Chief Minister Jayalalithaa filed two more defamation cases against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a city court on Tuesday for his alleged remarks against her on a social media platform. The City Public Prosecutor filed […]
Freedom from Torture – the UK based medical foundation for the care of victims of torture – documents 40 new cases of post war torture from Sri Lanka – mostly Tamils – in the last […]
Sri Lankan President Mobbed in New York / UN by Tamil Demonstrators Shouting “Your Next Stop is Int’l Criminal Court” Due to this rally, Sri Lankan President avoided using the main entrance of the […]
BJP tells SLMC By Shamindra Ferdinando The Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) has reiterated India’s longstanding call for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution. The BJP’s General Secretary, Muralidhar Rao has […]
By Rajiva Wijesinha – In May 2009, Sri Lanka seemed on top of the world. Under PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan government and forces had defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which had dominated Tamil politics […]
By Hema Senanayake – “The military is being used to spy, tap phone lines and even hack email accounts…My friends are questioned by the CID the very next day, if they happen to visit me. This is […]
Report submitted to UN suggests there has been no let-up in mistreatment of those linked with Sri Lanka rebel group Tamils during a rally denouncing genocide in Sri Lanka at the European headquarters of the […]
The oral update on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which was scheduled to take place today, has been postponed to […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has had talks with Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma (who is suspected of helping the Sri Lankan government to cover up the War crimes committed by its leaders) ahead of a Commonwealth meeting […]
