- 24 March 2014
Government rounds up activists as UN fudges on inquiry
As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva was discussing the clauses of its resolution on Sri Lanka, the Colombo government used troops and special laws to arrest human rights defenders (HRDs) in the northern part....
- 04 February 2014
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunals and the pursuit of justice in Sri Lanka
Competitive, state-centred international politics are often a barrier for victims of human rights violations to find redress through global judicial institutions. To circumvent some of these restrictions the civil society-led International....
- 16 November 2013
Genocide, refugees and an inconvenient truth about Harper's boycott
In 2009, I was amongst thousands of Toronto’s Tamil community that protested against the war in Sri Lanka. We braved the bitter cold and formed human chains across downtown to desperately turn.....
- 01 September 2013
Sri Lankan boat migration to Australia: Motivations and dilemmas
Over the past 18 months, Sri Lankans have boarded boats for Australia in record numbers. Stories from boat migrants depict complex political and economic motivations for their journeys, contrary to the statements by both governments..................
- 21 November 2013
The time for an international investigation is now
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s presence at last week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) facilitated coverage that might not have been possible otherwise for media organisations.....
- 23 September 2013
Sunila - A Tribute to an indefatigable defender of human dignity
The last time I saw Sunila was on October 2, 2012, when she visited the Norwegian University of Life Sciences to speak on Women’s situation and human rights under militarisation of society : the case of Sri Lanka and personal................
- 08 August 2013
Land Grabs: Exultant state vs. agonized citizen
Land grabs i.e. the acquisitioning of land by the State/Military has been in the news more often than necessary throughout this year. This last week we saw it becoming headline news again as we learnt that Sriraghavan Kadirgamar.....
