Northern Provincial Council members M K Shivajilingam and Ananthy Sasitharan have urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to ensure a judicial process on the war in Sri Lanka, under the control of the UN. In a […]
by Zacki Jabbar The Tamil National Alliance says that it is for maximum devolution within a united and not unitary state. Deputy General Secretary of the TNA M. A.Sumanthiran speaking to The Island yesterday over […]
* State forces, Tamil rebels accused of killing civilians * U.N. calls for “hybrid special court” with int’l judges * Report urges Colombo to remove any suspects from office * Sri Lanka promises justice, no […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council urged Sri Lanka to stablish a hybrid special Court integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators to address patterns of grave human rights violations that occurred between the year […]
BY Pranavesh Sivakumar Kayts Magistrate Selvanathan Lenin Kumar has ordered forensic analysis and identification of a seminal substance found on an eye lash of 18-year-old rape-murder victim Vithya Sivaloganathan, to be tested with blood samples […]
Internal probe in the war crime allegation would not provide a solution to the Tamil problem, only an international probe would provide a satisfying solution to the war crime allegation, said Prasanna Indrakumar, Deputy Chairman […]
COLOMBO: The United Nations report on war crimes in Sri Lanka has recommended the establishment of an internationalized Special Court to try cases of war crimes committed by both the Lankan armed forces and the […]
Moments after he delivered a ground-breaking speech before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday (14), Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told the Daily FT in an interview outside the Council chamber that he […]
Advanced Unedited Version of Report: UNHRC report on Sri Lanka – 2015 A UN report published today has identified patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, strongly indicating that war crimes and […]
The UN report on Sri Lanka has identified ‘patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, strongly indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity were most likely committed by both sides […]
On the eve of a delayed UN report into the bitter conflict, Tamils are on the march calling for justice from the international community “I’m looking for my daughter, my daughter-in law and two little […]
A UN report is set to reveal harrowing crimes. But the survivors do not believe their government is capable of ensuring justice Sri Lankan war crimes will be laid bare in a harrowing UN report […]
NO COUNTRY that emerges from civil war can truly heal until the dead have been accounted for and steps toward reconciliation have been made. Sri Lanka is no exception. Nearly three decades of civil war […]
GENEVA/COLOMBO (14 September 2015) – The report of the UN Human Rights Council-mandated investigation on Sri Lanka will be made publicly available on Wednesday, 16 September at 10h30 CET time and 14h00 UTC time. The […]
