Army heightens security
The Sri Lankan army has heightened security in the country’s Northern Province through a host of measures, including vehicle checks, it is learnt. Jaffna Security...
Darusman Panel: A UN probe would spark hope for reconciliation
Five years ago, Sri Lanka’s civil war reached a bloody conclusion on a stretch of beach in the island’s northeast, as government forces...
If Australia wants to stop the boats, it must stand against abuses in Sri Lanka
To many Australians, Sri Lanka means one of two things: the home of “boat people” or an exotic beach holiday destination. Sri Lanka’s idyllic...
UN council steps in
By Donald Camp. There was a time, not so long ago, when Sri Lanka was known for the quality of its democracy. In 1975, when...
LLRC is not adequate to address accountability and progress against commitments is inadequate
Minister of State at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire, in a Question and Answer session on Sri Lanka via Twitter yesterday...
Third draft text of US resolution on Sri Lanka circulated
The third and likely final draft of the US sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka circulated at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday, lays out...
Coalition tight-lipped on whether it will support international inquiry into Sri Lankan war crimes
The Coalition government is continuing to sidestep whether it will support an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka, despite Labor and the...
IMADR Oral Statements: 25th Session of the Human Rights Council
Item 5: Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues 19 March 2014 Thank you Mr. President, Please permit me to share with you the good...
BBC interviews Ruki Fernando
The recent arrest of human rights activists Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen Mahesan under Sri Lanka’s PTA law resulted in widespread condemnation within Sri...
Protest in Mannar demanding international investigations
Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians, Northern Provincial Council members, Mannaar Citizens Committee, civil groups in Mannar and the families of missing people took part in...
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 lines of the USA, a...
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 No. 5 of the Indian...
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 on 21 March 2014, UN Deputy...
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 commission probing disappearances during the...
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 activists, the Tamil journalist in...