Video: Boston Bomb Suspect Speaks

June 4, 2013

The voice of the teenager suspected of the Boston marathon bombing – can be heard on this Channel 4 programme.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect shot by police is heard for the first time since his arrest, in a taped phone conversation with his parents in Russia. They still protest his innocence.

WikiLeaks: GSL Continued To Detain Civilians – ‘GSL Might View Doing So As Electorally Favorable’ – JVP To US

June 4, 2013 

“Herath said that the IDPs were a major issue in Sri Lanka and that the GSL’s claim that it was waiting to release IDPs because of the need to demine was false. He said that the government could and should release more IDPs and that the government’s continued detention of civilians was likely to lead to problems in the future.” the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington. 

Vijitha Herath

The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The ‘confidential’ cable recounts the details of a meeting the US Embassy had with the JVP MP Vijitha Herath. The cable was written on November 06, 2009  by the US Ambassador to Colombo, Patricia A. Butenis.

The ambassador wrote; “In response to PolOff’s question why the GSL continued to detain civilians in the camps, Herath suggested that the GSL might view doing so as electorally favorable, or it could be that the GSL was just not focused on releasing IDPs. More generally, he said that people were upset that peace had not changed the security situation, adding that citizens were fed up with continued road blocks and security checks, which the JVP viewed as impediments to democracy.”

Read the cable below for further details;