The importance of’ creating a mechanism which can gain the support and confidence of the victims cannot be overemphasized
Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran addressing a letter to key UNHRC member states on Wednesday 30 September 2015 said I remain…
TNA hails resolution
The draft resolution on Sri Lanka tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by the U.S. and other…
Resolution softened before UN debate
A US backed resolution at the United Nations that seeks justice for victims of Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war has…
North-East civil society groups express concern over resolution
North-East civil society groups, trade unions and Tamil political parties, including three constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the…
Lanka-led, UN-backed Probe Way Forward
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has told Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena that his country supports a Lankan-led…
British MPs express ‘concern and disappointment
British parliamentarian Siobhain McDonagh together with a number of other MPs to call for the UK government not to turn…
Government’s commitment to accountability, genuine reconciliation and deeper change remains an open question
On September 24, the U.S.-led UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on Sri Lanka was tabled. This would be the…
Ensure the consensus resolution on Sri Lanka is implemented
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council’s 30th session on 28 September 2015, Pasumai Thaayagam called on all states to “actively…
Vaiko protests
MDMK general secretary Vaiko and representatives from 32 organisations were detained on Monday morning after they threatened to lay siege…
Pearl of the Indian Ocean
To the Greeks it was Salike, to the Portuguese Trapobana, English named it Ceylon, and Arabs Tenerism. So many names…