012 / 240

22:10 Seems our recent timeline http://t.co/2RJG3l3t has piqued interest in timelines in general. We can advise, but can't create for others! #lka

22:13 For the Martians cometh anon | Sri Lanka tells its troops to remain on alert http://t.co/1Km7satQ #lka #srilanka

22:26 Booker long list next? | Sri Lanka includes National Action Plan on LLRC recommendations in UPR report http://t.co/K5RUk46D #lka #srilanka

23:39 RT @teearuna Considering small ideas for keeping alive the spirit of the Sanctity of Life mural & ideals behind it. Do share yours! #NeelanTiruchelvam

6'th August, 2012

03:40 The Kattankudy mosque massacre in Sri Lanka: 22 years after: During my recent visits to Batticaloa I met many el... http://t.co/Bvlb592U

07:19 PREMIERE: The Kattankudy mosque massacre in Sri Lanka: 22 years after. Ramadan is a time for deep reflection and... http://t.co/0W4etbem

07:20 The Kattankudy mosque massacre in Sri Lanka: 22 years after http://t.co/7cUBtPXZ #lka #srilanka @lankasol @ABRFOTO @Gemunua @mhmhisham August 2012 / 241

07:41 RT @cfhaviland Such disturbing cases seem to pile up: RT @AzzamAmeen 3 Army Soldiers arrested for raping a girl in -Colombo (Udarata) Train #lka

07:42 RT @cfhaviland #UK MP Bob Blackman on #SriLanka visit, paid for by SL gov, says scale/pace of redevel'pmt "remarkable", island "at peace with itself". #lka

07:42 RT @cfhaviland But #UK MP Bob Blackman adds thousands of #SriLanka origin ppl in UK have relatives unaccounted for; #LKA gov must identfy what happd 2 them

07:43 @cfhaviland Daily News reportage convenient omits the paid for by SL govt part, and point about missing relatives http://t.co/s59HweUj #lka

07:46 @teearuna The GV story has some photos of the mural just after it was repainted, taken in the night - http://t.co/kujLXurY

07:47 RT @teearuna Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 1) screen print T-shirts with the mural design #lka #NeelanTiruchelvam

07:47 RT @teearuna Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 2) reproduce mural design on walls/gates of your private property #lka #NeelanTiruchelvam

07:47 RT @teearuna Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 3) project mural design onto road from private property #lka #NeelanTiruchelvam August 2012 / 242

07:47 RT @teearuna Ideas for preserving the "Sanctity of Life" mural: 4) redo the mural, but multiply & spread with every erasure #lka #NeelanTiruchelvam

07:48 @teearuna Arguably, perhaps it's better to preserve the defaced mural? Lends more power to the fact there is NO sanctity of life in #lka.

07:58 RT @IFEX Media skeptical over Press Council Act amendments http://t.co/EcHFUOS7 | @eff #SriLanka

08:24 @teearuna ICES itself needs to decide on path forward re defacement of Kynsey Rd mural. Your other ideas can be taken up by others.

08:50 RT @AmanthaP Thought provoking reader reactions to my story on mass silence on rape in http://t.co/ozhpgM2s #SRILANKA @ipsnews #lka

10:02 @mwikramanayake Watching live NASA feed here - http://t.co/qAXWxKdU *Amazing* video of science behind landing https://t.co/cOmDFMJ6

10:03 RT @NalakaG @cfhaviland @groundviews This #UK MP shud be reported to Ethics Committee in House of Commons? Singing for free travel can't be right? #lka

10:12 Site moderation & curation on hold. We are currently watching NASA MSL landing live via http://t.co/qAXWxKdU http://t.co/WU12Z2qO August 2012 / 243

10:31 RT @iam_project The I Am project remembers all those who lost their lives during the mosque massacres in 1990 http://t.co/INRGhJxC #lka http://t.co/aQJjblLA

11:18 RT @NASA #MSL: Here's one of the first images from @MarsCuriosity http://t.co/Zbm5obi8

11:27 For those who missed it, incl. my son, @NASA Curiosity's landing on Mars via screencast from my Mac http://t.co/IeUafxLX @NalakaG - Sanjana

11:44 RT @SabaThambi @groundviews Cricket forges links with Sri lankan asylum seekers and North Queenslanders in Australia http://t.co/arLuje2F

18:30 An Interview with ‘Controversial’ Mannar Catholic Bishop Rayappu Joseph http://t.co/oYLRzRgl #lka #srilanka

18:30 What do you think of the LLRC report? I will not want people to die in vain. I have details about the deaths and... http://t.co/YpbpmlER

20:37 Listen to podcast by @cfhaviland on #srilanka http://t.co/FRiakSAs and read his disturbing report http://t.co/gpf99STb #lka

20:37 RT @AzzamAmeen Filming @cfhaviland for BBC Business prog @ Majestic City,CID officer approaches &asks is this against ?? against what?? Like Channel 4 #lka August 2012 / 244

20:38 @AzzamAmeen @cfhaviland Interesting they have CID in major shopping malls. #lka #srilanka

20:40 @SriLankaTelecom We are paying 8,890+ for line downgraded to 4Mbps by SLT engineers. Broadband in #lka remains a good idea #srilanka

20:41 @AzzamAmeen They know something we don't?

20:42 RT @cfhaviland Ian Paisley Jr, Northrn #Ireland MP, on his #SriLanka trip: "Building peace harder than making war" Listen http://t.co/ATxn49cD 1500 gmt #NI

20:56 Sri Lanka chapter in Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 via @StateDept http://t.co/cvVSDYV3 #lka #srilanka

21:07 RT @GrantaMag 'In Tamil, there is a word for the place of ancestral origin; this is a word more powerful than home.' @VASugi on home: http://t.co/Ey8A9MG7

21:10 Wonderful - must read | Hippocrates by @Vasugi http://t.co/zFOcOMdI via @GrantaMag #lka #srilanka @PhBooks

21:37 @SriLankaTelecom Shouldn't customer be informed BEFORE she/he signs up to package? We are effectively paying for speeds you can't deliver.

21:38 @SriLankaTelecom Furthermore, downgraded twice - from 16 to 8 then down to 4Mbps. Speaks volumes about quality of your "broadband" network? August 2012 / 245

21:39 RT @AsiaSociety RT @RANews: #SriLanka releases the 37 #Chinese fishermen detained by its navy for illegal fishing #China

21:49 RT @SLcampaign Pattani Razeek's alleged killers walk free. A year since his body was found and no sign of justice http://t.co/u7MrbGKA #lka

7'th August, 2012

00:23 @Nirmanusan In which case, we are but actors. The script and direction by the Chinese.

00:25 @mhmhisham The Min for Power seems to suggest there is a vast conspiracy at CPC. Vast. All will be revealed soon, we are told.

02:14 RT @vipulananda The Deception Of Self-Determination In Sri #Lanka — OpEd Eurasia Review: http://t.co/cUeph8ww #LKA #Srilanka #LK

02:23 @Nirmanusan But govt now denies their release?! http://t.co/QnEIiAFO

03:13 @lankasol @bfonseka Yes - for a while. Major technical issue at the backend - nothing to do with Govt.

09:53 @7piliers You're in Sri Lanka?! Welcome back after a long hiatus. Let me know when you're back in Colombo - Sanjana. August 2012 / 246

10:01 Very good reason to make sure activist blogs which are self-hosted are regularly updated! http://t.co/CISiPtKj #lka #srilanka

18:13 @SriLankaTelecom Sorry, but what on earth does THAT mean? BB latency & speeds are geo-fenced? What's the radius? Do you tell customers this?

18:41 Those in search of political favours should not hijack our hard-working musical talent, leaving it abused,... http://t.co/39tvF7FL

18:48 2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Sri Lanka http://t.co/nU705QIz #lka #srilanka

18:51 8% growth for '13 & 7.2% for '12. How accurate are these projections by CB governor? @CEPASL @talkeconomicssl http://t.co/HmXJ7GIy #lka

19:05 The end of the music? http://t.co/eDkacOpD #lka #srilanka @MelGuna

19:06 RT @cfhaviland Article recalls LTTE chopped off hand of would-be voter in 2005 elex: boycott to let in Rajapaksa & encourage war. http://t.co/w2HBFUnP #lka

19:06 The end of the music?: Photo by Sagara Lakmal De Mel At a time of general cultural degeneration and falling stan... http://t.co/nWOseWKc August 2012 / 247

19:22 RT @AzzamAmeen Mistake in A/L paper now, whats happening to our education system #lka http://t.co/0P98hw9s

19:22 RT @milindat The trend has shifted. Women are 'willingly' participating in Rape now! #SriLanka #LKA http://t.co/H3KkMY4c

19:25 @milindat That's just brilliant. Clearly the national stats will now have to take out "willing" rape victims @womenandmedia @TMnY

19:26 RT @Nirmanusan Eluded #Peace, Denied #Justice: Bare facts and naked #truths http://t.co/LwfTMNuD #Tamil #Srilanka

19:27 On the 3rd of August, after a three day visit to the island, a senior United Nations relief official praised the... http://t.co/STTL3JpI

8'th August, 2012

01:22 @milindat @tmny @womenandmedia Actually just arrest all the women for inviting rape on themselves. Since that is what women do.

09:02 RT @cfhaviland Chinese fishermen "freed" in eastern #Srilanka: but still some confusion on their status. BBC. http://t.co/ENcP385k #china #lka August 2012 / 248

09:03 RT @cfhaviland #China fishermen intercepted: #SriLanka now says "were never arrested"; boats were Lankan -but "violated 200-mile exclusion zone". Confusing

09:03 RT @globalvoices #SriLanka: Buddhist Priest allegedly robs statue from Hindu temple http://t.co/0FZAGoPH

09:16 The Domestic Violence Act: Seven Years On http://t.co/PXqZr8Bg #lka #srilanka

09:18 After my experience of violence, I reflected on it and I tried to find out more about this. I found that 60% of... http://t.co/kHxUyUin

09:33 Why on earth is this top secret? | SL sends human rights report to UNHRC http://t.co/Vz59O56i #lka #srilanka

09:38 The Domestic Violence Act: Seven Years On: Photo courtesy Beyond Borders blog On this day in 2005, the Sri Lanka... http://t.co/sXgWu4Du

10:59 No right to information in Sri Lanka http://t.co/hhQIlx88 #lka #srilanka via @cpjasia

19:10 @TypoInColombo @megtegal @thegutterflower Well some good things are still around - like you! :) Warts and all, #lka's home.

19:13 RT @cfhaviland A second "LTTE suspect" dies aftr the alleged June assault on prisoners in Vavuniya #SriLanka; had been in coma. http://t.co/9vUTJ9KD #tamil August 2012 / 249

19:14 @cfhaviland Another "heart attack" we suppose. Or perhaps it was really dengue?

19:16 RT @bfonseka What has been done to apprehend those responsible? LTTE suspect at Vavuniya prison dies following assault http://t.co/MAnnRaLB

19:37 What does this really mean? | Over 51,000 foreigners visit former war zone in Sri Lanka http://t.co/ci4MWmTP #lka #srilanka

20:10 RT @LankaMuslims The AG Dept has found sufficient evidence in the police report to file charges against Min Rishard. #lka #srilanka

20:45 RT @ShashiTharoor Engaging,fun conversation w/ShehanKarunatilaka on his DSCPrize-winning novel Chinaman. Pity only50 delhiites turned up in a hall seating 500

20:45 @ShashiTharoor Shashi, was there a recording of the conversation? Would love to hear it. Sanjana.

23:10 RT @IslandCricket Unruly spectators in #SriLanka spoil fun for Indian fans | Sri Lanka | Cricket: http://t.co/FDc6fGc9 #LKA

23:11 This is utterly reprehensible | Unruly spectators spoil fun for Indian fans http://t.co/o5O40vgV #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 250

23:32 RT @DMbreakingnews Power cut imposed for 2 hrs & 15 min in 58 towns & Colombo at daytime tomorrow (9) due to breakdown at Lakwijaya station - CEB #Srilanka

23:48 RT @aufidius A superb piece on 'Nation Building' in Britain, a concept Sri lanka can benefit greatly from http://t.co/8XCokro7 #lka #uk

9'th August, 2012

02:49 RT @labourstart Sri Lanka: US retailer J Crew pulls out of Sri Lanka http://t.co/KzHortob

02:59 @bundeljayse Small wonder, given younger brother's media skills? An indictment of media professionalism that Editors actually meet him #lka

10'th August, 2012

04:39 Civil society as a space for dissent in Sri Lanka http://t.co/QjJMyy8w #lka #srilanka

15:51 The ‘Miracle of Asia’ and Higher Education http://t.co/VxK4Vzl7 #lka #srilanka @theyrc @lankasol

16:17 The ‘Miracle of Asia’ and Higher Education: Along with a number of others in the original email list, including ... http://t.co/s54TsQST

16:24 Australia rescues more than 200 from asylum boat http://t.co/RwPQAi92 #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 251

18:05 So why is #UN even sending experts, if #lka isn't even going to listen to any advice? http://t.co/fp75gEAx #srilanka @UN_HRC

19:06 Excellent visualisation, but just wish the Guardian was this interesting in #srilanka's war too http://t.co/Hs436bVS #lka

19:24 @vikalpavoices translated Declaration of Internet Freedom to Sinhala & Tamil http://t.co/Rfp7epab Sign up! #NetDeclaration

19:29 RT @FreeTheInternet RT @groundviews @vikalpavoices translated Declaration of Internet Freedom to Sinhala & Tamil http://t.c... http://t.co/WfqoKHfX #FreeWeb

19:31 RT @nigelvnugawela It's unfortunate that the Sangha is unable to apologise for its intolerance | Rauff says 'mea culpa' http://t.co/NEanPO57 #srilanka

19:49 Post-war #srilanka snapshot | Police attempted to disrupt prisoner’s funeral http://t.co/qXHcmgpU #lka

19:52 Fiction or fact? | Sri Lanka's war- torn north records highest economic growth: CB http://t.co/jqEOPN11 #lka #srilanka

19:52 Swamy’s prescription for reconciliation in Sri Lanka http://t.co/WXfTenpU #lka #srilanka #india

20:00 RT @cfhaviland Unusual: an apology from a #SriLanka cabinet minister. (Apology is by #Muslim minister Rauff Hakeem to #Buddhists) http://t.co/0N7Ipqx3 #lka August 2012 / 252

20:01 RT @RKKrishnan Now that #CPC has a new chairman, will #srilanka know what happened to the diesel that it imported? Can't say now, I guess

20:03 RT @humanrightsasia #SRILANKA: Truth and myth http://t.co/hf8CnHno #CustodialDeath #murder #torture #justice #RuleOfLaw

21:15 @vijaysappani @rameshnswamy @swamy39 @rkkrishnan Thanks much.

22:49 Ketheeswaran Loganathan called generally as “Ketheesh” was assassinated Six years ago on August 12th exactly one... http://t.co/cgzl4cfV

11'th August, 2012

04:15 Child Abuse: A Time for Deconstruction and Engagement: The politics of child abuse is no different from the poli... http://t.co/lHb33dIv

10:17 This is an excellent PSA against pollution of the environment. Please share widely. Yanna Rata Wate - Desmond... http://t.co/KZejZYe4

10:18 Compelling PSA against environmental pollution in #srilanka | Yanna Rata Wate - Desmond De Silva http://t.co/7dyUo9XI #lka @vikalpavoices

10:30 Child Abuse: A Time for Deconstruction and Engagement http://t.co/nvbl8wHI #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 253

10:30 The modern definition of a professional must be a human being who sees, understands and deals with the full... http://t.co/ulF2f9Aq

13:21 RT @bfonseka Amnesty wants U.N. probe into Sri Lanka war crimes http://t.co/6OPL1QXa #lka #SriLanka

13:22 RT @bfonseka India needs to take relook at dealings with neighbours: SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa- http://t.co/fEmCQMVl #lka #SriLanka

13:28 @Joviarul Interesting interview that opens up a whole raft of questions and issues for further discussion.

13:41 @Joviarul @kadawara Anoma's point about archiving A/V material also fundamental. We would also add web content (tweets, comments, posts etc)

13:42 Still no light on how exactly the President came to say 50% of LLRC recommendations complete? | http://t.co/DihRaEHa #lka #srilanka

13:52 Truth and Myth in Sri Lanka http://t.co/GAcihsII #lka #srilanka

14:17 What's happened to pact.lk? Any updates? @TMNY @CEPASL #lka #srilanka

14:50 @ShashiTharoor Thanks, and would love another go in Galle. March 2013 can't come soon enough. August 2012 / 254

17:27 @Joviarul @tnamediaoffice @masumanthiran Up now - see https://t.co/Qxx4BQhc #lka #srilanka

17:36 RT @MelGuna #SriLanka's energy situation "grave" says power minister http://t.co/tGgXEFjH admits coal power plant hastily built #lk #srilanka

17:38 RT @USEmbSL Yesterday Colonel James Robinson from #PACOM spoke at the #SriLanka Defense Seminar. Read his remarks here: http://t.co/MAWgH4Xy

19:17 RT @DushiYanthini Tamil prisoner Dilrokshan Mariyadas(36) laid to rest in fishing hamlet Paasaiyoor|Jaffna. #Prisoner #Tamil #Assault #Jaffna #SriLanka #Lanka

19:19 @DushiYanthini Who from the mainstream media is there to cover this?

19:33 @DushiYanthini Thought as much. FYI, @vikalpavoices is there as well.

19:38 @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan Sorry, no. Only read that which was published in the media http://t.co/0VC6upAU

12'th August, 2012

02:22 RT @DushiYanthini "We lost our beloved brother to terror.He was a family bound person"~three younger sisters of Dilrokshan Mariyadas. #TamilPrisoner #SriLanka

08:00 Inclusivity and information https://t.co/uklYr1qa #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 255

08:03 RT @NalakaG @MelGuna #lka misadventure of #coal power plant that's always breaking down: BEWARE of Chinese w/ their loans & questionable technology!

08:03 RT @colombotelegrap #lka The #Economy And The #CEB Could Be Heading For Disaster: #Norochcholi’s Long-Term Consequences http://t.co/Yl328sl5

08:03 RT @azwaanameer minister passing the buck for power crisis to previous govt. typical! http://t.co/8AIvnVDE #lka #incompetence

08:05 RT @mhmhisham Today's cartoon on http://t.co/h83Q2TX9 is a such a sarcastic affairs of the mess and state impunity in #srilanka

08:07 Is it not embarrassing for a country to have senior diplomats write letters like this? | http://t.co/TuBpJ4Ti #lka #srilanka

08:13 Completely agree with Central Bank Governor. If you out Govt, they come and break your limbs | http://t.co/YcS0oeYe #SRILANKA #lka

17:11 Good rebuttal of Govt spin | SC says no order on website registration http://t.co/t64QHXNZ #Lka #srilanka

22:29 @NalakaG It seems like it.

22:43 RT @AzzamAmeen Navy lost & once President left the ground Navy supporters attacked Kandy Supporters including ladies and kids - Reporter #lka #rugby August 2012 / 256

13'th August, 2012

05:42 Justice and Truth: Photo credit: Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images via Foreign Policy I am no writer, no Politi... http://t.co/gueZqYRh

08:05 Justice and Truth in #srilanka http://t.co/NA8r5U3p #lka

08:06 Building roads or applying lessons learnt will not help in this reconciliation. Because, no human being can... http://t.co/MFnYeIMY

10:03 RT @nigelvnugawela Yes. Let's disregard education and health. | Allocate more funds for defence: Ratnasiri http://t.co/AnTppWO2 #srilanka #lka

11:32 The Govt's approach to education, extra-judicial killings, religious harmony and more - http://t.co/o6CzTLLs #lka #srilanka

11:32 The Govt's approach to education, extra-judicial killings, religious harmony and more | Groundviews Updates Via... http://t.co/BTIncaOe

23:55 Heard of a Sinhala Buddhist ‘Khomeini’? http://t.co/vE23PzEc #lka #srilanka

23:56 A few days ago, I received an invitation to be in the audience at the unveiling of a set of policies by the... http://t.co/1ApPxSMP August 2012 / 257

14'th August, 2012

00:05 Heard of a Sinhala Buddhist ‘Khomeini’?: Photo courtesy http://t.co/tKDALgXL “Our future society will be a free s... http://t.co/whGgegxF

00:14 Sri Lanka extends daily power cut as Chinese plant fails again http://t.co/JOwnHnsO #lka #srilanka

09:19 RT @vikalpavoices UPFA, SLMC clash in Ampara http://t.co/BPqJ5G5B #srilanka #lka @Election

09:20 RT @DushiYanthini Violence against women,sexual harassment&suppression have reached unprecedented levels in Sri Lanka"~Dimuthu Attigala. #Women #SriLanka #LKA

09:21 RT @CPASL Handbook on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in Sinhala http://t.co/sz2oVUH3 #lka #srilanka

09:23 Good news | Govt. perturbed over UN review team http://t.co/jaLAQnR6 #lka #srilanka

09:25 @dhume01 No. Govt has yet to release official Tamil or Sinhala versions of LLRC Final Report, or Implementation Plan.

13:46 @ABRFOTO Up for us.

13:49 A new government regulation targets online freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. Every ‘news' website will now have... http://t.co/8w74SigE August 2012 / 258

13:51 RT @globalvoices #SriLanka: Noose tightens around online freedom of expression http://t.co/ijnsTRbU #censorship #netfreedom

13:51 RT @Nirmanusan #Tamil political #prisoners live in danger of getting killed: MP Suresh http://t.co/voqo1Lhw #humanrights #srilanka

13:52 @DushiYanthini How was it? And where is this?

14:04 @DushiYanthini Your tweet https://t.co/nwcdwvp8

14:15 @DushiYanthini Super - email us address / location please.

19:53 RT @cfhaviland "It is time for #lka gov, authorities to shed some light into these women's darkened lives": @DMbreakingnews' Lakna P. http://t.co/gbrwzQx3

19:57 #Australia set to send boatpeople offshore http://t.co/ciO34USA #lka #srilanka

20:59 Sri Lanka should withdraw bank note with malfunctioning Chinese coal plant http://t.co/x4qlObri #lka #srilanka

21:37 @antonpadmasiri Or ask Chinese Ambassador to explain? Any other country, this would have been the case. Chinese too are completely silent.

22:16 Ask why? http://t.co/l86V2jGV loads on @dialogsl HSDPA but still blocked on @SriLankaTelecom #lka http://t.co/6SKLf6EV http://t.co/l4mHwlYL August 2012 / 259

22:25 Interesting email | Possible involvement of Navy officers in mob behaviour after Rugby match in #Kandy #lka #srilanka http://t.co/JS4c3xAK

22:26 Interesting email we got, reproduced with permission of author. ### TV footages showed how the supporters... http://t.co/ogxk1CVT

22:39 @Apelankawe @samarajiva Good luck with that. Each Twitter account, FB page, blog, YouTube channel etc is news. http://t.co/NnvE1HWv

22:40 @Apelankawe @samarajiva Also, how can Govt explain this bizarre web censorship across ISPs? See https://t.co/YcznNaEO

15'th August, 2012

07:10 Swimming against the tide: #Australia’s new asylum-seeker package http://t.co/OY9NaxHK #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella @ABRFOTO @sunili

07:10 Though launched with much fanfare and media acclaim, Australia’s new raft of proposals embodied in the Houston... http://t.co/mD50zdkv

07:22 Swimming against the tide: Australia’s new asylum-seeker package: Photo courtesy Sydney Morning Herald Though la... http://t.co/4zNvep8r August 2012 / 260

09:51 An important story | Visiting Myanmar’s Threatened Rohingyas http://t.co/A1Is81wC #Myanmar

10:28 EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/1RfkapTN #lka #srilanka

10:36 Can't make this stuff up | Feeding cats on a public road risks arrest in Sri Lanka http://t.co/7gtxnY7V #lka #srilanka @nigelvnugawela

10:38 In answer to the questions of bystanders who had been watching the incident, I explained that the police had been... http://t.co/gDVjR398

10:55 If you're an investor looking at #srilanka, read today's press release by Ceylon Chamber of Commerce #lka http://t.co/p1gTghSm

10:57 All the confidence potential investors looking at Sri Lanka need. Issued by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce today. http://t.co/QlEW0yoL

11:01 Feeding cats on a public road risks arrest in Sri Lanka: My husband and I have established a cat café at the bac... http://t.co/stExKn1X

11:27 Military lingers in Tamil areas years after Sri Lanka's civil war http://t.co/C101SRLU #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 261

13:04 RT @cfhaviland Rain drenching #Colombo at last. City sorely needs it. Grass had turned brown/yellow. Farmers/reservoirs need it far more #srilanka #drought

15:08 RT @mhmhisham All hail our King! #SriLanka moving towards #WonderOfAsia !! >>> Power cut duration increased from tomorrow - CEB http://t.co/RMTNRK8z #lka

15:08 RT @SNSalgado Sri Lanka ruling party local council chairman accused of tourist murder re-instated http://t.co/e9sBTAYt #LKA #SriLanka #Politics

15:09 Sri Lanka's governing party has re-instated its party member and head of the Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha after... http://t.co/pbhja9b4

22:06 RT @Joviarul Dr. Jehan Perera on the Role of #Military and #Reconciliation http://t.co/wJLFcuG3 #SLA #North #Tamil #lka #Srilanka @YoungAsiaTV

16'th August, 2012

01:08 The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Puthukudiruppu: Rajini (pseudonym) was amongst the t... http://t.co/QzsMsJ6w

01:53 The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: The story of Puthukudiruppu http://t.co/O6mtu1J9 #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 262

01:54 We had spent time with Rajini and others like her while they were in Menik Farm, visited them after they went to... http://t.co/0YTuyeaT

01:55 RT @cfhaviland Tamil Tigers' former chief arms procurer, "KP", now a #SriLanka gov protege, tours NE SL "with #Tamil diaspora members" http://t.co/nMXwvuzc

08:26 RT @NalakaG Chest-thumping, conspiracy-loving, ultra-nationalist #lka Minister of Power suddenly quiet as China-supplied coal plant keeps breaking down!

08:26 RT @cfhaviland After last week's death of 2nd #Tamil prisoner, civ soc figures say #SriLanka must seek #UN help in inquiry. My BBC rpt http://t.co/8dAvamyw

20:15 You are invited to the preview of MEDIATED Data | Art curated by Sanjana Hattotuwa featuring work by Ameena... http://t.co/9xF0JX7Z

21:05 RT @SLcampaign Beautiful writing and an incredible story from Ruki & Jothi http://t.co/MozCsGdf #killingfields (ht @groundviews)

17'th August, 2012

10:56 We signed up to Declaration of Internet Freedom http://t.co/Rfp7epab @vikalpavoices translated to #Sinhala & #Tamil. Join us? #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 263

10:57 We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. To keep the Internet free and open, we... http://t.co/AN35kUFR

14:47 Does anyone know where to get Central Bank's LLRC Report translations in Sin & Tam? #lka #srilanka

14:47 @Apelankawe Indeed - but where are the downloadable versions?

14:47 RT @Apelankawe Buddhist Mob Backed by President’s Brother-In-Law Attacks Christian Pastor and Wife in Deniyaya http://t.co/DB5U9dzs

14:57 Photo of LLRC translation by Central Bank handing over docs to #lka Foreign Minister #srilanka http://t.co/VIoHOHlt

15:28 RT @Joviarul #Leymah #Gbowee on #Post-War Recovery http://t.co/AGSnxMn7 #Liberia #Srilanka #lka #nobelpeaceprize #connections @YoungAsiaTV

15:31 @nuzster You should also read http://t.co/t7Y0huE0

15:31 RT @humanrightsasia #SRILANKA: An interesting #YouTube discussion on #torture in the country http://t.co/KusPrhIy #documentary

18:40 Way to go! | Sri Lanka SEC head resigns, blames powerful traders http://t.co/hyQW3Ym8 #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 264

18:57 Australia: ‘Pacific Solution’ Redux http://t.co/o1fAiePW #lka #srilanka #australia

19:01 Sri Lanka can wrap up demining soon - UN Resident Representative http://t.co/00KACZF7 #lka #srilanka

19:01 Of course… | Sri Lanka says it has nothing to hide from UN http://t.co/IDVd7kDx #lka #srilanka

21:14 At least for a couple of days… | Chinese funded power plant to resume operation in Sri Lanka http://t.co/KAh8RzDO #lka #srilanka #china

21:24 RT @EthanZ Useful overview of Chinese soft power expansion in Africa, including net filtering support in Ethiopia. http://t.co/O95mYvRn

18'th August, 2012

10:17 Re-imagining in Contemporary Sri Lanka: A Different Reading: From 2003, Lakshman Kadirgamar ... http://t.co/nVOtxvUC

10:22 Kadirgamar’s death, let there be no doubt, will continue to be a great tragedy. There was much that we could have... http://t.co/nfAgqW0s

10:24 Brilliant new Long Read | Re-imagining Lakshman Kadirgamar in Contemporary #srilanka: A Different Reading http://t.co/rXpkAYR5 #lka August 2012 / 265

20:55 RT @LankaMuslims Moon was sighted in Mannar & Mutuwel, in Mutuwel the witness was a hafiz ACJU informs. Tomorrow will be the Eid Ul Fitr. #lka @groundviews

21:07 RT @DMbreakingnews Eid Mubarak! Muslims will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow announced by the Grand Mosque short time ago #Srilanka #lka

21:44 Joint Humanitarian and Early Recovery Update, Sri Lanka, July 2012 – Report 44 http://t.co/C1tMV519–-report-44 #lka #srilanka

21:51 Excellent reading | How to spot a lame, lame argument http://t.co/k5Dm0NwQ via @Vasugi #lka #srilanka

19'th August, 2012

00:31 @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan See http://t.co/FWE7qVs6 It's arrant madness.

00:33 Indeed they are, so what will the Rajapaksa's do? | All eyes on Sri Lanka now says GL http://t.co/Wuwyqsn6 #lka #srilanka

01:04 RT @dhume01 The world's eyes are on #SriLanka says GL Peiris. [But not in the way he suggests.] v @groundviews http://t.co/u25Ok5mt

07:04 Science and Politics of Mass Kidney Failure in Sri Lanka: Much of Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone is currently grappling wi... http://t.co/SplkN6az August 2012 / 266

10:50 Add to currency of regime loyalty? | Over 4,100 Corruption Probe Reports Handed Over To President http://t.co/anicAvqC #lka #srilanka

11:30 Appears that #India is absolutely disgusted with #srilanka | http://t.co/dnc8V94c #lka via @timesonlinelk

18:59 Sounds and looks sadly familiar? It's #srilanka redux | #UN leaves #Syria to its bloody fate http://t.co/Z0N2qt3R #lka @UNSriLanka

19:01 RT @UN Now online for #WHD2012 -- @Beyonce’s #IWASHERE video shot at the #UN General Assembly: http://t.co/X7vKlnmI

19:01 RT @wfp_media It's World Humanitarian Day! Please do something for others. And visit: http://t.co/HzJsmttd

19:36 No risk too high for Sri Lankans wanting to migrate http://t.co/zS9nlvlC #australia #lka #srilanka

20:29 Email sent around after we saw #SN7's programme on #srilanka's asylum seekers, online here http://t.co/RWLVZ3Jp #lka http://t.co/a8M34fZq

20:54 Please take a look at the relatively short video on the top right corner of this webpage, which was broadcast... http://t.co/mYkNnHJD

21:04 @sunili Cheers. August 2012 / 267

20'th August, 2012

10:20 Rights Issues Mar Sri Lanka-EU Trade http://t.co/DDz8mz6X #lka #srilanka

10:20 @teearuna And complete impunity.

11:58 @NalakaG @icta_srilanka Heads in the cloud?

11:59 RT @gopiharan UK’s Hello! mag picks Sri Lanka as one of the five most exotic and exciting destinations to visit in 2012 ! http://t.co/MeYtjxWS #lka

12:41 Remembering Black July 1983 - http://t.co/LGFREDRp

14:32 RT @TMnY Neelan Thiruchelvam mural is visible again. Curiouser and curiouser. #lk

14:32 @TMnY Photo please? @cfhaviland

14:39 A moving piece by @AmanthaP | A Plea to a Pirate http://t.co/ApvjyyjJ #lka #srilanka

14:41 The simple sentences six-year-old Minadi writes on paper should delight her mother. Instead, Vilasini Wakwella... http://t.co/aykdRbf5

14:43 RT @SriLanka Do we need THIS? #GoSL to set up 8 domestic airports at Rs.750m. #Srilanka is 122 on the List of countries and dependencies by area(65,610) August 2012 / 268

14:48 @TimesOnlineLK Heard him at TED 2011. Engaging speaker. Sadly, not a single mainstream media institution in #lka is close to AJ's model.

16:49 #India upset over prime plot in #Colombo being sold to #China http://t.co/RoufJzKQ #lka #srilanka

16:57 Rather condescending? | Women MPs wanted a lesser quota than him http://t.co/cL8vesHm #lka #srilanka @womenandmedia

16:59 RT @anushwij a sneak preview of my editorial in the forthcoming edition of @TalkEconomicsSL Digest | ‘It’s All About Jobs’ http://t.co/dBTOw0J5 #srilanka

17:02 @womenandmedia Clearly Jehan's smoking something very good.

17:04 RT @cfhaviland War aftermath in NE #SriLanka: my pictures. http://t.co/xzaFCIJJ http://t.co/a1rSYFFM #lka

17:04 @cfhaviland Charlie, that link doesn't go to your photos anymore - do you have direct URL? Thanks.

17:17 RT @vipulananda Sri #Lanka #GDP to reach $100bn soon — Central Bank Governor http://t.co/mdisvQHI #LKA #LK #srilanka #rupee

17:17 RT @CeylonToday IMF Concerned Over The Resignation Of SL SEC Head: The International Monetary Fund on Monday rai... http://t.co/mDjckc7p #lka #SriLanka August 2012 / 269

17:25 @cfhaviland Thanks!

17:26 In pictures: War-ravaged Sri Lanka http://t.co/o1yr7rFP via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @Gemunua

21'st August, 2012

00:55 RT @British_Airways New route: Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Gatwick from 31 March 2013. The 777 service will run 3 times a week. Booking from 16 Aug 2012.

02:54 Wonder why no MSM or Govt officials met our athletes coming back from Olympics? That they tried their best needs to be recognised? #lka

04:00 Do women play a role in Sri Lanka’s ‘reconciliation’?: Gender dynamics in the transition from war to peace: A mo... http://t.co/62pYGIhe

19:33 Science and Politics of Mass Kidney Failure in Sri Lanka http://t.co/KpWTC6pw via @NalakaG #lka #srilanka

19:33 LONG READ | Do women play a role in Sri Lanka’s ‘reconciliation’?: Gender dynamics in the transition from war to peace http://t.co/NZ3cVihd

19:34 As has been argued, women do have a role to play in peace building and do so as the circumstances demand. However,... http://t.co/CUki9wEW August 2012 / 270

19:34 While scientists probe causes and solutions in earnest, the government and voluntary organisations can... http://t.co/SRMNKRX6

19:43 RT @USEmbSL We’re happy to be a sponsor for the #TweetupSL 3 in #SriLanka

19:43 @USEmbSL Word.

20:20 Need to do something comparable in #srilanka | List of websites blocked in India http://t.co/K5gvrS0W #lka

20:30 @ShaadHamid Yes. Need to just structure and update. And invite crowd to contribute too.

22'nd August, 2012

11:06 Protecting Sri Lanka’s Ocean http://t.co/JqzHabNQ @AmanthaP @NalakaG @ashadevos #lka #srilanka

11:09 Further the effect on marine biodiversity, starting with the increased death toll to the pods of whales... http://t.co/ljrwbtJ0

11:10 Protecting Sri Lanka’s Ocean: Sri Lanka is exposed as the worst polluter of the Indian Ocean. The new maps on hu... http://t.co/F2RtjFIN

15:05 2 Survive to Tell of Sri Lankan Abduction Squads http://t.co/GFTA9ByS #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 271

15:07 Mediated focuses on what are often hidden facets of our lives, location and context. Four individuals – a... http://t.co/Z6xVbBbq

20:34 @mhmhisham :) Lots present at the event SMS'd us that reference! IPS luckily has @anushwij's strategic foresight for its new media work.

21:15 Opening tomorrow till 15th September | Mediated: Data meets Art - http://t.co/97rftvOX #lka #srilanka

21:22 Consumers are the real victims of blame game | Chinese designer says accusations unfair http://t.co/yePhwAP5 #lka #srilanka #china

23:04 Progress, à la #srilanka | Sri Lanka government shuts down universities http://t.co/C22VihOK #lka @theyrc

23:18 Just discovered this interesting video | Sri Lanka - From Past to Present http://t.co/TIIm9wy4 #lka #srilanka Via @Kadambari

23:26 RT @MelGuna Two survive to tell of #SriLankan abduction squads http://t.co/hu9EHAKT #lk @groundviews

23'rd August, 2012

00:08 @Shaahima Please consider writing in! August 2012 / 272

00:08 RT @Shaahima Just got linked to this by a friend - A #SriLankan Anthology of Hint Fiction: http://t.co/01yq1O1H Fab @groundviews initiative. #literature

04:48 http://t.co/LZuKNG9l was once freely accessible on @EtisalatSL Not anymore. Online censorship grows. #srilanka #lka http://t.co/WbtYCDmi

11:36 @AzzamAmeen Quite possibly an overdose of conspiracies and patriotism.

11:41 @AzzamAmeen Claims will be made that the UN, US Embassy in Colombo and the Norwegians were the cause of ill-health.

13:01 @mhmhisham @usembsl @tweetupsl This can only end badly.

13:51 @SriLanka @mhmhisham @usembsl @tweetupsl He's going to be airlifted in a chopper to Colombo. Possibly US made Bell. Will he boycott?

14:50 If it weren't for the future of so many, this would be farce | No English, ICT for university entrants this year http://t.co/lpfvXfU0 #lka

14:53 #srilanka's message to all tourists - only Sri Lankans can defile & insult the Dhamma & the Buddha http://t.co/Z37CZEUY #lka August 2012 / 273

14:59 @RukiJayaratna Nothing, in fact. Those depicted and quoted in the article, on the other hand, clearly do.

15:02 @RukiJayaratna Keep up with the news, and the connection will be rather clear. We assume you do read the news?

15:03 @RukiJayaratna If you don't mean the film, bravo! You figured it out.

15:08 @RukiJayaratna Quite right. There weren't any French involved in the defiling of the Dhamma in Dambulla. National hypocrisy, no less. #lka

15:09 @RukiJayaratna #srilanka jails tourists for defiling Buddhism, but allows its own brutish monks to go scot free http://t.co/JlBUmwBU #lka

15:11 @RukiJayaratna Why double standards? Why hold tourists accountable for a behaviour & decorum our own monks don't abide by? #lka #srilanka

15:15 @RukiJayaratna A "balanced view" that condones Dambulla's violence & is yet incensed by tourist behaviour reveals your & #lka's mindset.

15:18 @RukiJayaratna Both disrespect the Dhamma. One makes news & the law applied. The other, forgotten. To repeat, it's a national hypocrisy #lka August 2012 / 274

15:24 @RukiJayaratna It's all the rage now? But where's the outrage over Dambulla? Why not put them those monks to prison too? Why condone it?

15:28 @RukiJayaratna You don't choose to focus on Dambulla. Why? It's called "a lame, lame argument" http://t.co/k5Dm0NwQ #lka #srilanka

15:37 @RukiJayaratna Balance is in flagging the hypocritical outrage over French tourists when impunity like http://t.co/Z37CZEUY is unpunished.

15:41 @RukiJayaratna We suspect you've read it, but not comprehended it fully. We hope, in the fullness of time, you do.

15:45 @RukiJayaratna Again, deflection over the condemnation of the indefensible. When argument so roundly lost, rally inanity. Good luck.

15:53 RT @MelGuna #SriLanka to expand #Hambantota #port with new China loans http://t.co/oUjj5Yij #lk

21:35 RT @anushwij Just back from a wonderful preview/opening of Mediated at Saskia F'do Gallery. Cheers to @sanjanah for pulling me in as a producer for this

24'th August, 2012

08:20 Demands for inquiry into Sri Lanka 'white van' abductions http://t.co/m0NCb6mZ #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 275

08:20 Keeping track of and railing against so many conspiracies must take its toll on the man | http://t.co/Q9HqBn97 #lka #srilanka

08:27 Mediated: Portraying hard data on Sri Lanka through art http://t.co/YxSOVMtm #lka #srilanka @lankasol

08:28 Mediated: Portraying hard data on Sri Lanka through art: Mediated, an exhibition around a new aesthetic that see... http://t.co/vtRdcS2X

08:28 Mediated, an exhibition around a new aesthetic that seeks to communicate constitutional theory, hard data from... http://t.co/wB66Yf6M

09:18 RT @NalakaG When goons run a country like their personal fiefdom, even feeding stray cats on roadside becomes an 'offence'! #lka http://t.co/NhhLMsjc

10:59 It's official then. Our Met Dept has windows to look out from | http://t.co/qU2qqLKS #lka #srilanka

11:37 Polluting our sea, Kadirgamar re-imagined, science and gender | Groundviews - http://t.co/uuHerAdT #lka #srilanka

11:44 RT @cfhaviland With #SriLanka disapp'ces in spotlight, my March BBC piece. 1 man "beaten all over body" B4 abduction, said gov officer http://t.co/MPCWS1f1 August 2012 / 276

11:46 RT @bfonseka Highly recommend all to check this out- Mediated: Portraying hard data on Sri Lanka through art http://t.co/cyImvTFv @groundviews

19:10 The closing down of 21 universities and educational institutes was strongly criticised, even by pro-government... http://t.co/skDa7ZQP

19:11 RT @Vasugi Higher education in Sri Lanka | School's out http://t.co/q9UXnPIi @TheEconomist on FUTA #lka

19:20 @DushiYanthini Can you please add context to that statement? Surely she wasn't advocating greater culture of secrecy?

19:26 @DMbreakingnews Honestly, why on earth is this news? Come on - this insults, more than informs http://t.co/paG8xCKL #lka #srilanka

19:42 ‘Save State Education’ in Sri Lanka: Photos and video from FUTA rally in Colombo http://t.co/W9SZBqvp #lka #srilanka

19:42 As noted in the mainstream media, “thousands of university teachers, undergraduates and trade unionists marched... http://t.co/xkkO1Tpi

19:49 @DMbreakingnews Magnanimous, till you realise younger brother's penchant to take care of everyone who runs afoul of family… #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 277

19:49 RT @DMbreakingnews President instructed the IGP not to investigate into the insults directed at him by parliamentarians & politicians - Pres. Media #Srilanka

19:49 RT @Nirmanusan 'Insensitivity to atrocities reflects our moral decline' - Ruki Fernando http://t.co/19y27nsy #humanrights #Tamil #SriLanka

19:51 "Three years since the war ended, the surviving young Tamils are being indefinitely detained without due process.... http://t.co/RZzpljt8

19:52 RT @samarajiva More reason for downwind #SriLanka to get involved in safety monitoring of #Kalpakkam & #Kundankulam nuclear plants: http://t.co/cVEsnUbo

19:54 RT @cfhaviland London-bound tonight: #SriLanka #Paralympics team capt/High Jumper Lal Pushpa Kumara (R),Long Jumper Dumeera Maduranga http://t.co/CqwazbqD

19:55 RT @lankasol taking a look at http://t.co/XRMhUNxh — #lka Collaborators include Ameena Hussein, Asanga Welikala, Iromi Perera, @anushwij

20:26 Migration: New Australian refugee quota welcomed http://t.co/3IWnzqRl #lka #srilanka #australia

20:27 FCO ignores SL and adds further warnings to travel advisory http://t.co/iWvz5Ii7 #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 278

20:37 ‘Save State Education’ in Sri Lanka: Photos and video from FUTA rally in Colombo: Image courtesy Vikalpa As note... http://t.co/jVcQC9xT

20:59 RT @sajahq 2 survive to tell of Sri Lankan abduction squads http://t.co/UUBoYoy4 via the AP #srilanka #lka

22:01 Sri Lanka students and academics rally over education http://t.co/ThxNHLia #lka #srilanka

22:03 About 2,000 teachers and students held a mass rally in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, a day after the... http://t.co/u7bwnKOz

23:33 Sri Lanka braces for oil slick http://t.co/TgyQDheE #lka #srilanka

23:36 Taming the Tigers of Sri Lanka's bloody past http://t.co/Gnadd89L #lka #srilanka

23:37 AT the next Olympics, one of the shooters selected to represent Sri Lanka could be a former sniper of the Tamil... http://t.co/idt481m9

23:37 Chinese firm says Sri Lanka plant failed after overuse http://t.co/mPw22SPD #lka #srilanka

23:39 A Chinese firm which designed Sri Lanka's only coal power plant said recent repeated failures were due to... http://t.co/z4uaW5R1 August 2012 / 279

25'th August, 2012

07:33 RT @vipulananda #Oil slick threatens popular Sri #Lanka tourist resorts http://t.co/ATKQOBRq #LKA #Srilanka

15:16 Govt can't even agree on facts | DMC dismisses threat http://t.co/Psd2w1ry MEPA says otherwise http://t.co/gTg3cQet #lka #srilanka @NalakaG

15:17 RT @DMbreakingnews Coast Conservation Department urged public to inform of oil slicks on coasts from Mt Lavinia to Negombo hotline 0718407395 #Srilanka #lka

15:17 RT @milindat Foreign #SocialMedia gurus can help you, as much as they can help you select the best Matara bath kadey in #SriLanka #fb

15:27 Scabs of War and Tourism in #Colombo http://t.co/PoM8NhAf #lka #srilanka

15:27 Jayalalithaa writes to PM on training of Lankan personnel http://t.co/LWoeM54R #lka #srilanka

15:28 But silencing critics is younger brother's forte? | Elections will silence critics: Lankan president http://t.co/UHIuaNgN #lka #srilanka

15:30 Sri Lanka seeks fair assessment of its human rights record http://t.co/e7L9FV7W #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 280

15:52 @yamulk basically does what the organisers should have in 1st place | #Colombo Music Festival (Day 2) http://t.co/cgd6FGxE #lka #srilanka

26'th August, 2012

01:18 The same JHU that rightfully calls the photos by the French uncivilised is revealingly silent over the... http://t.co/j2dHxpiG

01:18 French kissing the Buddha http://t.co/Bj4tWeU8 #lka #srilanka @Melaniegouby

07:40 Mahinda Chintanaya works! | Around 40 politicos, mainly from govt. ranks on the mat http://t.co/Q0uGyac4 #lka #srilanka

07:50 Sri Lanka intercepts 98 boatpeople headed for Australia http://t.co/AmJMjHHd #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella

07:54 RT @rangi_fern An act of negligence can have widespread consequences. This oil spill could/should have been prevented. #SriLanka

07:54 RT @theyrc #futa is now on twitter. follow @6percentforedu for regular updates on its trade union action. #srilanka #lka #university crisis

07:55 RT @7piliers @UNSriLanka : source of information on what # humanitarian # development work @UN #UnitedNations & partners are doing in #SriLanka August 2012 / 281

07:57 Cluster munitions laws inadequate, say activists http://t.co/qDWGZr74

08:01 What is @UNSriLanka's response to this news article? | #UN exposes use of cluster munitions in Vanni War #lka #srilanka http://t.co/5N3IcTX8

08:04 VERIFY & INVESTIGATE THIS STORY: UN exposes use of cluster munitions in Vanni War [TamilNet, Thursday, 23 August... http://t.co/r7cStsnP

16:45 RT @SaskiaFernando Sanjana Hattotuwa, curator of SFG's show, opening this week, writes about how the show came together and hints at... http://t.co/HQqNnXFk

16:56 RT @cfhaviland Oil re-leaking frm sunk ship #SriLanka since Sat eve: marine #environment head Samaratunga. But spill minor/5 places fine film being cleared

17:00 @HalikAzeez @anushwij See http://t.co/YxSOVMtm and please go take a look in person.

17:03 A country which cancels compulsory English and IT courses for its new university entrants but compels them to... http://t.co/skbD2qHv

20:04 #lka Govt says we are in middle of power crisis. This is High Level Road, around 8.50am today. Conservation #fail http://t.co/oA2856V9 August 2012 / 282

21:46 More good news for #srilanka's foreign investment | Sri Lanka stock market roiled by scandal http://t.co/iU6ApOko #Lka

21:54 Same ineptitude reflected in #srilanka | After Violence in #India, a Crackdown Online http://t.co/9eM99nbu #lka See http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj

27'th August, 2012

07:13 So glad pact.lk is now back online. Archived full site for offline access https://t.co/y9V0NJVw @cepaSL @TMnY #lka #srilanka

08:12 For at least a week, we hope | Norochcholai finally repaired http://t.co/Kj3meNYK #lka #srilanka

08:14 A-Z of Sri Lankan English: U is for up: The verb cope up is one which divides opinion: is it acceptable Sri Lank... http://t.co/MCxUAsd9

08:15 The verb cope up is one which divides opinion: is it acceptable Sri Lankan English, or simply an error? It is... http://t.co/x2xjvctQ

08:15 A-Z of Sri Lankan English: U is for up http://t.co/CkAeuNNc #lka #srilanka

08:28 Japan can be Sri Lanka's liaison with West: Akashi http://t.co/bqTJF08j #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 283

10:28 The best news yet | Catchment areas get rain http://t.co/JpGXgNkW #lka #srilanka

10:28 Livelihoods absolutely vital in northern Sri Lanka http://t.co/Bl7PuZVo #lka #srilanka

10:49 Still no sign of LLRC Final Report in Sinhala or Tamil. Does anyone know where to download from? #lka #srilanka http://t.co/5aJoIHio

11:04 This commission was supposed to achieve truth and reconciliation, however, evidence shows that it hasn’t achieved... http://t.co/aPlT31VJ

11:05 Public Perceptions of the LLRC in Trincomalee http://t.co/lPuy76Wp #lka #srilanka

11:10 Good stuff! | Asking Strangers About Sri Lanka! http://t.co/AvZauAl0 #lka #srilanka @lankasol

11:51 Public Perceptions of the LLRC in Trincomalee: Photo credit JDS President Mahinda Rajapaksha appointed the Lesso... http://t.co/sCugeeTc

17:00 RT @theyrc Govt. should change its priorities viz. #education & #highereducation: Interview with Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri- http://t.co/boLKWVzC #lka

17:02 RT @YaldaHakim RT @datelinesbs: Why increase in #asylumseekers leaving #SriLanka for #Australia? Watch tomorrow #DatelineSBS special... August 2012 / 284

17:02 @YaldaHakim @datelinesbs Will this programme be available online for viewers outside of Australia?

17:03 @GCSCoughlan @peacepalace @richardwalker7 Also read French kissing the Buddha https://t.co/uxUEqOEH #lka #srilanka

17:06 @adaderana Arrant madness - for how long can an inept Govt claim 'conspiracies', local & international, as reason for current chaos? #lka

17:06 RT @samarajiva Serial incompetence in #SriLanka education requires rethinking of delivery mechanisms not policy investigations of imagined conspiracies.

17:46 RT @rkguruparan Total number of MPs from Northern province drops from 16 to 11 following post-war update of electoral register http://t.co/Gh23GLxZ #lka

18:02 Inside Huawei, the Chinese tech giant that's rattling nerves in DC http://t.co/GCzfvQwh Also read http://t.co/A8quoRGV #lka #srilanka

20:15 RT @DushiYanthini "Statistics reveal accountability. Statistics play a part in reconciliation"~Dr.Nimalka Fernando. #PostWar #Reconciliation #SriLanka #LKA

20:15 RT @DushiYanthini "How many women died in war?;How many women were raped?;How many women have disappeared?.We need to know"~Dr.Nimalka Fernando. #Women #LKA August 2012 / 285

22:52 RT @DushiYanthini "Women are forced to take up sex work in former war zones to feed their families"~activist from the East. #Livelihood #Women #SriLanka #LKA

23:43 Rural entrepreneurship in post-war Sri Lanka: Jobs for youth and ICTs http://t.co/R04qSz0K #lka #srilanka

23:46 Her day job aside, Sandya Salgado is a Director of the Foundation for Advancing Rural Opportunity and approached... http://t.co/26bwLgTi

23:51 Rural entrepreneurship in post-war Sri Lanka: Jobs for youth and ICTs: Her day job aside, Sandya Salgado is a Di... http://t.co/ImWfDQlT

23:57 I am not a Sinhalese-only president says Mahinda Rajapaksa http://t.co/nDlwrTzq We believe Lee Kwan Yew http://t.co/rXEyOoxP #lka #srilanka

28'th August, 2012

03:34 A Child of Apollo Salutes His First Hero: Remembering Neil Armstrong: Apollo 11 bootprint When Neil Armstrong to... http://t.co/l66gjVeh

07:36 Animal sacrifice row again in Sri Lanka http://t.co/ulw5w13a #lka #srilanka

08:32 A Child of Apollo Salutes His First Hero: Remembering Neil Armstrong http://t.co/K9bjd2l9 by @NalakaG #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 286

08:32 When Neil Armstrong took that first ’small step’ on to the Moon, at 10.56 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 20... http://t.co/EPiE7Ezu

10:45 @DatelineSBS Excellent, thanks so much.

11:39 RT @WHOASriLawi "French kissing the Buddha" - on the scandal, hypocrisy and impunity of religion. A very good read http://t.co/hEY5cNne #lka (via @iromip)

11:39 RT @cfhaviland #Tamil prisoner from Colombo jail "in coma, with ear bandaged, critical, hospitalised" says @ManoGanesan MP. Ministry confirms. Why? #lka

12:40 40 stories more: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/1hDnJjcz #lka #srilanka Please write in and share!

12:42 In July, published, unpublished, casual and budding writers were invited to contribute to what will be the first... http://t.co/X4sAFUEI

12:47 Handbook on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in Tamil. Via... http://t.co/SU9SJRxO

13:37 Photos from the opening of Mediated https://t.co/CTvaGarc Exhibition details here http://t.co/YxSOVMtm Please go & see #lka #srilanka

17:48 @DatelineSBS Hearing from @SharnelleVella who is watching the programme live that it's very good. Looking forward to web stream. August 2012 / 287

17:55 @SharnelleVella Of course! Online censorship also figment of our imagination. We are 100% fabricating all this - http://t.co/Dn8VQqLj #lka

17:59 The violent civil unrest in Sri Lanka may be over, but the post-war freedom that people expected still hasn’t... http://t.co/R9Vv0TLD

18:03 RT @Nirmanusan Shining Light on #SriLanka's Dirty Secret: the #Disappearance of #Prageeth Eknaligoda http://t.co/AhYhRhH2 #humanrights

20:00 RT @DatelineSBS @Groundviews All tonight's #DatelineSBS #SriLanka stories are now available to watch online... http://t.co/Bnp5xl7j

20:00 @DatelineSBS Thanks - was just going to tweet it. Looking forward to watching. SMS updates from viewers Down Under say it was very good.

20:02 Why are asylum seekers from Sri Lanka turning up on boats in Australian waters in ever increasing numbers?... http://t.co/teDUoG6q

29'th August, 2012

00:51 Wanted: Sri Lanka hangman. Very light work. Only males need apply http://t.co/SdI3uppG #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 288

07:05 Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of @DatelineSBS on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’ http://t.co/xfaDYnGZ @SharnelleVella #lka #srilanka

07:28 Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of SBS Dateline on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’ Via... http://t.co/RYNM4D0E

07:29 Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of SBS Dateline on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’, via... http://t.co/sxCU2eVj

07:32 Open letter to Mark Davis, presenter of SBS Dateline on ‘Sri Lanka’s New Wave’: [Editors note: Watch SBS Datelin... http://t.co/J8TsRMId

07:37 RT @DushiYanthini "My son's life&death are used for political propaganda. Justice denied!"~Kalista Mariyadas (55),mother of Dilrokshan Mariyadas. #Tamil #LKA

07:39 @mhmhisham One wonders whether the man genuinely believes what he says? Numerous reports strongly suggest he is in cocoon #lka #srilanka

08:53 @mhmhisham The Big Kahuna.

09:35 Getting some truly amazing submissions to the Hint Fiction project today. Wonderful reading. http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 #lka #srilanka

14:37 Etisalat DC-HSPA+ speed test from Flower Road, Col 7 http://t.co/PxnLx1hh #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 289

14:45 Tamilnet again freely accessible on Etisalat. #srilanka has yet to embrace systematic extra-legal blocking of websites! http://t.co/gmRpWlhP

16:09 "coming by boat is not a way that the Australian Government will tolerate" says Chris Bowen, Min for Immigration http://t.co/zgqM1xMP #lka

18:07 We were sent this song this morning. Good stuff. | Sinhala Bells http://t.co/hl331iqb #lka #srilanka @lankasol

18:13 @SNSalgado @lankasol Good stuff isn't it? Some bottles of arrack around is all that's missing.

18:15 RT @cfhaviland Heavy, heavy rain in Colombo, but is it reaching #drought -hit areas, filling parched reservoirs, refreshing withered crops? #lka #srilanka

18:19 RT @colombotelegrap #lka #Rajapaksafamily| The One And Only Family http://t.co/GPzvvHov

18:49 @DatelineSBS Dateline programme on #srilanka's refugee outflows now on YouTube https://t.co/keWAk1jG #lka #srilanka

19:10 Quaint instructions for accessing official Govt docs online, from mid-90's http://t.co/sqnrX0XF Amazing page is still there. #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 290

30'th August, 2012

06:50 Cartoon of the day from Daily Mirror. http://t.co/KNFVLpgD

08:35 RT @AmanthaP Ships search for survivors - boat with 150 asylum seekers sinks off Indonesia @AP #SRILANKA http://t.co/6oorVTF3

11:17 RT @dinidu In Vavuniya, hundreds of loved ones of disappeared gather, calling out for their kin to be found. #lka

11:20 This really is a debacle | Harsha slams SEC appointments http://t.co/VRfNPRUr #lka #srilanka @MelGuna

12:09 Why not crowdsource funding? Suspect lots will pitch in? | #lka's Paralympians face resources challenge http://t.co/XDcwlJGe #srilanka

12:34 RT @30StreetStudio Meet (and support!) Sri Lanka's Paralympic Athletes competing at @London2012 http://t.co/rFcBGmeW #SriLanka #London2012

13:04 RT @AzzamAmeen Animal Sacrificing event will not take place this year bec of Presidents request says Cheif Priest of Munneshwaran Kovil #lka

13:04 RT @mhmhisham First, Gov didnt take action against #Extremists attacking mosques, now Hindu Temple ritual stopped, Next Haj Festival? #lka #MultiCulturism

18:03 The Disappeared in Sri Lanka http://t.co/nL91bRZE #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 291

18:07 The protection of human rights requires action, not words. Ensuring that those responsible for torture and... http://t.co/Tjm1wnqh

18:28 RT @mhmhisham if you go by #lka Gov's lame logic to stop Munneswaram on extremists' rqst, even chicken farms, beef stalls need to close during this period

18:33 The Disappeared in Sri Lanka: Photo from HRW A speech made today at a Vigil to Remember the Disappeared in Sri L... http://t.co/j4E8pRYh

21:04 RT @iam_project With Sri Lankan Portuguese Burgher and French roots meet Sister Irene Barthelôt a celebration of diversity #lka elders http://t.co/25emLUxQ

21:04 RT @AmanthaP Look at the boat, scary MT @ABRFOTO Aussie surfers find stricken asylum seekers http://t.co/ktfxuyrU … #lka #srilanka #refugees

21:17 1. For once, marketing seems (for now) to match reality. Etisalat's DC-HSPA+ speeds are fastest we've ever got in #lka http://t.co/1ozHLQzu

21:17 2. Paying over 7 times more for SLT ADSL package, which offers at best 1/10 the speed. Something CAA and TRC should be concerned over #lka

23:43 Damning response to #srilanka's MoD and Gotabaya Rajapaksa | A disappearance every 5 days in post-war Sri Lanka http://t.co/bdKRkeIO #lka August 2012 / 292

23:44 The critical issue remains that the MoD itself admits that 38 abductions (including those foiled) took place in... http://t.co/fC9mg9l0

31'st August, 2012

00:23 A disappearance every five days in post-war Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy WSWS On 21st at 2.31pm, August 2012, 32 ye... http://t.co/N1u5JHqM

06:53 Excellent read | Sri Lanka’s universities http://t.co/DzzI9BNk #lka #srilanka @theyrc @lankasol via @TheEconomist

06:57 But toppling the government, Nirmal Ranjith, the FUTA president, laughs, “is not our business”. Now Mr Rajapaksa... http://t.co/tRy5scc2

16:18 Lawyer says detained Oceanic Viking translator is being 'punished' http://t.co/LGZCRsUR #lka #srilanka

16:24 @ACF_France @chetcutipauline Est la présentation disponible sur le web / sur l'internet en Anglais? Merci.

16:25 RT @cfhaviland "50,000 arrested since start July" says #SriLanka police chief acc. to @DMbreakingnews. Where R they now? Prompt trials for all I hope #lka

16:26 @cfhaviland @dmbreakingnews Charles, perhaps an interview with the Police spox or IGP is on the cards? Highly doubt local media will ask. August 2012 / 293

16:26 RT @adaderana Pakistan arrests mastermind of Lankan team attack http://t.co/XOCyyj5K #lka #srilanka

16:27 RT @mhmhisham Demise of Mahanayake of Ramanna Nikaya Most Venerable Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thera is a Great Loss for #lka Was a beacon of ethnic harmony

17:22 RT @pollyinthecity Here's why #SriLanka National Plan of Action to implement #LLRC recs needs fixing http://t.co/ONOXFfek @groundviews #lka

17:22 @pollyinthecity Thanks.

17:22 Indonesia rescues 43 Sri Lankans adrift for 9 days http://t.co/Sl6EtOvL #lka #srilanka

17:24 If the Government of Sri Lanka fails to end the cycle of impunity in Sri Lanka the UN must be prepared to... http://t.co/75fLo7pt

17:26 @pollyinthecity Trust you've read detailed critique of LLRC Action Plan by @CPASL http://t.co/ykp9pLA5

17:33 Via @amnesty, a comprehensive critique of #lka's LLRC Action Plan http://t.co/Sl6EtOvL #srilanka @lankasol

18:56 Sri Lanka Group Wins 2012 Water Prize For ‘More Crop Per Drop’ http://t.co/NV40fYGb #lka #srilanka August 2012 / 294

23:14 Sri Lanka may have ended its armed conflict, but for its wounds to really heal, it needs to correct both its past... http://t.co/tw9V1jn7

23:15 Pot Needs to Call the Kettle Black http://t.co/XJ9psYGV #lka #srilanka #india August 2012 / 295

September

1'st September, 2012

06:39 @Apelankawe @usembsl State Dept travel advisory has no restrictions on US citizens entering Sudan http://t.co/jNxhJFfn

06:50 #lka Ministry of External Affairs website now reflects our foreign policy - it's dysfunctional. @MelGuna loading for you? #srilanka

06:51 Screen grab of MEA website related to last tweet. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/Nh9hUlGt

09:36 @MelGuna We stand corrected. It appears the site now mirrors the Foreign Minister. Thanks.

14:38 @Joviarul @youngasiatv "The Police Department is now better equipped to make Colombo free." Who writes this drivel at YATV? #lka #srilanka

14:51 @Joviarul @youngasiatv What about privacy, access to footage, retention period & context? Has it helped stem http://t.co/bdKRkeIO #lka

15:42 RT @UNSriLanka #Malaria Nearly Eliminated in #SriLanka Despite Decades of #Conflict | @ReliefWeb http://t.co/C6h1fDg9 Source: University of California September 2012 / 296

17:53 @Joviarul @youngasiatv Sorry but thought someone else wrote this. Episode is sadly a PSA for Govt. PSB needs to critique, not just commend.

18:20 @DMbreakingnews Bet the report will never be finalised, made public and MSM won't follow up http://t.co/bk3IzcSR #lka #srilanka

20:31 Quite frankly, the last Daily Show on the RNC is essential viewing. Tremendous insight, awesome satire http://t.co/8Vf8GZ88 @USEmbSL

20:44 RT @cfhaviland An #Iran agency on #SriLanka Prez Rajapaksa's visit 2 Tehran: Iran lauds SL resisting "colonialism, domineering powers" http://t.co/AUy5Xh66

20:45 RT @janehenrici On view in Sri Lanka: RT @Info_Activism: Mediated: Hard data & theory thru art & info visuals via @tlongers http://t.co/IHHCoVCf #Srilanka

20:46 RT @Info_Activism Mediated: Expressing hard data and theory through art and information visualisation via @tlongers tlongers https://t.co/VRIaybFf #Srilanka

21:42 RT @gopiharan #TweetupSL 3 photos by @dialoglk https://t.co/u85CHmRK #lka

2'nd September, 2012

07:22 Whither education? http://t.co/jKALN564 #lka #srilanka @theyrc @lankasol @6percentforedu September 2012 / 297

07:23 At five critical junctures in Sri Lanka’s current education system – primary school admission, the Grade Five... http://t.co/H2ObZ5If

07:48 While the so-called ‘rulers’ prance about in their hubris, ignoring the global events that will also affect us,... http://t.co/zNsgEvt4

07:49 Facing an Uncertain Future: A ‘non-suba anagathayak’ http://t.co/Ae6QH0MC #lka #srilanka

07:54 Being seen as a Chinese pawn can damage Sri Lanka at multiple levels. For instance Lanka can become a... http://t.co/z1ZCw9t0

07:55 We could not help but give a belly laugh. Who are the traitors now?! | Govt. to cooperate with UNHRC http://t.co/f9xJbfC2 #lka #srilanka

08:01 RT @TMnY Those driving back to Colombo from the East- avoid Habarana road via sigiriya. Under construction and potential 2 hour delay come afternoon.

08:03 Facing an Uncertain Future: A ‘non-suba anagathayak’: Photo courtesy Bindaas Madhavi While the so-called ‘rulers... http://t.co/9ZSrgVPG

09:09 @NalakaG Quite! September 2012 / 298

11:23 RT @MsAMR25 #srilankan asylum-seekers in custody in Indonesia | Radio Netherlands Worldwide http://t.co/eR8jhMO8 #lka

13:21 @benzo12s Just reading that article. Thanks.

13:22 RT @benzo12s @groundviews Australian Government should return boats to Sri Lanka, says Opposition http://t.co/UBrxFU8P

19:37 RT @7piliers Article on #FoodSecurity #SriLanka -Facing an Uncertain Future http://t.co/lgRSdeAh via @groundviews

19:40 But Mediated is more than just information visualization. Although all four artists were supported by hard data,... http://t.co/7xhuXWjn

19:44 Hard talking art http://t.co/nxu2JNiG by @anukshi in @CeylonToday #lka #srilanka See http://t.co/YxSOVMtm for details. Exhibition till 15th.

20:23 A film to see, that's deeply resonant in #srilanka too | The Act of Killing http://t.co/9BQ1PUcc #indonesia #lka

20:49 Hitting where it hurts | Sri Lankan minister rushes to UK over travel advisory http://t.co/vZW9lSk1 #lka #srilanka

3'rd September, 2012

06:26 Manel Tampoe: Perceptive Chronicler of Sri Lanka’s DDT Generation http://t.co/1rjlrCqA by @NalakaG #srilanka #lka September 2012 / 299

06:28 Manel was working on another book at the time of her death: on the history of conservation in Sri Lanka, where had... http://t.co/kvJmsE5t

06:46 FUTA launches its own YouTube channel http://t.co/7zU705uU @6percentforedu #lka #srilanka

06:51 Manel Tampoe: Perceptive Chronicler of Sri Lanka’s DDT Generation: One of the earliest photos of Manel Tampoe, a... http://t.co/8BJVSDCS

07:17 FOE Online in Sri Lanka | Videos for activists now on YouTube http://t.co/OwT7oo82 #lka #srilanka via @vikalpavoices

07:26 @NalakaG What GL may realise, the likes of the Rajapaksa brothers and Mervyn Silva might not.

07:33 REMINDER: A range of content to combat growing surveillance and censorship of online content in #srilanka http://t.co/zqieU5xU #lka

07:34 In late July 2012, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) released in Tamil, Sinhala and English, three... http://t.co/BJt9d1EC

12:45 RT @cfhaviland Where is Vasanthamala? Young woman in N #SriLanka, disappeared since Aug 21. Told parents was held by CID. @groundviews http://t.co/qwlYuVVZ September 2012 / 300

17:31 Surely, this can't be right? | President Refuses To Pay Lawyers For Housemaid On Death Row http://t.co/YvL88Tn1 #lka #srilanka

17:51 Statement from the Citizens’ Commission on the Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province http://t.co/e6AUqYsm #lka #srilanka @lankasol

18:23 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka faces Universal Periodic Review on its #HumanRights record on November 1st. Will perpetrators of #disappearances be reined in?

18:24 @cfhaviland Almost impossible to rein in people who reign.

18:24 RT @cfhaviland Anxious parents in #SriLanka wait for daughter Vasanthamala 2 weeks aftr she #disappeared. Confusing messags frm authorities #Tamil #Sinhala

19:01 Interested in talking with someone who can help develop equivalent of EPNewsHub for #lka's political tweeps http://t.co/pZzgCbNs #srilanka

19:33 @mbmrameez @apelankawe Thanks. What is the news source?

19:36 @mbmrameez Cheers.

19:37 @mbmrameez @apelankawe Been speaking to parents we know whose children sat for exam. Kids are distraught and don't want to sit exam again. September 2012 / 301

19:41 Sri Lanka shuts sole refinery after pipeline damage http://t.co/tMCcdnL6 #lka #srilanka

19:52 Bizarre | http://t.co/HCCByt0q site totally blank on privacy policy, terms of use & disclaimer! #lka #SRILANKA http://t.co/TrMk8M3k

19:59 RT @dr_sam_pari Exiled #SriLanka journos say #Australia Oppositn statmts false;say ethnic strife is still rampant http://t.co/LXVjZ8Eb @danielflitton #tamil

19:59 Big increase in number of Sri Lankans putting to sea http://t.co/kfVi9naU #lka #srilanka @sunili @SharnelleVella

20:00 RT @7piliers Detailed statistics #Facebook users in #SriLanka - 74th highest in the world http://t.co/OQtuosf7 via @socialbakers

20:02 @7piliers @socialbakers Total number already increased by over a thousand. http://t.co/UXgecCjJ

20:23 So far in 2012, 2992 Sri Lankans have arrived by boat on Australian shores, compared with 211 in 2011. Another... http://t.co/u2qbn0Vt

20:29 May we just say that it's for repartee's like this that we dig Obama | https://t.co/oXhKUP6M Clint just lost his glint. @USEmbSL September 2012 / 302

21:27 #lka Govt asks all nationals to desist from visiting until further notice. Travel to all other states ok. http://t.co/n6lskcuf

21:29 Is this unprecedented? Sri Lanka's government advises all nationals to desist from visiting Tamil Nadu until... http://t.co/k3rs85Jm

21:30 RT @MelGuna #SriLanka foreign ministry advises nationals to avoid #India's Tamil Nadu following rising number of intimidation #lka

21:30 RT @RKKrishnan @SriLanka About 200 #lka pilgrims were held up near a church near #Tiruchi coz of a protest. Police dispersed, and r giving protection

21:31 @RKKrishnan @srilanka See https://t.co/FTfkEVst Can't recall a similar advisory in history of diplomatic relations? Even in 80s? Can you?

21:35 @lankasol May well be, but wonder how Centre will react, also in light of impending visit of Big Kahuna.

21:39 @RKKrishnan @srilanka Suspected as much. Interesting how this will pan out then, in the days to come.

21:41 @RKKrishnan @srilanka Indeed.

21:42 @philiprajamohan @rkkrishnan @srilanka Not sure, but @lankasol suggests a shot at Jayalalithaa https://t.co/O5phTHSb September 2012 / 303

21:43 @RKKrishnan @philiprajamohan @srilanka Bloody opportunist! :) Though fare reductions to India in general greatly appreciated.

21:48 @SriLanka @rkkrishnan Tend to agree, but clearly #lka's MEA would have calculated fallout, also given planned visit of MR to India?

22:14 RT @mhmhisham We know Rajapakse regime is becoming dictatorial but still #Shame on #Jayalalitha for dragging citizens of #lka to cater her agenda! #fail

4'th September, 2012

06:33 RT @benzo12s @indica @Groundviews Sri Lanakan Christian pilgrims attacked in Tamil Nadu, seek safety in church http://t.co/RWdccj7s

06:40 RT @Apelankawe Well Said! The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : A dangerous game http://t.co/ZL2zFMrS

07:59 RT @rkguruparan CBK is on a visit to Jaffna. http://t.co/FD1yXru5 Don't think she was ever in J during her 10 yr presidency #lka #Tamil

08:00 RT @rkguruparan Former BBC correspondent's book on the final war in Sri Lanka RT @francesharris0n: one month till my book #sctd is out http://t.co/Jab970QQ

08:01 @rkguruparan An insult to everyone from or close to Matara, rest assured. September 2012 / 304

11:15 In conversation with Chandraguptha Thenuwara: Art, politics and education in #srilanka http://t.co/jdJuHKkU @6percentforedu @theyrc #lka

11:17 Chandragupta Thenuwara is one of Sri Lanka’s best known artists. As noted online, he is the director of the... http://t.co/iBlssUgt

11:19 Celebrated artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara talks about importance of FUTA's agitation over education http://t.co/jdJuHKkU #lka #srilanka

11:34 In conversation with Chandraguptha Thenuwara: Art, politics and education in Sri Lanka: Chandragupta Thenuwara i... http://t.co/k2xBPSTs

12:24 Life in post-war Jaffna (video) http://t.co/MwpiaYRz #lka #srilanka Related story at http://t.co/VUzAFF16 @lankasol

12:24 @benzo12s Thanks.

13:13 RT @SaskiaFernando Artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara, who exhibits his work this month in a show with Jagath Weerasinghe, speaks to YA... http://t.co/MrmkX600

13:29 @francesharris0n Just a small correction - Bashana's not Down Under, as noted in the report as well.

14:21 RT @MsAMR25 Very important piece > A disappearance every five days in post-war Sri Lanka.http://t.co/MpFK6X6I via @groundviews September 2012 / 305

14:30 RT @SarongJohnnie Today, Colombo is a divided city - between those who love the rain and those who don't. #lka

14:34 @teearuna @slcj_journalism From 9 years ago & still relevant | Suicide Sensitive Journalism Handbook http://t.co/jtvEmFPU via @CPASL #lka

14:37 RT @Joviarul Academic Action on the State of Higher #Education http://t.co/24MmdJna @6percentforedu @theyrc @SLcampaign #Sri Lanka #lka #FUTA @dbsjeyaraj

14:38 @Joviarul You should request to join the FUTA FB group page and post this video up there as well - https://t.co/Ac4TZaqN #lka #srilanka

14:44 RT @HalikAzeez From having travel warnings issued against us to now issuing travel warnings against others (Thamilnadu) #lka has come a long way.

14:44 RT @SNSalgado Lankan pilgrims to be flown back on special flight http://t.co/s43S6hza #TamilNadu #India #Politics #SL #LKA

14:45 @Joviarul Brill.

14:52 @Joviarul Realised why we missed it - helpful to put that descriptive text when you post, so that readers get an idea of video content! :) September 2012 / 306

15:12 Sri Lanka’s civil war may have ended in 2009, but peace still eludes many of its citizens. Already under fire... http://t.co/z4RCK0i0

15:19 @firstpostin on our report looking at disappearances in #srilanka | A ‘disappearance’ every five days: report http://t.co/5GWqHLcU #lka

15:52 What the devil? | The 5 buses carrying pilgrims from #lka to Trichy airport have been attacked, says @adaderana SMS update #srilanka

15:53 RT @CTBreak Sri Lankan Pilgrims' Buses Attacked Again In Tamil Nadu http://t.co/pBFv7yT6 #lka

15:54 @SNSalgado @adaderana @dinidu And http://t.co/78QuL3wK. Thanks.

15:58 @AkbarMEA Sorry, just to be clear - that's 200k from #srilanka to India over 2011? Thought Indians coming to #lka greater.

15:58 RT @Panhinda RT @akbarmea: #India responds to #SriLanka's travel advisory. http://t.co/AtQiVp7W #lka

15:59 Via http://t.co/cVFnaGkL In response to a media query on the... http://t.co/GMjKOe3Q

16:00 RT @cfhaviland Aftr being hounded @ Catholic shrine, #SriLanka pilgrims attacked as travel by bus in #TamilNadu #India http://t.co/RTbFIHWN #tamil #sinhala September 2012 / 307

16:02 @cfhaviland Puts @AkbarMEA's assurances (made before this incident) of safe passage for them under scrutiny. #lka #srilanka

16:07 @sathapalan We've been more than around. We've been very vocal. Do your research & homework boy, and get some critical perspective.

16:26 @cfhaviland @akbarmea Charles, this response is to #lka Govt PR, *before* the attacks on the buses. Hence our tweet https://t.co/nfp0bimz

16:27 RT @francesharris0n @groundviews Bashana on radio australia now too http://t.co/onVBGjSt

17:06 Protests continue against Lankan pilgrims in Tamil Nadu http://t.co/K0LTREHu #lka #srilanka #india

17:07 RT @Apelankawe Compared to Jaya even Karunanidhi sounds sensible! Sigh | The Hindu : DMK not averse to Sri Lankan players visits: http://t.co/o9xwfwiq

17:08 Surprise, surprise | UPFA tops polls law violations list http://t.co/C7JifDaS #lka #srilanka

17:15 RT @adaderana No need to panic over mobbing incidents in TN - MEA http://t.co/KfC4S9R2 #lka #srilanka

19:07 Press release by #lka MEA over the attack on the buses today, notes that #India has provided safe passage & security. http://t.co/G8AJtTBb September 2012 / 308

19:33 Somehow missed reading this excellent piece | Apologising for saffron terror http://t.co/gTEVPbZQ #lka #srilanka

19:34 More important than how Rauff Hakeem expressed himself is the point he was trying to make. The phrase ‘saffron... http://t.co/jqJO70Hf

19:46 Miracle of Asia's narrative need more polish? | Refugees in India reluctant to return http://t.co/IlJGlVPk #lka #srilanka

19:46 Sri Lanka to receive U.N. rights team http://t.co/gTD0ZPKx #lka #srilanka

19:46 CPI (M) concerned over ‘hostility’ towards Sri Lankans http://t.co/3G4OZXDX #lka #srilanka

20:47 RT @MsAMR25 #srilanka 's Attitude to International Threatening: The Upcoming UPR http://t.co/G75xnJvJ @groundviews @lankasol

20:47 @MsAMR25 @lankasol Thanks.

20:52 RT @francesharris0n For 1st time Erik Solheim will talk about his role in trying to broker a surrender in #srilanka. oct 5,uk. Tickets http://t.co/nsXsC7S8

21:20 RT @mhmhisham the way #lka Gov is blatantly misusing state media for elections, its evident that the ruling party is not as comfortable as they boast! September 2012 / 309

21:33 @mhmhisham On that score, and on the issue of election violence http://t.co/C7JifDaS its clear avg. voter really doesn't give a damn? #lka

23:38 @mhmhisham @azzamameen @rkkrishnan Admittedly, it's power lies in its simplicity & mass appeal. Why change or rephrase what clearly works?

23:39 @mhmhisham @azzamameen @rkkrishnan Larger issue for us is civic education, or lack thereof. We have voters, not citizens.

5'th September, 2012

07:36 @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 1. A big difference between literacy and media literacy. It's also to do with our education system.

07:36 @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 2. A system predicated on teaching mindless genuflection, through rote and regurgitation.

07:36 @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 4. That in a nutshell is why no distinction is made between propaganda & deeper truths. Good for any Gov.

07:36 @RKKrishnan @mhmhisham @azzamameen 3. When we've taught in class to mid-career journos, they simply can't formulate critical questions. September 2012 / 310

07:51 (Audio) Sinhalese journalist on why some SLankans need asylum http://t.co/Jx8qtrSj #lka #srilanka Thanks @francesharris0n

08:08 CONGRATULATIONS! | “@adaderana: Pradeep Sanjaya wins Sri Lanka’s first medal at Paralympics http://t.co/w7Rylnoi #lka #srilanka”

08:09 @SriLanka That's a rhetorical question, right?

08:10 @SriLanka #UN SG toured Menik Farm after the end of the war but was oblivious to http://t.co/4Sog3dwC One hopes she is more free to observe.

08:29 @bfonseka Has anyone seen a draft? One hopes it is better than '07 Draft Bill, which you / @CPASL critiqued http://t.co/X0F80aXP #lka

08:31 RT @theyrc Are the #futa demands credible? Opinion on the morality of the @6percentforedu strike http://t.co/gbBvpydk #lka #srilanka #university

08:31 @theyrc @6percentforedu A very good piece. One hopes FUTA responds to some of the concerns noted therein.

08:32 RT @Panhinda This NYT article ignores the plight of fishermen in Sri Lanka's war ravaged north. http://t.co/90Irvjsl #lka September 2012 / 311

08:35 Noticing much larger image sizes on NYT and other mainstream US based news sites. Clearly, this is because of the Retina display.

08:37 Installed & checked live today. It works, very well in fact | Liveblog from @wordpress http://t.co/JD0nkf4y Good for #lka bloggers on WP.

08:47 RT @TwitterForNews The end of @MichelleObama's speech drove 28,003 Tweets-per-minute at its peak. @MittRomney peaked at 14,289 TPM at #GOP2012.

08:52 Compelling read | Transcript: Michelle Obama's Democratic Convention Speech http://t.co/9Jvu8iLI #DNC2012

08:58 RT @RKKrishnan Remarkably sober reporting by #DailyNews on #srilankan pilgrim incident. stated facts, #MEA releases. Need of the hour when passions r high

10:34 Helluva achievement | Pradeep Sanjaya won the first ever medal for Sri Lanka at the Paralympics by winning the... http://t.co/OUxUaQnQ

10:44 @RasCeylon We, and many others, fundamentally disagree of SLU's approach to reconciliation, but certainly don't recommend disengagement.

11:29 @RasCeylon They are all in the public domain, and out of context, may seem to be attacking their work. Please read up on GV and elsewhere. September 2012 / 312

11:36 Sri Lankan Tamil issue: Vying for political points, Tamil Nadu parties silent on attacks http://t.co/ygb3AjhY #lka #srilanka

11:36 Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu: A messy situation http://t.co/uat0T7gj #lka #srilanka

12:05 RT @Panhinda Sri Lankan tourists follow travel advisory, stay indoors. http://t.co/IQdliMTB #lka

12:06 RT @cfhaviland As #SriLanka pilgrims mobbed in #TamilNadu #India intolerance, SL Muslims hounded in North #lka. Navy says it's wrongly blamed, sez D Mirror

12:08 @USEmbSL But the question is, do they look as dapper as Horatio Caine?

12:09 RT @RKKrishnan my friends in #srilanka should understand that a province in #India is an autonomous unit. #Centre doesn't and cant interfere in everything

12:36 Sandhya Eknelygoda speaks for Sri Lanka's disappeared http://t.co/073l0SLo #lka #srilanka via @cpjasia

12:39 When I first met Sandhya Eknelygoda in May 2010 in her home outside Colombo, she was a distressed mother of two... http://t.co/h4sV8FPt

13:59 @RasCeylon Engage with http://t.co/Q4bvSezs by @nigelvnugawela & http://t.co/M51AeLMT by @rkguruparan Much more via comments in posts. September 2012 / 313

14:51 India, Sri Lanka Ties Hurt by Violence http://t.co/obryLro9 #lka #srilanka

15:03 @RKKrishnan :)

18:31 All universities which were closed on August 21 will be opened tomorrow- Ministry of Higher Education-Daily Mirror #lka #srilanka

18:57 RT @AzzamAmeen University lecturers says they will not attend lectures despite Universities reopening #lka

19:05 @DMbreakingnews The DM Editor Blog was last updated on 5 Jan 2012. Why has it gone dormant for long? http://t.co/trwvjKJr #lka #srilanka

19:15 RT @USEmbSL The introductory video of new U.S. Ambassador to #SriLanka & #Maldives, Michele Sison? http://t.co/00emrcH1 @State_SCA

19:15 RT @mediafound #Srilanka: #Australian #social media campaign to dissuade asylum seekers http://t.co/ameyF1fo

22:54 @teearuna @cpjasia 1. Friedman and others would argue, the individual story, and indeed, the story of girl child, is the most compelling.

22:54 @teearuna @cpjasia 2. But even with montage of the personal, do people care? How many recall Slave Island's stories? http://t.co/1Eg8AYAP September 2012 / 314

22:54 @teearuna @cpjasia 3. Perhaps more stories, not less, can help? The more, told through diverse media, the more catharsis & discussion?

22:54 @teearuna @cpjasia Agree - challenge is also to avoid parasitical showcasing and journalistic voyuerism. Need to care enough, to follow up.

22:58 RT @Apelankawe A powerful dissenting voice in India in support of boycotting Sri Lanka. Must read. http://t.co/3Ddhjvzg

22:58 RT @Apelankawe @meenakandasamy I respect your sentiments, commitment but disagree with your solution. Why no condemnation against 'stray(?)' attack?

23:01 RT @WBeducation 93% of the girls in #SriLanka now complete basic education #girlseducation #edstats

23:33 Google News realtime coverage of dip in #India-#srilanka relations https://t.co/1wwcWbcw #lka @lankasol

23:40 @teearuna @cpjasia As a design concept, like http://t.co/PJfl4FJf. Able to see many stories (1,610 here), yet focus sharply on one.

23:45 @teearuna @cpjasia :) Tech is easy, and there are lots of other ideas we have. Narratives need to be sensitively handled though. September 2012 / 315

6'th September, 2012

06:36 ‘Reconciliation’ is on everyone’s lips in Sri Lanka today but there is little agreement on its meaning. Is it... http://t.co/Gi2k6DOb

06:39 A film festival on reconciliation: Brochure https://t.co/mSQ1RSNF Schedule https://t.co/NutxvILN #lka #srilanka http://t.co/bhJsmFh8

06:41 View the stunning 'Kerosene', part of film festival on reconciliation https://t.co/mSQ1RSNF here http://t.co/V5l6iMhp #lka #srilanka

06:48 More good news for foreign investors | Sharper slip in Sri Lanka’s rank in global competitiveness http://t.co/59mrIlSy #lka #srilanka

06:50 As opposed to a 10-place jump in the previous year, Sri Lanka has suffered a 16-place relegation in the latest... http://t.co/e8fLzTKf

07:21 The Island has an interesting take on WEF rankings http://t.co/w8ytSecI Can someone explain to us what this all means? #lka #srilanka

08:00 RT @TwitterForNews Introducing our new tool that makes it easy to embed interactive timelines of Tweets on any website: http://t.co/CgDCN7qX September 2012 / 316

10:09 Last week, the Diocese of Jaffna issued a report that raised serious doubts about the government’s claims,... http://t.co/QZ77C8dX

10:10 Good piece, not only for central issue, but damning critique of MSM's lack of real journalism http://t.co/jWHUfxz7 #lka #srilanka

10:16 @officialunp Welcome. Can we expect real engagement with core issues, or is this seen as primarily a party propaganda too? #lka #srilanka

10:18 @SNSalgado You're a rare individual on Twitter in #lka who sources tweets accurately, all the time. Will use as example in lectures. Tx.

11:07 @DMbreakingnews 1. You use image from Dambulla bus bombing by LTTE in '08 to illustrate article on recent incidents in Tamil Nadu on pg. A8.

11:07 3. Will @DMbreakingnews take responsibility for inflamed tensions in #lka by readers who think this was actually damage caused by Indians?

11:07 2. Screenshot of @DMbreakingnews news story with inaccurate, file image. Somebody must have authorised its use? http://t.co/hBpAe5RW

11:15 @SarongJohnnie @dmbreakingnews It's just incredibly shoddy journalism. September 2012 / 317

11:49 Opening night of Mediated... http://t.co/IdO3HsLr

11:52 Opening night of Mediated http://t.co/YxSOVMtm via @DMbreakingnews Life Magazine http://t.co/TqTEVzaX #lka #srilanka @SaskiaFernando

12:03 @officialunp Thanks - look forward to a constructive engagement on matters of mutual interest. Best of luck.

12:16 RT @AzzamAmeen Protest expected in front of the Indian HC this afternoon,Shops in fort area also asked to close by a Govt backed trade association #lka

13:58 RT @easwaranrutnam "@colombogazette: JHU says a ban on animal sacrifice not a violation of religious freedom http://t.co/MZnZMjRd #srilanka #lka"

13:59 RT @cfhaviland #Tamil Nat Alliance leadr tells #SriLanka Prez #East province elex on Sat likely "not free/fair" bcs o gov's"intimidation". #sinhala #muslim

15:04 RT @Apelankawe A pettah tamil trader says instructions to organise protest came from President's catchers. Some traders intimidated to do so. @assamameen

15:08 @RKKrishnan @dmbreakingnews Without acknowledging us, they've deleted said image from http://t.co/c8aEUlbD See before http://t.co/hBpAe5RW September 2012 / 318

15:27 Thought we couldn't afford any more thermal power generation? | CEB to establish new thermal power plant in Jaffna http://t.co/UwWKI3nM #lka

16:25 Minority rights in Sri Lanka aren’t helped by targeting its visiting civilians http://t.co/pwESL02p #lka #srilanka

16:26 Diatribes against, or attacks on, Lankan citizens, and any strain on Indo-Lankan ties would, inversely, make the... http://t.co/UlTQTeTF

18:10 @cfhaviland @rkkrishnan @dmbreakingnews Excellent find - thanks!

18:11 Photos of the pilgrim's buses attacked in Tamil Nadu recently http://t.co/wdVjik0E Flagged by @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka #india

18:16 RT @xelene Motherland superior than Feminism. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? Source : #lka #police #website http://t.co/afea0yOz

18:21 Full transcript: Sri Lankan envoy on Tamil Nadu tension http://t.co/Vpijvnav #lka #srilanka #india

21:51 @thegrimhope Au contraire, it's very good coverage of all what the MoD does in #lka today, from logistics to vege deliveries.

22:11 Interesting report | US: Torture and Rendition to Gaddafi’s Libya http://t.co/zrf2h6bc via @hrw September 2012 / 319

22:14 How then should leading Tamil politicians, such as the chief minister, who are trying to position themselves to... http://t.co/8xHFjOis

22:16 Interesting analysis, and disturbing times ahead | Jayalalitha's gambit http://t.co/Xf70iq1i #srilanka #india #lka

22:22 RT @LankaMuslims SLBC Muslim Radio Service used to campaign for the Gov in eastern elections.Religious programs mixed with Political says a listener #lka

22:44 @mhmhisham @lankamuslims Very sad to hear, but unsurprising come to think of it.

22:44 Muslims and the Eastern Provincial Council Elections in #srilanka: Kingmakers or Pawns? http://t.co/5Esi1peX @mhmhisham @aufidius #lka

22:46 The lack of debate and dialogue within the Eastern Muslim community on post-war concerns and needs facilitated by... http://t.co/lLS13gaw

23:20 Muslims and the Eastern Provincial Council Elections in Sri Lanka: Kingmakers or Pawns?: Photo via Colombo Teleg... http://t.co/crV0whGO

7'th September, 2012

06:57 @mwikramanayake @sunili Yes he did. See http://t.co/77Row9nz September 2012 / 320

06:58 @mwikramanayake @sunili At the time we said this https://t.co/v8xcuavx

07:22 Amnesty’s appeal to T.N. government http://t.co/HAsSiuHd #lka #srilanka #india

07:46 RT @rkguruparan Rambukwella says Jayalalitha's action is evidence for the evils of devolution. (Virakesari). This man's intelligence continues to stun me.

07:47 @rkguruparan Intelligence?

07:57 @rkguruparan Largely in Sinhala, but interesting video to watch http://t.co/PHMwT1Gg See 5:47 for Keheliya's "intelligence" & principles.

08:00 Ironically, it's the GoSL who can't cope either | Diaspora unable to cope with LTTE’s defeat http://t.co/9TkVlFjJ #lka #srilanka

08:01 Letter sent by TNA leader R. Sampanthan to President on EP elections http://t.co/dOQNof8X #lka #srilanka via @dbsjeyaraj @lankasol

08:04 @mwikramanayake Yes. And it's all one big "Tamil diaspora" really. One big bad bunch. Possibly all living together too, somewhere.

09:32 power cuts will not be imposed from today, until further notice-Ministry of Power & Energy-Daily Mirror SMS #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 321

09:32 @philiprajamohan @rkguruparan Do voters care to recall, and hold them accountable? We think not. This is our political culture.

09:40 Clearly, it's silly season down in TN | Tamil outfit protests against hotel employing Lankans http://t.co/KtnKtXFh #lka #srilanka

09:40 @benzo12s Thanks.

12:18 RT @HalikAzeez Does #lka really need an 88 floor tower plus 3 more towers of office/living space? Check hilarious comments on this http://t.co/0S4XNil8

12:20 @SarongJohnnie To be fair by the suspect, does anyone know what the Chinese are doing in #srilanka?

15:36 Very interesting reading | Obama, Clinton Fundraiser Appointed to National Security Panel http://t.co/ejDstwiH #lka #srilanka @lankasol

15:41 For one of President Obama's top fundraisers, the appointment last year to an elite group of State Department... http://t.co/Nwei8EBa

8'th September, 2012

00:41 In Memoriam: Tilak Jayaratne http://t.co/zUq9Qok9 #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 322

00:57 In Memoriam: Tilak Jayaratne: Tilak’s journey in search of people’s media, from the Sunday Times Tilak Jayaratne... http://t.co/RO6gmek3

07:20 Poignant, and a note of caution | Why did Raja die? http://t.co/Yuqopt6z #lka #srilanka @ashadevos

07:22 When we returned to Yala after a break, Raja was missing. Since the LTTE attack on the park a few years earlier,... http://t.co/7Ee3z6u2

07:23 @lankasol Works fine for us - but try http://t.co/QoOfhAav Watch the video.

07:32 RT @Apelankawe The correspondent | i am http://t.co/M56914Un via @iam_project

07:39 RT @StateDept Assistant Secretary of @State_SCA Robert Blake travels to #Nepal, #Maldives and #SriLanka, September 10-14: http://t.co/w1j8Tw2E

08:08 RT @AmanthaP Why is that we need mj events, droughts floods, 4 officials to wake up to changing weather patterns/they mst monitor data better #SRILANKA

08:08 @AmanthaP Better yet, open that data to public? Why should tax payer supported data collection remain closed to a few?

08:08 @cfhaviland Will it be online too Charles? September 2012 / 323

08:11 @DMbreakingnews Yes, and the 18th Amendment gives him the ability to do just this. Right?

10:50 RT @google Boldly go where no man has gone before w/ today's interactive Star Trek doodle. More info: http://t.co/yDr962kA http://t.co/SS2jTk7N

13:06 RT @theyrc 2012 A/L crisis worsens. No examiners for papers #lka #srilanka #education crisis http://t.co/BqtQ1054

13:17 Rather damning | Lack of enthusiasm among voters – monitors http://t.co/SKY7OGim via @DMbreakingnews #lka #srilanka

13:25 Sandya Ekneligoda's statement to @UN_HRC UPR session on #srilanka http://t.co/mqVeh2vk She speaks for so many others #lka @lankasol

13:45 RT @rkguruparan Essential reading as the FUTA strike continues. RT @philosophybites: On academic freedom and democracy http://t.co/cGylbSE7 @indexcensorship

13:46 @rkguruparan We can be absolutely sure that the planned regulation of online "news" sites isn't going to happen over the next 2 weeks...

17:15 Sri Lankans vote in key provincial election http://t.co/2FSXjxSY #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 324

17:17 PC polls: voter turnout as at 4pm: Kegalle 56%, A'pura 53%, Polonnaruwa 50%, Batticaloa 55%, Ampara 55%, Trinco 55-60%- adaderana.lk #lka

18:05 VERIFY: Didn't realise GoSL handpicked the tourists? | Shock And Awww! http://t.co/qxNCd9Au #lka #srilanka @cfhaviland @lankasol

20:19 RT @akeenan23 #SriLanka provincical elections a farce; abolish executive presidency, says normally cautious Daily Mirror editorial http://t.co/FQGwzHsQ

20:24 Sri Lankans vote in provincial election seen as a test of whether Tamils still want self-rule http://t.co/8FjBr3Il #lka #srilanka

20:26 Sri Lankans voted Saturday in a provincial assembly election seen as a test of whether ethnic minority Tamils... http://t.co/viWxL56U

9'th September, 2012

00:28 @teearuna Agree.

01:13 Rage in India spotlights Sri Lanka's war victims http://t.co/pBU0qGE0 #lka #srilanka #india

03:31 Youth in Sri Lanka need a chance: Photo courtesy Beyond Borders The Sri Lankan government shut down state univer... http://t.co/eQjkn5PM September 2012 / 325

07:05 The long arc of Nandikadal http://t.co/rss5Lwgd #lka #srilanka

07:07 RT @rkguruparan TNA and UPFA neck to neck as to who will emerge as single largest party in the East. The winner takes 2 additional seats. #lka #Tamil

07:08 RT @AmanthaP Racial divides appear to be widening going by latest #SriLanka regional election results

07:08 RT @AmanthaP great job @mhmhisham on #SriLanka regional election, best source for me out here on work in South Korea..

07:11 This time, from India | 95 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees detained after migration bid http://t.co/IMz67C9s #lka #srilanka

07:18 Save for , not a single MSM outlet in #lka has a public editor | My Turn in Between the Readers and the Writers http://t.co/tYwR97T4

07:46 Provincial Council Election: Real-time updates http://t.co/bTfEbqzZ #lka #srilanka #PCelectionsLK @mhmhisham @lankasol

07:50 @mhmhisham is turning out the best updates on Twitter. #PCelectionsLK and #ep2012 are key hashtags aggregating... http://t.co/nn8GqbCC

08:11 Provincial Council Election: Real-time updates: @mhmhisham is turning out the best updates on Twitter. #PCelecti... http://t.co/TNxuxMfK September 2012 / 326

16:42 Let us eat our guts and pick our souls http://t.co/LC2h265X #lka #srilanka #india

16:44 The recent attack on pilgrims including women and children by some Tamil nationalist outfits is a shameful... http://t.co/IsB1xmmp

16:45 A diplomatic slap in the face? | Permission Denied http://t.co/Wvgy5Nc3 #lka #srilanka #india

16:50 This presents an opportunity, but not for facile regime change in the near term. There are growing opportunities... http://t.co/Hgn8Z8H9

16:52 Sri Lanka's ruling party wins provincial election http://t.co/147VYNBw #lka #srilanka

16:56 RT @Apelankawe WTF? I am just trying to imagine the thought process of Hasantha Wijenayake when he drew this. http://t.co/VDvim6lZ #sick

16:59 @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @baalivirus @pmoindia Who IS the Editor of Lakbima now?

18:53 @RKKrishnan @apelankawe @baalivirus It has been brought to the attention of acting editor. Will revert if there is any response.

19:57 @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse It's a he, and it's been escalated to him. Given condemnation by #lka Prez Spox too, response likely? September 2012 / 327

20:02 @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse Worried this damn thing will, not unlike @DMbreakingnews photo, escalate tensions in TN & here.

20:09 @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse @dmbreakingnews It can be argued that said cartoon offended under #1 of code http://t.co/RRoBeOuy

20:09 @MsAMR25 @apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bandeljayse @dmbreakingnews You must be joking. PCC's idea of rapid is usually weeks.

20:17 @Apelankawe @msamr25 @rkkrishnan @bundeljayse @dmbreakingnews 1. If PCC wants to dismiss this on technicality, it risks a great deal more.

20:17 @Apelankawe @rkkrishnan @bundeljayse @dmbreakingnews 2. Hope quick, unequivocal apology via Acting Editor will prevent tit-for-tat attacks.

20:20 @MsAMR25 Dream on.

20:29 @vijaysappani @rkkrishnan @apelankawe Emailed @womenandmedia.

21:22 RT @Shaahima I suppose it's only expected that when a cricketer pens a travel post,it positively reeks of endorsement: http://t.co/XGfUJCpF #lka #cricket

21:27 @Shaahima Of course he was very impressed with Ministry of Crab :) September 2012 / 328

21:38 @teearuna @apelankawe @msamr25 @rkkrishnan @bundeljayse @dmbreakingnews Absolutely agree!

10'th September, 2012

00:29 RT @LankaMuslims An Army Major was hospitalised this morning following an assault by Malaka Silva, son of Min Mervin Silva at a 5 star hotel. #lka #srilanka

00:29 @LankaMuslims Missed this - any further updates?

03:23 The Z-score imbroglio: Towards a fair and simple solution: Image courtesy Tharunaya I will assume in this articl... http://t.co/akLQZPph

09:04 A tasteless cartoon, Twitter & Indo-Sri Lanka relations http://t.co/LvE6IF0P #lka #srilanka @lankasol @RKKrishnan @NMenonRao @vijaysappani

09:06 While it is the nature of social media to peak quickly over an issue or event and then as quickly forget and move... http://t.co/VoqrSBoP

09:10 A tasteless cartoon, Twitter and Indo-Sri Lanka relations: On Sunday, for some unfathomable reason, Lakbima – a ... http://t.co/9gqs166A

09:47 The Z-score imbroglio: Towards a fair and simple solution http://t.co/S1xzDmHg @theyrc @6percentforedu #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 329

09:48 RT @teearuna @groundviews Hope cartoon controversy doesn't escalate tensions further or inspire violence @lankasol @RKKrishnan @NMenonRao @vijaysappani

09:49 A solution should be based on giving effect to a set of equitable and transparent principles. The Remedy 2... http://t.co/sxCOOt0H

09:58 RT @MelGuna #Australian families reach out to #SriLankan boat people http://t.co/4kLihsdH #lka

10:44 RT @7piliers If you want to learn more about the #development #recovery #humanitarian work of the United Nations in #SriLanka follow: @UNSriLanka

10:46 RT @mbmrameez Will the powerful military push for justice or turn a blind eye? Mervyn’s son in new scrape http://t.co/GhcxMFca #lk #srilanka RT @bfonseka

10:47 RT @bfonseka Last few lines in the editorial sends a msg the govt should not ignore- Winners and losers http://t.co/bpHjyoiN #lk #srilanka

12:12 As opposed to... | Police to conduct 24 hour operations from today to apprehend drunken drivers- adaderana.lk #lka #srilanka

12:14 A revealing interview, with a household name in #srilanka | With So Many Clowns, No Room For Entertainers http://t.co/X3WleGca #lka September 2012 / 330

12:28 Dropping the final hints: A Sri Lankan Anthology of Hint Fiction - http://t.co/u2IrY5QH #lka #srilanka Please send a story or two!

12:29 Around 150 submissions have come in to date. Perera-Hussein Books has offered to seriously consider publishing... http://t.co/KocWSeaS

12:54 Another insult by Sri Lanka: It’s time #India took a stand http://t.co/SH5ZEtDu #lka #srilanka @lankasol

12:56 The point is proxy-speak, proxy-attacks and proxy-campaigns are a way of life for Sri Lanka’s ruling... http://t.co/RVwxU9MI

13:10 @MelGuna @dmbreakingnews To be fair by him, there's no public outcry or sustained protests against his actions and expression.

13:10 RT @cfhaviland #Tamil Nat Alliance says gov won #Eastern Prov elec only thru "gross abuse" of state resources/intimid'n. Wants 2 form gov w' SLMC/UNP. #lka

13:12 @AnuradhaKHerath Are the numbers in this story verified? True that CEB meter reader gets ~60k a month? @theyrc @MelGuna

13:34 Tilak Jayaratne: Indomitable Broadcaster with a Stubborn Conscience http://t.co/nGnLjoh9 @NalakaG #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 331

14:32 @teearuna @apelankawe Sections 6.3, 6.4 (i) of Code of Ethics http://t.co/UwqPk6oA, prima facie, contravened by Lakbima cartoonist? #lka

14:37 @Apelankawe Noted, thanks.

14:38 RT @Apelankawe Since we are talking of cartoons these days http://t.co/AXrAA0yS

15:09 @MsAMR25 @teearuna @apelankawe @womenandmedia They are working on response.

15:14 Acting Editor of Lakbima defends cartoon https://t.co/9ZZwjVwe but deletes it from website?! http://t.co/K81eLu78 #lka #srilanka @Apelankawe

15:16 @RangaJayasuriya Given your avowed stance reg. FoE, why is the cartoon now deleted? Surely you could & should have stood your ground? #lka

15:18 Post War, LLRC, HumanRights, Democracy, Tamil Politicle Prissoner, Education | Vikalpa Updates - http://t.co/MhDJe8if

16:03 Letter to the Sunday Lakbima – Request for Apology http://t.co/oTIkdkRe #lka #srilanka via @womenandmedia @Apelankawe @teearuna @lankasol

16:20 Ruling UPFA wins provincial elections but with reduced votes http://t.co/s4R4RrKh #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 332

16:29 RT @womenandmedia WMC condemns cartoon in Sunday Lakbima on the 9th of September, 2012 http://t.co/AuafxQRN @groundviews @teearuna @apelankawe @TMnY @theyrc

17:22 @teearuna 1. In conversing with David Blacker & @nigelvnugawela , have to agree with them that submission to dismiss was uncalled for.

17:22 @teearuna 2. However, as @womenandmedia and others note, endorse holding editor & paper accountable under PCC, and SLPI guidelines.

17:22 @teearuna 3. Guidelines & standards the paper itself has fully subscribed to, but with publication of the cartoon, prima facie, violates.

17:58 RT @teearuna @groundviews Agree. I'd like to see substantive engagement with principles/guidelines. Relevant to our recent exchange re suicide reporting

17:58 @teearuna Keen to see that too but unlikely to come about, we fear.

21:23 @Apelankawe That's automatically generated by Twitter embed.

21:28 RT @teearuna @MsAMR25 @groundviews @apelankawe @womenandmedia Lack of contrition / maturity in Lakbima response thus far pitiful for national paper. (3) September 2012 / 333

21:29 RT @vipulananda RT@httweets: What a tragic fall — Hindustan Times http://t.co/nd4RmBYJ #LKA #Srilanka #LK #Lanka #Tamil

21:30 Religious majoritarianism combined with political authoritarianism - that, tragically, is the cast of Sri Lankan... http://t.co/oHyA7u37

21:56 H. RES. 177 | New resolution on post-war #srilanka tabled in #US House of Representatives http://t.co/48cvHQqR #lka #srilanka @USEmbSL

21:57 Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary... http://t.co/6SDkiO3E

22:07 US House of Reps resolution calls for greater media freedom in #srilanka http://t.co/48cvHQqR Will be voted on this week #lka @AmanthaP

22:11 RT @KTheena That cartoon on Lakbima is as idiotic as the rabid nationalists in #srilanka and #TamilNadu.

22:12 RT @Huntsmanh @meenakandasamy While creative freedom is appreciated, vulgarity is not!. A similar cartoon on Rajapaksa would have finished off #Lakbima

22:13 @MelGuna No idea, and unlikely. September 2012 / 334

22:13 RT @SarongJohnnie @gopiharan @sumaiyarizvi It's just pathetic and irresponsible editorial judgement on the part of Lakbima. Very unbecoming of a broadsheet.

22:14 RT @nkashokbharan What happened to innocent SL pilgrims in TN is outrageous but the cartoon published in Lakbima is extremely opprobrious. Shame! #LK #SL

11'th September, 2012

06:49 Why I stand by our cartoon http://t.co/yOCpfH9a #lka #srilanka @Apelankawe @teearuna @MelGuna @womenandmedia @MsAMR25 @lohang @vijaysappani

06:51 Is our cartoon vulgar? I would say, vulgarity, like beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. While puritans... http://t.co/smyyvLUm

07:04 @dhume01 Think everyone knows the answer to that.

07:11 Why I stand by our cartoon: The LAKBIMAnEWS cartoon on Sunday seemed to have ruffled some feathers. Going by the... http://t.co/rLQ2hzPo

07:29 Mullikulam: The continuing occupation of a school by the Sri Lankan Navy http://t.co/IA0gAo8T #lka #srilanka @lankasol

07:31 The villagers and Church leaders are determined to continue their dialogues and appeals to the Government and the... http://t.co/imkkJwCb September 2012 / 335

07:54 FINAL WEEK to see Mediated: Data meets Art - http://t.co/luNXUYMq #lka #srilanka @SaskiaFernando If in or around #Colombo, please visit!

07:56 Mediated is an art project that essentially seeks to create greater awareness around and engagement with aspects... http://t.co/P7XeFXlT

08:04 Disturbing | 4,000 Lankans take their own lives every year http://t.co/craoVsbM @mhpss @teearuna #lka #srilanka

08:05 While China's laughing to the bank | Norochcholai still limping http://t.co/Ry5ooCk7 #lka #srilanka

08:07 Australian families reach out to boatpeople http://t.co/V5uunQBQ #lka #srilanka @sunili @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella

08:15 RT @Apelankawe A rehash of GV article? @groundviews Sri Lanka toon targets PM, CM | Deccan Chronicle http://t.co/3JBmyP7K via @deccannews

09:03 @Apelankawe @deccannews It's hard to be original.

09:20 RT @Apelankawe Bold and laudable act by Mahinda, if true | Iran tried to influence Mahinda against ‘Midnight Children’ http://t.co/XBNUMqF3

09:20 RT @teearuna Pretty weird (on many levels) RT @Apelankawe: Where did this come from? Why? nation.lk -Questionnaire for FUTA members http://t.co/LOMdy8CO September 2012 / 336

09:20 RT @Apelankawe "subtle sexual connotation"? LoL @RangaJayasuriya

09:21 @Apelankawe One fears to think about the visuals of what @rangajayasuriya would find a more direct sexual connotation @womenandmedia #lka

09:24 @Apelankawe @rangajayasuriya But why remove in the first place? This is now bizarre - a public defence of content that is already deleted.

09:26 RT @rkguruparan #Tamil activists concerned that UN OHCHR mission to #lka might not have adequate access to assess ground situ in NE http://t.co/wDfGYI6y

09:33 Mullikulam: The continuing occupation of a school by the Sri Lankan Navy: “This is my home, this is my sister’s ... http://t.co/B7MMOP6J

10:57 Hypocrisy? How about more fiscal transparency at home to start with? | SL seeks transparency in OHCHR funding http://t.co/rsUdL1l5 #lka

11:08 RT @rkguruparan Disastrous interpretation of EPC elections. 'set back for power sharing' http://t.co/UG1VvLrS #Tamil Civil Society warned abt this

12:16 RT @teearuna @groundviews @Apelankawe @vijaysappani @RangaJayasuriya Self-regulation by press actually serves FoE not opposite? see http://t.co/U0s75kLX September 2012 / 337

12:16 @mbmrameez Heard same story on many occasions, but cannot verify / confirm.

12:17 @TMnY Let's just say it's not exactly the kind of journalism one can look up to…

13:46 @TMnY Consider penning it down. Seriously.

14:31 Hearing that management of Lakbima (i.e. Thilanga & Co) deleted cartoon off web. @RangaJayasuriya's defence of it in limbo? #lka #srilanka

15:10 RT @cfhaviland War tourism in #SriLanka: my TV report now online. http://t.co/HJhaMZdB @PonnambalamAD @groundviews @azzamameen #lka #tamil #sinhala

15:11 If in #srilanka you curate comments on website, these are the fringe lunatics you encounter from time to time https://t.co/JQhOtnng #lka

15:23 @sunili @joviarul They exist, and occasionally emerge. Will possibly get worse. This is a self-proclaimed "manic depressive crazy"!

15:32 @sunili @joviarul Quite.

16:01 RT @jehanlive @cfhaviland nice report. but a simple act of including Tamil in name boards can make millions happy and more welcome.#lka September 2012 / 338

16:16 @cfhaviland @ponnambalamad @azzamameen Good one Charles, and complements this story by the @TheEconomist nicely http://t.co/c0enf13C #lka

17:19 RT @SriLanka #SriLanka'n Immigration to #Italy : Reflections and Anecdotes http://t.co/6rfM85Ei

17:22 @francesharris0n Hi Frances, can you please clarify that last tweet. Where all the 7 hospitals hit, or just 5, or 2?

17:23 RT @Nirmanusan What a funny joke? #SriLanka seeks #transparency in #OCHA funding http://t.co/SpsCwzjm

17:23 @Nirmanusan The demand itself has merit. But you can't live in glasshouses and pontificate on merits of transparency. RTI for #lka anyone?!

17:25 RT @Nirmanusan #US envoy to visit #SriLanka to discuss war report http://t.co/dmnzuWUz #warcrimes #genocide

17:27 @cfhaviland He's right. You can't do it with drones. Like in #lka in '09, you need manned craft & ground forces for best democratic results.

17:30 @SriLanka For a blessed moment, we were ready to pop the champagne.

17:32 @SriLanka Why is no one attending asking the President about the 18th Amendment and parliamentary independence in #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 339

17:33 @francesharris0n So if we get this, lat-long co'ords for attacks on hospitals were got from said doctor? Under duress?

17:49 @francesharris0n Must read / will read. Frustrating to hear so much about it with no copy in hand.

17:49 @francesharris0n Fascinating.

18:32 A blogger's take on Mediated https://t.co/r1UpmhIS It's on till the 15th. Details & location http://t.co/CYFqcgww #srilanka #lka

18:59 Young Asia Television covers opening night of Mediated exhibition. Via https://t.co/Sl9I1EOj http://t.co/lztgFKSR

19:02 Video on Mediated: Hard data on Sri Lanka, through art: Mediated is an art project that essentially seeks to cre... http://t.co/iD2Ove8q

19:11 @francesharris0n Thank you - actually pre-ordered the book, and Amazon says delivery around 15 Oct. Can't wait.

19:12 Video on Mediated: Hard data on Sri Lanka, through art http://t.co/C2BZ0USn #lka #srilanka @SaskiaFernando

19:45 Wonderful! | Women, religion & free expression at core of burgeoning talks on Tunisia’s constitution http://t.co/9r4ge5eX @womenandmedia September 2012 / 340

19:47 @Joviarul Thanks for excellent production on Mediated, that captures the raison d'être of the art & exhibition https://t.co/Sl9I1EOj #lka

20:12 RT @Global_Bearings PTSD is definitely not an American illness; the massive trauma from #SriLanka wars only beginning to be recognized - http://t.co/OJWrLP0L

20:35 For @DMbreakingnews: Wijeya Group has the best infoviz in #lka's MSM today | The Do’s & Don’ts Of Infographic Design http://t.co/5yWXFGPQ

20:41 Let the games begin | “@SriLanka: G.L and #Sison discuss political developments http://t.co/8Xr5IH2V #lka #US #Srilanka”

21:34 Australia refugee centre could boost Nauru #lka #srilanka @SharnelleVella http://t.co/QFZtPcqX

12'th September, 2012

08:23 RT @adaderana Address the rights and freedoms of the Tamil community – South Africa tells Sri Lanka http://t.co/q2rmtP2a #lka #srilanka

08:24 RT @Vasugi Pulled. RT @lankasol: House of Representatives, H. Res 177, re: Sri Lanka: http://t.co/JG1qefTb #lka September 2012 / 341

08:24 RT @jehanlive Mervyn Silva has time to tie public servants to trees but ,apparently, has no time to tie down his own son. http://t.co/o5OtlPpz #lka

08:24 @jehanlive Couldn't have said it better.

08:33 RT @DushiYanthini "@OneWorldSA: Sri Lanka: Jaffna’s women drive their way to financial independence http://t.co/irBS70GS" @werc4women #SriLanka #Tamil #Jaffna

08:35 @DushiYanthini @oneworldsa @werc4women Good story to flag to @womenandmedia as well.

08:37 @LankaMuslims @apelankawe Is this now confirmed?

09:23 Projected to future, a warning for #lka? | Barcelona Warns Madrid: Pay Up, or Catalonia Leaves Spain http://t.co/pwKLjZ9f HT @DeaneJ

15:36 Hilarious and spot-on, we assume from the geniuses at Sri Lanka Memes, which received today via email. http://t.co/OMTGa7AN

20:49 The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth http://t.co/W2vAtsnI #lka #srilanka @lankasol

21:00 When, for obvious reasons, during the UN HRC sessions in March this year, a web news report titled Is Google Earth... http://t.co/GI5Mxaid September 2012 / 342

21:20 The end of war in Sri Lanka, captured for posterity by Google Earth: When in early 2009, UNOSAT released satelli... http://t.co/aacxVqgO

21:36 RT @TMnY The Personal is Political http://t.co/wa1SxDgP

22:08 Sri Lanka Exports Fall Most in Three Years on Global Slowdown http://t.co/W2vAtsnI #lka #srilanka

22:08 RT @ShaadHamid Ever heard of a "crowd-sourced" investigation into human rights violations? http://t.co/6yHeeGdX via @groundviews

13'th September, 2012

05:31 AFTER A LONG JOURNEY HOME: SOLITUDE IN JAFFANA AND THE SILENCE OF A CITY: [Editors note: Dr. Rajini Thiranagama ... http://t.co/GfaHa0EU

05:35 Moving and compelling | AFTER A LONG JOURNEY HOME: SOLITUDE IN JAFFNA AND THE SILENCE OF A CITY http://t.co/OfyZyJgc #lka #srilanka

05:36 This summer, after 23 long years, I drove to Jaffna from Galle with my eldest daughter. We travelled through the... http://t.co/ES6Q14xi

06:29 Image Difference Analysis of war scarred terrain in Sri Lanka, from 2009 using Google Earth https://t.co/jg0X65Mg #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 343

06:30 Incredible video of IDP population density in final months of war, from 2009 using Google Earth https://t.co/LezL4tnr #lka #srilanka

07:36 RT @7piliers 'Our old neighbourhood completely disappeared...buildings remain empty, walls marked by bullets' http://t.co/kt6URbuj #SriLanka @groundviews

07:36 Over 2,000 cops, 500 commandos fail to arrest Mervyn's son, Malaka http://t.co/JqQTX9n4 #lka #srilanka

07:44 RT @jehanlive Read @meenakandasamy on #lka, implies every sports team going abroad should 'reveal' their home country's state of (political) affairs..how?

07:50 Interesting read for HR NGOs & humanitarian org's | How Human Rights Watch got into the quasi-journalism business http://t.co/B343Rgw8

09:48 It's really heartbreaking to see students breaking down in tears when denied State Uni entry. #lka #srilanka

12:52 @SLCJ_Journalism @teearuna Most welcome.

13:17 @francesharris0n Thank you very much. The aim is not to authoritatively suggest, but comprehensively crowdsource alternative viewpoints.

13:17 @francesharris0n And please share with your networks. Nothing like this has been done before, and the more eyes on it, the better. September 2012 / 344

13:26 @francesharris0n Which we do not have. But assume there must be plenty of, here and elsewhere.

13:26 @francesharris0n Good.

13:29 @Narmadha :)

13:52 RT @francesharris0n @groundviews this google sat pix story is excellent. Well done. Didn't the gosl say only 5-10k ppl in NFz in late April!

14:11 @Narmadha Perhaps moved, and compelled to reflect, rather than just enjoy, but yes, it was a compelling read. He always is.

14:28 @NalakaG Thank you Nalaka. However, the story is a launchpad: A platform for many eyes to work on available data, crowdsourcing many truths.

15:37 @Dinoukc Thank you. Please engage with the data via Google Earth.

16:33 Commonwealth asks Canada to drop Sri Lanka boycott http://t.co/Ibnrm3tp #lka #srilanka

16:51 RT @Apelankawe A welcome move. But cannot help recall she said nothing when civilians were being killed: Ashanti’s call for shanti http://t.co/mZkMqgsG September 2012 / 345

16:52 @MsAMR25 @apelankawe This was first published in '09, just after the UNOSAT reports. Believe GoSL also responded to this report officially.

17:17 @Apelankawe @msamr25 Ditto. Have it saved somewhere. FM today says #lka has nothing to hide. True. Satellites captured everything in '09.

17:22 @Apelankawe @msamr25 Interesting - assume this is based on actual photography from the time.

17:30 @Apelankawe @msamr25 Great. An allied idea is to create interactive citizen generated histories, using for e.g. Layar http://t.co/qQxghvFf

17:32 @Apelankawe @msamr25 Just imagine turning the pages of book by IDP & augmenting story, through smartphone, using A/V, photos and animation.

17:51 @MsAMR25 @apelankawe Tech is there. One is only limited by imagination, understanding of context & culture, plus intended audience & change.

17:51 This is brilliant, long overdue | Saving Sri Lankan lives through open data http://t.co/9sRcv1Kv @7piliers #lka #srilanka

17:54 RT @CPASL Language Equality in Information on Pharmaceuticals - http://t.co/8cEKtjXT #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 346

17:55 RT @SLcampaign Got an eye for detail? Please join @groundviews' attempt to crowd source investigations into the end of the #Lka war http://t.co/2Drr8yUb

17:56 @mhmhisham Out of curiosity, how much as ticket prices inflated for Haj?

17:58 RT @7piliers This morning I visited #SriLanka Survey Department - Government doing some amazing #GIS work for development http://t.co/YdVMpfHI

17:59 @Nirmanusan Read this too - couldn't find any official IOM response? Have you encountered one? Maybe @DMbreakingnews can follow up.

18:01 @7piliers @unocha Where will the information be available to download? OCHA site? Also, under what license?

18:13 @mhmhisham Fascinating. Will ask @vikalpavoices to follow up this story. Wonder if Varanasi pilgrims also face rip-offs like this.

21:00 @jehanlive And mind you, a day after, still elusive...

21:11 Our bundle on Women's Day 2012 featured on @bundlr homepage. See all content http://t.co/kOsT7Ree @womenandmedia #lka http://t.co/SYzfH3w3

21:14 @7piliers But of course, thanks. We should have known, given role, in different avatar, to help set up that @unocha site! September 2012 / 347

21:16 @AmanthaP, reg. our discussion on open met data - hopefully #lka Met Dept will soon follow footsteps of Survey Dept? http://t.co/Z2x81TqL

21:23 Talking about Google Maps, this article on how they are sourced and refined is terrific | http://t.co/E6M6xrEB @NalakaG

21:58 Media, Ethics & Good Governance - Wadah Khanfar http://t.co/lVlitGpk Via @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @NalakaG @MelGuna

14'th September, 2012

03:24 The not so curious case of : Original photo published in The Nation Hirunika Premachandra i... http://t.co/h1I3KZRP

06:26 Good read | The not so curious case of Hirunika Premachandra http://t.co/OguGdFLN #lka #srilanka

06:27 Hirunika Premachandra is either one confused woman or one shrewd woman. One moment she is unleashing her wrath on... http://t.co/iPuALVDV

07:11 RT @j0e_m Amazing sat. imagery analysis by @groundviews. Security=most closed realm of governance, but is being forced open: http://t.co/Z9nUxYeT September 2012 / 348

07:15 RT @AkbarMEA Kapilavastu relics return to #India after exposition at 10 venues in #SriLanka. Approx 3 million pay their respect. http://t.co/GJwif3pi

07:16 RT @MelGuna #China State Construction Engineering Corp, gets $300 mn contract to build roads, flyovers in #SriLanka's south http://t.co/B1oMGDYj #lka

07:16 @MelGuna Dare we ask whether any of these tenders actually follow due process & are public?

07:18 @CeylonToday The answer to Minister's assertion is noted by Hon. Sumanthiran of @TNAmediaoffice here http://t.co/p62NIi0J #lka #srilanka

07:22 Statement against Sexist Portrayal of Woman Politician http://t.co/qvLooF2C @womenandmedia @teearuna #lka #srilanka

08:02 One sincerely hopes so! | "Sri Lankan pilgrims will have no problem here’’ http://t.co/o3kTQ3I2 #lka #srilanka #india

13:23 RT @cfhaviland Aching story of family's loss, Jaffa melancholy, violent extremism,non-reconciliation @groundviews http://t.co/qg2wuYwC #lka #sinhala #tamil

16:06 Govt Media Secretary gives very good, insightful speech on civic media at book launch. Gets new media. #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 349

16:36 RT @Apelankawe I knew it! The Major did it to himself! | Malaka never assaulted an army officer-Mervyn: http://t.co/fVb1Elwn via @DMbreakingnews

16:37 RT @Apelankawe Very good to hear. May not make Tamils Richer, but equal. Tamil text to be included on currency notes http://t.co/toGenJYs via @CeylonToday

18:43 RT @ivonotes Great article on Google Earth images of Sri Lanka, showing the end of the war http://t.co/6J46QgNz via @groundviews @globalvoices

19:34 RT @eDiplomat RT @andreas212nyc: Great use of tech MT @marcellehopkins: Crowdsourcing, data mapping, #SriLanka war http://t.co/48uWxSrU by @groundviews

15'th September, 2012

03:56 Who burnt houses of returning Muslim IDPs in Mannar?: “We can see how the people are suffering but who are we to... http://t.co/mWWV1paf

07:28 An absolute corker of an Editorial | Keheliya's skewed logic http://t.co/kArMGwvk #lka #srilanka

07:29 A team of scientists from the Oxford University revealed in January that the brain could be stimulated with mild... http://t.co/3ojNRLvG

09:05 Who burnt houses of returning Muslim IDPs in Mannar? http://t.co/9laK3558 #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 350

09:06 “We can see how the people are suffering but who are we to tell? Nothing can be done. Who can fight against the... http://t.co/3KztqS3w

09:49 @nuzster Perhaps someone should create an ad along these lines for those new red (Volvo) A/C buses in #lka? http://t.co/MTUA17GR #srilanka

10:02 RT @MelGuna #SriLanka should cut graft, opaque rules to draw investors: Robert Blake #lka @State_SCA

10:03 RT @dinidu US asks Sri Lanka to investigate wartime abuses: http://t.co/JuhUTARx #LKA #PostWar

10:05 @NalakaG A worthy opponent forces everyone to raise their game. Keheliya's idea of new media more dangerous - it's policy based on lunacy.

13:48 Selective indignation http://t.co/Ot5xYqJ1 #lka #srilanka #india

14:15 RT @MsAMR25 The freedom from Torture report on torture in #srilanka http://t.co/jxhNaMkH #humanrights

14:15 RT @adaderana Container imported from India exposed to radiation - AEA http://t.co/LxFlb2F4 #lka #srilanka

14:16 @adaderana Has approved this? Could he not be flown to China instead - far more patriotic a thing to do? September 2012 / 351

14:20 RT @colombotelegrap #lka #SriLanka, A Diminished #Democracy http://t.co/eev8i0Q7

14:22 RT @rkguruparan Dew Gunasekera suggests an 'all party council' for the EPC. http://t.co/ciL8tOyd #lka #tamil Big powers must be behind this move.

15:26 United Kingdom: Halt Deportation Flight to Sri Lanka http://t.co/yxVJvDSD via @hrw #lka #srilanka

16:48 @MsAMR25 @apelankawe Sorry, but claims that SL Govt handpicked the pilgrims who were attacked is arrant nonsense.

18:31 RT @Panhinda Sri Lanka Tourism inks agreement with MasterCard Worldwide to attract Indian tourists. http://t.co/1gxyGbT0 #lka #india

18:33 RT @christopherteal Great story about US #fulbright photographer, Liz Doles, who worked in #Srilanka over this year #HuffPost http://t.co/XYk50VQI

18:35 The exhibition in the Mission features images of Sri Lankan buildings ranging from historic religious structures... http://t.co/wKt0JbW1

21:30 @MsAMR25 @apelankawe If GoSL is vaunt to be loose with the truth, critics must be honest, accurate, factual. Being the same doesn't help. September 2012 / 352

16'th September, 2012

07:00 A cartoon’s footprint https://t.co/CwQsg5q1 #lka #srilanka @womenandmedia @teearuna

07:01 The Network of Women in Media, India called it “a new low point for misogyny in the print media”. The Women and... http://t.co/ZOzCMchg

07:16 The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district http://t.co/iUekUkZN #lka #srilanka

07:17 The official Government version is that resettlement in the Mullativu district is in full swing and that it’s... http://t.co/SIJN1cOn

07:26 Fascinating reading: Malaka Silva,Rehan Wijeratne & the Assault on an Army Major: What Really Happened? http://t.co/aVTahB1W #lka #srilanka

07:26 The struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district: Last Friday, 14th September,... http://t.co/3F8mLXEG

07:28 In the end Vellupillai Pirapaharan whose personal bravery was not doubted even by his critics, who had fought and... http://t.co/aSn9l4Er

07:35 Good example of media freedom in post-war #srilanka | Journalist Threatened… http://t.co/PVNrpPFv Referring to @Dinoukc #lka September 2012 / 353

07:41 Good stuff & hearty congratulations! | It's Sanga all the way http://t.co/NYHXWLZ1 #lka #srilanka

08:06 @ZaynabZubair Thanks again for the article.

15:31 RT @Srilankan_quest 100s Sinhalese tourists from all over the country come to see war monuments & exhibits,but never stop & talk to us #lka http://t.co/hSZzjQEL

18:26 RT @Apelankawe #Lakbima apologizes for the cartoon that depicted #Jayalalithaa and #MMS crudely http://t.co/VDvim6lZ @meenakandasamy

18:28 @Apelankawe This is surely management. Actg. Editor @RangaJayasuriya, tragicomically, wasn't even told cartoon was deleted online.

18:29 @NalakaG @slpi An old men's club. No more. No less.

17'th September, 2012

03:29 Eastern Province election: The big lie about shared power in Sri Lanka: Photo courtesy AP/Eranga Jayawardena Jus... http://t.co/MeWUe93H

06:51 Strict guidelines set for whale and dolphin watching http://t.co/cGJ182EL For @ashadevos #lka #srilanka

07:02 Eastern Province election: The big lie about shared power in Sri Lanka http://t.co/yAyfo9EW #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 354

07:03 Its now a different discourse, the Opposition and democratic political forces would have to begin. A new discourse... http://t.co/h3UAfh2c

07:08 RT @ABRFOTO RT @LPImages: Kim Coole braves abhorrent weather to capture the enigmatic stilt fisherman of Sri Lanka http://t.co/Z5Xj3jTz #lka

07:15 Technical question: Any idea when @dialoglk will get nano sims to #srilanka? Asked Club Vision but reps unclear.

07:20 RT @ska_kongshan #China's top legislator to visit #SriLanka to enhance bilat ties, allow SL to "study the Chinese parliamentary system" http://t.co/tM5gQiK6

07:21 #China wants #srilanka to study their "parliamentary system" http://t.co/0yjRunXt Guess their "democracy" model next? #lk

07:21 RT @PearsonElaine UK plans to deport Tamils to #SriLanka on Sep 19, but those deported previously have faced arbitrary arrest & torture http://t.co/OzT3iPxB

07:22 RT @cfhaviland At #Sigiriya, fortress for 1500+ years. Local warrior #bees inactive. 16 Sep 12. #srilanka #lanka #nature #archaeology http://t.co/CCTxMQub

07:22 @MelGuna Wonderful news, but fears the usual wide gap between having laws, and enacting them in #srilanka. September 2012 / 355

07:43 Morning mirth! | Russian Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights here tomorrow http://t.co/LQCuwxXX #russia #lka #srilanka

07:43 @gopiharan @dialoglk Indeed and many thanks. Wanted to know if they had it planned. Some will purchase abroad & bring back to #lka asap? :)

08:01 Vital read in light of #lka's proposed 'net regulation | The Limits of Free Expression: Defamation in the Internet Age https://t.co/Wn0xfrdj

11:05 Those who have read Somapala Gunadheera’s frequent articles in Groundviews or in the newspapers would, I am sure,... http://t.co/onONJXhR

11:13 @lohang Any word on advantages of using this distro over say Ubuntu?

11:14 RT @RANews Will hosting an international cricket tournament help #SriLanka move away from its war-time legacy? http://t.co/YcumNoSq

11:15 Sri Lanka is hopeful cricket will help revamp its image from one of a hotbed of conflict to that of an island of... http://t.co/JOBmukgM

11:19 @lohang Brill, thanks. Will definitely try out and congrats. September 2012 / 356

11:21 From @lohang learnt of and getting to know this great venture | Hanthana Linux http://t.co/ysP3CoKI #lka #srilanka Worthy of supporting.

11:21 RT @Apelankawe A good sober interview on land issues in North http://t.co/bRm0VqTs @cepaSL Why no mention of Military occupation of land as an issue?

11:33 This author stands tall in showing the way to right the wrongs http://t.co/h0Ykabt1 #lka #srilanka

11:34 From #australia, but an interesting debate for us in #lka to follow given hidden surveillance | http://t.co/RvfiV31n #srilanka

12:39 RT @DMbreakingnews Malaka Silva, Rehan Wijerathne & five others remanded till Sep 24 by Colombo Fort Magistrate over alleged assault on army officer #Srilanka

12:51 RT @cfhaviland "#SriLanka banks on cricket 2 cleanse bloody image": @AFP. Includes C Bank head equating econ progrss w reconciliation. http://t.co/6pg7mAnF

12:52 @cfhaviland @afp Central Bank head postulates what GoSL believes. There is no reconciliation beyond, and aside from the purely economic.

13:03 Over 250 great submissions for our Hint Fiction project - http://t.co/Joly0Ev2 Now the task of shortlisting for book begins! #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 357

14:06 That assurance re security needed revealing | “@adaderana: India assures President Rajapaksa’s security http://t.co/d2paVvvb #lka #srilanka”

14:22 RT @7piliers Stopped at a well in #Maravanpulo to ask farmer about #Jaffna drought; saw a mortar shell in the water; #UXO a long term hazard #SriLanka

14:24 RT @HilalSuhaib Spoke to the BBC about the #wt20 earlier this week, and my comments are published in this article: http://t.co/kplvnYO1 #srilanka #cricket

16:14 Hang on. This content in the Sunday Leader http://t.co/8ZZENFKm is threat to President's life? http://t.co/xfQsf3Sb #lka #srilanka @cpjasia

16:20 2. Said jokes are hardly original & appear for example against Pakistani's President Zardari from 2010 http://t.co/pORsjkrB #lka #srilanka

16:20 3. If at all, the worst case here is for plagiarising old jokes. What business has the Police to do with it? #lka #srilanka @Dinoukc

16:20 1. Bizarre. UPFA MP Sajin Vas Gunawardena thinks this joke constitutes threat on President's life http://t.co/xfQsf3Sb http://t.co/cONjXeEH

16:20 4. Is the Rajapaksa regime so insecure as to truly believe rehashed jokes constitute real threats against President's life?! #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 358

16:49 The United Nations has singled out 16 nations for cracking down on critics, saying most of those countries’... http://t.co/3THArkT4

16:50 Will @UNSriLanka take up? | UN singles out 16 countries, including #srilanka, for government reprisals against critics http://t.co/oOerUMzY

17:04 @NalakaG Careful. At this rate, they may think you are part of the plot too for suggesting this.

18'th September, 2012

06:28 Sri Lankans hope elections usher in opportunity, ethnic harmony http://t.co/76bNtSQd #lka #srilanka

06:29 Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), said the Eastern... http://t.co/WnKuyUry

06:43 @mhmhisham @vikalpavoices put the full speech online a while ago http://t.co/lVlitGpk #lka #srilanka @khanfarw @tajsamudra

07:30 @thegrimhope Arguably, the greater the power, the greater the fear of losing it.

12:49 @Shaahima Received! :) September 2012 / 359

14:50 Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal http://t.co/rPWmdi2i #lka #srilanka @lankasol

14:51 Post-war, many of us marvel at what is being constructed above ground, around SrI Lanka. Yet as journalist and... http://t.co/KaHOze7g

15:17 Sri Lanka’s forgotten mass graves: Google Earth and remembering the dead in Nandikadal: The end of war in Sri La... http://t.co/eHYCNQnO

15:31 @cfhaviland Referenced your recent video on #srilanka's war tourism in http://t.co/rPWmdi2i #lka

17:11 Crazy news day today, from Pillayan now advising President to on-going twists on Malaka drama. Can't keep up with madness. #lka #srilanka

17:34 Researching an article today, came across very useful SLMM archive site http://t.co/RySVEEdL #lka #SRILANKA @lankasol

19'th September, 2012

07:46 Britain is returning Tamil refugees to be tortured in Sri Lanka http://t.co/LWFOL2tc #lka #srilanka @foreignoffice

07:56 Via Freedom House | #srilanka country report http://t.co/ymFp2qS4 Even post-war, not a good scorecard. #lka @lankasol September 2012 / 360

08:20 #China’s ZTE and Sri Lanka’s Mobitel sign US$ 50mn deal http://t.co/BntbWkah Also read http://t.co/A8quoRGV #lka #srilanka

11:10 FUTA misses the point of engaging with artists. It's not a series of lectures. It's discussion. It's not history lesson. It's strategy #lka

12:56 RT @cfhaviland How a Major accused son of notorious minister of assaulting him - then, strangely, recanted. Rule of law in #SriLanka? http://t.co/2hMAOmc8

16:29 RT @iam_project New portrait: http://t.co/JR52uDbf featuring Kaffirinha music by the Burgher Union Band #lka disappearing narratives http://t.co/om9SjFtz

16:34 RT @Nirmanusan The war may be over in #SriLanka, but it is still not safe for #journalists there http://t.co/gTdg91ro

20'th September, 2012

07:23 Excellent translation in #Sinhala of article on forgotten mass graves in #srilanka http://t.co/iyZfnwJN by @vikalpavoices #lka

13:01 Human rights are of secondary concern in Sri Lanka http://t.co/o1WWnCTz #lka #srilanka @foreignoffice

13:01 Rajapaksa begins challenging visit to India http://t.co/YR0MznWK #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 361

13:09 Sri Lankan Muslims protest against anti-Islam film, burn effigies of Obama http://t.co/nFIlxfTf #lka #srilanka

17:32 RT @AzzamAmeen JHU protest heading towards UN compound in Colombo. It's against UN Technical committee visiting Sri Lanka #lka

17:32 @AzzamAmeen Marvellous.

17:33 RT @Nirmanusan #FUTA strike and the conspiracy stories - by Prof. JAYADEVA UYANGODA http://t.co/8rymllMv #Education #SriLanka

17:42 Post War, LLRC, HumanRights, Democracy, Tamil Politicle Prissoner, Education | Vikalpa Updates - http://t.co/f7vAxFzC

17:44 Did they talk about the weather? | Minister Peiris exchanges views with #Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights http://t.co/ZE9Qi5dy #lka

21'st September, 2012

06:34 Manmohan meets Rajapaksa, presses for fast-tracking Tamil solution http://t.co/o0jYMIEt #lka #srilanka #india

06:35 RT @SLcampaign Sri Lanka scores poorly in new report on religious discrimination - http://t.co/unITEJa3 @htTweets @sundayleader @groundviews

06:40 Relic-Politics And The Slow Erosion Of Rajapaksa Magic #lka #srilanka http://t.co/uTkqM0KA September 2012 / 362

06:41 Sri Lanka's many spices #lka #srilanka http://t.co/akrlUwsm

06:42 Govt. commitment questionable: TNA tells UN #lka #srilanka http://t.co/xAYcWpbN

06:43 Jaffna cashes in on post-war development drive #lka #srilanka http://t.co/2fuL0Hko

06:45 What a joke. Wonder if any person here read LLRC report | JHU opposes UN human rights officials' visit #lka #srilanka http://t.co/yhtXfoOp

06:50 Great tips for from Twitter for @dmbreakingnews @adaderana and other journalists #lka #srilanka http://t.co/kPKGaheG

07:09 Deported Sri Lankans arrive home from UK amid torture fears via @cfhaviland #lka #srilanka http://t.co/3NEEvKHq

07:29 A Local Girl with a Global Platform: Leymah Gbowee and Sri Lanka #lka #srilanka @Joviarul http://t.co/vx6WTJbE

07:30 In each meeting, Leymah urged the women of Sri Lanka to work together across party, ethnic and social lines to... http://t.co/1X15Lenj

07:44 RT @JaseemDeltota #Harthal against the film of #innocenceofmuslims in many part of #srilanka on today after the Jumma prayers. #PassiveResistance #lka

07:58 @thegrimhope @jaseemdeltota Ironic, isn't it? September 2012 / 363

08:19 What of Gotabaya's comments about troop reduction?! | Army still has vast presence in North and East #lka #srilanka http://t.co/81eGtzec

08:19 More than three years after winning the war against the LTTE, the Sri Lankan Army retains an overwhelming... http://t.co/oxdvrVTe

08:23 Our report from July on troop numbers in the North http://t.co/fJpo36r1 reconfirmed by Hindu report http://t.co/81eGtzec #lka #srilanka

09:47 Worth recalling in light of our recent story on Nandikadal | Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka http://t.co/4OM5nWyl #lka #srilanka

10:41 1. Confirmed that Sunday Leader editor Frederica Jansz has resigned from her post @Dinoukc @lankasol #lka #srilanka

10:41 2. Unconfirmed reports suggest that resignation due to new owner stipulating that Rajapaksa regime was not to be criticised #lka #srilanka

12:48 @minnixs Have had iOS 6 for past week. Maps are a significant downgrade from iOS 5 - resolution bad, place names & roads missing.

12:56 Sri Lanka still unsafe http://t.co/I4l6uivG #lka #srilanka @ABRFOTO @SharnelleVella @sunili September 2012 / 364

13:04 RT @rkguruparan Protest in Mullaitivu urging resettlement in Keppapilavu underway right now. Heavy presence of SLA intel. #lka #tamil http://t.co/ojPxpBHA

13:40 @AmanthaP @srilanka @dinoukc @lankasol Ownership and now FJ's resignation will impact columnists and staff.

13:40 @SriLanka @dinoukc @lankasol We expect she will come out with details anon.

13:41 @YusraMF A Google search will give you answer. It's widely known.

14:26 Concern over UK deportation decision #lka #srilanka via Al Jazeera http://t.co/e3u06xZT

15:11 @AmanthaP @srilanka @dinoukc @lankasol @melguna Yes, as we noted some hours ago. Texted Editor.

15:18 @minnixs Goes without saying.

15:45 RT @AzzamAmeen Sunday Leader- News paper Editor Fedrica Janz resigns, New Editor Former Daily Mirror Journalist Sakunthala Perera #lka

15:49 Why does MSM give so much of air time to Mervyn Silva? Surely there are individuals far, far more worthy of attention? #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 365

15:49 RT @rkguruparan 2nd vehicle attacked. This time vehicle of TNPF leader Gajen Ponnambalam #lka near Theravil en route from Mullaitivu. http://t.co/jnyB4r8Y

15:55 @MelGuna Wonderful news. Now all of #lka can experience the blackouts Jaffna has got used to.

17:07 RT @cfhaviland "Were you sacked, then?" - BBC asks Frederica. "I suppose you could say that." Sez new owner wants Sun. Leader "more pro-gov" @AmanthaP #lka

17:07 RT @cfhaviland Sunday Leader ed Frederica J tells BBC: My contract terminated by new ownr A Seneviratne: he wantd me not 2 carry items critcal of Prez #lka

23:20 Menik Farm IDP camp to close by 30 Sept http://t.co/UU86R59G #lka #srilanka But vital concerns remain. Read http://t.co/qmSkHUSR @UNOCHA

22'nd September, 2012

07:53 The editor of Sri Lanka's most outspokenly anti-government newspaper says she has been dismissed after it was was... http://t.co/OpwdDi3Z

08:05 India wants Sri Lanka to accept TNA as interlocutor http://t.co/oKdhyqJD #lka #srilanka

08:28 RT @dhume01 WSJ: For many #SriLanka stands for 21st century Asia's worst human-rights violation. [Review: The Cage by Gordon Weiss] http://t.co/AiwdxHqt September 2012 / 366

08:28 RT @ManoGanesan Rajapaksa talks about tolerance in India while his forces attack our democratic protest against land grab in Mullaitivu #srilanka

12:11 Reading for the day. Terribly turgid prose but some interesting ideas. #lka #srilanka http://t.co/43CUhLOa

20:21 Rehabilitation of Sri Lankan War Victims: Why NGOs should co-ordinate http://t.co/gLjlECxm #lka #srilanka

20:23 It is hoped that the suggestions made in this article for a more effective use of funds collected abroad and... http://t.co/Bba9pe5N

20:29 Rehabilitation of Sri Lankan War Victims: Why NGOs should co-ordinate: Photo courtesy The Asia Foundation Since ... http://t.co/U9FtU134

20:50 Sri Lankan asylum seekers say no to Nauru and return home http://t.co/uMQQn8lU #lka #srilanka

23'rd September, 2012

06:25 The skeletons in all our cupboards https://t.co/AivdFPSZ #lka #srilanka

06:25 Dotted across Sri Lanka are human remains. Tens of thousands of skeletons. It isn’t a pleasant thought and,... http://t.co/C5X63647 September 2012 / 367

06:29 India confirms support for UNHRC on Lanka war crimes http://t.co/rh6zX4AK #lka #srilanka @lankasol

06:30 India would definitely extend its support to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) when it would... http://t.co/SIKyafUC

06:36 He should listen to himself sometimes | Lanka president talks of ‘tolerance’ in Sanchi http://t.co/ZEMUadJR #lka #srilanka

06:40 Sri Lankan game hit by the waving of cheques and guns http://t.co/XRk8g8mk #lka #srilanak #cricket #T20

06:40 Sri Lankan cricket is in a mess. It is always in a mess. Not that anyone might tell this from the valiant... http://t.co/2ZfZGwBN

06:42 RT @akeenan23 Shockingly bad piece in @TheNatlInterest touting "remarkable" process of reconcliation in #srilanka. http://t.co/VkXNBlIP

08:02 Good article on Open data journalism http://t.co/cZd5J8Yt Key examples are http://t.co/W2vAtsnI & http://t.co/rPWmdi2i @GuardianData #lka

11:36 @SharnelleVella Thanks for updates.

17:05 Excellent | UN team leaves; Pillay coming later this year http://t.co/OMa6Hmsj #lka #srilanka

17:06 Any accounting for his killing? | Pillayan to tie the knot, and continue politics http://t.co/J2gE2G0Z #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 368

17:29 RT @mhmhisham Tissaranee: Rajapaksa opponents can still win some elections, but no one victimised by a Rajapaksa acolyte can expect justice #Impunity #lka

18:34 Javid Yusuf is an Attorney-at-Law and former diplomat. Groundviews last featured him over two years ago, just... http://t.co/mvH1Z3IK

18:34 Elections in the East, reconciliation & politics: In conversation with Javid Yusuf http://t.co/lo5rwEWq #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius

18:48 Elections in the East, reconciliation and politics: In conversation with Javid Yusuf: Javid Yusuf is an Attorney... http://t.co/uBL8iP8q

18:55 RT @SharnelleVella Beautiful. RT @10lm: A short love letter to Sri Lanka. https://t.co/NZ3KD9ss @GHNI @jeffpower #srilanka #ghni

18:57 @HusniJabir @lankaenews To be fair what indications were there of said hooligans being in any way associated with President or Govt?

22:10 Very rich, considering silence over #Dambulla in April | Ministry condemns anti-Islamic video http://t.co/WLwXZ5s5 #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 369

24'th September, 2012

06:32 Video of session | How Forest Whitaker Is Using Technology to Spread Peace http://t.co/SaTsr0kI #ICT4Peace

07:37 Urgent and disturbing | SOS: Memo from Keappapulavu displaced people http://t.co/HRjzwLcA @UNOCHA @7piliers @lankasol #lka #srilanka

09:11 Pro-war newspaper increasingly vocal against Govt. Watch this space. | Insulting people's intelligence http://t.co/SDGrXmho #lka #srilanka

09:14 I write seeking your intervention to prevent the people of Keappapulavu being resettled against their wishes. It... http://t.co/2lUfO7Ks

11:35 RT @AzzamAmeen Another protest in front of @USEmbSL by Muslims over the #antiislamfilm, protest backed by Gov politicians #lka http://t.co/wmx4Avju

11:45 RT @cfhaviland 000s white-clad #srilanka #Muslims in anti-#US anti-#France demo re #antiislamfilm. Like replay o anti-US dem by same grp/March re H Rights

11:47 RT @TMnY Muslims attending these anti-US protests- aren't there more important things to protest against? Like the Buddhists stoning your mosques?

12:58 @ImpesaEW Thank you. September 2012 / 370

12:58 RT @ImpesaEW Great article on the #AntiIslamicMovie #riots all over the world @groundviews http://t.co/yMlqLF6b

15:37 Photos from today's protest march to @USEmbSL in #Colombo http://t.co/4QhIdySs Images by @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham

15:44 RT @AsCorrespondent Thousands in Sri Lanka protest anti-Islam film http://t.co/iopfm8IV #srilanka #prophet

15:45 RT @cfhaviland Sentenced 4 burglary 1981 as 17-yr-old boy; never left jail; died June aged 48. Chilling disregard 4 law in #SriLanka. http://t.co/KAqDtbyM

15:55 War displaced urge UN to stop them being removed to transit camps http://t.co/CS6hIdju #lka #srilanka via JDS

17:32 Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district http://t.co/onW09sga #lka #srilanka

17:33 The Army had not paid any rent or compensation for the land occupied, with the occupation estimated to be for... http://t.co/MnhioM6t

17:41 Update on the struggle to go home in post war Sri Lanka: Manthuvil in the Mullativu district: In relation to the... http://t.co/coeLnz1o September 2012 / 371

20:30 RT @7piliers According to Government of #SriLanka Last batch of IDPs to be resettled today from Menik Farm | ReliefWeb: http://t.co/TMdS5XFn #lka

25'th September, 2012

06:30 Innocence of the Muslims http://t.co/EUZpuE81 #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius @LankaMuslims

06:31 But are the Muslims overreacting? Are they too touchy? I think not. In another time, in Europe, in Germany Julius... http://t.co/jo0qSvHW

06:38 It can, and probably will | Can #Burma Leapfrog Sri Lanka? http://t.co/aJngPrQr #lka #srilanka

06:57 Innocence of the Muslims: March in Colombo on 24 September 2012 against the film. Photo courtesy Vikalpa Muslims... http://t.co/NxiDixYg

08:03 Video of the very large protest march in #Colombo against Anti-Islam film http://t.co/zTvtI1Wm #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius

11:42 This is, in equal parts, absurd, pathetic & tragic | Malaka, Rehan granted permission to go abroad http://t.co/6EHV8yXA #lka #srilanka

12:01 RT @7piliers United Nations welcomes closure of Menik Farm #SriLanka but concerned for remaining displaced people | ReliefWeb: http://t.co/V9C7nith September 2012 / 372

15:07 RT @mhmhisham Great! This is called sensible reaction :) RT @msmfarhan Public meeting #LKA on Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) All welcome http://t.co/nNJHf9Js

15:07 RT @USEmbSL Opportunity to exhibit your work along with some of the finest cartoonists of the #US & #SriLanka. http://t.co/54CXv4QN #lka

15:11 RT @adaderana reconnected to national power grid http://t.co/RUChby9o #lka #srilanka

15:11 RT @sameerausa Wimal's having another go at Google, blames google for circulation of #antiislamfilm. Whole idea of #youtube is to share and circulate #lka

17:49 Is IOM aware of @rkguruparan's concerns over resettlement as clearly flagged in http://t.co/HRjzwLcA | http://t.co/CavxSnyz #lka #srilanka

17:53 Sri Lankan professors march to demand pay hike http://t.co/CcpMUqii #lka #srilanka

17:56 This is just WRONG | All IDPs resettled http://t.co/GCvAlG9k See http://t.co/SKiM2Cpe #lka #srilanka

19:36 RT @AzzamAmeen President will not attend UN General Assembly,Hopefully this saves some public money with smaller delegation compared to previous years #lka September 2012 / 373

19:37 RT @cfhaviland Signif tracts of North #lka land occupied by military but not gazetted, owners not compensated so they feel it's their right 2 return #tamil

19:37 RT @cfhaviland The all-powerful #SriLanka Defence Secretary: now DOCTORS ask him for permission 2 do private practice http://t.co/xhKnhffp via @Apelankawe

19:38 RT @cfhaviland #SriLanka Sunday Leader outspoken columnist Emil van der Poorten says new owner has sacked him, "1st casualty after editor" following change

19:40 RT @UNSriLanka An IDP family from Manthuvil waits to depart Menik Farm, #SriLanka, 24 September 2012 #lka #humanitarian http://t.co/6nyrq3Qd

19:40 RT @7piliers On the eve of their return home from Menik Farm, people from Manthuvil pack up their belongings #SriLanka @UNOCHA http://t.co/HntG3M5x

20:02 #srilanka ranked lower than #Zimbabwe in new @FreedomHouseDC report on 'net freedom http://t.co/x4g8P60z #lka @lankasol http://t.co/gXPblEYi

20:08 Country report on #srilanka from @FreedomHouseDC report on 'net freedom http://t.co/3LFBX2Bk #lka @lankasol @vikalpavoices

20:09 Despite recognition of the internet’s value and impact on economic growth, the military campaign against the... http://t.co/CtTtUL3P September 2012 / 374

21:13 @NalakaG Even more curious is why, of all people, they chose to go to the Sec. of Defence? Revealing, is it not?

21:30 VERIFY | New Report: @UNSriLanka complicit in Mu'l'livaaykaal killings http://t.co/K1WP1bvZ Full Report http://t.co/lbPmtXJS #lka #srilanka

21:32 DISTURBING READING: A report filed by an independent researcher based on eye-witness accounts from twelve United... http://t.co/iMEMiMHm

22:29 Citizen Journalism in Sri Lanka: a book launch and views http://t.co/5JF9ti2L via @YoungAsiaTV #lka #srilanka @vikalpavoices

22:32 RT @bfonseka What does former CM & new adviser on eastern development think of Divineguma Bill? Tamils need not worry-Pillayan http://t.co/Ls48UXQR #lk

26'th September, 2012

12:03 Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera http://t.co/fTA5qg0R #lka #srilanka @theyrc

12:28 Higher Education and its Disjunctures: An Interview with Professor Sasanka Perera: The following is an interview... http://t.co/sDJtGQ9R September 2012 / 375

14:11 Sasanka Perera: Not really. I have already talked too much. But I don’t believe that in our region and in our... http://t.co/JjzcTCf9

14:27 RT @akeenan23 Just how dishonest is #srilanka govt's "action plan" on reconciliation and rights? See my new oped for a few examples: http://t.co/D0TpSNU8

14:27 RT @akeenan23 Short piece of mine just published by Australian thinktank @LowyInstitute: Sri Lanka: Time for action, not action plans http://t.co/D0TpSNU8

23:02 US Lawmakers write to Secretary Clinton urging continued engagement with Sri Lanka on UNHRC resolution http://t.co/lAzoSh4W #lka #srilanka

23:12 RT @charith9 Pl visit my blog.. http://t.co/2T311LSS #lka #srilanka

23:14 Secretary to Media Ministry launches his own blog+Twitter. Good basis for debate. | http://t.co/v1nzaYdF #Lka #srilanka @NalakaG @charith9

23:25 @aufidius Where were these voices in April, around #Dambulla? If there is solidarity now, why was there total silence before? #lka

23:26 RT @akeenan23 New @CrisisGroup critique of #srilanka govt "action plan" and its many glaring gaps and contradictions, now on our blog http://t.co/usLn9x3c September 2012 / 376

27'th September, 2012

07:17 RT @sairakh #Shadeism is discrimination. Lighter isn't better everyone! #pakistan #india #srilanka http://t.co/eFK1XRFd

07:18 RT @Apelankawe A must watch for social netizens. Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift': http://t.co/XxyESIu2 via @youtube HT @sanjanah

07:49 @NalakaG @charith9 Agree and moreover hope engagement is two way, civil and sustained.

07:54 GDP growth estimate for 2012 revised to 6.8 per cent from previous estimate of 7.2 percent says Central Bank Governor- adaderana.lk #lka

15:52 RT @AmanthaP Unemployment in #SRILANKA conflict zone fell sharply during a 2002-04 truce - New World Bank report P43 http://t.co/5WdHawMc CONT

19:41 Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka performs solo with Symphony Orchestra of #srilanka http://t.co/RGEKgDH1 on 10 Nov Interesting programme @MelGuna #lka

20:14 Depends whether they are fissile or diplomatic? | #India dismisses reports about its missiles targeting #lka http://t.co/NsWmhnHn #srilanka

20:32 RT @mhmhisham RT @NavamaniLK Copy of notice issued to residents around #Dambulla mosque attachd Read more in Navamani #lka #srilanka http://t.co/wgpJIzmr September 2012 / 377

20:33 RT @mhmhisham While everyone is glued to TV with #wt20 match, UDA has served notice affectng #Dambulla mosque as reported by @NavamaniLK tweets below #lka

20:33 RT @NavamaniLK According to UDA Dambulla Development plan part of mosque is included in Plan People worried if mosque will b destroyed #lka #srilanka

20:35 The worst kind of religious extremism, at the best kind of time when the country's plugged into cricket. Copy of... http://t.co/c4k7EFaC

20:37 RT @DushiYanthini View of Menik farm in Chettikkulam now. #Tamil #IDP #MenikFarm #PostWar #SriLanka #LKA #Resettlement http://t.co/EX0wtGo7

21:02 RT @thegrimhope @mhmhisham @NavamaniLK @groundviews this is the time to protest and not over a some film an idiot made.

28'th September, 2012

06:21 a man with a plan http://t.co/nqB0aisQ feat. responses by @Vasugi #lka #srilanka @MelGuna #T20 #cricket

06:23 "Kumar Sangakkara is a terrific sportsman and a strong role model as an intellectually engaged athlete," V.V.... http://t.co/Za9Nx0e6 September 2012 / 378

06:46 RT @MsAMR25 Pater says it best on that Dambulla notice: diabolical! #srilanka

06:46 @MsAMR25 Will he consider expanding on that point to Groundviews? Please ask. Thanks.

06:57 RT @7piliers @BBC News - #SriLanka: Displaced Tamil families from Menik Farm 'left in jungle' http://t.co/owkRiMWl #humanitarian

07:03 RT @mhmhisham Just tweeted the translation of the letter http://t.co/FlS6QhfK @cfhaviland @groundviews :)

07:03 RT @mhmhisham how many of the #lka #muslim groups who protested opposite @usembsl are ready to do the same on the threats on places of worship? #RealTest

08:41 @RichardAntony16 Worth translating to Sinhala you think? Can ask @vikalpavoices to take a crack.

09:08 This is public money | Luxury vehicles galore on permits http://t.co/VJepEtyR #lka #srilanka

09:08 RT @DushiYanthini "If authorities can't resettle us in our places of origin.Why did they forcefully bring us here?"~angry IDPs ask in Seeniyamottai. #SriLanka

09:08 RT @DushiYanthini High speed internet works better in Vanni than any other big cities in Sri Lanka. #PostWar #Vanni #Mullaithivu #SriLanka #Technology #LKA September 2012 / 379

11:11 RT @bfonseka Good editorial but wld GOSL take note? Plain speaking to Colombo http://t.co/werisCBu @MASumanthiran @lankasol #srilanka #lk #tamil

13:41 FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational? http://t.co/6xDszMf2 @6percentforedu @theyrc #lka #srilanka

13:41 “Our role was just to open up the debate, people can’t expect us to have all the answers”, Ranjith Dewasiri later... http://t.co/naqqnd37

13:54 RT @7piliers Photo gallery of the 24 September closure of Menik Farm IDP camp | #SriLanka #humanitarian http://t.co/JNWWL0At @UNOCHA

13:56 RT @DushiYanthini Post war tourism promotion in Vanni is all about Pirabakaran's bunker,swimming pool&palace! Nothing else! #PostWar #Vanni #SriLanka #Tamil

14:00 FUTA’s “6 percent for Education” in Sri Lanka: Sensible or Sensational?: Original photo courtesy Vikalpa “It was... http://t.co/CPGI7dDO

16:08 @Apelankawe @dushiyanthini And their cars. Quite a collection, we are told.

16:30 Imp. and well written article dealing with FDI and investment prospects in #srilanka http://t.co/dNSD6slS Quotes @anushwij #lka @lankasol September 2012 / 380

18:24 @Vasugi Thanks for that.

20:05 @MsAMR25 Wonderful. Many thanks.

22:03 RT @mhmhisham #srilanka is now #WonderOfAsia and #BrothersInc. :) > Defence and Urban Dev. Ministry Budgetary share tops Rs. 290 bn: http://t.co/pVfptFoy

22:31 ADB, Sri Lanka Target Power Supply Upgrades to Aid Post-Conflict Regions http://t.co/ab1PNQY2 #lka #srilanka

29'th September, 2012

17:23 Putting paid to the Govt's false claims: The new IDPs in #srilanka http://t.co/3F5AITrL #lka @7piliers @UNOCHA @rkguruparan @cfhaviland

17:27 These saddened people will be the only IDP group from Menik Farm’s resettlement programme to not return home.... http://t.co/z907vcEz

17:31 Over 65 photos from @6percentforedu march to & rally in #Colombo http://t.co/XwSIRkj4 via @vikalpavoices #lka #srilanka @theyrc

17:36 Over 65 photos from the protest march to and rally in Colombo by FUTA yesterday, captured by Vikalpa. Via... http://t.co/jJfPRXko September 2012 / 381

17:38 Relocated to nowhere http://t.co/c9fNgmtX Related story on GV http://t.co/3F5AITrL #lka #srilanka @7piliers @UNOCHA @lankasol

17:40 “Go elsewhere. Visit Prabhakaran’s swimming pool. There is nothing for you here,” a junior officer on duty told... http://t.co/Jt8EzI44

17:45 Tropical Modernism in Sri Lanka http://t.co/JTjxmMaq #lka #srilanka

17:51 Putting paid to the Government’s false claims: The new IDPs in Sri Lanka: Editors note: On the day Menik Farm wa... http://t.co/pizQyhfZ

17:52 @adaderana Who writes nonsensical news headlines like this? You suggest a woman became pregnant after her clothes caught fire. WTF?! #lka

17:54 @NalakaG Wish there was no background music score introduced to what is perfectly good clip from BBC! What a waste of good video.

17:55 RT @Srilankan_quest Human rights in Sri Lanka: between the UN and the US #lka #srilanka http://t.co/J7FxQRO8

18:02 @AhamedKMB The Citizens Commission has some information in this regard http://t.co/gSExXUg7 September 2012 / 382

18:18 @arjunan Published first in @DMbreakingnews http://t.co/ZZH1lFE2 #lka #srilanka @colombotelegrap sadly doesn't attribute any source(s).

30'th September, 2012

01:39 RT @cfhaviland "My home occupied by military cook" "I won't get my home back this lifetime": women "relocatd to nowhere". http://t.co/t59OT7Bj #tamil #lka

07:00 To be fair by our corporate sector, can they really compete with Indian and Chinese companies in terms of product... http://t.co/GISUqQOp

07:01 “Inventors are like artists – we must celebrate and nurture them!” http://t.co/cRePbxbX #lka #srilanka by @NalakaG

07:12 “Inventors are like artists – we must celebrate and nurture them!”: Nalaka Gunawardene in conversation with Deep... http://t.co/pwgTDqYA

20:13 RT @DushiYanthini Occupy Wire : Sparrows sit sweetly on power cable while wind blows in Periyathampanai|Vavuniya. #LKA http://t.co/r5HfflA8

20:15 RT @TamilGuardian Jaffna’s Military Commander - "The number of soldiers in #Jaffna is not important..." http://t.co/B6DDxFeQ #lka #SriLanka #Tamil September 2012 / 383

20:22 The Menik Farm Lie: ‘Who says we are resettled’ asks an IDP http://t.co/kGjr25s7 #lka #srilanka @UNOCHA @7piliers @lankasol

20:23 However the Government’s claim to have resettled the last batch of IDPs, who were in the Kadiragamar and Ananda... http://t.co/8kpCIzbT

20:47 Villagers cry foul over “forced relocation” in North http://t.co/PLsU2I8G #lka #srilanka September 2012 / 384

October

1'st October, 2012

06:04 People Inbetween: A Poetic Documentary looking at the Dutch Burgher community of Sri Lanka and Urvedic demon... http://t.co/vbOwmrI7

06:21 @AmanthaP @cfhaviland @apelankawe @melguna @dinidu They would need to start talking with each other first, non? This isn't case today.

06:25 RT @UKLPSL Future of free education in #SriLanka: Politicizing education, FUTA’s trade union action http://t.co/Y5pAJHfn Rajiva Wijesinha #lka #FUTA

06:25 RT @theyrc RT @dbsjeyaraj: Solution to Education Crisis Lies in Encouraging Democratic Discourse: Sumanthiran M.P. http://t.co/RJimzYid #lka #education

06:26 RT @JDSLanka In post war Sri Lanka, information about IDPs & war related issues are continued to be blocked! #SriLanka (via @DushiYanthini)

06:27 @JDSLanka @dushiyanthini Question is why, and what can be done about it? They can block MSM, but story is out and alive in & over new media.

06:28 RT @RangaJayasuriya Lakbimanews Editorial: #SriLanka government should apologize to #Tamils interned in Manik Farm. http://t.co/2ieicWRU October 2012 / 385

06:30 RT @womenandmedia Have you sent in your short film yet? The deadline is the 30th of October so get started and spread the word!... http://t.co/tnlczXOF

07:09 @Apelankawe @melguna @dinidu @amanthap This isn't the media meeting the President. This is the President seeing the press. Big difference.

07:52 Exposing official lies around IDPs, the crisis of tertiary education and other news - http://t.co/5W1qehUY #lka #srilanka

07:53 Exposing official lies around IDPs, the crisis of tertiary education and other news | Groundviews Updates Via... http://t.co/D5iGyPny

07:56 @cfhaviland Given what he said to you & what you tweeted, you should ask him why he continues to be published? http://t.co/dJZSxWr6 #lka

10:05 @DMbreakingnews's questions as pathetic as the answers of the interviewee Malaka Silva http://t.co/mnaRaYcx #lka #srilanka

10:11 Looking forward to launch of METAMORPHOSES. We've written on Jagath Dheerasekara's amazing photos http://t.co/lBejrurm #lka #srilanka

10:14 BEARING WITNESS THROUGH CITIZEN JOURNALISM IN SRI LANKA http://t.co/xmlcQEB0 by @dlgriffiths & @mattbjones #lka #srilanka October 2012 / 386

10:32 Religious sensitivities, the Islamic world and the communication revolution: Much hue and cry has been raised th... http://t.co/5EnMfCl7

10:34 Religious sensitivities, the Islamic world and the communication revolution http://t.co/0Dpismfp #lka #srilanka @mhmhisham @aufidius

10:35 In an age where modern communication levels have reached a pinnacle, where very person is able to get their... http://t.co/CY7JWzXF

10:46 @charith9 One woman in backseat amidst over 20 men - revealing snapshot of gender bias in #srilanka's MSM. @womenandmedia

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