Lenders should be responsible for the risks they take
Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky the United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the...
New UN Human Rights chief raises concerns
The 39th session of the Human Rights Council commenced in Geneva today (10 September). In the opening statement by the new UN High Commissioner for...
Asylum seekers at breaking point
A few weeks ago, Vigneswaran Nagamuththu was reunited with his wife and two sons for the first time since he fled Sri Lanka in 2009....
Suspend officials accused in abductions and disappearances
The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) released its interim report on 06 September 2018 and called on the Government to “expedite and give highest priority to...
Debt trap?
India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka may plunge further into the Chinese debt trap with Colombo yet again turning to Beijing for fresh loans, which will...
UN writes over failure to meet deadline on torture report
Abdelwahab Hani Rapporteur for Follow-up to Concluding Observations Committee against Torture The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) has in a letter dated 20 August...
May be satisfied with a further expansion of power to Provincial Councils
Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may be satisfied with a further expansion of power to provincial councils instead of their demand for a federal solution, to...
Now look at today’s politicians …
Winston Churchill famously claimed that of all human qualities, courage was the most esteemed, because it guaranteed all others. He was right. Courage—moral courage—is the...
Sivajilingam also wants a special court
A resolution to request UN Human Rights Council to establish a special court in Sri Lanka to probe cases related to war crimes and human...
Potential targets in notebook
A police source has confirmed Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop were among a list of potential targets allegedly documented in the notebook of a Sri...