- 19 May 2013
May 18: Tiny glimmers of hope four years on
Four years after the guns went silent at the end of the most brutal phase of Sri Lanka’s civil war, it’s quite extraordinary that survivors still don’t feel safe to come forward and tell the world what they witnessed, with the exception of.....
- 01 April 2013
Sri Lanka’s traumatised families of disappeared seek justice in court
Breaking the prolonged silence, five families - whose loved ones were among those disappeared after surrendering to the advancing Sri Lankan troops during the final stages of the war in May 2009 - have filed applications for the writs of habeass....
- 06 March 2013
Man disappeared in Jaffna as police blocks families of disappeared to rally in Colombo
A 39-year old man in the war-torn northern Jaffna peninsula has gone missing from March 3, as the Sri Lankan police blocked dozens of buses carrying hundreds of Tamil families of the disappeared people, to stage a protest.....
- 27 February 2013
Stop the charter flight to Sri Lanka - Don’t deport Tamils to torture!
Since June 2011, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has hired 8 aircraft to forcibly return planeloads of people to Sri Lanka. Tamils sent back on these flights have been tortured. This is well documented through medical reports by Freedom from Torture and Human Rights Watch....
- 30 March 2013
Leading archaeologist calls for accountability on mass grave
An expert archaeologist in Sri Lanka who investigated a mass grave in the central town of Matale says that there should be accountability for the deaths of over 150 people whose human remains were unearthed last year.
- 01 March 2013
Sri Lanka: 'I was hung upside down and beaten with metal rods'
Rejected Tamil asylum seekers are not being returned to a safe environment in Sri Lanka, as Foreign Minister Bob Carr claims. A new report details the rape and torture that truly awaits them, writes Trevor Grant.....
- 26 February 2013
Rape used as tool against Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Forces
In a shocking exposure based on factual accounts of the victims, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said that the Sri Lankan Security Force personnel have used and continue to use ‘rape’ as a tool against Tamil men......
