Sri Lanka determined to address Human Rights concerns
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Sri Lanka is determined to address concerns on human rights while addressing the high-level segment...
Very little has been achieved
The Leader of the TNA, Mr. R. Sampanthan MP met with a delegation of Senators from France at the Opposition Leader’s office in the Parliamentary complex...
People Losing Patience
Addressing Parliament on 22 February, Leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said that the Tamil people were very disappointed with the present government and...
Japan seeks balance with China in seas around Sri Lanka
Japan and Sri Lanka are celebrating 65 years of diplomatic relations this year, but their bilateral ties have rarely seemed more important -- especially in...
HRW wants follow-up resolution
The global rights organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW) today called on the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) member states to bring a credible follow-up...
China did not interfere in internal affairs
Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan observed yesterday that China did not interfere in the internal affairs of the country whereas India...
UN wants release of land in North
A UN Special Rapporteur has called on the Government to continue and step up the release of the remaining 6,124 acres of the land currently...
Sri Lanka slips back?
“Mounting frustration at the slow pace of progress” was how the soft spoken country rapporteur, Yoko Hayashi, politely summed up the mood of the Committee...
Constitution processes should be taken forward in a genuine and purposeful manner
The TNA promising that they would extend the maximum co-operation for the constitution making processes demanded that those processes should "be taken forward in a...
CEDAW reviews Sri Lanka
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will have its Sixty-sixth session on 13 February-3 March 2017 and Sri Lanka wiill be reviewed on...
Jaishankar urges TNA to unite
Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has urged the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to unite to fight for the Tamils’ rights, including their rights under the...
Panel questions Central Bank Chief
A Sri Lankan commission investigating irregularities in government bond sales questioned the new head of the country's central bank on Tuesday, as the government's anti-corruption...
Sumanthiran lobbying in Geneva
Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M.A.Sumanthiran, who is currently in Geneva, urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) officials not to allow Sri Lanka to...
India has been telling Tamil leaders to cooperate
The Indian Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar expressed his happiness about the Indian Origin Tamils (IOTs) being in the Sri Lankan national mainstream, fully participating in governance...
India will not press for merger of North and East
India will not be pressing Sri Lanka to merge the Northern and Eastern Provinces to form a single Tamil-majority, Tamil-speaking province as envisaged by the...