British government says it will press Sri Lanka to investigate human rights abuses
The British government says it will press the Sri Lankan Government to investigate all human rights abuses, including the shocking allegations of acts...
Despite opposition, PM likely to go to Sri Lanka for CHOGM summit
Despite opposition from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to go to Colombo for the Commonwealth Heads of Government...
New Zealand FM to visit Sri Lanka’s Tamil region
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully is to travel to the predominantly Tamil northern region of Sri Lanka next month to...
Demonising the enemy to seem self-righteous
The Committee for the Protection of Journalists – CPJ has released a list of 19 ‘journalists’ it claims to have been killed...
RSF calls on UNHRC to ensure the safety of FMM and IFJ personal
To the attention of : Ajith Sunghay Human Rights Officer , Asia-Pacific Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Dear Mr...
Lanka grills two international journalists
Sri Lankan Immigration sleuths on Wednesday detained two activists of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and questioned them for over four hours...
Congress top brass meet;Indian leaders agree to attend CHOGM ?
Congress top brass including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday discussed the strategy ahead amid the controversy over...
Cricket legends to join Botham during charity walk
Several leading cricket stars are expected to join Sir Ian Botham’s charity walk from Killinochchi to Seenigama spreading over eight days. The walk...
Wigneswaran invites Manmohan to visit Jaffna
While a decision is still to be taken on whether the Prime Minister will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo,...
US ambassador meets Northern Chief Minister
US ambassador to SriLanka Michel J Sison said she is unable to comment on internal issues of SriLanka. US ambassador met Northern Chief...
Security alert across Tamil Nadu
A security alert has been sounded across Tamil Nadu following an attack on two Post Offices in Chennai early on Tuesday. Armed security...
Commonwealth Observer Mission releases report on Northern Provincial Election
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has issued the report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council Election, held on 21...
Madras high court rules: Can’t ask Centre to stay off Commonwealth meet.
Sympathy and sentiment cannot be a ground to pass judicial orders, and the court was not inclined to interfere with the foreign policy...
The Diaspora Regroups
Seated at a desk piled high with court documents and yellowed newspapers, Visvanathan Rudrakumaran remembers leaving Sri Lanka and coming to New...
Prison cells are infested with rats,beds, mats and pillows are often lacking
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo says in some Sri Lankan prisons, cells are infested with rats; beds,...