Greens senator wants to ensure asylum seekers are aware of their rights
The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says she will visit Curtin detention centre in Western Australia to ensure asylum seekers transferred from the boat intercepted in...
Solheim Ready To Testify
Former Norwegian peace envoy, Erik Solheim, says he is ready to testify before the Government Commission of Inquiry tasked to investigate the war. Speaking to...
India told Lanka to resolve Tamil issue
India has told Sri Lanka that it needs to resolve the Tamil issue for making progress in bilateral trade and commerce, a senior BJP leader...
Protesters disrupt workshop for journalists
A press workshop in Colombo for Tamil journalists was disrupted on 26 July 2014 after protesters gathered outside Sri Lanka's Press Institute, where the workshop...
Australia PM defends treatment of migrants held on boat
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Saturday said his government's treatment of a boatload of 157 asylum-seekers who have been kept at sea for weeks...
Coalition for change of Constitution
The civil society movement leading the charge on axing the presidency yesterday unveiled a six month post-electoral roadmap for constitutional change by a common candidate,...
For West, Rajapaksa is Sri Lanka’s Modi
It is a measure of Sri Lanka’s return to “normal” democratic politics that conspiracy theories are once again resonating in Colombo. Compared to the situation...
Tamil asylum seekers will be taken to camp on Australian mainland
The Australian border protection vessel carrying 157 Tamil asylum seekers is on its way to the Australian territory of the Cocos Islands, from where the...
Ed Miliband – Important we never forget’ Black July
The leader of the British opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband has stressed the importance of not forgetting the lives lost during Black July, in a...
Will go to Sri Lanka and surrender to survive: Rameswaram fishermen
Fed up with frequent arrests and 'harassment' by Sri Lankan naval personnel, fishermen from this coastal town today said they would proceed to the island...
Jayalalithaa urges Narendra Modi to give visa to UN team
Expressing surprise over reports indicating denial of visa by the Centre to a United Nations team probing human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu...
Swamy’s Sri Lanka visit fuels criticism
Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi president T. Velmurugan has questioned the locus standi of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramaniam Swamy visiting Sri Lanka and having discussion with...
India to upgrade creche facilities on estates
India has agreed to upgrade facilities at 70 child development centers in Sri Lanka’s estate regions, where a sizeable number of Tamils of Indian origin...
EU concerned about efforts to restrict activities of civil society
Colombo, 23 July 2014 Joint local statement on Restrictions on Non-Governmental Organisations and on Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka. The European Union Delegation in agreement...
Parents of Missing Tamil Children demand answers from Ananthi Sasitharan
Ananthi Sasitharan TNA member of the Northern Provincial Council was in for a surprise when she arrived at the Mullaitivu Magistrates courts on 21st July...