Lion’s Blood: Behind ‘Sinha Le’ Movement
By Zachary Walko. ...
Fishing in troubled waters
The issue of poaching by Indian trawlers in Sri Lankan waters has over the years become an increasingly contentious one, seriously threatening the livelihood of...
International participation in the accountability mechanism will be important
A number of countries voiced their support for the High Commissioner’s oral update and re-asserted their commitment to ensuring full implementation of Resolution 30/1, while...
One of our weaknesses has been our failure to communicate our strategies and plans
Replying to the oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,on 29 June 2016, Sri Lanka said it looks forward to cooperation...
Displaced people call for panel to monitor progress
A letter has been forwarded to the High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Al-Hussein by a group calling itself, 'The Organisation for Resettlement and Rehabilitation...
De-militarisation to be complete by next year
De-militarisation of the North-East will be complete by next year said Sri Lanka’s foreign minister, whilst calling on the international community to “give Sri Lanka...
There is no satisfactory progress
The Tamil Civil Society Forum releasing a statement on 27 June 2016 under the signatures of Co - Spokespersons Kumaravadivel Guruparan and Elil Rajan said "The unwarranted...
A key question that remains is the participation of international judges
According to an advance copy of the report A/HRC/32/CRP.4 released on 28 June 2016 by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),...
Is UK’s Brexit decision final? Germany does not seem to think so
Germany does not seem to think that the decision by the British public to exit the European Union is final - or so it seems....
Families of the disappeared protest over Office of Missing Persons
Families of the disappeared conducted a protest in Vavuniya on 25 June over the lack of consultation with the victim community when enacting the Office of Missing...
Is Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister On Autopilot?
By Taylor Dibbert. ...
Global movement urges to release ‘surrendee’ records of civil war
The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, a global non-partisan movement, has urged the Sri Lankan Army to release the records of people who...
Testing time for Govt and TNA relations
Prior to 2015 the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera who was then in the Opposition had joined hands...
Tamil press has now lost faith in reconciliation
The Tamil press in Sri Lanka, which was very hopeful that the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) would render justice to Tamil victims of Eelam...
Sri Lanka passes right to information bill
The Parliament of Sri Lanka passed the "Right to Information" Bill Bill Friday. The bill, introduced in March, was passed to encourage the public to...