Sri Lankan convicted for Espionage
Sri Lankan national Arun Selvarajan has been sentenced to five years in connection with the sensational Thameem Ansari spy case. A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here pronounced the …
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Significant human rights issues
The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019 was released by US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on 11 March 2020. The annual Country Reports on Human …
British government underlines importance of Accountability
British Parliamentarian Afzal Khan, asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on 26 February 2020, whether he plans to make representations to his Sri Lankan counterpart on …
NGOs want UN to establish ‘international accountability mechanism’
International non-governmental organisations have called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish “an international accountability mechanism on Sri Lanka and called on the UNHRC to hold Sri Lanka …
Impunity, lack of rule of law & accountability reasons for religious extremism & hate speech
The culture of impunity in Sri Lanka has been repeatedly pointed out as one of the main reasons for which religious extremism and hate speech thrive in the country, undermining …
ICJ calls for International Accountability process
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on 28 February 2020, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urged renewed international action to ensure justice and accountability for crimes under international law in Sri Lanka. The statement, delivered during a discussion of updates and reports from the …
India-Sri Lanka ferry service to take off soon
In order to promote tourism, the ministry for shipping has mooted a proposal to start ferry service between Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry and Jaffna in Sri Lanka covering a distance of 56 nautical miles (103.7 kilometres). Shortly after chairing a meeting with …
Vigneswaran wants UN Security Council to review Sri Lanka’s membership in the UN
The former chief minister of the Northern Province C. V Wigneswaran has called on the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council, to review Sri Lanka’s membership in the United Nations. “We believe that Sri Lanka’s repeated violations of UN Resolutions, combined with …
AI calls for international accountability mechanism
Following Sri Lanka’s decision to withdraw from its commitments to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, Amnesty International calls on the Council to establish an international accountability mechanism to ensure the victims of decades-long conflict get the justice that is owed to …
UN Rights Chief wants Government to fully implement resolution 30/1
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged the Sri Lankan Government to fully implement resolution 30/1, and continue to engage positively with OHCHR and United Nations …