Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka
The report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka to the 49th UNHRC session was released on 25 February 2020....
Shocks and missteps
In late November 2019, after winning Sri Lanka's presidential election and months ahead of a parliamentary ballot that would again test his popularity, Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
TNA looks forward to directly engaging with Tamil Nadu
Expressing their grievance, Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, seeking India's intervention in ensuring a...
Foreign reserves fall
Sri Lanka’s official external reserves fell to US$ 2.36 billion by the end of January 2022 from US$ 3.14 billion by the end of December...
Human Rights Commission advocates abolishing the PTA
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) issuing a media release on 15 February 2022 on the briefing of Diplomats on the Road Map...
Repeal of PTA
Releasing a 59-page report, ‘“In a Legal Black Hole’: Sri Lanka’s Failure to Reform the Prevention of Terrorism Act,” Human Rights Watch documents misuse of...
How a double agent in Madras changed the subcontinent’s history
It might be hard to imagine Madras as the nerve centre of a high-stakes, international espionage operation. Thanks to its languid, laid back approach to...
What a pesticide ban did
If it is possible to learn from the mistakes of others, a moment has come for our parliamentary committees and the Ministry of Agriculture to...
Sri Lanka is delivering on its commitment to address accountability and reconciliation
The Government of Sri Lanka submitted a Briefing Note on Human Rights to the UNHRC March session on 26 January 2022. Briefing Note on Human...