SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Dangerous justification of extra-judici...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Dangerous justification of extra-judici...: SSP Ajith : living in a fool's paradise Editorial - Ceylon Today Yesterday, our lead story, quoting Police Spokesman SSP Ajith R...

SRI LANKA: A young man tortured to death in Kandaketiya police custody — Asian Human Rights Commission

SRI LANKA: A young man tortured to death in Kandaketiya police custody — Asian Human Rights Commission

Anger after Malaysia returns refugees to Sri Lanka ucanews.com

Anger after Malaysia returns refugees to Sri Lanka ucanews.com

SRI LANKA BRIEF: The recent policy initiatives are symptoms of a d...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: The recent policy initiatives are symptoms of a d...: ''The Minister of Women’s Affairs and Child Development, whose Ministry is expected to help to eliminate discrimination against ...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Brigadier who ordered shooting at Weliw...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Brigadier who ordered shooting at Weliw...: Weliweriya killings Brigadier Deshapriya Gunawardhana who commanded the Army battalion which murdered two school students and a youth ...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: A report to UNHRC 26: A significant number of peop...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: A report to UNHRC 26: A significant number of peop...: IDPs, Sri Lanka ''The Special Rapporteur reiterates the importance of establishing accountability mechanisms and strengtheni...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: R. Sampanthan to Narendra Modi: Rajapaksa is viola...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: R. Sampanthan to Narendra Modi: Rajapaksa is viola...: Excessively disproportionate, oppressive presence of the military (File photo) R. Sampanthan I write to you as the leader of the Tam...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka religious police : Lack of a clearly def...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka religious police : Lack of a clearly def...: Bishop Chikera ( left) A Reflection on religious freedom with justice by Bishop Duleep de Chickera Puzzling Decisions and worrying tr...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: On Anniversary, a Victory Parade and a Crackdown i...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: On Anniversary, a Victory Parade and a Crackdown i...: Tamil gathering on 18th May, Jaffna NYT- Sri Lanka’s government on Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of its victory over Tamil insu...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: 5 years on: The White Flags Incident 2009 — 2014

SRI LANKA BRIEF: 5 years on: The White Flags Incident 2009 — 2014: Isaipriya in military custody( later killed) International Truth &  Justice Project, Sri Lanka Yasmin Sooka New evidence on t...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Tamils say barred from commemorating war dead, Sri...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Tamils say barred from commemorating war dead, Sri...: Rajapaksa at the parade (Reuters) (Reuters) - Minority ethnic Tamils said on Sunday they had been banned from commemorating the death...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: President pressed to hold referendum t...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: President pressed to hold referendum t...: Several advisers to the President have requested the President hold a referendum immediately, government internal sources say. Sources ...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Colombo ‘failing to engage’ with Tamil minority; A...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Colombo ‘failing to engage’ with Tamil minority; A...: Rajiva: I can't help Five years after the end of Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war, there are few signs of a government-led reconc...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka war anniversary reopens trauma

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka war anniversary reopens trauma: SL military in rememberence Mullivaikkal - Sri Lanka's government plans military parades this weekend to celebrate five years since...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka police break up Tamil war rememberance e...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka police break up Tamil war rememberance e...: "victory parade"! Sri Lanka's police have broken up a remembrance service for ethnic Tamils killed in the separatist war,...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka police break up Tamil war rememberance e...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka police break up Tamil war rememberance e...: "victory parade"! Sri Lanka's police have broken up a remembrance service for ethnic Tamils killed in the separatist war,...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka 5 years after war's end : Memorials, blo...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka 5 years after war's end : Memorials, blo...: No right to remember Security measures have been stepped up in the Northern and Eastern Provinces after some groups vowed to defy a ban...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: A fractured Sri Lankan identity five years on

SRI LANKA BRIEF: A fractured Sri Lankan identity five years on: Kishali Pinto Jayawardena  This week, the five year anniversary on the 2009 victory of Sri Lankan troops over the Liberation Tigers of ...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Minster Weerawansa takes Govt to task; says Secret...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Minster Weerawansa takes Govt to task; says Secret...: Dr. P.B. Jayasundera Dr. PB belongs in jail – Wimal Reiterating that Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, is an economic ...

Ceylon Today | Will Sobhitha Thera become another Khomeini?

Ceylon Today | Will Sobhitha Thera become another Khomeini?

Head in my hands | Groundviews

Head in my hands | Groundviews

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Attorney General orders suspects who ra...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Attorney General orders suspects who ra...: Sarath Palitha Fernando the attorney general (AG) who has been appointed by the brutal lawless Mademulana beasts not to dispense justice ...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Minister for Women’s Affairs wants to marry rape v...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Minister for Women’s Affairs wants to marry rape v...: Jpehs.co.uk Joint Statement: Calling for the Resignation of Minister of Child Development and Women’s Affairs Tissa Karaliyadde It is...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: South African initiative, an opportunity for govt....

SRI LANKA BRIEF: South African initiative, an opportunity for govt....: Jehan Perera The government’s inability or unwillingness to provide the international community with the quantum of evidence required t...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: The survival of our civil life is in danger;the da...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: The survival of our civil life is in danger;the da...: Upul Jasuriya Key Note Address of the World Press Freedom Day Event organised  by SLPI and FMM   Upul Jasuriya, President Bar Associ...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: New appointment against SC ruling: Ex-C...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: New appointment against SC ruling: Ex-C...: former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva Commenting on the controversy over the new appointment to the Supreme Court, former Chief Justice...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: The Organisation of Professional Associations of S...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: The Organisation of Professional Associations of S...: The Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) fully endorses the views expressed by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) over th...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Brutal killings on the rise in bloody m...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: Sri Lanka: Brutal killings on the rise in bloody m...: Ex DIG says police to blame, University expert says culture of impunity main cause Twenty killings have been reported in April alone, m...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: US Bureau of Counterterrorism report 2014: Sri Lan...

SRI LANKA BRIEF: US Bureau of Counterterrorism report 2014: Sri Lan...: Overview: The Sri Lankan government defeated the terrorist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009. Concerns remain that widel...