Vaiko calls for ‘United States of India’
MDMK chief Vaiko on Saturday called for revoking the ban on LTTE and strengthening the country’s federal structure on the…
Shooting Incident at Tharmapuram: Is There a Real LTTE Resurgence in the North?
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj. Two pistol shots rang out in the afternoon of Thursday March 13th 2014 at house…
UN says ‘up to the Member States to determine’
Responding to a question by Matthew Russell of Inter Press at the daily press briefing at the UN Headquarters…
IPKF in Sri Lanka figures in disappearance probe
The conduct of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka figured in complaints received by a government…
Deleting demilitarisation from the draft signals that there will be no serious opposition
Writing in the Asian Correspondent on the heightened militarisation in the North-East, and the spate of recent arrests of…
Geneva Press Club event – ‘Is the Sri Lanka resolution at the UNHRC part of the problem?’
A panel discussion took place at the Geneva Press Club on 21 March 2014. The event organised by the ICET,…
Cameron says “we now need an international, independent investigation into alleged war crimes”
The British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that he had “secured the full backing of all the EU”…
United States says it continues to pursue a resolution on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC
The Unite Stated said it was “concerned by intensifying pressure on Sri Lankan civil society and human rights activists”…
A new report released on Sri Lanka
A report released today on Sri Lanka – “An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009…
Protests over war crime resolution in UNHRC
A group of pro-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Thursday staged noisy demonstrations outside the U.N. office and the embassies…