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Mahinda Samarasinghe

Type: Person

Name: Mahinda Samarasinghe

Title: Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights

Organization: Government of Sri Lanka

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Fact Sheet: Biography for Mahinda Samarasinghe

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 8 hours ago - 6 Documents

Sri Lanka on target in resettling war displaced civilians

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe Sri Lankan government said Friday that its target of resettling the war displaced Tamil civilians are well on the way of being achieved ... [People's Daily Online - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Vavuniya (Sri Lanka), John Holmes

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

I’ll be there, Fonseka tells soldiers

Sarath Fonseka who resigned last week as the chief of defence staff assured armed forces on Friday that he would standby democracy and always fight for their rights.In a letter to officers, soldiers, their families and all those who fought the Liberation ... [Hindustan Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Rohitha BOGOLLAGAMA

UN humanitarian official calls on Sri Lanka President

* Nov 19, Colombo: Sir John Holmes, Under Secretary General, Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator today met Sri Lanka President at the Temple Trees to discuss the resettlement process and reconciliation efforts of the government. Ministers ... [Colombo Page - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, United Nations, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Rohitha BOGOLLAGAMA, John Holmes

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

United Nations

Sri Lanka: Returnees need continued support, says UN humanitarian chief

): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes concluded the final day of his three-day mission to Sri Lanka. He met Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe, ... [ReliefWeb - 11/19/2009]

Entities: United Nations, Sri Lanka, John Holmes

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 2 Documents

Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab meets Lankan Prez, discusses Tamil IDPs

Tags: Pranab Mukherjee, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Disaster Management and HumanFinance Minister Pranab Mukherjee [ Images ] on Sunday called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed with ... [rediff.com - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Pranab Mukherjee, Mahinda Rajapakse, Mahinda Samarasinghe

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

European Union

Sri Lanka hopeful of EU trade concessions

A senior Sri Lankan minister said on Saturday that the government was hopeful that the European Union (EU) would extend its preferential trade concessions known as the GSP+ for its garments exports from the island. 'We are hopeful of GSP+ continuing as ... [China Economic Net - 11/16/2009]

Entities: European Union, Sri Lanka, Concession, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Human Rights

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Sri Lanka created a world record by speedy resettlement, Minister says

* Nov 14, Colombo: Creating a world record Sri Lanka has resettled 10,000 displaced civilians within a week, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka's Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights said at a media briefing on Friday. 'Within a seven day period, ... [Colombo Page - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Displaced Person

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents

Half of Sri Lanka's war displaced civilians resettled

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe Sri Lankan government said Friday that about one half of the 280,000 civilians displaced by the final battles between the government troops ... [People's Daily Online - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Rajiva Wijesinha, Sri Lanka, Mahinda Samarasinghe

First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 3 Documents

Probe Team :

Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said President Mahinda Rajapakse would shortly name a committee to look into incidents listed in the report that was submitted to the US Congress last week. 'The president decided that he will appoint a committee ... [Lanka Business Online - 10/27/2009]

Entities: Mahinda Samarasinghe, Allegation, Crime, Mahinda Rajapakse

First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 3 Documents

Sri Lanka to probe U.S. charges of possible war crimes (Reuters)

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president will appoint a home-grown committee to probe a U.S. State Department report of possible war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka's 25-year war against the Tamil Tigers, the government said on Monday.Sri Lanka is facing ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 10/26/2009]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Crime, Sergei Lavrov

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Sri Lanka hopeful of EU trade concessions

COLOMBO, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior Sri Lankan minister said on Saturday that the government was hopeful that the European Union (EU) would extend its preferential trade concessions known as the GSP+ for its garments exports from the island. 'We are ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/07/2009]

Entities: European Union, Sri Lanka, Concession, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Human Rights

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 2 Documents

Sri Lanka leader feared coup after victory

President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers that he warned India to place its troops on high alert as recently as last month, according to the former head of the Sri Lankan Army. General Sarath ... [Times Online - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka Army, India

Quotes

"in may we said that by jan. 31, 2010 a majority of them would be resettled. we will have resettled 50 percent of them in the next few days" Mahinda Samarasinghe, the minister of Human Rights told reporters

Sri Lanka on target in resettling war displaced civilians [People's Daily Online - 8 hours ago]

...thousands of displaced civilians held in government camps after the end of the country's ethnic conflict earlier this year, a minister said Friday. "we feel the security situation has eased considerably now to allow people to return to their homes" Human Rights minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told reporters here

Big Release [Lanka Business Online - 10 hours ago]

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I’ll be there, Fonseka tells soldiers [Hindustan Times - 3 hours ago]
Sri Lanka on target in resettling war displaced... [People's Daily Online - 8 hours ago]
UN humanitarian official calls on Sri Lanka Pre... [Colombo Page - 9 hours ago]
Half of Sri Lanka's displaced civilians resettled [Trend News Agency - 10 hours ago]
Big Release [Lanka Business Online - 10 hours ago]
Analyzing the State Department report [Sri Lanka Daily News - 12 hours ago]
Sri Lanka on target in resettling war displaced... [Xinhua News Agency - 21 hours ago]
;Sri Lanka has released half of war-displaced' [Yahoo! Canada - 23 hours ago]
Sri Lanka has released half of war-displaced: m... [Sify - 11/20/2009]
Sri Lanka: Returnees need continued support, sa... [ReliefWeb - 11/19/2009]
Sri Lanka created a world record by speedy rese... [Colombo Page - 11/17/2009]
Sri Lanka hopeful of EU trade concessions [China Economic Net - 11/16/2009]
Pranab meets Lankan Prez, discusses Tamil IDPs [rediff.com - 11/15/2009]
Pranab meets Rajapaksa, discusses issue of disp... [DNA India - 11/15/2009]
Half of Sri Lanka's war displaced civilians res... [People's Daily Online - 11/14/2009]
Sri Lanka leader feared coup after victory [Times Online - 11/13/2009]
Rajapaksa clears Fonsekas retirement [The Hindu - 11/13/2009]
Half of Sri Lanka's war displaced civilians res... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/13/2009]
Sri Lanka promises to cooperate with Australia ... [Colombo Page - 11/10/2009]
In Kabul Bombing Aftermath, Ban's Delayed Press... [Inner City Press - 11/09/2009]
More refugees on way home but camp conditions w... [Hindustan Times - 11/09/2009]
Resettlement of IDPs to be completed by next Ja... [Colombo Page - 11/08/2009]
Sri Lanka hopeful of EU trade concessions [Xinhua News Agency - 11/07/2009]
Sri Lanka responds to EU rights probe concerns [Reuters India - 11/06/2009]
Rajapaksa appoints 5-member panel to look into ... [DNA India - 11/06/2009]
We should not provide ammunition for "Eela... [Lanka everything - 11/03/2009]
Lanka to raise UN HR Commissioner's partiality ... [Sunday Observer - 11/01/2009]
Tamils refugees in Lanka to be resettled by Jan... [DNA India - 10/31/2009]
Cabinet subcommittee to provide relief to droug... [Colombo Page - 10/30/2009]
Sri Lankan government to investigate human righ... [Digital Journal - 10/27/2009]

Blogs

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Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa ‘feared coup’ a... [Ashin Mettacara - 11/15/2009] General Sarath Fonseka, left, wrote a bitter letter of resignationPresident Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil ...
Fundamentals of Victory against terror Sri Lank... [The Eight Man Team - 08/26/2009] In an in-depth analysis of the Sri Lankan government’s ...
The shame of Menik Farm [groundviews - 08/23/2009] The floods that affected significant swathes of the expansive Menik Farm a week ago generated interesting responses from government. One of the most revealing was ...
Devolution of powers under the 13th Amendment i... [groundviews - 07/19/2009] (The writer was one of the secretaries of the first Provincial Council of the Western Province) 1. Introduction In the aftermath of the defeat of the LTTE ...
Sri Lanka tells foreign aid agencies to scale down [The Eight Man Team - 07/10/2009] Sri Lanka has directed all international relief agencies, including the Red Cross, to scale down operations following the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, the human ...

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