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 deeply concerned about some of...
TNA hails resolution
The draft resolution on Sri Lanka tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by the U.S. and other countries has addressed the main...
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 been softened to keep its...
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 Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front...
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 and UN-backed justice and reconciliation...
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 its back on international participation...
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 fourth HRC resolution passed on...
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 assist Sri Lanka in setting...
Vaiko protests
MDMK general secretary Vaiko and representatives from 32 organisations were detained on Monday morning after they threatened to lay siege to the U.S. Consulate here...
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 for a little piece of...
Tamil Tiger Front Organizations produced fabricated reports and documentaries at the UNHRC sessions
The Executive Committee of the Sri Lanka United National Association of Canada based in Toronto Canada has come out with a report alleging that the...
UN resolution could advance justice
The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a resolution ensuring a robust international role in Sri Lanka’s justice mechanism for abuses during the country’s...
Sri Lanka’s War Crimes Controversy
Earlier this month, the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released its long-awaited investigation into alleged crimes during Sri Lanka’s civil war....
BJP should clarify stand on Sri Lanka
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister of state for Parliamentary affairs V Narayanasamy has urged the BJP Government at the Centre to clarify its...
Backing US resolution on Lanka would mean denial of justice
DMK chief M Karunanidhi today cautioned India against supporting a "watered down" resolution by the US on Sri Lanka in the UN Human Rights Council...