“In both Myanmar and Sri Lanka, I am concerned that Buddhist communities are being swept up by a rising tide of extremist sentiment against other groups,” United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon said on Friday. He said that in Myanmar, it “is critical to resolve …
Relatives of disappeared from across the Northeast attended an event at Vavuniya Urban Council, before a protest march towards the Government Agent offices at Vavuniya Kachcheri but police stopped the protestors from proceeding, saying that they did not have permission, sources at the scene told …
Is the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which ran out of steam in 2009 following the killing of its founder Velupillai Prabhakaran by Sri Lankan armed forces, trying to regroup itself in Australia? The arrest of four human traffickers while trying to transport six …
As part of a United States government program to support the Northern Provincial Council’s work to expand medical services in the former conflict-affected areas of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, the U.S. has supported the construction of Poonakary Divisional Hospital In Kilinochchi district at a cost …
The Tamil Nadu government has reiterated its demand for immediate release of 62 fishing boats seized by Sri Lanka. The State has articulated this stand in a written response to Raja Sekhar Vundru, Joint Secretary (Fisheries) of the Union government and chairperson of the India-Sri …
Now, 57 years after it was blown to smithereens, authorities in Sri Lanka plan to rebuild the Bridge on the River Kwai to assuage the anger among locals over a controversial dam project. While the World War II epic was supposedly set in Japanese-held Burma …
Hand-grenades and land mines, unearthed from Pacha Talamalai reserve forest near Puliyur in Mettur taluk on Tuesday night, belong to the LTTE, said Salem police, as the hand-grenades were found to be imprinted with LTTE logo. “We have seized more than 100 hand-grenades and landmines,” …
The UK Home Office issued a new asylum country guidance report on ‘Tamil Separatism’ on Thursday, 28 August 2014, drawing on several reports detailing human rights violations by Sri Lanka against Tamil separatists and people that are perceived to be vulnerable. This document provides guidance to …
As the NDA government at the Centre settles in to its third month at the helm, the BJP in Tamil Nadu is gearing up to try and gain an edge ahead of the 2016 Assembly polls. In its latest ploy to overcome the Dravidian parties …
Images released by the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at the request of the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice a UK based NGO at Grayston House, Charles Square, London show the Valikamam High …