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Sri Lanka Violence "Escalates" Warns World Council of Churches
[ BosNews Life ] [ 14:57 GMT, Jan. 28, 2006 ]
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed "its grave concern" over escalating violence in Sri Lanka, where at least two churches were attacked and peace talks broke down between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), BosNewsLife learned Saturday, January 28. The appeal came as the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) said 500 people, including 20 Buddhist monks and a Catholic priest, made threats against an Assembly of God (AOG) church in Bolaththa, Gampaha district, last Sunday, January 22. Carrying placards and shouting threats, the mob reportedly demanded that the church cease services and promised to return the following weekend if another service is held.On Monday, some militants returned and stoned the pastor's house, which forms part of the church building, breaking windows, the Christian news agency Compass Direct reported. When the pastor lodged a complaint, police promised to carry out a regular safety check on the building but later asked him to come to the police station for 'discussions' on Saturday, January 28, news reports said.
Tigers accuse Sri Lankan military of bad faith after deal for talks
[ AFP ] [ 15:02 GMT, Jan. 28, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have accused government forces of harassing civilians despite this week's breakthrough in their stalled peace process. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said government troops had conducted a cordon-and-search operation in the northern Jaffna peninsula on Friday, despite Wednesday's agreement to hold face-to-face talks next month. The charge was made as the LTTE's London-based chief negotiator Anton Balasingham returned home Saturday after five days on consultations with Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in rebel-held areas of the island's north. Prabhakaran and Balasingham told Norway's special peace envoy Erik Solheim Wednesday they were ready to end the near three-year deadlock in the peace process by agreeing to meet with government officials in Geneva next month.
[ BosNews Life ] [ 14:57 GMT, Jan. 28, 2006 ]
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed "its grave concern" over escalating violence in Sri Lanka, where at least two churches were attacked and peace talks broke down between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), BosNewsLife learned Saturday, January 28. The appeal came as the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) said 500 people, including 20 Buddhist monks and a Catholic priest, made threats against an Assembly of God (AOG) church in Bolaththa, Gampaha district, last Sunday, January 22. Carrying placards and shouting threats, the mob reportedly demanded that the church cease services and promised to return the following weekend if another service is held.On Monday, some militants returned and stoned the pastor's house, which forms part of the church building, breaking windows, the Christian news agency Compass Direct reported. When the pastor lodged a complaint, police promised to carry out a regular safety check on the building but later asked him to come to the police station for 'discussions' on Saturday, January 28, news reports said.
Tigers accuse Sri Lankan military of bad faith after deal for talks
[ AFP ] [ 15:02 GMT, Jan. 28, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have accused government forces of harassing civilians despite this week's breakthrough in their stalled peace process. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said government troops had conducted a cordon-and-search operation in the northern Jaffna peninsula on Friday, despite Wednesday's agreement to hold face-to-face talks next month. The charge was made as the LTTE's London-based chief negotiator Anton Balasingham returned home Saturday after five days on consultations with Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in rebel-held areas of the island's north. Prabhakaran and Balasingham told Norway's special peace envoy Erik Solheim Wednesday they were ready to end the near three-year deadlock in the peace process by agreeing to meet with government officials in Geneva next month.