- 12 July 2016
War Victims testifying in Sri Lanka missions abroad ‘cannot happen’
An international human rights organization that has documented many cases of ongoing torture in Sri Lanka has cast doubt over the government’s sincerity in seeking the truth by requesting witness living abroad to testify in......
- 04 July 2016
Abducted and tortured Tamil fearing Sri Lanka state intelligence seeks security
A Tamil man from northern Sri Lanka who was found abandoned with severe torture injuries on the same day the country’s president took to the streets on a ‘Stop Torture’ campaign, has appealed to............
- 16 June 2016
Tamils displaced for 26 years urge president to honour Christmas vow
Sri Lanka president was urged to fulfil his Christmas eve pledge to release land held by the occupying military in the country’s north by Tamils who held religious ceremonies to mark twenty six years since they were..............
- 11 April 2016
UN had early warning of Sri Lanka's military assault against Tamils
Nearly one year before Sri Lanka concluded its military assault against Tamils in a bloody massacre, the country's President had made his intentions clear to the United Nations. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had informed..............
- 20 June 2016
Tamil asylum seekers given stopgap access to land not allowed to meet UN
Indonesian authorities who provisionally allowed marooned Tamil asylum seekers to come ashore before sending them back to sea have not been given access to the UN Refugee Agency. Neither the......
- 31 May 2016
Sri Lanka will not prosecute those responsible for disappearances
The government of Sri Lanka will not take legal action against those found to have been responsible for enforced disappearances. Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers gave its approval on 24 May to set up a Office on Missing Persons (OMP) to seek the...........
- 29 March 2016
NPC minister expresses concern over plight of missing Tamil poet
A minister from the northern provincial council heavily criticised Tamil writers for not showing any concern about the fate of leading Tamil poet Puthuvai Rathnathurai who remain missing since 2009. Raththinathurai, who served as the Head of the LTTE......
