United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has re-iterated his earlier recommendation for setting up an ad hoc hybrid special court for Sri Lanka integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators, […]
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein via videolink to the Human Rights Council The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints regarding Missing Persons that was appointed by the previous […]
The Sri Lankan Judiciary comprises of majority Judges appointed by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Accordingly, the determination on Gotabaya was given by two Supreme Court Judges appointed by Mahinda. When the UNHRC Commissioner’s report and […]
In the past 50 years, in Sri Lanka the services of international judges have been employed on many occasions. If that is possible for Sinhalese why not for Tamils now? It is not new or […]
UN Human Rights Council – General Debate on the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss MP Thank You Mr.President This is Dr. Anbumani […]
A Sri Lankan Airlines flight operating to London a few days back with its Chairman Ajit Dias and soon to be outgoing CEO Rakhita Jayawardena on board, was delayed by sixteen minutes as the pilot […]
A U.S.-backed resolution at the United Nations that seeks justice for victims of Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war has been softened to keep its government on board and allay the concerns of powerful neighbor India, […]
NEW DELHI: India is likely to back Sri Lanka on the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution over alleged war crimes if it is put to vote in Geneva on Thursday, officials said, attributing the […]
“This is perhaps the best possible resolution that could have been achieved at the UNHRC”, says TNA leader R. Sampanthan. The draft resolution on Sri Lanka tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) […]
Sri Lanka’s Tamil political parties on Tuesday demanded that the investigation into the alleged rights abuses during the conflict with the LTTE be carried out under a “hybrid mechanism” as a domestic probe will not […]
People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) leader and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian Dharmalingam Sidhadthan said all domestic inquiries on war crimes will not be impartial or satisfy the expectations of the Tamil people. […]
The US support to a domestic probe into the Sri Lankan war crimes evoked more protests in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, the ANI news agency reported. Hundreds of members of the regional Tamilaga Valvurimai Katchi […]
TNA Hopes The Government Would Be Genuine – C.V.K. Sivagnanam The Northern Provincial Council, which in the recent past has been pushing for an international investigation on the war in Sri Lanka, says it is […]
Obama praises President Sirisena’s commitment for democracy and good governance PMD Tuesday September 29th, 2015 President of the United States Barack Obama praised President Maithripala Sirisena’s commitment and actions taken for strengthening of democracy and […]
Batticaloa District former TNA parliamentarian P. Ariyanethran said at an event held at Kanchirankudah that it is a disgrace for the current government to speak about good governance while hundreds of youth in prisons are […]
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the only issue that cropped up during discussions on the UN resolution was whether Sri Lanka’s judiciary is sufficiently strong enough for a domestic mechanism and not about the […]
”North East Education Ministry conducts meetings and seminars in Sinhala Only” Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) has expressed deep concern, about the Tamil language not being used and being continuously ignored in the administration of the […]
The British High Commission Colombo yesterday announced the calling of applications for this year’s CRISP fellowship programme. The HC spokesperson said: “CRISP is a Chevening Fellowship programme funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and […]
Sri Lanka to release 16 Indian fishermen to mark PM’s visitSri Lanka PM arrives in India on three-day visitCongress would win next elections, Rahul Gandhi to be PM:AiyarSri Lanka to release 16 Indian fishermen as […]
The world today is a safer place because of the brace UN peacekeepers. On this occasion, let us remember and pay tribute to the hundreds of peacekeepers and staff who have sacrificed their lives in […]
