- 27 August 2019
Tamils protest arrest of doctor with “expertise to expose war crimes”
Tamils in northern Sri Lanka have been protesting the detention of a forensic expert who had provided crucial forensic evidence on several human rights abuse cases exposing the involvement of............
- 07 August 2019
Rights activist Tamil mother attacked by suspected Sri Lanka paramilitaries
A leading anti-disappearance Tamil activist from eastern Sri Lanka had been hit and run by a group of men suspected to be affiliated with state paramilitaries. Three men riding a motorcycle had knocked down.....
- 23 July 2019
Tamil political prisoner halts 9 day fast unto death
A Tamil political prisoner has agreed to stop his fast unto death protest in a high security Sri Lankan prison following the intervention of a government minister. Sexagenarian Thevathasan Kanagasabai........
- 27 June 2019
US court hears of sexual slavery in Sri Lanka’s military camps
Sri Lanka's military used captured young women as sex slaves in the aftermath of its bloody war against Tamil Tigers, according to fresh allegations filed in a US court. The horrific allegation against the country's.........
- 26 July 2019
Another Tamil mum dies while fighting to find disappeared son
A Tamil mother searching for her son who disappeared in the custody of Sri Lankan security forces 11 years ago had died from a heart attack. Sixty years old Sebamalai Theresamma passed.............
- 04 July 2019
Sri Lanka police warned about illegal arrests after Easter Sunday Massacre
Sri Lanka’s official human rights authority has put the country’s head of police about arbitrary arrests following the Easter Sunday blasts that killed 258 people. “Arrests should not be made merely on........
- 28 May 2019
Muslim woman jailed for wearing dress disliked by Sri Lankan Buddhists
Sri Lankan authorities have used anti-hate laws to imprison a Muslim woman for wearing a dress displaying the wheel of a ship. 47-year-old M. R Mazahima was arrested by police who describe.......
