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The following is a list of notable killings, including terrorists attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government – Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and paramilitary groups (Home Guards/Civil Defence Force, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal etc.).
“And on the democratic side, Sri Lanka is one clear case of a democratic regime that in 1989–90 authorized military squads to track down and summarily execute members and suspected supporters of the JVP (Peoples Liberation Party), which had begun its second rebellion that threatened to overthrow the state.
DIG Terrence Perera [7] - Former director of the counter subversive division, Sri Lanka Police; Esmie Amarasiri [3] - Wife of M. S. Amarasiri, former Chief Minister, Southern Provincial Council, Sri Lanka; G. V. S. de Silva [4] - Former district minister and United National Party MP for Habaraduwa; Gamini Medagedera [8] - attorney at law ...
It is published by Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd. Its sister publications are The Sunday Leader and Iruresa. The Morning Leader was refounded by Lasantha Wickramatunge who was assassinated in January 2009. It is known for its independent news coverage and it has faced arson attacks from men with complicity from the Sri Lankan authorities. [1 ...
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Leader Publications is a Sri Lankan newspaper publisher. Its publications are The Sunday Leader , Morning Leader and Iruresa It was founded by Lal Wickrematunge and Lasantha Wickrematunge . It is known for its independent news coverage and it has faced arson attacks from men with complicity from the Sri Lankan authorities.
The Sunday Leader was an English-language Sri Lankan weekly newspaper published by Leader Publications (Private) Limited. It was founded in 1994 and is published from Colombo . Its sister newspapers are the Iruresa ( Irudina ) and the defunct The Morning Leader .
The White Flag incident is the massacre of surrendering leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and their families by the Sri Lankan Army on 18 May 2009 in Mullivaikal, Mullaitivu, Vanni, Sri Lanka. The LTTE's Political Wing leader, Balasingham Nadesan and Pulidevan agreed to surrender and contacted the United Nations, the governments ...